Max's Big Bust - A Captain Nekorai Tale

Max's Big Bust - A Captain Nekorai Tale
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$9.99
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6 February 2017
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Max's Big Bust is a Life Sim/Visual Novel that follows the story of two cops, Max and Brad, as they investigate a shady new drug that's been circulating the mean streets of Axon City.

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Max's Big Bust - A Captain Nekorai Tale system requirements

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  • OS: Windows XP
  • Processor: 1.2 GHz Pentium 4
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 1280 x 720
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

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xporc
xporc

The second entry in Lached Up Games' Axonverse series. Much better than its predecessor. The art is less amateur-ish, but some of the anatomy is still wrong. The writing is better and most of the serie's tropes and concepts were introduced here. Recommended if you're into the genre and this brand of humor.

HeavenSloth
HeavenSloth

Pros
Decent story.
Likable characters.
Nice background beats and intro.
Several funny moments.
Few detective scenarios. Not to many. Not to much. (Also after first playthrough you don't have to do them again skip option.)

Cons
Didn't care for the quizzes. Wish their was a skip option.

Fenrir
Fenrir

Easily the wackiest, funniest, most intentionally random games I have ever played. The hardest part was not laughing long enough to solve the puzzles. A great game for anyone who enjoys a good Visual Novel or logic puzzler, but wants a good laugh because you will find something new to make you smile every time you turn it on

Quorry
Quorry

Be prepared for lots of transformation in this vn. A lot of things are imperfect about this game. The art has noticeable anatomy issues at times, the writing leans on a couple of tropes pretty heavily, stuff like that. But overall I found it comes together well. Doing repeat playthroughs to try the other routes is nice because you can skip everything you've read before AND you can skip the large puzzle sections you've already completed.

Sinon
Sinon

6 hours of gameplay so far and it's still in development? Wow, I sure feel that I got what I paid for!
So after running the game from beginning to the current end, I have to say that I am not disappointed at all!

The plot (scroll down to my review below to avoid spoilers)
The plot is apparently set in the near-future, where it's been popular with transformation-gas and half human-half animal surgeries and stuff. The technology is quite similar to current, with taser-weapons as regular non-lethal weaponry, normal TVs, cars on wheels and trains still on tracks etc. The gender-transformation is apparently still in its early days with a few biproducts (like lactose-intolerance being a biproduct of cat-ears). Our protagonist however, is a young police officer with about three years of experience. He and his partner, Brad, are part of a department that deals with drugs and stuff and they are currently trying to deal with a new sort of drug called MinX. During their first dispatch, our protagonist ends up having a "tiny" bit of an accident and ends up as a woman. Now, for all of you that came here just for that par, I can promise you that he's not the only one that ends up having to deal with a female body... *giggle*

Now, here's my veiw on other features in the series:

Music/sound
I like the music and sound effects, but I miss being able to hear voices and possible have a on/off function of this. What I think would be great is if one could choose between having the characters speak or not. I like the game, but it's a shame when I have to read things 2-3 times because I can't seem to register what I read (this often happens when I'm feeling a bit tired, and that I do often). I also think this could help making the game differ more from other visual novels.

Animation
This part I feel should be separated in two parts: the animated scenes and the regular scenes.

I have to say that I love the scene from the trailer. However I have been playing for 6 hours and only at the current end did I get to enjoy a new, short animation that looked quite similar to the last one. To be honest I feel a bit disappointed. I would very much love to see action or comedy-packed scenes receive even just a short scene now and then. Especially special scenes containing unique situations or characters. It would give the game more interesting content that adds to the regular content.

For the regular content I want to make one thing clear; NEVER use a picture of the character that doesn't fit in with the action. It's important with variation to ensure that it doesn't look cheap and poorly made. So if a character is bloody, it is bloody, and if a character got ther gender swapped and they have a belt to their pants, they won't try to hold them in place with one hand all the way to their boss's office and then all the way home. Besides, a womans waist is wider than a mans, and hence it doesn't add up that the protagonist lose his pants (and not the underwear?) when turned into a woman. But enough of that pricky stuff. Overall aside from these few things, the content is good-looking and most of the time it fits well into the situation.

Texting
I've found some, but very few errors to the texting. So far I guess I have only found places where words are missing, so I just add them in my mind when reading the sentence a second time. It would be nice to see these minor errors corrected, but it's not something that would need to be prioritized at this stage. It may actually be a good thing, as the reader has to stop and read one more time to get the whole picture. It creates a pause and a difference, and it certainly gets the reader's attention back a little. As long as it's only happening 4-5 times in like 6 hours of content, it's not something to get all worked up about.

interaction with the game
I simply love how one can affect the game with multiple choices and this should definitely have a continued focus throughout the development. Even though it's a story-based game it should give the player the possibility to interact and affect the game, and even though I haven't really got to test this out much, I have to say that it's still a bit funny. In my case I'm a justice-person so I have an issue with accusing the wrong suspect and stuff like that, in fear of getting both the hard-working protagonist and an innocent in trouble... But I did get an opportunity to run away from a certain cute-girl loving maniac that eventually stunned/tazed the protagonist and dragged her to a swimsuit shop... it was quite funny actually...

And that's it for my review! Personally I don't think I'm the right person to set a "grade" on stuff, but in my case I would say 8/10. As the game is not finished yet, my estimate is only for the content so far, not for the finished product.

louseybum
louseybum

I like it, however i think when max is home and has nothing to do, she need a little more opthions like looking in the mirror comptimplating in thought about being female, taking a scented bath to relax, or touching herself to see what it feels like giving you the option of what to say or think in your head during a conversation or automaticly say that without the option that's just my persional opinoin whatever the creaters deside it's all up to them.

ps sorry for any bad spelling it's been a while since i typed and hopfully the creaters like a few of my ideas.

I fogot to mention i think max should atleast have internet on his home PC so Max can think what she would look like with animal ears and tail, like cat, fox, or rabbit. The option of shoping for cloths would be there and max can try on a few outfits witch also force Max to comptimplate on the female gender, i think max should have the option to deside where to work for part time like zara gaming, coffee shrine, or the other store's i can't remmber the names i know they were in the very first puzzle game when Max had to investigated the rubberies at the mall.

Devolers please send email to my acount on steam and tell me what you think good luck with the beta, this goes out to the gamers as well please speak your mind.

Echo
Echo

I really like this game, and I can't wait until the next update to continue the story. Even though the game isn't finished I've been having a lot of fun with it.

LunaMilkTea
LunaMilkTea

when i found out the game was 4-5 hours i was disappointed then i realized that was early access and theres a lot more story to come. i enjoyed the puzzles and the story. its more interactive then most Visual novels i see.

GenericName
GenericName

This is a game involving transformations, primarily focusing on guy to girl. Though animal ears and tails are pretty prevalent too. If you dont care for that kind of stuff you should probably just move on, because though there is more than that to this game it is the central theme.

The main character is a Police Officer working in an elite unit tasked with taking down a new drug, MinX. Through a bit of stupidity, the character gets turned into a girl. This is a world were people can buy drugs to alter their appearance so it's not considered a big deal.

You have the standard romance options with the people you work with. You also have some detective type puzzles to work through, which i rather enjoyed. Other than that there's alot of dialog to go through and it feels very well written. I rather got to enjoy the characters in the story. The game world itself is an extension of another game, "Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme". As a result the game worlds lore actually has some depth to it, though its mostly only hinted at here. I'm not sure but i think this game picks up a year or two after the last one ended, and in a different city. You will see some return characters though.

Simply put, this game is better than its predecessor. Or at least i think so, sure you don't get to jump around characters like before and see their different angles of the story. But, this game seems like it will ultimately be larger and already has more variety of actions, namely the detective style puzzles and i'm hoping they do more with the mini game on your phone. Regardless, if you liked the previous game get this. If you thought it was lacking a bit, get this. If you hated it, don't get this. And if you have no idea about the other game ask yourself two questions. Do i want to play a date sim style game? Can i tolerate transformations that include gender change?

The only thing i didn't really care for was the serious lack of variation on the characters picture's. I'm hoping its nothing more than a mark of being early access. Admittedly it was funny when the characters made a comment about this in regards to a criminal but i'd rather have more variation than a sly 4th wall gag.

KittensInTinyTopHats
KittensInTinyTopHats

This is the best visual novel i've ever played EVER.

The story is VERY good (even though its in development)

The art is very good (cg,character sprites,ect)

I've never played a visual novel with full motion video cut scenes fully animated

The interaction is the best i've ever seen in my life(visual novel wise) you investigate crime scenes, you can actually play on your phone. my virtual pet died :(

One thing it lacks, but is made up for in the other feaures is that there is no voice acting, but this is not the first visual novel i've played without it.

The action scenes are good.

It also has a very good soundtrack serously make a DLC for that.

This game is one trillion times better then sakura spirit (sakura spirit was the first visual novel i've played)

I've payed CDN$28.04 it was -15% best 28 dollers and 4 damn cents i've spent (and also the most i've put into one game).
I Recommend this game for the visual novel fans out there or the people who want to check this genre out.
BUY This damn game its worth EVERY SINGLE DAMN CENT.

If I was to give this game a rating on a scale of 1 to 10

I would say 9/10

ppg1998
ppg1998

Hello I am pgg1998 and I love this game fully but there is a glitch on the heart meter I have played it for a while and i think it's stuck I keep trying to make it work on ember but it's stuck on nuetral friend and from what I have been able to get her I should have 5 to 6 hearts for her at this point even though it's stuck on 3 but other then that great game

memphi
memphi

Let me preface this by saying that I really liked this game so far. I think that all the characters are awesome and that the story is pretty funny and interesting. Basically this game is a 8/10 in my book probably 9/10 once it is finished. But there is one small problem that makes me so angry when I see it and its inevitable. It's Ethan and his Fucking Bullshit Ass name reminds me of Heavy Rain a game that I really hate and every time I just hear David Cage's Dumb ass saying Ethan in a broking french accent every time and its just enfuriating. Just had to get that out there, the game is still awesome though I hope I didn't ruin Ethan for any of you.

Q-ROCK
Q-ROCK

9.5/10
A very well made game and provides hours of fun in its current state. Crime solving mechanics entertaining and added a level of difficulty I haven't seen in a game like this ever. When it cut off at the end of the update, I screamed. Can't wait to se this game completed.

One Buzzy Boi
One Buzzy Boi

Very funny and very clever writing. A few glitches noticed on the Brad plot line (Holly delivers your costumes, knows that you are dating, then acts all freaked out at the anime con and asks when we started dating) but still really fun. Can't wait to see more.

borderwolf42
borderwolf42

This games is worth the money. The latest update is very funny. The choices for who Max moves in with are great, and some of the dates that happen after Max moves in are extreamely funny, they are in my opion: Victoria, Brad, and Ember's. The route for Holly is sweet. The route for Ethen is weird but slighly nice. So my score rating for this game is a 9.5 out of 10.

Skyforcemk
Skyforcemk

This game is great because the art design are good and the story plot for each person is great, and each choice you picked will have an outcome of what might happen.

Me regretting is that i laugh so hard I ended throwing up because I can't keep stop laughing like crazy

Volusa
Volusa

A very good anime-style visual novel, with a few crimey-wimey (timey-wimey Dr Who ref!) puzzles in it, as well as a coupla trivia quizzes! The characters and their story lines are well thought out, as well as umm... well-drawn... once this is completed, definitely a 10/10!

NOTE: zomg, ZOMG, FINISH IT PLEEEASE!!! DON'T PULL A "GEORGE R R MARTIN" ON US!!!!

ANOTHER NOTE: Max's sister should get the Ice powers if you're going the full elemental trio route with the tramsforming-elemental-marble thingys

Cat-tastic! =^_^=

MogTurtle
MogTurtle

Wow.
I am truly at a loss for words.
Of course, it's still in the process of being an amazing game, but it is GLORIOUS as it is right now.
I love how it's not just something you read, and then leave it from there. There is ACTUAL thinking involved, as well as a shit ton of replayability. For my first Visual Novel, I can say I am really pleased, and definetly recommend this game(If I can accidently stumble upon 25$ in my bank account, so can you!) because it is truly worth every penny.

I think I favourite route was Ethan. Max was so awkward the entire time around him, and the ending of this update really solidified my thoughts. I also ran Brad. I liked it, because it had a more, thoughtful approach to it, rather than Ethan. Don't worry dev, I'll get to the Yuri endings as well ^~^

Long story short, BUY THIS GAME! HELP THE DEV!

Velocifang
Velocifang

Well, for starters I would say that I have really enjoyed what I have played of this story so far despite the fact that I did end up playing most of it with Offline mode turned on. The reason being offline with it is that I'm pretty sure my friends would be a bit like "What the heck are you playing" or something along those lines. But I digress, for me it has been pretty fun so far and I admit that it was not really what I had been expecting.

For starters, there are parts of it where you are actually talking to characters and collecting information in order to solve number of cases, and to work your way through situations. I didn't know the game had this in it as a feature so it was a pleasent surprise for me. For me it was pretty simple to do them, but it was fun none the less.

The next part of it that I wan't expecting was about how wacky some of the characters and their personalities are. I got a kick out of how silly the Police captain is and I did find some of the bad guys you encounter to be pretty funny as well.

Sadly though, I have progressed to the current end of what is available to play so I am left in suspense as to what Max will
encounter until more content updates come around. Luckily, there are mulitple numbers of story routes that I can play through to learn and find out more of what is going with the characters and how they fit into things. :)

I do recommend giving this game a shot if you like visual novels with fun and interesting plot twists and a bit of mystery. So far not everything is as it seems.

A little note to the developers if you happen to read this:
I really hope there is more that is going to happen at Coffee Shrine, the things that go on there really make my day. :D
And I really liked the hair color. I hope to see it make a return even if it's just once. :)

DuckyDeed
DuckyDeed

Note: I've played approximately twelve hours or more on this game, but that was on a separate computer so I'm assuming it didn't keep track of it.

I became interested in this game to do rpgminx's playthrough of it. After watching her, I knew I had to get my hands on it myself. Buying this is a decision I do not regret. I have not played (nor watched gameplays of) many genderbender games, but this one has lured me in and set the bar for any others I might play in the future.

I played all the yuri love interest routes, being a lesbian, and each one I loved for different reasons. Ember's was sweet and somewhat amusing, due to Max's naivety. Holly's was surprisingly romantic, and her personality actually reminds me of myself (whether that is a good thing or not, though. . .). Victoria's was flat out amusing, but also affectionate when it came to the art. Speaking of. . .

The art is lovely. The animations surprised me when I was watching rpgminx's playthrough, and it made me want to play it all the more because that is not something you see in a typical visual novel, or so my experience of them says, anyways.

I like how Max's situation with his/her flipped gender is dealt with. He (and I say that for a reason, at least in the beginning) is very upset and resistant to being turned into a girl. It's not immediate acceptance, and it's actually his primary concern - he wants to turn back into a man. Even when he starts becoming more of a she , Max stills talks about returning to his original gender, although I believe she's actually embraced her new form (or at least I hope) and is now content with her body.

The characters are actually pretty far from bland, even the background characters. I have a fondness for all of them, even if that fondness mostly shows up in the form of irritation for a certain panda. . . They're pretty unique and can amuse you. Sometimes the situation can build and I'll be struck by how tense the scenario actually is.

The investigation scenes can actually require some thought, but they're not ridiculously complex or anything like that. Trivia is something I wasn't expecting, but I enjoy those parts too.

The only thing I would say that actually detracts from the game is the grammar - there are a few mispellings, typos, and what seems to be absent words, but in all honesty these are pretty far apart and don't interrupt the flow too much or confuse you, so it's easily ignored.

If I had to rate it, it's an actual 10/10 despite that little issue. I had a lot of fun with this and I'm looking forward to more as soon as more comes out.

Shogunomi
Shogunomi

HAH, now I was bored. I was interested. And boy do I like girls. And what better way to like girls than in a story where there is one less boy and one more girl by default in the beginning?
*Gibberish*

So I was bored. I got interested in the concept of seeing more girls. I got this after the update at 2016/08/04 (4th of August I believe) Aaand I was not so hot for the dating thing I was more interested in...(I am not sure what I was interested in)

I was more interested in the fox girls and the ears. I had hoped for the character to gain those ears. And I love them ears. (N' tails)

So I do recommend this game. There are fox girls. If you are like me and dislike surprises then... I dunno... You will probably stay for the ears and the hope of seeing more fox ears and catears.

However... This is wonky. I don't know what to dislike about it. Maybe the art could be subpar in someones eyes? But beeing someone that cannot draw at all but is trying I find it much more easy to just turn a blind eye to how things looks... I think...

I am ok with this buy. I got some fox ears and cat ears to look at. That is fine. This is fine....

This is nonsense. Shooo. Go away. If you read this far that is...

teemut1991
teemut1991

Max's big bust is one of the best visual novels out there. It has great story with very funny elements, it also has great visuals. The maker's visual style has been greatly improved from their previous game gender bender dna twister. Story is complex and long and gives good number of choices.

One thing that dissapointed me was the amount of animation in the game. Since they advertise that part of their game in shop so much, you kinda expected more animated shorts between gameplay. That can change though because the game isn't complete yet at the time of my review.

8,75/10 for a visual novel

Mimsy
Mimsy

Oh My Gosh - Loved the waterpark episode and now cant wait to see Holly dress max up

naoto-chan
naoto-chan

This game is pretty nice

Grafics are really pretty and the animated scenes are a plus even if they are short.
All characters are appealing , each in their own way wich for a visual novel is really important.
I laugh prety often while playing this game and it hadn't happened in a long time.
The only thing that can distub you is if you have a thing against TF and TG (I don't ).
Totaly worth its price.

sam.lount
sam.lount

This is the best visual novel I have ever experienced! Thank you for making such a thoroughly enjoyable game!

This game is the gold standard by which all other VNs should be judged. And in time I am sure that it will be. If you are looking for a great interactive experience, then pay full price and support Latched Up Games, because with this kind of attention to detail, quality and substance, they are bound to produce many more incredible games with great story and composition!

I look forward to their next VN, whatever and whenever that may be...

Xiry
Xiry

From what I have been able to gather this game takes place in Australia.

I am beginning to seriously contemplate moving to Australia.

Incompetent Finn
Incompetent Finn

One of the most well-developed and well-written Visual Novel-esc games I've played in a long time.
It does have a few themes that might turn some off (Gender Bending, People with Animal Ears and Tails, a Slimegirl) but it by no means feels like it's overly-pandering towards that demographic. It takes itself quite maturely, which is refreshing to see when it comes to games in these genera.
It is by no means soely a 'choose A or B' game; There are surprisingly enjoyable Detective segments that require actual thought, not just random clicking around, and Trivia games that, while not essential to the story, do at least make you more inclined to actually pay attention to the ingame universe as a whole.
Its characters are a riot to watch; I had more than a few belly-laughs throughout. The story never takes itself too seriously, and overall is just a fun ride to sit through.

If you aren't exactally enthralled by the gender-bending trope or the idea of having 25% of the cast have animal ears, this probably isn't your thing. But if you're just looking for an enjoyable visual novel with a relatively unique perspective on the genera, I highly reccomend you checking this out.

Jocosity
Jocosity

Even though it looks like it's just another boob VN, Max's Big Bust actually has a nice amount of content in its bosom. There are a few parts where you actually get to do what can be loosely considered police work, talking to suspects and doing goofy Phoenix Wright-style hijinks to catch criminals, there's a poor imitation of a pet raising game on your phone, and there's even random trivia games placed everywhere they could fit one. The story is pretty good, and the budget seems higher than most similar games, including having a few animated cutscenes (though it seems like they were animated by a Japanese studio, so the dialogue is in unsubtitled Japanese explained in-game by a joke, but the dialogue isn't that important in the scenes that have it) and subjectively good art - most of the art is pretty well-drawn, and the characters who have questionable poses or designs get mocked by the other characters pretty often so it feels more like the game is laughing with you. One route of the game took me 15 hours to finish, and I doubt the other romance paths will take as long but that's still a pretty good length for an Australian VN to me.

✩ Helenα ✩
✩ Helenα ✩

I thought that this was going to be a silly game with gender swapping, but I’m glad I was (partially) wrong. Yes, there’s a lot of fan service, but honestly, Max’s Big Bust is a good visual novel. You solve mysteries and you can romance one of the other characters (women and men), and the dialogue between the characters is pretty funny some times.

I liked the fact that the game makes fun of itself; not in a tiring way that at some point you get annoyed (at least in my opinion), but in a legitimately funny way. Everything can happen here, the universe of this story is totally crazy together with its characters.

There’s the animation too. Some scenes were actually animated into a short anime, and I found that amazing! Also, the “after credits” nearly made me choke of laughing, now I want to see a zombie version of Dancing Guy in another game.

9/10, I highly recommend if you want a visual novel with more gameplay, and if you really want a "non sense comedy" to read and have fun.

WuvWoo
WuvWoo

I've only just started this one and already it has gotten me laughing hard enough to hurt.
If you're able, read the words as they come up on screen. Some lines that come out of nowhere will crack you up.

Rayzod
Rayzod

doesn´t realy feel like a game, mostly you klick throu endless conversations on which u have no influence, the only choices you can make are with wich person you spend lunchbreakes or a day off. in investigations you have to klick throu all options untill u have all information and its resolved automatically. i was realy excited, but it feels more like you are watching a movie during which you nonstop have to read subtitles.

600 and Counting
600 and Counting

I had an issue with the executable and it not launching so I got in contact with Lached Up games and they gave me some of the best customer service I have had in a long time. Before this issue I had beaten this game and I really enjoyed I really recomend it.

Ms. Perci
Ms. Perci

I was given this game as a sort of deal. My friend and I decided to get each other visual novels because why the heck not. I get them Nekopara Vol 2, and they got me this. Despite the very weird nature of this game, I managed to enjoy this game for all it was worth. I was able laugh at the TG (initials for transgender) elements in the game (it's meant to be funny I swear, they use that joke more than once), able to respect the other modified ladies in the game (bunny girl, fish girl, etc), and I was able to get into the story that was given. It takes place in Australia and has a rather funny plot about drug investigations, magical forces, elemental people and other crazy stuff of that nature. It also has a feature in which you can hook-up the main character (who recently went from male to female) with characters in the story through certain decisions (you have a police man, a lesbian otaku, a bookworm, a redhead and a mystery man), and has some fun (albeit repetitive) investigation sections as to spice up the visual novel and overall have you do more. In summary, it's very weird, should never be played in public, and is very anime at the end of the day. Seriously though, keep this game hidden from people, you will be judged harshly for playing this.

Nepster
Nepster

I bought this game out of whim. The entire experience was something i never would guessed. Emotional rollercoaster that started with laughs and chuckles, turning into few "this is cute" moments.

Depending on the route you play, there is tons of things i think are great. And things i would rather never wanted to see/read.

Overall the story of the game is great aside few points where you are forced to take apart of story-elements that are honestly stomach turning disgusting. But that is just my own personal opinion of course.

I still recomend this game for people who likes unique concept and ideas as well occasional laughs.

Roania
Roania

It's a cute visual novel. I use that term advisedly, because that's what it is. It's not a game, per se. It's a story with a set beginning and a largely concrete end. There are puzzles, and objectives, but it's only a question of doing them well or doing them poorly. You can't skip them.

So, what's here that's worth your time? The art is quite good. I understand it may not be to everyone's tastes, but I enjoyed the artistic direction of the project. The writing is excellent, though slightly slapdash at parts. The animation, when there is animation, is top notch. The characters are strong and well-defined, except when they aren't, which is usually for the sake of humor.

There is one gag towards the end that relies both on the static animation and the fact you probably haven't given a particular character much thought that I thought quickly redeemed whatever flaws there were here, so I'm certainly pleased. It's a fast game, if you let it be. You could easily get sucked into the writing and spend hours at each decision point, trying to obtain more of it.

Now, a few words about the... let's say content, might not go amiss here. Yes, it involves a full-scale magical sex change. Two, in fact. The story, insofar as it takes a stance, could also be described as sex positive. There's a great deal of sexual content and innuendo. Outright nudity? That I didn't see, though that's not to say it's not there. You can tell at a glance up therewhat the usual 'level' might be.

Soundtrack is... basic? Very basic? It seems to be largely stock music, and it was probably the weakest part of the game for me. Since there's no speaking outside of the animated sequences, you could easily play with the speakers off and your own music on. I'm not going to recommend that, but it's something you could do.

aimi
aimi

Pros
Pretty cute visual novel.
Nice art.
Fun story.
Memorable characters.
Hot characters.
In depth story.
Skip function.
LI matters in details. ^^

Cons
Anime scenes are scarce.
Anime scene quality is not as good as art.
More romance scenes with LI.

The game is pretty awesome. Just wish there was more... T_T especially the romance scenes.

Jimmy Sprinkles
Jimmy Sprinkles

I really enjoyed this game. Its seems a little pricey for a VN but its got tons of content and well worth the price. Its also got great humor, fun and likeable characters, and an interesting story. The investigation gameplay puzzles are also alot of fun. Overall just a really high quality and fun VN. One of the best i've played.

Dexutech
Dexutech

Its a good vn game
the characther is uniqe,the story is fun to read,puzzle section is a bit confusing
i would rate it 8/10

missmoonie
missmoonie

max's big bust is by far the best experience i've had with a visual novel so far.
with a full cast of like able characters, funny scenes, and an actually interesting plot on top of all the great relationship stuff. this game is so much fun, theres alot of genuinly funny scenes that made me laugh out loud and not many games can do that for me. the sound is great, the visuals are great, the backgrounds are great, i could only ever wish to be as talented in art as the art lead for lached up games, Doku Denpa. other then maybe 1 unlikable character for me and some minor pet peeves this game was perfect.

ShadowRanmaZero
ShadowRanmaZero

I'm a big fan of animes like Ranma 1/2 and this game was right up my alley. It was very entertaining and though there is little interactivity in this visual novel game, I enjoyed it nonetheless. Though this game ended with so many unanswered questions. I'm not sure if they plan to make a sequel or if I'm supposed to play through the game again and accomplish things differently (ie. choose a different love interest, etc.) One thing I didn't like about this game and this is trivial mind you, is that this game has spelling and grammar errors popping up every now and then. Either way, I enjoyed this game and I recommend it to everyone to give it a try. I also hope that they make a sequel so we can see more and possibly answer any questions that this game has yet to answer.

MandarinGnomes
MandarinGnomes

I actually really liked this game until the last third of it. In my opinion the writing takes a significant dip at that point, which i found sad because until then i was having a blast. The characters are all enjoyable, and the romances are surprisingly well written. There's a section in the story that kind of feels like clue, and its at this point on the the story becomes unenjoyable for me. It mostly has to do with how the relationships are treated, especially for amber and to a lesser extent holly, but if you're fine with the standard erotic visual novel fanfare then you're good.

All in all the first 2/3 of the game is really good and fun to read.

enragement child
enragement child

humph. Ethan is stupid, why was he a love interest? should replace him with nekorai or panada dude or heck, even jake or sam would do! I LOVE MAX! HECK I LOVE THEM ALL(BUT ETHAN).

bclk
bclk

I never thought i would have so much fun with this game.
Really nice story, amazing CG. I really love the character artwork. I catch myself constantly smiling when watching the expressions.
Didnt expected the story and choices to be that solid. The detective puzzles are very well made.
This game was a total surprise.
Love it. Now give us more :)

In addition the game can get really funny without being awkwardly in your face kind of funny.
Sometimes it makes cultural references to the genre (artwork, jp references) without breaking the 4th wall. Awesome :D
The language is fresh (love the british/australian slang) and has its own flow. The dialogues are very well written. You can clearly see how much dedication this game got from its developers.

Last but not least, the game is very polished. All works flawless and fast. The music is great and it never feels clunky. On an Ultra Wide displays (3440x1440) it runs as 16:9 with black boxes left and right but thats ok and to be expected. On normal 16:9 Monitors it fits perfectly to the screen weather its your Monitor or living room HDTV.
You can navigate by mouse or controller.

Just wish they would release a sequel. I really like the characters and this setting.
Also an Android version would be great to explore more playthroughs while on biz trips.

Kellobyte
Kellobyte

Honestly, quite enjoyed the game. I'm not an amazingly smart fellow. Did take a long time to get through the entire game. It was my first time playing this type of game and I'm happy to say I enjoyed the story.

The only bad thing I have to say is that I want to replay the game but make different choices but I just find it boring to go through it all again.

I quite enjoyed the genderbend aspect, the whole magic idea and drug line in this game. It was very well laid out, even the the ending/near ending where it just went into a magical sh!thole, it was well explained after you thought about it. Very surprising but there were plenty of events that brought it up to that point.

17 hours it took me to finish a playthrough. Just me being dumb at the investigations and being a slow reader. (+Some AFK hours).

If you want to read the story before on how genderswap and animal girls came to be the origin of it is:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/321060/Gender_Bender_DNA_Twister_Ext…

Night-Poet
Night-Poet

Very good game. I like the characters they are unique and interesting. The story is good with many funny moments.

Arinië
Arinië

This is a visual novel I would really recommend. The story is legitimately funny and never bores you and it has good art, plus the addition of the puzzles was also enjoyable.

Eliphas
Eliphas

Visual novel with gender bender, monster/animal girls (and a neko-man too!), comedy, aussies (and weird ass aussie english), silly but funny storyline, silly but cool and interesting characters, both gender love interests, great detailed cute character/CG art (different clothes, facial expressions, etc.), anime cutscenes, investigation puzzles, no voice acting and no multiple endings (only multiple routes for love interests, but storyline ending is fixed).
If something mentioned above displeases you, maybe avoid it, but if you like what you read so far it's worth the full price. Lots of content, hours of gameplay (most of my time is my PC left idle though). Loved the game and I'm hoping to see more from the devs.

Katana
Katana

A fun conceptual visual novel that's largely fanservice in the form of fun / awkward situations, but also manages a fair amount of decent character writing and mystery around a drug war.

There's quite a lot of level of effort going into the production - including a large set of character portraits (many VNs wouldn't really bother with giving individual characters so many outfits, especially when each has multiple expressions), not just multiple paths but even occasionally back-referencing dialog (eg, it's possible for bits of main dialog to change because you hung out with a particular character), and a set of puzzle-mysteries reminiscent of a lite point and click adventure game that I actually rather liked (plus, when re-playing the game, you're allowed to autoskip these - causing a replay for changed decisions to take a tiny amount of time through autoskip)

There's certain characters I did not like whatsoever, though I get the impression they "needed" people like that for forcing situations they wanted.; perhaps what irked me more was these people never getting comeuppance. I saw Max getting whipped by both his boss, the titular Captain Nekorai, and by HIS boss, Pandaria, and neither one ever really changes or suffers. Meanwhile, the drug dealers are routinely pumped full of tasers (even when a few are framed as a little endearing). There's also what I felt was a missed opportunity on "bookending" the story (spoilers regard something that *doesn't* happen). While Max spends the first few hours humiliated by the change and working out how to change back, he(she?) settles into a routine eventually. What may have been a good bit of dialog would be, at the ending, somehow granting Max the opportunity to become a guy again. They wouldn't even have to leave the decision to the player - but the impression I got based on the developments would be that Max would reject the offer. Something about the structure made it feel like an Early Access game that got gradual additions up until it had a climactic "ending", though given its style of slice-of-cop-life humor, that's probably not a problem to a lot of people.

Nit-picking concerns ultimately, but a fun VN overall with some good humor to it.

Surt Mada
Surt Mada

A BIG AND DECEIPTIVE ECCHI COVER.

It's the best way to describe it. Honestly one of the best visual novel story I've ever read and I've read a lot of them. It is FUNNY and WITTY as hell. The execution of the storytelling here is brilliant !

Characters are well fleshed out and full of colors even if a little cliche. The story and actions are absurd but still believable. You don't really have room to breath because there's always either action to read, investigation to do or just whatever idiotic joke to laugh for.

Story isn't really deep. It is still deeper than it seems. And the theme is weirdly serious. You're investigating drug as a law agent after all. BUT all of it is under A BIG ECCHI COVER that is truly deceiptive in this case ! A lot of fanservice could make you think this game is cringy at first. Don't fall for it. Really, it's not the main attraction AT ALL. It is just kind of a plus and mostly a way of expressing the incredible sense of humor of the writers.

The writing remains dynamic and simple throughout and is'nt overbearing. There are a lots of gamers and otakus references and the mixed culture between Australia and Japan makes it unique.

I find the ending a little lacking. I expected more. Still, it remains a wild trip to have for sure. It's disappointing the game doesn't have more recognition probably because it seems cringy at first. People should know about this at least. It's worth it.

PS : I played the game offline. I have every achievements even though it says I played only a few minutes lol.

Khororhoth
Khororhoth

Old and simple, this ecchi game is good for a reading and it's puzzles are moderately challenging.

It's also enrupting, so those that enjoy this niche will like it. I certainly do.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Drop bears are obviously a scam and a lie to scare tourists >:C
I've never been to Australia nor do I know many facts about them but Koalas are tame as long as they got eucalyptus to keep them drugged and drowsy. >:I

Oh yeah the game is pretty good I guess if this is what you're into...

Oracle
Oracle

yes yes yes yes so much yes.
while it doesn't have a huge amount of replay value outside seeing the other romances it does have a handy dandy skip button that skips any dialogue that you have already seen. So for example if you were to romance *redacted* and wanted to see how romancing *redacted* would go you can easily skip through the filler text you've seen before.

each romance i've seen is sweet in its own way ( i refuse to romance THAT one i think we all know who) and the ending for me left a bittersweet taste. i loved the game to death and when it ended i wanted more.

it has pretty good pacing and kept me engaged throughout the whole thing i just could not WAIT to see what was gonna happen next in this world where almost anything is possible.

10/10 if i could wipe my memory of this VN and replay it i would cuz its so damn good

Galaxypilot
Galaxypilot

Purchased this game as I saw the sequel had come out and had never played this game. An enjoyable Visual Novel with a lot to unpack. Looking forward to playing the next game.

Sio
Sio

The only bad thing I can really say about this game is that there isn't more of it.

gavalicks
gavalicks

The game is a basic visual novel with your choices; It is a detective style game with some romance interest.

The Doctor
The Doctor

MAX'S BIG BUST is a magnificent VN! It's a brilliant cross between police work, fantasy and romance, not forgetting that it is also absolutely hilarious throughout. Artwork and BGM are superb, and I LOVED the Australian colloquialisms!!!
In summary, don't miss it!!

Baka444
Baka444

If you, like me, brought this game for the lewdness, turn back. It's another of these 'lewd' games where the characters look more naked under clothes than actually nude due to pointless censorship. And there's no patch or dlc available to amend this.

Reason it's pointless is because most scenes have most girls scantily clad and leave little to the imagination. The censorship style in the 'nude' scenes seems to cover up MORE than this, and it's just silly.

Nude bodies: censor on sight think of the children. Put a microbikini/microthong on an otherwise nude body: perfectly acceptable in every country. Wtf?

I swear, Steam and all the games like this would pick an active war zone over a nudist beach for 'safety reasons'. With the number of uncensored fps and the like where you're actually killing people, since when has nudity been worse than murder as a crime?

Forevermuffins
Forevermuffins

It's a decent VN, has its ups and downs and can get quite incoherent/ridiculous but that's part of the charm! (It also has animated cutscenes!!)

Also its not explicit so don't expect any of that kind of action

Xaelath
Xaelath

Australia except this time everything is trying to genderbend everyone and almost everyone is literally bisexual.
Also the whole ghetto is high as fk.

Avoid the game if:
1. You're easily offended
2. You don't like weird gender bender genre
3. You dislike weird comedies
4. You mind about the pepega arstyle (has it reason but is rather based)

Try it if
1. You like modern weird shit Australia
2. You like Gender bender thing
3. You don't mind about the janky and inconsistent artsyle

Foxxy vjeol
Foxxy vjeol

oki,
few things to clear up first

firstly, this vn is expensive, I know it, you know it
so what are you getting exactly if you buy it?
the answer isn't quality, its length, this vn is particularly long for what it is and whilst I have spent more time on other vns, most of the time, that is entirely because they are padded awfully, this game doesn't do padding, at least not in the typical sense.
it can take around 16 hours to finish this and that is 16 hours of actual content and not you repeating stuff to see a slightly different jpeg at the end of the game

secondly, this vn is kinetic, or at least mostly kinetic; you don't make any real decisions over the course of the story, you simply click through each line in a linear fashion.
there are bits where you can pick unique hangout scenes, and there are bits where you solve puzzles, but those are diversions.
you are here to sit and read; you won't do much in the way of interaction and need to be okay with that to enjoy this

thirdly, don't buy for the kink
transformation is a pretty common alternative fetish, regardless of whether you're a furry or if you're into anime or whatever and it goes without saying some of you are looking at this game for that reason.
I like this dumb game, but it won't satisfy your needs if that is the only thing you want from this; tf is a theme, and I wouldn't be surprised if the folks working on this were into it, but it is not touched on all that much outside of people occasionally having animal ears.
I recommend going to tfgames site instead and finding something free like exiles of aphrodisia, I have some friends who've released some games there and according to them, its totally a fine place to look for that sort of thing.
I'm not really into the fetish that much these days, but I can give recommendations if you need them

as for this game

I'm no great expert on VNs, I only really play whatever's available in english and have no frame of reference for what they were like years ago when they were a cancer on the ps2 and psp, or even what most of the ones on steam are like today, I have played a few though and this one is among the worst I have played...
but its also among the very few I have sincerely enjoyed...

here's a taster of some of the things I thought were bad about this

- the art is very bad
I actually have a foot to stand on with this critique, since I have at least some history of doing sprite work for games of this nature and can say with confidence that the art is horrendous! the rendering is totally fine but the proportions are all over the shop, expressions are wonky, I am really sure that most of the guys faces are just copy and pasted, some of the art looks completely out of sync with everything else and the characters have the most utterly bizarre idle poses I've seen :)

- the writing is bad:
you know that phenomena of 'guys writing girls?' (I'm gonna say horny teens writing girls for this actually since I don't know the gender situation for the writers and don't like to assume that stuff) most vns suffer from this but this vn takes it to another level; even with the excuse that some women were formerly male, it is still astounding how every character in this game comes across as a dumb horny school kid, add to that the fact that the characters are one dimensional and lacking in depth and you're left with an utterly mindless cast.

the plot is very slow and mundane:
typically VNs (or at least the ones I know) tend to be very to the point and do a lot to keep the pace flowing, this doesn't; this frequently has characters meandering about in circular conversations not doing much of anything

and my favourite issue:
- what the actual fuck is this setting!?
the setting is amazingly not fleshed out; it leaves you asking all kinds of questions and gives you little to help you out, it also tosses you in the deep end too so expect to cringe hard :D

so yeah, it sucks, but I enjoy it:
here's why

- the art is hilarious:
no seriously, the art is so dumb that I can't help but laugh; the nonsensical font choices are a hoot, the characters breaking their limbs to gesticulate wildly, and the background art was all great
I'll go more into the background later

- the writing is surreal in a good way:
now I have no idea what the full intentions with this game were, but the writers never at any point hid that they were Australian (from queensland if I had to guess?) the setting is very open about that and the characters are not at all coy it.
this leads to absolutely fucking surreal conversations between fairly japanese looking anime characters discussing things like possums pissing on everything, or how they're drunk and could really go for a 'chicken shcnitty' and all sorts of other nonsensical stuff
this alone was the highlight of the game for me; I'm really used to anime and the like almost always being set in japan, or at least having a tone that is consistent with that country's culture even when it is set in russia or america, or some fantasy world.
To see that broken down so heavily here with out any kind class to it was amazing and I had no idea how much I needed it in my life

- the plot was slow and mundane:
believe it or not, I actually find most anime and manga to be very tiring, there's only so many times you can hear about a bunch of teenage school kids saving the world before you want to kill yourself.
so more often than not, what I tend to lean towards in anime is actually slice of life stuff, so to just see the characters randomly milling about, interacting with stuff, complaining about things that are of no relevance was a lot more compelling to me than a vn where everything is just an open invitation for either adventure or horny hijinks.
I absolutely love that the characters in this do things like interrupting a chase to complain about how the food at a street vendor is overpriced and that they should go eat out up the road instead.

-the setting is weird, but I like it
so, I will admit that the game does a poor job of introducing it (if i had the option of changing one thing this game, it would be those opening scenes), but this game has a fun setting, it makes absolutely no sense why you have magic marbles, magic, transformative furry surgeries, gas based tf serums that make the former thing irrelevant, a thriving sex change industry and a deeply ingrained otaku culture all on the gold coast (Australia's low rent tourist trap), but somehow after a while it all sort of begins to work out and I can't tell you why.
I think it really is just that the game is un-apologetically australian, but not aggravatingly patriotic about it. somehow just seeing the all this weird stuff take place, not at the generic anime canal, but out on boardwalks and in familiar shopping streets does a lot to make it feel...not natural, but homely and comfortable in a nice way
the backgrounds help a lot with this (I am really fricking certain that they're various shots of cairns, I'm sure of it) I think I do still have issues with the setting, I kind of wish it would clear up how certain things work and not introduce so many elements that undermine the core 'oh no, am girl' aspect of the plot, but hey it works out.

also they fricking nailed the dickheaded nature of some cops, that sold me a bunch on this :)

so anyway.
I can't really say that this is a *good* game.
I think its more of an acquired taste, one that you'll enjoy if you like that taste, but definitely not something for everyone.
I do like it enough to recommend it to folks who feel adventurous though,
give it a go

no_so_ana
no_so_ana

It is hard for me to play this game any more - the two sequels (Alluna&Brie and Max Bigger Bust) are such horrible trainwrecks; and they ruin the character of Max so much.

That being said, I loved the game when it came out (in early access), I waited for the next chapter with a lot of anticipation. It has an interesting story, a main character which was loveable even though with faults - and this is a good thing from a writing POV - and the rest of the cast was near perfect to bring out the right mix of interesting story and hilarious comedy.

A main topic is genderbending, and whle this may turn off some people, it provides opportunities to explore the question of "who am I".

Taking it for itself, the recommendation is a strong BUY. Only when one had the misfortune of experiencing the sequels, that the game loses its appeal.

shademan90
shademan90

I'm not normally a fan of visual novels, but this one is charming in its own way.

YA BOI FLAK
YA BOI FLAK

Great buy, haven't finished the game yet but its been great so far