VN - Ren'Py - Jessica O'Neil's Hard News [v0.60] [stoperArt]

This goes exclusively for the way how dev is behaving and his working habit.
Art is 5, story 4, dev's attitude, pace, respect toward consumers... is 0. Latest update (0.5b) after 6 month, except been ridiculosly short, even lacks of any meaningful story development that would make you say: "it was kind of short, but wow..." Such updates should be done monthly.
Way how he "works" is simply killing everything good in this game, which had chances to become one of the best games here.
Dev simply lost his artistic integrity over own commercial benefits. Not to use harsh words on what really this game turned to be about.
EDIT (v.0.55): it is getting worse... endless waiting for several new (i must admit fascinating) renders that you can scroll in few seconds. if you want to read story development created in 9 months of waiting, it can take you 10 more minutes. but why should you read that? there is nothing worth reading.
all in all, for paying users: content is not worth monthly support.
for porn-lovers: almost no sex, just gigantic teaser (blueballer) not worth downloading.
for story lovers, if you can't remember what was in previos update long time ago best way to play it is to wait for 2049 (hopefully) and play complete. game

Great story, high quality renders and great scenes. Well done! I will be waiting for the new releases and new games from the developer.

There is lots of different options and track for different tastes.

v0.5 beta reviewed

This is really a cool title, and when girls express curiosity about VNs I play, I usually start them off with this one.

The art is simply top notch, in my opinion. Easily within the top ten games that use DAZ as the art engine, and the dev does a fantastic job of worldbuilding.

While all of the supporting characters aren't quite as impressive as the titular Jessica, they are universally well-crafted and feel like organic parts of the environments they are rendered in.

The lewd scenes are erotic and mostly feel earned or at least naughty enough to trigger my personal kink threshold, and other than a minor niggle that so much of the available sex is with the one person I try to avoid, what I do find is that the dev integrates the written word, art, and story to deliver impactful and hot sex that doesn't feel bolted on to a well-crafted story that isn't a threadbare skeleton to hang lewd scenes on.

I won't comment on the time between updates as I'll admit that most of the games I enjoy most have long development periods, and this one is no different.

The highest praise I can give Jessica O'Neil's Hard News is that it was the first female protag game I could enjoy (well mostly...Fuck you Conner!)

Above all, I admire the artistry of this production. The fact that I can appreciate the pretty pictures and still find it occasionally fapworthy makes it something special. The production values are pretty top-notch across the board with sound and music integrated as well as seamless animations and a really unique feature that allows the player to choose male, female or 3rd person PoV for certain shots in the preferences.

I feel like Jessica's descent into perversion is moving at a believable pace, and I can't wait to see what she gets up to next!

This game is an amazing example of how to start well and end badly, losing referral, recognition and respect. Just like Game of Thrones.
The first updates were massive, the game has a good storyline, beautiful renderings and an interesting line of corruption. There aren't many good games with a female protagonist about corruption. In the last couple of years, we have received short updates less than a day long, with a break between them of six months.
I understand that developers have problems, they do not know how to continue the project - this is called production hell or burnout. The best solution in this case is to freeze the project until better times, but this toffee with updates for a couple of clicks is a scam and a waste of money.
The funny thing about this situation is that the developer turned off the comments in the topic after the criticism. Lol. I wouldn't be surprised if my review gets banned.

It was one of the greatest female protagonist game since there are only a few. The quality (both renders and animation) is top notch and it can't be compared to any other games. There is a story and plenty of stuff happening around and it's not a like a school or college setting. Also the updates doesn't contain bugs mostly which doesn't interrupt our gameplay. The writing of the game is also good. I wish the developer(stoper) a success and hoping for future releases and games.

The game surely has some good renders with decent storyline. In comparison to other games of the similar stories and genre , this surely has more content even though its just teasing till now but the low point of the game is the time gap between updates which keeps on getting bigger just like it's is increasing as of now.

This game is a pain. More than 3 years only for 11/12 days of incomplete plots
There are a lot of nonsense events. She is an investigative reporter who can only look as nice as possible just to get some scoop but in 12 days she couldn't solve anything.
The game is just a story of slow-burning teasing.

BADs:

1) Jessica doesn't need money so she lives in an unreal world like in a Disney fairytale
2) The story is stuck in a constant teasing that stops when things get interesting.
3) The Dev is unable to communicate correctly when the new update is ready
4) in this story all the men and women drool for her as schoolchildren .. at the moment there are no real men in this game only some softcore lesbian sex that is not my cup of tea!
5) the game is still in a starting phase from 4 years (started in 2018)
6) Version 0.35 is better but was made about 2 years ago.

Goods

1) The renders are very very good but that's not a good reason to justify more than one star
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There are many games with good renders, but in this game the constant delay in updates makes it one of the worst on this website.

Maybe it could be very interesting to play it for new players that have found the game today .. but I'm sure those players will be disappointed with each update

The game is a disappointment and the most delusional I have encountered on this site.
I prefer to play version 0.35 as a short novel even it is incomplete! (at least there is some good tearing action with Parker and his friend

Jessica O'Neil's Hard News is an incredible game, it has one of the most beautiful arts I have ever seen. The plot is also very interesting, I normally don't like to play female protagonist type of game but it worths a shot because of how good it is. The pace is little bit slow but I like it because the narrative is well made, the author definietely has many experiences in story telling.

v0.45

Pros:
- Gorgeous art
- Super detailed and sexy clothing
- Gorgeous MC
- Kinky
Cons:
- None ?

One of my very favorite. Jessica is absolutely fantastic, a lot of effort is put into the visual aspect of this game. We can see the MC in a lot of different clothes. Do not hesitate to try this one out.

This game is easily one of my favourites on the site. I love female protag games where you get to use your sexuality to try and get what you want. This game sets this up really well with the story of working at a law firm.

Only negative is that it's basically a VN and choices don't matter much; but I feel this allows the story to be more concise.

If you play this game, make sure to actually read it and don't skip. 5 stars, can't wait for more.

Excellent sexy story with superb artwork and extremely well written. As others have said I won't play blackmail or similar games but like where the MC makes the decisions. Also I do like the female MC games with a hot MC. The only reason I've given it 4 instead of 5 stars are the delays with updates, however, don't let that put you off what is a fun and sexy game to play.

Reviewed as of v0.45: If you like smart writing, hot female characters, and a compelling storyline, then "Jessica O'Neil Hard News" (JOHN) should appeal to you. I am a fan of AVNs with female protaganists, especially those who have real agency--that is, they're not simply thrown into lewd situations by blackmail or other crap done by douchy male characters. In other words, I'm not a fan of AVNs where women get "corrupted." Just as plenty of men enjoy sex, plenty of women do, too, and it's fun to play a female character who does.

The dialogue and storylines in JOHN are smart and feel real. I've never worked for a newspaper, but I have been a professional TV and radio reporter, and I got the impression that stoperART has genuine journalism or media experience. The sexy situations also strike me as realistic. Not realistic in the sense that these kinds of things happen all the time, but realistic in the sense that nothing I've seen so far is preposterous or even terribly out of the ordinary, at least for a hot character like Jessica O'Neil. Pulled together, the scenarios and characters--fleshed out with great art, animations, and writing--make JOHN one of the most erotic AVNs I've ever played.

The story also provides lots of replay value, as choices put Jessica on different paths with different outcomes.

This game escalates sexual encounters gradually, but is not exactly a slow burn, as there are hot lewd scenes from the very start. At the same time, it's clear that future versions will only get hotter. I, for one, can't wait to see the next update!

Superb game that caters to a wide array of fetishes. The writing is very solid and there is a good balance between story and sexy scenes. Great models, great clothing and a steady pacing that is well rewarded.

Excellent game! The setting has the potential for a lot of exciting scenes - a reporter who needs to get to the bottom of a story and the best way to do that is flattery and seduction. The renders are superb, the story is interesting, and choices are fairly straightforward.
At version 0.45, it feels like the story is only about 30% complete, so I really hope to see more from this game and will be keeping an eye on it.

Great game. one of the best

Renders: 10/10
Story: 10/10
MC: 10/10
Animations: 10/10
Inzest: 100/10 ( a game without inzest bullshit. i love it )

This game has amazing art , the h scenes are well animated the story is interesting and shows the character slowly changing and alot of cool themes cant wait for the later releases with more h scenes check this game out and rate and share with your friends support the creator if you can

One of the better VNs

• Great MC female who is super hot (and I prefer brunettes to blondes)
• A fairly involved story, that is interesting to read
• Animations are kept to a minimum, but the ones there are enjoyable for the little bit we see
• I like the neighbor, Heather is a very different model/shape than the MC; even though many of the co-workers seem to all be big tits, full butt, curvy waist...just like the MC.
• On that note of preferring more variety of models, I hope to see more of sister Laura and the MILF, MC's mom.
• Three routes it seems...at least with the MOD 1. slut route (possibly the most sex and fun...maybe?); 2. faithful to boyfriend route; c) normal mode/your own choices...sort of a mix of the other two. You definitely get different scenes than the slut only route.
• I appreciate this is Renpy and not some low feature Unity VN/game. This means the graphics can be compressed and the download smaller, which I prefer
• Some sound effects, which are fun during the sex scenes and other scenes

I'll be back to this one for sure!

Love the plot. the art an jessica is one o f a kind . I can wait to see how the storie unfolds. SO far is one of my favourote games so fat, only behind Fashion Bussiness and Point of no return. I love games where you decice waht happens to the girl. Will she be a slut or o nun. Or maybe a little bit of both. Love the teasing between Jessica an Big ben

Jessica O'Neil's Hard News (v 0.45) is a great game. The story revolves around Jessica, who has just got a work in the newspaper. Though it starts slow, the story is interesting from the start, with nice characters, interesting twists and so on. She has a boyfriend and will have to face different and meaningful choices, which lead to possible cheating and so on, as she knows sex can help her further her career. It has a lot of slice-of-life scenes but many of those, like the work hours, are actually interesting with several plotlines relating to political corruption, a mysterious vigilante, etc.

Renders are of a very high quality which is always very nice. Not so much the animations, which are usually a bit poor, with little animated and short animation loops. Better than nothing, of course, but subpar when compared to others. Sounds are well done, even though there is no voice acting in it.

So, to sum it up, it's a great game, worth your time if you are interested in this kinds of stories.

Agréablement surpris par la qualité du scénario et des dialogues, ce jeu est sans conteste un de mes favoris, graphiquement très beau, personnage attachant, la luxure y est présente, non franchement j'aime beaucoup.

Grosse force à Stoper et au traducteur français Tulrek, grand merci à vous.

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Pleasantly surprised by the quality of the scenario and the dialogues, this game is undoubtedly one of my favorites, graphically very beautiful, endearing character, lust is present, not frankly I like it a lot.



Big strength to Stoper and the French translator Tulrek, many thanks to you.