The first time you use the mind control serum on the landlady, she just... stops. Mid sentence about overdue rent, her eyes go glassy and her hand drops the ledger. You can make her do anything. And I mean anything. The game doesn't even fade to black, it just lets you position her over the kitchen table while her son watches cartoons in the next room. That's the moment you realize Take Over isn't fucking around with its corruption fantasy.

The dystopian setting is basically window dressing for a power trip simulator. There's this whole thing about the oppressive government watching you, but honestly I forgot about the surveillance meter half the time because I was too busy turning the mayor's wife into my personal assistant. She starts off all prim and proper, refusing to even look at you, and three doses later she's organizing orgies at the town hall. The progression feels wrong in the best way. You start with small stuff, a handjob from the librarian, maybe groping the shopkeeper when nobody's looking. Then suddenly you've got a whole network of broken people and you're arranging group scenes that would make the developers of that other corruption game, what's it called, Lab Rats, blush.

The 3DCG is rough. Like, really rough. Characters clip through furniture constantly and the animations have this janky quality that reminds me of those old Flash games on Newgrounds. The anal scenes especially look like someone's first attempt at rigging a model. But weirdly it adds to the sleazy atmosphere. This isn't some polished AAA experience, it's a grimy little fantasy about absolute control and the visuals match that energy. The incest content is there if you want it, the landlady's daughter becomes available pretty quick, and the gay content with the police chief caught me off guard. Didn't expect that route but the humiliation angle works differently when the power dynamic flips. The mind control mechanic itself is just clicking a button and watching a bar fill up, nothing innovative, but the writing during the corruption sequences has these little details that make each character's breakdown feel distinct. The MILF next door cries the first time. The government agent fights it until she doesn't. I wish there was more voyeurism content though, the game sets up these perfect scenarios where you're watching through windows but then rushes you into direct interaction. Missed opportunity that probably won't get patched.