Ren'Py - Abandoned - The Other One [v0.211] [Santrear]

The game definitely has some grindy elements, and some of the mouse action in sex scenes is way too tedious. With that being said, it's actually a interesting story and recycles the images from Echoes very well.

I don't mind at all that the images are from another game (that I played). The story is fresh as well as the personalities of the chars. The renders are very good, and because they were recycled, the game launched with a ton of content. The designer does add some of his own images and augments others. And hey, he gave the original developer the proper credit for the renders and the inspiration for the game.

Aside from the overly grindy/tedious parts, it's a solid game with good writing (ignoring the translation foibles). With a few QOL tweaks, this could be one of the best quasi-remakes (totally different story) I have seen. I hope it keeps getting updated.

it's a bit janky at times and still has a few bugs and too much sandbox esque grinding but I'm enjoying the story and the characters a ton, it's genuinely ruined my sleep schedule cuz I can't stop playing. The models may be the same as Lust Theory but story and all the sex scenes are completely new and unique, it's really a whole new game. The people crying about it being a ripoff are just being overdramatic and haven't actually played the game

This game needs some serious balancing. The constant wiping out of whatever force/money you accumulate is ridiculous. Motherfucker has no toes, but has to use all his goddamn force, because his druggie sister has a fucking headache, or the teacher has a headache, or the mom needs a massage, but first you need to buy groceries, but you don't have any money, because the other sister took your money, so you could snap some lewds of her.

Like wtf is the gameplay loop? You play a depressed alien wearing a skin suit that acts like he is autistic and depressed at the same time. Eat, sleep and shower, (until those options randomly are removed).

Some achievements are bugged, or so convoluted to unlock it's ridiculous. Also, where is a guide or at least some fucking hints/tips on how to unlock stuff?

tl;dr Avoid this one until it gets some fixes, atm it's a dick punching simulator

It’s way better than lust theory , it’s like it’s only created to show me the scenes I wished lust theory had but for some reason it didn’t, specially the sleep sex, now I hope I see all characters sleep sex

I was surprised.
Although it may seem a bit confusing at first, it becomes quite straightforward. Sandbox, vn and decisions matter for the scenes and of course it takes a while to finish this update. It's long and has some interesting animations/interactions but they need to be polished. Story quite interesting and looking forward to the next updtate.

If you don't like grind or are just looking for sex scenes every second you'd better stay away from this gem.

I like this game, it is a different angle from The Lust Theory, and using the same characters is fine with me, there are so many games out there that just looking at the pictures makes me puke. Just wondering when will be the next update

This could be a very good game.
Graphics and model are really good.
Story is deja-vu but still good.
Problem is gameplay.
Character progression with different (too many) attributes is grindy as hell and incomprehensible.
U rapidly enter a grindy loop in the progression not knowing what to do next.
If u could make the gameplay simplier and smoother it would make it much much better.
The choice of constant Nirvana song as music bothers me much (not saying copyright issues 'cos I would be very surprised if they were adressed). Moreover u can't mute the music 'cos there is a bug in the preferences where the music is set on "Sound" and there is nothing on "Music".

A game with potential that could be better if done right.
The story is interesting I'll give the author that, the idea of letting your body through an entity and making it improving itself is interesting, kind of a corruption on the MC itself, the general context is a bit odd as you are living with your landla.. I mean your mom, and your sisters in a very familiar environment.

The renders are good looking but are not originals from this game which reflects mostly on the story trying to make sense of the renders and not the other way around. I do think creating your own renders would benefit the story by also modifying visually the protagonist in its transformation. As of now we don't see modification and no reaction from the characters.


I don't really like the button UI and the font style, you should keep to a sans-serif font and keep the dialogues to a same part of the screen, if renpy put them at the bottom of the screen it's because it's easier for everyone to look after the action button. You can still make custom UI for important decisions which can make the difference, but an overuse of this can disturb the user experience.

The music, although not copyright-friendly, are layered in the game, so going from a screen to another can switch the music layer, that's actually a good thing to implement and I do like that. Downside is that the music is repetitive and is transforming me into a emo teenager at the end of the game.

There's not much sex scenes behind a wall of grind and some bugs prevented you from finishing the day (besides sleeping at 10am)

I do recommend the author to rewrite the renders, perhaps start with an ugly character and improve its appearance with the in-game mechanics, that would be a better experience.

Game is in my opinion not recommended as it is now:

not good:
- dialogs with "engrish"
- gameplay (the text bubbles are mostly confusing to read)
- weird graphics sometimes, others are reused renders from another game
- has serious bugs (game crashed multiple times for me)
- game uses Renpy, but removes basic settings (skipping, quick menu)
neutral:
- sound and music. I didn't liked it and disabled it very soon. But at least the dev tried
good:
- nothing for me

It's a confusing mess of a game. Renders are oddly used, and dialogue is very poor. Using copied art but with poorly translated dialogue is a no-no in my book. Sound/music is okay but misused here. This game has a bipolar disorder. I would not recommend this game.