VN - Ren'Py - Bad Hero [Ep.2 v3.0.4p] [Xlab]

[Reveiw Version V0.7.2 Windows]
This game is pretty wack...and I mean that in a good way. It doesn't take itself too seriously and following along can be a pretty funny ride.

The MC is undoubtedly a bad guy and he is very unapologetic and nonchalant about it. This is a strength. Too often authors fall into the trap of always excusing evil behaviour (e.g. mind-controlling people) to make the MC more sympathetic and it just makes the MC a hypocrite. This game suffers from none of that.

Renders and scenes are not the best but above average. Most models are pretty good.

If you want to play a villain protagonist, this game is a recommend.

I like the jokes, some renders, but not all.

This game got some comic elements that fit right in the script but that's not a consistent story.

I found the game quite average because there's not much about choice, there is too few real choices. MC horse dick bothered me too, some renders and too much black screens in transitional effect.

The story has this ironic tone that amused me a lot and that's why he got 3 stars of the 2 i was thinking.

Does justice to its title i.e "BadHero"...
Except for some below-average writing, everything else was fine. The renders are nice but lack the cinematic effect that would compliment the criminal themed story. I'm glad the protagonist has some unique character traits, he is a total asshole, unlike the other horny "fifteen-year-old" dudes as MCs in most games here.
If you're a fan of Male domination (BDSM) games, then you'll definitely enjoy this one. The plot development is quite nice and I enjoyed how the story unfolds, although you can easily guess what's going to happen next, but it's actually made for our "fap requirements" and it delivers!

I disagree with most of comments. The game reminds me of a B class crimial commedies from the 80s lol.
Bit funny and bit sexy with a hidden plot.
I wonder what the mafia plans and who was the guy that went to prison...
And where are MC's daughters hidden in a secret mansion lol
And where is MC's ex Mrs that ran away with all his money ... lol
Can't wait _
If you dont like the game, you have no sense of humour, you should watch English Monty Python, especially meaning of Life or Live of Brian.
If you still not get it, turn on Cartoon Network and keep watching Sponge Bob...

Update: after playing version 0.9 I am lowering my rating to 1 star. This has no story, and even as a farce it doesn't work. The translation is really bad, the models have degraded with ill fitting clothing, no attention to details. Completely nonsensical scene progression. It really should be zero stars, but you can't rate anything here zero stars.

This has to be one of the least thought out games on F95. I just downloaded the current version 0.7.2 and all I can do is shake my head. None of the dialog is proofread. Much of the dialog doesn't even make sense. There is no plot, other than the vague game description, and just because there is a description doesn't mean a plot exists. Since I played it from the beginning, what is with the renders of the MC at the beginning, his asset keeps changing, sometimes during the same scene!

I don't even want to start on the translation to English. Nothing in it indicated any effort was put in to translating the dialogue. Incorrect grammar, sentence structure, spelling. So much bad stuff it is hard to list them all. The story is basically a mishmash of scenes strung together, with nothing advancing the story.

Only reason I didn't give it one star, some, but not all, of the renders are pretty good.

Like every other game I have tried from here, I will watch this one, in the hope they hire a true copy editor and translator, that the story actually has a plotline and that it finishes stronger than it started. But for now, it is deleted from my HDD.

The story is about nothing, totally flat and uninteresting dialogues. Very stupid behavior as the main character and minor characters. And completely ugly tits at the maid in the latest update. 2nd star just for the good renders of other girls.

This is one of weirdest games i have ever seen , the story is really crazy and dont make sense , i give 4 stars for the great renders hot sex scence and bad ass protagonist , otherwise it coold be done way better whith more realistic story and events ( if he remove all the students part ) and just keep the crime life it will be amazing.

The good: You're playing an actual adult male character who isn't a little bitch. The renders are also great.

The bad: The characters, especially the women, are one-dimensional. Just generally shallow and unrealistic.

Overall it's nice to play a character that isn't some teenage loser that nobody actually wants to be. Granted, nobody wants to be this guy either (he's an asshole) but at least he's not pubescent.

playing that started well- game looks like average middle rated novell. byt i was forced to play with russian lang, cuz with eng translation my eyes bleeding like waterfall. ending was sh***y, like whole game- not avoidable castration and then dev forced mc pretend "girl" after that... its unfvoidable and end of current code. i hope dev stop making that "masterpiece" forever- no1 care what fetishes and desires have dev, till they pop that in game. as result- wasted time and that "masterpiece" blacklisted.
/to be honest, renders looks not bad.

Edit v2+
New Rating 2 (downgraded from 5*)

The scenes revolves way too much around prostitution for my taste and there's also too much content with the younger girl.

A real shame, the lawyer and the blonde cop were my favorite but they're discarded really quickly, they barely exist.

Looks like a missed opportunity or a game hiding its true colors at first.

The result is a mess, not so good sex scenes for most of them, broken english and a nonsensical storyline.


Don't waste your time with this game.
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Previous review
Sex scenes are really something, it really stands out, i guess most of the virgins rating this game just want kissing scenes with their imaginary girlfriend but if you're not one of them, you should try this.

I don't know if the writing was greatly improved or if i didn't read the worst part (i don't read half of it in most games) but i don't find it terrible, there's a lot of games with terrible english, this is not it.

I really like this one, very arousing and that's why we are here, are we not ?

On top of that, there's a lot of content and a lot of different women (policewomen, lawyer, maid, tutor, prostitute ... ) to play with.

I almost gave it two stars just for the renders except for the fact that the game itself is so bad that I changed my mind. This is probably the worse game play yet on the site. Bad Hero is Bad Story, Bad English, Bad Game Play, Bad Dev...

not that good has to many ways to end, the english is alright but it also has a jump in the story for no reason so you have to go to a separate game which should of been apart of this since it seems connected and not just some random bonus.

Pretty terribly written, every cliché from the book (and it ain't even attempting to be funny at that). Only thing going for this garbage are the nice renders of the chicks. Renders of other generic scenes aren't too great though. And no, manually playing an "animation" by having to click each frame to progress to the next is NOT a good idea. Neither are instant game-over story lines. Either you work out some decent variations in storylines, or you simply don't give any options at all.

This is the kind of game that would really benefit from being a sand box.
Overall, the story is silly but fun.
Girls all look nice, the ones that matter. I do detest the main character, he looks way to slimy to make me feel I want to be him.
The search and find games are stupid and seriously detract from the game.

Bit early to get real idea of this game

At moment is very linear but it does have the potential to be fleshed out and diverging paths.

The characters do seem interesting and showing potential but concerned with so many characters to develop will it stagnate game, with so many characters to develop forward progress will be slow. How long will it be before we can corrupt the cop?

Doesn't help that very little progress to be made with any of the pointed characters so feels like most of porn content so far dick pics. The two sex scenes are pretty disappointing and limited.

I like what he is trying to do but only time will tell.

EDIT

Renders not only not improving the faces are just plastic and showing no emotions at all the animations are still very basic.

The game is just all over place and MC showing no intent to actually do anything constructive to address storyline issues, instead following dick and chasing ridiculously plotted money issues.

The introduction of abysmal mini games.

The characters are just not developing.

The dialogue and story development is just terrible.

It is a shame as he seemed to have a great idea but it is just going downhill and very clear he did not take time to put a proper development plan or story tree in place. Is also clear he knows he losing way and is throwing things out randomly in hope they stick ie mini games.

I wish it were possible to give separate ratings between "Graphics" and "Writing" in this case, so I'm going to go with the moderate 3 stars. Graphics wise, I gotta give this thing a 5. It's models are all top notch and the creator knows how to make a pretty girl, and a nice scene. On the other hand, storywise this thing is only getting one star. The English is god awful, and people act in ways that are entirely unrealistic at all. Furthermore, the protagonist is a very unlikeable character, and so is his buddy Marty. I swear this has to be some Fight Club Tyler Durden shit between those two, but they are both assholes so I dunno. In fact the story would be a lot better if that were the case, but even then it wouldn't be a good story because I have no faith in the writing skills of this writer.

This game is quite bad at the moment. The renders are OK, not great but not bad either, but the writing is terrible. I mean that on three different levels:

1. The engrish is strong with this one. I know not everyone speaks English as a first language, but if you decide to create a game in English you should have minimal standards, at least to make sure your text is comprehensible.

2. On a microscopic level, the writing is awful. Things like whenever a character enters a room, a text line appears that says "someone enters room" or something like that. If you choose a bad option you get a game over, and I don't mean something happens in the plot which makes you lose. I mean you click, and immediately after you get a "game over" screen. No explanation, no resolution. You're just left to imagine what happened (usually it's quite trivial but still).

3. The writing is equally awful on a macro level. The characters and their actions make no sense. The main character wakes up with an old homeless dude hugging him, and literally seconds later they are already friends and give each other money (you'd imagine a homeless person would be very careful and protective of his money, but no). The main character has two daughters whose names he doesn't know. One of them was still in their mother's womb when he was incarcerated, so OK. What about the other one? She was born before he went to jail. How come he doesn't know her name? This is some crazy shit.

This is definitely a 1-star game. I gave it 2 out of hope the creator would improve over time and will fulfill any potential he might have. I tried not be the asshole who bitches about how bad the game is, but it's quite hard in this case.