VN - Ren'Py - The Way Love Goes [Ch.33] [Naughty Skunk Games]

22 chapters If you like slooooooooooow burn teasing shit then this is a VN for you, if not you might want to pass. Animations are poor, would have been better without them. MC is a wet fucking lettuce leaf. Absolutely no choices where there should be, that alone could have made it so much better. Really hard to recommend although I want to see where it all ends up.

Dident really enjoy the story much and the lack of meaningfull choices is what pretty much ruined the game, i mean why give the option for flirt or sexual reply....where is the fuck off option when you dont want anything to do with the LI.

I just cant stand when LIs are forced on you as the player, thats also why i dont do kinetic games ever, so playing a game like this where you should have choices and still get forced to sexual scenes with LIs you hate is pointless and might as well be kinetic.

And im not even kidding when i say i said no 50 times to Megan, turned her down evey chance, no hugs, no peeking, no nothing then game starts giving me game over choices when picking worng or simply just gives me the choices flirty or sexy respons....?
Which will end with MC fucking her old ugly ass.

Also never been a fan of a MC with a 12 year old mindset, it gets annoying to read and impossible to put your self in hes shoes while playing.

Renders are very shitty quality and very grainy
Animations are shit and just a grainy as renders....

As to the LIs there was very few i liked, mostly since i hate big tits which dident help since it keeps forceing you to sex scenes with big tits, so hole game ended out to just be one big turn-off for me personaly.

First, you have to know that The Way Love Goes is not a choice-driven visual novel, only one playthrough is enough to get all the content and scenes. The developer doesn’t really care how you choose to act with the girls, the love points you gain or lose with each of them DO NOT affect the scenario at all, the developer has already decided for you. For example, I’ve tried a playthrough where I choose all the negative decisions with Megan while choosing all the positive ones with Nina and Lily, and… nothing changed at all from another playthrough where I chose all the positive decisions with all the girls.

The story itself is not too bad (romance and secrets), except for one f*cking big problem: the MC knows a lot about his parents and Megan’s past/present dark secrets but YOU, as the player who takes the role of the MC (well, that’s how it usually works), knows nothing about those secrets, they are all kept behind the scene. I’ve played hundreds of VNs and this is the first and only time where I see the MC keeping secrets from the player, this is totally against the immersive feeling you usually get in VNs.

Renders: they are of rather poor quality in the first chapters but get better with time.

Animations: they are of poor quality from chapter 1 to chapter 21 (current update) but it’s still a little better than seeing only a couple of renders during a sex scene.

Before downloading the game, just know that one chapter = one in-game day, so don’t expect too much content even if it all started in July 2021. As of now, September 2023, you will only see 20 in-game days (some are a bit shorter than others) and half a day for chapter 21.

I also have to mention that a lot of players are complaining about the lack of vaginal/anal sex with the main love interests (4 girls if you include Bella because I think she will have a big role in the future), and they’re right, you will mainly see handjobs and blowjobs, but (spoiler alert) from chapter 20 onward, it starts to change, you will even see the very first creampie in chapter 21.

Twenty chapters. 20. And somehow the author managed for them to have neither a lot of story nor sex. Truely an outstanding achievement because usually when the complaint about too little content comes up for long games like this, only one of the two things is missing.

On top of that, this has to be one of the most obnoxious MC's I have encountered yet. He is supposed to be an experienced guy in his mid-twenties but his thoughts and actions are those of a 14 year old. That also shows in how he handles it when the girls lie to him, betray his trust or are just huge cunts in general. He will just smile and nod and be happy.

Going in having read the other reviews I was thinking "it can't be so bad", especially because I have no problems with slow-burn games.

But the other reviews were not exaggerating. There really is no redeeming quality except for the renders which are really nice for the most part and are also the reason this is not a 1-star review.

Only play this if you like being teased by a story that goes nowhere, an MC dumber than a slice of bread and main LI's that have basically 0 progress in over two years of game development.

Wow 19 chapters of dick tease with an occasional non family member fuck thrown in just tp kee[ you hanging in hoping for more. Well there is some kind of story there. What kind is not really apparent yet as the story develops at about the same pace of the MC actually his oversize penis inside of a female in this game.

The fema;es look great even if they are of the oversized breast variety for the majority of them. I also they are mostly of the Mexican hairless variety as well which I find sadly disappointing. However the fact that they are all slutty as hell in the way they act the poor MC can't get past the front entry of their nether regions. There are exactly, count em on your fingers, one hands worth of outside sex experiences for him. That makes this 19 chapters of dick teases. He may actually get some from his cousins and his Aunt by chapter 30 the way this one is being written.

It's been almost 2 years since the release of this game and the fact of the matter is that we have reached 19 chapters, and in those 19 chapters has been but an utter waste of time. why do I call it a waste? maybe it's because there's a lack of Vaginal Sex with the main characters, all the while the only time we had actual Sex was with side characters that anyone couldn't give 2 shits about. From my point of view, We should've had a sex scene with Lily by now. Nina would probably come after that. and then Megan would be saved for last. which wouldn't be too shocking, Still though. We're about to reach chapter 20 and I would say it's definitely time to step up and implement a Big event. at least with Lily, if anything she would seem the most willing to take part in Vaginal Sex in the next chapter. I like the game a lot and I don't want it to fail, but all I see is wasted potential. I would say this is a wake-up call for this game to get on the right path. I said my piece.

Don't be fooled player, the points you earn by talking to girls in this game are just there for the sake of being, completely irrelevant.
If you like games where you have control and sleep with those you want this is not the game for you, I give this rating because I feel cheated.
Spoilers ALERT!
Recommended to avoid.

You may be know a character Smoothface McDickus, so it's a story about his brother, Braindead Longshlong.

only thing i liked is 3 main girls(looks only) rest of this .. creation is bad. bad in a sense of so bad it's funny and just bad.

writing is bad as well, i hope i don't get banned for calling this stuff writing

You may think, "wtf? can't be THAT bad!" yes it can. oh boi it can. heavy cases of copy/paste, you can check this yr self, mc talk with one of girls about pc hacking and ask her if she is from anonymous, she say ... bla-bla-bla. one or two chapters later, same ppl, same dialog word to word, just different place...???? how the fuck can you be this lazy? do you know what is synonym? you can apply same to whole sentences, keep meaning just use different words ffs.
also all this he-he and hi-hi... (picard double facepalm)... you know, if enstead of this you can put something like, she smiled. etc. it's ok to put "he-he" once here and there, but not every second line. what we suppose to think when reading all this he-he and ha-ha? why are they laughing all the time? i don't know, but i have bad feeling that these characters are escapees from mental instituition or stoned, "up in smoke" 24/7
also... this grey text, what was there? sitting two meters away from monitor couldn't see shit, grey text on dark backgound 90% of time, "best" idea ever. is italic not enaugh to sepparate thoughts and vocal words? for me, grey text = click-click-click.

ok. let me describe you MC.

about 26-28 years old manbaby with heave case of schizophrenia. absolutely braindead fucker. in one scene he acts like grown adult, compliments girls like pro gigolo, "next" scene he... no))) after every ejaculation, mc "swearing like a sailor", but words he knows are from kindergarden. this clown is all over the place. on multiply ocasions mc blabing about how their(girls) safty is his priority... though you may already guessed))) i say it... he found the cave, he was told by locals that "something" going on and it's better not to go there. and.... this victim of fail abortion... going in the cave... with girls... multiply times.
i deleted this, ...game with no choises or vn with no n, somewhere around cave "adventures". but not only because of this, i also not a fun of this new genre. i could understand slowburn, but noburn?
WHAT? yes ppl) it's fucking NOBURN. i deleted this around ch 13-15, and mc dick was nowhere near any of three main holes. if this is not an massive NOBURN i don't know what is.

efforts was put to made this. value as vn = 1 star, and only because i liked some girls. i hope this will have great learning value for autor and his/her next vn will be great.

Almost 0 choices in early chapter sex scenes. Even if you're not interested in the side characters, you are "forced" to have sexual relations with them. This feels really horrible and a huge turn off.

Woman proportions are also insane and unrealistic as hell.

considering the ratings and intro i was expecting a shitshow but i was boored so tried it and was pleasantly suprised.

the intro premise is still giga retarded "yeah i was the laziest piece of shit there ever was so i was imprompto thrown out of the house at 16 but i hold no grudges" especially since that entire part seems to be glossed over and could have a way better explanation for being gone for 10 years. but other than that i enjoyed it.

This game is excellent, the story is good and the character developement is strong and they are also very aesthetically pleasing. This game is not intended for those who want to have a full on sex scene every chapter (There is sex, ignore those reviews that say there isn't any) but intended for those who enjoy the more drawn our experience.

I followed this game for a long time and am very disappointed with what it has become. I enjoyed the plot and characters at the beginning and had some good growth. However at this point there is little to no movement on anything. The conflict has had small sprinkles of stuff but no real movement. The relationships are ungodly slow moving full of teasing and some foreplay when by this point you should be fucking at least one of the main LI's on the regular if not multiple of them. Hell you don't even really get side action. Updates also seem to be getting smaller. Play at your own risk. If you like extremely slow burn games then this isn't bad for everyone else I would advise to play one of the thousands of other games with similar tags on the site.

Nice renders and beautiful girls, but way, way, way, way, way, way too much blueballing. Teasing sucks. There is literally no real sex with any of the LIs YET in the 14th chapter. WTF???? Only blowjob/handjob which is boring. Teasing is extremely boring. Too much yakking, too. People play AVNs for the sex part which should happen by the 3rd or 4th chapter (REAL sex - penis-vagina or anal.) How long do we have to wait for anything good? ETA STILL no actal sex with LI's chapter 19. This is another total blueball fest like AWAM level. Totally wasteful.

(CH14)
With so much competition on f95zone, there's simply no reason to ever play this game. It doesn't excel at anything. It's extremely subpar across the board.
The "choice" system is shit. I'm not sure why this was glossed over, but it's basically a matter of "do you wanna have content with this character or do you wanna make the choice that clearly means you won't?" No real "consequence that I can detect, except for perhaps being locked out of scenes, but see above as to why no one will care.
Picture Quality - Average, sometimes horrible with heavy grain.

Sadly this VN is a waste of time.

[Ch. 13}
As far as visual novels go, this is a pretty good one, so far.

While some of the writing might be a little on the odd side, with the constant 'he he's and the 'okie dokie's, the writing is pretty solid with not much in the way of spelling errors. The writing in general is pretty good as far a the story is considered. It seems to have meaningful and heartfelt dialog.

The renders are also exceptional and express the situation perfectly. That being said, the animated scenes are a little off. I like the effort but they seem to be a little off sometimes. (Example: the couch swing kiss animation. They're clearly not on the swing. It's not moving at the same rate.)

Again, I like the VN and think it's a suggested read. While there's some fault with the execution at times, that doesn't take away from what the story brings.

Good story, hot girls all throughout this. Milf is crazy hot can't get enough of her. Also the music matches the scenes well. Would hope to see more of Megan's coworker/friend too she's seductive as hell

A hidden gem on this site

Finally had a chance to playthrough this today. This is a slow-burner for sure! So if you're more into plot buildup into payoff scenes then I feel this would be more up your alley opposed to those looking for just a quick fap.

Although the textures are a bit dark at times and the plot took some building up to do, I feel like this game definitely found it's foundation and is building on it on it's latest updates!

Without spoiling to much I would say post-change up of the main setting in the story, this game definitely took a turn for the complete better side of things Models are great, plot is in a great mystery arch as of now, I feel connected to each of the LI's in different ways as well. And although goofy at times I think the MC says the right things in the more serious sides of conversations.

Wholesome game that also has some very sexy scenes in it as well
5 stars for me

Everyone acts DTF from day 1. Basically, an incest game without the taboo aspect that makes that kink attractive. What's the point?
Extremely mundane slice-of-life. I didn't think anything could top The Visit in this, but this game managed to do it.
The MC with his massive 14-inch dick. It looks ridiculous and no players can relate to this. I'll never understand this kind of wish fulfillment.
Way too much 'he he ha ha hi hi' going on. Not sure where the jokes are, but the player seems to be out of the loop. Please just stop. The dialogue seems like it was made by a 14-year-old due to this.

Sure, the dev picked decent models for characters (that we've all seen a thousand times) but didn't put much effort at all into making decent renders.
With so much competition on f95zone, there's simply no reason to ever play this game. It doesn't excel at anything. It's extremely subpar across the board.

Game as of Ch 12

Visuals

• I feel like this is another very, very misleading posting in F95. When you stumble across the thread holding the deets, you see a banner atop that promises smooth lines, impossibly sexy hourglass figures, and rich, vibrant renders. Until you stare longer. Open each full image, you'll see insane compression. Either that, or they're super fucking low-res. I'm not sure why that is, because this game could be a flagship for hotties if the devotion were there.
• Obviously, you downloaded the game because all 3 women - yes, ALL 3 - are appealing from the banner, and perhaps even the preview images. But part of you is thinking, "Is it me, or are they kinda half-assed?" It's not just you. They're half-assed. Promising character models that would otherwise be oh-so-boner(or moistening?)-inspiring. Play ANY other hi-fi rendered VN, and come back to this one, you will immediately take notice and have a womp womp moment.
• With the above stated, it also goes without saying that the environment renders are also completely lacking in detail and refinement. The lighting is horrid, pretty much across the board i.e. characters are noticeably darker in appearance in an otherwise well-lit room.
• The character thumbs are also not kept to ratio; they're squished hot-dog style, so it looks like they fell into a garbage compactor a la A New Hope and didn't quite stop it in time.
• If you can get past all that (I unfortunately cannot), Megan, Lily, and Nina are hot as fuck.
• Bella looks like she is mid-exorcism in the eyeball region.
• The animations are just one speed setting shy of being such; a series of images meant to simulate motion kinda like the old flipbooks you could manually create a moving image with or recreate with a Post-It pad and a ton of spare time. In other words: don't get your hopes up here, either, kid.

Story

• Not gonna lie, I played this from start to Ch 8 sometime back in May '22, then shelved it and either didn't see or didn't download Ch 9-11. Picked back up as of Ch12 in Sep '22. I don't remember anything about what happened before CH 9. That should tell you all you really need to know about the value added for the story.
• The "choice" system is shit. I'm not sure why this was glossed over, but it's basically a matter of "do you wanna have content with this character or do you wanna make the choice that clearly means you won't?" No real "consequence that I can detect, except for perhaps being locked out of scenes, but see above as to why no one will care.

Dialog

• This is actually where the game shines. No idea what other games Naughty Skunk has made, and I don't care. This one is rough in every conceivable aspect EXCEPT the dialog. I am constantly pining for well-written, English-predominant dialog. This one (mostly) delivers. It's not poetry, it won't leave you feeling like your heartstrings have been tugged on. It probably won't even be memorable overall. What it will leave you with is the satisfaction of not having to stop, tilt your head, re-read constantly, and go, "Dafuq?" I appreciate that characters openly swear, albeit with some reservation on some occasions. I'm sick to death of devs writing ADULT VISUAL NOVELS that lack adult language except by "playing it safe" by resorting primarily to inner monologue for that. It's annoying. Either the player is an adult, or they are doing some adult shit they don't want their parents to know about by playing these. Either way, I appreciate a realistic, sensible amount of profanity, blasphemy, and crudeness. I'm almost positive this is the only VN out there with the line, "Holy shit biscuits!" Than you for that, dev.
• I don't know if it's the OG dialog or the "taboo" patch, but it's kind of annoying that we know Megan is MC's aunt yet he pretty much only refers to her by her first name. If I pulled that crap with any of my aunts as a kid they'd have either taken offense or put a stop to it.

Overall, I just can't recommend this one. If it were redone, visually, from the start...yes. Visual is half the components in "visual novel", so I have higher than average standards given how saturated F95 is. Yes, I'd probably do a shit job if forced to make one. Actually, no, I wouldn't; I'd be so consumed by perfectionism that I'd end up like Pinkcake spending hours toiling over little details and convincing myself I need multiple systems rendering 24/7 just to meet my own standards.

I think this game is very under rated. The story line is ok but the characters are very beautiful. I recommend the download and giving it a try. I really enjoyed it. For the dev, I think developing the characters a little more would help. Also, more scenes with the “younger girl” would be awesome. She definitely made the game!