Under Control Review

 

Title: Under Control

Release date: 2021-09-28

Developer & publisher: Higurashika

It takes a very special game to be banned from the den of scum and villainy that is F95Zone, and any title that manages to achieve that should carry it as a badge of honour. "Under Control" is just such a title, which probably deserves to be checked out.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York Review

 

Title: Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York

Release date: 2019-12-11

Developer & publisher: Draw Distance

I don't think that "Vampire the Masquerade" is an IP that needs a special introduction. Originally a P&P RPG, it eventually bled into other media, including an early computer game "Redemption", which not many people have played, and a much more successful outing "Bloodlines", which was played by everyone and their pet Pomeranian. Somehow, despite being quite janky in the technical department, "Bloodlines" managed to become one of those timeless games like "Deus Ex", which are reinstalled every time someone mentions them on the internet.

Marina's Cuckolding Report 2 Review

 

Title: Kashidashi Tsuma, Marina no "Netorase" Houkoku 2 Case. Moto AV Dan'yuu & Binkan Tsuma

Original title: 貸し出し妻、満里奈の“ネトラセ”報告2 CASE.元AV男優＆敏感妻

Alias: Marina's Cuckolding Report 2

Release date: 2014-08-29

English release date: 2021-07-12

Developer: Atelier Sakura

English publisher: Capu Translations (as a fan-patch)

"Marina's Cuckolding Report 2" (MCR2) is the second part in the netorase-focused Marina trilogy, and incidentally the last in the series to be translated. The latter happened due to the game changing the engine for the second iteration, and none of those who showed an interest in translating it had any know-how of how to crack it. Eventually the problem was overcome, and now the whole trilogy has been translated for the fans.

Marina's Cuckolding Report Review

 

Title: Kashidashi Tsuma, Marina no "Netorase" Houkoku Binkan Tsuma to Zetsurin Daigakusei

Original title: 貸し出し妻、満里奈の“ネトラセ”報告 敏感妻と絶倫大学生

Alias: Marina's Cuckolding Report: Sensitive Wife and Great Fuck College Student

Release date: 2013-09-27

English release date: 2017-08-11

Developer: Atelier Sakura

English publisher: MangaGamer

"Marina's Cuckolding Report" (MCR) is the first entry (not counting the side-stories) in the Marina trilogy - a Japanese visual novel series, which itself is a part of a much larger collective of stories centered on netorase (or "cuckolding", as it is translated in the official English release). Sadly, only the first game in the trilogy (and another title from the larger series) has been officially translated in English, however fan-translators came to the rescue. The other parts of the trilogy recently received unofficial translations, which prompted me to pick up the first title to check it out.

When I Woke Up, I'd Become a Pretty Swordswoman Who Protects My Cousin Review

 

Title: Mezameru to Itoko o Mamoru Bishoujo Kenshi ni Natteita

Original title: 目覚めると従姉妹を護る美少女剣士になっていた

Alias: When I Woke Up, I'd Become a Pretty Swordswoman Who Protects My Cousin

Release date: 2013-01-25

English release date: 2021-06-06

Developer: mille-feuille

Publisher: Espeon & Jumi (fan-patch)

When I started playing the visual novel, called "When I Woke Up, I'd Become a Pretty Swordswoman Who Protects My Cousin", I had no idea it's actually a literary adaptation of an existing light novel series, published between 2011 and 2015. Well, I say adaptation, but I have no idea if the game actually follows the story beats of the novels, or if it's an original story set in the same setting. Anyway, after finishing the game, I have to proclaim it a masterpiece... because these days you can throw feces at a blank page of paper and call it a masterpiece.

Kissing Therapy: Proper Counseling Review

 

Title: Kissing Therapy: Proper Counselling

Release date: 2019-10-19

Developer & publisher: Outbreak Games

As I have mentioned in my previous review for "Kissing Therapy", the game was a short but very well done piece of erotic mind control storytelling. However, its biggest problem was the short runtime that ended up being mostly a teaser, thus it's no surprise that the developers decided to continue exploring the setting in a prequel.

Kissing Therapy Mini-Review

Title: Kissing Therapy

Release date: 2017-11-01 (original)

2018-03-31 (Relewded)

2019-10-19 (voiced)

Developer & publisher: Outbreak Games

I have to say that I'm an unapologetic mind control fetishist, however there are few visual novels that really strike that particular chord where mind control is concerned. Most of the games in that genre fall into the category of someone simply brainwashing their victims into sexual servitude, but spend very little time on the actual process of mind control. The victims fall to the machinations of the villains very quickly, and it's all a sexfest from that point.

Netorare Wife Misumi - Lustful Awakening Review

Title: Netorare Wife Misumi - Lustful Awakening

Release date: 2021-06-07

Developer & publisher: Azienda

"Netorare Wife Misumi" is the second game created by the English language VN circle Azienda, and just like the title clearly reveals to us, it also focuses on NTR. This time though, it's a more traditional husband/wife NTR, instead of the lesser mother/son variation seen in the developer's previous game. Sadly, the developer hasn't started a third game yet, and from what they have stated, it appears they want to get better before they get back into the VN creation. So, how does the second effort fare in comparison to the first game? Well, it's a bit of a mixed bag.