VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - A.O.A. Academy [Ch.5 Gold] [TLGGAMES]

A really fantastic game, with a strong story and great character models.

The sliders got a bit too much exercising here in my view, but I don't think that matters too much. The animation quality is really what stands out here, I think, but the renders in general are also great.

Story and writing are great, but somehow it didn't really pull me in particularly strongly, but it was good enough that I wanted to replay to check out all of the branches (or maybe it was the animation and model quality...)

If you like picking one girl and sticking with her I think this is one that you will enjoy.

This game suffers from lack of polish and lack of direction, which is truly a shame because it started off strong.

I’m not gonna give a play-by-play of the story as it is truly all over the place by this point, but it seemed to start with a simple focus and got really complicated really fast. The story seems to want to take itself seriously but then ends up getting really unrealistic. There’s CARTELS all over the place but they’re not Hispanic cartels they seem to be a mixture of black and white people which I think it would be better to just call them organizations or even gangs at this point.

That aside, the way things are handled are really out there. They own an entire police force, and can openly hold and beat up a cop, that has a secret past that is revealed out of nowhere while the cartel is hunting down one of the girls because she’s related to one of their members that she killed because he was sexually abusing her. So they’re chasing her and all her friends down so they can kill her and it’s just a mess. That’s only part of it as the group of girls (4 in total) ALL come with their own share of problems and troubled pasts.

Honestly the better solution would be to make the story about helping all the girls get over their troubled pasts, which that was what this started out as, but now it’s we have college kids trying to outmaneuver trained criminals with the help of a cop and a woman who killed some cartel guys because they killed her husband. And the college kids just mope all day when they can’t do more or because they’re putting their friends in danger against these criminals. Sorry, but it’s a bit far out there.

The other problem, the lack of polish, started small and then grew more and more as time went on. It’s not like the game is buggy but it went from a spelling mistake or grammar mistake or two here and there to being in almost every line or other line of dialogue. Then as someone else pointed out, college kids wouldn’t talk the way these kids do, it’s not exactly believable. Not to mention other things like people who are not even in the scene being credited for lines of dialogue and what not. This game needs a SERIOUS edit.

All that to say I was a big fan when this game first came out. Chapter 3 is where things started to take a turn downhill. It’s got way too much going on ALL at the same time and is trying to be too many things all at once. I can’t quite say it’s average at this point in time. It had a LOT of potential and with some editing and refocusing it could be salvaged, hell it could even end up being a good game once more, but it saddens me to say this game is going in the wrong direction and is not in a good place at the moment.

And that’s just from a story and game perspective, if you’re here for sex you will be greatly disappointed. You’ll see your fair share of naked girls, (and even some guys) but not much doing. Hoping for a comeback with this one, but right now it’s not very good. I checked out mostly after the second chapter and I don’t mind a slow burn story focused game.

Love the game, love the girls, and love the story - i don't even mind the lack of sex - can't wait for the next chapter.

cg: 5/5
story: 4/5
models: 4.5/5

one of the best games on here, you should definitely try this one out.

Good points:
The models are interesting and attractive showing natural proportions. The renders aren't top quality but very good quality nontheless.

Bad points:
The game tries to be very realistic about the relationships between MC and the love interests. This is bad because the progress is very very slow despite the game being so lengthy already. There is very very little erotic content. There are several paths depending on the girl MC has interest in but for the most part being on one path blocks all other content with the sad exception that trying to be on two different paths at different moments can even block both paths content on the future.

On the other hand, most other parts of the story are very unrealistic. The drama escalates super quickly for a story that as of today only covers less than a week of in-game time. The story is very chaotic and characters usually have very stupid behavior.

The game says it's better played with sound. It is not. Aside from very sporadic sounds of a door closing, the background music will only give you a depression.

There are quite some spelling mistakes but more importantly names that change over time (from Finn to Flint), characters calling the wrong names or text labeled under a character that's not the one saying those lines (maybe not even at the scene).

Overall, the game has so much text for so little lewd content. Characters are physically appealing but very lacking in personality. Story is chaotic and boring at the same time. The fact that it's already more than 10GB in size makes me not recommend it.

The renders in this game are fantastic. So many beautiful women of different types. The main love interests are excellent, and even the secondary love interests are super appealing - Vicky and Sung Ji and especially Elizabeth all are unique and well done. The game has some of the best facial expressions of any game, with the girls' faces really showing thought and emotion. Bravo!

Well, except the MC - he always looks like a slack-jawed yokel with a brain problem. I don't even think he can smile. Still, the art talent to make these female characters deserves praise.

However, I wish the developer would consult with someone to spice up his writing. The story is weird and maudlin, and very very short on sexual tension. It's good that everyone has a tragic backstory, but the girls should still be horny. There should be naughty banter and sexy hijinks. Otherwise, what's the point of the game? It's a harem -based sex game, but only one character (Jade) seems to have any semblance of a sex drive.

The girls should be competing for the MC's attention , taking risks. They should be jealous of each other, or maybe team up with each other to win the MC, or something. They simply don't do anything.

There have been so many missed opportunities for more fire in the game. Even little opportunities are missed. Rebecca was riding in the back of the car and the writer tells us that the seat bolster is pressing into her crotch - why not take the opportunity to have her fantasize about sex with the MC , get herself off from the car vibrations, and then be mortified about it and wonder if anyone else realized what just happened? That would have been fun. Instead, nothing happens. Nothing at all. Rebecca is one of the cutest CGI models I have ever seen, and she could not be more bland and sexless. What a waste of a creation like that.

Instead we get endless boring conversations about whether to order the pasta or the pizza and how hot it is outside. And the MC does nothing except say bland supportive things to each of them.

I don't know if the game developer reads these reviews, but if he does... buddy, I really love your art and I really want to like your game, but you need to spice it up. I love a slow burn game, but it needs to be a SEXY slow burn full of innuendo and growing tension, not a "no one seems to even think about sex" story.

I'm still giving it 4 stars because the art is fantastic and there is still time for the writer to start giving us the secret kinky side of all of these girls. Something like Sung Ji is a secret exhibitionist, Rebecca has a closet full of bondage gear, Vicky has an oral fixation and is willing to pass out while deepthroating the MC's ridiculously huge dong, Jenny gives spankings to all the girls that live in her house, Ashley is bisexual and wants to do threesomes, Elizabeth needs a little pain to get off,... whatever, Or they can al l just want missionary sex. But they have to WANT something. Anything. Please spice this damn story up, or give your fantastic CGI characters to someone with a dirtier mind.

Ok, my essay is over.

The models are excellents, the girls have thoses mix feeling of bein cute and hot.
It depends who, Jade of course is more hot and Rebecca is more cute, and of course my favorite Valery is a good combination of both ^^.
Not forgetting Ashley, Jenny and the others, they're all great.


The story otherwise is a little bit more difficult to keep up, I think it's too manichean and too "cheesy" in some ways.
The MC seems to be too genuinely good without doing any effort by the choices proposed, there is absolute no way for him to be a Jerk, or the girls are in love with him or he is a dear friend at the very least.
Adam's evilness is in my opinion should be way more subtle than that, for me he is way more explicit than it have to be.

All those little things made the scenario a bit insipid but the game is still on progress so it's not a definitiv opinion, maybe the chapters who's going to be release next will put some perspective et erase some flaws I mentionned.

The game still have a huge potential so I will keep following it.

I've known this game for a long time but I had never given him a chance because he looked like another generic college game.
But this week decides to try the game Chapter 4 Gold Edition
And omg what a wonderful surprise. have been a pleasure to be so wrong with the image I had of the game

The game has nothing of the typical college games.
What he has is a very good story with many interesting characters.
It's not the characters you just want to have sex with. they are characters you want to know better and more about them.
Characters that make you feel bad for thinking about harem route

Positives - Just Valery story alone makes this game worth playing.
The rendering are very good
Very good story
So far the MC is not just another generic boy that fuck all the girls

Negatives - well i guess some grammar mistakes that even for me that English is not the first language were evident

Note - The game has practically no sex and to be honest it didn't make any sense to have with the story that the game has.

Downloaded this game after seeing how beautiful it looks and it has sizable download size which led me to believe there are a lot of high quality scenes and yet, this game, is barely a game worth being on F95, there is barely any scenes, like literally, i am in 3rd chapter already and only scene there was a weird BJ in front of spectating girls, so am like okay, it's story driven game, not for everyone but could be given a chance, but then as i progress story is just a hot g*rbage, i mean so over the top dramatic and yet trying constantly to be this super supportive group of freinds that all know each other for THREE whole days and they're all already so involved with eachothers lives and stuff, i mean sure, it shouldn't be a realistic story or whatnot, it's on a porn game site, but even for that standard it's just... fuuuh... am sorry, but this is waste of memory space and time. No offense meant, just being honest.

Review for Chapter Four

Playing through this game for the first time, I really thought it was going to be something special. However, as more chapters were released, it has turned into a silly melodrama on the same level as CW shows.

If the dev had kept up the tone and writing of the first chapter, it would've been great. Having girls with interesting backgrounds was enough, it didn't need any of the stuff with Adam.

If you're playing for the first time, just be aware that chapter one is as good as it gets.

I would've ranked this a three star, but the game also is full of grammar errors that have never been fixed, starting in the first chapter. Some of your choices are also ignored, like the choice in the elevator.

Really sad to give this only 3 Stars. There is so much Potential here. The Girls and Renders are absolutely Top Notch. But Sadly the Story is not. Wish the dev would just stick to rendering and let somebody else write the Story.

The rendering is very good, but the story is really bad.
Too hypocritical, pretending to be tragedy.

Now it seems that popular erotic games must have a sad background story? Very ironic ~
Lost boy gets a bunch of women's love?

The result of the "good night" and "goodbye" at the beginning of the plot made me lose interest in this game instantly.

After that, there are two options every time. One can please the female character, and the other is not. It is really a ridiculous design.
Then I can't play it anymore, even if the pictures are rendered very well.

Another flaw is that the heroines (Jenny, Ashley, Valery, Rebecca) only have their hair and makeup changed, they are actually the same model.
In contrast, Sung stands out a lot because her face is unique.

I really don't understand, does the creator prefer that face so much?

I downloaded this game because of the extremely high rating, and after playing it for a couple of hours, I simply have no idea why it is rated so high.

The biggest pro is that the renders are excellent, and the women are very attractive. Unfortunately for me, that is the only pro of this game.

The story is a nonsensical mess, and the writing is extremely awkward. The plot is convoluted, and the subplots are all over the place and really don't mesh together in any cohesive way. What few sexual scenes there are basically come out of nowhere at first, then don't happen again for hours of gameplay.

The writing is the game's biggest shortcoming. The dialogue is weird and unnatural, and characters continually are awkwardly laughing at things that are neither jokes nor humorous in any way. There are typos and grammatical issues throughout, and I honestly can't tell whether the dev is not a native English speaker, or is simply a bad writer. My guess is the latter.

The MC is painfully and unbelievably naive, and for some reason his home town, which is referenced constantly, is simply referred to by everyone as "the Old Town." Would it be that hard for the dev to give the town a damn name? Similarly, not once do the characters refer to their university as "school," "college," "A.O.A," or "university," but rather refer to it only as "the academy." I went to a school which had the word "academy" in its name, and not once in my entire life have I ever heard anyone use the phrase "the academy." Yet the phrase is used in this game multiple times in pretty much every conversation.

Considering the game's rating, I guess I'm in the minority here, but there is nothing about the game that drew me in, and I gave up on it by the end of the second chapter (and based on the most recent reviews, it sounds like the following chapters only go downhill from there).

I usually enjoy games with school settings, even if they tend to be fairly unoriginal, but this one falls short for me.

As of Ch 4G

Wow, love this game. One of the best truly story driven games. While it is a school type setting, calling it a school type game would be an extreme disservice. The story is far more unique than many of the run of the mill type stories we get here. You also have a lot of potential paths that give you quite a bit different experience. I spent a lot of run throughs trying different ones out and it was great.

Graphics 5 star, truly top shelf.
Animation 5 star again top shelf
Story 5 star

Only minor issues were some a few spots of grammar, but that is pretty easy to fix and ignore. There was nothing egregious.

I want to give this one 4, even 5 stars, but I just can't. Here's my take, having just finished Ch 4 Gold...

The good: The main characters are all beautiful. Each of them has endearing facial qualities and expressions. This is the single biggest item in the plus column for me; too many VNs I'm seeing look so generic, rushed, and are devoid of any personality. Speaking of personality, I like most of what the characters have to offer in this respect. Mostly. Not sure if this is unorthodox or considered unimportant, but I like that each of the mains is attractive in their own way; pretty faces, yet each is unique from the other, and in physique as well. The "immersion" that is injected through the audio is a nice touch as well, and highly underrated as a mechanic of VNs in general.

The bad: For some reason, despite the good-looking models, it seems like a lot of the renders have portions of the body where the skin looks like a textured wall or that the character has scarring from a childhood accident. It's very distracting when you know that character is essentially supposed to look appealing/flawless. I felt like the similarities in the ladies' breasts was a bit phoned-in; dev could've spent more time on making them more unique there. One of the reasons I nicked a star was the characters' reactions to the choices the MC makes - even choices that would offend/hurt any normal person - being almost exclusively reserved or positive is irritating; make the characters react in a human way; anger, resentment, jealousy, etc. Even if there is a chance to rebound from that. As others outlined in the comments - chapters 1-2 were great, but 3 was kind of blah and 4 was just, well, boring, predictable, and annoying. There are multiple spelling/grammar errors, but at this point that seems the norm in VNs. Oh, dev should probably address Lastly, and the reason for reduction in another star - I really felt like the lack of intimate encounters/opportunities was annoying; MC has obvious love-interest choices, but seemingly never really gets to act on lust; either exclusively or in combination with love. Super irritating, at least for me.

I have been following this VN since it began, I was delighted with the first two chapters, but after the third everything began to come down, I just read the fourth chapter and it is much worse than the previous one, many plot holes, the plot is totally out of it, the main character from the third chapter does not paint at all in the story, It does not have a voice or vote, it does not influence any decision, and worst of all, it advances almost nothing in any sentimental relationship with any of the female protagonists of the story, I think the essence of the first chapters was lost from the third with all that senseless plot of the narcos, the loss of prominence of the main male character, and the large amount of characters that surrounds this VN, is doing more harm than good.

Humble advice, reduce the number of story plots, let the MC develop a relationship with at least 3 of the female leads (Jenny, Ashley and Valery),
give more prominence to the MC, short the story of the narcos, it loses more and more meaning, returns to the university essence and the personal dramas of potential MC romances, In short, go back to the essence of the first two chapters, greetings.

P.D: Sorry for my poor english, i hope I have helped with something, i really like your job.

Episode 5:
The story is still in chaos, many characters, many stories to tell, little time.

The main story, has neither head nor tail, to that we must add the sub-plot of the drug traffickers, which continues to damage more and more this VN in general, in short, very little progress, for a job that comes to light every 4 months.

Observations outside of the narrative, the developer needs to improve technically, he does many things well, but the most basic things like using the D-force, he ignores them almost completely, problems with the textures of certain characters and other details, which By now they should be fixed.

To conclude, the author of VN has to simplify the story, short sub-plots that do not contribute anything, reduce the number of secondary characters and focus on a single story, less is more, greetings.

I've been playing this game since it's first release, i was attracted to it cuz its renders were good and all girls looks beautiful but after chapter 4 I'm very disappointed. I mean it started out great with some emotional drama but after chapter 1st it felt unrealistic and we are on ch4 and the story became total garbage and unacceptable to my eyes. It seems like author is writing stories on the basis of polls.
Btw don't get offended by my review and also please introduce a ebony and brown female character to diversify the game

Damn, Jade is some character, one of the best girl out here.
The main plot if I'm not wrong is about the egomaniac brother trying and succeeding (till now) to screw his adopted sister jen's life at every opportunity possible and for obvious reasons money and power and he's ready to sacrifice anyone comes in between.
Premise: when I'm talking about the premise of AOA academy, sure the game is based on the college lives of all those involved but the extra and important seasoning of whole cartels and mafias have taken this to next level.
My problem
-I personally felt like the main character was for supporting role, i mean it's understandable that this one's still in early phase of development and hopefully mc has some leeway and assertiveness going forward. Looked helpless but again story demands so I'll take that.
Good thing is that there weren't many free roams and ingame mobile usage this update.
-Some trivial choices seems to be illusionary.
Personalities :
Mc: way too lazy (in the past) if he didn't learn how to swim or at least be ready for brawl being a country guy. But my boy has charming aura, helping hands , and six pack abs.
Ashley: sweet, lovely, gorgeous, always there for you, i mean they all are. And perfect waifu material..
Jenny: brain tumor surviver, Live let live kind of personality, guilty conscience (perfectly natural even so in her case), another perfect waifu.
Jade: this girl makes me crazy everytime she appears on screen.
Rebecca: another sweet, innocent girl, quite bubbly and way too attractive.
Vicky: hotty and that too just in normal attire, has dikheadish brother, former judo champion.
Valerie: abundance of willpower, free spirit lately if you get to know her, a beauty. Handle with care plz.
Elizabeth: sexually frustrated beauty and a well known ice queen, though lately she's getting too hot to handle.
Sung Ji: last but not least asian hotty, always ready to patch things up between you and Ashley but lately she's getting more interested in you.
Please do not prejudice this one as solely a college theme game i mean there are plenty of them out here but rather keep an open mind and dive in you'll enjoy it.

Positives:
~ It started out great, the first part of the story gets you hooked, emotion, drama and seems like an actual movie.
~ Music is amazing, chosen as per the scenes and environment.
~ Renders are good
~ Girls are really hot, unrealistic, but hot.

Negatives:
~ After the first part, the story which was supposed to be great, just gets so unrealistic, annoying and cluttered, so hard to keep track of what's happening, and seems way too unrealistic.
(for example: within the first 10 minutes of the game, MC gets a blowjob and then nothing....)
~ Again, as the games doesn't have more or less any sex scene, the only good thing was the story which as you keep on playing starts getting more and more bizarre,
Example: MC hangs out with sooooo many girls and almost all of them have hots for him but still, nothing happens, and then the amalgam of the college life and mafia gangs sometimes just makes no sense, a famous tv actress or world's no. 1 pianist's daughter who no one recognizes, a teacher who is known as the hot headed one and is terrifying doesn't look terrifying at all after the first scene, in-fact she's the most approachable and sweetest women ever. and many more...
~ unnecessary choices which might not make sense, for example if on call you say "goodnight" it's +1 point but if you say goodbye then nothing happens, doesn't seems like it's much different.

Overall, it started out great but as it's progressing, it doesn't seem like it's going anywhere.

Overall an average visual novel with plenty of problems.

Pros

• Excellent character models
• Beautiful and sexy female character models
• Likable characters (MC is questionable)
• Excellent animations
• A good amount of content

Cons

• Blueball simulator - the game is a poor adult xxx game title - very few sex scenes - way too much teasing and blueballing that never goes anywhere!
• Lots of render problems - It seems like the dev was experimenting with render filters and made things worse as a result. The majority of renders have one or more of the following problems: 1. Too bright 2. Too much contrast 3. Over exposed - Some renders have all three problems. The prologue through chapter 2 renders are largely too bright and then in chapter 3, all three problems are common. All three problems frequently ruin the color and detail of the character models in the renders! This is not an improvement dev!
• Lots of English problems. Lots of misused words. Lots of tense problems (past, present, future). Lots of missing words. Lots of gender pronoun problems. The game badly needs a proofreader!
• Two major stories going on that don't fit well together - college life and mafia/drug cartel crime novel. The two stories really detract from each other in my opinion.
• Major plot and story holes in the game. The author frequently forgets what was said in earlier dialogs and creates new narratives that conflict with what was said earlier in the story. It happens so much that I'm guessing the author suffers from some sort of short-term memory problem (just a guess, I'm not trying to be mean here). A prime example is when the group is in Elizabeth's class, she tells the group to put their desks together in a circle so they can work together on the quiz and then she has all of them do their quizzes on their own and picks them up to grade them without any collaboration whatsoever??? There was no point in putting all the desks together like that to work as a group. There are dozens of examples like this, it is really concerning.
• Poor character development - tons on nonsense and fluff dialog and events with no defining characteristic development or real character development going on.
• MC is a farm boy but can't swim and has never used a gun before??? I grew up in a small farming community and pretty much everyone used guns. There wasn't a lot to do in a small hick farming town so guns were used for recreation commonly. The MC doesn't know how to dance either. Oh, and we learn that he doesn't know how to fight either! Did the MC grow up in a farming town or a convent, I'm confused?!?! I was really shy growing up but I learned how to swim, use guns, and dance. I got in four fights in middle school and two fights in High School (this is common and I made a point of avoiding trouble).
• Lots of WTF moments. Jenny going to her brother Adam for help was one example. All the girls willing to go topless if the MC does was another one (they just barely met). Too many to list here but there are dozens of instances that damage immersion and the story.
• The prologue doesn't reflect what the rest of the game will be like. It is more of a tease of what you won't be seeing in the game rather than a proper introduction to the game. Bait and switch here!
• Some player choices aren't honored in the game. The story text is hardcoded for one of the possible choices. One example is when the MC and Adam are in the elevator together at the fancy hotel. I chose to be silent but Adam said that I insulted him and then the MC tells Jenny that he insulted Adam also (which never happened). Don't give us choices if they don't matter; it is much worse than not giving the choice to begin with!
• Several times, characters in the game are called the wrong name. One example is that Adam is often called Clint (in chapter 3).
• Several times, characters will say lines meant for other characters (usually the person they are having the conversation with). The author sometimes gets sloppy here.
• Several story paths that aren't developed. For example, the MC gets a job at a girls only home as a maid. He only works ONE day for all four story chapters and gets handed an envelope full of cash for doing so.
• The game is poorly designed in that if you want to see all the content, you have the play the game multiple times (up to 6 times). Hell no! I barely got through the game once, there is no way I want to go through it a second time!
• Another design flaw is that you have to have a perfect relationship score with love interests in order to unlock romantic content with them. I did not play the game using mods or a walkthrough and missed some content as a result. I tried really hard to make the best choices throughout the game but I obviously wasn't perfect. When a walkthrough is required to fully experience a game it is a poor design. There needs to be some forgiveness if the player doesn't make perfect choices all the time (perhaps base it on 90% or greater of maximum relationship score).

The story is somewhat interesting but is filled with lots of fluff and mundane activities and events. I personally would have either stuck with the college setting or the mafia/drug cartel crime story and not try to force them together.

The dev does a great job with the character models in the game and the animations, no question! The rest of the game's execution is done poorly overall.

I only encountered two sex scenes my entire playthrough which is very disappointing. The author constantly teases sexual situations and then blueballs the player. The animations are excellent however. The sex scene with Ashley was excellent and a highlight of the game, I just wish there were more of them!

I can't recommend the game to anyone except those looking for a pure non-adult visual novel with an average story and average writing with plenty of flaws (and some eye candy with beautiful character models).

As of Ch. 4 Public

The good:
- The slow-burn. Feels like you're actually trying to build a relationship with each of the girls than simply find a breathing sex toy
- Rebecca
- Writing is good with few mistakes, doesn't feel rushed
- Render quality is impeccable
- While pacing of the overall plot (see below) is iffy, the quiet moments are much-appreciated breathing space.
- Did I mention Rebecca?

The bad:
- Some bugs here and there, but nothing that breaks progression, although a new save is required for Ch.4 for some reason.
- Plot feels rushed with almost little time for proper character development. Imagine you're sitting on a chair one day and then a car slams into the back of you - that's what it feels like between Chapter 1 and 2.
- A lot of 'tell' moments where 'show' would have been better.
- Lack of any meaningful male friendships (this IS a mixed school afterall)

The ugly:
- The Richard family inheritance dispute is probably the most illogical, improbable, and insane part of the story. Either that or Adam is far dumber than he or the story makes him out to be.