HTML - The Taboo Family [v0.06] [SirF21]

I tend to like HTML games but there are some common themes that make an HTML game good and this one is not hitting those points.



An HTML game SHOULD:

Have minimum scrolling

Not only does this game make you scroll through every page, but it is also just to click through and grind out a change in relationship 5 times. It is identical pages, click here, SCROLL down, click relationship increase/decrease, SCROLL down, click room, SCROLL some more.

It is not just that it is grindy but that it is repetitive without change or new information, repetitive grindy. It is not like I am seeing a new picture or even an H picture, it is just to look at a profile head and click again.

An HTML game SHOULD:
Have good storytelling.

These are games built on text. If you are not going to quality “real porn” keeping people from clicking for more, then you need to have a good story line. This is click through 4-5 days of survival and then grandma appears to present the first “story”. That story is to dominant her for 2-3 inconsistent poor small gifs.

An HTML game SHOULD:
Have good navigation or UI.

To move from a discussion back to a “base page” that lets move from room to room, you have to scroll and click 4-5 times. Give me rooms in the navigation bar or at least a “return to home” to cut down on even more needless clicking.



I played about 2 hours of this mess and realized there are way better games on F95 in my backlog. This was an immediate uninstall which happens very rarely.

This is an absolutely underrated gem! The game has a nice vibe! Without cheats, it is a bit grindy, and you can not be sure about which direction in building characters will lead which way.. You can try to protect your loved ones, or you can just give up and watch what will happen to them. Pictures and videos are nice, and the starting picture is absolutely gorgeous. Update processes are a bit slow, but it's really worth coming back from time to time to check.

version 0.04.1

very grindy. (stat farming simulator). it has like 4-5 bugs, a couple of bad game design decisions, but it has a good premise and it might turn out to be alright in the future. i will definitely check back on it.

some things don'T make sense at all, like you already start with a girlfriend, but the scene to fuck her only comes after you reach 50 family corruption (and 35 submission/dominance) like why do you need a family corruption to fuck your gf in your room lol. plus sometimes your gf visits your room... which makes no sense since she LIVES in your room. later there are many NTR scenes with high domination of your father/grandfather, but with 0 reaction. NTR is only exciting if the participants are not robots without emotions. although i guess it will be improved later on.


imo bad game design is that you are immediately locked into dom/sub path with the 3 girls the moment you start a route. and then you farm a LOT for their stats but you can only continue 1 route with them. that's a bit dumb but whatever. exploration feels silly too. i dont even know what's the consequence of me getting infected... first of all it only happens if i explore alone, second i can just click on some viral bullshit when it's full then nothing happens... i guess it's either bugged or work in progress.

but anyway it has nice scenes in the beginning, good teasing pictures and scenes. it feels like the game is like 5-10% complete so there is a lot of potential stuff in the future. you live with your dad/grandpa/mother/sister/gf so the sex situations are endless. (later on your grandma) imo it needs structure some story, some emotions some reactions and some things need to make sense (like if zombies break in and rape some of the girl i don'T think a +2 family corruption really capture the feeling of a scene like that.)

anyway it follows the usual tropes so it might not be better than the usual HTML games, but it has the potential to be 5/5, so far imo it's barely fappable, early tease scenes are fine and they almost all make sense so those might be fappable, but you have to repeat them too much so they get boring pretty fast.


furthemore nothing to do just relationship farm (i guess you can explore but that is barely working). so imo so far this game is like 2/5. close to 1/5. so i don't recommend to waste a lot of time on it cuz you will be disappointed. but it has a lot of potential so imo you should keep an eye maybe it turns out to be great if dev is diligent to put out content.

Good:
- Stats system

Bad:
- Somewhat grindy
- No goals, sandbox in the literal sense but not really
- Limited ways of gaining lust.

Ugly:
- Basic actions take way too much energy.
- Not a ton of focus, no real story.
- No continuity in images. At least try and make the characters look somewhat the same or crop out distinguishing features (blond in one pic, brunette in the next, large breasts in one, flat as a rock in another.
- I think I came across maybe 5 lines of actual dialogue.

v. 0.03 review - it's fine, just fine.... nothing more.

I enjoy HTML games, I don't know why but I do. Some people hate them but I don't. I don't mind the grind that always comes along with them as long as it's not too bad, and I think that they usually come along with some good writing.

Unfortunately The Taboo Family falls short on the greatest strengths that the HTML format offers. First of all there isn't anything specifically 'bad' about this game necessarily, but there's really nothing that good to be honest.

The NTR is tough to avoid without cheats, and that might appeal to a certain player, but I think it should be a little easier to control. The grind in this game is pretty brutal as well. Be prepared to see the same passages over and over and over while doing the same tasks repeatedly.

The worst part about the game is that it feels like there was really a huge missed opportunity for storytelling. All of the writing in the game is very bland and uninspired. The story could lead to some fantastic writing between the family characters, and there's just none. Nothing. It's an absence that is strongly felt. For example during my play, MC was bitten by a zombie, and the choices are to tell your family which ends with them kicking you out of the house and you get a bad end. Or you hide it from them.... and that's it, nothing else, no game play mechanic, it's just that you made a choice that didn't lead to a bad end. This is a perfect example of the writing in the game.

Over all, I wouldn't say this is a 'BAD' game, but it's certainly not a good one. The very limited number of gifs, the heavy grind, the poor writing, the flat characters, and the brutal grind make me give this one 2 stars. Maybe it will improve in future updates but in it's current state; It's playable, but I wouldn't waste your time.

Really cool game, one of my favourite "new" ones on this site. The gameplay has grown with each version and every release has included a decent amount of new game play and events. It's also pretty much bug free which is a rarity for a game this early in dev.

The characters are a little 2 dimensional, it'd be nice to see it fleshed out a bit in the future past "be nice/ unpleasant" and "be a dom/ sub" choices.

There are a lot of comments and reviews that aren't entirely accurate (such as people not knowing how to progress), so I decided to make my own.

[V0.01a] - The concept is fun and I see the potential. I think some quality of life changes would do a lot of good. For example, going into the kitchen to access your inventory, and making that the only way to progress. If this were adjusted to appear on the UI Bar along with a quest tab, I'd see it as a major improvement.

Something to note is how grindy the game currently is. You have to repeat the same event(s) over and over again to progress to the next one, which is something I generally dislike, but if that's your cup of tea then this may be the perfect game for you.

Overall, it's not bad, especially for a first release, but some might feel there's a lack of content or feel the game is too grindy to access the content already there.

Why to upload a game which have nothing what definite a game? The "game" have no content. And I mean it, there is nothing here. No scenes, no interaction, no tasks, quests, events... all you can do is go on a expedition and get food and water. But you dont need it cuz you dont lose hunger or anything.

Its just not worth.

It's a great start, yes - there's almost no content yet, but I'm happy with the clear definition of what content to receive and the simplicity of the gameplay. There are a couple of bugs, but that's okay and they're not critical. I really hope that the author will not abandon the game, it is lovely

Updated review: Game has gotten some content and fixed bug issues in 0.01. I think the game is in a better state now, although it's more of a baseline of a game to build upon rather than a playable thing currently.

Story is pretty well set up, as the author has established a good mood and tone for the whole thing. It's pretty bleak, and I trust their ability to continue going forward with the same tone.

Gameplay used to be pretty lackluster, and now there's more here. Food and relationships actually do something, for example. A few problems exists.
1: Grind is too severe for the drip feed of content. This will likely be improved if more content comes out. Navigating the menus to do the grind is also a pain.
2: Tedious events and lack of guidance. A lot of events right now have no variations depending on variables (family corruption should be the big one). Lots of repitition of "do x to girl" until next level is unlocked. That can be fixed with more content. The lack of guidance comes from actually getting the routes (The ntr route, which has most of the content for this patch, is pretty specific.) Some things, like the corruption aura, are not explained and I have no idea what they do.
3: The other characters have no autonomy. While that's pretty typical for a porn game, I think for this type of game you need the other characters (mainly the males) to be doing stuff so they feel like a threat to the player. Maybe the Dad could fix the house if the player lets it get too low, lowering each other's reputation with him. As it stands, the only NTR you can get to happen is consentual, as you need to do a bunch of hurdles to enable it. We already have the "ntr mode" option.

Also the UI is still pretty ugly. I've gone up a star since the last review. I think this game's on the right path right now, and I'm eager to see what comes next.

Forces unnecessary clicking. Unnecessarily, lust can only be "gained" by watching porn on a phone. literally just a few pictures. "Games" should not be released in such a state. No mechanics of interaction with everyone except the sister and the girl. I hope that in the next version there will be something to play because now it is very weak and believe me I do not have high expectations.

The game is small right now, but I really like the idea. The NTR concept is awesome. I would wish the phone was more easily accessible instead of having to go to the kitchen to open it as you may need it for lust. Overall though great game and can't wait for more.