Ren'Py - Academy34 [v0.30.1.4 Public] [Young & Naughty]

I remember when this game first came out and it was really nice, to see a different take on the overwatch lore. Something that kept the characters but did a little bit of fan fiction that was believable. Unfortunately, that just isn't there anymore. The characters are now no longer overwatch characters they are the dollar store versions of them. I'm not sure why there was a change, if it was legal or not, but the game feels empty with their new counterparts. Although the art is nice, the game hasn't changed much mechanically. It is still the same bad quest log with bad text formatting, the same map, and same bad ui. Getting scenes does not feel rewarding, it feels like they are thrown at you, hoping you like them. It's easier to randomly click around the map than it is to read the quest log and then go do the mission to complete the quests.

I've reached a point where I wait for updates because I also want to see the dialogues and story, the art has improved a lot and what stands out the most is the variety of relationship dynamics between the characters. All this, added to the increasing variety of scenes, makes it an amazing game.

I came for the porn and stayed for the art and the story, well-developed characters and captivating story, following in part the lore of the characters that adds well to the world building. In short

Art 10/10
Plot 8/10
UI 7/10
Sandbox 7.5/10

- Terrible UI.
- Low amount of erotic content.
- Dialogue is mostly filler.
- Mediocre journal and no quest tracking.
- Decent art and english.

I don't recommend playing this for the erotic content, or for the parody value of its namesake. Maybe if you're in the mood for a poorly paced school drama in a shitty sandbox.

very nice game, i had a lot of fun playing, and i must say that i loved the H content, really nice, i totally recommend it

The story of the characters was really nice to read while playing, not making me only want to see the "hot content" but to see the story itself

god awful art style and just a huge grind for a piss poor payoff, the characters dont even resemble the originals, dialogue isnt immersive, jokes arent funny, story lines didnt capture me at all, as a fan of the original games i was left very disappointed

I really enjoyed the game, finished playing v0.23.1.1 several months ago when it was released, it was good so far. Characters' design was fairly good, but the storyline was the best part, at least for me.
I definitely will be waiting for the updates

I don't even play Overwatch. I don't know how I got here. That said, this is a pretty good AVN. The characters are likeable, including the MC, the art is great, and the writing feels very natural, in a sense. (As natural as you can get from a porn game, that is.) As other reviews have mentioned, a majority of progression events take place on the weekends, which means you have to click through five days of almost-nothing in between advancing most characters' plotlines, which is annoying. However, I believe the devs are working on an overhaul to the whole game, engine and all, with the intent of streamlining everything. Not sure what the trajectory there is looking like, but I'm optimistic.

Kinda boring, a lot of text, not very high quality art so full-screen is not a great idea. I didn't play much to be very honest, maybe an hour or so and I found it boring and not a lot of stuff/scenes going on. Maybe you need to spend more time but I won't be doing that

If you are here for the trap content be warned that in order to get it you will have to "wait 1 week" in game and do another characters route.

In reality that 1 week seems to be an almost random period of weeks, looked in the thread several people asked and found no clear answer.

After finally getting to start said characters route it revovles entirely about some other dude fucking said character, and you go into some subpar plot around it.

Doesn't help that this should have been a straight VN instead of attemping to be a sandbox game.
You can farm money and stats!
I have yet to find a purpose for this besides unlocking a handful of pictures, without story tied to them. But they do make sure that you have to click through the same repeating text boxes over and over again in order to progress the routes!

Oh whoops, this person needs to be spoken to on the weekend!
Go ahead and click through 5 days!


Overall:
Art 7/10 it is good when it is good, it's just a pain to get to
Gameplay 1/10 there is none, it's a VN with added tedium
Story 4/10 I got tired of it fast but it's not horrible enough to varant a worse score


If you got interested in the trap content, either unlock the gallery and save your time or read a doujin instead. It is not worth the time for it.
If you are really pressed for overwatch content maybe this will do it for you, but I found myself hard pressed to want to play more after following a handful of routes.

The game was nice , I enjoyef playing it. Im looking forward to play more game s like this and i will follow the game. i hope it gets quick updates real soon because i cant wait to play the next updates. the drawing style looks very nice and the translation is very well done. the story is very good too.

Not bad- still a long way to go. The characters and writing is great- the devs are good at creating personality which is super important in games like this.

The art is inconsistent but there were good scenes for sure.

The gameplay loop... has problems. A lot of story can only be progressed on the weekends but you soon run out of things to do during the weekdays so you basically just skip. There is a money system which you need to unlock Dva's story, but it's redundant otherwise. The game is kind of set up like you'll have a stat system, but if so it's not implemented yet. It might be tough to do but having some kind of combat or questing system would help break things up, but coding that in at this point might be a nightmare- and if so, don't follow suit of other games that try to tack on a new mechanic and basically destroy the game.

Anyway, if you like these characters, it's worth checking out, but it does become tedious quite fast.

I'm giving it a 4 because there are some good features and because it is earlyish in development. If some problems aren't fixed I'm dropping the score later.

Story/Characters:
There are no real main line stories but only consists of relationship arcs with the characters in the game. The MC is a great protagonist whilst portraying the typical nice guy wins all girls in the world can be a bit too conventional it is done well with his humour and dialogue. Some of the characters are not just plain vanillas but also have kinks and fetishes for yourself to unveil and explore! A great variety of fetishes , I do love how the MC is a switch that caters to both sub + dom audiences whom is very open and explorative in exploring. The characters are done well with interesting stories and plot. Whilst no nobel prize winning plots, they definitely do intrigue the audience wanting to read more and to build that relationship.

Gameplay:
The gameplay is set in a 2D sandbox setting in a university campus where you can access through a map with also elements of point and click as well. The gameplay is quite standard and nothing too revolutionary but nothing exceptional.

However, at the beginning of the game, it was very confusing albeit even borderline frustrating. I found myself mindless clicky to every person/thing to progress through the game. But to let you know as you get through struggle through the motion and immersing yourself into the story and characters, the game becomes worth it.

One of the gripes I had with the game was the singular and repetitive nature of earning money to buy content from the store. It’s a mundane task that feels quite lifeless where I wish there was a variety of different of options or even possibly minigames to earn money that doesn’t feel like a grindfest.

Another aspect that I was not a fan of was the progression of many arcs in this game are required to hangout on the weekend to progress through the arc. I feel like this limits the player’s choice and can impact the pacing of the game where it feels like you needed to endless rest and sleep to progress. A possible feedback is possibly when sleeping in bed, to make an option to sleep until the weekend to progress to that stage.

Content:
Now wow, once you get through the beginning stages there is a plethora of content to go through. There are currently 14 arcs/storyline that have your beloved overwatch characters and new characters introduced in personified university personas.

Whilst not all of the 14 arcs have the same quality standards, the really good ones are fucking awesome! The ones that are kinda meh are still pretty good as well! This game has clearly has love and effort put in to this project. Personally for myself, I love the Widowmaker and Mei arcs those are my current favourite.

The sex scenes are super duper hot and very fappable as well. I do love have some of the sex scenes have these like very comic feel towards them with its overexagerration yet intimate feel to it (almost like hentai-like). However there are some sex scenes where it is just an animation of sex which at times were disappointing. The major iconic overwatch characters like Tracer and Mercy do have very disappointing arcs which I was very sadden about.

Some of the sex scenes in the game has alternative costumes/outfits that can be bought in the shop. Let me tell you, they are freaking awesome!!! So many great scenes are reimagined through a different lens makes such a vary amount of content. This does feel like a hidden homage to like the loot boxes in overwatch where you get cosmetics for your heroes. Just alone for this, personally for me this made it worth grinding the content.

I just wished that the gallery was more organised, you have to go through multiple pages to see the scene/replay you want. It would be awesome if they categorise it based upon hero would make the level of organisation and access that much better!

Visuals:
The visuals are absolutely top notch in this game. The game has a distinct art style to it that makes it very unique from any other game I have played. It has I guess more softer art style??? But still presents itself as very much eye candy to look at. All of the visuals have these eye popping and eye candy quality to it that I have not seen in any 2D visual game I’ve played with. It’s 2D hand drawn in extremely high quality. There are some great funny scenes in that game with the visuals that made me burst out laughing. The sex scenes are drawn incredibly well, some of the sex scenes are so good it feels like some of the girl’s juices are popping out of your screen.

The QOL visuals are great as well giving much of the overwatch vibes. From the menu and dialogue that gives it that personality.

Sound:
The sound is disappointing, at times there are some sounds in during some of the actions or conversations. Some background noise when navigating the map is acceptable. The lack of background music was also a bummer, just adding some background music would add much more ambiance to the game and making it a more pleasurable experience.

Whilst it’s gameplay + mechanics and sound design lets it down. As well as the quality of each arc/story can widely differ so some of your favourite heroes might not get love. Intially it was a 4 star for me just because of my gripes. However, despite my gripes about the game, it is still an excellent play and warrants a 5 star in my eyes just because of I know how much love and effort was put into this game. This game is amazing especially if you are a fan of overwatch! And to fap as well hehe.

If I want one word to describe this game it would be boring. I mean it's basically your average college games with overwatch skins. Also The stupid sandbox mechanic where we have to wait 1 week to progress with the characters. The mc is bland and boring and is like a doormat. Cherry on top there are two unavoidable NTR secnes

Started out as a Rule 34 parody of Overwatch and is slowly becoming its own thing, which in my opinion is for the better! Writing is in my opinion very well done, it's genuinely funny and it makes me care about the characters, something which is rare for a porn game. Art style is subjective but i like it quite a lot, all the female characters look cute (especially Andre, best girl) and the art keep improving!

It's clear a lot of care has gone into this game and is still being put into every update. Only complaint is it NEEDS MORE ANDRE

Best part of the game is the art, the story is meh, the early art is definitely poorer, and OCs take away from the setting.

There's far better stories present here on the site to spend your time on.

If you're especially horny, go find an OW hentai comp and think clearer after busting one.

All in all, considering the time it takes for updates, the shortness thereof and branches they keep adding despite some characters having very small amounts of content, it's a hard pass.

I'm writing this at 1 am, and I don't have the time to fully gather my thoughts for a proper review, so this might come off as rambling.

I have been aware of this game for a while, and I played it a long time ago, but I fell off for about a year. I came back today decided to try the latest version.

This is now easily one of my favorite VISUAL NOVELS ever. Not just porn game. Visual Novels.

What so many porn games focus too much on is having as much tits and ass and peens going in vahooganas as possible, and while I get WHY they do it, they always seem to forget one of the most important elements of a visual novel. They need to be charming. And this game nails it with all their characters, but one character in particular knocks it out of the fucking park.

Andre.

Who would have thought that the best character in a parody porn game would be one of the original characters. But she just feels...human. she feels like the kind of character you don't typically see in a porn game, in that she's flawed. She seemingly has an anxiety disorder and, by my assumptions, she's written to be on the spectrum? This is rarely something that I see done in porn games, and it's done so well. Andre best girl, easily.

This game is so fucking good, I feel like if there were a version released appealing to a broader market by removing the porn aspects, we'd get YouTube video essays talking about why it's an underrated gem.

(This review is based off of version 0.18.3.2 for Windows)

Came for the porn, stayed for the plot.

Seriously though, the game is pretty good and the art is great. It's a bit jarring to see the updated Phara and Sombra models in contrast to the older models, but I can deal with it.

The plotlines vary in how interesting they are. For example the Widowmaker and D.va/Sombra plotlines are genuinely pretty good and interesting, while the Tracer plotline is kinda bad and really short. I mean, she gets a grand total of 3 scenes and about 40 minutes of content before the game completely forget she exists plotwise.

Only reason I'm giving a 4/5 is because the map goes unused a bit and sometimes the plotlines taking a week to advance gets a bit annoying if you are trying to focus them one at a time.

I feel like if there's any fandom to bring your A game for making porn of it's overwatch, and I really don' think this game does.

The art isn't bad, but you can sure as hell get access to way better without forcing yourself to sit through the most bland and uninspired sandbox so why bother?

Incredibly bland and boring.
I played it for a while but never got to any interesting content.
Basically it is one of those sandbox games where there is only one thing you can do at a time, making it completely useless.
To add to the lifeless atmosphere of the game the same characters are standing in the same spot every day shooting you the same dialogue every time, should not be difficult to randomise or make at least a little bit of variation here.
Another gripe with this game is that half of the used images are 1920*1080 (which is somewhat of a minimum standard nowadays) while the other half is only one quarter of this resolution, making images very blurry in full screen.