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The Good Neighbor Reviews
Author: Reluctant Sire
Date: 2006
TADS 3
What does AIF stand for? Adult Interactive Fiction.
If you likely to
be offended by games with sexual content, you are advised not
to open these
files.
Reviewed by A. Ninny
Rather than break down the game into the familiar review categories (Basic Plot,
Overall Thoughts, etc.), I will use the format introduced by an anonymous
reviewer of the 2006 AIF Mini-comp. This game is essentially a mini-comp game (3
rooms, 1 NPC), and so can be simply evaluated using a “what works” and “what
doesn’t” format.
Overview:
You are asked by a neighbor to check in on his teenage daughter while he’s away.
You catch her misbehaving. Can you get the misbehavior to continue?
What Works:
This game falls into the adult-with-child sex category, and the strong
characterization of the child (the teenage female NPC) is critical to the
success of this game. You definitely get a feeling, based on Gwen’s attitude
before you have sex, that this bad-girl character is a strong one and that her
parents surely have a lot to deal with. Unfortunately, I didn’t really feel like
this attitude translated into the sex scene, even though I thought the sex
writing was lively and engaging.
Technically, the game works well and I didn’t notice any serious bugs or
vocabulary gaps.
What Doesn’t:
While I did feel like the NPC’s character was adequately rendered, I didn’t
think her actions were the correct ones. She should instead, I think, have been
putting on a big show of being sexually experienced. But then, when it comes
time for her to actually put out, she could get shy and nervous and the player
then can feel more like the adult in the room, guiding her past what she’s done
with boys and introducing her to what it’s like to be with a Real Man. In
reality, the sex was somewhat generic and level (without one character having
much power over the other).
Final Thoughts:
Reluctant Sire proves with this experimental short game that he can write AIF
and I hope we see more games from him in the future.
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