Bare Witness
Starting a new life is difficult enough. Moving to upstate New York for art school was a change you looked forward to. But you’ve got a history, and you quickly discover you can’t quite leave that history behind. This is an adult visual novel with many paths (and 11 primary endings!) and lots of replay potential. Pursue solo relationships with each of the girls, or a poly relationship with a select few!
This is a pure visual novel experience: No grind, no minigames, no free-roam, and no sandbox. Just a story where you take control of the narrative and engage only those love interests you’re most enamored of. When the game is done, start up again and seek out new roads to take and new romances to play out!
Enjoy wholesome romance in your adult games? Bare Witness has you covered: with all the face-touching, hand-holding, and affirmations of love you can handle! Fans have called it: “Engaging,” “heartwarming,” “a masterpiece,” and “an emotional rollercoaster.” One player said “Bare Witness will leave a hole in your life once you’re done playing.” Another wrote “This game is fire: Breathes you in, sucks up all the oxygen in and around you, then burns you to a crisp in a matter of minutes.”
Yeah, we think they’re nuts, too, but you might agree with them! Only one way to know…
Steam User 28
Its nice to see a game that gets finished. I get so annoyed with these other games that take forever and then just, dont finish. Writing is good. I approve.
Steam User 15
For those people who like Adult visual Novels.
I would recommend this game for the following reason's
1) You are purchasing a completed game there I said it the game is complete! This is certainly a positive given my personal experience with other titles that are abandoned or you have to wait years for update's.
2) Player choices are build into the game a positive again.
3) Animations and renders very well done.
4) Multiple endings that adds to the replay value of the Game.
5) Love interests many to choose from adding to different endings.
6) Different endings that include Single partner, Duel partner. Multiple Partner's (Harem).
Story I would have to say it is well written and Immersive so I would give it a 10 out of 10.
So I would recommend this Developer and certainly recommend the GAME!
Steam User 7
I would recommend playing. Story was good, if nothing to special. I did enjoy depending on what what girl(s) you were with, the outcome when the sh-t hits the fan towards the end varies.
Good annimation and nice for a avn to not have 90% of the women with unrealistic massive boobs, in fact they were all normal and believable sizes.
Also this is a complete story so no need to wait for the next season.
Steam User 7
Having now completed all 11 endings, I can review Bare Witness. It's a strong AVN, with a lot going for it, and a few things I think could be done better.
+ Models look great
+ Some of the best animations I've seen in the genre
+ The characters are distinct from each other
+ Doesn't treat women like objects
+ Is intelligible and well written
- The epilogues in each branch are way too long, it just takes forever to reach the conclusion
- The story is really just a device for advancing character relationships, I found it underwhelming
- Re-use of the same render over and over in a scene is really obvious and annoying
- There are timeline discrepancies between branches, sometimes things matter and sometimes they don't
Not a pro or con, but while it doesn't explore a lot of kinks, it goes heavy on breeding, which I found sort of odd but it's not terribly forced on you unless you go all in on Heidi. All the choices in the game are basically "do you want to pursue this person or not", but there is one weird scenario where to achieve the perfect harem ending, you have to talk to one person instead of the other, even though it's ultimately the same decision. Unlocking the entire gallery took quite a few runs, but I think if you focus on one branch at a time it's not so bad.
Steam User 9
I played for 7 hours just for one time through. It's a great game. Beautiful story and 11 endings, ohh boy. And it's the branching where you can't just click a branch and get the quick achievement, you have to play all the way through again. Beautiful renders, and animations.If i had any thing bad to say about a small number of renders is that the sub division on surfaces had to be changed on closeups. The pours in the skin get a little big and unnatural. But that is very few renders. Very worth the price, and highly recommend. I will say this is more a vanilla flavor, if your looking for kinks, you aren't going to like it. I don't play with sound, so i can't rate that.
Steam User 11
TL/DR: Easily one of the best AVNs on the market in terms of story, amount of content, and real branching plotlines based on your decisions.
Quick plot: You, the main character, are in witness protection due to a crime you were near. You start college under an assumed name while your father is elsewhere. Along the way, you'll meet a cast that's relatively small for this genre but that allows for all of them to be distinct. Zenda, a British-Persian woman of great confidence and money, is first. If you're like me, you aren't that interested in her over the characters to come. Then there's the ginger, Mora. She's a feeler and has a sad backstory, but can be one of the funniest girls and her freckles are damn cute. Your roommates are Heidi and Athena. Heidi is my #1 girl. Hilarious and shines in this game as the bubbly girl. She's a total freak, too, and in some of the plotlines, is truly instrumental in getting plenty of fun time with multiple girls. Athena is involved with Heidi from the onset. On the outside, she's tough, but she's very vulnerable the more you know her. You meet absolute MILF, Valerie, who wants to take you under her wing as her little young friend-with-benefits, but you can pursue a long relationship. Her backstory is absolutely tragic. Seriously...that one hurt to find out. Finally, there's Sadie. She's a figure from your past as she's your actual cousin and knows your true name and background. There's a few other girls you can sleep with, but they aren't integral to any plot.
Pros: The game has a ton of content especially if you're seeking to unlock all scenes and get all achievements. I did a lot of skipping over previously-view scenes after my first run ended up with both Heidi and Athena. To unlock everything, I made it in about 15 hours, though that will depend on your reading and whether you skip to new content each playthrough. A guide is available to help. The renders are done nicely while the animations are fluid and rarely jerky. What shines the most is the story, which is logically done and fun. The characters, again, are highlights. Even though Zenda is the least-fun for me, when I did go through her story to get 100% completion, I found it capitivating and interesting. Not as fun as the other stories, of course.
Neither pro nor con: The music is...there. Listen, it's likely the same exact music you've heard in other AVNs. And while we're talking about sound, there is no voice nor sound effects including spicy scenes noises. For some, that's a real con. I think the rest of the game makes up for it. There are a few Easter Eggs for other games and as a fan of Come Home long before I played Bare Witness, it was nice to put a story to Athena after her appearance there. Adrian also makes an appearance here. Some of it feels really forced, but it's fun fan service, I guess. I would have liked to see a little more raunchiness in the scene variety, but I'm not going to call that a negative.
Cons: So, the game takes a bit to get going. I started this prior to another game I bought at the same time, Where the Heart Is. I tried this first since it was so highly-spoke of and after about 90 minutes to 2 hours, I went to Where the Heart Is. I loved the latter and worried I just didn't "get it" with Bare Witness. I came back and found it pretty quickly. The setup in the early game can be a bit tedious and slow, but once the game hits its stride, it excels. I'll label this a con, but only because, if you feel like I did through the first couple of hours of gameplay, you might give up for good and you'll miss out on a great game.
Overall, I highly recommend this game at full price. If you can get it on sale. that's even better.
Steam User 5
Not feeling like a careless first-year at a college. Not falling for a stranger female twice as old as you. Not becoming an anxious pile due to witsec program. Not ignoring all the hotties around since they obviously are going to jump your bones if you give them a chance. Not starting to understand what a real love is when over40 girl starts to love you back. Not feeling even a slight joy when witsec is over and you finally reunite with her. And absolutely not trying to draw any parallels with your real life and step on a brink of a depression.
Ah, the game, yeah. The game is fine, you should try it.