Others - Small Complex [v3.0] [DonTaco]

Seemed to look like an interesting approach to gameplay, at least here, terrible execution.

I was going to skip leaving a review due to seeing many blame the bakin engine, but there are many issues present in this game that aren't the fault of the engine itself, and aren't present in other games with the same engine.

It may be partially that this is just a bad engine selection by the dev for their vision of their game, so I'll give it one start back. In the end, engine selection is still the choice of the dev and putting in at least a little effort into optimization is also their problem.

Nothing new here from the story side of things, but to be able to see things play out, you have to start with a playable game.

I want this game to be good so badly and while the content within it is, the chosen engine to develop this game on will forever hold it back. Frame drops are abundant everywhere and there are very little in the ways of user customization for anything including graphics and controls.

This is a flaw of the Bakin engine, which is primarily used for small games, not anything of this caliber.

Definitely needs some work. HOWEVER, it has great potential and the premise/character design is the best I've seen on this entire website. I really can't wait to see where this game is a year or two from now. Please don't abandon the game when you get popular.

My recommendations:

1. A minimap that shows you an overhead view of your location. And a map that shows what buildings you can actually enter. So far we have a massive map, but 90% of the buildings you are unable to enter.
2. A system that allows you to follow the characters and track their schedules. Would be helpful if you could see the characters on the minimap
3. Open the houses more and remove some doors if possible. The fact that each house has like 5-10 doors, each with a loading screen, is tedious.
4. Fix the quest tracking system. It is not great.
5. Fix some of the UI. Some of the text looks wonky and cut off, so you can't read everything.
6. Add a gallery system so you can replay all of the scenes
7. Add a screenshot system (if possible)
8. Add a way to hide the text during cutscenes. I want to see the full art, but the text box is in the way, or UI elements (like "Living Room" or the time/stamina bar are in the cutscene)
9. I picked the 2nd character (with brown hair over the eyes). I noticed that when in some scenes, it switches me to the first (blue-haired) character.

why do rate 5 stars, because i love DonTaco's work, i followed all his game and i can't lie i love it, i want it to keep going, the last version might be laggy but i love the design the character and the idea of being free. I know it will take some times but it will be greater update after update.

It not only has really really good animations but also extremly sexy girls with good cross-sections. I am looking more the forward for the next update and hope we will see many more such games in the near future.

I can't rate this game above this rating.
It's so laggy it's unplayable for me, there's no optimization, you probably load every textures on the map or something.
Furthermore, you can't change the control, I can play with some lag, but I can't when I move a mouse 1 cm to the right and end up doing roughly a 360. On top of this, there's no localization adaptation, so I hope you have a qwerty keyboard, or you are ready to change it yourself.

For the content of game now. I didn't play much of it since … I couldn't leave the starter house. The art look good, the texture just sometimes fuses when 2 characters are close, or on an object. The story is very classic, it's a grindy harem with incest, nothing much from the introduction at least (besides the very large number of cheating / divorce in your family tree). I can't say much more, like I said, I didn't play the game for long. And looking at what the game has currently, it's 90% incest, which I avoid.

For my last words, some of those girls shouldn't be able to stand up because of their morphology, bye bye.

great characters, great designs, sexy proportions, amazing scenes, i'm really impressed and I love the content...

so why 2 stars?
it's supposed to be a game. it's not, it's unplayable.
jank ui, jank controls, inconsistent camera sensitivity with no way to control it apart from changing mouse dpi, nonsensical work like resource management, mining, crafting and energy that does not work into any current content whatsoever.

I mean no disrespect to the developer but as an honest critique, there is so much here that leads to nothing, it's not something the player should have any access to, i wasted my time exploring an empty map with mostly nothing to actually do that was meaningful or presented any reward, you can lock off 60% off this current game to the player and none of the content is lost.

i want to give this so many compliments because it's incredible on so many different things, but i can't, this is a 3d game that wastes an insane amount of your time.
In a 3d world you walk and you do alot of walking, and for it to work you need:
1- alot of content to not bore your player inbetween those walks
2- quick progression to make sure the content is met fast enough to please the player and make the grind worth it

neither of these conditions are met, the game is slow. very slow, and the reward is incredible in quality but it is not plentiful, it doesn't work here.

in conclusion, this is a 3/10 game being carried by 8/10 everything else, i can literally only recommend you play this if you cheat, or are really into big women and large oversized proportions like i am, making the grind worth it.

This game shows a lot of potential with its appealing characters, straightforward plot, and engaging mechanics. However, it’s held back by several significant issues. Progression feels incomplete, and there’s a heavy reliance on grinding. Quests can sometimes bug out, which interrupts the flow of the game. The buildings all look identical, and it’s unclear which are important until you approach them and see labels like "Person’s House" or "General Store."

There are also a few bugs that feel like they’re meant for developer testing, such as infinite wine or looping cutscenes. Romance options are unclear—it's hard to tell who is available to romance or how far those relationships can progress. While the game’s foundation is promising, these issues seriously detract from the overall experience.

To improve, I suggest the developer focus on streamlining progression to make it more intuitive and rewarding. Other features that could significantly enhance gameplay include a map with teleport spots, a waiting function that can be used indoors, a list of character locations with their schedules, and an overview of available character scenes. Incorporating these elements would elevate the game and help it realize its full potential.

However, that is all just my opinion and I will check back after a few more updates.

Good Beta

The whole concept of 3D open word sandbox is nice. Too bad there is nothing to do right now. Only one heroine have enough interactions (Aunt). Beside that there is nothing to do. Had no bugs.

Wait a couple year before this game going to be filled with content.

5/5 Beta. (version 3.0)

Reviewed at V. 3.0

Great Game. It is currently not the most polished experience ever, but I’m sure it will improve as time goes by. The worst aspect of the game in my opinion is how grindy some scenes are to get to. From what I have read, though, the developer is planning on fixing that. Otherwise, the characters are very attractive, the story is good, and the gameplay mechanics are fun.

Looking forward to future updates!

Review Small Complex v3.1

Great update, solid 4 out of 5 for me

First let me say, that this Dev, is one of the few people, on this site, that resonate so friking well with me.
The artstyle, the story, and the objective itself of all of his games (the breeding of all those scrumptious beautiful bimbossss) are very close to my heart.
So my review is a bit biased, that's why I'm giving it a 5 stars on the website but I substract one and give it a solid 4/5 stars as a semi-objective analysis on paper.

That being said, this entry is a lot much polished that the last one, it can be seen in many of the interactions with the Town itself. Aside from the unfinished zones, in my case, I didn't encounter any problems. Luckily, it was a smooth playthrough.

It was a pleasent surprise to have a few more interactions with the main Milf of this update. If I'm being honest, I wasn't excpecting that much. Also, the models and the animations look more clean, and were great. If I had to nickpick, I would have to say that I missed my beatiful x-ray vision, I really hope it makes a comeback in the next update.

I had my little fun with the gameplay. Making some of the items felt nice and earnned. The leveling system, although maybe simple, it was on point, nothing out of this world, nothing that was annoying or frustrating, atleast for me.
I think that making each girl like a different item is a good choice. I also have to mention and highlight the classic little monetary easter egg in a classic certain place, it made me smile haha.

So yessss, me likey .

Pretty good update all around, I just hope the next one is not too far on the horizon, and I cross my fingers and wish that the mass production of babies is getting close!!!!

Great potential , even with lag but I hope the developer Focuses on this game or one of his other projects rather then ping-pong-ing between them , designs are great , farming system got fleshed out pretty good , 5 out 10 .

I normally don't leave reviews, but given this has bad reviews for stupid reasons I will.

The game is very much in development, so it should be played with such a point in mind. (O and it is a game, if you looking for a VN fap experience... go elsewhere)

Currently very barebones but with lots of promise, and a decent amount of sex content (with mainly the aunt right now) despite that.

It is buggy, but the dev works to fix the bugs.

I don't recommend if your PC is a dinosaur though, since currently it is not optimized (even my comp sometimes had issues).

But with all that in mind, it's a in progress game. So those shouldn't impact the review.

There's a bit of grind, and you need to be a bit intuitive.

I encountered a bug in 3.1 where it said "not enough trust" but it was actually not enough Lust. Which I decided to level instead of trust for a while.

The game mechanics are quite rough around the edges but there's a lot of promise so I look forward to what they will be.

Treat this as a tech demo with some sex scenes, and is open to change. (it already is two games combined together now)

I had an enjoyable few hours playing. overall 4/5. (I suspect 5/5 when it comes together are a more polished product)

Playing this game was mentally painful im not even joking i don't understand what the dev was smoking when he decided on a lot of these design choices first off this version is the first that's actually playable last update by the reviewing rules i couldn't actually review this game because of the graphical incompatibility that made this game literally unplayable and in this version it seems like its fixed and oh god i honestly wish it wasn't.

First off in game where many scenes are time sensitive with an actual day night cycle actions aren't tied to your character that clock will be running down like your on a goddamn speedrun and it gets even worse prepare to play 3d unoptimised stardew valley you won't be able to fap to this game but you will be able to cook an egg on your computer before even seeing one scene.

And let's say you can ignore all this and just go fuck it and download a save that has all the grinding skipped well guess what son this game says its a 3.0 but it's actually a remake so you cant even see those scenes that the last version was too broken to play.

Don't waste your time hopefully some good Samaritan will upload the scenes somewhere.

**I would give this game a 4.5 star**
I think its great. I can see that the dev defenitly took a huge step for this game. You did a great job

Good points

• Visual is very appealing
• Animation is great
• The scene are fluid
• The universe is very inviting, I would like to explore more
• Jiggle
• When you touch the ass, you see the skin getting pulled from the fingers, great feature!

Things I think that could go better

• Map, could be cool to have a map on each sections, I was a bit loss the first few minutes. But you get the gist of it pretty fast.
• Grinding, I like grinding for trust and such, but after 200 trust point, it was getting really repetitive. (Wish we could have more task other than the trash bag).
• Some very MINOR fps drop here and there, but not enough to sabotage the gameplay. Don't know if its worth saying.

Ideas ( What I think could be cool to add )

• Choices, lot of choices during X scene, but overall linear. Would've been great to have the power to either let the Aunt "Tease" you or you would take the initiative yourself. For exemple, in the bathroom in the morning, you HAVE to let her tease you for something to happen, even if she want it. [ I am not talking about rape, but taking the initiative ] Would be cool to just add a " hey fuck it, im doing it, she want it "
• Position, exemple : In the bathroom, when she ask if she gained weight, you approach from behind. Could be cool if you can choose to come from the front, and grope her ass. wich would do a different kind of Scene. And with this, come Kissing / sucking tits, and grinding/ poking the anus (idk).
• Family tree. I would like to know who are the Aunt, if I understand it clearly, you have multiple aunt?

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Overall :

[ This is on my point of view, dev, I you read this, don't take any of this personnaly].
I think its a nice project, hope you like it as much as we do.
Can't wait to see more scene with the rest of the fam!

Thank you for doing it!

I'm a fan of Don Taco's models and kinks.Thats the only reason I'm rating it this high. However, they really need help in the Game dev department

The game has lot of bugs (especially the game breaking one where the aunt stops following you)
The progression is terrible. Thanks to the guide in the comments, I realized the best path forward.
There are also no content for the teacher & nun which look great

This game is obviously for a specific kink but I really do like this game. The only problem is just as usual is the lack of content and bugs. I really do see absolute potential in this game so as soon as the game gets more updates I will definitely give it a five star.

I wanted to vote average for at least trying something different and giving camera control, but this needs LOTS of fixing to at least consider it.

-Talking about the camera, you do have the option to position it around. But the controls are clunky, you can't zoom in, and sometimes ends up in a weird position on its own.
-Graphics-wise, it is ok but outdated, but oh god does it consume GPU. I considered stopping the game since it looked like it was mining crypto no way this should be using 16gb of vram.
-Grinding is a lot in the beginning but accelerates later (although I may have used some bug/exploit, leading aunt to scenes not unlocked and receiving arousal points).
-Economy-wise, the arousal system was a bit weird but not the worst. Endurable. But definitely would suggest reviewing it later.
-Animations are HS like exaggerated. But overall fine.
-You can make your aunt follow you and do stuff around, which is a major good point to me. (not the following, but the choosing repeatable scenes)

The bugs though... still too many.
The invisible thing is probably some bad code when you watch TV but do not fuck. I suggest just skipping it until you unlock the porn movie. The 2 arousal points it gives before ain't worth it.

The restaurant lady and the vendor one could become "LI" later, I'd guess. That would be cool.

The guy that was supposed to do stuff, run a store at night... was never seen again
Anyway, needs a lot of work, but good concept and foundation.
Fixing the code, adding a better translation, and optimizing your resource consumption (at least stop using 100% of a gpu lol).
But it does have potential

It being described as basically a demo is in the description.
Either way, it's an alright play. There's actual active animations and you can turn the camera 360 degrees. But, it's impossible to zoom in. Takes a minute to get the scenes through conventional grinding. An alright game. Not bad. Not good. Just so-so.

UPDATED REVIEW

Small Complex 3.0

I downloaded it again after not having played it in almost two years. I wanted to see what has changed. I didn't lag. So that's good. But I found the game to be annoying to the point where I did not want to play it. Just endless screens of dialog with no way to fast skip through it and no way to rewind. Just click click click a billion times. Way too many loading screens. The loading screens are black too. I always felt that black loading screens were not a good design choice. When I am in the 3D portion of the game, the mouse sensitivity is like a billion. It is easy to get lost because moving your mouse will cause you to spin around a billion miles per second. There is also no compass to tell you where to go. You just have to wander around and hope you find the right direction. Graphics are nothing to get excited about. Just cartoony, low quality detail. If you can bear these annoyances, you could give the game a try. Oh, no way to change mouse sensitivity in the Settings. You are stuck with it. Going to uninstall now. But before I do, I'll generously bump it from 1 star to 2 star to be nice.

PREVIOUS REVIEW

The game was unplayable for me. At startup, I tried resizing the window to my desired size. This broke the UI where my mouse pointer and the actual mouse location in the game window were not matched up right. So I restarted the game a few more times, trying to play the game at its default window size. Unfortunately, anytime that the game was in windowed mode (Alt + Enter) it was off screen. If it was in what I think was fullscreen, it still showed the title bar. So it didn't feel like fullscreen. The game was so unbearably laggy that just pressing a button like Enter or Esc or an arrow key to navigate the menu was difficult. And even if fullscreen, the mouse pointer did not match up with the menu right. I have a GTX 1650, so I am bewildered on why it was so laggy. I had used the "other engine" top menu to disable some stuff like bloom and vignette and a few others, but that didn't improve the lagy any. The controls were not intuitive. I tried caming around and I just couldn't do it. Too laggy. Graphics are bad. I don't know why I downloaded this game. In the game, the 3d models look bad. In game preview pictures, they look bad. I must have been in a hurry and just downloaded it without giving it a good preview look. If you have a newest generation GPU and CPU, maybe you can play this game. But I couldn't. And even if my laptop could handle it, I don't think I would enjoy it.