VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Welcome Aboard [Final] [Picaro Games]

This is only the first episode, only around 3 hours of content but this was really a great start. And in those 3 hours game already have around 40 scenes (including a great thresome) so thats a really good amount of content for a first episode. This game proves again that you don't need big and deep story to make a good porn game. This is my type of game, you don't need to wait hours to get into steamy content and game doesnt waste your time. The setting works really well, like who wouldn't want to travel on a ship full of beautiful ladies, right? Renders are very good (the preview images from the first post being low resolution doesn't sell this game as good as they should), models are also very good, especiality mom and Rhonda are great. And our mom actually looks like a mom, not like some 20 years old supermodel. That's always good. Sex scenes are very solid for the most part. Some are better than others, some of them are really great, some are a bit short. Some of the animations are a bit choppy, some look low quality but overall they're pretty ok. In the beginning some of the transitions from talking to sex were too fast, but it gets better later on. The English could be a bit better i guess, but since i'm not an English native speaker it didn't bother me that much. But i have to admit that some dialogue lines look like straight from google translate. Like, girl saying "bottoms up, bottoms up" during sex looks kinda funny. Some improvement is clearly needed in this regard.

Honestly, it was very promising start and i'm definitely waiting for more, especially more family fun when the rest of the family show up. This game really have potential to be a 5/5 game, if the overall quality remain the same or get even better. I really like such light hearted and wholesome games without any stupid and pointless drama, i just wanna have a good time playing porn game without thinking about consequences of my choices and just enjoy spending sexy time with some beauties. And this game delivers exactly that. If all game's first 3 hours would be this good, we would have many great porn games.

Okay, I'm working on a review. I've written it and rewritten it, and submitted it and resubmitted it a few times now.

I initially was going to rate this 3 stars, but I'll move it up to 4.

The rating would likely be higher at this point, but I was highly bothered by the developer's handling of the MC. I wasn't keen on how abruptly the story went from being centered around a sneaky sex pest--not kidding, the MC simulated sleep sex by rubbing one out between his mother's asscheeks (twice!)--to suddenly being a modern-day Adonis and lothario that can have any woman he wants on board.

Anyway, I'm mostly over that because the story has been pretty consistent since those early hiccups revolving around the MC. The story has definitely settled on the MC being a world renowned painter of the nude female form... so we'll go with it.

Beyond the premise of the story, which I've gone into some detail over, the story is pretty much a fuckfest beneath the thinly veiled guise of a cruise. Each day, the MC will usually end up having a little too much fun with one or two paramours over the course of the day (though that number can go right on up depending on the events of the day). I think by the end of Day 8 of the voyage, the MC has dipped his paintbrush into somewhere close to 10 women by some method or other. On Day 10, the premise of this otherwise thin story is simply gone: The MC will fuck 10 of the 11 women he has had contact with on this trip (excluding Amira because she's not available on the boat).

The graphics are pretty good. Most of the animations have been choppy to this point, though some are good... I don't know why the inconsistency. The music is pretty good, it seems to transition depending on the scene so it's usually on point.

Poorly designed credits wrap. Shouldn't just force close the game at the end... should really take the user back to the main menu. Seems kind of silly for me to have to restart the game in order to get back to the gallery, for instance.

[ Review for Final version ]

TL;DR: Welcome Aboard is a fairly short almost-kinetic VN. You have some branching, but the game always ends the same it seems. The game has a 'get to the good stuff quick' feel to it, which is good if that's what you're looking for. I recommend it for a quick fap, if story isn't your main priority. 5 stars because I really liked the mother.

The Good: Incest! Also the relationships between all characters is pretty good, if a bit underdeveloped. I liked the sex scenes, and I REALLY liked the mother's lesbian arc!

The Average: You mostly don't have a lot of say of who the MC is going to fuck, but there are a few choices to avoid certain content. The cast of women in the game immediately want to fuck with the MC, which gets you to the sexy bits quickly, but isn't very interesting story-wise.

The Bad: It is a bit short, and I feel there could have been space of more build-up before the rewards.

Wishlist for sequel:
> I wish I could have had more choice to spend more time with certain characters at the cost of spending less time with others.
> I really hope there's going to be pregnancy, because the way I'm creampieing everyone I hope my MC isn't shooting blanks.
> More incest, less non-incest. We inbreeding here.

Great little game. It is not the longest (even for a debut season of a game) but it packed chock full of busty goodness and does not mess about with getting to them with any of the characters really which i appreciate vs a long ever growing list of slow burn nature games.

The women are varied in face if not entirely in body but they all look great depending on what your looking for - from sexy twenty somethings to the milfs. The animations are pretty great too considering how many sex scenes need to be animated in the game. Season 2 admittedly is what we're most waiting for given it is the family themed season but all in all there is little to dislike about this game based on its opening season of content and it is refreshing to have an MC who is an out and out alpha. Few women are safe from his confidence and sexual prowess.

Version - Complete 0.4

SHORT:
If you're just wanting a game with a tiny thread of a story, kinetic (no choices that really matter), and just getting quickly from one sex scene to another, you might enjoy this. It's decidedly average, but relatively short with a silly story, silly events. Mind the rough English though.


MODELS:
About what you would expect from many VNs. Mostly big chested, but there is some variation with characters representing different ethnicities. Some animations are a bit rough, but certainly serviceable. You likely won't like them all (though you will fuck them in the game), but should be something for most folks.


STORY:
Not a lot to see here. A brief introduction to tell you why you are where you are. Characters get brief introductions with some possible quick back story on who they are. Other than that it is generally a very short bit of text to describe the setting for the next series of sex scenes and you occasionally get a choice which doesn't matter really, save for seeing or not seeing a scene here and there.

It's generally nonsensical, little to no buildup, no drama, and often times absurd (sex without someone noticing, 'falling' into sex, etc). Everyone wants to fuck the main character, and he fucks them all, most multiple times.


ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
As hinted at above, the English is sometimes rough here. Not quite Japanese MTL levels all over - you can still follow it all - but it has its faults. It's hard to tell if the main character is trying to be suave and sexy or an asshole at times, the words used might be odd or wrong, that sort of thing. But again, the story hardly matters, so the grammar/translation itself isn't so big of a deal here. At least, it won't likely make or break how you feel about the game overall.


VERDICT:
In the end I rated this game 3/5 (average). It is highly going to depend on what you are looking for. There is a story here, but not an intricate one. It is paced poorly and all rather silly. But that is fine if that is what you are looking for. A light, absurd and silly story with loads of sex.

Obviously if you are trying to get something more believable - or as believable as these sexual VNs tend to get - you won't find it. If you want a non-kinetic novel with branching options and choices, you won't find it. If you want character development, conflict, or any thing of that nature, this isn't it.

But if you just want a quick-to-play fuckfest where the MC hastily bones everyone and has them drooling over his massive prick, then this relatively short game might wet your whistle.

Good premise -- terrible execution.

This is based on the first and some of the second chapter as I couldn't continue subjecting myself to it. Like written by a 13 year old. MC's first time in bed with his sleeping mother, there's no intimacy whatsoever, only a retard grinding on her and screaming to take her child's cum. And why keep focusing on that annoying face of the MC all the time?

Oh, and that "sad" part with the sister becomes ill, there's a sad lone piano playing while MC takes her to the medic. So what was all that about? She was seasick, and apparently the writer thought it warranted going all emotional.

I like the idea and some of the models, but it needs a fresh start-over.

[v0.3] You're recently divorced mother, standoff-ish sister, and you go on an exotic cruise that will eventually stop where your Aunt and her family lives. There are plenty of sexy women around to satisfy your enormous member, which of course includes your close family.

This is a fairly straightforward game. So far it's possible to play through the game while seeing all the sex scenes. Your redheaded family are curvy, sexy, and the primary focus of these early chapters. That said, there are lots of other women to please as well. None of them are particularly deep in their characterization. They fit simple but effective tropes of these types of harem games.

As far as I'm concerned there is NO NTR in this game. All the women with men in their lives hate them or are divorced, and women in a harem fucking without you is a turn on in my book. Isn't that the whole point of a harem? As long as you're the only dude and they all love you the most, who cares if they munch on each other?

The graphics are good. Animations are of a low framerate and sex scenes are relatively short, but sex scenes are also frequent so it evens out.

The focus on harem and incest is great. The plot is simple and the dialogue falls short with its English translation. Everything can be understood, but sometimes the words used are awkward. Relationships move fast, especially for family members, but that's okay. Sometimes it's fun to shorten the ridiculously long teasing, 'will they won't they' phases we normally get in incest games. Not every game needs to be heavy with it's themes.

This is just a fun, straight-forward, kinky sex game. It's not the best ever, but it's a great time. Anyone looking to have a simple, sexy adventure focused on incest and harem will have a great time!

A simple game where the main character fucks a lot of girls on a cruise ship. Choices don't impact the story and love interests are mostly unavoidable so while technically not a kinetic novel, it essentially is. Pretty standard scene delivery and the translation from Spanish is okay but not great, like 85% there, just obviously translated. Everyone on the cruise ship wants the MC and he doesn't have to try very hard to sleep with everyone around.

I'm mostly here to counter the negativity and give context to the talk of NTR and lesbian scenes in the game. I'm someone that isn't a fan of NTR but I'm fine with lesbian scenes so long as the goal isn't to take LIs away from the MC, which I think is a core tenant of NTR. YMMV. So rather than read through the whole thread, I'll give context to the debate for you to make your own decisions.

Characters (All characters other than MC are women):
MC - Main Character (You)
Mom - MC's Mom
Sister - MC's Sister
Doctor - Ship Doctor
DocMom - Doctor's Mom

Story goes:



That's the extent of non-MC sexual engagement as of 0.3. There are other scenes in the game other than above (MC fucks other people on the boat including everyone above) but it's not relevant to the issue.

If anything, I'd more categorize this as an Netori game over an NTR because several of the women on the cruise ship have boyfriends and husbands. You fuck their wives/girlfriends/Moms, sometimes right under their noses. I think it's worth a play if the above interests you. I think it's a solid 3.5 that could improve going forward.

Note to dev: Using "Babe" as an annoying sister nickname likely isn't what you'd want in English. A more proper term would be "baby sis" or "little sister". A twin sister would take offense to those terms. "Babe" is more what you'd call a girlfriend or boyfriend as a term of endearment.

A fuckfest vn with lazy writing and kinetic approach to player's choices (choices don't matter as of v.03). While renders are above average, the worst thing for me as a player is dev's vision. First, as already mentioned, so far there's no indication that player's input matters to the story. This wouldn't matter if the story matches with what the dev claimed to be - an incest and harem game. Second, as the dev still vague about what kind of game it is - whether it's really an incest game, lesbianism-focused game, or even NTR game from the mum's behaviours - said group of fans will always be disappointed one way or another. However, as of v.03 I believe we have a partial answer about one thing - lesbianism. I guess they're going to be heavily-featured in this game since from v.02 that the dev claimed that the content would be avoidable but made it unavoidable anyway and now in v.03 there's no change. The mum just turned from a town bicycle in v.01 to a raving lesbian in v.03.

In my humble opinion, if the dev can just be a little honest and write a little note about what this game is going to be, I believe a lot of 'complaining' will stop. And like a lot of people said before, devs won't have any headache if they can make all the kink optional like some of the popular porn games do. You don't like lesbian? Make it optional. You love anal? You can decide which hole you want to stick it in. You don't like this possible LI? You don't have to kiss her. But who am I to rant all of this, take them all with the grains of salt. I won't disrespect any kinks from anyone. Just think that a bit more of clarifications about the contents from this game's dev would be peachy.

I downloaded the game out of interest in the two redheads on the cover, then I discovered that the game is a kinetic novel, there are no choices, practically nothing is avoidable, I wouldn't say "everything" but the term "practically" sounds better, a cruise on the high seas full of milfs of all types, you as a player have no choice but to stay with each one of them, even those who are not your type, as they are very varied, there are definitely some who are not your type ..My focus was on my red-haired mother and sister, but I was forced to stay with the doctor who I had no interest in and who is not my type

I don't mind lesbian scenes even in which the MC is not present, like in the scene between the MC's mother and the doctor's mother, But saying again, I didn't like the character with whom the mc's mother was having relations, if a LIS is going to be with a character other than the mc... at least it's with a character that the player likes, but in this case the scene was kind of uninteresting to me.

looking more directly... story 0/10, renderings 10/10, facial expressions 2/10 (without any softening, everything very exaggerated and out of context), models and LIZ 5/10 (as it is an absurd variety, this grade varies from lis to lis), writing and coherence 3/10 (without any creativity for lines or things said in sex scenes or depth between dialogues and conversations, everything very generic like "go deeper oooh, aaah yessss" or "let's go to the bar for a drink? shall we? *a second later kissing* )

A good game to fap quickly for those who have a more varied taste in lis and who don't care much about history or coherence.

*sigh*...

Another ridiculous VN with absolutely zero build-up, zero character progression, and where any decision you could ever make in any scenario always includes the option for sex. This is a VN for horny 18-year-olds that haven't grown out of the 'Do-everything-for-tits' phase.

Version 0.1 was full of NTR crap that was fixed well in version 0.2.

Version 0.2. This one forces you to delete the game if you don't care about lesbians. This is full of lesbianism. If in the first part the mother was a whore who spread her legs for everyone at every turn. In this one, it's been turned into more of a lesbian. In a weird way, you can avoid the first scene, but not the second. So it doesn't really fucking matter if that first scene is optional at all, as it's canceled out in the second scene. DEV claims that there are two lesbian scenes in the game. True, but he also claims that the second is "ONLY" a light lesbian scene. There is no such thing as a "light" lesbian scene is just a lesbian scene. I even count that shit the mother did under the Netorare-Lesbian tag of Lez-NTR which shouldn't be shown at all without an avoidable chance. If a bitch is fucking a person behind the MC's back, it's always NTR and then it doesn't matter the gender. So frankly, DEV is saying to lesbian haters AND NTR-haters, FUCK OFF!. It also says it's mandatory for the story. No lesbian scene is mandatory for the story unless you are making a lesbian game and this is not one as far as I know. If someone claims that lesbian shit is needed for a threesome, then they don't know what they're talking about. I don't even bother to look at version 0.3 it certainly already has everything possible from NTR to futas or zombies. Or somethin shit. The first part was fixed pretty damn well and my trust in the dev came back, but when the 0.2 version went a bit further we were in the same deep again and I never played the whole version to the end because I just couldn't. This dev regained the trust, but it didn't please him and he threw it in the trash again.

Hopefully this will be a small lesson for him. Don't force the player to do anything. Give the player a choice. If the player doesn't get the chance to put what he thinks are shitty things avoidable, then you lose players every fucking time. Every one of them is a potential supporter. Choices are an important part of these games anyway as far as I know this is not a kinetic novel. So there should be choices in almost every aspect. But dev thinks it's better to force players in a certain direction.

First of all, this VN could benefit GREATLY from having a decent English speaker proof read it. Normally I'm a fan of this type of VN that doesn't beat around the bush too much, but the poor English grammar is very distracting.

It's a pretty straight forward incest VN. With some different choices that don't seem to have any different outcomes other than just skipping certain scenes. If you don't want or need a lot of build up and extra fluff then this one is gonna be pretty good.

The renders are ok, nothing to write home about but it's serviceable.

It's got potential, but as it is now it needs some polish. If I was a Spanish speaker I would probably give it 4 stars.

TLDR:
+ Nice incesty story, decent renders.

- Very poor English grammar, definitely needs a proof reader.
Makes me wish I had paid more attention during my Spanish classes in school.

For an intro there is a decent amount of content.

Story seems ok.
Who doesn't love a hot red headed MILF?
MC is actually successful.
Renders are ok.

Good start to hopefully a solid harem VN. MC is a famous artist, and gets invited to visit his aunt and family for a nice vacation.
I'm not going to beat on the writing. It does need some help. Calling your mom and sister, or any other woman as he/him gets old fast.

Overall I believe that Picaro Games is on the right track. Good amount of content, several good sex scenes, and a decent enough of a story. Addressing the writing issues will help out. I rated this VN as good because of the amount of content, and for the gingers. The story also isn't awful, but it is better than most. Purely my opinion.

So with saying that, I look forward to seeing more of this VN, and I do recommend it. Good luck and hopefully it doesn't get abandoned after a few updates.

I can only say that for those of us who speak Spanish, the game is very good, the slang, the jokes, the names of the guests at the captain's table are funny. The appearance of the characters is very good and there are already sexual scenes with several women including the mother from the first version.

I liked the game. If you speak spanish play the game in that language. The english script has a lot of bad grammar. I don't care about the lack of choice. It's a matter of presentation. The game should be advertised as a kinetic novel, then no one would complain. I liked the story. In porn, you don't need a really deep narrative. In my opinion, it's not bad. I love how in the first release of the game, you already have intercourse with the mother. That's something that projects often leave until the very end. That's why I know this is not a cash grab.

V0.1

yes another VN that ignores the N in favour of the V graces us with it's presence. complete with yet more of the he instead of she dialogues that warrant the gay tag just for the writing.

it also has my biggest negative of all VN's, the single choice option.
the very first Player-Participate-Click is a single option. why? because the developer is stupid enough to think this is a good thing for player inclusion.
the second PPC has two options but as both lead to the same outcome within seconds, as much a choice as the single option.
the third PPC drops the veil of false choice again in favour of the single option again.

the dialogue and writing in general has me wondering if the developer is even old enough for this site, yet we get asked to verify WE are old enough at the start. i object yer 'onor

imagery is not bad but not good either. some short animations but does nothing for me now i have bypassed puberty.....by some decades.

i consider imagery icing on a VN cake and this one has not even seen an oven. an ok plot still requires delivery.
it is just another example of really poor unplanned development.
no errors in coding i can see so not bad enough for one star for me, but close.

i'm giving this one a wide berth (ha! exiting stage left...)

I know this is still pretty early for this game but this game is already so damn horrible. The models are decent and that is the only good thing to say about this game.
1. The grammar in this game is so bad. I've seen better in other games with a non-English speaker dev. I don't think there was one instance of a woman character being called she/her. It was always he/him, to the point it seemed like it was a joke on the devs part. It still amazes me how people can start a project like this without preparing for making sure that the english is at least passable.
2. Besides the grammar the rest of the writing is just lazy and as if a 10 or 12 year old wrote it. It just goes from one scene to the next so suddenly without any proper build-up or a good transition. Also, the dev sets up scenes that seem like they may lead to sex but then just doesn't follow through. Like the sister has to take medication where she gets drowsy and gets into a deep sleep. You get her to the bed and then just do nothing. I just don't get writing those set ups for nothing to happen.
3. Very little choices . When anything sexual actually happens, you don't get a choice in the matter. The MC just does whatever the dev wants him to do without any player input. Also, this dev has done the stupid thing of putting single choice options to move the scene forward. It's such a stupid and obvious way to give the illusion of choice instead of actually putting in the work to make actual choices. If the scene can only go one way, just make it go that way without making us click on a stupid placebo option just to bring the next scene.
Overall this game full of stupid and lazy writing, the illusion of choice, and forced sex scenes. The dev is either lazy or just rushing to get a game out and make some money. The grammar needs to be really fixed up, there need to be some actual choices, the sex scenes should be optional, and the stupid single choice options should be taken out. I'll come back to this game if it gets updated and see how it's like. If there's some improvement I'll edit this review and change the rating.

It's pretty good just for now.
The simple and direct story allows the author to have flexible creative choices in the future.
Low resolution but wonderful pictures, save hard disk space and can give the player an excellent experience.
Open women will not let the pace of the game drag, can directly give the player a lot of wonderful sex scenes.
Each character is highly recognizable, and the brief screen shows each character's different identity background and personality.
On a scale of 10, I can give this game at least a 9.It deserves a five-star review.
The future of game, key depends on the future update speed,don't abandon midway.