Shadows of Deceit

I went into this blind and am pleasantly surprised. A game with a touch of magic or paranormal in the modern world is always an interesting idea. Pros. Mc: not a horndog which is always a win. I know the game is an avn but it doesn't mean the mc has to act like his entire existence is fucking. He's humble, nice, and decent. Mom and twin Aunt: I have seen this woman's model countless times and i have to say that this is the best she has ever looked times 2. It's insane to play a game that manages to use that one model twice and have them look pretty different. You buy that they are sisters and they both have really nice personalities. Mom is loving and affectionate while her sister is chill and just fun to hang with. Can't wait to get more time with both of them Evil? Aunt: Fathers sister seems to be evil i guess but even so, i cant wait to interact with her and she looks great. Renders: The renders in this game is pretty damn good. Not the best I've ever seen but nowhere near the worse. Friends: while im here for the milfs, I will admit a job well done to the dev for making even the models for them who ive seen alot of times look pretty unique. Lust: Hot, evil, dangerous. I can't wait to get more interaction with her. Other girls: They look okay and in another game i wouldn't mind rolling around with but again, im here for the milfs. Tension: The tension while a little glossed through sadly, Its there. Love when devs know that the sex should be a payoff and that a great lead up to it, makes the sex all the sweeter. Cons: Not finished: obviously the game isn't done which is the worse part of this. You have just enough story so far to attach to the women in the game but there is nowhere near enough here sadly. Options: the options you have are so far, pretty limited which really sucks. I hope this is just because it is the beginning of the game and as the game goes on, it will add more options, maybe even some open world movement so you arent just going along with the story. Overall. Another game i cant wait to get updated and hope it keeps going

There is a lot of quality in this game. But unfortunately the story is ONCE AGAIN...About a manipulated MC with very little backbone/Player input for decisions. Its borderline Kinetic in that regard. You get the typical "two choices" but nothing more and you dont shape the player that much. The MC also gets thrown into multiple cursed/forced dream scenarios and comes out of them only saying "oh it was just a dream" and then carries on. He doesnt linger in thought long enough, nor does he react how he should. Go ahead and use the "theres magic involved" argument. That just makes the impact feel more weak yet aggravating. The bitch doesnt learn nor do they think enough. Could be good.

The potential is there. Like the models and graphics. Story is promising. Little choices available but understand setting up premise to go forward. Really hoping no femdom/cucking or at least two different routes so you can be the Dominant Leader and turn the tables on the succubus. A little on the short side but developer explains will flesh out the chapters in future update. Still enough to play now and get a feel for it, decided to put it on my watchlist for now. Hoping their will be an option to turn my tight circle of friends into my "followers" personally with Susan being my cuckqueen. One can hope...

VERSION: Ch.1 / Re-Review: Ch.2 SUMMARY: Looks good, at least the little that here... New content, no improvements. RATINGS: (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐ NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context. Additionally , scoring is based on the state, and what is in the current version and not what may or may not be introduced at a later point. Character (Model) Visuals......... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ General (World) Visuals........... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Animation Quality................. : ⭐ Character Personality(Persona).... : ⭐⭐⭐ Story & Dialogue .................. : ⭐⭐⭐ Writing & Grammar................. : ⭐⭐ UX/UI, Game Type & Mechanics.......: ⭐⭐ Playtime & Pacing ..................: ⭐⭐ Music & Sounds .....................: ⭐⭐ Adult Content & Fetishes.......... : ⭐ Average: 28 of 50 possible points giving a 56% rating i.e. 3 stars. PROS: - See my opinions section for details. Decent looking models, some a bit on bimbo size which is kinda stupid, but its not the worst I have seen... Able to set relationships is a nice feature. Story/plot is at least semi interesting. Music, thats pretty much it for audio, better than nothing I guess CONS: - See my opinions section for details. UX/UI lack of dialogue opacity or font settings, basic shit but still not here. Also places where wrong character name is used in dialogue needs fixing. While dialogue is OK, there is some revision needed e.g. "reminding myself how much sad I am and how I wish think were different" Lack of any audio save for the music, real shame as lewd, ambient and interactive sounds would have been nice for immersion. No animations of any kind. Some lewd content now, but not much, mostly the usual dream scenes that serve only as a tease. Short and not a lot of content. Still short on content and much of it simply blue-balling poorly planned/executed scenes to build more intrigue with vagaries instead of providing proper context and a decent preface. OPINIONS, SUGGESTIONS & FINAL REMARKS : NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context and could be useful to the developer. (Read them or don't) I find the lack of subtlety when it comes to promiscuity like the boss wearing an overall thats too small, halfway open and her tits spilling out too obvious and completely illogical to wear like that for a mechanic job. Its one thing to see Lara Croft run around in shorts but this takes the piss. Same with the other boss/aunt whatever who has no issue flirting with the MC after catching him rubbing one out, then promptly volunteers to hold it for him when he takes a leak. There is no pretext for this, whats driving this behaviour, sure he feels some tug or way to sway the LIs after touching the book, but how does the player see it manifest, at what point did the MC influence the LIs? Elaria is seen only fleeting at the start then never in between, the player can easily forget why this "connection" between LIs is so strong...this narrative is just poorly constructed and is missing too many details. I also find it stupid how dirty the MC and boss get, like they have a mud fight because it makes no sense, the clothes are clean all around their dirty bodies too. Not sure what the dev was thinking but ffs, less is more... Lacking settings like opacity for dialogue box is really stupid, it blocks 1/5 of the screen! Not much content here and nothing on the adult front to enjoy either, it doens't fill me with confidence for the future if chapters are this short. Long delays between public releases are not going win this dev any awards, a better way to go about it is to give subscribers a week to play the new game then let it out for the public, the more people get to play it and get access to the new content the better chances of getting more supporters. TLDR: Pretty good looking AVN, nothing earth shattering with the story, been done many times before, but has its own appeal. Nothing here though to enjoy really as its a pretty boring and predictable first chapter. I wont hold my breath, but will probably check it out in the future again and re-review. My review score hasn't changed yet, the dev has not fixed or improved on anything mentioned and add questionable scenes and events that doesn't help this. Its a fair game with decent renders and good looking LIs, some fun but its not structured nearly as good as it should be and lacks that polish and quality that your higher rated games get right.

Building blocks for something good. The writing isn't trash, but there's not enough here to judge, its mostly just set up for whats here. There is no sex. There is no nudity. This entire first chapter is supposed to hook you into paying into the first three chapters on patreon. At its core, it just sets up MC everyone wants to bang and succubus story kick off. How you want to portray a woman breaking up with a dude all women seem to want to fuck including his mom and aunt is beyond me. Maybe someone should tell the dev being built like a greek god and a giant dick tends to make women ignore you have no money. All n all not a bad start though. As with everything else I will never give 5 stars for a fisrt chapter of a VN that could easily be abandoned in a month. I hope its not, but in its current state not much is here. Also they have another game that is doing the remake thing......I'm cautiously optimistic this may be good.

as i played this chapter there is not a lot of content as it's just starting, but as of now everything looks good , writing is good , the art is great , the 5 stars to encourage the author or maker , i'm very interested in the future of this VN.

The tags and the screenshots with hot scenes are false advertising. This Chapter 1 version is just a short introduction to the story and at the end it shows a bunch of spoilers with what 's planned for the future releases. The screenshots provided now are taken from that preview of the planned content. The story is a banal story with a MC who gains magical powers from a book. The girls look great although a few of them are copy paste from other games. If the game will progress, then I might rate the game up to 3/4 stars, but because of the false advertising and spoilers at the end I'm giving it only 2 stars at the moment. First time I've seen this lame strategy.

Provisional Rating based on Chapter 1. So far, so good. Lovely models, excellent graphics, and while the story conceit is a succubus trope, it is handled well. The slow burn with character buildup first is always the approach I prefer. Not too slow though and judging by the Chapter 2 & 3 previews the pace seems spot on. Can't wait to see more! I'll revise my rating as more chapters become available.