Ren'Py - Completed - Vicious Circle: Femdom Edition [v1.0 Fix] [Miron HFG]

To be fair, if I liked humiliation and had low self-esteem, I would have given the game 5 points.
I felt uneasy throughout the game and even after it was over, triggered by the MC's constant humiliation and awkwardness.
If you like such humiliating feelings, congratulations, you've probably found your next favorite game.


However, this review is written from the point of view of a man who would not submissively hand himself over to a woman until he is whipped to death without putting up a fight.
But that's exactly what makes this game so unpleasant.
Most paths in the game (actually all of them) end or live through your existence with you being whipped bloody, some to your own death.
Even in this moment, the women show no empathy or remorse. ( Point deduction for a hopeless world full of empathy-less women)

But empathy, hope and remorse and the love for one's own sub (here unfortunately always just a slave) is what I miss as a player.
Even if the game was of course designed for a specific niche.
In my opinion, what makes a good game is that it also develops paths that offer enough scope and ways to experience the complete opposite in addition to the actual core of the game.
For example, the game completely lacks the option of freeing the MC from slavery.
It is also not possible to bring Alex back down from her all-destructive dominatrix trip and bring her back to the level when you first met her or to protect her from complete derailment in order to at least ensure a loving relationship between Dom&Sub.
Everything degenerates into the extreme, there is no going back, slave or death is the motto. Unfortunately ( hence another point deduction).

Above all, the conditions experienced by the MC actually belong in a psychiatric ward. Every person has a mechanism for self-preservation.
If this is no longer there, you are (to put it simply) broken.
It would have been good to address precisely this issue. The best example that not everything has to be hopeless is the game: Leap of Faith
To show that there is a way out, that you can be helped not to sacrifice your own life to a lust until you are whipped to death or die in agony by eating shit and drinking piss.
Sadly, there is one person who wants to help you but no matter how you play it out, all ways fail. ( Final point deduction for not being able to help the MC or his great love himself)

Finally, I would like to mention that this game can leave emotional traces after playing it for a longer game session.
It took some time to get all the humiliation and degradation out of my head.

But isn't that exactly what you want as a player, to be captivated by the content and think about it beyond the end of the game?
So a plus point for that.

Very boring and monotonous femdom game. The author has a talent for turning what could be a simple sentence into 5 paragraphs. The engrish does not help. Even flying through the text with control I was still falling asleep. Bland backgrounds and characters, bland events, bland femdom scenes. Get ready to read over 5 pages for 20 minutes before the characters gets his first kiss.

Pro:
The art is fine.

Cons:
The character is too submissive for my taste. Every woman who crosses his path dominates him in the blink of an eye.
What appeals to me is when the character is slowly dragged into the abyss and unfortunately that's not the case in this game. There is also too much text and too little decision for my taste.

one of the best authors in the femdom genre, I'm always waiting for his releases, on "Moving Down" it's more elaborate. here, in the middle of the game, the plot has sunk a lot. He's being shaken in different directions. in any case, for fans of the top genre

This is another excellent game by the same developer. All of his games are wonderful. I love these femdom stories,full with action . I am searching for more games like it. BEAUTIFUL GAME. Excellent renders. Story is awesome.

Excellent game!!! Maybe a spoiler in this review so reader beware!!!
That being said, if you have read the overview, and the tags fit your wheelhouse, there is no need to read further. Take a spin through the "Vicious Circle". Support the Dev too!!!
First, I should say that I haven't made it to the end of (v0.6) yet, but I am hoping I mess up with my GF/Mistress and she (SPOILERS COMING) sends me back to the all the various wolves that had me in their clutches along the way. The "wolves" being a great variety of Dommes and Dom couples(M/F, F/F, F/T) who made "the circle" so fucking vicious in the first place.
Nothing "worse" than being at your wits end trying, and being unable to, please everyone at all times.(Yes, I am a "people pleaser").
I would like to see the situations get even harsher for me, ("me" being the MC) I really love the idea of being put in a position where I am having to choose to please one Domme or Couple over the other, only to be be punished worse by the one I didn't go to. That "Vicious Circle" getting worse by day was a great ride. I was a little let down when it seemed to come to an end. But again, I haven't even finished V0.6 and V0.7 just came out! Anyway, I hope to find more pitfalls, and for ease of development, maybe be thrown back into the circle of the varying great Dominants that we've already met. If there were a solo Male Dom, or M/M couple that got his/their clutches on me, even better! Fuck, accidentally walking into a locker room and pissing off some of the guys on a Rugby, Hockey, or Football team might shut me up.
It is a great premise with a creative and super hot side story that I will not give away.
Miron HFG, I will follow you no matter where you take the story.
I am off to pledge support now!

Pros:
- Hot renders;
- Animated sex-scenes;
- Option to change camera angles during said sex scenes;
- Femdom;
- Dickgirl;
- The ability to switch off certain types of content;
- Multiple endings (sort of).
The writing is not so good. It's there mainly to move the plot. The protagonist doesn't act like a real person, willingly submitting to any and every character, which actually conflicts with his otherwise normal personality. I get having fetishes, but it just felt forced half the time (and I'm not talking about forced sex here). You're hardly ever given a choice on how you want to interact with the different characters you meet, making this game a bit more of a kinetic novel, and when you are given choices, they don't matter all that much (except closer to the end). I tried three our of the four(?) possible endings, and frankly the two that I liked still felt unsatisfying. I'm guessing the dev just didn't want to leave any hint of a more vanilla relationship between the PC and the ladies.

As to other things that I didn't like, there's a lot of empty talk and teasing. The PC does very little fucking as a top (despite that fact that realistically dominatrixes do allow their slaves to fuck them, but under specific conditions), and I really didn't understand where the PC actually lives: in some scenes he's sharing a dorm room with a femboy (why even have a femboy in this game? So players aren't as repulsed by the bi\ gay content? Feels cheap, especially since you can actually turn gay content off at game-start) but in others he's in, what appears to be, a private room. Likewise, he gets into a ton of trouble, but nobody takes his side, nobody investigates anything, or does anything else to help him. In fact, half the time he's punished further by the people that were supposed to help him. At most Linda is there to pick him up, and even then, she scolds him at every step. Again, the writing is there to move the plot, not to provide a real, functional setting.

So yeah, technically it's a pretty good game, but the writing ruined it. And yes, I know that one doesn't consume porn content for the writing, but if you insist on having it, then deliver, damn it!

Amazing game. Writing and storytelling is on such a high level, it really draws you in so fast and easy into the whole thing.
Girl models and animations are awesome, very nice renders, such an enjoyable experience.
Lot of fetishes and very unique interaction with different girls, i like that you have such a distinct interaction with each one.
High recommendation to try this game out if you're into femdom, this is a gem.

I just played both games back to back and had to comment. So i jumped into this one expecting the same dizzying thrill as the first one, i almost steeled my nerves before i began just to be safe but that wasnt necessary. Where the first one was a buffet of fem kink, this i found to be about acceptance. Acceptance from the dom or doms and acceptance from the sub. Maybe im over thinking it but it seemed that through the protagonists acceptance his doms found theirs too. From the very beginning he is accepting of who he is but sees it as unacceptable to others, which is the reverse of his doms. Though they all try and use it against him, ultimately you notice that he is at pace with himself while they are slowly losing themselves to him. Who is tempting or dominating who? It gave me a lot to think about. Towards the end i only had one word constantly coming to mind. Beautiful. The art, most definitely. The kinkage, double dose of beauty. And just the vibe, I'm glad it was more subtle than dark. I enjoyed this one immensely and cannot wait for the continuation.

MironY does hard femdom, and he's one of the best at it. Things tend to spiral completely out of control with a femdom dystopia arising, and the MC suffering through the worst aspects of it, or having the opportunity to anyway. It's rarely ever any good for him, especially at the end.

Here we have an orphaned young man with a femdom past that has created insecurity and a desire for humiliation that he doesn't necessarily like. He meets a beautiful woman who becomes his gf but his insecurity prevents him from performing. His lack of money puts him in bad situations and for whatever reason he keeps getting abused by women, who weave their deceptive webs to manipulate him into slavery.

Renders are gorgeous, the story is fast paced, although you can't really think about it too much, and the emotions are all visceral. Each update is rather substantial in length. Not many choices yet, but maybe down the line there will be more.

This is a remake of a previous game, that I couldn't really get running and didn't really play that well anyway. But this is much more fleshed out and the original really is no longer worth looking at. I am looking forward to the MC suffering more degradation and hopelessness. Although the original did also have some romantic outs, we'll see how this one goes. This is a prequel to the author's other work Moving Down, and I believe a sequel is planned after.

Fantastic. Some of the initial characters shown aren't very attractive in my opinion. But then they introduce some really hot dommes like Anna, the blonde who makes videos and the one with silver (or is it violet? I don't rember) hair who hugged the bald guy.
The graphics are improved compared with the Rpgm version, and so is the dialogue. Besides there is a lot of new and improved content.
This game focuses in femdom only, will have a variety of femdom fetishes and, after this update, I see a bright future for the game.

Wow! Where do I start? First, this game is following the familiar storyline of a weak male who lands in the hottest pussy one could dream of, or is it? Quick answer yes/no ha-ha. Yes, the same story, no not the same play through. This is the most Fem Dom I have ever played and hopefully it will stay that way, lol. If Fem Dom is something a person was ever curious about or it is their kink, then you found the right game to play/try! I also would like to add, if this is something a person likes, I am glad to help you find this. Even not my kink, easy 5 stars for this!

I loved Vicious Circle in it's RPGM version and played it to every ending I could!The Dev is following the script perfectly in this new VN version. I liked The FemDom ending the best so this is what I would have asked for!

KEEP GOING!!! I love this game, and you are doing a great job.

Good renders, as I said, following the original script, and good narration that the RPGM didn't allow. Two Words. KEEP GOING!

EDIT: The fact that the MC is now blackmailed and trapped by everyone around him has gotten to be a bit much. There is no way any human being, even if into Femdom, could take all of this. I just finished the (0.3) update and the MC should just walk into traffic blindfolded.

One to three bullies, okay. EVERYONE he meets? I stopped when the mugger and his GF met him in front of the school. The whole Carlos and wife thing was not necessary. This isn't Femdom. It's a masochists open air prison.

Look, I write short stories (erotica) and novels (non-erotica) for a hobby. My fans let me know when I jumped the shark. My opinion: You are putting too much on the MC. He'd "unalive" himself at this rate, just out of fear of loosing Alex.

Still a fan. It is worth the download, few hours of content.