Romance after dark
Kinky wild west adventure
adventure for adults
the Game
PENELOPE UPDATE
The new plotline with PENELOPE will include interactions at the morgue, a romantic date in the restaurant, and a beautifully rendered sex scene at her place. This translates into 36 new images and 5 new animations.
THE STORY
Welcome to our noir blend of visual novel and adventure game! In this story, you’ll play as Trevor, a once successful private investigator whose wretched life you’ll try to put back on the right track. Use your detective hunches and interact with characters and objects, all the while making crucial choices that will lead you to one of ten endings.
But what would noir be without a dame? Or, in this case, three: Miranda, the professional singer; Teresa, the intriguing librarian; and Sara, the young lady of the night. Their stories will intersect after every choice and twist, and you’ll need to follow along every entangled plot to reach your goals.
Of course, if we’re talking noir, we’re talking about grey morality. Your choices won’t be unambiguously good or bad, and unexpected nuances lurk after every one of them. This is the darkest game we’ve ever worked on, the most ambitious, and we’re proud of how we’ve managed to push the boundaries of the erotic genre with this exploration of noir’s themes.
Speaking of pushing boundaries? The girls are not typical LOP models—because this game is far from typical. Their past, their flaws, their weaknesses, their goals? They have been molded by each of them, and curvaceous advertising models just wouldn’t cut it. We want to show you their problems and sorrows, their harsh lives, but also the unique eroticism they embody. The game would not be complete with any other choice, and we invite you to discover why.
CHARACTERS
Why is it worth it?
– artistic models and atmospheric visuals soaked with temptation
– exceptional girls with riveting past and goals
– a dense intrigue, a lot of drama, and varied hues of passion
– no grinding; just a straightforward, enjoyable adventure game
– kinky and interactive sex scenes where you remain in full control
– a non-linear story crammed with crucial choices and ten endings to discover
– FULL HD visuals, 30 sex animations, and a lot of delightfully detailed cumshots
Steam User 1
ENG:
Romance After Dark is a sandbox-style multiple-choice visual novel for adults developed from the well-tested Lesson of Passion, of which, unfortunately, doesn't exactly represent the best work, but it still defends itself more than decently well.
In this title, in perfect hard-boiled style, we will play the role of Trevor Pierce, a private investigator with a turbulent past, dealing with the complicated cases of a vamp, a lustful and mysterious librarian and a prostitute who could have had her own empire if only she had chosen a career in porn instead of the street. During our adventure we will also be able to avail ourselves of the help of an old flame, in the form of a medical examiner, whose work attire is criminally sad compared to that of free leave.
Our detective work will never be particularly complicated, but, in any case, in Trevor's office we will be able to read the next objectives to continue the story of the various girls. In general there isn't much to grind, however the steps for translating Teresa's book could have been reduced and everything made less tedious and repetitive.
The models of the 4 girls are very well made and quite original, with the 12 captivating spicy scenes, accompanied by themed sounds and fluidly animated (5 of Miranda, 4 of Teresa, 2 of Sara and 1 of Penelope, which, having been added later, even lacks its own epilogue), to which are added 10 different epilogues, these unfortunately not consisting of real hot scenes, plus another 12 additional bonus images available in the gallery.
The smooth jazz soundtrack accompanies the setting of the story very well and is very pleasant as a background.
The title, developed in Unity, also has the flaw of having only 3 manual saving slots, as in Cockwork Industries, plus 1 automatic one, but given the relative brevity this would not be felt much, even if the presence of decisive choices for the development of history certainly does not turn in his favor. Furthermore, the title also lacks the Steam Cloud save function.
In the end, the game really has nothing wrong, however it doesn't stand out in any particular way either, which doesn't make it that special among the other titles of the developer, let alone in the rest of the panorama of the genre, which is a bit of a shame given the narrative premise and the rather atypical setting.
Personal note: For me, Sara is the best girl here, followed by Teresa, Penelope and then Miranda, who has the great merit of wanting to be a Jessica Rabbit, like everyone would have wanted, but also has the huge flaw of not fully succeeding in it, her silhouette, although busty and well endowed in the right places, does not reach the levels of her animated counterpart, especially when it comes to her face, furthermore the frequent presence of the cigarette or the smoke during the spicy scenes is a bit annoying. Not that I have anything against smokers specifically, but the idea of someone tinkering with your tool with a lit cigarette right there next to the head of your member doesn't really drive me crazy, furthermore, in certain shots, the effect of the smoke slightly ruins the view of the girl's equipment.
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ITA:
Romance After Dark è una visual novel per adulti a scelta multipla in stile sandbox sviluppata dagli stra collaudati Lesson of Passion, dei quali, purtroppo, non rappresenta esattamente il migliore lavoro, ma si difende comunque più che dignitosamente bene.
In questo titolo, in perfetto stile hard-boiled, impersoneremo Trevor Pierce, un investigatore privato dai trascorsi turbolenti, alle prese con i complicati casi di una vamp, di una lussuriosa e misteriosa bibliotecaria e di una prostituta che avrebbe potuto avere un suo impero se solo avesse scelto la carriera del porno invece della strada. Durante la nostra avventura potremo avvalerci anche dell'ausilio di una vecchia fiamma, sotto forma di medico legale, il cui abbigliamento lavorativo è criminosamente triste rispetto a quello da libera uscita.
La nostra attività investigativa non sarà mai particolarmente complicata, ma, in ogni caso, nell'ufficio di Trevor potremo leggere i prossimi obbiettivi per proseguire la storia delle varie ragazze. In generale non c'è molto da grindare, tuttavia i passaggi per la traduzione del libro di Teresa potevano essere ridotti e il tutto essere reso meno tedioso e ripetitivo.
I modelli delle 4 ragazze sono molto ben fatti e piuttosto originali, con le 12 scene piccanti accattivanti, accompagnate da suoni a tema e fluidamente animate (5 di Miranda, 4 di Teresa, 2 di Sara e 1 di Penelope, che, essendo stata aggiunta dopo, manca persino di un suo epilogo), ai quali si aggiungono 10 epiloghi differenti, questi purtroppo non consistenti in scene hot vere e proprie, più altre 12 immagini bonus aggiuntive disponibili nella galleria.
La colonna sonora smooth jazz accompagna molto bene l'ambientazione della vicenda ed è molto gradevole come sottofondo.
Il titolo, sviluppato in Unity, presenta anche la pecca di avere soltanto 3 solt di salvataggio manuale, come in Cockwork Industries, più 1 automatico, ma vista la relativa brevità la cosa non si farebbe sentire molto, anche se la presenza di scelte determinati per lo svolgimento della storia non volge certo in suo favore. Inoltre, il titolo è anche privo della funzione di salvataggio su Steam Cloud.
In definitiva, il gioco non ha realmente nulla che non vada, tuttavia non spicca nemmeno in maniera particolare per le sue qualità, cosa che non lo fa risaltare tra gli altri i titoli dello sviluppatore, figuriamoci nel resto del panorama del genere, il che è un po' un peccato vista la premessa narrativa e l'ambientazione piuttosto atipica.
Nota personale: Sara per me è la best girl qui, seguita da Teresa, da Penelope e poi da Miranda, la quale ha il grande pregio di voler essere una Jessica Rabbit come l'avrebbero voluta tutti, ma ha anche il grandissimo difetto di non riuscirci in pieno, la sua silhouette, per quanto prosperosa nei punti giusti, non arriva ai livelli della sua controparte animata, specialmente per quanto riguarda il viso, inoltre la presenza frequente della sigaretta o del fumo durante le scene piccanti da un po' fastidio. Non che abbia qualcosa contro i fumatori nello specifico, ma l'idea che una ti armeggi l'arnese con una sigaretta accesa proprio lì da parte alla testa del membro non mi fa proprio impazzire, inoltre, in certe inquadrature, l'effetto del fumo rovina leggerissimamente la visuale sull'equipaggiamento della ragazza.