Margaret de Campos, a store clerk frustrated with her current position in life, finds a tea that turns her into an anthropomorphic mouse. Things only seem to get weirder and more transformative as they go on. Margaret de Campos is a young clerk at a local bookstore who needs some change in her life. Her job feels like a dead end, her love life is in a rut, and she's not happy with how she looks. All of that is upended when she stumbles upon a box of magical tea with the tendency to transform people into anthropomorphic animals. Depending on your choices, the lives of Margaret, her friends, and her coworkers are irrevocably changed as the story leads to several wildly different paths. Help Margaret find love and a deeper understanding of herself and her... proclivities by playing Mice Tea!
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Yeah, that's me reviewing the pornographic furry visual novel. You're probably wondering how I got into this mess. Well, it all started when my friend, an erotic hypnotist, decided to troll me. Actually I guess it started when I was a genderqueer furry with weird fetishes but the trolling is more interesting as a premise.
Because you see I'm kind of a huge picky bitch and was a little 'eh' on the demo for this one, plus it generally had the vibe of being 'wholesome' which is both unpleasant as hell and also I like them fucked up. But she bought me the game as a present so I'm now like, oh for sure I'll just give it a shot. I play through two of the four routes and I'm having a good time.
Now, this is a visual novel about magically turning into shit and doing BDSM shit, so you feel however you feel about that. There are very few conflicts in this thing that aren't resolved within a scene, and the biggest attempt at having one is shockingly ill-advised and unmotivated. Most scenarios eventually turn into just a series of disconnected scenes happening months apart. Multiple routes have long scenes of just explaining what furries are and how great they are if you somehow got into this thing without already knowing-- which I think you could do! Everyone abides by the actual sensible rules of safety in kink relationships which makes sense in a story where it's supposed to be regular people actually doing that stuff as real people would aside from the magic powers that turn you into a lactating cow girl etc etc. There's also a suspicious lack of any real like, homophobia or anything in this world. They come close to a character being transphobic at once point and again the person in question just chills out immediately. What I'm saying is that this is low stakes cheesecake (mouse joke) aimed at specific kinks and I had a great time and that's my review. Back to the story of me being owned.
The third route I did was the one involving hypnotism, and like I said I'm talking to an actual hypno practitioner so I'm joking with her like "haha this will be just like your job." Apparently it's decently accurate according to her but I wouldn't know. But THEN. THEN it turns out that the actual story is about having an alt persona incepted into the protagonist's brain and them making a deal and now she's just plural in a somewhat cartoon way. And as I've written on my website recently, my ass just recently figured out I'm plural. I've been had. This gift game was a landmine set to own me. I've been owned.
The story of that route isn't actually about being a real-life system in any way, but it's got enough details that I think the writer didn't do it without research, at least. And then a bunch of other things in it have a lot of eerie parallels to things happening in my life that could not have even been predicted by my friend! Infinite damage is dealt to my psyche. She rolled a natural 20 on me. I was entirely defeated by this gesture and have no choice but to accept my fate.
Also, I made fun of the game a little on social media and the writer liked the post. That was bad but it's like the third person to hoist me like that after game designer Yoshiro Kimura and science fiction writer Matthew Stover so I guess I wasn't as devastated as I could have been. Zoe seems very nice I hope the next game's development is going well.
Yeah, that's me reviewing the pornographic furry visual novel. You're probably wondering how I got into this mess. Well, it all started when my friend, an erotic hypnotist, decided to troll me. Actually I guess it started when I was a genderqueer furry with weird fetishes but the trolling is more interesting as a premise.
Because you see I'm kind of a huge picky bitch and was a little 'eh' on the demo for this one, plus it generally had the vibe of being 'wholesome' which is both unpleasant as hell and also I like them fucked up. But she bought me the game as a present so I'm now like, oh for sure I'll just give it a shot. I play through two of the four routes and I'm having a good time.
Now, this is a visual novel about magically turning into shit and doing BDSM shit, so you feel however you feel about that. There are very few conflicts in this thing that aren't resolved within a scene, and the biggest attempt at having one is shockingly ill-advised and unmotivated. Most scenarios eventually turn into just a series of disconnected scenes happening months apart. Multiple routes have long scenes of just explaining what furries are and how great they are if you somehow got into this thing without already knowing-- which I think you could do! Everyone abides by the actual sensible rules of safety in kink relationships which makes sense in a story where it's supposed to be regular people actually doing that stuff as real people would aside from the magic powers that turn you into a lactating cow girl etc etc. There's also a suspicious lack of any real like, homophobia or anything in this world. They come close to a character being transphobic at once point and again the person in question just chills out immediately. What I'm saying is that this is low stakes cheesecake (mouse joke) aimed at specific kinks and I had a great time and that's my review. Back to the story of me being owned.
The third route I did was the one involving hypnotism, and like I said I'm talking to an actual hypno practitioner so I'm joking with her like "haha this will be just like your job." Apparently it's decently accurate according to her but I wouldn't know. But THEN. THEN it turns out that the actual story is about having an alt persona incepted into the protagonist's brain and them making a deal and now she's just plural in a somewhat cartoon way. And as I've written on my website recently, my ass just recently figured out I'm plural. I've been had. This gift game was a landmine set to own me. I've been owned.
The story of that route isn't actually about being a real-life system in any way, but it's got enough details that I think the writer didn't do it without research, at least. And then a bunch of other things in it have a lot of eerie parallels to things happening in my life that could not have even been predicted by my friend! Infinite damage is dealt to my psyche. She rolled a natural 20 on me. I was entirely defeated by this gesture and have no choice but to accept my fate.
Also, I made fun of the game a little on social media and the writer liked the post. That was bad but it's like the third person to hoist me like that after game designer Yoshiro Kimura and science fiction writer Matthew Stover so I guess I wasn't as devastated as I could have been. Zoe seems very nice I hope the next game's development is going well.
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Really sugary-sweet stuff. Empathetically queer, memorable soundtrack, and quite compassionate to its adorable characters. Pursues some interesting narrative threads about modern humans navigating the world as fans of niche fandoms like furry, tf.
Solid trans rep too! Wish there was a character somewhere between "totally ignorant egg" and "rich, successfully passing" but stories like these are all about extremes, innit
Really sugary-sweet stuff. Empathetically queer, memorable soundtrack, and quite compassionate to its adorable characters. Pursues some interesting narrative threads about modern humans navigating the world as fans of niche fandoms like furry, tf.
Solid trans rep too! Wish there was a character somewhere between "totally ignorant egg" and "rich, successfully passing" but stories like these are all about extremes, innit
Pretty cute all the way through!
I'd backed this game near the start of it's development in like 2021, I followed updates for a bit, but eventually figured for a visual novel it was better to wait for the full package, and was pleasantly surprised when I got a steam key for it when it came out there! I didn't have the time to actually play through the game fully until now, and it was lots of fun to see the added/finished content!
There's not a crazy amount to critique in terms of game play, it's a visual novel with branching paths, you read and make a couple choices lol. I guess my only "game play" complaint is that the Felicia route is clearly the "intended route" as it has the most content and branches to check out, which can in turn make some of the other routes feel a liiiiitle underbaked. But it's not a deal breaker as each route offers something fun and unique!
The art is good all throughout! It's a little funny when you can tell what was made early in development vs late. But it's also kind of cool to see the different artists skill and style develop between certain gallery scenes.
The writing is really sweet too! I think sometimes it was a little too on the nose or cheesy for me, but I think it all has it's charms. The game never gets too heavy or anything, but all the characters feel thought out, and the little moments of drama are fun! The big twist in the Gavin route is really clever and fun to play out, it's probably the most dramatic the game gets (I guess the Julie route has some of that but it's all played off in a fun way that it doesn't feel quite as dark, just exciting and fun!).
Overall I'm glad I played this game finally! If you're into this kind of stuff, it's got a lot of charm and is worth checking out! I'm also excited to check out what's been done on the sequel!
Oh and to all my friends seeing this! Hi! I try to keep a habi of not just talking about porn or fetishes unless I'm super chill with those people so sorry if this is how you had to find out I'm into this kind of stuff LOL.
I'd backed this game near the start of it's development in like 2021, I followed updates for a bit, but eventually figured for a visual novel it was better to wait for the full package, and was pleasantly surprised when I got a steam key for it when it came out there! I didn't have the time to actually play through the game fully until now, and it was lots of fun to see the added/finished content!
There's not a crazy amount to critique in terms of game play, it's a visual novel with branching paths, you read and make a couple choices lol. I guess my only "game play" complaint is that the Felicia route is clearly the "intended route" as it has the most content and branches to check out, which can in turn make some of the other routes feel a liiiiitle underbaked. But it's not a deal breaker as each route offers something fun and unique!
The art is good all throughout! It's a little funny when you can tell what was made early in development vs late. But it's also kind of cool to see the different artists skill and style develop between certain gallery scenes.
The writing is really sweet too! I think sometimes it was a little too on the nose or cheesy for me, but I think it all has it's charms. The game never gets too heavy or anything, but all the characters feel thought out, and the little moments of drama are fun! The big twist in the Gavin route is really clever and fun to play out, it's probably the most dramatic the game gets (I guess the Julie route has some of that but it's all played off in a fun way that it doesn't feel quite as dark, just exciting and fun!).
Overall I'm glad I played this game finally! If you're into this kind of stuff, it's got a lot of charm and is worth checking out! I'm also excited to check out what's been done on the sequel!
Oh and to all my friends seeing this! Hi! I try to keep a habi of not just talking about porn or fetishes unless I'm super chill with those people so sorry if this is how you had to find out I'm into this kind of stuff LOL.
Easily one of my favorite visual novels I've ever played in my life. I played through it during a particularly rough patch and understanding myself and my life though the characters was... really cathartic.
The game is written impeccably. The themes are all amazing. The characters are amazing, and deeply relatable. Their struggles and their life is one I see reflected in my own, and all in all it was a very, very fun and life-changing experience.
Also, it got me into tea! I recommend a nice warm mug of chai, probably something with fruit like an apple cinnamon, with lots of sugar and some honey. Drink it while enjoying this great visual novel! Maybe something will happen... ;p
The game is written impeccably. The themes are all amazing. The characters are amazing, and deeply relatable. Their struggles and their life is one I see reflected in my own, and all in all it was a very, very fun and life-changing experience.
Also, it got me into tea! I recommend a nice warm mug of chai, probably something with fruit like an apple cinnamon, with lots of sugar and some honey. Drink it while enjoying this great visual novel! Maybe something will happen... ;p
This is a delight to play, and not just in the very horny way that you'd expect with a game like this. Included in the game is a toggle to disable all 18+ content, which I thought was very funny when I first saw it -- but the writing in this VN is just lovely, the characters are cute and charming, and this could easily stand alone without the (really good) explicit content. So much love and care went into making every part of this VN and I sincerely adore it. Margaret is such a relatable character and I want her life so bad. It's the ultimate dream: Become a librarian, get really into tea, gather a cozy circle of close friends, and just settle down for a life of comfort (and lots of reading).
Shoutout to that one meme on twitter that led me to this game and my newfound desire to be an adorable mousegirl :3
Shoutout to that one meme on twitter that led me to this game and my newfound desire to be an adorable mousegirl :3
This game is so adorable and made me squeal (no pun intended) while playing. The amount of active LGBTQIA+ references in here is so enlightening and is such a good source of media to show off all the different people/animals in this world! This game allows for short play throughs (one route) or a full run (all routes) I really recommend this game it is definitely one of my favorite visual novels I’ve played 🥺❤️