I commented on this before, but hung around for another month to see if anything would change and the scenes all of a sudden became downloadable, they never did. I am curious why they include these scenes at all? Obviously they were produced by this production company, but I guess only available if you purchase the DVDs...
This type of bait/switch practice pisses me off to no end, I certainly will be downgrading this network on my list.
Seems odd, as the sets that are part of the loyalty sites usually have "available in 30 days" or whatever stamped on them, which these sets - I have found this with several other sets like this - don't, they all seem to be from DVDs as best I can tell, so my guess is they haven't been added to the site yet or they will never be downloadable. Either way, disappointing...
It seems as though some scenes on this site aren't downloadable, perhaps because they are only on DVDs?
For example, if you go to the Mia Stone section and click on either "Unusual Best Man", "Mia's Memories", or "Romance on the Beach" there is nothing there to download - pictures or videos. Has anyone else experienced this, or is it just me... This is not an issue of the site not being available yet, as the scenes are all listed as Pix and Video.
If they are only available via purchasing the DVD, why even post them on the site?
Good review artnoir, thanks for the info. I've been thinking about re-joining this place for a while.
Is the download speed really that poor? It seems hard to imagine a site only give you 150 kbit/sec, that's only like 20 KB/sec, that's beyond terrible.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
-Relatively large network of sites 24 sites, 801 models on the network, and over 1000 total sets on this site alone.
-Many attractive, euro ladies
-Price is not bad if you join the network through this site, not sure why it is more expensive via other entry points
-Good download speeds, maxed my connection at 2MB/s
-Decent variety, hardcore, some midcore, anal, and a bit of lesbian
-Download managers work (DTA), no DRM, logins don't appear to timeout very fast if at all
-Zip downloads of photosets
-Video quality is mediocre-to-good depending on age of the scene, worst I saw was a pretty old Zuzana Z scene that was 384x288 1400 kbps wmv, best 1920x1088 8000 kbps wmv
-Billed through Epoch for me
Cons:
-At least partially not exclusive, seen some of these scenes at other euro sites
-Browsing is pretty bland, there are some site glitches
-Set ratings are provided, but participation isn't high. For some reason when I rated a set or listed it as a favorite, I got logged out, so I stopped doing it
-Older videos have substandard video quality
-Update schedule is inconsistent across the network, and it seems like they may be recycling content
-Photo quality is substandard for most sets I looked at, 1200 pix long end was typical
-Only one video size available for download, on newer HQ scenes file sizes can get quite large, and I would have liked a 720 option that was smaller.
Bottom Line:
Overall, I think this is a decent site, it could definitely use some improvements, but may be worth looking into if you are into mostly younger euro ladies. I would like to note that this review is for the entire network, not just this site (as it is dead, I would probably give this site along a 70), and I am just posting it here since it is the cheapest entry point into the network at this time, and there is no "main site" that I am aware of.
The network itself has a decent variety of material, including old/young, lesbian, group, anal, and even some pegging (I think, I didn't look to close). Most of them are pretty straightforward euro-style gonzo porn, some sites have a bit of setup (like a teacher talking to a student in Tricky Old Teacher, or a dude breaking into an apartment in Horny Thief).
I think it is worth considering if you haven't been here before, although the update schedule would prevent most from hanging around past a month, and the non-exclusivity would likely prevent many from joining again. I enjoyed many of the scenes, like a Pinky June one who is my new favorite no I suppose, and will be adding them to my favorites, although I wouldn't be surprised if I run across them elsewhere further down the line.
If they improved video quality on the older sets, updated their photo quality, and improved navigation and user interaction, it could be a very good site (though not great).
Network Statistics: I Fucked Her Finally - 78 combined photo/video sets (156 total)
18 Virgin - 223 combined sets Amour Babes - 1000 total sets Creampied Sweeties - 68 combined sets
Dirty A2M - 20 combined sets
Horny Thief - 44 combined sets Spoiled Virgins - 211 combined sets
Tricky Old - 128 combined sets
Most of the other sites were 20-30 sets of primarily non-exclusive content so I didn't look at them too closely.
Do you think this site is worth hanging around for an extra month as a bonus site? Looking at the models I'm a bit undecided, seems like some of the women are pretty good looking, however there isn't a super large archive.
I agree it is difficult without some type of index, makes it very hard and time consuming, but I do enjoy the content. I also dislike bukkake, and the noises are sort of funny, but they probably would say the same about Western porn!
You get the discount by cancelling your trial membership on Epoch, and you get offered a month for $9.99. I think PP pointed this out before, but I forget.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
-Very large site
-Lots of attractive Japanese ladies in a pretty wide variety of content
-No DRM
-Download managers work (DTA)
-Full access trial, get option for a month for $10 when you cancel
-Good download speeds, maxed my 15 Mbit connection
-Video quality is generally good, most are only 1000 kbps bitrate, but encoded well
Cons:
-Navigation is a bit hard for people that don't know what they are looking for
-A model index would be nice, you can click on model names to get other material by them from within a video, but if there is more than one model on the video I often have a hard time figuring out who is who and have to google all of them to find the one I liked
-File sizes are pretty large, most over 1 GB
-Most are full DVD only, would nice to have download by scene
-Little uncensored content if that is a big deal, almost all has mosaic
-Some scenes have no model names
-Comment section provided, but rarely used. Seems like the only places people commented was the bukkake videos, which I don't care for (and there are a lot of, if that's your thing)
Bottom Line:
I generally enjoy Japanese porn, typically more so than American porn. Though it can often be a little strange, and there is heavy use of toys in much of it, aside from the bukkake portions it seems much less gonzo than other porn styles.
Though I enjoy it, I can't say that I can really name many of the stars off the top of my head, so this site can be somewhat difficult, given its size, to find the material you like. There are dvd ratings and comments, and the more common stars typically have linked dvds, so once you find a girl you like it is pretty easy to get all of her stuff, my main problem was finding the girls I liked.
Overall, I think it is a site worth joining for most, especially given the full access trial and the discount offered on cancelling. Of course, if the mosaic is a total deal breaker for you, I would probably look elsewhere. Regardless, it is a very large site, with a wide variety of material, in niches that are often not covered well in American porn - for example I think cosplay is very sexy, but in American porn it is just so overdone and slutty it ruins it, somehow the Japanese version of the schoolgirl outfit works (when it just seems stupid on an American site). Most costumes are somewhat more typical to real life, albeit a little slutty, where American cosplay stuff always looks like it is straight from the trashy Halloween costume shop.
If you are into Japanese porn, I would definitely check this place out, I just wish they did a better job with navigation, as I just don't have the time to dig through it all.
The movie page is still listed as gallery numbers, there are like 500 galleries, so it is pretty annoying. Although, if you are at a model's page, there is a movie link you can hit that will show all the movies that model is in.
Most of the movies I saw only had one dynamic thumbnail associated with them (if you mouse over it will show various screencaps from the scene - usually only 3-5).
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
A very large selection of women
Good variety of content
Huge collection of models
Zipped files for photos
Pretty good photo quality, although some stuff isn't great (I assume older content)
OK download speeds
No DRM
The PU price isn't bad considering the quantity of content on the site
Very simple site design, which in my opinion is a good thing.
Cons:
Video quality is not great, most videos are split into parts
Model quality is pretty variable, but what do you expect with a site this large
Their search function, while interesting in theory doesn't work very well in practice. There are far too few criteria, and many of the sets don't have any criteria assigned to them.
Content is not all exclusive
My download manager did not work
Bottom Line:
This site is pretty good, although it does have its problems. It has so much material, it can be hard to sort through to find the stuff you might like. If you have a preference for high quality video, this is definitely not the site for you. It would be nice if the people at ATK merged all of their sites into one package as DDF and others have done recently.
If you are into well done photography and have the time to sort through the enormous amount content, I think this site is worth joining for a month. I'm sure most people would find plenty of content they like, however there is also a lot of content they wont.
I don't consider it disappointing, the content is decent, and 1 photo and 1 video update per day is pretty good as far as updates go (generally I have found sites that update super-frequently tend to just update with crap). I'm not sure what you mean by sophisticated material, but I thought it was a decent variety of stuff.
That said, I doubt I will join it again, but the same can be said for almost every site I join.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
-Many attractive models
-Decent sized site overall
-Navigation is good
-Good variety of softcore, lesbian, hardcore
-Camerawork is generally good
-Zips of photosets, newer ones in 3 quality levels
-Newer videos are of respectable quality, typically 4 options available (SD wmv, HD mp4, SD mp4, and portable), I generally downloaded SD mp4
-No DRM, download managers work, respectable biller
-Most girls are natural
-Frequent updates, generally a photo and video set every day
Cons:
-Sort of expensive
-No network access, no bonus sites
-Older videos and photos are substandard quality and older movies are often split in parts
-Not a lot of diversity in model body type or ethnicity
-HD scenes seem larger file-size wise than they have to be
-A fair amount (maybe 1/5 or so) of the video material is "behind the scenes" type of stuff, I don't mind it, but could be a negative for some
-Some material is not exclusive
Bottom Line:
Generally I think this site is pretty good, but not great. I sort of don't get the whole setup of all the ATK sites, what makes this one premium, is this site exclusively the hot girls? In general, I guess this is the case compared to some of their other sites as the hot/wtf ratio seems to be a good bit higher.
I liked the material here for the most part, but for some reason felt a bit disappointed here. Can't really put my finger on why. Most sites I join, I spend a fair amount more time poking around and checking things out, but I got tired of this one pretty fast for some reason. That isn't to say that they don't have some good material here, they certainly do, I just wasn't super-excited by it I guess.
As for the site itself, the navigation is pretty good: model index, scene ratings, scene tags, it is pretty easy to get around. The girls are generally of the thinner more natural body types, and they have both American and Euro stars.
Overall, I think I would recommend joining this site to those that never had before, but I don't know that I would recommend it as a repeat join even given the update schedule. They seem to do most things very well, and the models are generally quite attractive, so it is certainly worth a look.
Just an FYI, for those with the time and the extra $3.99, the trial cross sell to amkingdom is full access with no limits, so at least you can get two sites (briefly) for $34. Connection timeouts are long, so you can queue up the DL manager for quite a bit.
I would assume the same guy, and he does it with two camera's - one on a tripod, one POV (either the guy or the girl holds it), the camerwork is by no means excellent, but it isn't super poor either. Like I said if anal is your thing, I'd join a different site, I assume based on my sample that the amount of anal on this site is not very significant - and it is not a large site to begin with.
There really isn't that much anal that I recall on this site. I imagine it is very similar to exploitedcollegegirls, although I have never been a member there. Did a quick survey of the 24 scenes I still have on this computer, and the only one I saw with any anal is the scene dracken spoke of in his review. A lot of the scenes progress in more or less the same fashion - inteview, gets girl to strip, BJ, doggy on desk or couch, missionary, finish, a little chit chat, the end. If anal is what you desire, I'd look elsewhere.
Good review, totally agree on most of your points. I never had any problems with download speeds as long as I used a manager, the in-browser speeds were always really slow for me. Decent site, but they should really include their other site as a package deal.
funny you mention this, I actually joined the site because I had been following his feed on and off for a bit, and saw several upcoming models that I thought looked pretty decent.
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