Ren'Py - Abandoned - Deviant Discoveries [v0.50.0] [Jan The Spider]

A grindy game and sometimes it is difficult to understand what to do, for example how to gain stats with girl in sex shop?
The different stages of the women are bland too, you have to do them more than once but the text isn't change and they are reacting to the actions as it was the first time....

Could've been much better but it had promise
Last but not least. No pregnancy even though it has the tag!

Rated: 3/5
Based on v.045.2

Review for version 0.44.2 of the game, 2020-04
Edit: Sustained as of 0.49.6, 2021-09. Even more awesome now.

There are two requirements for you need to fulfill in order to enjoy this game:

☑ You're into one or more of the following: Submissive chicks, mild BDSM in general, voluptious girls, bimbo fetish, body transformation.
☑ You're totally fine having just great render without animations.

If you fulfill those, ohboy, are you gonna have a great time with this game.

The good:
* Absolutely fantastic renders
* Ridiculously sexy thick chicks
* REALLY delivers on the domination / sub chick fantasy
* No lame and overly prolonged story times.
* A lot of diversity in activities and ladies

The "bad":
* Somewhat dodgy menu structures
* Terrible income system (though relatively low impact)

To elaborate a little bit on all those:

Good

The renders are fantastic.
Obviously you need to be into the specific fetishes and body types presented in this game, but if you are (and as mentioned at the start, you enjoy stills and don't necessarily require animations), you're gonna absolutely love the CG in this game.

If you like your virtual girls with thick thighs, great asses and massive round tits, you're in luck, as most girls in this game are exactly that.

Many games have a dom/sub aspect to them, but most of them only do so in a small or half-assed way. This game absolutely and positively full-asses this.

Story is kept to a minimum. Almost all of the game revolves around your encounters with your subjects.

There is a lot of diversity in this game. For one thing, you get to do a whole lot of different things with the girls. And then, there are also a fair number of different girls to pick from. I say "pick", which is wrong, because obviously you get to have ALL of them.

"Bad"

The conversations menus need some work. The options tend to be a little confusing, e.g. when you actually exit a menu, or when you accidentally dismiss a girl; You never know whether an answer will forward time or not; And most importantly, there tend to be so many nested options (combined with having so many awesome girls), that it's nearly impossible to keep track of what you've already done, and what you haven't done yet.

The income system is, well, absolutely pointless. There is no need for it, it is utterly unintuitive, and it really barely serves any purpose in the game. You could literally replace it with just "You get to buy 1 item every sex shop visit", and it would be almost exactly the same, just without the clicky hassle.
THAT BEING SAID, you don't need to buy stuff all that often. Most of the items you can purchase early on, none of which cost more than 2 income, allowing you to just breeze through it with basic work. And after that, you usually only have to get extra income occasionally for a new item or a serum.
In short: The system is complete crap, but it's not impactful enough to ruin your day.

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I briefly considered knocking off a star for the weak points of the game. However, the weak points feel so minor in comparison to how incredibly awesome the game is in all the other ways, that I can comfortably rate this game 5/5 stars. <3

So far the game is quite good. I did not expect this game to be this good so far but its simple but forward methods and well explain objectives is nice.

++good scenes
++good dialog
+interesting and decent looking characters/models
-No music/sounds
-Phone/email and other parts GUI should be redone in a more clean and organized way.

-/+ more content and expansion of activities is desirable but that is a good thing, means its something appreciated that has been worked on.

Would like 3+ more characters in class, maybe even bring in some relatives later in a story line. VERY interesting method of resource management, makes it unique vs other games. Would like more lab activities, like specific effects, buying new lab gear and so forth would be fun.

I've been playing for 3 hours and there's still a lot to do, that's amazing~
So far I haven't come across a bug and the playability, although a little repetitive, keeps making want to keep playing to see the reactions and changes in the characters.

Awesome game who really pandered with elegance to some of my digital quirks. Lots of content, few grindings, totally non-sensical in many aspects yet great SM dialogues that i thought often pretty well written.

Mechanisms are fun, most of the girls mesmerizing (I didn't really like two fo the main characters, yet enjoyed the whole thing very much) with a bit too similar personalities after their transformation.

Looks like lots of more girls, outfits, situations could be added keeping the same base and I'll help this happen.

I'm a bit torn on this one.

It's a straight forward, no nonsense adult game. You are able to progress from scene to scene quickly (very mild grinding) and the writing is ... let's say it's serviceable.
Same about the graphics, they are not sticking out negatively, but are also nothing to write home about. A good, solid, title to play one-handed, provided you're at all into the theme of the game.

However, there are quite a few caveats.
First of all, the story is serviceable in terms of progressing the story in a barebones manner, but it's typical porn-plot-ware.
The girls all fall for you without any trouble, and then you just go through the motions to get from scene to scene. The grinding, whilst very mild, feels even more unneccessary because of it, because there's usually only one way to progress with any given girl, and the order you do them in does not seem to matter.
Sometimes you can decide if you want to go for scene 1 or 2 first, but that's about it. None of your choices have any effect (such as leading you down a different road), most of the girls end up looking samey in terms of body proportions - mostly unnaturally huge tits - and even their personalities leave a very similar impression.

Are those things at all important in an adult game?
You decide.

Yehe! Nothing trully constructive to tell here. The game does what it promises and do it very well. I can't imagine the possibilities should it be completed someday (seriously I can't). Don't be deterred by its current state of development, there is already quite enough to eat.

I've been following this one for a while, and it has really come along. It's updated pretty regularly and each update brings awesome content. The art is hot, the story is great. All around a good game if you're like me and like mind control and corruption.

I have been playing this game since 0.3. I love everything in the game so far.

-Corruption mechanic structured really good. Story is also keeping you interested. You often found yourself thinking that what will be next stage, what will come.
-The bimbofaction is just right, no over exaggerated bodies, just right amount. Characters are really charming too. Tanlines, hair styles, tattoos, make ups and cosplays are keeping the player excited. Special mentions for butt plugs.
-Gaining money can be hard at the beginning of the game but its balance itself quickly with other game mechanics.

This is probably only game I played again time to time after finishing it.

I have enjoyed playing this game, there is a lot of content and I found that there is not a lot of grind to it. I think the humour is good and the transformation stages are well paced. There are quite a few games like this out there, but I would say that this is one of the better ones.

Definitely one of the best games in its genre.
The game manages to keep the player's attention using various methods: it has variety of characters who are introduced at a proper pace, variety of scenes and toys, sexting and the relationship you create with each character is unique.
Only thing is I wish it had some sound effects BDSM related, like slaps sounds, vibrator sounds, etc. I believe if these were present, the experience would improve a huge amount.

If you're a fan of Maledom and BDSM themed games then it's definitely a must-try. Although there are a lot of bugs in v0.40.1, but I'm sure the devs are going to fix it soon, perhaps in the upcoming updates.
Pros: You get to enjoy: Maledom (BDSM) with Bondage devices, Transformation, Bimbofication, Spanking, and Petplay...
All executed in a great way
Cons: The pace of rolling out updates is really slow, I almost forgot that this game existed...
Bugs, although transient ... so still worth 5/5

This game is literally unplayable. There are bugs every 10 seconds and I have no idea how it was engineered so unstably. It looks like it needs a ground up rewrite before I can even play it. I'd like to play it when it is stable though if it ever gets there

Frankly, I can't give a better than average rating to any Ren'Py game without halfway decent animation. As I like to say, "The Age of Playboy is over. Now is the time of Pornhub!" Still images as a payoff for grinding is a travesty in this day and age. It's nearly 2020 fachrissake!

There is definitely a lack of polish here. Even some purportedly new, self-taught devs have done it better. The UI leaves something to be desired and you are thrown up against random characters with no real introduction or story driven motivation. That's...not great.

The reasons for any positive rating at all is the availability of easy cheats, the fact that I find some of the art charming, and the fact that I LOVE ME SOME BIMBOS! The easily obtained (by cheating) day 2 sex scenes actually increase my disappointment. I can't help but think how AWESOME it would be if I could have those scenes with even middle-of-the-road animation.

I really had to give some thought to giving this an average rating. Honestly, it probably deserves less. For those who are into bimbofication and don't mind the still images of a dying age, go for it, with cheats. It isn't worth a grind. For all others, probably better off giving this a pass.

i was dubious of this at first.. that whole professor altering human body thing. Boy was i surprised how wrong i was. This is now one of my fave Adult games of all time. Its simple yet elegant in its form. The GUI is a simple and intuitive, and a delight to use. The character development is also excellent as they progress through their stages... cant w8 for next update "applauds"

Not bad to try if you haven't. The models are attractive enough and they all look different, the training methods for each girl are unique scenes with solid writing for a game on this kind of budget. A solid (revised, see below) three stars, it's had the occasional bug that do get fixed, a few choices you can't change your mind on, I don't like branches I can't go back on in trainers, and really it needs a walkthrough or ingame guide since it's decided to have multiple paths that can exclude you from content, but overall it's a decent trainer worth a 3. (Also, game added an updater, not a 'feature' I'm a fan of, but it appears optional to use.)

I very much so enjoyed this game, if you enjoy trainers with corruption and pretty good cg's (sadly not animated) this is definitely worth the play through. so what are you doing reading this play it there is lots of content as well as you can actual finish the game so your not just hitting a wall, give it a try my friends, have fun

One of the best trainers around. The basics are simple, but the effects are great.

- Good relationships with the girls you work on.
- Nice training and good near realistic BDSM content.
- Actively developed, so it is fun to replay once in a while.
- Ok story and pretty easy interface.

But, there are also -still- things to improve
1. The bimbofication seems unavoidable for (nearly) all girls. It would increase a lot of renders required, but seeing a lovely intelligent girl being petted without her having to go through a plastic phase... can't wait for it!
2. Small text/bugs/story errors. Development is still going on, and bug hunting is always annoying. But the dev team would be wise to include a serious bug hunt. (Although there is nothing too serious)
3. Updates often lead to unusable saves. Maybe a good re-write of the way vars are stored should be implemented (eg making an object per character with general triggers/vars in there instead of the standard static vars. I haven't looked at the code though... )

So, for sure worth your time!

Great game! One of the best nsfw games I've ever had the honor of playing I really wish there where more games out there like this one. Can't wait to see what the developers next project will be. Hopefully something along the lines of this here little gem.

Great story and beautiful renders. Would have hope for a less linear story but as I said before it still remains a good story. The corruption/TF theme is really well exploited. Few bugs here and there but mostly flawless on that point.