Review as of 0.5.2PE | Timestamps is a AAA title VN, one of the tentpoles of F95.
Lots of positives: the character and background renders are gorgeous and the writing is excellent, with even less-important characters like Bacon getting character development. It's shaping to be a harem-style game with not a whole lot of player choice (the only ones seem to be whether or not to be brave/wimp, and to dump your girlfriend) But the H-scenes are sexy as hell, thanks to both the quality of the graphics/animations/writing, it's worth checking out ever most players. I don't much care for Unity, but it's applied here as well as it can. The navigation bar on the side is well-implemented as is the hint system.
Only slight complaints: the animations could be a bit better and smoother based on what other games have done. And a pale brunette would really hit the spot. But these are minor issues that don't detract from a truly great game.
Favorite in-development VN on the site, as of this review. The story is fun and fast paced, the women are all quite stunning, the compositions and renders are beautiful, and the animations actually look like natural movement. These aren't just passable, but significant accomplishments.
Built on the Engine Aesouh is still developing, there are still a few rough spots. Like; you can't skip ONLY previously read text, scrollback isn't quite perfect or always available, and you'll likely find a bug here and there. However, the engine has much improved since the beginning, and there are surely advantages which made it worth not simply using the existing VN makers.
Yes, there's still considerable proofreading to be done. A few sentences are a bit clumsy or even somewhat confusing, but those are the exception not the rule. Anyone who's actively hunted down good eroge will tell you that it can be a daunting task to find those with even decent English in them.
tl;dr: GREAT PORN. If you like the description and the screenshots, you are going to enjoy yourself.
Everything was great for me, i think it has a certain nice balance of porn, story visual.
Only dislike was the house holder's hair, i didnt find her that atractive overall, the other characters are awesome.
- Gameplay is good, although it could be a little more dynamic. Purely story driven and the story itself isn't that interesting.
- The renders are beautiful, but the models themselves aren't too attractive. This is definitely aimed at the older milf crowd.
- Sometimes running through the plot can be a little mundane. It's not much more than going from location to location and reading.
- Animations are good quality and sex scenes are plenty as well.
Sorry I haven't posted a review until now... I have been playing this game since the very beginning. It has always held a place in my top ten. Time travel is one of my favorite plot devices. What can I say about this game? It is so well done. Renders are great, character models are very nice, music and sound is appropriate, story and dialog is nearly flawless. I would definitely donate to this game if I were a more wealthy man.
But it's not 5/5 because:
- Female characters are too bitchy
- For me Smoking doesnt make the milf More Sexier, just less sexier (maybe could be optional ?)
- Game is linear, still displayed like a sandbox game.
(You have like 20 places to go, but only 1 place will do smtg)
- You get sex scenes too easily, I would prefer more build up.
My first review. Game is great with just the right amount of branching paths to not make you confused. Although i'm not a "smoking fetish entusiast" i'm willing to look past that due to the fantastic renders and well written story. Another thing this game does well is the implementation of "plug and play" translation patches making it easy to translate without any coding experience. All in all this game is one of the ones thats pushing the borders of adult gaming. I see a bright future for it.
is a very good game, and girls are the most beautiful
game has full animations and i love the idea of traveling back and play again same situations but different actions
i think is best game ever and i am sad i cant give money to creator
GREAT GAME! Best I've played on this site, I'm not overly experienced but liked it enough to write this review. I like the big boobs and cocks, but would love to see a cock enhancement patch. I'd support that as a project, i'd be willing to become a top-tier patreon for that kind of thing.
Loved it! The hero's a bit too oversized in the tool department and it doesn't add anything (actually takes some visual space oh well) - Funny, very sexy, and still lots of space of crazy stories and great sex. Please keep it up
This game has finally started to pay dividends it has taken a year but it finally has content worth playing.
The storytelling is passable and the foreshadowing is decent. The models are look like they belong I've seen 3d games where the different models in the same game look like they were made for different ascetics. The animations have improved as time has gone by and they don't feel clunky.
My con for the game is that it took so long to get here I just hope that now that we are having sex there isn't a long dry spell over multiple iterations before we start having sex again.
This game is an absolute perfection,from head to toe,i had my doubts at the beginning while there were more then a few glitches and errors but now it has reached perfection,runs smooth,it has ana amazing story,incredible models,hot as f... I can not wait for the next update,an absolute amazing job on zhis one Motkeyz.
Great VN.
I tryed it at first release but waited along time to get on with it so there would be alot of content, and it did not disapoint at all.
Story is good with some twists and i hope more will come.
Animations are top and lewd
Characters are all hot and lewd.
5stars from me.
Pros :
The quality of the renders and the animation, really great
The start and set up of the story
The navigation through the day and the map is pretty well managed
Neutral :
I'm not really fond of MILF, neither of junkies, therefore the chara design is not really to my liking, but that's personal taste, so I will not criticize.
I do like Nika and Maureen though.
Cons :
The flow of the story after few days, which gets harder to follow (but gets better at the end)
The lack of consistence of the characters personality
The choices, or let's say the lack of choices. None of the choices we make have an impact on the story, they just change the line of the dialogue or the next scene, but that's pretty much.
After last update, I change my rating from 4 to 5 stars as the story get a bit more consistent and interesting. The good points overcome the bad ones.
It is an excellent game, animations are the best I have ever seen before, designs are awesome, plot is also original. Forgot to rate it before so although it's late, it's still better than nothing <3 I don't know what else I can say, don't even doubt to play this game, just download and play it. It's a very well game.
Best 3D models rendering ever...also animation are unique, but story somehow lost plot. 1st sex with mom, happen somehow unexpected, ...maybe it would be better with dad instead of mom's friend I mean aunt. Otherwise...anyway, I cant give 5 stars but 4 is more than eough for this beautiful game.
Good graphics, nice story, you can see the effort that was put into this game.
a little problem on the resolution (doesnt work at 1920*1080) but beside that nothing wrong with the game. Easy to know what to do without a guide. Would recommand
The game starts with a neat storyline, excellent graphics and a typical setup of male teen character with blueballs, surrounded by MILFs and hotties.
While the story continues to be intriguing, the sexual progress is pretty straightforward and simple. It is however, the dialog and the resulting progress that makes this game really awesome.
For pervs like me, I prefer some spice added to stories. Blackmail, NTR, voyeurism, some other darker content is what piques my interest. This story however earns a 5/5 for the Narration, Graphics and the Story.
Well... what can i say about this game except that it's just brilliant, fantastic and an absolute must-play for both milfs and harem fans !
To be clear, i played a full harem path, trying to get as many girls as possible, because... well... because i love boobs, i love bubble butts, i love women, i want as much as i can and all for me !!
I'll put the rest in spoilers to be sure i don't spoil anyone that would read that.
I've had a chance to play the game and so far I'm really enjoying it.
I'll bypass the standard small things like a grammar error here or there with words or punctuation because that's normal in projects, especially ones that aren't finished yet. I've only gotten to the moment in day 3 just after you return home for the final time while in the past to get to dinner (slightly past that but I didn't save).
First of all I'm loving the models in the game. Rather than over-the-top characters with tits bigger than their heads or thighs thicker than their waists, there are fairly realistic avatars representing each character and I must admit that the avatars seem to match the personality of each character as well - basically they're more believable and match the world and story so far. On average it's a good game visually with nice details here and there for each area and room and it was fun on the first day to find all the nooks and crannies where I can be an asshat and steal money from every member of the household before I've even met anyone. That's obviously perfectly fine in these games so relax!
The music is standard fare for the visual novel genre - basically I didn't notice it too much meaning it wasn't really bad or really good and fit well enough to support the gameplay. The small videos you reach are pretty good overall but could be better. It's mostly the slight animation glitches here and there that cause problems like the situation with Gaz in the park and the "blob" suddenly poking out of her collarbone, but when it comes to audio it's better and matches up well with the animations so that's a plus. Being able to mute them is also useful, as well as pushing stop to skip them should you be going through them again to check different decisions. I haven't tried the pause function but haven't had a need to for now.
Gameplay is the standard for most VN games but it's unfortunately very glitchy at times. Saving and loading are two things that make me worry every time I use the functions and trying to move back in the text also gives me pause. No matter where you save in a scene the loading will usually take you back to the beginning of the scene. I've saved at every decision but when I load the decision it pops me back to the beginning of the scene which means I have to skip it all to get back to the decision. Thankfully this isn't much of a problem but does make it seem like I'm "wasting time" (while playing a naughty visual novel one-handed...). Moving back in text I avoid completely because it's barely functional. Clicking it once usually does nothing and it can take two or three clicks for the option to even work, if at all, and when you reach the first line of text right after a decision then it stops and you can't back up past, or even to, a decision which is why it's useful to SAVE at every decision. The menus are also a bit glitchy at times and the fact you can't save in the "world map" before you enter an area is unfortunate.
Using Unity may seem like a bad idea to many people but I get the impression the developers have some interesting ideas they want to try to implement which wouldn't be easy or possible to do through something like Ren'Py.
*WARNING POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD*
Story-wise, which is the part I've been most interested in, it's a great start for the game. Admittedly I haven't gone far through the game and can't get very far into the story as it's unfinished but that doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable in its current state. One of the most interesting parts is
Once I get further in the game and try different choices I'll be able to see if the earlier choices have big, small or no consequences on future events. So far the only consequences I've seen are text differences but again I haven't gotten too far into the story and that's important because at this rate this could very well be a long story which would be amazing to see. However, taking that into account, I'm extremely curious to see how this develops as it's a very interesting idea. It makes me think of the movie Project Almanac or Butterfly Effect in some ways with the consequences not being fully known in the beginning but as far as I can tell, revealed more and more as you go on into the game which will make you wonder about start-game choices like I'm already doing. This will add great replay value if it's done properly with more open results and not just change a few small things in a narrow story ending with simple bad ends forcing you to make other choices to get the "true" ending. I admit that thought might be my wishful thinking at this stage in VN development in general but it's a nice thought.
Is it worth checking out overall? Yes. Would I suggest jumping in now? Yes and no. I worry I'll enjoy this game so much that an abrupt end before the next update will annoy and frustrate me or that I'll be sorely disappointed in my own lofty expectations that come out of personal assumptions based on nothing but the premise and overview causing me to lose interest. Keeping that in mind if you want a full game to enjoy (avoid any and all walkthroughs until your own first playthrough) then skip this one for now but watch it and check in from time to time. If you want to see something interesting and have more patience than I do then hop right in and decide if the premise is something you can enjoy.
I wonder if there will be a lewd patch? ;P
*EDIT* Found it!
