VN - Ren'Py - Clown Squad [Prologue] [NoGlory]

This game is what I can call a one of a kind masterpiece the animation is top tier the story is 10/10, the mysterious element is also really good. The music is god damn so good even if it is AI(I don't know) but it is so good and LI character is really good too. Cant wait for more updates. It definitely deserves the 5/5 for me atleast.

What in the fucking fuck??????A title that actually caters to adults and not just my high school wet dreams.

DO NOT PLAY IF YOU ARE JUST LOOKING TO FAP. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.


This is such a unique piece. So good writing. So soooooo good. Looks like a movie, I didn't put it down a single time. I can't even describe the synopsis cuz it's that good that I would do it injustice.

• Banger music. So gooood
• Soo good renders. So unique personalities. Amazing story telling.
• UI is clean and modern. Actually has option to hide nsfw shit so might be one of the few games I can recommend to my non-gooner friends.

My top 3 on this site after having played 500+ titles here including all the big ones and new ones. It's just so good.
.........for all them people sleepin on this.

This is the strangest novel I have seen on this site. It resembles nothing else and is not sexy or porn. The MC is tragic and over-sensitive and supported by loving women. Sound familiar? Exactly, not at all. At one moment, a beautiful woman offers him sex and he turns it down. The women are all stronger than him and he can't even run to safety well. On the other hand, the clown leaves all the women aflutter as he prepares for his exam to enter hero college. I loved it. No, "she spied his enormous cock while he showered and was instrantly in love".

Well, it's certainly unique. But is it any good?

You could argue that amongst a morass of same-old, same-old releases, this presents a fresh and creative vision. You might say that the developer creates an array of interesting and memorable characters and game lore, radically different to those found elsewhere. You could even go so far to say that it parallels A Clockwork Orange is it's efforts to develop and present a unique and edgy style to how its protagonists communicate.

But I'd say that, as a game, it's a hair-tearingly frustrating experience. The bad signs were there early, with one of the characters in the intro speaking with a ridiculous I'm-a-little-leprechaun accent (or is it supposed to be Scottish??). It's like every single line of character dialogue in the game is developed first and foremost from the point of view of what sounds cool and edgy in that moment, with coherence with what has been said previously a distant second, and comprehensibility a mere glimmer on the horizon. It feels like your 16 old cousin who says 'Fuck' in every sentence in a desperate attempt at 'cred' but just ends up sounding moronic. The approach is more complex here, but the result is the same desire to grab every character by the scruff of the neck and shake them until they stop being so teeth-clenchingly try-hard and annoying.

If I want something that's merely cool, edgy and nothing else, I'll suck on an ice cube. If I'm after entertainment then I'm going to be looking for something that's got more substance to go along with its style.

Don't get me wrong - I like complex narrative and characters (prefer them actually). I don't need to be spoon fed as a reader or viewer. But this doesn't mean I want to wade through screeds and screeds of verbal diarrhea and opaque-for-the-sake-of-it narrative for the privilege.

Aside for the verbal and narrative aspects of the game, I can't really say much else. Renders are decent but not spectacular. UI is fine. Lewd content? Dunno. I never got that far, even after speed-clicking through multiple scenes after the head-smashing frustration with the jargon got too much for me. Probably got so far as the equivalent of 20-25 minutes of game time in, if you were to read every line carefully (you have my sympathies).

Kudos to the developer for trying something different. But for me it just doesn't work.

Review for Prologue

Clown Squad has you take the role of a man with deep trauma and labeled as a failure by most aspects. It's not really explained much, but people have superpowers in this world and the MC seemingly got the short end of the stick by his power being the ability to: not be able to tell lies. So why the clown aesthetic? Honestly no idea, but you can see the dev's intent behind it I think.

The prologue sets up the idea of you trying to get into the hero academy. Sorta for yourself, but more for the two supportive friends who want to see the MC flourish and get past his trauma. I have to say, I really like how that whole dynamic has been written. Pretty strong introductions for love interests. It's nice to see their own ways of caring for him, but also actually trying to let him grow in his own way if that makes any sense.

The game is very show and not tell, which overall is good, but it's kinda hard to have a clear idea on some things right now. Like who these powerful families really are, or general details about the world as examples.

I don't dislike the MC, but I'm not exactly sold on him yet is maybe the way to put it. He does fit the idea of a jester. Uses a lot of humor, kind of pretends to be a fool sometimes, is physically fit and acrobatic, and it seems like his real strength is his intelligence. But those moments where it starts to peak through don't really feel that special. There's a moment where he's talking to a character that's suppose to be influential and powerful, and she says something along the lines of "you're dangerous, if I let you live it will be the greatest mistake of my life." And it's just like... really? Why? The MC doesn't even really do anything noteworthy. Maybe I'm missing something.

The game is definitely at a higher level of quality though. Renders look good, scenes are put together pretty well, I like the character designs for the most part, has sound and music (though I personally don't like a lot of the music choice, I find music with lyrics very distracting in VNs. Turned it off more often than not) There's only one lewd scene and it was fine enough. Game has some meme humor too that I'm not a fan of, but it's not too intrusive.

I like when games try to be something a bit different and this feels unique enough so far that I'd say it's accomplishing it. Definitely has my interest.

I liked the pace and quality of the game
hate the protag and don't understand why/how he has clown makeup on. is permanent face makeup his superpower or is it the inability to lie?
I feel like the prologue should have explained the world lore at least in passing

Congrats on the release. This immediately has the vibes of other high end Honey Select games. The characters are interesting, the renders and framing are top notch, and not many games put this much focus into sound design. Its got all of the hallmarks of good, recognizable, strong VNs while also keeping its own tone and design. I'm interested to see where they go with this premise.

There's not much to say.

I really like it: the story is developing smoothly and there are many interesting backstories that I'm excited to learn more about. The art and music are good, too.

Keep up the good work!

Outstanding. Incredible world-building. Great characters. Beautiful renders. Excellent dialog. Nice, slow pace, but plenty of action. Very much enjoying the post-modern, superhero take on the courtly jester's role as well. Hell, I don't even remotely like clowns and I'm rooting for this MC.