Unity - Unaware in the City [v36c Basic] [Mr. Unaware Studios]

This review's made to hopefully constructively criticize the game for the better. It's not meant to ridicule or maliciously attack anything or anyone.

One way to describe this game is that: It's very grindy and slow. Currently there isn't that much things to do in such a sandbox game, so my suggestion is to wait. Might update the review in the future.

Pros:
-Good character customization.
-Decent Buffs.

Cons:
-Very Grindy.
-Slow pacing.
-Day ended so fast for such a grindy game, making it slower.
-Many actions are locked behind stats.
-Crippling Debuff (I know it's for 'balancing' but goddamn can it not be SO crippling? It made it harder to roleplay)

I haven't played the previous' game so I can't compare this to that, but I can say for sure this game is grindy and maybe is design that way--unless you have the cheat behind a paywall. The creator can do whatever they want with the game of course, including blocking certain aspect behind a paywall, but if their games are slow, grindy, and heavily depend on stats then it can cripple it to a crawl, putting off players to even think of supporting their project because not everyone have enough time to invest in a game.

I actually like this type of games, even the art style and the theme. But I found the game to be quite slow, and would require the players to invest a decent amount of time to even get anywhere which ruin the experience for me.

Alas, it is what it is. If such a game sound like your cup of tea, then go for it. If not, then wait for more progress and updates.

I really like the idea of the game and games like this overall but there are a few things i think could be done better.


Pros:
Graphics: I do like them and i think if done right with many choices for clothing, character creation and of course npc variation this is a really good style and system.
Character Creator: It seems to have quite a bit of options which still can get some more but its definitely in a rather positive state.

Cons:
Closed Source: The game is not open-source which i think is important for the longlivity of a game and also for the community to keep it alive and modify it to their needs.
No Mod Support: The game has no mod support which i think is disappoint since this game could really benefit from something like this.
Paywalled Cheats and X-Ray: Cheats are hidden behind a paywall. 17$ for cheats or X-Ray is too much and easily buys you good Indie games that offer more for the money. (The dev mentioned this due to "trolls and haters" somehow)
UI/GUI: It definitely is something. Its a bit of everything and 2000-ish and really needs a overhaul.
No Sandbox mode: Since there are no cheats for the public released i would've expected a sandbox mode where you can just make the character on how you want it with all perks and such and explorer the map freely and interact with things freely but sadly that is not the case.
Visual Bugs: The game has some visual bugs that breasks the player or npc's.
Does not Respect Player Time: The game does not respect the players time and feels to slow and unrewarding for the grind and work you invest.

Currently i do not recommend this game unless you get the cheats one way or another. I will come back at a later date to see how the game evolved and if anything changed that would require me to update my review.

This a game currently in development with an active and committed developer. It is a sandbox style side scrolling perspective game with RPG elements.

For this style of game, and it being a solo dev I feel this art is pretty good. I prefer the art of Pizza Hot, but this art is in my opinion an upgrade from the devs previous game Unaware of the World and also an upgrade from a similar game, Insexity. However, compared to Pizza Hot these updates appear to be more meaningful in terms of game play and at a more reasonable frequency.

The game play is good, there are lots of things for you to do and places to explore, people to meet.

The developer is active on their discord and helpful in answering questions and discussing feedback.

Play because:
* Really like art style of character head.
* Similar feel of other popular game (the one probably very few don't know)

Skip because:
* Amateur draw of character body.
* Amateur draw of NPCs
* Lousy animation
* Shallow and repetitive gameplay.

I'm fully aware that everything here is WIP and if its truly remake, than great job so far, but there's still a lot to be desire.

The seems good, more quality of life would be better, i don't see why fast travel needs to be a perk specially when there is a loading screen for every transition and that gets a bit annoying, it may be for time management challenge but it the game isn't hard and it actually may be more profitable to lose in these kinds of game.
The dialog isn't really special there is room for improvement, but did really need to make a dialog just for showering or sleep to say something like "Now i am clean" or "I am rested", why not just press it and be done with it? Same thing with moving using the mouse, why can't i just press to use the thing and the character move there? Why i need to move the character close enough to use it? There could also have a popup window showing the scenes from behind or front to alleviate the 2D stagnation, and i can't believe you put X-ray behind a paywall. Anyway, the game seems good but there is room for improvement.

Too much clicking and too many loading screens. Seriously, why do I need to see a loading screen everytime I move into the next room, even within the same apartment? And like Noseknows wrote in his review, the game unnecessarily makes the diner job much more tedious then it needs to be with all those excessive steps.

Initially I wanted to give it a 3 star, as this is an early build and things can be fixed, and the dev has certainly spent some time working on it. But seeing the $20 price tag for the "extended version"... yeah, it's going to be a 1 star.

As a genuine player(not a paid reviewer), I agree with the other reviewer's opinion: this game will waste a lot of time while you gain very little enjoyment from it.

It grinds on purpose. For example, you will need enough charm to engage in some activities, and the only way to increase it is by practising it in front of a mirror to get one point each day; it is incredibly tedious to repeat this action every day, and guess what? The charm point drops at some points without reason; your charm even decreases after sleeping overnight.

If you want to play this game, you must use a cheat with an "extended version". If I weren't wrong, this almighty "extended version" ww behind the paywall.

I admire those devs who bravely tell players in the face: don't play my game without paying me. But I pity those who waste players' time first and show them later that the game can't generally be played without payment.

The latter wastes my valuable time because they dare not communicate directly with players. As usual, I will support those teams that show their ability and attitude and keep silent to those who lack skills and experience but give negative reviews to those who try to sell cheats rather than their games -- as a warning to future players.

A modernized cult game that has been graphically beefed up and has always been entertaining. A woman who can choose what her future holds. Right from the start you can determine their fate differently. I didn't notice any bugs or anything like that.

Never saw or played the "first game" so my review is based on this game.

Overall it's just meh. I can see that some time and effort has been put into it. As it currently stands I can say it's not worth your time. The art is at best lack luster and ugly at its worst. It's plain to see that the dev spent a greater effort on the player character than the NPC's as they are hard to look at. The game is also riddled with visual bugs as portions of clothes are often missing on NPC's. There is also a bug in the first area after a monster text dump of a tutorial where you cannot click on the shower (if you want to fix this, save the game, head back to the main menu and load the save). As far as sexual content I couldn't stomach looking at the NPC's long enough to even bother finding any nor was any forced onto me in the first week that I bothered to play. Then there is the unnecessary amount of clicking.

Why must the player have to click multiple times just to start a shift at the diner? The process for working is, walk into the diner, talk to the owner, go through the owners dialogue (which is the same every time you start a shift), head to hallway, head to the storage room, click on the locker, go through the text about looking into the locker, pick the option to get dressed, head back into the hallway, head back into the diner, and then start a shift. Now do that every time you want to start a shift for that day and that's not even including speaking the owner at the end of every shift to get paid which is also always the same text. It's basically twenty extra clicks that could easily be done with one.

I have a few other issues with the game but not enough that I want to waste time on them. I suppose this might be an alright game down the line but with the current artwork I can't say you'll enjoy this. This game is barely hovering at a 2/5 and it's only that high because I can see there was some attempt at making a game.

Edit: Found out the dev is charging nearly $20 for cheats for this game. Just went from a 2/5 to a 1/5.

Here we go again. Unaware in the City is one of the best hentai RPG games out there! I have been following the progress slowly over the years and with this new update I have to say Unaware outdid himself.

Character creation is top notch, with something as deep that you wouldn't find in the average hentai game. It reminds me of neoscavanger in a way .

The art has been greatly improved. The previous version seemed like cubic art painted by me on Ms paint. While now, hot damn, I actually get aroused

Everything has improved. And one of my favorite part is the writing, well more precisely the random phrases the NPC spew at you.

10/10. Will recommend to my family!

This is a 11/10 game.
One of my longtime personal favorites from when it was on Patreon only.

-----TL;DR-----
Character Customization: Quite versatile. You have quite a few hairstyles to pick from, face types, shapes, freckles, age, hair color, eye color... it goes on. Most important for some people will be the ability to have supersized boobs that are so OP they defy gravity. I personally don't see why y'all like tits bigger than yourselves, but the option exists, so have fun xD

Story: It's good. It's about a girl that moves to the city. Craziness ensues, with rape, prostitution, sexual favors, exhibitionism, and so much more.

Gameplay: *Very* polished. It took everything good from UotW and made it even better.

Sex: There are a lot of sex scenes, with their own convos and circumstances of happening. So much so that it would be quite difficult to actually make a guide on it all since stats, rep and clothing affect a lot of outcomes.

------Long Version------
This is *NOT* a copy of any other game. It's an insult to even accuse it of being such.
It's a City RPG Sidescroller with NSFW mechanics. This is what these games should be called instead of copy of X or Y or Z.

I played the game a while ago on Patreon, and again now that its a lot more polished.
Both times I was floored with the incredible art and thought put into it xD

This is basically a spiritual successor of "Unaware of the World", which, while it had decent gameplay, did not boast the best graphics one would hope to see. Now though? It has gotten 1000% better than UotW and shouldn't be compared to it either.

Everything was reworked and rehauled, and I have talked a lot with the developer, having seen how much effort and love he put into this project. Maybe that's weird for some to think so of a sex game, but I can tell ya he really wishes for this game to succeed. So do I tbh.

I would *really* suggest playing this before making any mean comments, and I can assure ya you won't regret it~
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