Speakeasy

I'm gonna say yes for recommendation, but with a very big caveat...? First, the positive: The art's pretty, there's some really fun character dialogue and plots. I really like Vincent, the poly route was surprisingly much better than I was expecting (I LOVE Nika and Max), I love Silas and Milo's routes immensely. It's a historical otome, and I would love to see more of them. I even admit I like everything enough to where I'll be (eventually) purchasing Speakeasy: Last Call so that I can read more of these characters and their adventures. So obviously I do like it. So there's two complaints I have, and it's these. 1) Some routes feel jarring with their resolutions/progress and shifts in character behaviors, and two routes in particular feel significantly shorter as an experience, like they start and then get wrapped up very easily. I felt like Dhalia's and Will's routes in particular felt more like afterthoughts and seem sidelined. 2) Almost everyone except a few of the guys seem FAR more interested in each other than the protagonist 90% of the time. There's something jarring about how the premise is otome, but the writing feels more like it really wants to be a BL game. And hey, I'd be totally ok with a BL game, I own plenty, but I came for an otome - which is what was advertised! There's even a route where the protagonist is romancing Guy A, and the route pauses to focus on Guy A and Guy B having had sex, or wanting to have sex but Guy B turning him down, before the route resumes? And it just feels like the writing is going 'yeah, you may be here, but this character really wants to bone this guy more' in that moment. Uh, okay? It feels extra unnecessary when those same characters are having their open relationship mentioned and elaborated upon in every single other route, too, so it happening even with Guy A's route felt like trying to throw strawberries on an overloaded cake - pardon the poor analogy. And hey, if they usually prefer men but the protagonist is the exception - then why isn't that the angle being elaborated upon within the writing itself? I'd have been more ok with that, too, but instead the game just keeps acting like almost everyone likes men and women relatively equally, but the demonstration is all men all the time (minus perhaps Milo) with the lady being an exception as she invades their lives. I did enjoy that there was the presence of men interested in each other in the game, I just felt the extent of it was a little odd for an otome and tried to elaborate on where that might be so others who might feel less enjoyment from the game can make an informed decision on it for themselves. *Funnily enough, I am not including Nika and Maxim in this during their poly route - it truly felt like they were all equally invested in each other and the protagonist to me, but that's my take on it and other reviews clearly feel otherwise.

Ended up asking for a refund after 1h of gameplay. Well, I wouldn't call that gameplay. I know it's a visual novel but there is almost no choices at all. Rah, women really don't get any good porn games.. I'm really disappointed because the story and the design really got me excited.

Just wow (･ω･ﾉﾉﾞ This game was so much fun I bought an extra showcase to add it to my steam profile♥️ I'd like to replay happy endings again one day, they were so hot! Tragic endings made me cry more than once T_T They really hurt a lot :( Speakeasy Endings are so lewd and spicy. Absolutely every outcome was way too powerful and emotional. Bravo! <3 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3556397446 [u] Praises [/u]: +The setting is awesome! It felt so good to immerse myself into that period of time: music, clothes, those black-&-white old photos for some characters, historical facts, my own country included, I was deeply impressed! +All the characters are so bright, unique, with their bracing backgrounds, I couldn't help but sympathize all of them T_T It was so powerful, I couldn't control myself. I was forced to feel such intense hatred to a character in a couple of routes but then I couldn't help but cry my eyes out playing through his own route. Amazing! There was never a boring scene. +I'd like to thank esp for that immense pleasure of playing through Maxim's route(●♡∀♡))ヾ☆*。 He and his muzh :D are too handsome! All those occasional Russian words, historical facts, like revolution, all that made playing through his route so relatable, extra emotional. I saved his good ending for last, as a final touch of the whole novel. Mmm that kind of relationship is just perfect, like a dream, I can't remember anything similar, no poly route can be compared to this ideal bond<3 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3562122946 +I love how diverse the content here is. So many tragiс things described, they pushed my buttons in every route. I sincerely suffered with the characters, it's written so vividly, I applaud. MC seems insufferable at the beginning of the majority of routes but it's understandable considering her background. It's great to see her change. Her circumstances, despite time difference, still feel too relatable :( I heard myself more than once that it's my duty to my country and society to bear a child, find a husband... If you do what YOU not your parents want you're called selfish, all those details struck a chord with me a lot. I experienced such a wild roller-coaster of emotions. Happy endings were so good I was beaming, my mood lifted for the whole day :D but tragic endings were way too cruel :(( If only every novel was this potent to evoke such powerful emotions(･ω･ﾉﾉﾞ [u] Complaints [/u]: --I like the overall quality but the text still needs some editing. I've encountered just one typo 'a ornamental' BUT several times it was 'povname' at the start of the sentence O_o once it was 'Archie' not up the text box but at the beginning of the sentence. In three routes O_O in bad endings the name I chose was presented in the text box BUT in the sentences it was default Cora all the time, that weird mixture was too distracting :( But it was this way in so many routes that I started to doubt myself that perhaps it's not a flaw but a feature :D like in such tragic endings you lose your chosen identity :) if it's really like this, I don't like it. I appreciate my native Russian, I wonder if one of the devs knows it or who they consulted for it. But, for example, 'Speshit' has a weird form as he addresses mc, it should be 'Pospeshim' or even maybe 'PorA' sounding similar to default Cora :D btw about her name, at first I didn't understand what he meant saying mc's name sounds like Russian tree bark :D But then thanks to that bizarre mixture of protagonist's names mentioned above I recollected that's her name the game offers BUT I always change them, so this comparison has zero sense for players like me :( and it's repeated twice in different scenes :( If you really like that joke so much, perhaps it would be a good idea to keep it as a second name. If I'm not mistaken the number of them is not limited to two, or the text should be changed, dunno if it's technically possible to keep it only in case the players stick to a default name. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3563460949 --I don't like the way the gallery is organized :( Looking at all those slots I was anticipating some juicy images buut in reality every route has only about a couple of sultry scenes, it's just every slight variation of it occupies a separate slot :( ig otherwise they couldn't present all skin options but honestly I found that too distracting :(( I wanted to enjoy all those moments again but found not me, not mc but some other woman with a different skin color, spoils all immersion :(( --It's great that you don't need any patches for adult content. Intimate CGs are so pretty, plus it's really a rare case to have revealing erotic otome :(( So WHY when it's not a CG the chars are always in their underwear O_o You read through such exciting details but it doesn't match what you see in sprites :( --I need mooooore save slots T_T At least enough to save before EVERY choice :( I'm so happy I've bought this game, it was an extremely pleasant read. I can't wait to try their fandisk as well. Consider me a fan now :D [table] [tr] [th]More thoughts about the game in a [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/readingnook/discussions/0/603038516968961412/] Reading Nook [/url][/th] [/tr] [/table]

I was genuinely excited for this game, especially since there are so few well-made erotic games designed with women in mind. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a major disappointment. I can accept an Mc being irritating due to her upbringing, but when the characters have more chemistry with each other than with the one they're meant to be involved with, something's clearly off. I couldn't even finish two routes because the experience became increasingly uncomfortable. Sadly, this ended up being the worst purchase I've ever made in terms of visual novel games.

Unfortunately, this game was not for me. First, the positive: the art is very nice and the CGs are well drawn for an R18 game. The story did not catch me, though. I think you might need to be really a fan of this era of 1920s America (probably if you are US-American you might have more fun with it) and like joyful jazz music a lot. I thought the music did not fit all situations in the game, as it was indeed mostly happy music, but some scenes were more tense. But the biggest issue was mostly that I did not really like the LIs - especially I am not a big fan of LIs that have liaisons with each other or different people than MC. The spicy scenes were ok so far, but some of those were also quite disturbing (in Vincent´s route). If you can oversee all that, you can give it a try.

Surprisingly long story compared to what I was expecting--several hours and I got through to Vincent's "bad" ending quite fast, but I went back and I'm over 6 hours and still have not finished through Vincent's path yet. The music is fantastic, background for the bar in the speakeasy has a cartoon sloth? which is very distracting, but kind of funny. I absolutely cannot stand the lingerie/underwear. Modern undergarments in a 1920's inspired game? Jarring and the developer putting their name on it as a logo like it's Calvin Klein? Worse. The dialogue is so good! Then comes the underwear and I'm like it was better with clothes on, just cut away and put in more cut-scene art. You don't have a whole lot of time to get to know the characters and their preferences prior to choosing who you want to romance--I wish you got to learn a little more about each character first. Playing through Vincent's story, there are a lot of things I found out about other characters that may have made me more interested in those paths had I known them before choosing Vincent. Like I said before, it is well written, albeit verbose at times. Not many choices truly change the course of the story. Recommend saving at those points because it is not obvious when choices may force the story in a different direction. Overall, compelling--feels like a novella--I wish the cut-scenes were actually like the videos they play at the beginning, but alas...

Hayır hayır ve hayır. Bu oyunu uzun zaman bekledim, LI'lerin çokluğu ve sanat stili çok ilgimi çekmişti. Fakat hikaye ve trope işleyişleri o kadar felaket ki benim gibi karanlık tema seven insanı bile soğuttu. Oynadığım iki saatte dört kişinin route'unu yarıladım, hatta birini bitirdim. Konu işleyişi çok ama çok hızlı, incelemelerden birinde AI ile yazılmış olabilir demiş birisi, onu görünce bana da mantıklı geldi çünkü bazı yerler gerçekten çok kötü. Speakeasy denen yerler Amerika'da içki satımı yasağı varken yasadışı olarak satım yapan ve her türlü pisliğin döndüğü eğlence mekanları, o yüzden ahlak bekçisi LI'ler beklemiyordum tabii ki ama karakterin de bir işleyişi olur, o yok. Kızı görüyorlar "Oha çok güzelsin gel seni bi' s♡keyim." f♡ckbuddy gibi dolanıyoruz yanlarında. Nerde romantizm? Nerde build-up? Bu erotik değil bildiğin smut ve onu da iyi yapmıyor. Yine de bu ekonomide bu oyuna 7 dolar verdiğim için oynayıp bitireceğim, sadece Silas ve Milo'dan biraz umutluyum, bakalım.

[h1]God, I really love this game. [/h1] [h3]It's SO unhinged, but in a good way.算是对上电波了[/h3] 这部用词挺难的，而且内容还挺多，打到现在差不多14个小时才全通了两条线。不过除开炫词汇量，写作文笔算不上很好 有很多涩涩场景，但是CG不多[spoiler]我要笑晕了，下面毛跟头发一个颜色[/spoiler]，基本上更多是文字描述 不谙世事金丝雀千金女主，我以前挺讨厌这种类型，但是这部看下来感觉各种方面平衡得还行，毕竟设定是1920s（居然已经是一百年前了）[spoiler]不敢相信女主设定居然是25，打Milo线我以为她22-23差不多[/spoiler] 基本上是开头选线选谁就是最喜欢谁了，不同选项的女主心态差分我蛮喜欢的 可惜没有成就啥的，不过每条线都是标准的三个结局：地下酒吧结局-悲剧结局-幸福结局 地下酒吧结局我感觉算是提前的坏结局吧，两个人没有阻碍就在一起了也暗示后续不太好的发展 悲剧和幸福都蛮好的，都别有一番风味( ‵▽′)ψ 然后不是每个选项都会影响结局，只有一个关键选项选对就会进那个这个或那个结局 可能是后面Dev改的？我搜到的steam指南里也是有选项路线的，说是官方的攻略，但是实际玩不是这样。 不过steam好像改了，以前锁区好像也看得了指南，现在咋样都不行，得搜谷歌才能看见 [h3]潜在雷点[/h3] ·小白花大小姐女主 ·做爱场景描述和血腥场景描述 ·开放的性关系 ·可怕的异性恋同性恋双性恋 ·对我来说稍微的雷点就是女主喜欢看腐，爱看男男搞和幻想男男搞，但是我觉得坐边上看任何人搞都很奇怪，对这方面也不感兴趣（我直接参与就是两码事了）it's like a straight man loves watching lesbian porn-it's a fetish, and not everyone's into that [h2]Vincent这个大贱男啊啊啊啊啊啊啊[/h2] 打完Milo线就决定一定要试一试老板，结果太香了啊啊啊啊这个贱人 像两颗行星无法控制地吸入彼此的轨道，太喜欢这种类型了 感觉他幸福结局有点太长太拖拉了，但是悲剧结局的情绪张力真的好爽！[spoiler]怎么办就是好爱看两个人哭着做[/spoiler] 唉，太喜欢公狗了，永远没法拒绝会赤壁的种马男 [h3]8.5/10[/h3] 打完两条线总体给我感觉在8.5/10左右，没那么那么好，但也还行，还没看其他线，感觉也不会差太多 节奏上有点不太理想，背景Jazz虽然好听但是听久了有点distractive 太喜欢Vin短时间没法再走其他人线了，我得缓缓，以后再来玩

A solid visual novel. The art style for the character models is nice and the idea of giving NPCs tiny old fashioned portraits is a smart idea to save on budget while still giving them something to represent themselves with. The backgrounds are all black and white static images that also look like they might be photos, while servicable they aren't all that impressive. The jazzy music that occasionally plays is nice, especially in the opening and closing credits (which is also where the only real animation occurs). For the plot, it's quite engaging, a real coming of age story for the protagonist with a nice selection of bachelors. It can be sweet or dark depending on your choices so it has tone to suit anyone's tastes. It doesn't do anything new with the gameplay format of a visual novel, it only has a half dozen choices so you'll spend 99% of the time just reading. But if you're okay with a solid story and dating some hunky men in a somewhat underused timeframe then this is the one for you.

CG are very very BAD