Recommending TonyMurray's Favourite Games and Favourite Girls

[tuskedkibbles]

Got another one for you. Snowstorm

Pretty big on story, with a surprising number of twists and ~4/5 major story paths (there's more but a few converge later) as well as 10+ main and side LIs. I was surprised by just how much I liked this one. The soundtrack is also killer. This is actually the first game I've ever played with the music on.

This game is the second of a series, but the first isn't needed to play (this game says as much) and honestly, I probably wouldn't recommend the first game (Sandstorm). It isn't bad per se, but it's not particularly worth it in my opinion. It's relatively short though, so if you want to run through it it's not a big time sink. Snowstorm is much longer, with a very good amount of content already released. It took me a few days to get through all the paths.

• Long Road Home - I tried it and liked some of it, but I couldn't get into the story at all.
• Friends in Need - I tried it and couldn't get past that forced first scene. None of the choices available reflected the way I would want to play, and I really disliked that. From what I recall, the choices (after the dev made the change) were to talk her into fucking, to rape her, or to turn her down. The turn her down option is what I believe was added, but it's basically a joke as it leads to an early game over. If that's not the case and I missed something, I'd consider looking at this one again, perhaps.

LRH - I'm not sure how far you got, but the story is to be honest, kind of shitty for the first section of the game. You really have to get past the initial hurdles before it becomes decent. Definitely a clear case of the author being inexperienced at first and his work reflecting that. By the time you 'take out some trash' in the desert, that's when it's like the author flipped a light switch and the quality improves markedly. Given our similar taste (from our shared top games and your recommendations I've played so far), I'd suggest giving this one another go, but obviously it's up to you to if you want to spend the time on something that isn't a sure thing. All I can say is that the first ~1 hour is completely different in writing and 'feel' from later updates.

FiN - The turn her down option was an April Fool's joke because a lot of people were complaining about that character. The actual update to Chapter 1 that allows you to turn her down is coming soon, like that other user mentioned. Past that encounter, every LI is completely optional, including Nicki (the girl from the first scene). If you turn her down, she's still around, but pretty much just as your personal assistant and friend. There's also a rather interesting plot development in the latest update that adds a bit more to the story than just the MC's random philanthropic endeavors.

 

[TonyMurray]

One of the best topics on this site!

I'm honoured, thank you!

Got another one for you. Snowstorm

LRH - I'm not sure how far you got. All I can say is that the first ~1 hour is completely different in writing and 'feel' from later updates.

FiN - The turn her down option was an April Fool's joke because a lot of people were complaining about that character. The actual update to Chapter 1 that allows you to turn her down is coming soon, like that other user mentioned.

Snowstorm is already on my list (there are currently 385 to try on there, but some are very new so I'll be waiting on some more content first...)

LRH - I can't remember how far I got. I think it was around the time MC was getting a motel room with two women after the prison... receptionist? took him home. That whole section just didn't do anything for me in story, characters, or really in visuals either.

FiN - I've added to my list to try again pending the rework of the opening.

 

[tuskedkibbles]

(there are currently 385 to try on there, but some are very new so I'll be waiting on some more content first...)

LRH - I can't remember how far I got. I think it was around the time MC was getting a motel room with two women after the prison... receptionist? took him home. That whole section just didn't do anything for me in story, characters, or really in visuals either.

That's a big list, lol. I admire you dedication to go through what I imagine is mostly slop.

As for LRH, yeah that's like the beginning beginning, and I agree, that entire section is seriously underwhelming. It picks up quickly once you start working at the strip club (pretty soon after the MC and the daughter leave trailer park hell). That's when more interesting (and in my opinion much more attractive) LIs are introduced and the main story begins.

 

[Zorro#34]

there are currently 385 to try on there

Goddamn, that's a lot. It's gonna be an awesome guide... If you survive, that is

that's like the beginning beginning, and I agree, that entire section is seriously underwhelming

Yeah, that's when I dropped the game, just like Tony. That motel episode is seriously horrible, and, however good the rest of the game is, it always was there.

 

[TonyMurray]

Goddamn, that's a lot. It's gonna be an awesome guide... If you survive, that is

Yeah, that's when I dropped the game, just like Tony. That motel episode is seriously horrible, and, however good the rest of the game is, it always was there.

Some games will only get a quick look because I'm pretty good with realising when something's just really not to my taste, whether it's gameplay or graphics (story needing a bit longer to judge, unless it's a truly horrific start). The opposite side of that coin is that I am still finding new games to add to the list, at a probably quicker rate than I'm trying out the games that are on there!

LRH is a good eample of something I get with books a lot - they don't have to immediately win me over, but if they immediately turn me off, that's not something that I'll generally get past. A lot of times, people say to me I "need to" keep reading a series even if I didn't like book one, "it gets better," and "but book four is amazing" etc.

I am comfortable enough and experienced enough in my tastes to know that I'd rather try something new that might or might not work for me, than push through something that already isn't working for me on the word of someone else that it will get better - too often you'll find that the "someone else" there has completely different tastes to you and for you it just doesn't get better! Plus, as you said, that bit that really didn't work for me is still always going to be there, dragging the whole thing down...

 

[TonyMurray]

The Lewd Deal by Mr.CreepGames

I saw this one pop up in the "recent posts" list, which is where I get a fair few of my recommendations, actually. The renders looked great and it promises two modes of gameplay, or rather, two paths - there's a love/romance route and a fetish/corruption route. Having played both routes, I would say that, realistically, there isn't any love, romance, fetish, or corruption to speak of in the game. For all of them, the main reason is that there just isn't enough time to develop anything.

The female lead is a real estate agent/realtor, showing you around a secluded mansion you're thinking of purchasing. On the "love" route, it's just the two of you, and you have a little adventure, end up having sex, and then meet up again a month later, at which point it's basically "game over", no more content. On the "fetish" route, it's the same story except you are not single, and you and your wife use the realtor as a plaything. Again, after the sex scene, there's a "game over" after a quick view of "one month later".

I'd guess there's about half an hour of gameplay across both paths combined, so when I say there's no time for anything to build, I mean it. It makes the sex scene, of which there is just that one per path, pretty meaningless, it's just there for titillation. You get a bunch of options during the two sex scenes, which allow you to change position, but otherwise, once you choose your path at the start of the game, it's basically a kinetic novel.

The graphics do look good, and both the girls are beautiful (if using models familiar from other games). Sadly, only the realtor really does anything, with the wife's role reduced to just a blowjob and pretty much just being there while you have sex with the realtor - so I'd struggle to really justify calling it either a threesome or a cuckquean situation. As a proof of concept, or a chapter of an anthology of similar, short sex stories, this could work quite well, but as a standalone game, there just isn't enough there.

 

[tuskedkibbles]

Yeah, that's when I dropped the game, just like Tony. That motel episode is seriously horrible, and, however good the rest of the game is, it always was there.

Yeah... It was really bad...

 

[tuskedkibbles]

Race of Life by Underground Studio

with MC’s ex-wife Allison absolutely in with a shot at being my favourite love interest across all the games I’ve played (I will get back together with her!).

I wasn't ready for this ride...

MC is a fucking idiot. I don't know if I can do other paths, man...

 

[PrivilegedCholo]

What a cool thread, very well thought out, super high quality and articulated while i disagreed with 80% of it and it does feel like you have a certain bias to a very specific type of look, we all operate the same way with our tastes. I wish more people can do the same with their interests and make threads like these it helps others discover what they like or not.

 

[TonyMurray]

What a cool thread, very well thought out and articulated while i disagree with 80% of it and it feels like you have a certain bias to a very specific type of look, we all operate the same way. I wish more people can do the same with their interests and make threads like these it helps others discover what they like or not.

Thanks! And yes, exactly that - if you have similar tastes to mine, this thread is for you! Shame for you that it seems we have quite different tastes, so it might not be as useful to you.

 

[Zorro#34]

MC is a fucking idiot. I don't know if I can do other paths, man...

I have two (both non-Allison) runs with the following justifications:

1) Good MC. While he still doesn't deserve Allison's forgiveness, his redemption path is to learn on his mistakes and stay true by Veronica where he failed Alli.
2) Bad MC who doesn't give a shit about Alli and has fun with Jasmine and Natalya instead. Well, he's just a bad guy, no further justification needed.

 

[TonyMurray]

I have two (both non-Allison) runs with the following justifications:

1) Good MC. While he still doesn't deserve Allison's forgiveness, his redemption path is to learn on his mistakes and stay true by Veronica where he failed Alli.
2) Bad MC who doesn't give a shit about Alli and has fun with Jasmine and Natalya instead. Well, he's just a bad guy, no further justification needed.

As of yet, I haven't split my saves out. I usually do a single save, maybe two, initially, and go through doing multiples for different LIs when I'm set on continuing the game as a favourite - so I'll maybe do that here when I play the next update. At the moment, I have a single save focused on Jasmine, Maggie, and Allie; and then just for the specific content, I have both an Allie "bad" save and a Veronica save.

When I split them out, I don't know how many times to do so, I might just go for the individual girls I like (Allie, Jasmine, Maggie) and then a Veronica save because I guess there's a lot of content that I'd miss otherwise. I'm not sure on Natalya yet though, as I'm not a big fan, but she's likely to have a fair bit of content too...

 

[tuskedkibbles]

As of yet, I haven't split my saves out. I usually do a single save, maybe two, initially, and go through doing multiples for different LIs when I'm set on continuing the game as a favourite - so I'll maybe do that here when I play the next update. At the moment, I have a single save focused on Jasmine, Maggie, and Allie; and then just for the specific content, I have both an Allie "bad" save and a Veronica save.

When I split them out, I don't know how many times to do so, I might just go for the individual girls I like (Allie, Jasmine, Maggie) and then a Veronica save because I guess there's a lot of content that I'd miss otherwise. I'm not sure on Natalya yet though, as I'm not a big fan, but she's likely to have a fair bit of content too...

I hate you for introducing me to this game. I just started episode 3, I don't want the content to end...

I usually do a save for pretty much every path, but certain games get me where I just 'click' with a character and lose interest in all other paths. In this one Allison has hit me with a semi-truck of feels. I'm in a similar boat with Maggie. I'll probably do a third 'fuck around' save, but the heart just ain't in it, you know?

 

[tuskedkibbles]

Thanks! And yes, exactly that - if you have similar tastes to mine, this thread is for you! Shame for you that it seems we have quite different tastes, so it might not be as useful to you.

I'm the opposite. This thread is now my go to library and you're the librarian. I already shared like 4 of my top 10 with you (up to 5 now that I've played Race of Life), and I haven't played all of the others yet.

 

[TonyMurray]

I hate you for introducing me to this game. I just started episode 3, I don't want the content to end...

I usually do a save for pretty much every path, but certain games get me where I just 'click' with a character and lose interest in all other paths. In this one Allison has hit me with a semi-truck of feels. I'm in a similar boat with Maggie. I'll probably do a third 'fuck around' save, but the heart just ain't in it, you know?

I don't know what it is, but Allie is just an incredible character for me. She's a bit of a unicorn.

 

[tuskedkibbles]

I don't know what it is, but Allie is just an incredible character for me. She's a bit of a unicorn.

Me finishing current content (for character's I'm interested in): "Alright, all done. Oh, I'm missing quite a few scenes, must all be for Veronica. I guess it makes sense that she has a lot of scenes since she's the current 'girlfriend'.

*Sees the Allison scene*

Me: "Wtf? Did I miss something!?"

*Watches*

Me: "Oh shit, angry sex. Maybe I need to do an angry run next-"

*Scene ends with her crying and throwing the wedding photo in the fire*

Me: ...

I will never play that path. Mark my words.

 

[TonyMurray]

Me finishing current content (for character's I'm interested in): "Alright, all done. Oh, I'm missing quite a few scenes, must all be for Veronica. I guess it makes sense that she has a lot of scenes since she's the current 'girlfriend'.

*Sees the Allison scene*

Me: "Wtf? Did I miss something!?"

*Watches*

Me: "Oh shit, angry sex. Maybe I need to do an angry run next-"

*Scene ends with her crying and throwing the wedding photo in the fire*

Me: ...

I will never play that path. Mark my words.

I'm only doing it for the content. It's an odd one for sure, and not necessarily straightforward to unlock. I loved seeing Allie in a scene, but I much preferred the "regular" scene where she came downstairs the next morning and there might have been something there but you'd already left. Saying that, I thought it was a very good scene in terms of the emotion shown. You don't get that sort of scene in many games (or indeed, any game I can think of).

 

[Dessolos]

I much preferred the "regular" scene where she came downstairs the next morning and there might have been something there but you'd already left. Saying that, I thought it was a very good scene in terms of the emotion shown. You don't get that sort of scene in many games (or indeed, any game I can think of).

That probably is my favorite scene in the game right now. I remember the first I played ROL I thought Allie looked excited to see him again in the morning almost like nothing changed and they weren't divorced or something in that moment. Then Sad he was gone and happy again when she read his letter / note.

 

[TonyMurray]

That probably is my favorite scene in the game right now. I remember the first I played ROL I thought Allie looked excited to see him again in the morning almost like nothing changed and they weren't divorced or something in that moment. Then Sad he was gone and happy again when she read his letter / note.

Plus she was in one of my favourite outfits I've seen in games. She just looks incredible in this:

 

[Zorro#34]

This thread is now my go to library and you're the librarian.

…Looks like I need Tony's help, too. I ended up dropping 5 out of 7 games I recently tried . Might be losing my mojo .