HARDCODED

I can hardly add anything here that hasn't already been said a hundred times over. But, because this game was incredible, I'm gonna try and summarise my thoughts anyway. PLAYTIME: I logged significantly more time in this game than most people here. Part of that was me leaving the game window open while I was making food and doing household stuff before I realised I was artificially raising my playtime stat -I'm not *that* much of a perv, I promise. There's hours of story content to engage with though. I also messed around with outfits and furniture a lot, and spent several in-game days looking around the map seeking random encounters and hidden scenes. I'm not sure how much time I actually spent playing, but more than 12 is a safe bet. For reference, I clocked out at "Day 134" in-game, pretty sure I did everything the game had to offer. NSFW CONTENT: Still a benchmark of the genre after all this time. *insert all the stuff everyone else has already said about it.* This game is especially hot when it hits a spot that does it for you personally, of course... but you know the writing is *genuinely* good when you can play a scene about a fetish you don't personally share and still come away from it with appreciation and more understanding of what makes it hot. So many fetishes explored, including some niche ones I personally adore but hadn't ever thought to see meaningfully represented in a game (shoutout to everyone who'd like to be physically disassembled by hot lesbian engineers, this is the game for you). STORY: The game does not enforce any play order, but I would recommend playing through all the character story lines before playing Main Story 15, which sets off the de-facto ending of the story. The game warns you that you won't be able to play the character scenes while this part of the story plays out, though you can return to them afterwards. However, returning to the fun, quirky sex stories after the dramatic ending will feel like a massive whiplash and not make a lot of narrative sense. All these people showing up in the main plot to help you out also seem more impactfull if you've played through their individual stories. The story is great, but occasionally -for me personally- the lack of spoilers available online for the main plot made it a bit nerve-wracking. As it may be a comfort for anyone like me who loves knowing "the right choice", it doesn't look like the choices really impact the eventual outcome a lot, though some of them cause scenes to play out differently, only to end up in the same end point. If a choice will lead to sex it is always obviously signposted, so you shouldn't miss out on sex scenes unless you choose to avoid them. A mostly spoiler-free pointer for the specific point where I reloaded the game to explore the other options because the story seemed to take a kinda upsetting turn: - When meeting Sal and Mrs. Greene in the main plot, there are 3 different scenes that can play out depending on whether you choose to help them with a rescue or help them get out of town. The bad thing that happens, happens in all of them, so you cannot avoid that, and they all end in the same place for your character. But the obvious "brave" choice (the rescue) that kicks off this choice tree is ostensibly the "correct" one. I loved all the hidden scenes! It pays off to regularly check back in areas you think you've seen everything, because progress in the character stories unlocks extra scenes in the nightclub, with the pillory mistress, in the Candlewax Club, with the Tunnel Girls, etc. The coffee shop mini game was funny (besides the concept of coffee with ♥♥♥ as a thing, it looked like failing to perfectly make the drinks barista Bru disliked actually raised your score over a 100%?) I wished there had been more stuff featuring the Rust Pups and the Rust Pup compound once it finally unlocked, as well as Forcier's garden... but it's already incredible that there was as much content as there was given that this was such a small team. Other people have remarked that a lot of character stories end rather abruptly, and that's certainly true. I was a bit sad that all of a sudden there was no more Forcier content (I loved them so much T_T). But again, abruptness aside, if you play through all the stories before playing the ending, it doesn't feel all that jarring, because the ending does tie things up. In short, a must-play for everyone who likes anarchism, lesbian sex and robots.

Very fun/interesting characters overall, and the game manages to touch on a lot of existential questions about gender, friendship and even what it means to be human. I can't think of any other adult games where I've gone through emotions of arousement, sadness, humor and maybe most importantly: feeling seen. This games does all that and more. My only complaint might be that I wish character customization carried into cutscenes, and that it had a little more end game content. Otherwise, this is a game with a lot of love put into the characters and world - and you can tell.

proper T4T game which is filled with well written characters all caring a bit too much. they also have their ♥♥♥♥ to deal with, like actual humans.

One of the most fun and affirming games for trans humans, especially those of the trans-femme leaning variety, and there's representation across a lot of different levels from gender, race, disability, personality, etc. It does a great job of offering you the option to just not engage with a particular person after hearing the context of a situation, as well, so I really really appreciate that from a consent perspective. It has kinks of many kinds for many tastes sprinkled in, so it's bound to have something you like and some things you don't; but again, HARDCODED always gives the option to opt out of any situation before it goes too far. Overall 10/10 game for erotic art, tons of content, various storylines, many types of preferences & flavors of person/queer identity/sexual identity/etc. and most importantly, consent! My only request at all would be even mooooore content hahaha. But that's just me being greedy! ^_^

hot af. great story. fun characters. would recommend to kinky friends if I had some

Genuinely brilliant

very gay and transgender

coming from a trans woman -- im quite a fan of the worldbuilding! w