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[TonyMurray]

Stay Online by LadyLana

I’ve been playing this one for a while (since 0.3, I think) and thought it was about time I reviewed it. I don’t play phone-based games, and while I’d say that’s for story reasons, it’s also because they are all AI, real porn, or 2DCG games. Having played Stay Online though, I’d go so far as to say that it is unique (until someone proves me wrong) in that it’s a phone-based game that uses 3DCG renders – and they’re also really good ones.

Yes, most of the game is text-message based, but there are photos and video calls too, and then the other thing that this game does well – hidden cameras, with sound (from 0.5 onwards, I think). The game does follow a tried and tested formula (husband is away long-term, wife is left at home and has to fend off (or not) the attentions of various men), but it does it in a way that feels a bit different. It’s not necessarily a fresh approach, but together with the renders, it definitely feels like Stay Online is a good step ahead of most (all?) of the other cheating/NTR phone-based games I’ve seen (after playing this, I have tested a few for comparison, just so I can feel comfortable in saying what I’m saying here).

The gameplay is pretty good, it’s mostly linear but there are a few choices, and a couple of “major” choices help to send you down a handful of different paths. There is the “loyal” path, where your loving wife Julia stays true to you; a “cuck” path and a “sharing” path, which admittedly feel very similar, but feature her gradually going further with teasing a male house guest and showing that off to you; and a “cheating” path, where she says she is staying true to you, but in actual fact is going against some of what you say, and more importantly, getting involved with the house guest “behind your back” – of course, the hidden cameras mean it’s not really behind your back, however.

Because the updates are monthly, there’s not necessarily a lot of content each time, but over several paths, it gives enough to keep you going, and the updates are getting hotter as the relationship develops and (potentially) Julia gets closer to being caught. You also get the opportunity to spy on Julia’s best friend as she stays over in the early parts of the game. From the game thread, I’d say a lot of people don’t like this friend, Vika, but she is quite important at getting the story going and driving it to the first couple of stops on the journey.

For a short game, I really enjoy playing this one each month, it acts almost like a palate cleanser for me between the bigger updates and testing out new games. It’s definitely one that I recommend if the subject matter is your thing, even if, like me, you don’t usually play phone-based games.

 

[Eleanorduval]

Stay Online by LadyLana

I’ve been playing this one for a while (since 0.3, I think) and thought it was about time I reviewed it. I don’t play phone-based games, and while I’d say that’s for story reasons, it’s also because they are all AI, real porn, or 2DCG games. Having played Stay Online though, I’d go so far as to say that it is unique (until someone proves me wrong) in that it’s a phone-based game that uses 3DCG renders – and they’re also really good ones.

Yes, most of the game is text-message based, but there are photos and video calls too, and then the other thing that this game does well – hidden cameras, with sound (from 0.5 onwards, I think). The game does follow a tried and tested formula (husband is away long-term, wife is left at home and has to fend off (or not) the attentions of various men), but it does it in a way that feels a bit different. It’s not necessarily a fresh approach, but together with the renders, it definitely feels like Stay Online is a good step ahead of most (all?) of the other cheating/NTR phone-based games I’ve seen (after playing this, I have tested a few for comparison, just so I can feel comfortable in saying what I’m saying here).

The gameplay is pretty good, it’s mostly linear but there are a few choices, and a couple of “major” choices help to send you down a handful of different paths. There is the “loyal” path, where your loving wife Julia stays true to you; a “cuck” path and a “sharing” path, which admittedly feel very similar, but feature her gradually going further with teasing a male house guest and showing that off to you; and a “cheating” path, where she says she is staying true to you, but in actual fact is going against some of what you say, and more importantly, getting involved with the house guest “behind your back” – of course, the hidden cameras mean it’s not really behind your back, however.

Because the updates are monthly, there’s not necessarily a lot of content each time, but over several paths, it gives enough to keep you going, and the updates are getting hotter as the relationship develops and (potentially) Julia gets closer to being caught. You also get the opportunity to spy on Julia’s best friend as she stays over in the early parts of the game. From the game thread, I’d say a lot of people don’t like this friend, Vika, but she is quite important at getting the story going and driving it to the first couple of stops on the journey.

For a short game, I really enjoy playing this one each month, it acts almost like a palate cleanser for me between the bigger updates and testing out new games. It’s definitely one that I recommend if the subject matter is your thing, even if, like me, you don’t usually play phone-based games.
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i saw in recent post if u choose NTR u can have bad ending

 

[TonyMurray]

i saw in recent post if u choose NTR u can have bad ending

There is a "game over" in the latest update (0.85) - if you are on the cheating path, at the end of the last update you can keep the video call going and see Julia giving Markus a blowjob. At the start of the new update, the next morning, she will tell you nothing happened, and you have the option to tell her that you saw it. From there, you have two further options, in one, you say it excited you, and that pretty much takes it the way of the cuck/sharing paths; in the other, you tell her that you're pissed, and that you're flying home asap as you need to talk, which then gives the game over.

 

[Eleanorduval]

There is a "game over" in the latest update (0.85) - if you are on the cheating path, at the end of the last update you can keep the video call going and see Julia giving Markus a blowjob. At the start of the new update, the next morning, she will tell you nothing happened, and you have the option to tell her that you saw it. From there, you have two further options, in one, you say it excited you, and that pretty much takes it the way of the cuck/sharing paths; in the other, you tell her that you're pissed, and that you're flying home asap as you need to talk, which then gives the game over.

ok i was thinking it still in progress lol u can try phone affair same style

 

[TonyMurray]

ok i was thinking it still in progress lol u can try phone affair same style

All other paths are still in progress, it's just that one option on one particular path that gets a "game over". I've not actually played any Unity games, I've just been sticking to Ren'Py as what I know, so far. At the moment, I have more than enough Ren'Py games to keep me going (currently 322 on the "to try" list, plus ongoing games as updates come out).

 

[Eleanorduval]

All other paths are still in progress, it's just that one option on one particular path that gets a "game over". I've not actually played any Unity games, I've just been sticking to Ren'Py as what I know, so far. At the moment, I have more than enough Ren'Py games to keep me going (currently 322 on the "to try" list, plus ongoing games as updates come out).

u are scary lol and u got post your feedback on the 322 here?lol

 

[Lagunavii]

currently 322 on the "to try" list,

Oh man, I thought we were squeezing that number down to below 300.

u are scary lol and u got post your feedback on the 322 here?lol

Tony trys games so we don't have too... I try the same games so we can moan

 

[TonyMurray]

u are scary lol and u got post your feedback on the 322 here?lol

If I get enough out of a game to give a review, I'll do it, but a lot of them get thrown aside early on. I tried one today that took me just five minutes to realise it's not for me and I deleted it! I remember talking to someone before Christmas and I was hovering around 420-425 games on the list, so I've done really well at cutting it down since!

 

[TonyMurray]

Oh man, I thought we were squeezing that number down to below 300.

No, this is the lowest it's been since I made the list. It'll get there, but not just yet! Maybe you're thinking of the 400 (I think I said I wanted it below 400 by New Year, maybe?

 

[Eleanorduval]

Oh man, I thought we were squeezing that number down to below 300.


Tony trys games so we don't have too... I try the same games so we can moan

i them by myself simply because we don t have always same taste lol take for example summer crush

 

[Lagunavii]

No, this is the lowest it's been since I made the list. It'll get there, but not just yet! Maybe you're thinking of the 400 (I think I said I wanted it below 400 by New Year, maybe?

Ahhh yes it was 400. My mistake. Still that's some drop.

 

[Eleanorduval]

Tried a couple of new games out recently as I look to find that elusive one that will complete my current top ten.

Summer Crush by Wet n' Juicy Games

Summer Crush is a game that looked like it could hit all the right spots, but it missed the mark for me in some pretty big ways. I felt the graphics were a bit inconsistent, with the quality of the girls varying quite a bit in terms of how detailed they were, but it was the writing that really didn’t work for me.

I felt the story was missing a few parts that would have set things up better, because it seemed to just jump straight into multiple sex scenes, leaving me just tagging along for the ride. The dialogue wasn’t great, and then some odd story choices started to come into it, which took the game in a whole other direction – one I’m not sure the devs are equipped to pull off. It’s brave to go into something like this and look to subvert expectations, but that’s only really going to work if you get the basics right, from both a game and a storytelling perspective.

This is one I’ve decided not to continue with as I was not even close to getting invested in the story, and I didn’t feel there was any form of relationship with any of the LIs – the one exception possibly being the childhood friend who has a history with the MC that we’re told about, but nothing that we’re really shown.

My status @ Episode 7: Not continuing.
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Alice: A Hard Life by Caylake

This was a bit of an odd one for me, because if I went into playing the game blind, I would have been completely lost. It starts out as a very different story to what’s in the overview in the game thread, and there’s no initial explanation of what’s going on. Outside of that specific example, I felt this one suffered from poor writing, with stilted dialogue, and scenes (whether lewd or otherwise) just jumping up out of nowhere, rather than flowing in a coherent manner. I also felt that I couldn’t easily immerse myself in the story as the perspective shifted on a couple occasions to show scenes where the POV MC was not present.

There is an adequate number of lewds in the gallery for the size of the current update, but they were largely unfulfilling, with most being simple nude scenes (although there are a couple of additional nude scenes not in the gallery), and a couple of the actual sex scenes being interrupted before they really got going.

The general principle of the game is interesting and the screenshots suggest a good-looking, fun game, but I don’t think it was very well executed here, and although it’s still early in the development cycle, I saw enough to decide this wasn’t going to be a game for me.

My status @ Episode 1 – 1.5: Not continuing.
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i wanted at summer crush,after break up with mc do u know ela stayed in the game?

 

[TonyMurray]

i wanted at summer crush,after break up with mc do u know ela stayed in the game?

I have no idea. It was too long ago and too many games ago! All I remember without re-reading my review is that I didn't think the writing was very good and I think the sex scenes came out of nowhere. It's a shame, because I liked the look of it.

 

[Dessolos]

Stay Online by LadyLana

I’ve been playing this one for a while (since 0.3, I think) and thought it was about time I reviewed it. I don’t play phone-based games, and while I’d say that’s for story reasons, it’s also because they are all AI, real porn, or 2DCG games. Having played Stay Online though, I’d go so far as to say that it is unique (until someone proves me wrong) in that it’s a phone-based game that uses 3DCG renders – and they’re also really good ones.

Yes, most of the game is text-message based, but there are photos and video calls too, and then the other thing that this game does well – hidden cameras, with sound (from 0.5 onwards, I think). The game does follow a tried and tested formula (husband is away long-term, wife is left at home and has to fend off (or not) the attentions of various men), but it does it in a way that feels a bit different. It’s not necessarily a fresh approach, but together with the renders, it definitely feels like Stay Online is a good step ahead of most (all?) of the other cheating/NTR phone-based games I’ve seen (after playing this, I have tested a few for comparison, just so I can feel comfortable in saying what I’m saying here).

The gameplay is pretty good, it’s mostly linear but there are a few choices, and a couple of “major” choices help to send you down a handful of different paths. There is the “loyal” path, where your loving wife Julia stays true to you; a “cuck” path and a “sharing” path, which admittedly feel very similar, but feature her gradually going further with teasing a male house guest and showing that off to you; and a “cheating” path, where she says she is staying true to you, but in actual fact is going against some of what you say, and more importantly, getting involved with the house guest “behind your back” – of course, the hidden cameras mean it’s not really behind your back, however.

Because the updates are monthly, there’s not necessarily a lot of content each time, but over several paths, it gives enough to keep you going, and the updates are getting hotter as the relationship develops and (potentially) Julia gets closer to being caught. You also get the opportunity to spy on Julia’s best friend as she stays over in the early parts of the game. From the game thread, I’d say a lot of people don’t like this friend, Vika, but she is quite important at getting the story going and driving it to the first couple of stops on the journey.

For a short game, I really enjoy playing this one each month, it acts almost like a palate cleanser for me between the bigger updates and testing out new games. It’s definitely one that I recommend if the subject matter is your thing, even if, like me, you don’t usually play phone-based games.
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I shared my thoughts of the update on the thread but honestly the update pissed me off I almost want to drop it now but won't just yet lol. Don't know if im making a bigger deal over a small thing or what. But basically I didn't like how Markus turned the phone off and denied the MC the ending of the sex scene. It gave me some NTR vibes and really pissed me off. tbh I didn't even like how the sex scene started or happened but that wasn't as a big deal to me.

( I only have a sharing or cuck path save not sure which im on )

 

[TonyMurray]

I shared my thoughts of the update on the thread but honestly the update pissed me off I almost want to drop it now but won't just yet lol. Don't know if im making a bigger deal over a small thing or what. But basically I didn't like how Markus turned the phone off and denied the MC the ending of the sex scene. It gave me some NTR vibes and really pissed me off. tbh I didn't even like how the sex scene started or happened but that wasn't as a big deal to me.

( I only have a sharing or cuck path save not sure which im on )

Yes to the turning off of the phone, but it was earlier than that for me, I didn't like that he controlled the scene from the start. It should have been MC and/or Julia prompting it. But then once it started, as you say, he should not have cut the call. In this situation, we're doing it for us, and he's just a tool in that, but he stepped beyond those boundaries.

 

[Eleanorduval]

Yes to the turning off of the phone, but it was earlier than that for me, I didn't like that he controlled the scene from the start. It should have been MC and/or Julia prompting it. But then once it started, as you say, he should not have cut the call. In this situation, we're doing it for us, and he's just a tool in that, but he stepped beyond those boundaries.

one of reason i don t play NTR and some NTS,it is sometimes forced.

 

[TonyMurray]

one of reason i don t play NTR and some NTS,it is sometimes forced.

Often because of the constraints of the game, I think. There isn't enough scope in the games to do it right without boring everyone to tears first, so you either have to rush/force it a bit, or have it already started before the start of the game, which will either not make sense, or just feel rushed/forced anyway.

 

[Eleanorduval]

Often because of the constraints of the game, I think. There isn't enough scope in the games to do it right without boring everyone to tears first, so you either have to rush/force it a bit, or have it already started before the start of the game, which will either not make sense, or just feel rushed/forced anyway.

i give an example: the singer is system points game with love pts and corruption.By logic scene should depend by our score,but the dev decide to add a force blackmail scenes which is non sense

 

[Dessolos]

Yes to the turning off of the phone, but it was earlier than that for me, I didn't like that he controlled the scene from the start. It should have been MC and/or Julia prompting it. But then once it started, as you say, he should not have cut the call. In this situation, we're doing it for us, and he's just a tool in that, but he stepped beyond those boundaries.

oh yeah I didn't like how the scene was initiated at all , it just wasn't a major negative for me cause I kind of accepted the fact that is Markus's character and the fact I would of gone alone with it anyways since there is no other option yet.

 

[TonyMurray]

Being a DIK (my review) has been updated (finally) to Episode 11, so I figured I’d share my thoughts. I had initially planned to update my LI cards for the game, or rather create a supplemental set, since there are so many girls and a few get their first nude or lewd scenes in this update. The downside, however, is that many of the new images that I might otherwise select feature the girls in masks at a panty party, and I only want images with clear faces for my cards.

That aside though, I thought the update was pretty decent. If it was any other game, I’d probably just say it was a “good” update, but for 15 months, or however long it was between updates, it just feels like we should have got something amazing, and it falls a fair bit short of that for me. There were some really good individual aspects though, and I’m definitely looking forward to some of that continuing in the next episode.

My personal highlight was probably on my “messy” Bella save and my “cheating” Jill save, both of which gave me an opening with Bianca. Although the one on Jill’s save started out earlier, with some extra hot-tub activity, Bella’s path would be my preferred route forward with Bianca. I just thought the whole thing was approached in a novel way for one of these games, and particularly one at this stage. Plus, of course, Bianca is hot, so I’d definitely want an option to get any content that’s available for her.

I did feel like this episode threw a load of new girls at us, though it could just be that I’ve not played it for so long that I’ve forgotten half of the lesser-seen faces. There are at least four lewd scenes available with girls we’ve not really had lewd scenes with before (a Becky blowjob and a Tara glory-hole scene both feeling so long ago as to be almost forgettable), and another load of kisses, tit flashes, and introductions to girls who may only have been background characters previously. Fortunately for me at least, I liked a lot of these “new” girls, with Leanne being a personal favourite.

Overall, I thought a good number of questions were answered in this update, and a fair few new questions asked. It definitely makes me want to continue, and to find out those remaining answers. If I have to play through a bunch of lewd scenes with beautiful women, and Tara, to do that though, well, it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make!