VN - Ren'Py - Endowed [Ch.5 v0.4.4] [Expanding Universe Games]

Self preaching garbage. Horrible models and story. It is definitely unique way of making a porn VN, by making it preachy and making it lecture those who are here to wank about the only acceptable morals and views to have. Never seen this before in any game. MC is such a lame duck.

Seems like this "visual" novel was simply an excuse for the author to try and flex their superior moralistic ideologies. You've heard of pickme girls right? The mc and the author by association in this avn are the examples of pickme guys. It's like every step of the way the author is trying so hard to convey how much of a green flag he is. Most of the interactions in this also come across as extremely preachy going on and on about toxic masculinity on so many different occasions. We are adults we know what's right and what's wrong and trying to lecture us on it through the excuse of a dialogue just comes across as an insult to the player's intelligence. The mc also gives off a overall weak limp wristed energy, he is a jobless self deprecating guy who still lives with his parents, has an overall "not caring" attitude towards life even though his life is clearly in the dumps. There's one sequence in which he gets literally grabbed and thrown to the ground by his own bouncer and mc doesn't even utter one word of retort against him, according to the game the correct choice in this scenario is also to make friends with him. This game pretty obviously tries to make some commentary about the "alpha male" standards but does it by going to the extreme opposite end of the spectrum and choses the medium of a porn game to convey that. Most people even if they might share similar opinions do not care to be preached about it in a fucking adult visual novel which you play mostly to relieve stress.

Also this game is extremely ugly to look at, even HS games from 6-7 years ago do not look this bad.

Review for 0.4.4
This was frustrating to play. Choices are sometimes missing when one felt it would inform how the player shapes the MC, for example his initial reaction to his uncle's will, even while keeping the general sequence of events, could be an opportunity for freedom of characterization... Here, we find the all-too-common weak-willed MC syndrome. From the ex who keeps him in her orbit, the ex's friend with whom we spend time to then not hook up with (perhaps it was possible depending on one's decisions, it was not intuitive and I did not care enough to check with UnRen or equivalent), the assistant who happens to be lesbian... I have to wonder if the author even wants to write a male-protagonist AVN, or how he views the audience. At some point, the MC is thrown out of his own club by its security, I supposed it was played for laughs but I realized it was not going to get better.
The girls are alright, I have nothing against HS models in general. It is regrettable that they weren't used in a well-constructed story with good erotic scenes, as the premise was interesting.

It's difficult to review this AVN because it has potential, but at the same time it feels like the Dev was too lazy to make it better. And i'm not only referring to the outdated designs; for example, instead of investing time in expanding the main story with different paths, the Dev preferred to create an alternative line where the MC returns to him city and separates quite a bit from the main story. It would fine as an ending, but to take up an entire update to add a story that doesn't contribute anything to the main one, for me that was a letdown especially because the updates take quite a long time.

The only way for this AVN to succeed is to make a complete remake, even starting the story from the beginning; that way it can create a more solid story, world, and characters... On the other hand, if it continues like this, it will not only be stuck with designs that no longer appeal to anyone, but it will also keep patching the story while the Dev continues to learn how to write, and I don't think this AVN deserves to fall into that, because this story done well, it could be a worthy rival to "Pale C"
But that's only if the Dev really dedicates himself to creating a good AVN; otherwise, it will end up being just another typical 3-star AVN that you only play when you're bored. That's why I gave it 4 stars, because with a remake, at least it would become a 4 stars AVN, at least... Right now it's a 3 stars AVN and only because the choices matter.

The setup's pretty solid: you're broke, saddled with debt and a useless degree, and suddenly get offered your dead uncle’s strip club. Of course, it’s not just a business, it’s tangled in mob connections and shady past dealings. Taking it on means stepping into a criminal world whether you want to or not. That side of the story mostly works and gives the game its momentum.

But the writing, especially when it comes to characters and relationships, doesn’t hold up.

One of the main girls, heavily featured in promo material, turns out to be a full-on lesbian. Not bi, not potentially romanceable just flat-out not interested in men. And the game makes it clear she’s never meant to be an option. That would be one thing if it were just her, but this happens again with other girls. For something marketed as a romance-focused adult VN, spending time building up characters who are completely unavailable ends up being a waste of player investment.

The MC also gets saddled with a nickname that feels like something a kid would make up. It’s used constantly and makes serious scenes land flat.

Then there's the ex plot. They broke up around four years ago, but she kept in touch until about two years back, then completely ghosted him with no explanation and never responded again. Now she’s suddenly back acting friendly like nothing happened. When asked why she disappeared, she says it’s because she “loved him too much” and wasn’t sure how he felt. Meanwhile, she’s dating someone else but still claims she “always loved” him. The MC doesn’t push back, he flirts, reminisces, and basically acts like he’s lucky to still be in her orbit. It’s hard to respect a protagonist who gets treated like an afterthought and just goes along with it.

As for the running “small dick” gag—it’s not funny, it’s not subtle, and it’s not even one-off. The MC brings it up constantly. The “Endowed” path eventually changes that, but it’s too little too late. By then, the repetition has already made the joke feel forced and borderline humiliating. It undercuts the story and makes the MC hard to root for.

The criminal angle had potential, but the rest of the VN feels like it was written by someone who doesn’t really get men or the harem genre. The tone jumps between forced emotional drama and awkward social commentary, and in the end, it just doesn’t deliver what it promises. Too many scenes go nowhere, too many girls are off-limits, and too much of the dialogue drags things down.

I'm not into growth and growing, or whatever, and am not totally a fan of having a small dick that gets bigger, or whatever, but I fucking love the way this is written. I like slim girls, but the author is so on my wavelength so I get his humor and love the characters. I want to see how everything goes. I want to solve the mystery. I want to be a calm wise ass enjoying this new life and exploring it. I came here from Hypnosis just to see his other work because I enjoy the story and the writing, and love the girls. Eager for more, and was disappointed to come to the end. Happy to hear he's writing the new chapter, I actually was surprised to like this more than Hypnosis.

You know, I get, soft- and hardware limitations, time constraints, etcetera.
The reason the genre is called 'Visual Novel' is due to a lot of information conveyed via visual medium.
Now, this particular program, how to put it, would be better off without the visual part. Lighting is off, shadows are off, textures are somewhere at the PS2 level, and I'm doing good old playstation a disservice here.
Just, I don't know, pick something else to spend time upon. Read a book maybe.

Got to say it feels like a very weird start, the story seems good and has potential, but first girl you meet and the one you talk the most with is a 100% lesbian and not BI, next you meet one of the strippers and guess what shes mostly a lesbian as well and being a male MC you do start to wonder if game is even a AVN since the girls want well girls, and you also have a rule forced on you that you cant fuck strippers....
Not that its an issue for me since i dident really find any of the strippers that hot but it just makes you wonder what your playing.

Some things i truely hate in a games and thats forced LIs and fake/pointless choices, and this one has both, your lesbian friend hooks you up with someone without a choice for the player and even if you say no to kissing the girl she hooked you up with, you still end with licking her and getting a BJ, why not just make the game kinetic and slap the tag on to warn people, you cant dump her either she is pretty much a forced girlfriend which kills the game to me since it removes the freedom of choice for the player, and my guess to why shes is forced on the player is that MC has to marry someone later in game and that will most likely be the one forced on you, leaving out choices to the players again, but time will tell if i am right or not.
Its kinda weird since you can say no to some i belive so why on earth do the forced LI shit at all, all it does is make storyline feel kinetic.

What makes it really idiotic is what it says on page one:
"Date a variety of girls on your path to finding "the one""
If a girl is forced on you right from the start, you have 0 chances to find "the one" since your already in a relationship.... so dating others would also be pointless when MC is already spoken for.....and having a harem tag and the game is about finding "the one" dosent really fit one another.

Animations are a mixed bag, a few looks ok but in most MC has a micro pencil dick, not sure what they did but when a girls hand is 5 times bigger then MCs dick something isent right and its probely also why you dont see much dick/pussy action, not even in a cowgirl scene since if they did you would barely be able to see MCs dick?.....

Music is pretty decent.

As for content its almost unreal how little there is considering game is 4 years old, it feels more like a first release then anything else right now.

Game would need alot of fixing in my eyes for it to become worth playing.
Remove forced LIs.
Remove fake choices, theres no point in having multiple choices if they all lead to the same thing.
Remove MCs pencil dick and make it right or animations wont be worth watching, which is bad in a porn/AVN game.
Improve content faster.

This was pretty dull, if you're going to go for some time without anything remotely sexy happening you need decent writing ,but this is the standard bland set up stuff where characters just give details about themselves and have no strong personalities.

I got to chapter 2 and some girl starts to dance and I just didn't care about what was going on.

There's a lot to like about this game. The writing is really good and the humor works well. The story does a decent job progressing while introducing just the right number of characters and not overloading the game with sex scenes. There's a fair bit of them and the branching out with choices is pretty good too. The only reason I took off one star is because all young female characters behave in a similar fashion here despite being different people. As in, they're all fairly quick to get on with the MC. Except Kass, for obvious reasons. So a little work on matching supposed personalities with actual uniqueness, or having characters not related to the club be a bit more normal and less cock hungry would be great to see.

Another good point, which I think deserves a mention, is how the MC is not some alpha, all knowing, all wise guy who is out there to save every girl he crosses path with, and the girls themselves dont' all have twisted pasts who need this dude to save them and give them cock. There are SO many games that have this syndrome, even the good ones to some extent, so it's nice to see that in Endowed!

When I read the name of the game, I thought it was going to be about an MC with a magic pecker or something. Then I read the synopsis and thought I'd try it out. So far seems to be a pretty good idea of where the Dev wants to go with it.
Hopefully I'm wrong in that the MC will have a magic pecker that causes the lesbian character to suddenly decide she likes to have sex with dudes. If she was bi, then should have made that clear from the beginning.
But instead, said she was all the way gay. So hopefully the Dev doesn't do what so many other's have done in so many other games.

The MC has a micro dick that is a major turnoff in this kind of game, you can barely see it in the scenes, and to add to that, there is barely any scenes as of this version 0.3, it is a more wordy VN that forgot what its primary audience are here for and is trying to create some Mexican soap opera instead of porn.

Just finished playing and I must say, I don't usually play Honey Select games, but I just had to because of the description and the setting of the game. I love the idea of mc now owning/working at a strip club. All of the girls are great and definitely endowed.

It's ok, story line is showing something but it's apparently 4 chapters and no ones been fucked yet . Of course the story shows there's a good bit left to go but yeah, not there yet. Will improve the rating as thestory grows I imagine

Endowed is a game that has quite a potential to it. The story is intrigueing, while the characters are passable. Breathing a bit more life intothem would do wonders to this game. The most unique about Endowed is the protagonist, who compared to the other VN protagonist have a smaller than avarage package to him. The story alludes towards a certain "solution" to this problem. Now, if this a fortunate or unfortunate beat in the story, is up to personal preference. Perosnally, I still don't know where to stand with this decision.

The over arching story is, well... There are way it can go. I hope there will be a way to wigle out of the deal that our MC's uncle put up, and still get the rewards, but alas that's my personal feeling on it. Other than that it has it's charm.

All in all a good game. Cudos to the dev!

Superb! I am immediately downloading the creator's other game.

The girl's are interesting, sexy and spark a desire to learn more about their stories. I hope we get to put the lawyer in her damned place and that Diamond proves a "____" in the rough. (Neither of them are my favorite characters by the way - I am commenting on them to demo that even the side girls have my attention.)

The plot and the mystery is great ! I eagerly look forward to the next episodes.

Art: 4.5/5 (there were a few spots lacking, but all the parts that mattered were great)

Animation: 4/5 (this was actually very good, but boobs arent made of water lol)

Sound: 4/5 (5/5 is reserved for memorable sound, but it all fit well and was pleasing)

Story: 5/5 (See below)

Characters: 4.5/5 (The only reason this isn't a 5/5 is because every character is too perfect. Like they're all level headed and have excellent speech patterns. In other words, few of them felt unique in their personality. But they were so. .5 difference)

H stuff: 4/5 (some art choice here was bleh, like the dick. I liked the girl models though. Every girl was highly attractive, and the sex was pretty good. )


So I actually really enjoyed reading through every dialogue choice. That is a rarity for me. It was very well written and compelling.
The story was captivating and I'm sad it ended. I like this for the story alone, the hotties and sex are bonuses. Don't get me wrong though, I'm a fan of bonuses.

Overall 5/5
I can't wait for more. Please don't be an abandoned project!

p.s.

Really good game. Can't wait to see more.

Most of the women are believable and attractive. Not a fan of the lawyer lady but I think that's intentional.

The name is perfect, never change it. It works on so many levels.

The text doesn't look like some imbecile wrote it and that alone makes this game better than 99% of games here. Pictures are also of high quality. This will definitely be one of the best games if everything remains the same.

Endowed has a lot of good to it. A nice and engaging plot, and a way of storytelling that is captivating and really gives life to the characters. Renders are good, with some pretty long animations as well.
The only improvement I would welcome would be some more choices for the Player.