Ren'Py - Gunpowder Cocktail [Ch.1 Steam] [ByteHog Prime]

Going to try to write this review as best as I can for the people that like to read reviews before playing a game or downloading it.

I want to start off by saying this is probably all around one of the best adult games that I have ever played. I have played a lot of different games in my time but this one seems to hit the marks on every single aspect.

Starting with the models, truly some of the best models I have seen for a game. All of them hot in their own ways and none of them seem copy and paste at all. Even when it comes to the difference in minor skin details between the girls it is all there. Sophie has to be one of the hottest MILFS in a game I've seen, but the way her personality is and reacts to the MC's advances are realistic but also at the same time show so well how she's sexually deprived and captures that really well. Every time you have a girl show skin or in a situation with the MC it's truly a great scene and one that moves the story along well and satisfies your need every time you think this game is in a slow burn stage.

The plot is one pretty unique to what I've seen, the relationship between the MC and his mentor is one you would think is one sided where the MC is going to be used or taken advantage of. But for some reason as the story progresses you can't help but start to really admire the mentor as he can really be a way to get the MC to realistically have access to the women he's always wanted and new ones as well.

The functionality of the game is very smooth and consistent. No grind fest, extras that can be found in the game are actually worth it and not renders that you wouldn't be looking forward to. The music in between scenes is great if you're ever chilling in the sandbox portions. Dialogue is well written and great between the characters too. Every time people are involved in a scene their personality stands out so much and really makes you familiar with the world that is GPC

Last thing I will mention is the comedy in this game. GREAT sense of humor from the Dev and it's just that much more enjoyable with a game where you play it and you have a bunch of laughs to go along with the buildups of the sexy scenes you are mainly waiting for. The humor in this game and the way the characters all have a playing role within the comedy and jokes make this game truly what it really is. Which is overall a great game that you would actually want to play and get attached to rather than your run of the mill VN where you find yourself clicking through some, most or all of the dialogue just to get to the scenes you were looking for in the first place.

Not with this game, this game is a true HIDDEN GEM that you will be glad you take your time with. A game that will no doubt be one of the best ever on F95 if the Dev stays consistent as they are being right now. To all that found this review helpful im glad and good luck to the Dev for future updates!

This review has considered the content on version 0.4.0.

Okay, first of all, even with a limited amount of content this game has "soul". This may be a subjective point, but not all games are like that. Heres why i consider it:

- Great models with different appearance traits, expressions and body types. Only by this you can tell the devs care about the creation process. And oh, the MILF is spetacular in every way.
- Different personalities and unique aspects of most characters, especially the family. An example is how truthfull it feels that a character is your sister, mother or barely knows you,
- Nice dialogue. I it not a top tier level of dialogue, but it is good enough to make you wanna read, either the normal conversations or the kinky talk.
- Interesting setting with family. Although this "live with your family troupe" is overused, you actually care for the well being of the female characters and kinda gets the "oh no" vibe from some moments
- Even the NTR is well done. No sex scenes wth or without the NTR yet, but the pacing caught yp in the last update and things did get steamy.
- Map and house are easy to uderstand and there are hints available. This item is more important than you think, cause c´mon, thats a story with porn not an RPG.

In other words, the game got soul because you can see the effort with every aspect. I might not be a huge fan of every girl, but even so, i can see many people with different tastes ejoying the characters and having a good time.

So far i have no complaints and hope the devs keep the good work.

[Rev @ Gunpowder Cocktail [v0.4.0]

Art's mostly ok; faces suck. Sisters look mid-thirties and mom looks younger than either.

Writing is disagreeable; Scenario's been done (ooh Mom + 2 Hot Sisters, how novel). Narrative has been done, and I dislike both the voice and the main character.

What porn I found was juvenile and poorly paced. None of it got me going and several scenes added to my distaste for the writing.

Gameplay implementation is a waste of time. Faux sandbox with very poor signposting and a shitton of "I don't feel like / need to talk to X".

TLDR: I didn't get much out of this.

While still being early on this game has great potential by not being afraid to jump straight into those sexy Roommate and landlady situations while still keeping a good pace and not blowing it's load in the first couple updates. along with Fantastic looking women and renders.

Tone of the game is light and comedic which is a breath of fresh air from all the super serious try hard "story teller" developers we have these days. while offering an actual even balance of Vanilla and ntr content which is 100% avoidable for those who are on the fence about it.

Great game. Funny and hot. The renders are sexy and the story achieves the goal of providing intimate moments with the different characters. The updates take longer than I would want to, but the waiting is worth it. Deserves more attention. With more support, this game will be a blast.

Quite funny game at the beginning, i enjoyed and hoped for some ntr action but so far it's only the introduction, i don't recommend anyone to download it for now, if they are trying to fap on it or maybe even looking for a sex scene since all we have a scene per character and all of them will leave us with only blueballs might come back after six months or more but not now.

v0.3.0 p2

This has a surprising lack of content.
It has some sure but it feels more like an intro and slight start to the game than anything else.

I do appreciate that nearly every scene has some kind of nudity or sex.
Unfortunately the sex is pretty quick and not too enticing most of the time.

I like the sleep stuff but it's very... lacking. 1 short scene per girl in the house.
The scenes are too small to really feel like much is there.

I think it suffers a lot from the choice of going sandbox as well. A whole lot of empty sandbox with like 4 scenes or so.

tldr:
It needs a lot of content, and the content really needs to be lengthened to be enjoyable imo.

v0.3.0 Part 1

+
Nice imagery, funny enough story with a bit of chaotic energy.
Characters are good and thefew scenes they are in so far looks promising.

-
Map and UI is a little lacking imo
By that I mean it should either be both possible to click your way to all locations available in the map and on the map UI at the side of the screen and not a mix of the two where some rooms are not possible to access without the map UI e.g. MC's room

Hints are a welcome feature with how the scenes are set up, in that they are sometimes set on the same day at the same time and not directly after each other i.e. morning and then afternoon.
The skip feature should include a skip whole day instead of "tediously" having to click your way through from morning till night and then clicking on the MC's bed.
The fact that two different characters have a scene on the same day at the same time, and only at that time... Means that you have to choose one and then skip through the whole week for the other character is a big flaw imho.

If the point of the skip and hint system is to make it easier fo the player then the "simplest" solution would be to just make a [Skip to Scene]-button.


Some good, and some things that could be improved/changed.
Not bad at all

The girls, especially MCs mom and the police officer, look absolutely amazing. Great renders. Dev also has quite the talent for creating hot facial expressions for his characters.

Right now the big negativ thing is that there isn't much content. I would also like the story to develop much slower to build up some tension (quite weird that MC just gets a handjob from his mom - render and anglewise hot scene tho). There also is a real need for more sleep sex scenes - right now there is only one scene per girl and it's just quite weird that MC can give his mom a titjob without her waking up - it would be absolutely okay if there would be a little grind to get sleeping pills, drugs or whatever.

However, I will give this game five stars since it looks amazing and I believe that there is a lot of potential.

Edit: I also want do add that I totally like the way how you can avoid scenes that you don't like. I'm most certain that most people love this option and it's a great thing to offer rapey stuff, NTR and whatever to people without forcing them to see it. Great approach.

Clean presenters and good-looking ladies. The story has real potential. This isn't the first game about mobs, but they usually have a story similar to college or landlord games. Looking at the labels here, it looks like we can expect better things.
would love to see way more of the mother ntr.

Not that much content at the moment (v0.2.0 Final), but it is a promising game.

Pros:
-Comedic and doesn't take itself seriously.
-Great renders.
-Original character designs.

Cons:
-So far seems to have the feel of a sandbox, but it feels empty. This will likely be remedied later on, but I was skipping DAYS to get to the next event.
-Sandbox functions feel unnecessary with the fairly static choices provided in game. There seems to be no hidden values, which makes the sandbox system mostly a moot point at the moment.

Other:
-Just my personal opinion, but I would prefer more choices and hidden values (love/hate/etc) for a sandbox style game (that could dictate NTR instead of static choices)

I will tag this game and wait for a couple more updates to see how this progresses since the goofyness is great and CG is too. I feel uncomfortable rating this game since it is so early, but as long as it stays the course this is long like a good/great game if the developer stays the course.

Simply an excellent game, the models that are used are simply gorgeous, it has both vanilla content and NTR content that can be completely avoided, so if you're not a fan of that kink you can safely play this game and not see something you don't like

Good things:
The characters look fresh.
The story seems nice.
Actual choices are there.
Lots of potential for alternative paths.
The Sandbox seems to have proper hints.
NTR is there without women being total slut. At least till now.

Bad things:
The only thing that bothered me is rape scenes, I understand the developer wanted to add some sex scenes in the first updates to attract people but honestly speaking it's not required, and it kind of ruins the MC's character. I understand it's a player's choice but still, there should be some leveling system to make it more digestible.

I am giving it 5 stars because I want more games like these but it kind of deserves 3.5 stars.

All the best for the game.

A new project but already very promising.

It starts out with a lot of possible NTR scenarios while also having the obvious "ladies in my home" potential.

Renders are really good. Not just the quality of the models but also the lighting, positioning etc. It's clear ByteHog Prime has some experience in the field

The weakest aspect of the game is probably the writing but even that is still better than 95% of the almost incomprehensible text you read in some of these games.

I can see this become one of the bigger projects on F95zone within no time if the developer keeps updating the game while maintaining the current qualities.

Is this supposed to be for real? It's so incredibly dumb I can't even grasp it. Sex scenes are the dumbest fantasies I saw in a long time. The landlord scene, the night rape of family members done by MC, then the absolutely bonkers scene with the mafia wife and I had to quit. If it somehow gets miraculously better, I will never learn but it's not like I will cry because of it.

Only thing stopping me giving a 5 on this is early days build with need of seeing where its heading..
Comedy elements are great, story is intersting enough to make me check on future updates, characters need a bit of work appearance wise, animations are still a bit rough but good enough (raid f95's uploads for premade ones if need be dude)
Sandbox elements are in need of removing or tweaking as like many it was difficult to find the exact right time and way to trigger the next scene despite reading the HINTS in game itwas by pure luck that the scene finally triggered..
Currently the ntr is barely there but i fall into the WANT rather than the HATE when it comes to ntr so we will see how well its done..
Looking forward to more

Very good renders
Good story
Optional game (my favorite)
looks like it will have a variety that satisfies many fantasies.
I hope it gets support and continues for a long time.
It was pretty good for a start, but the new update was pretty short. Playing hours will increase when their business is on track.

Reviewing for v0.2.0.

You've got very hot girls, great renders, very good animations, interesting story and a gameplay that just great.

This game is very promising. I'm looking forward for further releases.

Character models are impressive. Unusual stories attract me more. The choice will determine the fate of family. I hope to have more emotional descrip tions. Especially mother and sister. NTR are always controversial, but I always support NTR. Goodluck！

Where to even begin with this. First of the story sounds like it was written by a barely English speaking 15 year old Russian both in grammar and simplicity(not in a good way). The models look generic, the developer didn't put any effort into making them look unique; they look like the came straight of off the daz store without editing the values. The female characters also look like they had their faces copy and pasted to each other. The old man looks disgusting and the caveman mobboss looks laughable. This game looks like someone got their hands on a high end graphics card and called it a day, all flash no substance. Overall I'm just angry I wasted my time with this. Abysmal.