RPGM - Abandoned - Bones' Tales: The Manor [v0.20.0a] [Dr Bones]

Note: I don't believe a complex opinion can be properly represented by a number but I do understand some people are impatient so I don't use the star system normally, my ratings are as follows. 1 don't recommend, 3 unsure please read review, 5 recommend.

Bones' Tales: The Manor does what a lot of standard porn games do, it's the classic Boy fucks entire family story, the mom is reluctant, the big sister hates you for reasons unknown, the little sister is innocent and loves you, the supernatural presence is snarky and the pictures are artsy. ( I hate me for that pun too don't worry) This game while doing all those things the standard way manages to do them better, the characters are each, well let's go with "endearing" for lack of a more versatile term, The story while perhaps unoriginal has it's own interesting aspects and lots of avenues for the story to continue on, plus with the slew of minor characters and one new major character this could be a longer and more rewarding game when it's finished, or the end could be right around the corner, personally I am excited to see it whats next.

One other aspect I really like about this game is how the scenes are modular, and what I mean by that is progression follows a path even if you aren't able to go the whole way down that path for example, start out grabbing lucy's ass then grinding then fucking, It works in such a way that even if you were to just spend 10 minutes maxing out the attributes for each girl at the beginning you'd still be able to see each scene.

The art is somewhat questionable, personally i like it a lot and have no issue with it but it would be wrong of me not to point out that the style simply isn't for everyone and if you aren't a fan of the cover art or sample pics you might not enjoy the full game, then again I was slightly apprehensive at first but as I played it grew on my so I would suggest giving it a try regardless. (lucy best girl fite me IRL)

Probably the biggest problem with this game is the fact that it's an RPGM game, but i can assure you it's the best RPGM game I've played, Dr. Bones seems to actually have an understanding of basic game design and designed the game and the maps around the gameplay of "find girl at right time of day/item or solution hunt". On top of that the maps are small and your character is actually big so travel/load times are short and the layout of the manor is easy to get the hang of. Plus their are some quality of life features that we can all appreciate, CTRL skips dialogue, the player gets a way to summon the one out of the way character to him instantly, the girls have a set schedule and since the maps are small you know exactly where each girl is at almost any given moment.

In conclusion this game rules it has a standard story but a lot of love was put into it to make is shine, the art is great the game play is exactly as complex as it needs to be without becoming grating. The potential is hung and so am I, thanks for reading

Art's good and there's a fair bit to do only took a star because gameplay can be very repetitive. I am sure this will improve as it is enhanced with further updates. If you're a fan of boy on female family incest, this is for you.

And an incredible game, one of the best games I've ever played, the art and the women are amazing the animals are amazing too, Oseo Bones has a great job, I really like this game and I hope this goes to the end

The art style and renders are well done. The hand-drawn feel is well presented.
The creator also managed to develop and utilize the game engine in such a way that it is not a blatant timesink, which is rare for RPGM.

However, some of the story elements break the 4th wall too often and too early on in the game which ruins the immersion. Maybe a revision could fix this issue but this is unlikely to happen since the game's direction changes so frequently.

Unique art, unique setting, everything is so much better than your average RPG. One small detail that kept me from giving it 5 stars or excellent is that the "animated" scenes are sort of janky, as if you're watching a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that keeps speeding up

Haven't seen such attention to detail since Tetris.
Refreshing Art-Style in contrast to all those Shitty unimaginative quasi-realism oriented 144 fps VNs and traditional copy paste Jap attempts on creativity. The Art, its not "It just works", nor its great, nor tremendously great, its exceptional its on the same level as "we gonna build a wall" .

Slow and steady progression but could be even slower with more attention to detail. It is subpar to the art direction but considering one has to please his bakers first I still find the to be well written (couse usually nothing tends to pleases as much as new scenes). There is an apparent lack of Dialog not to mention dialog options them self which are countered by a good Foundation, namely well thought out characters. Each Char is different in a significant way and one could Imagine their actually existence in the scope of an unending Multiverse. The Story is lacking in two fundamental aspects of Storytelling which are Drama and Consequence. While drama can be found at the beginning Stage of the Game this element is usually, as far as i can tell, only meaningfully used in conjunction with only one of Characters. There are no Consequences to your deeds at least no detrimental ones for your character which is unfortunate as Consequence can enhance story telling and add difficulty ("No good dead shall go unpunished").

The Day-Night Mechanics add some variety to the Games constricting Settings. This variety is increased through a nicely flavored Corruption system. Corruption is usually used as a number of progressive Road-blocks which in conjunction of some other mechanism can be used to hinder progress and thus add to zhe difficulty. This other mechanic is a fetch approach where you usually fetch some things in the game-world and use it on or bring it to actors/objects to fulfill some conditions which allow you to progress. The game sadly overly rely's on fetching and corruption and i hope a meaningful addition will be found in the course of the game development.

Considering its a one-man Team a good amount of progress can be seen. Some people think just because its your main job updates should be faster and bigger where quiet the opposite is true as this is a form of Art and updates should be smaller and more precise just as the strokes of a paint brush. If you are fully committed the main problem is usually the discrepancy between being pleased with ones own work and others being pleased with it. Doing bigger updates is ill advised go for smaller more meaningful ones.

Good Fortunes to the Dev and may his next d20 roll be a 20.


"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life". -Terry Pratchett

it's a good game, I love the scenes, the graphics and I think is the best game I have payed, I think that sometimes it's a little hard to understand the puzzles, but if you can't do it you can go to the discord and ask about that and they help you to do It

Great writing and artwork. It can feel a bit repetitive at times and sometimes you don't know what to do next. But because It's all focused around the manor, you can wander around quick and figure out what to do. Looking forward to future updates!

This is fun game. The controls are comfortable and the animations are pretty smooth. The H-scenes are pretty well animated. I liked the personalities of the main characters sisters. They were a little cliche, but still perfectly enjoyable. I'm looking forward to seeing it progress with the later updates.

BEST. GAME. EVER.

If that's still not enough for you: Amazing Art, Really good gameplay and the best story with a really creative way to aproch the characters. Love you Bones! Thank you so much for this Legendary game

this game is very good when you first play. for puzzles in the game it's also very interesting to find or get every scane. especially supported by some characters who have certain traits and behaviors that make this game much more interesting. I really like this game, I really look forward to this game and also I really hope this game continues from this game to be finished earlier

The Art is solid.
Has Animations so that's always a plus.
The Story is also solid.

It can be a little grindy but I don't mind having to earn the scenes. What takes makes the grind feel worse than it is, is that it can be a bit tedious, running around all over the place to gain points with the different characters, especially when you want to involve Doyle. I think if the developer can make an option to interact with Doyle in the bedroom, it would be a large improvement.

Overall a solid game.

Edit :
v.16
I'm droping to 3 stars. Reason : no actual content or feeling that story is progressing. Simpy a lot of rework that brings no new stuf. Have to admit that i deleted my game after 1 minute of playtime along with my save files. I mean rework is fine in the form of patch or something of a smaller scope than the usual update but when you release an update that is full of rework and bring nothing new (read changelog) for about 6 (+/-) months, idk. This v.16 might be the only worst update this game ever had and that's sad because previous updates were actually great. Note that i originally gave this game 5 stars, still recommend it for new players, if you are old player wait like me till next version. This review has nothing agains Dr. Bones.

v.17
Again I must drop 1 star so it's 2/5. Reason is the same as the previous update. A bunch of old scenes reworked, only one new scene in this version. I don't go in how much time had taken for doc to create this update but in 6 (+/-) months dev of Being a DIK creates much more content, some hour and half, perhaps even more. But the problem isn't with all the reworks and only 1 new scene, it's about quality. Game is released broken and old saves don't work.

Excellent game martha nail it this game has good taste i hope they just polished their animation a little make it longer otherwise the game is good storyline i think 20% completed good to see more comeout of this game already supporting the developer on patreon .

Excellent game. The story, humor, art are all top notch, especially the H-Scenes later in the game. Martha and Lucile are my favorite characters so far, but I'm interested in what the future brings for this title.

Good story , artistic features could be improved to become an excellent game , one of the few games out there to have a very user friendly bestiality option and last but not least a great developer which complies with the demand and his own work schedule .

Dr. Bones has shown that his hard work is actually creating well thought out and consistent content. I have yet to see a game that is being worked on by such a small amount of hands and yet still delivers. The game is an amazing piece of work that provides ample light to genres that don't get enough representation. Thank you Dr. Bones for creating such an awesome game and being so transparent and communicative with your audience!

This game is well made and has good artwork, the developer is doing quite the herculean effort to both code and make the artwork while not being a total scumbag like many other devs, he has a good community and treats them well, even comes here to tease us about being "dirty little pirates". The game itself has overall good progression with a usual of 3 scenes added each month, and quick bug fix patches being dropped days or even hours after each of the monthly updates. Overall the artwork is pretty good and the progression being tied into the points of the characters makes plenty of sense considering their character... for example they mother progression is tied to her guilt, the half sister is tied to her arousal and the youngest sister who is far from matching up with Einstein to say the least has to have enough trust points, while the MC needs deprivation, essentially the will to go through with the "actions" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). Well made game, good artwork and a good story.

One of my favorites, now. Good game, good story and good hscenes. Sure we need more 2dcg like that. The animations are good, and I didn't come across any bugs. I hope that game wouldn't get abandoned.