VN - Ren'Py - A Man for All [Ep.15] [Venus Waltz]

I started following this story 2 years ago, completing each patch as they appeared. I'm writing this short review because I find the score it has gotten too high. In short, it doesn't deserve more than 3 stars, despite the fact that the models look good. It is simply a boring VN. Yes, after following the story to the point it reached today, I can say that this is the characterization that fits it perfectly: boring.

So, this will be my shortest review ever.
And it's probably gonna rub some "fans" the wrong way.
But this is a review, MY review, aka, MY opinion and experience with the game.

I can easily describe this game with ONE word, and that word is:
"BORING"
It really is boring af.

The game is alright, when it comes to renders and girls, well some of them.
But there's just *nothing* that pulls me in. First few updates, I was somewhat invested, curious to see where this is going. But that's true for most 'new' games.
But for the last 6 or so updates, I've mostly skipped thru most of the updates.
Only reason I'm still bothering with this one, is that I'm hoping it's close to the finish line and I wanna see how it ends.
Not because the story is so thrilling and exciting, heck there's barely a story. Mostly curious to see if the girls gets different endings etc. As I doubt this will be a full on harem ending. But I dunno, haven't bothered reading up too much about the potential endings and tags.
I just know I've wasted so much time with this VN, so I might as well just stick around til the end.

Normally I would point out the good and bad, to give the specific game a fair opinion.
Sadly this "game" is kinda too easy to review. I really just need to say it's Boring, and it includes the entire game.
Barely any of the LIs are that interesting. The story, if there's even a story, is..meh.
Animations are ok, I guess. Mostly your usual loop of a couple of seconds long animation.
In some cases, if not all, once you get to see certain LIs naked, you get a choice if they're completely shaven, or if they're 'trimmed'.
Even THAT is sometimes 'broken' in the game.
For example, say you choose 'trimmed', so the girl has a landing strip, fine. After the 'lewd scene' or maybe even during it, she'll be completely smooth on render to the next. Like...uh? A ghost suddenly shaved her pubic hair while we're banging? lol
Even the personality of the girls is meh. They're different from each other, so THAT is a plus. But overall it's like the rest of the game, just boring.
There's even several cases of inconsistency in their personality. A girl behaves a certain way, and suddenly a scene she's like someone else, just for the next scene she talks and acts like she did before. (can't give examples due to spoilers).

Choices. There's lots of 'choices' in the game. But 96% or so of them are ONLY flavor.
At most the only options that you get that truly matters, is if you wanna pursue this girl or not. That's about it.
Almost every other option you get during dialogues is how you respond, which is basically 3 different flavors. That doesnt impact anything major, just flavor and fluff.
You can easily just skip thru the "story", and randomly click a choice, and you wont miss out on anything.
For the MOST part.


I'm not gonna comment nor disagree with people that gladly gives this game a 5-star. Nor anyone that gives it a 1-star. It's THEIR opinion.
For me, this is one of the most dragged out, and boring VNs I've played .. EVER (out of several hundreds)

And to clarify, it has nothing to do with "slow burn" or whatever. I myself prefer if there's a build up. But again, everything about this VN is just boring and a slog, so once you get to the "hot" stuff, you're half-asleep.

There's SO many better VNs out there, which is why I personally am extremely careful what game I would give a 5-star. or 1-star. Those ratings are in MY opinion, saved for some extremely special games.
Dont wanna give examples here as this is a review about AMFA, not anything else.

You might enjoy this game. But I certainly diddnt And I cannot recommend this game to anyone. I believe you'll find more excitement watching the clouds go by on the sky..

I'm sorry if this sounded like a total diss of the game. But it really isn't good.

I could write about each of the LIs.. But I wont, not because I dont wanna spoil, but mostly because I find most of them just...meh.
Sure, preferences etc etc. What I like someone else might dislike etc.

I would say this game, judged by its average rating, is extremely overrated. But I also dont wanna say that, as people like what they like.
But this game is simply put.. extreeeeemely...boring.

I guess, to end this on a positive note, let's point out one of the few GOOD things about this game..
There's no sandbox in this game.

Woah, this VN is brilliant! All 5 LIs are so damn believable/relatable. The relationships between them and the MC are so organic and progress in a very believable way!
My absolute favorite is Vanessa. I've always been a sucker for the blonde ice queen types. Her reactions to flirty replies are hilarious. Then comes sweet
Harlow, followed by the feisty Erika, the workaholic Fox, and the Matronly Kate. All of them are unique and well defined characters.

The supporting LIs are not that well fleshed out, but Marisa can tempt anything that breathes!

The story deals with real problems and real solutions,. Most importantly it depicts failures very well! (The only VN here that I,ve seen do this)

Kudos for this gem! IMO, the best I've played! You have got yourself a new Patron.

Played through 100% of the game now, and had to leave some thoughts on it.

• + The perfect number of LIs, so you aren't railroaded into 1 or 2, and aren't swamped with 30 or more.
• ++ Good design on LIs and side chars that are easy to remember, and unique.
• + Good enough renders (composition and lighting), though scene decoration is sometimes very sparse.
• + Music throughout, but there's so much reading to do and so few tracks, they get repetitive fast.
• + Some sounds in scenes to spice things up a little.

• --- A crapton of reading to do, and a lot of it is just random daily or LI banter with the MC. Around the halfway mark (Episode 7-8) I think I had already played ~9 hours or so. The use of CTRL here can be your friend - you aren't likely to miss much important.
• -- Sadly, due to the previous negative, the story is weaker than it could have been. It starts off with a casual premise, then moves to something bigger, but much of that is lost in the meandering conversations you need to read through.
• --- Unbalanced sex scenes. One LI decides to finally have full-on sex with the MC. She cums when he's inside of her, then makes him pull out and gives him a handjob to finish him. Seriously? Talk about unfulfilling for both the MC and the player. If I was given the option right there, I would have dropped her as an interest.
• --- Some of the Love Interests in the game actually try to control and use the MC for their own ends - whether that's money, or pleasure. And they aren't hiding it, it is on full display for him to see. What does he do? Completely accepts it like some simp.
• --- An almost complete lack of "good sex scene camera angles". 70% or more of them are "soft sex" only, where penetration is implied (you only see the MC's dick, but not the girl's parts). It's a major failing in many AVNs these days, and hugely reduces the hotness factor for viewing a sex scene. Probably done because the author of the scene isn't skilled enough to handle both genitalia for the scene properly. Update: closer to the end of the current Ep 14 content, scenes get a little better. It's unfortunate 10+ hours of the initial game went without, as it destroys first impressions.

A small synopsis on the main LIs:

• Kate: Attractive older woman, trying to stay professional. Good body, great personality, but far too wrapped up in her career. Not an easy nut to crack. Unfortunately late in the content she starts trying to call the shots, control the MC's access to her, and uses him to satisfy herself.
• Harlow: Extremely attractive fellow student who has class with the MC. She's far too sheltered/inexperienced with life, doesn't take hints well AT ALL, and as a result is similarly hard to crack, and takes FOREVER to have sex with.
• Riley: An old high-school acquaintance of the MC's. She has zero content as of Ep 14 (no sex scenes - a hug is all you get from her the entire game). I usually skip all of her content as a result - she's not worth the effort, and I'm not sure she'll ever be.
• Vanessa: One of the more attractive LIs. Her problem is, you may want to "throw her out with the trash" after you meet her and have to deal with her. She's cold, bitchy, uncaring, impersonal, and borderline abusive with the MC. I would have turned her down if it were an option. Hard pass.
• Erika: Of all the main LIs in the game, Erika's the bomb. Fun, friendly, outgoing, adventurous, playful, and driven. And she has an appetite for sex and the MC. Her drawback (seems like they are all twisted in some way), is that she's using the MC to make money by having him win fights, and she only rewards him with sex when he wins. Just another controlling female who *says* she's hot for the MC, but uses sex as a form of control.
• Marissa: A notable mention for Marissa as the best side-LI in the game. If anyone deserves an upgrade to full LI, it is her. Very likable, very attractive, and interested in both sex and a casual relationship with the MC. Sadly - one of the only two girls I really like in the game is a side-character.

So fair warning - even the LIs you start off liking, you may end up hating.

At this point, I'd have to say the game's failings are:

• Sex scenes need to be hotter. Better writing (moans, pauses, dirty talk, etc), better animations, and they all NEED better explicit camera angles to show actual penetration. The soft-sex bit with implied penetration just doesn't cut it anymore.
• The game is a VERY slow burn, glacial in fact. It's due to the idle banter that goes on between most characters. Pacing needs to be sped up, or have more in-game events (more fights, more sex, side stories, etc). The player's attention just isn't being held well enough.
• Some of the love interests are FAR too slow a burn. Riley is at the top of this list, literally convincing us she's asexual (completely uninterested in any kind of physical or emotional relationship). Vanessa is also right up there, being the icy bitch-queen that she is. Their progression is just too slow for them to hold any interest at all.
• The idea of Femdom (from a controlling female perspective) is rampant in the game, and not something I would think the MC would submit to. Women telling the MC when he can have sex with them (when they've already done it), women using the MC to make money and rewarding them with forced sex scenes, women lying to the MC and him doing *nothing* about it, etc.

Having said all of that, the game is still an okay play, if you don't put any expectations on ANY of the LIs. And if you use CTRL to skip a lot of unnecessary text (especially for Riley, who I still wish wasn't part of the story).

Dropping the game to a 3.2 right now, considering all the above. It could end up in the mid-to-high 4's as a rating, with enough work to redo certain aspects.

I don't know why, but the truth is only now I decided to take a good look into this game. And I was not disappointed!
To be sure, this is not a fuckfest and definitely not for people looking for a quick fap. There is a compelling story that, at times can feel a little slow paced, but that I think it worth your time.
All girls are gorgeous and with "normal" proportions, which is something I respect... although I do like big boobed beauties!
Speaking of characters, this is a game with truly interesting character development, not only regarding LIs but also for the MC.
The "harem" tag makes sense, although this is also not your run of the mill harem game. And I'm saying this is a good way: the MC can (but, also, the player can decided he will not) pursue only the girls he interested in, but also several or even all of them.
At this point (episode 14) it is not clear if there will be bad consequences from courting several women at the same time, but they seem to be OK with that, at least for now! And, of course, one can play again or load a save if something goes terribly wrong.
The fact that all girls (and women) are different and with different personalities is great and makes for a more immersive experience.
It plays like a VN, but there are enough relevant choices along the way for this to be considered "a game".
In any case, I do think it is worth the download and the investment in time. I just hope the dev does not abandon this half way and can complete the story. Because I'm already hooked!

The sex scenes are also great and beautifully animated, with several scenes/positions each.
There is music and sounds, which contribute for the immersion and "ambiance" of the game.
The writing is really good, and there are many witty, funny and interesting dialogue exchanges .
Verdict: 5/5, highly recommended

Wow, I'm really enjoying A Man for All! The story has me hooked, especially because the characters are so interesting. Vanessa is definitely a standout – she's gorgeous and has a great personality.

The visuals are also impressive. The character models are beautiful, and the environments are well-designed. The animation is smooth and adds to the overall experience.

My only minor nitpick is the lack of content related to... well, let's just say I'm a fan of harems and pregnancy storylines in games (don't judge!).

Overall, this is a fantastic game! It easily gets a 9.5 out of 10 from me. The characters are engaging, the story is interesting, and the visuals are top-notch. Definitely worth checking out!

Goated harem game but not a fuckfest, a mid-burn type. Likable mc with multiple girls to go for and with different personalities too.
Beautiful models and renders, lots of choices to act the way you like with girls and they reply accordingly too so be-aware.

This is a perfectly serviceable vanilla porn game. There's a story line that's okay, multiple LIs, and a fair number of choices throughout. I think the thing that shined most brightly in this game are the MC's friends, rather than the women, though, adding a lot more depth than the LIs do.

Story: 6/10
It's a better-than-average story. The writing is pretty good, and there is a coherent plot.

Characters: 4/10
As I said above, the LIs don't add much, but the side characters are fun and bring a lot to the table.

Visuals:6/10
I liked how the women have different shapes. It gets tiresome when games have every woman be the Renpy equivalent of a Playboy centerfold.

Overall: 5/10
The only thing I disliked about this game was that there wasn't anything I necessarily *liked*, either. It's just a typical, standard AVN. I played it all the way through and had no desire to see what happens next, nor did I have any interest in seeing the MC end up with any of the LIs. There's no hook, no spice. But that's alright, nothing wrong with vanilla.

Excellent story, a variety of beautiful women to fit your preferances, and the developer gives you many choices throughout. Definitely one of my top 10 favorites. This one is definitely good enough to play through several times.

This is an ok game, I would give it 2.5 stars but rounding down in this instance. There is a plot instead of it being slice of life which is nice, unfortunately its a corny plot. There is a solid amount of content relative to how long its been in development.

The writing is about average as far as AVNs go, but at least the dev tries to give each character a unique voice. Its just very cheesy writing - what is supposed to be the charming/flirt dialogue option is basically the MC saying "hot babe" over and over. The other two dialogue options are not nearly as bad, but the jokes are all basically "yo mamma" maturity level humor.

This is one of those games where no matter what choices the player takes, every character wants to jump the MC bones. There is good variance in the model faces, but they all have the exact same body.

The reason I decided to round down from 2.5, is the character progression. With maybe one exception, the characters all treat the MC the same way as they did at the start of the story. For several chapters now (i.e. years of time) the developer has been hinting at big reveals for characters like Riley and Saul etc... but there are never any reveals.

For a game that is evidently more about sex than plot, the sex scenes with the main LI are few and far between. There are 5 main LI, two of whom there are zero sexual scenes with (4 years of dev time!) and for one of them their first scene happened in the latest update. Almost all of the sexual content in this game is with side characters, along with the ugliest of the 5 LI.

If you are just looking to kill time, you could do worse, but I would not recommend this game

Short summary:


Passable game. Renders just aren’t good enough - environments, lighting, posing, variation, and models are mostly all average or bad, with few exceptions. Writing isn’t terrible, but isn’t exciting. Lots of time spent on doing fighting side gigs for an ugly girl.



Good Things

• One girl is pretty sexy
• Character lines mostly make sense

Bad points

• Renders are low quality, uninspired and not varied enough
• Long stretches of pointless dialogue without any eye candy
• Most models are just not hot at all

Nice game.
The plot is good, the characters are interesting and some are endering.
The animations of the scenes are well done and I especially like the split screens.
The addition of BGM and S/E is also noticeable.
No bugs found.

The only drawback in my opinion is that some situations are a bit repetitive. E.g.: advice before a fight with MC, the different shows with a LI (Vanessa).

Anyway, I enjoy it. Can't wait for the next update.

Story 3/5
The story is a bit to vanilla and theres not much that will capture your interrest, its also a slowburn which would be ok if there wasent so many pointless dialogs, take the wannabe stripper you constantly talk about some science project your doing for school and there is just soooooo damn much talk about it, its like 500 dialogs of pointless shit to 10 dialogs about relationship build-up, it really needs more balace so it dosent become such a boring story, i am not even kidding when i say it might just be the most boring one ive played yet, if it dident have the boxing part it would be unplayable since the main story is also extremly boring.

What made 0 sense to me is the wannabe stripper girl, why on earth is she even working at a stripclub it goes against her character of being shy and barely able to talk to anyone and even a virgin and yet she works half nude in a stripclub? how does that even make sense to anyone it just feels idiotic.

The best story to me is the PG and the girl that comes with that, it dident feel like a ton of pointless talk and it was pretty decent.
The blond bitch story was ok but its draged out for to long.

One of the biggest issues is the choices, you dont really have any influence on what happens in the main story its pretty much just pure kinetic all the way, so i do miss having some choices that has a real impact on the storyline.

Its also a bit annoying that you can turn down LIs, but it still ask you again and again, game apprently dont know what no means....small thing but still annoying and its all due to the kinetic story so your forced to invite people or do stuff that makes no sense when you have turned them down, like the Dean why on earth would MC invite he to a party when ive never shown an interrest in her, she would only be in the way or be at a party with students and nothing to do....

And as always for the virgin fans, its a 0/5 the one virgin scene is absolutly shit, no deflowering no blood not even any pain what so ever, you can barely call it a virgin scene, and considering its custom animations they could have been a million times better, but instend its just a plain standard scene.

Girls/LIs 2/5
When it comes to the girls/LIs i dident really find any of them hot, most times they look alot older then what they are supposed to be which dosent help, to me they where just all meh...

Animations 3/5
Nice animations but mostly very short loops, custom made but still just a bit meh.

Choices 3/5
I thought about give this a higher score since you are absolutly free to pick who you want a sexual relationship with which is damn nice, but the blue/green/purple choices feels a bit meh since no matter what you pick it will always lead to the same outcome lover or friend choice, so that part is just to kinetic and your forced to follow all girls stories which can be annoying if you have no interrest in a LI, would have been better to dump them earliere and cut the story down to only show the parts that effects the main story, but insted your forced to go the full story with evey LI and clicking choices that are completly meaningless since you already turned them down over and over, asking if you want to flirt constantly even after turning a LI down 10 times, it gets really annoying and its an absolutly waste of time.

Music 3/5
Standard background stuff, nothing special.

Content 2/5
After 4 years and still having LIs that MC has never been able to do anything with is just crazy, atleast 2 of them the red head and the blonde has 0 content in the sexual department, it will be hard to find a game that is more draged out then this one.

I really didn't like this game. I thought a lot of the characters were written kinda poorly and I wasn't a fan of their lookks. They all look.... samey. None of them really popped out. Also, I have to mention that this dialogue system is really bad. It's just a choice between being a normie beta, being "funny" (a lot of the humor just was cringe and not good) or being a really bad forced flirt. There are no options outside of these 3 and it boxes you into making responses that you wouldn't otherwise make. In addition to this, you can not get rid of any of the girls. I absolutely wanted nothing to do with the stripper girls but it forces you to keep talking with them. You have a choice between a relationship or just friends, but nothing to tell them you aren't interested in them at all. This means that I constantly have to keep playing parts of the game that involve them when I really didn't like them at all. I couldn't even get into the story because of being forced to converse with characters I didn't like. Aside from this, I really didn't think any other part of the game was strong enough to carry it and thus I really think this game is pretty mediocre.

I enjoyed the game's concept, appreciating the underlying plot. However, my primary concern lies in the abundance of extraneous content between the intriguing segments. It seems that the developer should consider eliminating superfluous conversations and replacing them with a more concise summary, such as "they talked a bit more before parting ways" or "they engaged in a brief chat about their day." The excessive dialogue, while present, often comes across as filler.

One positive aspect is the consistent focus on each main love interest in every update, distinguishing it from other games where character appearances are sporadic and require multiple updates to reappear.

Despite the game being laden with mundane content, the developer does not appear to be cutting corners and is actively crafting a decent gaming experience. While I haven't explored every intimate scene, the ones I have encountered were lackluster, prompting me to skip them. Notably, scenes involving Kate stood out due to subpar camera angles and animations, leaving much to be desired. Nevertheless, I appreciate Kate's well-developed personality and her interactions with the main character. Kudos to the developer for portraying a mature woman realistically, as opposed to the stereotypical portrayal found in many adult visual novels.

Considering the potential I see, I am inclined to give the game a 4-star rating, assuming we are at least halfway to realizing that potential as of episode 12.

Renders - 4/5
Animations - 4/5
Story 5/5 - fun
LI's 5/5 - Big variety of LI's, each with unique story
Music/SFX - 3,5/5
MC - 3,5/5 chadlike (i love it), but i hate face of MC, its weird

Overall 4,5. Great game, fun story, lots of beutiful love intrests.
Keep up good work, looking for more

Good VN, even in terms of the plot, the game is really engaging! for me, the real favorite is Vanessa, she is an ideal woman, like a real beauty, I’m looking forward to further developments!

"A Man for All" This is where the story and Mc himself are heading, the name of the game really matches, the animations are good, the girls are beautiful with different stories, a pleasant game)))

PROS
- Visuals are decent. Animations are custom made and I very much like the different angles/POVs with the animations - very nice touch. Wish more devs did that.
- Diverse characters and the models also seem to be custom made rather relying on the default Daz models.
- Not an annoying door/location clicking simulator. No grind or time-wasting mechanics.
- There is some choices and the game tries to make options matter. But so far, its pretty linear, with the only real sort of branching being accepting/rejecting relationships or sex.

CONS
- The biggest one. The dialogues can drag on for a looong while. A lot of the dialogues are unnecessary filler. I'd suggest being more concise to retain the reader's interest. Reduce repetition (discussing same things over and over) and less small-talk writing.
- Plot is very meh. Nothing thats gonna get you jumping off your seat in excitement. I'd personally like more urgency & drama injected into this VN, right now its too relaxed and slow-paced.
- I feel as though the stats and the varied conversation options are a good initial idea. But I'm skeptical of its utility. For example, picking the goofy or flirty dialogues will just change 1-3 dialogue lines afterwards but nothing else is affected. Its doesn't orient your character towards a particular personality nor does it affect anything major like scenes. Idk if its worth the time-investment.

There is something seriously wrong with me. I am nail biting the drama of a boxing ring… in a PORN GAME! I’m pretty sure the MC will win as per most stories, but the rest of it grips me.

Sex scene wise… it’s… on the better side of alright. The other dramatic bits range from serviceable to good. The LIs are fine, but they’re clearly in 3 boxes:

1-(Almost) Meet and fuck.
2-Have SOME fun after a reasonable time.
3-Have you heard… of… sloooooooooow… burn?

Another solid 4 star. Take off 1 star if you don’t like the boxing part.

First off the MC is in college studying psychology , i bad field to study imo and this so called prestigious college he is the only one studying it and the college is thinking about closing that part of the college down, you don't say.

So the story has a mix of good and bad plots. The art/renders are decent and the characters so far are good.

Sex. 8/10
Story. 7.5/10
Art/renders. 7.5/10
Characters. 8.5/10