VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - The Family Secret [Ep. 2 v0.1.2.2p] [Aorrta]

This Game is amazing!
Everything from the writing to the images are amazing.
The attention to detail that has gone into the art truly astounds me.
I just wish the updates were more frequent (but understand why they are not).

Loved It!
5 STARS!

In episode 2, the developer showed the mechanics of the game, intrigued the storyline and, as always, delicious renderings (several times the pose changes, the MC angle of view, the shadows) I'm tired of a lot of games where MC is a super hero who pokes his cock in everything he sees. I hope the developer will go his own way, and will do something that will differ from 1000 similar games.
Please excuse my bad English.

This game is worst each version, it's really disapointing, I think, the developer milking his patreon, it's a shame that in three month, he just deliver 15 min of gameplay. His lack of communication create a negative climate around his game and his person.

compared to the first review when I only had a star, now, after the last update, I give it maximum. he will doubt that he will do what he says, but if he launches the new update and will be just as good I will support him on the patreon.

(An unremarkable developer who has been waiting for 4 months to offer some rendered pictures and a series of dialogues, no options and no routes. Nothing clever at this game that seemed to be serious at first. I think it's such a fool for people to support her patter, sell them illusions. There is nothing incest, not even sex, although it is a game for adults.)

Okay, it's a new day and still same impression.
I estimate this project because I think it has too high average score and someone could come in misleading
It's more looks like there are Demo 1 (where is shown a good potential) and Demo 2 (only introduces new characters). Also there is Christmas demo version.
So after 4 months there's nothing (or 3 Demos).
I must admit that art looks pretty good to me, but no action which is bad. Mom looks pretty hot and disappointment is bigger after a few months of waiting for something good.
Another thing that I don't like is that Aorrta didn't come to see impressions which would be quite normal (i checked yesterday, Aorta's last checking was 28. January).
Even a website that he has made leaves no opportunity for comment(I see no desire to develop the game itself and improve it). And there's some pics about Episode 2 that actually doesn't exist. So it's some kind of cheating.
The story doesn't comply in parts 1 and 2, but it is only the smallest problem right now.
It's buggy and there aren't some option, but as I said, there's no action also.
Marks would look like this:
Time for develop- 1
Art(pictures/characters)-4
Story-2
Option in the game- it's linear and poor-1
Pubic relations- doesn't exist! At least doesn't exist for free.


There is no chance that all of this has a happy ending and whoever supports this project, don't do good work. it would be moral to Aorrta appears and says something.


That's just my opinion.

All reviews and opinion personal and to the best of my knowledge.

The new update is terrible than the first update. The game is 2GB+ with Ep1 and Ep2 but has very few contents and images.

Art: I give five stars for the artwork. Renders are done properly and well balanced.

Story: Still early to say anything. So far, it's okay. I will give 3/5.

Hotness: Absolutely nothing except massaging your mom and having sex on the plane. There is a short BJ scene and that's all. As i can say, for a 2GB game, You don't see anything except listen to some opera music.

What can be improved?

1. Remove the music completely or add few music. We don't want to download musical movie for 2GB! NEVER!

2. Less talk, More action. We need a scene, not a history book!

3. It's good to take it slow but we don't want you to run the game as Snail. We need at least 1000 images that has meaning, not something which takes 10 images for a character to move it's head! Seriously waste! You rather create an animation movie instead of a visual novel game.

Dick move from developer. Made a really great first chapter and followed up with almost no content and something like 2 month delay. He also set up deadlines for himself. In general the whole game is just a teaser and episode 2 is basically a huge let down. Why there is 200 word requirement on reviews I have no idea. If I write 200 character review it will have more content than actual game.

Disadvantages of the game:
1. The game is linear, it does not give the player any choice that would affect the plot, it's rather a kinetic short story.
2. Genreau this game was positioned as a romance and a harem, but already now it observes NTR elements. That deceives expectations.
3. Many bugs are noticed, as if this is a pre-alpha test of the demo version.
4. Absurd plot.

Advantages of the game:
1. CG.

the end

This game I was really enjoying from it start in Ep 1 with the nice renders and animations but it turns out that the Family Secret is that it baited a lot of people into thinking it was going to be an awesome game then introduced the evil NTR demon into an update with not so much as a warning tag. For this outrageous act alone spoils what little was felt about Ep 1 but Ep 2 also was too long for such a short and awful update so I only wish I could give it a zero star!

The intro and Christmas episode are amazing, the renders are jaw dropping, 5 stars both . The game had a tone of potential but the game itself (episode 2) is just mediocre at best with a bad story ,it`s about a brothel that recruits and teaches girls how to seduce and have sex with rich men so that would make mom the pimp in charge, also featuring in the office some boring characters and some girls that are not that great looking if you compare them with the flight attendant ,the milf from plane in the intro episode or mom, they are just average looking and a driver who probably bones your mom

I love the mom's feet for some reason. I wish you could massage all the women's feet on the plane. I wish the there was animation involved in the sex scenes and the massage scene. I think the scene where the mom got drunk and you could fondle her would be amazing. Overall I think this is a good start.

Can't say that the artwork isn't fabulous this game would be the next Kardashians show that we're going to be hyped for but for another reason, like incest, threesome, maybe foursome lol well I mentioned Kardashian because that's how I view these characters and the mom's artwork wow it looks like she got pregnant at such young age. I meant she looks ridiculously at her teenage years!

Preview: It's a demo it didn't take too long maybe it's because it's focused on animation and artwork that he the creator didn't wanna take this game for nothing or maybe he just wanted people to invest to him and keep peoples money into his pockets. Either way, time would only tell if it'll live into it's potential just as like the Kardashians they want it to be. [v1.1.1] Review

Review of the dev and game demo, since the promised update isn't out yet.

This dev is great with the cg, but has no idea how to do gameplay:

- There's no story so far. He's had two releases to show us why we should care for the characters. 0/5 for story.

- The choices in the demo were sloppily stitched together, they made no sense. It worked for the extremely short demo since people were willing to go back and try again.

- The characters in the banner don't exist beyond the demo. 0/5 for characters.

- The christmas episode copied a few mechanics from Dreams of Desire, still sloppy

- He says he'll use UE4, which will turn it into an RPGM grind simulator. It may help market the game, but adds zero gameplay value.

- He mentions adding mini-games. More grind I'm sure.

- He says he's adding 10 new characters?
Always a bad sign.

His audience wants a game that looks good and has an enjoyable story with choices that make sense. But I feel he's going to try and score more marketing points with the update instead.

For now, I'll predict the update has more of the same. Choices that make no sense. Pointless mini games. Great visuals and no sensible story.

Best renders I have seen! VERY original and unique.

I am looking forward to what this guy can produce in the future, this guy really deserves some financial support so that he can release frequently.

Good renders. Interesting setting on the plane. Haven't seen that before and could be a great place to set up some really unique interactions. As short as it is, the fact that any route you choose rewards you with certain content rather than game over or having to rollback to correct a choice to get the steamy content. Keeping an eye on this for sure. Though I was satisfied, it did leave me (and others I'm sure) wanting more which is a good thing for the dev.

The Family Secret is still in it's very early stages, but it's already turning quite a bit of heads with its jaw dropping production value and editing. It even caught my eye, as not a lot of developers have the capability nor the passion to make the players truly feel the mood of the game, like The Family Secret does.

The entire game itself looks spectacular. The renders are very pretty. The music is fitting and sets the mood. And the transitions are stunning. That in itself deserves 3 stars.

Unfortunately the compliments end there (for now). As of v1.1.1 story wise, The Family Secret fails to show why it should be treated differently from the rest, albeit it is just a demo. If anything, it's trying to prove that sex will not be hard to come by in this game, as 2 out of the 4 females welcome sex far too easily in very nonsensical ways. The 3rd one basically shows all her goods to you from a video chat. And the 4th one is the mom. The game leaves nothing to the imagination. It is a fuck fest in the truest sense of the term.

The female characters are insanely bland, glorified sex objects with no real story to extract from the events that transpire. You massage your mom and a flight passenger sees this, only to want to fuck you right away, despite having a boyfriend. The stewardess is the exact same thing and basically welcomes the MC's cock

Some choices given are boneheaded to put it mildly and are there simply to sate the player's curiosity to see the obvious result of a negative action. For example, the MC basically has the option to rape the flight passenger for anal sex, which she adamantly refuses (despite calling you , a complete stranger, to fuck her anyways) And with all the noise, with her boyfriend (who was asleep) rushing to save the day by knocking his lights out. Now, you'd think the MC would be arrested and game over. Instead, the couple lies for him, saying he fell and bumped his head, only for another sex scene to open up with the stewardess.

There isn't any logical correlation to the events taking place. A taken woman calls a complete stranger to have sex, then acts surprised when he tries to take her ass by force.

He gets dealt with, but doesn't have any consequence to follow his attempted rape. In fact, he gets rewarded with more sex.

I can say more, but I've already made the case clear.

Bottom line is, it is a well produced game that caters to the eyes and the ears. But it doesn't hold anything worth of substance in terms of story right now. It caters to the people who hate slow progression and minimal content in demo versions and gives the player everything he/she could ask for in the first few choices and lines of dialogue by throwing illogical sex in your face at every turn.

With the second episode fast approaching, I hope for a more contained scenario that builds up to something rather than this. I'd hate to see this beautifully produced work that obviously has a lot of passion to it get bogged down by lazy writing that doesn't let the player work for their sex scenes.

I fucking loved the game it is short it was simple it's not that trying hard like putting an actual plot in these kinds of game I sure hope it stays like it. it's an adult game getting laid in the first few minutes in the game is what we came for and it lived up to it (Best part is the Son Complex of the Mom it makes everything easy)

The following review is based off my personal experience with playing this Game/Visual Novel... I try to be as brutally honest and detailed as I can, and these are my own opinions and thoughts, from one or more play throughs...


(12/17/2017 - Original Review - v1.1.1)

Well, I'm impressed so far with the visuals of this VN/Game... The story seems like it slightly pushes towards a commonly used male protagonist that is interested in lots of women, including his mother... So, more overly used Family Sex stuff...

The visuals of the characters are done very well, although sometimes the angles are a bit weird, such as when the protagonist had the flashback to scenes of his mother, the angles made the mothers body look malformed in a couple of the shots... I do like how the animated screen fade in/outs worked, looked very professional... The backdrops, although not a bunch, looked unique from what I've seen in other VN/Games... It also is leaning towards a big breasted women fetish as well... The only character that is borderline on the size being too big for the characters body frame, is possibly the mother... It seems to be a common thing these days, especially with VN/Games not originating in English speaking countries... Me personally, i like medium to small or at least proportional to the body frame, but beggars can't be choosers....

I experienced one erotic sex scene that happened not too long into the story, and the characters visuals looked very close to real...

There was a slight UI issue, as the buttons (i.e. Back, etc) didn't seem to work most of the time when I went to click on them, but just kept pushing the story forward instead, which was annoying... And unlike other Ren'Py Visual Novels/Games, right clicking didn't immediately bring up the save menu but brought up a general menu instead... The actual Save screen was also a bit buggy, as I couldn't save in slots on the first tab until I switched to another tab and saved there first, after which the 1st save tab boxes worked correctly, it was strange...

The script is not bad for a short Intro, even though it claimed to be Episode 1 in the play through... There were a few grammar and spelling errors, and only a couple bits that were obviously broken English... But over all I could make out and read most of the dialogue/monologue just fine... The story itself introduces a girl friend, the mother, the male protagonist, and a couple of supporting characters... The plot thus far revolves around the mother/son moving to a new location, to follow the family business, and the current content just includes the jet ride there and being picked up in a new car owned by the mother... The mother is running the family business that was previously ran by the protagonists father, but it is unclear if the father will be playing any active role at all in the story... That is basically the premise of the story so far, and does feel very much like an Intro as the description sais... The VN still calls it Episode 1 when being read, so that may require fixing...

Overall, it looks promising, but still not sure if this will be a deep and meaningful plot driven story, or just a lot of sex, with little in the way of a creative, and fun to read script... With the sex scene happening so early into the intro, I'm just slightly worried... But it is way early into this VN/Game's development, so there really is no telling, at this early point, what direction/s the author/s plan to take it... I have high hopes that it will be a great Erotic Visual Novel, and not just another porn focused sex fest... I look forward to seeing how this one progress'...


(03/23/2018 - Review Update - Ep2 v0.1.2.0b)

Well it's been over 3 months since I've seen an update here for this VN/Game, and it definitely has had some changes to it, both good and bad...

First off, there are a lot of bugs... When the game first runs, it comes to a set of 3 options for playing, and right clicking and/or ESC do nothing to bring up a menu at all... So I decided to give Episode 1 another run through to see if it had changed at all... And it hadn't, in fact the broken English was still there and so were the other proofreading problems from the last time I played it, 3+ months later... After Episode 1 is over with, another bug appears... I could now right lick and press ESC but most menu choices just started Episode 1 all over again, so I ended up having to shut the program completely down and restart it...

Then I decided to give Episode 2 a go... There are lots of things I'll go into but lets start off with the basics... First off, it didn't have as many Text problems as Episode 1, but it does have a tiny amount of broken English here and there, along with a tiny amount of spelling/grammar errors... Also, half of Episode 2 felt like more introduction, that should have been a part of Episode 1... The 2nd half is where I kind of felt a little let down... Because it went from a typical visual novel feel to a mix of adventure game/grind style but yet followed a very linear path...

When the main part of the game begins, the navigation menu is hidden inside another button in the upper left corner... I found that to be a bit clunky, as most games with icons for navigation just include them on the main screen at all times, depending where you are... Rather then having to open another menu just to navigate... Then add in, that this game is going with a set of time cycles for the day, which is typical of grind style or adventure style games... Yet, although you could freely move from one room to another, and talk to some characters, in what ever order you liked, it followed a linear progression, with time changing with the story automatically... So it's more like the illusion of freedom rather then actual freedom, at least for the current content... Now don't get me wrong, I did like some aspects of the story, but I'll get into that momentarily... Plus part of the story mentions the inventory being in the upper right corner, when it is in the upper left...

When you meet all the characters outside of the mother, it feels like the protagonist is now working with a bunch of teenagers with hormones going out of control... All the bickering and poking quips at one another... Only a few characters actually seemed to somewhat act their age... I mean, it's not your typical company business type of atmosphere amongst the employees, which threw the immersion off a bit... Besides that, there seems to be a lot going on, with many teased side-plots going on... Almost like there is more going on around the office then what meets the eye... But at the same time, with all the office intrigue, it feels like it plans to be somewhat over the top and melodramatic...

Obviously with the type of business it is, you can expect the eventuality of lots of erotic and sexual things to occur... But in the current content you only get to see some feeling up, and a BJ scene between two unlikely characters, that either points to some blackmail going on, or the receptionist just has sex with everyone, who knows... There is also a mini-game, which is how the protagonist currently makes money, that is basically a lot of pictures of naked lady parts on cards that need to be matched up within the given time...

Once you get past the 1st day of work, other bugs start, but I believe that is because the content ends at that point... Because half the office rooms take on a very grainy look, and nothing besides the bed at home can be interacted with at that point... It really should have just went to a screen saying "here is the end of the current content" but it doesn't do that... It lets you navigate everywhere but with nothing to actually do, so don't waste your time... Even the Match games messes up at that point, as it locked up after clicking 2 cards, so I ended up having to end the game (another bug?)...

Story wise, it was trying to setup how the game days were going to work, with mostly introducing new characters, and offering a small amount of interaction with them to learn more about their personalities outside of your original impressions... It hints at needing to raise money for things like going to the gym, buying new clothes, paying for transportation to and from work and other places, and a bunch of other things that are usually typical of a grind style game... Of course you can only raise money for the moment, so if it is going the grind method, none of those game aspects are in place yet... So I would not doubt we've not seen all the actual game play mechanics yet... Beyond that, the story points out some possible quest like activities that will eventually need to be experienced/dealt with... Just not in the current content...

But in any case, this VN/Game with all it's drastic play style changes right in the middle of Episode 2, I'm not feeling the same promise I originally had for this VN/Game... Sure it has some visual flash to some parts of it, with regards to camera views now and then... But that is not going to save it from some of the issues I now find with it... Don't get me wrong, it's an alright story, but just not what I thought it would be 3+ months ago... It's gone from a Visual Novel to just a typical adventure/grind style with some dialogue/monologue and linear story progression... Part of Episode 2 felt like it should have just been in Episode 1, since it is just more introduction... Added with the game not feeling, like the game mechanics are even in place completely, yet... It's hard to tell if it's really going the way of grind, or not, even though it is hinting at it left and right in what some characters talk about...

Obviously it is still early on in it's development, since the meat of the story is still just getting past the introduction parts... Will I revisit this one again? I don't know, as it's not turning out the way I thought it was going to... The over the top nature of some of the characters, and other stuff revealed in Episode 2 just left me feeling a bit worried about this VN/Game... It hasn't even gone back through it's original content and fixed the issues there yet, and then add in all the new bugs in this release... I guess we'll just need to wait and see...

v1.1.1

MUST PLAY!!! even for the "demo"/first build.

this game already has better Content than most 0.5+ Version games on this site. multiple sex Scenes with more than 1 Girl. loads of choices. super hot models. high Quality renders and Videos. amazing. just Overall high Quality game.

just 2 small Things that i didn't love (but still liked): 1. i wish there were 2-5 more min before the first sex Scenes, just to get to know the characters a Little better. 2. the Christmas Special was kinda weak IMO.

but still 100% worth playing and very fappable.

This is extremely impressive, Aorrta. From the intros, menus, characters, angles, and so much more. I'm pressed to see what you can do with both Ren'Py and UE4. The quality is unparalleled. Keep up the amazing work, and look forward to January, and hopefully, many more releases in the future.

Thanks for your hard work.

The download was extremely fast.