Ren'Py - Abandoned - Under House Arrest Reboot [Ch. 2 Halloween] [HSA GAMES]

Really interesting and sexy. It has very good looking scenes and scenarios as well as models, looking forward to more. The characters also are interesting and I think it works or it is compelling the setup with unlocking memories.

I'll be perfectly honest from the get go. It's only really getting 3 stars for being 100% all about incest. I mean, there is one non-blood related character, cannonically - but even then I'm sure you could make her a cousin or something.

Otherwise everyone else is a very close family member. Like, you do have the option to set them as somethign totally nonsensical, like a teacher or whatever. U-DO-U.

So, for a family circle simulator, that's nice.

What isn't nice is the game. Sure the models are very nice, while not being great per-say. Things get steamy rather early on, you can skip the grind right from the start of the game, you have a decent, but not perfect hint system on what to do.

It's okay-ish.

BUT as a game, it totally sucks. Pointless sandbox #a-billion. This isn't a "design-decision", it's pure incompetence. There's no reason for it to be a sandbox, it adds nothing. It just bleeds out facts like: The world is dead. People only exist when they are meant to exist. There are no people just in the world, there are only "quest givers".

Not to mention that the game is totally linear. Like, sure, a smooth brain could say "but I can talk to older sister, mom, then younger sister. Or maybe younger sister, then older sister THEN MOM!". And well, you would be right. You can take four events that esentailly happen at the exact same time as far as the story is concerned, and pointlessly put them into a certain order. Or you could have had a context menu that only gave you those options and saved you from clicking on random empty rooms. Or, the dev could have just made it linear ... since it's essentially already completely linear ... and call it a day.

So, yeah. Incest, fucking. Not loads of content yet. Good models, weak story, but nothing aggregious - it's passable. But horrible faux-sandbox, empty ghost world, bad game mechanics.

Skip or play? I'd say wait 3 years and see then.

So far so good. Really quite like the style of this devs games, simple graphics but are nicely put together with an unpretentious story. Looking forward to future iterations. Not so keen on the MILFs in this game but that's just preference.

Story is good
Renders are good
no bugs
Lockpicking sucks
You can't enter someones room if they inside You can't even lockpick the door if someone is inside to enter
Even with max stats in story mode game just boring
skills feel nothing special
Bedrooms doors recuires advanced lockpicking
While the garage door just has a weak slot
So you telling me in the whole house has good slots against breaking in But the garage has a lazy old slot

Top quality game!!

I enjoyed the original and was disappointed to see it was abandoned.
This new version has more than made up for it. It is a high quality piece of work which, even in its early stages, feels well balanced and very well put together, with what is clearly some real effort put in to make this a standout game.

The graphics and models are superb! The dev has a real talent for producing models that are unique and a lot more "real" or lifelike than many. I noticed the same thing in the dev's other game - Oath of Loyalty. The models have distinct looks and characters, not the same old recycled models we see again and again. One character in particular - Tracey, IMO, deserves a place in the top 5 most beautiful models of F95! She isn't just very well put together, I think she has been given a truly striking natural beauty. The camel-toe is a very nice touch too! The MC is also very well done. It's so much easier to play as a character that looks good and isn't either a brainless kid or misogynistic arsehole.

As a native english speaker and traditional old fart, I'm very grateful to see well written dialogue. It makes such a difference to the level of immersion a game/VN has if you can easily read the dialogue without having to do mental gymnastics in order to work out what it is the characters are attempting to say.

I feel that the game is well balanced. Good dialogue with some options available; an intriguing story that gets you in and (so far) has a well designed plot; good game mechanics with straight forward easy to use tools, and the right amount of yummy flesh on display. For those here that want just porn to jerk off to, you probably won't be happy with this game. It's more of an erotic mystery whodunnit.

I wish the dev all the best with this new version, and hope that it gets a good solid following. I'd really love to see how this story turns out one day.

Very good start. graphics improved a lot from the last time and there are a lot of chars and they're all hot, looking forward to future updates. we already have a girlfriend and I hope this game will be a harem game where can get all the girls and don't need to do multiple playthroughs for each character.