VN - Ren'Py - Aihvala [v0.4] [MaterTuaGames]

The world needs more game like this, the graphics are not good as the top 5 games, but they are good enough to be one of the top games in the future. About the story... well is captivating. The characters and how they were made(the models) are good, the decitions you could make, have an impact in the outcome. It's a good game, not the best but with the potential to be one of them.

With little content [v0.4], it already provides a great experience. The text is simple (no overthinking and narration) but well written, the sex is quite straightforward with good animations - there is no relationship building (so far), just like that grab what you want. The plot is quite nice and funny. It's not an overcomplicated story, easygoing at it's best. I hope for a big update soon.

Version 0.4

Early version is fairly short but has a lot of potential

• Good natural models
  • Big, small and medium curves
  • Old, young and in between
    • Might not be for everyone but scenes are optional
  • Hairy and non-hairy versions, but hairy seems the way to go
  • Nice expressions
• Pretty decent animations
  • Most sexual content has some animation
  • However, almost half of pure sexual content is extra and non-story relevant, kept in a Patreon exclusive version(but this isn't mentioned at the beginning of the game(and probably should be) so most players think the game is broken or missing content)
    • But there is still plenty of sexual content in the regular version(so far)
• Writing is fine
  • But there are frequent errors where the wrong character name is displayed over the text box
• UI and interactivity
  • Neither bad nor good, but the UI is simple and effective, there are occasional clicking quick time event minigames that work fine
    • There are 'travel' sections where one has a background and must find the appropriate characters or doorways to progress, but can not necessarily intuitively tell which are optional and which will progress the story. Though this can be easily solved on the player's end by reloads.

Overall I think its pretty good for what it is, story moves at a fast pace and regularly provides sexual content without completely ignoring narrative. Fairly short for now but has lots of potential and dev promises comparatively frequent updates, just hope they don't overextend with all the planned tags and setting, where too many characters, diverging storylines, or catering to too many genres will detract from the central content.

Looking forward to more, hope for all the best in the continuation of Aihvala!

A lot of promise here. I'm a sucker for a good upskirt. The writing is reasonably good, and I like the character designs for the ladies. The only quibble I have at the moment is that there are some capitalization errors in the text, which isn't really that bothersome. I'm looking forward to seeing how things develop.

(Review of v0.4)

This could be the beginning of a nice story but it requires some polishing, starting with the writing as it is too rough to be called just decent. The models are OK but look weird from certain angles, for instance that first time the woman at your house bends over.

The story is also a bit sketchy at this early stage, it feels like everything happens too fast. Some music would also help making the game more enjoyable.

I wish the developer good luck!

I try to review (or even play) games too early in their dev cycle. But this one (v0.4) deserves a shout-out. It is fantastic! Slightly linear (but with enough choice to be called a 'game', even if choices are just 'see content or don't'). The graphics aren't AAA but they are really hot and fitting for what they want to be. The content pushes the edges of taboo and doesn't try to sugar-coat things (old people are old, unpleasant things are unpleasant) which is incredibly refreshing. And yet it feels 'chill' and none-stressful - like you can just have fun and be bad (or good) and enjoy the journey. I can't wait to see more.

Fantastic models, very reasonable amount of dialogue!
Love the variety, and the peach fuzz was a great detail. I'm looking forward to the rest of the game, especially because I'm not falling asleep skipping hours of pointless, poorly written test.

Not bad. Some typos here and there but those can be fixed. Also, there are some instances of it labeling the MC as Catherine, probably a typo of a variable in the code or something. But it's easily readable and understandable and it seems like if there is a tag you don't like it will be avoidable which is always appreciated. The story and lewd content is fun so far. I will be keeping my eye on this one's development and i wish the dev the best of luck in designing and making his game.

Aihvala [v0.3 Prologue Final]

To be honest I quite enjoyed this game which has some fine plus points, it's not without some minus points too however.

Let's get to things that I can think of that I didn't like:

I didn't like the kind of janky way in which you receive blowjobs, it just looks kind of awkward and juttering, it's passable but it just has an odd look to it and I didn't derive pleasure from it if I'm honest. The sex is a bit of a multi-speed thrusting simulator, it always just seems funny when she for example says: "fuck me harder!!", the speed just goes up a tick with three eventual speeds on the gear until coom.

The choices are flimsy, either you want to see erotic stuff or you don't, of course the best option is to just see all the erotic content that you can, there's as of right now in this short prologue no incentive or punishment whatsoever when choosing options, I'm sure that this will get addressed should the game be developed further.

Without the "incest" patch I think that it'd be a bit limited when it comes to the women, you have two chicks who are practically the same and an "aunty" who is a gilf in actuality. I said "incest" because the story could be developed in a certain way, who knows?

Like with "Kingdom Come: Deliverance", the quick reaction mini-games could become annoying.

All the men (except for Martin and your big dick) seem to be near complete wastrels. I find it more enjoyable to fuck the wife, girlfriend, mother or sister, etc of someone who's respectable. I think that there's more fun to be had in that. Fucking the wife of a loser doesn't fill me with any guilty feelings whatsoever, it's entirely deserved, justifiable and consequently less naughty... which is bad, I guess.

I'd like for there to be some semblance of shame or medieval modesty even if it's a flimsy charade, I'd like for different women to have differing boundaries and requirements for temptation. I feel like it's just too easy, there needs to be a bit more build up, more shock and a chased attitude from the women, I want to earn it, I'd like for situations to feel spontaneous, almost accidental, a gradual corruption. It all feels like an inevitable one man band, no competition and it's like you don't have to put in any effort, I want these women to fall from grace in various ways.

What I do like about the game:

There's great potential for developing the story and World building, with this prologue you're barely seeing the tip of the iceberg, it's another one of those games that could be fantastic, a case of "we'll see".

I like the design of practically everything in the game, the look of the characters, the medieval theme, it's all pretty nice to look at. I'm pretty sure near the end I saw some fantasy elements creep in, I don't know if it'll aid or punish the game's general feel. Some want medieval realism while some like sword & sorcery, it'll be yet another case of "we'll see" when it comes to further development.

Martin's "mum" (should be his granny to be honest) is someone who you want to fuck, as is your "little sister" who is a cute little slut, perhaps slightly ironically it's the women who you should aim to screw who are less desirable in my opinion, but they're all definitely fuckable and look sexy which is good. I really do hope that new characters get introduced that aren't already attached to men, maybe they could be attached to the village in other ways, like a war widow, a female labourer/beggar in financial difficulties, an out-of-her-depth tomboy, gang of curious girls who you take advantage of individually and/or collectively, some sort of teacher, nun, a woman who's considered to have basic medical "healing" powers. (Witch?)

Actually, when I think about it most of the positive things about this game lie in it's potential.

All-in-all this is a good initial effort worthy of a 4 star rating, will this game get any meaningful further development?...

Review for v0.3
Well this was not the best game experience I had. I feel like this is kinda your typical eye-candy game without much depth. Immediately, you start of with a cliché scene where one of the LI's flashes her private parts on accident. Not because something interesting or exciting happened, no just because she was wearing an extremely short dress (which does not make sense for the medieval period of time). Yeah... not the most original of events.

As expected after this scene, the romances are not really great. All love interests like the MC for no reason, they just do. Some even have sex with him in broad daylight while being at work the first time we get introduced to them. There are no wholesome or complex romances developing unfortunately.

Also the dialogue doesnt flow very well. The word 'Friend' is just used way too much. In some conversations it feels like the word is used in every sentence, it honestly kinda disrupts the flow of the conversation and is a bit annoying actually.

As for the overlapping story, its pretty non-existant. You spend the whole time just meeting people and f*cking/groping them straight away and then all of a sudden at the end 'You are to be king'??? There is no build up to this moment, its feels so all over the place. Like what is the background of the MC, does he have any special capabilities which makes us curious if the MC is more than a mere commonner. No.. just nothing. So you find yourself not really caring about why the MC is to be king, there is just so much information missing.

Then the visuals, sometime this could salvage the lack of depth in story and romance. But honestly in this game it doesn't really. The graphics in general are maybe even below average. One plus is that the animations are quite smooth. so I guess thats that. I doubted if I could give the game 2 stars for the animations, but I do not think that this game has enough to be more than a one star for now.

v0.3

Wonderful game so far!

The story is interesting and immersive, with a perfect pace.
Fine-looking girls.
Lots of incest - mom isn't shy, and the little sister is naughty.

I recommend playing this game together with "Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Music of Landscapes and Atmospheres."

This is a great game. The story quite interesting.

Graphics:
The models are gorgeous, and the environments are nice as well. For me 8/10

Animations:
The animation is smoothFor me 8/10

Story:
The story is good For me 10/10

Characters:
Characters are beautiful For me 8/10

Overall 8.5/10 For me
Aihvala is a game worth playing in my opinion.

Overall nice character, a lot of potential MILFS, new settings in medieval era not some modern suburb family cliche, nice prologue, can't wait for further story to unfold, I'm intrigued whether it will be revenging story or the MC will take refugee on the other town.

Great start for the game in my opinion, i liked a lot about the choice of theme and the graphics over all, very unique story-line so far, really looking forward for more of this one in the future!!!!!

Okay having played through the "Prologue" I will stay with my original statement, I made when the game first came out, "the game has potential". I still believe it, however the "pay to win" patches aren't necessary I understand it from a marketing view point, to get people to join your Patreon, but I think you are going about it the wrong way, "the imagination scene's" would do better off in the base game, so you would only need to do one patch instead of two, then you could start putting in some of the "Tags" you mentioned in the game, to use /advertise for your game and slowly put some in the game one at a time. instead of the "the imagination scene's". Because the only thing that I can think of at this point in time, that could hurt the game more, is not coming through with some of the "Tags" you said you'd put in the game. Other than that hopefully the game will stick around, looking forward to seeing what else in store and I am currently waiting for your Subscribestar page to finalize, so I can support you on your journey Take care everyone ^_^

This story is innovative, the character conflicts are handled very well, and the plot is also very beautiful. I really like it and hope future updates will be released more quickly.
I like stories like this that involve the whole family. I like GILK; it's a very good game. I hope it continues to be updated and that the updates come out a bit faster.

Review for v0.2

It's a little early for a real review, but I fell about right in the middle with how I feel about this so far. It's not awful but it didn't it really capture me either. I think the game feels a little more on the porn-y side so far and that's typically a negative for me, but it also doesn't feel like some fuckfesty mess at the same time. Very split opinions here.

Like the overview pokes fun at, the game so far really is pretty standard for these types of fantasy AVNs. Couple hints at things getting deeper and potential twists, but right now not much sticks out. I kind of feel that way about most aspects of this really.

The renders themselves are on the lower quality side, but I do like the environments. Characters are hit or miss in regards to their models for me. I avoided the little sister and old lady, the two village girls are a little bland, but the mom/milf is pretty hot. I can't say anyone was very memorable personality wise, but at least the MC doesn't feel like the village idiot. No sound whatsoever, but it had surprisingly decent animations.

Honestly just too early to say much more though. It seems like the dev has a lot of plans and directions they want to take this, so time will tell if that ends up going in a more positive direction for me. I wouldn't say to avoid this game, but I would recommended letting a few more updates roll out to see where this goes.

Review for [v0.2 Prologue P2]
Honestly, for the scope of the project, it's pretty damn good. As long as your expectations are accurate for what's being delivered, you should absolutely enjoy your experience (for the current build at least)

Visually, it's not the best, but honestly for the scope I didn't expect it to be? It looks good, and good is what's desired, and honestly for F95 and AVN's in general that's an accomplishment. Lighting is natural, water glistens are good, models are hot, the hair isn't atrocious (both up and down).

Storywise there's very little build-up, but I think the does a good job doing a decent porn setup. What they've done smartly is set up each woman with a correlating supporting character (some aren't currently shown I imagine, such as your not-sister's friends. It not only makes the game world larger, but justifies conversations with them AND their individual motivations. This means that even with limited set-up and backstory, we understand their place in the world, as well as the role they serve. They may be immediately horny, but they're known to the character beforehand and aren't just blowup dolls like some games.

I hope there's actually an evolving story in the game, I'd like to see the not-sister's friend group and more of the village to flesh it out, because I've seen some AVN's that start off well then absolutely bloat out from scope creep and dev's eyes being bigger than their mouths. Either way, great work!

It's a very exciting game:

Pro:

I love the models. Finally older women who actually look more mature. In many games (or films) you can't tell the difference between daughter and mother, but here you can't.

The game is still at a very early stage, but it looks very promising.

Cons:
The mini-game is too difficult and a bit nerdy in my opinion.

I loved the so far.
Great to have a Milf who looks like one and the interactions were very good.
It's remarkable that you decided to make a hairy version too and the setting is pretty amazing too.
I hope that you can continue updating this game till completion.