HTML - To Be SIgma [v0.84] [ToBeSIgma]

When I saw how many pages you have to click through before you even get to the start of the game, talking about Patreon support and exclusive scenes, I was a bit annoyed. Then before starting the game, it asks you to put in a password before starting. If you don't put in a password the game tells you one more time what you're missing out by not supporting, and advertises the support options...

This was a red flag for me. I knew the game would be a grind before I even started playing, because the only reason to sell people on passwords for cheats at the very start of the game is that the game is deliberately designed to be annoying and grindy to play without cheats. And once you start playing, you notice the grind right away.

It's a shame because clearly a lot of work has been put into presentation. As far as Twine games go, this game has a pretty good interface, although some pages feel a bit "busy" with all the stuff on them. The writing is acceptable for a porn game. The choice of actresses was solid overall - not too many faces that you see in a bunch of other games. But all of that work has gone into producing a game that is clearly an attempt at a cash grab.

I wish this dev focused on making a well-designed game first, but that is obviously secondary to trying to make money. Make a good game and people will support you. Make a bad game that's only fun if you spend money, and people will just masturbate for free on PornHub.

I gave the game a chance to develop before giving a review. It has always had issues but it had potential. But after 8 updates or so later I come back and it's still the same mess I remembered, and there's still nothing exciting about the game. Honestly I don't think it will ever improve and I just gave up for future updates.

Absurdly grinding, absolutely impossible to play without cheat codes. And a little buggy (sometimes coding leads you to softlock) and laggy. UI is far from ideal too. Actrees choises and scenes mostly mediocre. If you looking for a sigma premium codes for new version - just leave the game and forget, its not worth a waste of time at all.

There are grinds and there are excessive grinds, and then there is To Be Sigma, where excessive grind is just the start. Sometimes grinds are worth it if there is a payoff, but far too often in TBS, if you "complete" the grind you are rewarded with "Under Development"

It looks like this grindfest of all grindfests is suffering from too many ideas not enough direction.I know it is still "early" in development as I am reviewing v 0.83 but it would be nice to have a complete thought without having to see an "under development" ending.

For example, take to combat training. Even though I have maxed my Fitness and Combat Skill it is impossible to beat the training partner, even using the three perks. You get no reward from the sparring (other than the videos from using the perks) and when the sparring is over you are challenged to fight in a tournament on Saturday. However, the University is closed on Saturday, so you can't even GET to the tournament. Last little annoyance, I have all sounds turned off, yet when I do the fight training I'm blasted with the fight sounds.

Another example of non-thought out grinds is computer skills. You need to get five programming skill to then advance Hacking, and then advance Web Design.

To get ONE programming skill you need to repeat a task over 20 times. Did I mention that each of the actions takes more than 2 energy? Did I also mention that with the max energy you can have with max fitness is 20? It takes SEVERAL GAME DAYS to get one computer programming skill. While you are doing each command, you don't see that your energy is being drained until you are out of energy..

It seems that the developer wants to have a massive UI, that is there, but majorly unconnected. The mapping and moving around take FAR too many button clicks. The important stats that you need are not on the screen that you need them. An example of this is upgrading the house, You have to be in your room. This is where you see the status of upgrades for each part of the house. When you click on "Improve house" the list that you just saw showing upgrade status, is gone. Why can that upgrade status show on the actual screen where you are choosing what room to upgrade?

Too often when you can actually complete a task, you have to click on the "back" button, then click it several more times to get back to where you can choose something else to do. If you use the "pin" map to quick travel to a location, after you get the the location, you have to click on the pin button again to close the map so you can interact with the rest of the UI.

Back to the hacking bit. If you have maxed hacking, and have hacked the computer that allows you to see the webcam of the "older woman of your residence" AND you get a message when attempting to enter her room that you should "go see what is going on in there on your computer" then after all the clicks to get to see something (five clicks) you get a message "nothing to see here"

Oh, and for seeing the progress of all the grinding, I haven't found a single MC stats page that shows ALL of your stats. The mouse-over stats from your "avatar" just shows a few, and the "NPC Stats" in the "Guide" section just shows what the ranges are.

There isn't a single place to see the quest status or the progress you have made with the other characters in the game.

And far, far too often you are introduced to a character or location that requires an action then you immediatley get the "under development." Please developler, if you are going to introduce a character or location, have the story move when it gets there. Don't put something out as a "COMING SOON!" it is a waste of your and my time.

These are just a few examples of actual grindy, over clicking, and complete waste of time this "game" is right now. Don't download it as it is way too large, and you'll just end up deleting it after wasting your time.

A grind nightmare. The values needed to even start the character's storyline like 100, 50 or 40 while the increment each reaction with that character is 1 for the first and 0.5 or 0.25 for the later. Also, most basic functions are behind a paywall like a walkthrough or rolling back.

The game could have been so much better. Great UI, it's easy to understand and navigate because of the various shortcuts implemented. This game has a lot of stuff to do, but it is extremely grindy. You need to create businesses and have a decent daily income which isn't too hard to figure out. Issues lie in the amount of grind and confusion that the developer leaves you in.

Relationships and scenes are awful in this game. I found that most of the scenes were just you watching the girls go off on themselves, your character isn't involved with any of the meaningful characters. Most of the sex scenes that you are included in are with random characters that have no development at all.

This guy really blocks the quest log if you don't sub to his patreon which really ruins this whole game. There isn't even a tutorial to show you how to progress yours or other characters. It's a confusing experience trying to figure out this game if you don't have the "cheat codes."

Unless you find the codes to unlock this game don't bother playing it.

Edit:
Even with cheats, this game is still a very awful experience, cheat buttons don't work, but at least now you get a walkthrough. Dev thinks that doing the same exact sequence 100 times in a row with the same exact outcome is fun. Good luck raising a characters stats to 40 when it only goes up by .25. At least the Dev has humor, when people complain about the grind he says that they're not sigma enough.

please do not waste your time with this.

The game is quite challenging, but that’s part of what makes it enjoyable. It offers a great experience for players who like a bit of difficulty and strategy. The mechanics are well-designed, and the overall gameplay is engaging, keeping you hooked for hours. However, one improvement that would make it even better is the addition of a fast travel button. The current movement system can feel a bit slow at times, especially when backtracking or exploring larger areas. Adding a fast travel feature would make the experience smoother and more enjoyable, allowing players to focus more on the action and exploration rather than spending too much time moving from place to place.

Despite this, I really enjoy the game and would recommend it to anyone who loves a challenge. The graphics, sound design, and level progression are well done, making for an immersive experience. If the developers implement a fast travel option, it would definitely enhance the overall quality of the game. Looking forward to future updates and improvements!

The game left a mixed impression. On the one hand, it has a good interface and plot, quite an acceptable setting for adult games in HTML. However, after playing for a little over an hour, it becomes clear that everything is going to hell. The grind in the game is terrible. There's just too much of it, and it seems like the developer specifically designed it to encourage players to subscribe to Patreon or similar sites to get a cheat code.

However, I can assure you that cheat codes will not save the game, as it lacks a clear plot after the initial plot. Instead, there's just a series of random scenes featuring different actresses that the developer tried to tie together. This is also evident from the in-game guide on the sidebar, indicating that without it you will not be able to progress in the game, as sometimes it is intuitively unclear what to do and where to go.

I doubt that the developers will be able to make any significant changes, given that they have already come a long way in their development process. Therefore, I strongly recommend against playing the game.

It's a grind , friggin long ass grind ...
Made worse by the delay caused by annoying animations .
Get cheats is a scam ...
the interface is made worse by buttons being all over the place and not being able to click them with ease ...

Download 0.6
have no password to unlock anything
check HTML code in the editor
start dissabling password checks and give yourself more money
still have no access to character cards or anything good

determine game is just screenshot galery from publicly available free porns with PAIDGATE behind basic options

don't play it, you deserve better...

Just tried the gale yesterday, I think it's on the right track ! Please keep developping, lots of good ideas. At this point it's just unclear how far the game goes and it's a little frustrating, but the griding is well measured and the videos are fun

Almost 1Gb, 364 folders, 1800 pictures / videos! And why do I point this out? In all that not a single Wienie in a Va-JJ or a Throbber in the pooper! (I refuse to count "lApToP sEArcH pORnO?") Going by numbers alone you would think that some actual porn would have made it into the porn game but of 1800 shots all were misses...

I want to say all this was a lot of effort but aside from the sheer Tism required to collect that much trashy lewd-ish content, there is no effort! It's been said already, but the very little text that just repeats itself over and over again is like BabelFish form the early 2000s quality. (for the younger folks, it's BAD.)

And the pay walls??? Please for the love of god don't reinforce this devs behaviour.

All in all this just makes for a very very confusing experiance.

The Good:
- The UI sidebar is decent.

The Bad:
- The rest of the UI is terrible, reading the dialog makes my eyes bleed.
- Ungodly amount of bloat images. (JPG's that are 10+ MB, we're not trying to shoot for 4k here chief).
- Ungodly amount of bloat for gifs (says he encoded them himself, highly doubtful as I've seen a lot of them in other places along with the misc folder having the telltale signs of downloading them straight from websites. Not that it's bad, but don't pass it off that you put in the work doing it..

The Ugly :
- Nearly unplayable on linux/unix based systems due to case sensitivity.
- Like, 2 scenes out of a nearly 2GB game.
- The dialog and spelling is the equivalent of some MTL games.
- 99% sure the overview text is AI generated.

v0.1 There isn't a whole lot to see or do:

The main menu didn't even work for me - there wasn't a start button. Luckily, the code is broken, so you can click on the guide, and it will have a link to the hallway (for reasons), and you can continue from there.

At the house there's a myriad of buttons that do absolutely nothing but tell you that there will be future content. You can steal the underwear of your family and grope your mother.

You can browse porn in your bedroom, making you wonder why you'd download a game to browse porn instead of, you know, browsing porn.

When you leave the house, every scene is a random porn gif for no good reason. For example, buying flowers shows you a gif of a blowjob.

The street shows multiple locations, but most do absolutely nothing: there's a house that only tells you that there will be future content. At the beach you do nothing but walk, watch random gifs, and find underwear on the ground, as people do.

Getting money is a dull grind, so once you cheat it you can improve the house and gain random bonuses. As an example, improving your bed will allow you to watch more random gifs while sleeping.

Side note: you can improve your bed as many times as you want. I probably spent close to $30,000 on it. That most be the best bed in the world.

The writing is non-existent and poor. It includes spelling errors even on the links: "Langueges"

I'm not really sure why this game is close to 2GB, seeing how there's like 2 scenes.

Nothing to see here.