Ren'Py - Completed - Braveheart Academy [v2.1] [Chrys]

This game is below average
Pro
The seans have decent animation(Honey selector).
Have a desent content.
Cons
The openworld/freeworld is just for the grind.
The size of the game is huge compair to overall game.
Game is repeatable "go talk dialoge skip to next day soo on".
The dialog/story is borring.(I skiped after sometime).
Conclusion
This game is not worth to downlord even for the seans.

Since I haven’t tried different runs based on the main class, my review might be somewhat incomplete or less representative of the game as a whole. Please keep that in mind while reading this.

I genuinely enjoyed playing the game. While the gameplay is minimal, it still manages to keep you invested. The puzzles are somewhat challenging, though not to the point where you’re likely to fail them.

Overall, I’m a fan of the design. The girls are all cute yet unique, each with interesting traits that make them stand out. The location art serves as an excellent backdrop, enhancing the atmosphere and feel of the respective scenes.

The scenes themselves are well-made. I personally appreciated the stronger emotional connection with the love interests in these moments.

The main downside for me was the lack of substantial background content. The gameplay largely involves running between the love interests, enjoying their conversations, and then moving on to the next one, if there’s another available.

The game has a nice story and the models were amazing. Meet n Yeet was also an amazing concept. Wished there were more contents for both the main cast and M'n'Y cast. The puzzles were hectic at first but kept craving for more as playthrough went on and I loved it. The problems I had was the story being short and kind of linear. The NTR felt like forced and very weak.

Story is a bit to bland and vanilla for my taste, but there was a few good parts that i did like, the cutting scenes short is a bit weird like you meet a girl outside in the rain talk with her a bit, then you invite her home and scene ends, then a few days later it picks up from where you left off, that took some getting used to and it feels more like its to make game feel longer and waste your time clicking thought the days, personaly i think it would have been better either as a normal novel or atleast play scenes out fully before going on with the stories, since the way it is a almost to weird.

The worst part is when story skips from a scene to something total diffrent, like i was going with Blair to shower together in her cabin, walking up the stairs and bam it jumps to MC walking in the school halls Blair comes along scared or something? drag MC to the roof and begs him to fuck her? and MC does just that? nothing made sense......somehow it has to be an extrem error in the game and theres no way that can go unnoticed......

As for virgin tag its quite a big failure as well, MC fucks a virgin girl and theres nothing, no talk about her being a virgin, no pain, no blood, just stright to MC fucking her all pleasure just like a normal sex scene, i would put it in my top 3 for worst virgin scenes ever.
Game really should just add tags for things not in game its idiotic and for virgin tag there are none, not in dialogs or in sex scenes.

The phone dating app has no exit so when you get match of girls you hate your forced fuck them, also on one girls route your forced into 3-some with her sister whos an extremly ugly bimbo.

If you want endings your forced to do all girls and fuck all girls, its 100% kinetic/linear, even picking the worst replys to questions or getting questions worng does absoultly nothing what so ever, you still end up with the girl, so this is not a VN or a game its kinetic/linear from start to finish.
Also multiple girls leads to weird sex scenes with other people then the LI your going for, anything from lesbian shit to hugh bimbo doc bitch which is insane when your romancing a girl with small tits....quite idiotic.

Pregnancy is also a wasted tag, there is 0 pregnancy doing the game not and even in endings theres just one girl showing pregnant....and with 2 girls you see a young girl calling MC dad, its the worst kind of pregnancy content just so they could add a tag, to me game dosent have that content.

Girls are a bit meh, faces are to much the same, theres a good diversity in builds atleast and i did find a few of them better looking then the rest.

Animations are pretty good and theres quite a few smaller ones doing normal gameplay which are nice.

Music is the standard background stuff nothing special.

Sandbox is ok its mostly just about clicking map all the time and thats it.

If it wasent for the animations i would proberly rate this lower, but ill add one for that but everything else was really poor and im very supprised how it can get such a high rating considering all its flaws.

I don't know if I can really explain my rating in a way that makes sense to anyone else... but like, the presentation? I guess? Sucks ass. You go to the girl on the map, start her scene, and sometimes, the scene just ends midway through. Then like, 3 days later she decides to exist on the map again and the scene picks up exactly where it left off and it just feels so bizarre that it was even split up?
I kinda enjoy the premise of having a calendar and needing to prioritize certain characters ASAP to get their birthday event or whatever, but characters can just not show up on the map... which also makes focusing one character impossible. It kinda became tedious towards the end, too, and had to skip weeks since I saw every event already, and just wanted to get to the end.
And end it did, is about all I can say for the endings. Like, everyone gets a minute long, "Then they started dating in college, got a job related to college degree, then a brief scene of them interacting after the timeskip, and everyone gets the same copy-pasted cheesy closing dialogue.
Also the slide puzzles got really annoying at the end, but whatever, you can turn them off so no points lost there.

All-in-all, wasn't the worst, wasn't the best. 5/10.

one of my favourite games on the site.
it has a decent story, but it's not overdrawn to get in the way of H content if that's what you want. (this is a porn site, after all)
it has puzzles but they're completely optional.
great amount of content with everyone, including even some bad ending type of things for those more interested in NTR.
varied designs with vastly different personalities.

overall, love these type of games. doesn't beat around the bush.

This game is sure not the best game u can play poor animtion and pretty good design.
Songs sometimes is bad but usually annoying.
The story huh. Theres no story when u enter the game u go to the school immediately no Introductions.
Its in school but u dont go to study u just go to met girls.
And when i play i tried to get the NTR but i couldnt i even started a new game to select the NTR choice but it didnt show up.
Sex scenes is not that good.
But at all its not that bad.
2/5

So overall I really enjoyed the game, there's a bit of variety in the love interests, though I would enjoy a little more. Really enjoyed that there's an option for some traps, but that's my own preference. There's not a lot of actual gameplay, it's mostly a fairly straightforward VN, with a few sliding block puzzles required to progress, so probably at least 4 stars with that in mind.

"But why did you only rate it 3 stars?" I hear you asking. Well that would be because our protagonist has no regard for consent. There is even one scene where a safe word is setup and then when the girl uses it the main character is just like "too bad" and keeps going. There are several other scenes in a similar vein, which are especially jarring because most of the time the MC is very caring , and that's where it loses another point from me. I am aware rape is in the tags, but either warning that the MC will be the one doing it, or the ability to chose not to would go a long way.

This game deserves a perfect 5/5 rating. The graphics are stunningly detailed, animations flawless, and the gameplay is immersive with a compelling story. While I haven't played the sequel yet, I hope for enhanced sound effects during intense scenes to further elevate the experience.

This review is for v2.1

TLDR: Do not trust the high rated reviews, this whole "game" is a glorified VN in an empty world filled with terrible writing and forgettable characters.

I sincerely do not understand how this glorified VN has such a high weighted rating with so many well regarded reviews.

Pros:

you can easily and rapidly blast through each character's story by selecting the right options and rolling back your choices if you don't choose the correct option.

Cons:

Literally everything else.

The dialogue feels like whoever wrote it has never actually spoken to another human being, with some of the most awkward and cringey dialogue I have seen outside of anime.
That alone wouldn't be bad if the whole thing weren't compounded by all of the characters being literally insane with no reactions feeling logical or connected.

Every single character seems to have insecurities over their body, even though most characters weigh so little that I could literally carry them over one shoulder and are so short that I could rest my arm on top of their heads, but they are all apparently "too tall and too heavy" or "too small and too flat."

Seriously, the characters are extremely bland and forgetful to the point that I literally am only able to remember them from their stereotype rather than anything else about them.

I could honestly go on for a whole essay about the many issues with this "game" but that would be even more of a waste of my time.
I was lulled in by the weighted rating and the tags, but the whole thing is a low quality VN collection in a needless "sandbox" environment...you know, if an empty world with locations that do and mean nothing unless a character you can interact with just happens to be there counts as being a sandbox type game.

Seriously, do not trust the high rated reviews here, because there is NOTHING special about this game that others haven't done far better.

The singular thing I will say this has that is "decent" is the character animations, which are smooth for what games like this tend to have.

It is a well made game by all metric. Lots of contents, handful of girls each with unique story and scenes, and a simple and (comparatively) not so grindy sandbox mechanics. Sex scenes are all animated and many kinks are included, and are all optional. Models are old school HS style anime girls, but some of them are really cute (ETNA IS BAE) some really hot, some not really appeal to me but I am sure it is for someone else there.

I especially enjoy the sense of "progress" in this game - where you pursue each girl's story and become more and more intimate with them, and each girls come with their unique ending too. Side contents are ample (I did not even unlock all after 1 playthrough).

The only critique is the timed event system. I missed out on the first two time events and first carnival because I do not have enough affections with the girls involved apparently. But that should be fine for someone who is going for 2nd playthrough to unlock all contents.

Overall enjoyable, light hearted anime style campus lovey dovey harem dating simulator. ETNA IS BAE.

Braveheart Academy is a very simple dating sim that has almost no gameplay so it would be a mix of visual novel. You are a new arrival at this school that has many pretty girls and slowly you go through your days knowing more and more about each girl and picking some very uninteresting personal details like height and weight that will later be required to know for more relationship questioning. There is also a market with a couple of upgrades that can be useful, and that is pretty much the entire gameplay. You just have to click around the school/city to progress each girl’s relationship level and time it properly with the couple of timed events on your calendar. It is simplistic but it does what it was made to do well enough. A good visual novel is when the game gives you the slow build up and relationship progress of characters with very different personalities, and that Braveheart Academy nails it. Each girl is written with care and interest making them very unique. You will have your favorites without a doubt, the girls are so distinct that there is something for every taste. After the buildup the game rewards your patience with an abundance of scenes with each girl, more in events, some extras you get through a hookup app and more fanmade in a special section. Also a slightly hidden one. Mechanically the game features a common slide puzzle you need to complete to get some scenes, it's nothing too hard but after doing it ten times it gets too repetitive, but the game also allows skipping. The honey select models are very pretty albeit not extraordinary, and the animations are nice but many are too similar. Once you finish the relationships, you have to wait for the end of the school year and pick one of the many endings that add another layer of love for each girl. Also, the game could spice up a bit of the scenes with more than your basic tags. Overall is a good game, not fantastic, but a decently made one that will offer you plenty of entertainment.

Good game, best of 95% content out there are... I like illusion HS1,2 based games, as they look more beautiful, more alive. Even w/o good harem ending with finished solo rotes, it is a well developed game. And Hscenes made with love, passion, talks, etc. That's very good... It was nice to see chars from other games... Good thing that there is trap off, minigame off, functions, as everyones tastes are different, would love to have it voiced for scenes at least... and thx for no gring.... Recommend for at least one run in slow pace for everyone...

OMG ! i played this game without any expectation, i was blown away.
Each characters has a compelling story, the readers are beautiful, the animations are top notch. I don't have much too say except that this game is one of the best i played in this website so far

Really fun game. 10/10. The characters were obviously honey select models but they were integrated in a really nice way. The idle animations were also incredibly smooth and nice touch. The writing for this game is great. Really nice jokes here and there and the characters have an amazing personality to them including the MC. Every person has an incredibly diverse backstory which adds an amazing touch as opposed to just fucking every character the MC sees. I do wish this game was in another engine other than renpy since it lagged horribly at times. But it was manageable. Looking forward to the dev's next game. 10/10.

Rev @ Braveheart Academy [v2.1]

Alright, but overstays its welcome.

Art's fine, poser software used well .

Writing is average. Scenario's been done, narrative doesn't really work, characterization is fine.

Porn was fine. Liked the group options but the box-standard m/f/f threesome is less innovative than it could be.

Main gripe is the faux sandbox. There's a ton of bloat to the presentation and it serves only to inflate runtime

Average writing and models + 0 gameplay somehow makes for high reviews on this site, sometimes I don't get it... Honestly every stereotype just plays for the cliches, which we've seen too many of already. I'll admit the LGBTQ option is the most praiseworthy part of the design.

But still this gets an extra demerit because if you pick the start without incremental income you can literally lock yourself out of progression.

i dont understand the rating in this game. imo it is quite boring. even the tags i was searching for are nearly nonexistent. graphics are fine. but how is it so boring i have no idea. animations are very smooth too. they had everything to not make a boring game.

This is my favorite Ren'Py game so far.
I can only think of a one thing that is "bad" about this game, and that is that its not a longer game than it is

Story:
Simple, but not over the top. Same goes for the story plots of characters you meet. It doesnt try to overdo and overperform, but gives you enough info to suck you in without leaving your brain a muddled mess.

Characters:
MC:
This is by far one of the best MCs i have ever seen. He is not an asshole, but not some sort of white knight saint. Charming and silly, and not afraid to speak his opinion. While rather largely endowed, its more of a feature, than a trait. He does flaunt it and still does a ton of other things. Even isnt afraid to swing both ways. He incorporates pretty well what i aspire to be. Though i am not as charming. While he isnt afraid to step up to a dangerous position, he isnt some superman who can beat an army by himself either.

Girls/romance partners:
Mix of different characters and as mentioned earlier, a good twist/plot to all of them. Unique in their own aspects.
No doubt i would be enthralled just like the MC, if i ever met such a bunch.

Choices:
There are a good amount of choices. Some mean more than others. Some dont matter at all (like the meet'n'yeet) to the overall story line.
The NTR part of this game is FANTASTIC!

I would give this 6 starts if i could.

Though the are some parts and storylines that are rather feeling forced/stretched, and the scenes are rather short and with some barely having some erotic sensations; it is a game that is simply enjoyable. Even the bad ending that forces you to backtrack and do things right is made well and is, tan tan tan tannnnn...enjoyable. And I aborr NTR when it comes to watching a movie, TV show or a game, so .