Ren'Py - Life in Santa County [v0.11.0] [Bold Bash Studios]

Top tier animations both in physics and camera angles. Seriously, pretty sure in my top 10. Models are very beautiful and well designed. I'm not usually invested in stories so I can't say anything about that but the content is quite satisfying.

I hope this more than a review, as an apology for this excellent game gives more stars than the miserable three and a half it has. The story is from my point of view pretty decent for a graphic novel and for the purposes implicit. The graphics I have to say are magnificent and the overall game deserves in my opinion more than a few stars... Keep it going and kudos.

No autoplay button for PC? Have to click 30thousand times. Other than that I really like the game. I mean it is cartoon porn so my standards are just to have good renders and interesting story. This fits that and more.

Buggy mess

It is one of the games that could easily get a 4 or even 5 star rating if the work would be done in a good and not sloppy way.

- Animations are really nice, not absolutlely top notch, but really really good. 4*

- Renders are very good too, again not top of the tops but close. 5*

- The models are nice too, a little too many big boobs-models for my taste (yeah i like small ones a little better) so the game could use more diversity in that regard. But thats just taste. 5*

- The feelings between the MC and some characters are transported well too, something that most games lack a lot. But those transported feelings are not included in every relationship. Some relationships are just the good old "porn-hammer-method"... no real connection, just for the fuck. 4*

- The overall writing is ok (i dont mean the story, just the average dialogue) not really good, but not bad either. Some games have good humor and banter included, that is not really the case here, if the DEVs try to implement humor or banter, it feels forced and doesnt go well overall... but especially the dialgoues between Iris and MC are really good. 3*

So... everything good? Why only 2 stars?

Because of everything else.

- Story is just messy. I dont even know where to start... before 0.9 the story made somewhat of a sense, even if it was really stupid and non-believable.
Now its just... yeah cant describe it other than messy. Needs a ton of rework. no *

- Before Version 0.9 it was a incest game, very clear. Yeah it needed a i-patch, but it was just a on/off trigger, the game was intended as an incest game and written as such.
Now that changed. Because they are aiming for a steam release and wanted to stay on patreon. That is fine.
But if you change that, change it in a proper way.
That is not the case. It still feels like there would be "incest" in the air... the relationships with the house-members are all sooooo taboo. Doesnt make sense if they arent related. To solve the incest problem the parents of the MC died only a few years before the game starts. That is never mentioned again and is no issue whatssoever. Yeah... losing parents is just a minor thing anyways as a teenager and very close family friends i guess like maybe... losing a bicycle or so. What the fuck. And all the time the game handles it like the MC would live with the House-members all his life. If he lived with his parents before they died... that should be seen in the game too, or at least mentioned sometimes. Sloppy writing. And of course an issue of the sudden change of the game... but when you make it this sloppy, dont release it until it makes sense. Minus *

- Next HUGE problem, bugs... bugs bugs bugs all over the place. Script errors after script errors, transitions not working and so on. The game gives you choices, some branching one, some only for different dialogues. Many branching choices dont work. You make a choice and run in a script error later on, but you dont know why, cause the effect of the made choice only appears later and so is the error. So you have to go all the way back to the choice that triggered the eroor and make one you didnt want to make just to move on with the game. Problem is, the error shows what variable is missing, but to know which choice triggers that variable you have to look into the code or try to be sherlock holmes. Sometimes being sherlock holmes is enough, sometimes not. Most user will run into the errors and think "wtf happened? let me play the fucking game"

Its just not playable like this. If you are not done with writing the code for a choice, dont implement the choice in the game. Biggest problem by far of the game in this state.

Before v0.9 the game wasnt perfect, but it worked, and in the world the game created the story made sense overall. Now the game is very buggy, story doesnt make sense anymore, the relationships are weird too cause they are still incest-relationships on the surface but without being related... like its a total taboo thing to have sex with a non-related person.


As i see it, most dont even play the game, they just want to see the sex-scenes. Yeah well... if thats the only thing you want, the game is great. IF you want to play a game that includes a story that makes sense, play different paths for the given choices and want to see different outcomes? Not working.

So what is left... 2 stars for the good looks, the rest is just not acceptable.

I would give this game 5 stars if it actically worked but at least for me every single sex scene is just a black screen with text describing it i sat through a whole ass sex scene where it let me pick what position i wanted described to me while looking at nothing maybe the mac version is just fucked i dunno

I love this game. It keeps getting better and better. I wish there were a built-in walkthrough mode and gallery unlocker. With the 0.9.0 version, I saw some visible improvements that made it even more incredible. One suggestion would be to make animations longer. Other than that models, the storyline and game dynamics are lovely. I would happily wait to see what you guys will come up with in the next update. Keep up the great work!

Great renders, and although not particularly original, which is fine, the story is well done. The biggest issue with this game, is the file size, and there's a transition every 10 lines, whether it's the horrid white transition, or the usual black, or a text transition, they are slow and unskippable, and ridiculously frequent, which, for me, is unbearable, excessive, and a massive factor in the rating.

Game has great renders and good scenes. Alot of funny writing at times and good environments.

Mom and Sister are fucking hot. The rest of the characters are ether hot or just weird looking. Theres one character in perticular that legit just looks like a anime character and it just doesnot work.

This is a sandbox and VN mixed together. But most of the sandbox is useless and feels just like gameplay padded on in order to add more content.

Story is a mixed bag. Its this really disconnected mess of a crime story and a regular incest story that you have seen 100times in other games. The crime story is just so out of place its cringe. But the family stuff is good enough to get you engaged. Thats when Santa County is at its peak.

Developer is crazy creative. This is the game which is definitely about teasing visual show . All characters are touching differnt part of the body.Keep it up dear.You are deserving all support !!!

Furthermore how could you manage to change to story with that way to make it wonderful ,amazing. Really appreciated

Stopped very early on… MC was the ugliest one I’ve ever seen. Writing was really dumb and stupid. Went through the first part of the day with his friend and they just yelled and cussed at each other the whole time for liking each others mom. MC stays with his ‘landlord’ but clearly just another mom that they changed. Other girls not that attractive.

Gorgeous, Lauren is my crush. I won’t say anything about the plot and gameplay, I think that in such games this is secondary, but the image and animation are top notch. I wish the developers more donations and never-ending inspiration!

3 star game as of now - but a solid 3 star.

The translation is not good - if it were better translated might be a 3.5 or even 4 star. There are not too many spelling errors (a few in the newest content), and its not a Engrish level bad translation, more so poor word choice and feels unnatural.

Models are great. The storyline is good but poorly executed. The worst part of this game is the character development and progression. Beginning of the game the MC has a complete lack of testicular fortitude and somehow changes overnight to being confident and dominating characters? I dont think so. It originally looked like the character development would be a slower buildup, but it quickly delved into NPC sees MC, wants to fuck MC which was disappointing.

I don't usually like sandbox but this does a solid job of adding player choice to the content they want to see without having to grind. Its a mix of sandbox and VN. Only thing would change in that regard is the hint/checklist feature does not actually show all of the possible interactions in the optional section.

Another aspect that could use improvement is the player choice. Player choice is fairly significant in this game - the problem is it is not clear how your choices will impact the game down the road, common sense decisions should be enough to guess how it will impact future game play without the need of a walkthrough (which I have not used). Some kind of explanation for the intimidation/charisma points would also be an improvement for gameplay.

Overall a good game, and there is a ton of content considering the amount of time its been in development which is a big plus. The overall story arc is also progressing at a pretty good pace. The content is definitely oriented towards a few characters though.

started playing for the milf, stayed for the story


the sandbox is well done, there's lots of optional content and nothing you have to grind for. the renders and animations are solid too, the lewd scenes are good length (yay no 5 second sex!). the writing is overall pretty good, not 5/5 good but it's never turned me off or seemed ridiculous.

giving it 5* because as of the latest update, it deserves a better overall rating

The game is good just because of the sandbox it's play to hard if the vn go back to the visual novel style the game will progress again and ** pls change it in the vn style if may possible by the dev

A waste of 9GB of bandwidth.

Main character and his best friend are 2 complete idiots getting themselves in criminal activities because their brain capacity is at the level of a 5 year old child.
Best friend is worthless sack of shite with 0 acknowledgment of his mistakes and MC, under excuse of "you're my best bro" keeps getting pulled into trouble.

And you know what, I could maybe swallow that if the story was anything else but completely fan-fictiony nonsense. Mom sees his dick bulge and immediately wants his cock. Teacher is the same. School girl is the same. Friends mom is the same.
Wherever he goes, girls immediately want his dick, while MCs charisma is that of a dead rodent.

This is the part where I'd comment on girls, but other than wanting MCs dick, there's really nothing to say. Few milfs, few schoolgirls, few related girls, all want MC, the end.

Oh, and how can we forget sandbox. Because of course. When in doubt, create 20 rooms for 1 house and call it a job well done.
I entered sandbox (prologue is standard VN style), took me 20 clicks to exit the damn house (exit the room, enter corridor, enter 2nd corridor with 5 side rooms, balcony, pool area, living room, kitchen, bathrooms etc. etc.) and I decided to just give up.

There's obligatory money, stats, relationship points, if you've played sandbox games before, you know the drill.

Other than girls actually looking good, I can't find a single redeeming feature of this VN.
MC is an idiot with no brain power.
Girls have no personality.
Story is god awful.
Best friend is annoying, worthless piece of trash.
Choices are pointless.

There are a ton of great games on F95, this is not worth the time or effort.

LICS is a hidden gem. This is by far one of the most polished and well-crafted VNs out there and definetly competing in the highest tier along your usual BaD and so on. The textures, the lighting, shaders, animation, all masterfully crafted to deliver a well-rounder atmosphere usually only found in premium triple-A games, which only enriches the drama beneath it. The only missing thing would be a top notch BG to acompany it, it trully deserves, a must-play for the fans of the genre.

v 0.8.1

so, its a kinetic novel, thats goes nowhere, and if you try to actually follow the story it'll net you a cerebral aneurysm. worst part is that the renders aint good enough to carry this trainwreck of a 'story'. just dont bother, its not worth the bandwidth to download this dumpsterfire, any generic pornhub stepbro vid will do you better than this game.

A good thread about an excellent game. In the first post is everything you need to be able to enjoy the game. Also the game gets better with each update making it enjoyable to play. Looking forward to the new updates

Nice story flow, well rendered models and nice animations. The differences between the story that was wanted to be told at the beginning of the story and the story that was conveyed later in the game caught my eye. I'm in the wing that this is because the producer shaped the story based on people's comments. I have no objection to this. He was able to carry the story to a different dimension in a nice way. I'm looking forward to the rest of the story.

Best game and good slow burn romance of Mom and Son ,
All characters are Hot especially Mom , Friends Mom and Teacher.