Recommending TonyMurray's Favourite Games and Favourite Girls

[Dessolos]

I think in this case, dev sacrificed the story in a favor of fetishes. The whole game feels like a collection of kinks. It's cool to have variety to appeal to different players, but when there's too much, it starts to hurt the plot. As a result, - characters felt lifeless, especially MC.

I kept playing for a while just for Cathy, but the whole love triangle mess was the final straw and I dropped it after the previous update I think.

Luckily I play for more than 1 LI tho granted I haven't played that update yet so idk if it goes to far for me or not yet. Especially since im not a fan of threesomes or throuples unless I actually want it which is only sometimes

 

[AlexMpog]

Especially since im not a fan of threesomes or throuples unless I actually want it which is only sometimes

Oh, you're gonna love the 3some set-up here (sarcasm), I've seen plenty of different approaches from Devs, but this one so far is the worst I'd say.

 

[Dessolos]

Oh, you're gonna love the 3some set-up here (sarcasm), I've seen plenty of different approaches from Devs, but this one so far is the worst I'd say.

Yeah im not sure what to expect from it in this one from things I read. On one hand I want to say I won't mind it cause I actually did want one save with those 2 girls in one due to one being more of a lesbian or whatever and I do like both of them enough . But then I heard it feels kind of icky and scummy how it starts since it basically starts by cheating on the MC and I think it wasn't even a drunken mistake either which I could get pass.

 

[Lagunavii]

Oh, you're gonna love the 3some set-up here (sarcasm), I've seen plenty of different approaches from Devs, but this one so far is the worst I'd say.

oh there is so much stuff forced in this game. ridiculously forced. Its a bit of a clusterfuck and an absolute waste, really, as the story, although a nice premise, is actually botched by the forced situations and lack of depth that comes with it.

 

[TonyMurray]

Friends in Need by NeonGhosts

I tried out Friends in Need again after initially playing the start of it some updates ago and finding it, quite frankly, deplorable. If I remember it rightly, you are introduced to your best friend, who you would like to make your girlfriend, but she already has a boyfriend, who is a waste of space. After he gets into financial trouble using her money for one “get rich quick” scheme too many, she comes to you for help, as you’ve just come into a bucketload of money. You have the option of giving her the money in return for sex, or you can rape her and give her the money afterwards…

I dropped the game there, but heard that the dev was reworking this opening, so I figured I’d wait a couple of updates and see how it went. So now, it looks like there might be a consensual-sex option as well as a rapey option for your “best friend”. As I avoided that though, the first sex scene I got was with a girl who was clearly in to me, but the choices I had after taking her to my boat were “just go to sleep”, “have sex with her”, or “rape her”. Not even a “try it, and if she’s not up for it, then rape her”, just a flat-out straight-from-the-top option. From there, almost every sex scene gives you the option to play nice (as the game summary says “it's entirely possible to play a wholly good route, if that's your prerogative!”) or to treat it as a sexual assault simulator. Several scenes are only available in the sexual-assault variant, so it seems clear to me that’s the intended way to play. It should be noted that most of this appears to be available on the unpatched version as well – in skimming the initial few options, it looks like only the “rape her” option on the boat is hidden, the other scenes all have the sexual-assault variants still possible…

The game itself doesn’t necessarily look bad, and there are some potential LIs I wouldn’t mind building relationships with. The main LI (the “best friend”) looks a lot better (IMO) in this reworked opening, however she does then revert to the original style, or close to, which I’m not personally a fan of. Despite trying to avoid her for that reason and because of the toxicity of the relationship, the game does make her difficult to shake, pretty much forcing her into your life and bed. In fact, from the coding, it appears she loves you so much she’ll happily come to work for you after you rape her and then continue to sexually assault her.

I did get to the end of the current update (0.73), but things did not turn around for me, so my initial assessment, made prior to the rework, remains unchanged. I'm not even going to bother hunting through the files for LI card images, sorry.

 

[TonyMurray]

B.E.S.T. by Dolyla

I had high hopes for this one, but unfortunately it was more B.U.S.T. for me. There just wasn’t enough that I liked in it to offset the bits that I didn’t like, and those kept building up. The main positive for me is that the renders are good quality, but even that is tempered by failing to really showcase the girls, although I didn’t have any girls that I really liked anyway. Grace was probably the only one I thought was above average when you look at both looks and personality, with just about everyone feeling a bit two dimensional and the other girls not quite doing it for me in terms of looks.

There were a bunch of animations where the “camera” would sweep in to a character, then pan up and around them, and it didn’t really work for me. I thought there was something just a little off about most of them, and they had an almost dizzying effect as the movement wasn’t all that smooth or “natural”. I can’t comment on animations in terms of sex scenes, or sex scenes overall, as I bailed before getting to any of those. As usual when this happens, I dropped in the universal gallery unlocker to check out what I was missing and allow a comment on the scenes, but the dev has coded the gallery to be inaccessible when using this tool, which I think is a bit of a dick move, to be honest. There is a fan-made unlocker in the game thread (findable only with a search), so I used that and was unimpressed with the selection of scenes anyway.

A last couple of technical things I didn’t like are the UI and gameplay. First off, I ended up spending a bit of time getting rid of the icons for the quickmenu and the reasonably large trophy in the top corner that allows you to access your stats. I thought these were too obtrusive and so spoiled the immersion when playing. The stats match the game title, it’s Buddy, Education, Sport, Temperament, and it’s no different to many other games – you make certain choices and it adds (or subtracts) points in certain categories that then define what options might be available to you later in the game. Sadly, there were several times when a choice was presented by just listing these B.E.S.T. categories, so instead of seeing the options of what I could say in a given situation and then seeing how that impacted my stats, it was the other way around, seeing the impact of the choice without actually seeing what the choice was… Again, this was a big negative in terms of immersive gameplay.

Finally for the story… I didn’t mind this too much, although it wasn’t anything special for me. There were a few times it reminded me of Leap of Faith – putting in scenes (in particular a singing and dancing scene that appeared to be a direct homage to LoF) that I assume were intended to add some humour, but like in LoF, these just didn’t land with me. I don’t know if it was specifically the execution, or if it was a mismatch against my type of humour. Either way, it contributed to the writing falling a bit flat for me overall.

So that’s two in two now where I’ve had more negative than positive things to say. Let’s hope the next one lands a bit better…

 

[Zorro#34]

B.E.S.T. by Dolyla

I had high hopes for this one, but unfortunately it was more B.U.S.T. for me.

Ouch, that pun is fire!
I dropped it too, but for different reasons. I've actually found some of the girls to be likeable, so no problems for me on that front, but the game just tries very hard to be funny and mostly can't pull it off, ending up hurting the whole experience. I only liked two jokes: the Become a Rockstar reference and the young single mom refusing to be called a milf.
Like, who takes the main villain seriously after his cat ruins his Skype session? And the whole B.E.S.T. competition doesn't look like a logical undertaking anyway. And why insisting on crushing the fourth wall so hard with the whole AVN lecture? You've read the threads and promise not to make mistakes, we get it, now deliver on that promise!
Also, I think I've noticed some subtle similarities with MisterMaya's games, such as using a mean cat for humour. I felt like maybe the French devs were inspired by their fellow French's work, but they just lack his talent and experience, so what worked in Entrepreneur and Law School doesn't work here.

 

[TonyMurray]

Ouch, that pun is fire!
I dropped it too, but for different reasons. I've actually found some of the girls to be likeable, so no problems for me on that front, but the game just tries very hard to be funny and mostly can't pull it off, ending up hurting the whole experience. I only liked two jokes: the Become a Rockstar reference and the young single mom refusing to be called a milf.
Like, who takes the main villain seriously after his cat ruins his Skype session? And the whole B.E.S.T. competition doesn't look like a logical undertaking anyway. And why insisting on crushing the fourth wall so hard with the whole AVN lecture? You've read the threads and promise not to make mistakes, we get it, now deliver on that promise!
Also, I think I've noticed some subtle similarities with MisterMaya's games, such as using a mean cat for humour. I felt like maybe the French devs were inspired by their fellow French's work, but they just lack his talent and experience, so what worked in Entrepreneur and Law School doesn't work here.

Definitely felt the same about the humour. In my experience with stuff like this, you get people who are funny and people who are trying to be funny, and it's usually very obvious which is which.

 

[FaceCrap]

Hey

Landed here after going through the Chasing Sunset thread and noticing your reply about who Tara and Lisa are (Too many LI's in all those game to remember all their names )

Got a request, if you're open to that. I noticed you grouped all girls in each game on a single image per game.
Would you be willing to post a link to e.g. MEGA folder with the individual images?

 

[TonyMurray]

Hey

Landed here after going through the Chasing Sunset thread and noticing your reply about who Tara and Lisa are (Too many LI's in all those game to remember all their names )

Got a request, if you're open to that. I noticed you grouped all girls in each game on a single image per game.
Would you be willing to post a link to e.g. MEGA folder with the individual images?

That's part of the reason I started doing the cards! As for a folder, I don't have them set up for that, so it might take a bit of work for me to set up and maintain. I can upload individual cards on request though.

 

[TonyMurray]

Life in Santa County by Bold Bash Studios

This is a game that I started out quite enjoying. There were some decent story elements to start off with, and some early scenes promised plenty of sexual hijinks to come. Sadly for me, it then turned out that a drugs and corruption storyline was going to be one of the main ongoing elements, and I’m just so bored of that trope. There’s more than enough going on with all the family stuff, and carrying on with your best mate’s mom (in front of his dad, and later in front of the mate himself) that there’s just no need for the drama of a drugs storyline. It does start out as a means to have your mom framed and fired from her job, and that’s fine and a bit different, but why did it have to be drugs related and then expand into crime syndicate shenanigans?

Ignoring that though, the rest of the game was hit and miss for me. The graphics are… odd in places – most of the time everything looked pretty good, although I was disappointed with most of the LIs on offer, with many of them being far too booby for me (comically so, in some cases – and I thought BaDIK Bella was bad…). Then we come to Charlotte, who somehow seems to be a bit cartoonish in design – not in proportions this time, but in the actual way she looks. I don’t know how it’s possible to have a character in the game who looks like she’s designed in a completely different bit of software to the others…

The choices are mostly okay, but from what I gather they have the remnants of an old system in them, with “rise and fall” mechanisms that apparently don’t really count for anything anymore. At various points, you also get a choice screen after a key event (that often doesn’t feel like a key event) and you can choose “intimidation” or “charisma”, after which I believe you get an additional point in your chosen stat. These don’t seem to play a big part in the game either, with only a few instances that called for a check on either of those two stats, that I noticed. I would much rather have your choices lead to an increase in these stats, rather than just choosing which you’d like to add to, which feels like a bit of a cop out, and takes away some of the immersion at the same time.

Some of the sex scenes are pretty decent, and some outright hot, although several of them did feel a bit too easy – for instance, there’s one scene with your mom and aunt and the mom is resisting the pressure from her sister to have a threesome (at this point, you’ve already had sex with both of them independently). It felt like she was saying, “No… No… No… Okay, your aunt and I will go up to my bedroom and start things off, you follow us in a minute if you want to join us.” It was just a bit weird.

When you get to a certain point in the game, it does that thing many other games do once they’ve lulled you into a false sense of security – it introduces free roams. These are pretty harmless at least, and easy to navigate. One item that you can pick up during these free roams is underwear from the various women in the game. Rather than unlocking special renders, as I’d normally expect (there are other collectible items for that), I think the underwear that goes into your inventory unlocks the specific character so you can fantasise about them while masturbating, which is at least something a little different. There are also some minigames, which I didn’t like much, although it did at least feel like there was an attempt to make them fit the context of the scene in the game itself.

 

[MiltonPowers]

Life in Santa County by Bold Bash Studios

This is a game that I started out quite enjoying. There were some decent story elements to start off with, and some early scenes promised plenty of sexual hijinks to come. Sadly for me, it then turned out that a drugs and corruption storyline was going to be one of the main ongoing elements, and I’m just so bored of that trope. There’s more than enough going on with all the family stuff, and carrying on with your best mate’s mom (in front of his dad, and later in front of the mate himself) that there’s just no need for the drama of a drugs storyline. It does start out as a means to have your mom framed and fired from her job, and that’s fine and a bit different, but why did it have to be drugs related and then expand into crime syndicate shenanigans?

Ignoring that though, the rest of the game was hit and miss for me. The graphics are… odd in places – most of the time everything looked pretty good, although I was disappointed with most of the LIs on offer, with many of them being far too booby for me (comically so, in some cases – and I thought BaDIK Bella was bad…). Then we come to Charlotte, who somehow seems to be a bit cartoonish in design – not in proportions this time, but in the actual way she looks. I don’t know how it’s possible to have a character in the game who looks like she’s designed in a completely different bit of software to the others…

The choices are mostly okay, but from what I gather they have the remnants of an old system in them, with “rise and fall” mechanisms that apparently don’t really count for anything anymore. At various points, you also get a choice screen after a key event (that often doesn’t feel like a key event) and you can choose “intimidation” or “charisma”, after which I believe you get an additional point in your chosen stat. These don’t seem to play a big part in the game either, with only a few instances that called for a check on either of those two stats, that I noticed. I would much rather have your choices lead to an increase in these stats, rather than just choosing which you’d like to add to, which feels like a bit of a cop out, and takes away some of the immersion at the same time.

Some of the sex scenes are pretty decent, and some outright hot, although several of them did feel a bit too easy – for instance, there’s one scene with your mom and aunt and the mom is resisting the pressure from her sister to have a threesome (at this point, you’ve already had sex with both of them independently). It felt like she was saying, “No… No… No… Okay, your aunt and I will go up to my bedroom and start things off, you follow us in a minute if you want to join us.” It was just a bit weird.

When you get to a certain point in the game, it does that thing many other games do once they’ve lulled you into a false sense of security – it introduces free roams. These are pretty harmless at least, and easy to navigate. One item that you can pick up during these free roams is underwear from the various women in the game. Rather than unlocking special renders, as I’d normally expect (there are other collectible items for that), I think the underwear that goes into your inventory unlocks the specific character so you can fantasise about them while masturbating, which is at least something a little different. There are also some minigames, which I didn’t like much, although it did at least feel like there was an attempt to make them fit the context of the scene in the game itself.
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How does it play now? I put it away when one girl got pregnant even if you didn't sleep with her.

Used to be full of forced LIs and Forced scenes. Is that still the case? From memory, I was only ever interested in one girl (looking at your pics, I think it was Iris or Sophie), but I made a note to check it again one day.

 

[NebulousShooter]

How does it play now? I put it away when one girl got pregnant even if you didn't sleep with her.

 

[TonyMurray]

How does it play now? I put it away when one girl got pregnant even if you didn't sleep with her.

Used to be full of forced LIs and Forced scenes. Is that still the case? From memory, I was only ever interested in one girl (looking at your pics, I think it was Iris or Sophie), but I made a note to check it again one day.

I've not seen anything about pregnancy, so take that as you will. Pretty much the same in terms of forced LIs and scenes though, there are plenty of choices, but not when it comes to that...

Iris is you "sister", she sells her used socks and you help her with photos for that. Sophie is you "cousin" and Chloe's daughter (as you can see from the uncanny resemblance...) and she is a kinky livestreamer who somehow goes from being headstrong to your willing slave with one swish of your dick. I don't know if I just missed something as I stopped paying really close attention, but Sophie shares your room for a bit in a second bed, despite there only being one bed (and no room for another) in your room.

 

[Eleanorduval]

I've not seen anything about pregnancy, so take that as you will. Pretty much the same in terms of forced LIs and scenes though, there are plenty of choices, but not when it comes to that...

Iris is you "sister", she sells her used socks and you help her with photos for that. Sophie is you "cousin" and Chloe's daughter (as you can see from the uncanny resemblance...) and she is a kinky livestreamer who somehow goes from being headstrong to your willing slave with one swish of your dick. I don't know if I just missed something as I stopped paying really close attention, but Sophie shares your room for a bit in a second bed, despite there only being one bed (and no room for another) in your room.

so u are dropping the game from your list right?i didn't go far in this game,not the best game.

 

[AlexMpog]

How does it play now? I put it away when one girl got pregnant even if you didn't sleep with her.

Karen (neighbour's wife) can get pregnant but only if you're on her route, otherwise you shouldn't see her content, at least it was like this when I played it. (unless u're talking about another chracter, in this case - no clue)
On forced scenes topic, it was a while ago, from what I remember on corruption route you get a lot of forced 3somes (mom/aunt, mom/stripper), but on love path it was... bearable, but yeah, some scenes were still forced.
I think I'm gonna replay it again (speed run) now that it's on steam, just waiting for bug fixes, the game has quite a lot of them I take it from feedbacks.

 

[TonyMurray]

so u are dropping the game from your list right?i didn't go far in this game,not the best game.

Yeah, I didn't like the story at all.

Karen (neighbour's wife) can get pregnant but only if you're on her route, otherwise you shouldn't see her content, at least it was like this when I played it.
On forced scenes topic, it was a while ago, but I from what I remember on corruption route you get a lot of forced 3somes (mom/aunt, mom/stripper), but on love path it was... bearable.
Gonna replay it again now that it's on steam, just waiting for bug fixes, the game has quite a lot of them I take it from feedbacks.

Oh yes, I forgot that I got Karen pregnant. But I definitely did have sex with her first

 

[AlexMpog]

Oh yes, I forgot that I got Karen pregnant. But I definitely did have sex with her first

Well, I don't blame you , she is my fav in a game, very hot model.
Though I didn't like her last scene that much (with her son watching).

 

[TonyMurray]

Well, I don't blame you , she is my fav in a game, very hot model.
Though I didn't like her last scene that much (with her son watching).

Yeah, she was the best of a not-very-good bunch for me. And that last scene was definitely a first for me, too.

 

[MiltonPowers]

Karen (neighbour's wife) can get pregnant but only if you're on her route, otherwise you shouldn't see her content, at least it was like this when I played it. (unless u're talking about another chracter, in this case - no clue)
On forced scenes topic, it was a while ago, but I from what I remember on corruption route you get a lot of forced 3somes (mom/aunt, mom/stripper), but on love path it was... bearable.
Gonna replay it again now that it's on steam, just waiting for bug fixes, the game has quite a lot of them I take it from feedbacks.

I think I'll just leave it on the don't bother list. I hate forced scenes/LIs and I couldn't even remember the name of the girl I preferred, so she didn't make that much of an impression.