VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Watching My Wife [v0.6.1] [Illegible Mink]

TLDR – Competent VN that sets out a world and characters and introduces non-monogamy of three different styles you can select from, but is abruptly abandoned after the first real consummation – so really it’s all build up.

This is a slightly higher quality of VN than many of its peers, with QOL features and some thought behind it. The art and models are fine, the writing is fine. Nothing special in either case, but no problems either (once or twice it’s the wrong name above dialogue). Tbf sometimes the writing is a bit simplistic and people talk to each other a bit like robots – most jarring during sex scenes, which are quite stilted. The game works smoothly with no glaring errors.

People also drive after drinking quite a lot! Also some slightly conservative moments. At one point the MC muses that the school principal being a lesbian explains why she’s such a bitch. Very enlightened.

Most uniquely for this type of game it asks you right at the start what route you want to be on. There are choices within that, but you determine the general flavour straight away. Interesting! I think it’s not that hard to build this into the gameplay of an initial chapter, but it’s certainly idiot-proof this way.

I think there are far more choices than necessary given that most of them have little meaningful impact. Are there really three separate routes? Having played them all… Sort of. The routes are extremely similar – sharing has a couple of differences. Which route you play considerably affects the ways people talk to each other and the MC’s interior monologues (e.g. in some routes the wife’s friends think you are a loser or a catch). However, the events of the plot remain the same no matter what, they are just framed differently in the script. It is quite clever really, putting completely different spins on several scenes even if the visuals are the same. Some scenes do change the visuals around a bit as well, which saves effort – with some scenes added or removed.




At the end of the day it’s a shame not to be able to see how it would have panned out. I think it might have been a lot of work to make the variables on the three different paths diverge more significantly as time goes on… We’ll never know if they could have pulled it off. I think that despite the quality being decent, I’d have to give it a 2 – a high 2, but I don’t think a VN that only has the first act can really get a ‘good’ rating.

Even if it's not complete I think It's worth checking out, the writing is well done, the narrative is interesting, and showing us a bit of the wife's past was a cool move by the developer to make the story more immersive (Of course I picked the Infidelity path). That being said, It's very hard to actually get the wife to cheat, you have to be a complete asshole for it to happen. Otherwise, you mostly just see her flirting (I think she grabs a dick at some point, but that's it).

Overall I'd give it a 7.5/10, as I said, It's worth checking out if you are into NTR. By the way Debbie was gorgeous I'd love to see her model in another story. It's a shame the game was abandoned.

One of the better ntr games. Good animation and story. I was surprised that there were different routes at the beginning but I enjoyed every one of them. The cheating path is by far the best though. Shame we'll never see what happens

Share path (5*) is well executed. No comment/rating of the other 2 available story options.

The Love-Respect stats were a nice touch for the share path. Not sure how they'd work out in the other 2 story options.

Really great game, was surprised how much thought it was put into the story and plot.
The game is structured to be running in a daily fashion where the player is presented the perspective from husband and wife and how the events unfold and what emotions they go through. There is two stats that determine how wife looks at the husband in terms of love and respect.
There is a lot of characters, a lot of different plot lines and a lot of good polished renders to see. Currently (0.6.1) ends at a point where everyone was wating for, hence the build-up is there, but the big awaited moment is not there, hence restrained myself rating this game from excellent as some development is required to polish the story.
Highly recommend trying this game out, which tells a story of a married couple and their desires and fantasies, which can lead into swinging or other developments.

Watching my Wife is a uniquely captivating adult visual novel that centers around the intriguing theme of a husband and wife delving into the world of swinging. This game takes on an uncharted narrative that is both bold and daring, navigating the intimate intricacies of a couple’s shared exploration.

In terms of storytelling, it distinguishes itself by having consequential decision-making, allowing players to shape the narrative even in the later stages of the game. It keeps you on your toes, as your choices ripple through the storyline in ways you least expect, enhancing the overall experience with an unpredictable zest.

Moreover, the game impressively breaks away from the conventional singular perspective. Instead, it offers a refreshing look at the storyline through both the husband's and the wife's point of view. This dual narrative perspective provides a layered understanding of their emotions, reactions, and thought processes, allowing the player to empathize and connect with both characters.

The scenes in "Swinging Hearts" are skillfully crafted with an eye for detail. They are realistic and immersive, adding depth to the interactions between characters and creating an atmospheric ambiance that pulls you into their world. This visual novel doesn't shy away from portraying complex emotions and sensitive moments, making it all the more gripping.

Lastly, the story is particularly compelling. The narrative's twists and turns keep you hooked from the start, ensuring you remain invested in the protagonists' journey. The balance between the romantic, dramatic, and intimate scenes is well maintained, making for a satisfying and engaging experience.

In conclusion, "Watching my Wife" is an adult visual novel that stands out in its genre. It offers an engaging story, multifaceted characters, and choices that genuinely matter, making it a game worth investing your time in.

Nice renders, but imho the game has some serious issues:

- the wife is just not all that attractive. This is even stranger as several of the other women in the game are much prettier.

- the story and dialogue, while well written, are mostly boring. There is nothing inherently interesting about the office, summer camp and domestic settings, no humor, supernatural, mystery or other ingredient to enliven them. It's all about the cheating/swinging and that aspect moves too slow to make me want to read hours of dialogue (twice!)

A very sexy wife having fun witout dorky husband who's playing with fire when he wants the wife to wisit a club for horny bitches. A great story with very nice graphics. Only drawback is the long wait for update but that's how it goes in this business and I guess we should be happy when a Dev contiue his story without abandon it LOL.

V0.6.1

First I apologize for my english wich is imprecise.

I like the storyline and the renders, it's a really immersive story. I hope the red wire wouldn't change, I like the way it goes. This MFC is a normal beautiful wife, she knows how to seduce men without being clothed like a whore, just being sexy and for me, that makes the difference with many other games or visual novels.

It's for me among the best games and I'm eager to see futures updates.

In my opinion, continue to follow the way of presenting the story, there is a lack of games like this one.

Thank you for this great work !

After waiting for so long, I'm glad to see that she got her first real BBC, last updated as far as I can remember was December of last year. So in order to fully recall the game plot, I played the game process again. Very good, please keep going!

You often go +20 minutes without a choice
Flashbacks constantly mess up pacing of buildup
Characters aren't particularly likeable or memorable
Complete lack of actual wife sharing , purely just teasing the topic.

The cover art is 100% misleading. Even if future updates remedy things, I cannot justify recommending that anyone sit through HOURS AND HOURS of fluff just to get to the point of the game; Watching the Wife.

The wife is just plain ugly. Sure, if it was real life she wouldn't be bad for an older woman but it's a game, a fantasy. I don't want characters who look like "normal" people.
It's not that the dev can't create good characters because the guys are fine and 2 or 3 girls look good. It's like he chose to have a non good lokking main female character (whom every guy in the game has the hot for????)

And it's sooooo looooong. You see a boring day frrom the MMC then the same day with the same dialogue from FMC. Kill me now. Just mix the two view and write about both their feelings at the same time because viewing the same scenes again (which were boring the first time) did make me want to quit. Which I did.

Not to brag but gaining a 5 star rating from me is hard. Jokes apart this game has everything you need to enjoy a novel/story. I saw some negative ratings in here, that is their perspective but for you to have an opinion you must experience it firsthand. I hate ntr games (I filter them out while searching). But this game is awesome (coming from a ntr hater would count for something I hope) and a must play. The renders, models are really good and as I said earlier the story is just excellent. Also, it builds anticipation of what the consequenses will be for your choices hurling together at once. Thank you for such a captivating game. I actually feel bad everytime it comes to an end of update.

this game is getting very interresting

pretty good start and serious things are starting from 0.6.0

The wife is very hot, i hope some humiliations are planned with sph and cuckolding humiliations

i'd love to see a femdom/FLR/cuckold realationship in the future

Can't wait to see future releases

"life is too short eat bon bons" phenomenal. Issues with names during the mid story, they seem to get mixed around at random at the top of the chat bubble, ie Avery telling Avery its time to get on the bus. Story is good and has several paths for NTR and mutual sharing. Wish some scenes were animated. Not completed but still looking forward to updates, looks good, keep it up!

Loved it, until I hated it.

[v0.6.0] - cuckold path

I'm a fan of the genre and there aren't that many good ones I have been able to find.
I like games where there is harmony in a relationships. But with this genre that’s hard to find.
For a lot of fans the humiliation aspect is a big part of it. I accept that it’s there and when it’s just teasing and dirty talk I can actually enjoy it. In some games I take it in stride (light humiliation). And sometimes it’s a turn off (hardcore humiliation). And that’s fine you usually see where it’s going and decide to play on or not.

In this game while playing the cuckold path I was thrilled that I wasn't forced to make choices that led me to lose respect in my wife’s eyes. That I could do the things that made her happy and make her love me more each day.
It led to a playthrough that wasn't filled with sexy encounters. But I don’t mind a good slow burn and that is exactly what it looked like. The wife was getting tempted and struggled to come to terms with thinking about other men. And I was learning about cuckolding and working up to the point where I’d be able to come out of the closet as a cuck.

I was getting in to it, I really liked where this was going.

(Warning: spoilers ahead)

A few hours into the game all that was left was that we had ‘the talk’ and that we both, in harmony, would agree to dip our toes into this life style on a basis of love and trust...

It all went in the right direction. The wife went out with her friend Heather. She got a bit drunk and a bit curious about the big dick of Heather’s friend Mark. In her drunken state she kissed him and touched his dick, but being a loving wife who respects her husband she stopped just short of blowing him.
While waiting at home I prepared a cuckold porn video to show her when she got back to see how she would react.
She came home and agreed to watch the porn video together and it led to a good sex scene where we pretended that it was someone else fucking her while I watched. It was hot and both expressed interest and excitement to try something like that.
Everything was set up for ‘the talk’. That surely would happen the next morning. And then we would finally embark on this naughty adventure together.
Except I couldn’t sleep and went to the kitchen and saw the pictures that Heather sent to the wife’s phone. I saw a picture where she appeared to suck Mark’s cock.
Not that big a deal, I thought.
She’ll explain it in the morning, I thought.
A perfect way to ease in to ‘the talk’, I thought.
After telling me what happened she could tease me and ask me ‘How would you like it if the next time I do suck his cock sweetie?’, I thought.

I thought wrong.

When confronted with the picture she lied.
The options for a response were basically ‘Accept the lie as truth’ or ‘Get a divorce’.
I would have liked the option ‘Come on baby, it’s ok. Tell me what happened.’
Seeing as that wasn’t an option I chose divorce. But that turned out to not be an actual choice at all. The game skipped some time and there was another conversation where you could accept the lie or express doubt.... and still accept the lie.
The harmony was gone. All the built up respect and love meant nothing.

Worse yet, the immersion was gone.
After playing for hours it turned out I was forced after all.

Watching My Wife
For anyone with any interest in the cheating/cuckolding/sharing fetishes, this title is a must-play. It is a well-written take on how marriages can be rejuvinated or obliterated by the accumulation of many seemingly minor choices. As someone who has been married for 25 years, I found the dynamic between the husband and wife compelling and quite believable.

The game has decent visuals, with passable static renders. The animations are brief and infrequent, but it's the scenarios and context that give the game its erotic heft. The characters are attractive and relatively unique. The wife is hot in a refreshingly realistic way. MILF lovers will appreciate the slightly visible cellulite on her ample breasts and hips.

The husband is our MC and we make many of his choices, but we also see the story from the wife's POV, allowing us to learn directly how she reacts to and what she thinks of our choices. We can also monitor her "respect" and "love" levels to see how they can change over time, depending on our choices.

Both the husband and the wife get opportunities to stray from each other (or broaden their options, depending on your approach). There are the usual tropes (schoolgirl for the husband, BBC for the wife, etc.) but also some interesting variations.

While I said the story is realistic, of course it is a porn game, so naturally there are liberties taken. For example, the developer seems to have little idea what a career in academia is like. The husband is a college professor, but from what we see of his work and how he is beset upon by his boss, you'd think he was an entry-level clerk at an accounting firm. But we're not playing this to learn how to navigate the pitfalls of being a teacher, so ultimately it's not a problem.

We start the game by selecting which path we want to take (cheating, cuckolding, or sharing), so if none of those options is something you enjoy at all, you can give this a pass. For players who do enjoy any or all of these, I highly recommend.

A pretty good story, interesting and makes me keep playing it. Two sides of story who are both playable . Graphics looks nice ,too bad there is no some animations included. This looks like it is made by truth events. It gives me a feeling of reality when i play the game. Good job for now, i hope you will keep the good job doing with this game. Insert some animations also. Update your graphic job.

Pros

Great realistic writing.
Proper grammar.
Love how it shows the wife's viewpoint and what she's thinking.
Awesome to see someone who knows the distinction between cuckold, sharing, and cheating.
Above average renders.

Cons

The wife looks super dumpy. This is a fantasy. Maybe some people want to jerk it thinking about overweight frumpy housewives with stretch marks but not me.
Plus the dude could be a cuck without needing to give him the worlds smallest micro dick. That's a tired trope. Guys with normal or even larger-than-normal dicks get cucked also.

That's it for the cons but to me, they're big ones. It makes the game hard to get into. That's why I gave it 3 stars. If she looked decent. I mean even just a healthy nonfat body, it'd go up to a four.

I bet I'll here it from the pro fat people now. lol

I've never seen a game do cuckolding and netorare as good as this. Right off the bat, I appreciated the fact that the developer starts by making the distinction between cheating, cuckolding and swinging. Letting the player choose their preference. They're not all the same and some of us like one of these more than the other two. I for one, like wives who cheat and stories told from their point of view. What she wants, thinks and feels matter way more than the husband. As I'm not there for him, or the other guy. Like how most cuckolding stories would assume you are. Some going so far as to tell the whole story from the husband's / other guy's point of view. No doubt because of how the average hentai creator can't fathom the female mind.

This game tells the story from both sides though, and that's great. You pick choices with the husband and see how the wife will react to them later. It's very well done and well-written. Meanwhile all the characters look good. Including the men and yes, even the Black guys. No ugly bastards here to be unnecessarily cringe just for the sake of it. The wife has an amazing body and a face I would only describe as realistic. She's plain, not too pretty. Making her self-conscious moments plausible and less silly. Not to mention, she has a pretty hot backstory to boot. So when her slutty side shows, it's not coming from out of nowhere.

Overall, the game does fall into the 'slow burn' category. But unlike several games I've played recently, there's enough payoff to make it worth it. As of v0.6, when I came in, the content was satisfactory. I particularly like the fact that the husband and wife actually do have sex with each other, but I wish the wife had more masturbation scenes and that the husband went down on her more often. At least on the cuckolding route, where it makes the most sense. But as per usual, female pleasure takes a backseat here just like with every other hentai. It's just inevitable isn't it. Even in a game like this, where the developer clearly knows the wife's needs should be paramount. The cuckolding route actually alludes to this fact, yet still doesn't quite follow up on it. That said, all the oral sex scenes are pretty lame, including the blowjobs. Of which there are a few too many. They don't really show a tongue touching the pussy or the girl putting more than the tip in her mouth. As if they couldn't render more than that.