Sweet Deviance

Hard to place this one. The characters feel well developed and real. If it were a story told from the third person, it might be a lot more enjoyable. That's partly because the MC is written to be a complete asshat with little to no common sense or basic social awareness, which is quite a hard character to immerse yourself in. At the same time anything past the first date is purely an illusion of choice, and even that one is a pass-fail, not branching. And don't get me started on the sandbox sections. There's only ever one interaction in a scene that actually progresses the game. Why bother even putting this in and make the player click a phone icon if calling someone is the only thing they can do? For all intents and purposes this might as well be a kinetic novel.

I don't like to torpedo ratings of ongoing games anymore. Nor do I claim to be an AVN connoisseur to write a review. So, I'll put my actual rating and opinion down below: ★★★☆☆ Just finished the game. And honestly, I was pleasantly surprised about how much I ended up liking the game- starting off what seemed like a femboy fucking "no brainer" game, to actually being a pretty sensible read seriously handling a sesitive topic. While the theme is clearly LGBTQ heavy and tackled some serious struggles, there was little to no WOKE pandering which made me appreciate the execution all the much more. That being said the game isn't without flaws. As others have pointed out, the MC has a baggage and is not always great at coming off like a well rounded individual. He was already introduced as sex crazed kid and after meeting Noah, is at constant war within about if femboys are just a passing kink or does he actually love the idea of ending up with one. But the way he is written makes him look more like a dick in comparison to Noah who comes off as more sensitive. They don't look like they belong with each other, but the plot just forces it. I'm wary of the dev too. Not a personal jab, but Pastel seems to relish in throwing curve balls at players which makes you double guess all your choices. On one hand, MC struggles with his nympho tendencies and you keep being given more fuel choices to stoke that fire. But at the same time, the players keeps getting slammed for having a one track mind about trying to get into Noah's pants only. While I can't say what the end game of the dev is, but clearly it's far too early to figure out how the game is going to turn out and that's a sign that player's agency has been limited severely. Something I am not a fan of. I like sculpting my MCs and right now nothing I am doing is clearly changing his character, or showing me the story's future path. All in all, the jury is still out on how the game will turn out. Perhaps I'll revisit this later and update my rating. But for now, I'm sitting squarely in the middle of good and bad.

Well, this would be a 4 or even 5-star because the IDEA of a transgressive eroticism, and the sex scenes, could make it so. But MAN (ha!) -- the MC is so cringe that I have to stop playing after every scene and start again after a few days with my hands over my eyes. I mean, sure, the theme of a hetero man getting turned on by a femboy and feeling uncomfortable about it, I get. But holy moly, why make him such an infantile JERK? Because, well -- as he is the MC [MAIN CHARACTER!!], I put myself in his shoes, and well, they sure as hell don't fit. I'm not talking about gender or anything, just why would I continue to want to play a DICK? Is this some kind of "message"? Like, oh, this is how "cisgender males" behave when they come upon something like this? Not any cisgender dudes I know... It just seems quite patronizing. And those dudes in front of the femboy's dorm? What are we, living in the 1950's? WTF?? "Hey, Daddio, check out the Fag.. cheeze it, it's the coppers! Let's scram!" Nothing to see here, boys! I just couldn't finish after I was forced, thru our retarded MC, to order "trans porn" for date night. When he said, "Man, I'm so fucking thoughtful", I threw up a bit in my mouth and clicked out. A straight guy gets the hots for a gay guy that likes to dress up, and they gel. Fuck all the drama... (And btw "Jamie Reed" onscreen is much hotter than our LI...)

This game frustrated me in the recent update. It had a interesting premise, and a heavy emphasis on rapidly choosing correct dialogue options. The last two updates seem to have given up on that, with little to no meaningful choices. Which would be fine, but it feels like the MC is all over the place, like if this were a choice based AVN he would be like if he was constantly choosing contradicting options. His characterization is all over the place. It's like the Dev wanted to make fun of chasers by turning the MC into one for a little bit, but all that was accomplished was that the MC became more unlikeable. I do enjoy how Noah is a more fully fledged character than other trans LIs, with a bit more realistic personality. She does feel somewhat like a real straight trans girl, even down to forgiving a guy when she really shouldn't. That's another thing, the MC's apologies are terrible, the first time he fucks up its understandable but the newest time? I know the dev was likely trying to make it infuriating to make a point, but it gets to a point where if Alex wasn't supposed to be a self insert I wouldn't want him to get with Noah. Like this is something that in a different AVN the annoying competition male character would pull in order to drive the girl closer to the MC. Alex doesn't have to be a nothing character, or a perfect boyfriend, but if you're gonna try to force him to make mistakes at least make his apologies better. Or make him seem more like an actual person, instead of someone who plans with their dick for hours in advance and never second guesses the plan. Commit to a kinetic or choice driven approach too, this weird in between will only cause more confusion.

Review for 0.4 This really deserves a 3 or 3.5 star rating, but out of respect for how great 0.1 and 0.2 were, and being hopeful for the next update, I'm going cautiously giving this a 4/5 for now. If the next update continues the trend, I'll be dropping the rating. I’ve never played a VN like this before. It follows a straight guy starting a relationship with a trans woman. What makes it interesting is that it actually delves into the awkward and messy side of the MC’s personal identity, morals, and how he struggles with the relationship. This part is great and feels genuinely realistic. The sex scenes are also good, and in my opinion, the animations are top tier, especially the main scene between the MC and Noah. *Some spoilers below.* Unfortunately, this is where the story starts to go downhill for me, starting at the end of 0.3 and continuing through 0.4. The story pushes him too quickly into being perverted. A lot of his internal monologue becomes focused on all the nasty things he wants to do to Noah, showing very little regard for her wellbeing and pushing sexual situations beyond her limits. I get that the story is about the MC’s flaws and that there need to be bumps in the road. Some of that conflict works well, especially the fear of what his family and friends will think. This makes him struggle with the relationship and want to hide it. The bigger problem is that his downward spiral feels too extreme for a game that presents itself as having choices. That seems to be what a lot of reviews are complaining about, and I agree. Other issues: The choices aren't important and mostly just act as failure conditions. Remove the damn pointless sandbox elements. They waste dev time and our time. 0.4's main sex scene is Noah's roommate and her girlfriend, with MC being an absolutely pervert by spying on them. This is optional but the time wasted on creating this scene could have been used on much better things.

This is a hard VN to give a rating to as it does some things really well and others badly, so I would guess it's 3 1/2 stars. First off the basic concept is good, it all looks ok and it does fit the brief of a simple, sweet story of two lonely people finding each other. However the downside is the dev is really pushing a single storyline, where the MC is an idiot in his interactions with Noah and in his thoughts. There's nothing particularly wrong with this if this is a kinetic novel and explains not being able to name the MC but why are we offered choices? We can do nothing to stop the MC being a complete tool, so why have the options. It's like having the option to jump off a cliff on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Who the hell cares, it's an choice you don't want to make as you're still going to die! It just gives a huge sense of frustration to the reader. It is impossible to like the MC, everything about him grates and breaks immersion particularly at the point of options or when he's inner monologuing. He doesn't represent what I would choose to do, therefore I'm only observing what he does, reading his story, so why give me choices to make. Then there's the 'sandbox elements'. WTF do they add? Does everyone except me love clicking things for no reason, so it makes it a better VN? This would have been 4 stars if it had just been a kinetic novel and possibly 5 stars, if we had some different routes, even if there were simple; such as 1) the MC being a tool as is, 2) the MC being a decent human being with his thoughts and responses and 3) the option for two lonely people with difficult upbringings to bond and just be friends, to widen the audience. Simple but rewarding. As it is, it gives joy and frustrates in equal measure but it's still worth a read.

I'll start with what irritated me the most.....the MC. This feels like projection from the dev and boy are they a bit out there. This is what happens when you try to add personality to your femboy fuck game. He is just so unlikable and comes off like how someone very liberal would describe an incel. Its kind of grating. Next, the pointless sandbox and the lack of choice. Let me start with if you want to make a kinetic novel, then just make a kinetic novel. Don't give choices that immediately end the game because you didn't want the player to choose it. Its almost as bad as when devs put a single option choice on the screen to force you to click it. The sandbox serves no purpose. Its just there to force clicking. I swear its stuff like this that makes me no like F95 sometimes. People rating a game 5 stars, then describing in their reviews why its definitely not 5 stars.

I'm of a mixed mind with this one. The renders are pretty good, and I get what the dev is trying to say, but goes about telling the story with a pretty heavy hand. It's hard to identify with the mc unless you have his exact same mindset. There is incredibly little agency. At the beginning of the game, your choices are reduced to saying the exact right things or the game just ends. Once you get past that point, any choices you make are limited to what will end the game, or whether or not you want to see certain content. I couldn't identify with the inner thoughts of the mc because, well, I'm not a thoughtless wanker like he's portrayed as being. And in place of an actual story, the game relies way too heavily on padding out the time with constant, repetitive inner thoughts that 1) I would never think of, and 2) which only reinforces how much of an incel dude the mc assumes he is. There were many places in just what's been released so far where I would have liked to make a different choice than what the mc ends up doing. Sometimes I felt like I was being forced to adopt a particular point of view, and other times I was presented with choices that I would never make, knowing what the likely consequences would be. Right now, the choices aren't meaningful at all. It's hard to track all of the various ways a story could change based on the player's agency, but that's what these types of games should be about. On top of that, the interface sucks. Everything revolves around your bedroom, where you only have a couple of things you can interact with. You can't ever leave the room unless the story is ready for you to go to the next planned event. In most cases, you have to click on one or two things before you can proceed, and it's not always clear what you should do next. At one point, I got into a situation where I couldn't interact with anything in the room, being told that it wouldn't do any good or that I'd already done it. I couldn't proceed no matter what I did. I ended up having to go back to a previous save and start again. It would be easier to deal with if there was a quick menu like in most Renpy games, where I could do a quick save and go back to it if things didn't work out. And for the developer to go to the trouble of taking out the quick menu, and still leaving in the "Auto-Forward Time" slider in Preferences is just plain lazy and pointless. And then there's the pseudo-sandbox nature of the game. There are no quests. There are no location-specific or time-specific events that don't occur outside of the set path the dev decided on. It might as well have been presented in a linear fashion where you wouldn't have to dick with all of the decision making around what thing to click. I think some devs think that "serious" games need to be sandbox or that it's somehow more impressive. It's not. If your game doesn't benefit from being in a sandbox environment, just don't do it. In the end, I appreciate that it's a story about a "femboy" that attempts to be true to life, but there are way too many forced emotions and trains of thought for my liking. So, 4 stars for the renders, and 2 stars for everything else. Rounds up to three...

I have tried a lot of games in this niche, and most of them are either all sex with no substance or have a "story" that's just an excuse to get from one scene to the next. So I wasn't expecting much when I first downloaded this. But wow, i was wrong. This game actually has a real plot. A proper, unfolding story that made me care about what happens next. The characters feel like actual people, not just cardboard cutouts waiting for a lewd scene. And speaking of those scenes… they're fantastic. The art, the animation, the buildup everything about the intimate moments is hot, tasteful, and satisfying. I genuinely appreciate the work that went into them. Thank you to the developer for creating something that respects both the genre and the player's time. Please, please keep updating this game. You've got something special here. Here is a few suggestions from my experience: · Let me skip text I've already seen. There are times I want to replay a section or go back after a choice, and having to click through everything again gets tedious. A simple skip function would make a huge difference. · Some choices feel a bit too punishing. I've hit a few "game over" moments where I genuinely wasn't sure what I did wrong. A little more clarity in the dialogue leading up to key choices would help keep the flow going. · The MC's inner voice gets repetitive. I get that he's conflicted that's the whole point but after a while, the constant back-and-forth in his head starts to feel like the same conversation on a loop. Trimming some of that would make the writing feel tighter. · A tiny bit more player control over his personality would be nice. I don't mind that he's flawed, but sometimes I wish I could steer him toward being a little less awkward or a little more respectful. Nothing huge just a few branching options here and there. · The free roam sections left me guessing. A couple of times I wasn't sure what I was supposed to click on or if i missed something before moving on. A simple objective reminder or quest log would clear that right up. None of these are deal breakers . The game is already really good, and im genuinely excited to see where it goes next. Keep up the amazing work and thank you again for making something worth getting invested in.

Ironically enough, some of the harshest reviewers seem to be lacking exactly what they decry the game's MC is lacking: empathy. Even despite the fact that the writing is right there for them, and of pretty good quality, too. They just don't seem able to transport themselves into the headspace of an MC that's not them, but a person of his own, perhaps quite unlike who they are, not believing what they happen to believe. And people wonder why literature is dead.... I'd like to see them review Crime and Punishment! I don't think they'd like Raskolnikov very much! The MC, Alex, holds deeply to the belief that he's straight. He's prudish. He comes from a traditional, Catholic family, and his wider social circle consists of people who share these views and who he believes would ostracize him if they knew. This leaves him surprised and conflicted about his attraction, needing time to come to terms with it. All of this seems, to me, very basic stuff that's not asking terribly much of the person behind the screen. Though it bears mention that even while I dismiss much of this critique, some of its intents I am sympathetic to. A character can be established to be independent of the player, but you might still like to take him on a different route than the author, consistent with his beliefs, and 0.3 is somewhat building up to the opposite of that. Wait and see, I suppose. Gameplay is perfectly fine. This is NOT an HTML open-world game. Number of non-dialogue clicks to get to the end of 0.3; which is a fair bit of content, is probably in the range of 50-75. And it's certainly no puzzle. You click a wardrobe, a PC, a bed, your phone and the occasional person and that's literally all of it. Scenes are really good. Writing is, in my opinion, excellent. Characters feel grounded and much more real, with all their kinks, than in most other games of this kind. Clingy, infatuated, overprotective, hurt, young and confused; the whole range of it. I have to repeat that I don't understand, nor at all agree, with the people who are so very critical of this. The writing is just good to great, full-stop. All other aspects of the game measure up, too, and I can't help thinking that anybody who gave this less than four stars should maybe reconsider whether game reviews are really, truly their calling.

Yikes, I have never been turned around from a game this fast in a while. The MC is a brain-dead spineless cum-brain loser that has no play with woman that it is actually cringy. And I had to stop my self from reading more, so I don't witness the plane crash, amazing models and superb love interest with an interesting theme of being gay in a city that will hate you for it. But that gets ruined with the shitty writing of the MC, I do not think this game is playable if you want to read the story, if you close your eyes and only focus on the sex it's not too bad, amateur but not bad. Models are nice too for being grounded in reality. the only thing that ruins this game is the MC, as you can't even control his actions, so this VN becomes basically a kinetic novel that leads into train wreak after train wreak.

Sweet Deviance [v0.3] — High Potential, Low Execution | 3.4/5 Spoiler: Developer feedback Mechanics: The sandbox UI feels like "busy work." If the player doesn't have true freedom, the UI shouldn't be this cumbersome. If you can spend time on the UI, please add an MC name-change feature. Protagonist: The MC is currently unlikable. He acts more like a predator/bigot than someone going through a confusing sexual awakening. Giving him a backstory (like a past betrayal by a woman) would make his hesitation and eventual bond with Noah feel earned rather than creepy. The "Lube Scene": This was a missed opportunity for character growth. Actions should have consequences; physical pain from a lack of prep would have reinforced the MC’s supposed care for Noah’s well-being. Identity: You need to define Noah’s identity more clearly. Switching between "femboy" and "trans" is confusing for the audience. Sweet Deviance is a decent experience that feels like a journey of self-discovery, but the developer seems to be holding the story back from reaching its full potential. The most glaring issue is the UI and "sandbox" mechanics recycled from the dev's abandoned project. Using existing assets is fine, but this specific sandbox system adds more frustration than depth. It’s pointlessly click-heavy without offering true freedom. Oddly, while the UI is complex, you can't even change the MC's name (now fixed after nagging the dev over it)—a basic feature for immersion. Character-wise, the MC is difficult to like. He comes across as a creep/incel rather than a relatable human. A more compelling path would have been an MC recovering from a bad breakup who is genuinely confused by his attraction to Noah. Instead, we have an MC who treats Noah like "damaged goods" to be hidden away and used. Visually, the adult scenes are great. The dev has a clear eye for aesthetics, even if some polish is needed. However, narrative choices—like the "lube incident"—lack weight. Choosing no lube should have resulted in physical pain for both, which would have added actual stakes to the MC’s claims of not wanting to hurt Noah. Ultimately, the game struggles with its identity. The MC treats Noah like an object rather than a person, and the developer needs to decide if Noah is a femboy or transgender, as these aren't interchangeable. Verdict: Worth a look for the art, but the MC’s personality makes it a tough pill to swallow.

LOOOOVE It! The main LI is soooo hot,cute and and sexy! The animations are fucking great! If you are into traps or shemales.... This game ist a MUST! Its early in development but v good. Ich wish the dev good luck! Und dont abandoned it!

Love the model for the main LI Visuals look great overall Updates thus far seem to be consistent Multiple paths is always appreciated Just a good VN overall/ i'd currently give 4.5/5 overall subject to change of course

5/5 as of v0.2 Writing is great The femboy/trans topic is handled very well. Just enough to depict the MC's mindset, not too much to the point of trying to convince the entire world. Little touches like pronouns changing during inner dialogue as the MC (Alex)'s and Noah's relationship progresses, imo really bring out the MC's mindset. Imo I question if there is a tad bit too much "gay or not gay" dialogue, but it's handled very well. Didn't come off as trying to preach a world view to the player or convert the player (compared to simply understanding the mindset of the MC.). Imo, Just enough is left to the imagination which for me, let me stay immersed in the story as the MC. Dialogue feels like a story, not just words for an Ero game. Art is great. As of 0.2 the 'world' consists of your bedroom, a cafe, outside an apartment, and inside an apartment. While that may sound limited, it's done in a way that meshes perfectly with how the story flows. It's the perfect example of the concept of "less is more". Character models are great. Noah's model and expression are spot on with the dialogue. Ero is great. Gameplay: Some have argued that the 'game elements' are too anti-vn, but tbh they're very minimal and very noninvasive. IMO, they're just enough to force your brain to pause enough at times, For example in one instance it's just enough time to reconcile that a day has past in game, or make you relate to nervousness that comes with a time period after a first date. I was hesitant to let myself get too attached too fast at v0.1, but as of v0.2 all I want is more. More Noah. Ps. It's 4:01 am and I feel it's worth it to finish this review, that alone should back up the 5/5 stars. 4.5/5 as of v0.3 -0.5 stars because Alex would claim they're confident. The rest of the world would just call it being a douche who needs to calm down. The dialogue between Alex and Noah's roommate's just totally threw me for a loop this update. I couldn't tell the MC (Alex) was just 100% being a douche, or if they were actually someone to throw around the word "fuck" not in the ero sense casually.

pretty good start ,cute and hot loved it cant wait to see where it'going the only bad point is i dont like the music seriously dont give up on this game it has great potential visuals are pretty good i like the storytelling keep up the good work

You cannot skip dialogue, and you can get a "Game over" after a series of multiple choice questions. Weird design. I couldn't get past the coffee date. Kept getting game over after 5 attempts. The MC is very horny and in his head and only talks about coffee is seems. Overall weird vibe. Please add a walk-through and enable skip dialogue.

Definitely something to look forward to. Overall I like a lot about this game so I'll only point the things I dislike I really dislike the chain of questions setting, with game over if you mess one, and it's not even clear because it feels like one of those multiple correct answers cases. But the other party wants to hear EXACTLY what they want to hear, otherwise game over. The dialogue is a bit forced. I don't like when the writer puts thoughts in my mind. Let the player have these thoughts, instead of writing out an entire monologue discussing if this is "gay or not gay"

The game looks good, gotta love femboy games. But so far the mc is an unbearable creep. Makes you feel second-hand shame just reading his inner dialogue. I hope the dev changes his mind about it. And the overall dialogue isn't much better either even for porn game standards. If the writing gets better it could be a pretty good game.

The game has a promising start and I love the visuals. The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars so far is the ChatGPT writing. It's very blatant and distracting. It's not just the Em Dashes that give it away either. This is a very short game so far, and it felt like every few sentences was like "I don't just feel X, but also Y", "It's not only X, but Y too", and so on. It was really repetitive and distracting. I'm not against people using AI to punch up their scripts a bit, but if you're going to do it, at least edit it to get rid of some of that annoying crap AI repeats over and over and over.