VN - Ren'Py - A Wife and Mother [P1 v0.152] [Lust & Passion]

This game had great potential, but the developer failed to take advantage of it and ruined the project. I'm truly disappointed. I was hoping the game would have much more content and offer choices to make, but unfortunately, because of a lazy developer, none of that happened.

TL; DR: This is one of those games that is honestly difficult to recommend to anyone. Being one of the worst-paced VNs I've experienced so far (ok story at best, but which drags for too long), with acute lack of adult scenes, this VN is nothing to write home about, especially since other games pull off similar story and themes much better.

* please keep in mind I only played until the 19th ingame day before losing interest, so my review reflects only this limited contact with the game.


THE GOOD:
Grammatically, text is well-written, no major spelling or grammatical errors present - one can see great attention was paid in proofreading the dialogue text. But unfortunately, this is the only objectively praise-worthy quality I can point out in this game...


THE BAD:
The game hardly progresses at all. There are many subplots/questlines which open as the story progresses, but they go nowhere - there is no climax. The game teases, but in terms of adult content, never delivers.

For example, the first actual sex scene of the game only happens at the end of ingame day 18! I had nigh 17 pages of save games collected (usually I make a save before any choice-making junctures) before being greeted with any meaningful sexual activity/scene. Adult content is, thus, very sparse, but also underwhelming, as the scenes are ok, but not great.

Also, many branches open up, however they either lead nowhere or simply take an unreasonable amount of time to lead to something (e.g.., museum guys, which we meet right at the start of the game - first or second day - but never hear from again - at least not by the 19th ingame day, which is where I stopped playing).

There are also many faux nodes with random characters (guys on the street, guys at the park, the house contractors at the start of the game, etc.) which give you the expectation of maybe leading the story further, but are either "decorative" only (i.e., they present you no choices to make nor impact the game in any meaningful way) or exist for the sole purpose of farming "filth points", (i.e., they do not open new questlines/branches in themselves).

The story is thus expansive, but shallow. There is no emotion. For a corruption game, there is a clear lack of drama: MC's response to being forced down the corruption paths feel mostly nonchalant, unpassionate.


It is difficult to see in what category this particular VN is praise-worthy enough to justify the average rating it currently enjoys:

- there are other games that pull off the female protagonist dynamic much better;
- there are other games that pull the corruption theme much better;
- renders offer no unique style, and overall graphics quality is average;

In all, it is hard to justify the time investment needed, as it underdelivers both story-wise and in actual adult entertainment. "A Wife and Mother" offers no particular outstanding qualities, with other VNs out there occupying the same niche but offering much more value for the player (there's a great VN - main character named 'Myriam' - which pulls of this same female MC/ housewife corruption trope much more satisfactorily).


In conclusion, I found "A Wife and Mother" to be a frustrating and unenjoyable game, and cannot in good conscience recommend it.

I finally gave this game a shot after putting it off for a long time.

Season 1 was already above average, but Season 2? Easily one of the best games on this site. The rendering quality is stunning, and the way it portrays situations so realistically makes it incredibly immersive.
I usually don’t play games with female protagonists, but this one completely changed my mind. The story unfolding from different perspectives within the Parker family is just so engaging.

Honestly, I was surprised to see the rating after playing—it deserves way more. I’d easily give it 5 stars. Really looking forward to what’s next!

The dev tries to make everyone happy so there are a lot of routes which makes the progression rather slow when it is combined with the somewhat perfectionist ( or milker? not sure) approach of the dev. Still one of the best in its kind and that is why a lot of people here follows the thread (alongside to read funny comments). Go on, give it a try! you wont be disappointed, well, at least not in your first playthrough

A Wife and Mother Review – Too Much Build-Up, Not Enough Payoff

A Wife and Mother is an ambitious adult visual novel that promises an engaging story full of temptation, choices, and character development. The game follows Sophia, a devoted wife and mother, as she navigates new experiences and potential moral dilemmas. While the premise is intriguing, the execution leaves a lot to be desired—especially for those looking for actual action.


The biggest issue with A Wife and Mother is its painfully slow pacing. The game spends an excessive amount of time building up situations, teasing potential moments, and dragging out storylines without delivering any real payoff. While a slow-burn narrative can be enjoyable if handled well, this game takes it to an extreme. Dozens of hours in, and players are still stuck in endless flirting, minor interactions, and vague hints at something more. If you're expecting anything substantial to happen quickly, you'll be sorely disappointed.


Visually, the game looks good, with well-rendered characters and decent animations. The writing is solid, and some of the dialogue feels natural. But none of that matters when the story refuses to move forward in any meaningful way.


Overall, A Wife and Mother is all tease and no release. If you enjoy slow-burn stories with long, drawn-out anticipation, you might appreciate it. But if you're looking for an actual adult experience, you’re better off elsewhere.

Very good renders, well written and I am totally for slow burn and long build ups but common. The Cello scene is the best example to show that this game is just about milking. But in general I think the last updates were not that good. The most problem I have is that with any new update the way FMC is acting is getting more stupid. Maybe its time to give the audience what they want, bring in 2-3 more updates and see how the audience react and continue with updates or start a new story.

Based on Part 1 and Part 2 v0.220 - it could contain spoilers

I started playing this VN only in the last weeks, so I judge the game quality itself and not other factors like development time.
I see many reviewers angered for the slow pacing and slow development. The first is not true, the second well, I don't care as I get it for free and we should review the VN's quality, not other things.

There is much teasing in the unfaithful paths but the pacing is not slow, it's fine, because the in-game time is still weeks, not months, and Sophie is already getting intimate with others including her two sons (albeit no full intercourse happened). So if any, the pacing would be fast if this was real life. I know many AVN users are used to females going full sluts after a few in-game days and events, that's not the case.

# The weak aspects

The sex scenes with her husband are among the weak points. There should have been more to compensate the lack of sex scenes, and they should have been different based on her current "filthy" stats. The faithful path is almost useless as it skips almost all content and it hasn't got much alternative content itself, for the moment.

The variations of the outcomes based on past events are sometimes hard to predict so a walk-through guide is necessary after playing a few times.

The development is slow, I did not suffer from it because I started playing only recently but as I wrote, reviews should deal with content of the game, here we download for free, paying customers will complain on Patreon, this is not the place for that. I don't consider it in my judgment.

# Specific aspects

Image quality: among the best renderings you'll find, it improves in the second part. L&P really knows how to carefully pose and post produce.
Animations: not that I care about them, but the ones I've seen here are a lot above the average of the ones you find in AVNs.
Dialogues: very good.
Eroticism: it's there and it's well diffused during the story. In particular the lesbian lewd scenes are excellent, both in the wording and images.
Story: the paths could have been better intersected with more variations coming from past choices, but having many characters would probably complicate things too much. I really don't care if Sophie has not already had complete sexual acts outside her marriage. I have enjoyed the story so far.

This VN is excellent in the erotic aspect, the art is very well crafted so it deserves recognition for what it is.

In the description and in the introduction the player learns that you can drive the story that the MC takes. The overarching plot seems to be that the player supposedly can drive if MC is a loyal housewife or if MC decides to be filthy. Also, the player can decide to follow a lesbian route or a straight route and which characters to be romantic with. That sounded very intreaguing to me! The basic idea is awesome!

Unfortunately, The story and the choices / paths for MC are overcomplicated. The story doesn't really make much sense, it doesn't have any particular story line and the player makes a bunch of choices that don't add to a logic flow. The concept is very ambitous but unfortunately, it does not add up.

In my opinion the concept doesn't add up for the following reason: There are two types of choices: Chocies that score points and choices that impact the story down the line in unpredictable fashion. The latter are the problem.

The choices that score points can move a relationship with a given character forward or not, Or choices that add "Good Wife" and some "Filthy" points, or add to "Lesbian". All of that is traight forward. When you read the story and get the choice, it is pretty clear which one leads where, it is indicated on the choice if it produces points or not and finally, there is an option to cheat on the score. Somce choices are only available if the score is above this or below that. That isn't so bad, because you can always cheat the score around in order to go forward with the path you would like to follow.

What is really problematic are the other chocies. They have no rhyme or rythem but impact the unfolding of events much more dramatically. The game has a "walk-thorugh" which tells the player what options are available on any given day in the game and if choices have impact or not. The walk-through itself is very lousy in explaining WHAT impact a given chocie has (for example: the explanation "this choice has a big impact on this characters development" isn't helpful, since I don't know HOW this characters development will be impacted and what that will mean for the story). And so, you punch yourself through the choices trying to unlock the preferred path just to learn way down the line that from a specific date onwards, you miss out on pretty much all the lesbian content if you have not said a certain thing to a totally unrelated dude in a Sauna. So, basiocally I could just go back and punch the choices again or conclude, this whole thing doesn't make sense.

Besides that fact that the choices have consequences without rhyme and rythm, there are a couple of weak points in the making of the game: The game does not have background music but lots of background sound effects. TThe backgound noise can get annoying. Not every dor has to be slammed and not every car has to start the engine as if we are racing NASCAR. Between many scenes the screen will go black and pause while the background noise plays out. This slows down the game and kills the artistic effect as it is overdone. And finally within scenes there are many cuts that violate the "180 degree rule" known in filming and are therefore confusing or simply not nice from an artistic perspective.

Review of [v0.220]

This game is very well known and also very old 2017...

The story is very slow ''slow burn'' but taken to the extreme.

It focuses on its Female Protagnist and her family.

I don't even like games that are so slow but thank God I discovered the game recently, I can't imagine the people who have been playing since 2017...

The game is cool, it has good renders, good lighting, good gameplay, especially the second part, I like it much more since it seems that the designers were changed or something because the game is better with better quality and the animations are amazing.

The bad thing is that after so many years there is nothing concrete about the MC with her son, her friend and other characters, very little content.

PROS

• Nice renders
• Well done animations with sound (from part 2)
• Very long story, long to play if you like to read
• Good Writing
• Good MC
• Good atmosphere and sound

CONS

• Too Much MILKING and BLUEBALLS
• There are hardly any sex scenes
• The animations are mediocre in the first part...

RATING :

Content: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sound: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Renders: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Characters: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Animations:⭐⭐⭐⭐

Final conclusion: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

If you like FEMALE PROTAGONIST with very large story to read this is your GAME

First of all, used to support the dev on Patreon for 3 years, guess I did the right choice stopping that since I dun really believe he listens to the audience so why bother supporting him in the process of making the game?

The graphics are great, characters are attached, I give him that but there are many devs who can deliver that consistently at a reasonable pace.

I understand the process n all the stories he is trying to implement into the game but I just don't believe, it is worth 8 years n still counting.

I will pay for the game when it got to the steam complete release but not gonna take a part in his milking process for sure.

How long has it been since the game was released, and when will there be sex? Every update drags out the story, and all we get are cutscenes that end with just some foreplay. How much longer does the developer need to keep sucking support before they finally get their act together and progress the story?"

started ok, dev got some money, now milking the game for 8 years and counting, 8 years and the main character had no sex. she is in the boob sucking and handjib fase... wait more 8 years and maybe blowjob.

It seems like there is a lot of griping about this game based on a long development cycle and the frequency, and quality, of updates. Since this is my first time experiencing the game, none of that impacted my opinion, and I must say that I really enjoyed it.

I found the protagonist to be gorgeous, and as with most corruption/incest games, she finds herself getting into numerous precarious situations, whereby you control her decision making. I enjoyed the ability to be able to make the sexy Milf behave to my wishes.

Pros:
1- The MC is super sexy. One of my favorite MILFs portrayed in an AVN.
2- Lewdness is abundant in this version. There is almost no down time between sexy scenes, if you prefer to go that route.
3- The sex scenes are rather well done. I was really impressed with the kissing and tit sucking animations.
4- Most of the characters are nice looking.

Cons:
1- Rather wordy and not always well written.
2- The model used for the son is getting old. It seems that he's in half of these Mother/Son incest games.
3- I prefer games like this to express both the mental conflict, and humorous side of things. This game has no funny moments at all. Well, the muscle head scene in the gym was supposed to be funny, but it wasn't. So the writing falls short here.

I really liked this game, contrary to all the bickering I see in the thread.

excellent story writing and what's good is everything is not rushed like all the other milf games out there, also the morality system is kinda good. Wishing for the dev a great success and hoping to see this one in steam so poor players like me can support it.

BLUE BALL CITY

The one thing an AVN should never do, is drag itself out for eternity.

I spent hours going through all the possible routes to get the ending that I wanted, only to find nothing ever came to fruition.

Our MC is basically celibate. Might as well be a virgin. This game teases a corruption theme, but always pulls back at the last minute.

Teasing, slow burn, and build up of anticipation only work if there's a satisfying payoff at the end. Devs have completely forgotten that part.

Very frustrating. Not recommended.

One of the best VN games out there. High class rendering and a really well writen story with many outcomes. Many pathes to play, many choices to make. For many players there will be always a path open to play. Really good story progressing

Can't believe its 7 years already, this game is simply amazing. Totally into Female Protagonist with incest theme. Also rendering is something else. The thing is its 7 years like i mentioned before. People started hate this game cause too slow progression. I mean not even a sex scene yet. That's all this games problem imo.

When it launched in 2017, A Wife and Mother felt groundbreaking with its impressive renders and intriguing premise. Seven years later, it’s become a frustratingly slow cash grab, showing minimal progress despite consistent financial support.

It’s hard to recommend a project that prioritizes milking its fans over delivering on its promise. Check out Her Desire instead.

Remember guys, milf-fest is just one letter away from milk-fest. Stay away if you value your sanity and money. There is no rainbow at the end of the road, no light at the end of the tunnel, no cum at the end of the teasing. This game just strings you along with promise of events to come but then agonizingly branches off into new events, each one more slowly developed than its predecessor. At this rate, you are far more likely to witness the second coming of Christ before anyone comes in Sophia.

Do not judge a book by its cover,
no
In this case i will say "Do not judge a Book by its first 2 pages"

This really is my type of game with flirts and teases and all
I was sick of seeing sex in everything in other games

Here we have best teases and flirts
Even blackmails are teases
I hate forced and blackmail stuff but in this game we might like the blackmailer a bit
The Mafia is such a cool guy
This game is like dreamworld where you fear for worst but you get good stuff
The only thing i didn't liked it MC is way too prude and annoying sometime.
Come on Dev let her orgasm just once
She is close to orgasm and then she suddenly remembers it is wrong , or something happens in between
I only played chapter 1 now i will play chapter 2

The characters i don't like are sam , MC's son, Zac
I see these as skip material personally
Ellie , natalia , Mafia boss, Brother of Mafia, Teases in class are really good.
(i as a writter would suggest please make Mafia respect Sofia in different way, their flirts would be good like some old fashioned king and queen)