VN - Ren'Py - College Kings [Act 2 v6.3.19 Act 1 v1.5.18] [Undergrad Steve]

The game draws immediate comparisons to another college based visual novel game, primarily because both games have a focus on college frats as their central conceit. But that is pretty much as far as similarities go, and it's not usual to see different games explore the same set-up. (See for example, the dozens upon dozens of games feature a young male PC, his single mom and two hot sisters.)

Overall, this game is pretty good. It's polished, and bug free in my fresh play through of 0.4. Character models look decent and custom UI elements and mini games all seem to work as expected.

The writing is serviceable, but nothing spectacular. There's definitely an issue of a lot of the female characters not really showing too much of their personality traits, and end up blending together.

Other people have mentioned that choices don't matter, but that's not exactly true. There are absolutely choices that do matter, in particular you making decisions that can end or cut short your potential romance to different girls. What there is though is a fairly on rails main plot line that you can't deviate from, and that's the part that rubs people the wrong way.

I think the one star rating below me is unnecessarily harsh. This is a good game about the college experience. Not as good as the game we're not allowed to mention, but then again what is?

The renders are excellent and dialogue is decent. I like the three pronged personality system, and I hope the game gives you different outcomes based on those choices you make because as of now, your choices don't really matter that much. One thing there has been zero focus on so far are the classes themselves, which matters because most of your time at college will be in classes. I like the other girls more than Chloe so far, but given the story focus on Chloe, I'm not sure why sneaking into the gym at night to play Volleyball is somehow more meaningful than a simple conversation in the dorms. I also don't understand the obsession with fighting. Like why is this important to the school? And you'd think that faculty and staff would moderate this kind of behaviour. The fighting system is impressive but overly complex so i know I'll set it up for auto-win.

All in all though, there are a lot of good looking girls to pursue, the story isn't cringe-worthy and the English is good. These factors alone warrant four stars.

A side note: I mentioned this in a comment before. If the story is insistent on side stories with Julia (mom? step mom? Adopted mom? It's unclear), then you might as well make her a romanceable character. Slap an incest-patch on that and call it a day

0.52 - This has the potential to become a great game as there is some beautiful models, some great renders, a enjoyable setting/story idea, updates are consistent and the developer is actively trying to improve. The programming has improved as I had 2 complete playthroughs with no errors/problems. The story as a whole seems to move at a much more reasonable pace now than previous updates and there is obvious improvement to the choices. There are some writing issues but nothing terrible.

Version 0.4

Graphics 4/5
Story 3/5
UI and Gameplay 5/5

I can't wait for the next version!
It looks very promising, at a graphic level the renders look good and the characters are nice, although I have the feeling that they all look alike. The story is not yet very developed but it points to good manners, a story of the university, with fraternities, fights and all those clichés.

It has its own character in spite of the similarities in the theme of the story, I liked it.

It's worth playing it and if you like to support it so that we have more of it.

Well the game is polished and the renders are good so is the animation. The game lacks is in the story dept. And the update kind like i prefer the episode style of update instead of event kind so it gives the develper the time he needs and the playerbase the content also it helps to manage time for his own so a episode kind of approach would help the dev tooo
For the game, characters somewhat lack some detail like ryan was a Ape guy and imre was a wolve we are friends with both of them but ryan didnt pick our side maybe cause of my choice but he should have picked our side imo. So i conclude my thoughts here
Story 4.7/5
Renders 5/5
Characters 4.6/5
Animations 5/5
Gameplay 5/5
Overall 5 stars for the time and efforts

A first I loved it, now it's the worst game I ever played seriously to pass from 5 star to one you are a genius in destroying a game.
I hoped you will listen to your Patreon and correct the shit you have made with bug and inconsistency but more I try more the game disappoint me.
Seriously courrect it or drop it, but don't let it suffer like this

Was a masterpiece early on, as time goes this game went downhill real bad. Shown a lot of promise early and now it is a big disappointment at least to me.

I don't know what is happening behind the scene and if there are any personnel changes but if this the same line up then i am surprise this could went as bad as it is right now

great game so far cant for future updates great overall concept so far. maybe in the future f the game there can be new characters introduced and maybe even wilder scenarios for the main character and hopefully the develpoer can continue games like these in the future overall 5 star rating so far reminds of another game just like this they are both great

Review of 0.2.3

Pros:
1) unique (AFAIK) 3-axis morality system, really promising. Might lead to many more branching paths than most games.

2) Love interests are hot, currently kind of vanilla (diferent flavors of white girl) but room for expansion and a developer specifically promising more options in coming updates.

3) animations are nothing to write home about just yet, short with low frames - - - will change this section after playing 0.3 update .

4) developer update schedule is apparently very active. 1 month from initial release to 0.3 is nothing to sneeze at.

Cons:
1) Early development will show itself in the length and depth (As of 0.2.3)

2) Still early in plot profession so might still veer away from "two frats don't like each other/ slice of college life" plot that 0.2.3 makes it seem like is coming. On the other hand there's a lot (lot) of worse games to be compared to.

Developer (b/c) i know you're active af on here: lean all the way into the 3 morality axis as soon as you can.

The VN has alot of great stuff going for it. First of all amazing renders and models with different variation in faces and looks. Second the dialogue and banter is great and reminds of the good old days of romantic comadies like 10 things I hate about you. Dialague is sharp and flows naturelly and does not have endless exposition. Third the game is taking a realistic approach to relationships, while at the same time acknowledging that it is an adult VN first and foremost, so it will not be a mindless rump where you fuck every girl until you get bored. There will be consquences for your actions and you will need multiple playthroughts to see all branching paths.

so far i love the game. the story and the characters are interesting. the render are beautiful. the fighting minigame has a good concept. love it. but the MC looks kinda like a kid but maybe after training for the fight the MC buff up a little bit? i dont know. overall awesome and cant wait for the next update.

0.1.1 Review

I really enjoyed playing this game. Took me around 30 minutes to play through, so while there is a decent amount of content there is not a ton which is understandable for a first version.

Firstly, I enjoyed the render quality. It looks clean and I liked that some of the scenes had animations. The models look good and so does the scenery. Some of the indoor scenes and also outdoors feel a little overexposed on the characters though. Another critic is that some places look a little empty, for example, the hallways which are usually more crowded in a school.

Secondly, the story is nice. I like the theme and also what the story is trying to do. It really has great potential of opening up and becoming really interesting. I especially like the rivalry between the two main frats.

Thirdly, the music is good. I like it and it fits the theme of the game very well.

Some other things I'd like to comment on. The UI is interesting, on one hand, I like the in "in-game" UI with the buttons and phone. Although I find the main menu UI a little too confusing for me personally.
Also, there is not much "real" sexual content with the MC in this version, which is unfortunate but understandable for a 0.1 version.
Some transitions between scenes are a little too harsh, so to smooth them out would improve the immersion, with either doing "20 minutes later" or have the screen going black, but preferably something more creative than that

So to summarize:
I enjoyed this first version and it's a solid start with only a few minor issues.

+ Good render
+ Nice characters
+ Interesting story
+ Solid Music

* More choices for the player would've been nice.
* UI is both good and bad

A solid 9/10!

I really enjoyed this game and will definitely come back for the next version!

0.2.1 EDIT: UI is improved and is no longer a problem!

Awesome Experience. Very good Storyline with good plot development and character development. This gives a very immersive experience. It is not for those who just want to fap. This is an immersive experience which can be enjoyed even without the explicit content.