Ren'Py - Fallen Heirs [v0.1.5] [HoloFlux]

  1. 3.00 star(s)

    UnoriginalUserName

    Right...let's start at the beginning, I guess.

    The MC is a fucking retard. He gets a call from a lawyer (supposedly) telling him he's the sole inheritor from some guy he never heard of and he quits his job flipping burgers on the spot, telling his boss to fuck off. No mention of WHAT he actually inherited. Sure is a good thing he fell ass-backwards into a fortune and not a used condom collection or something. I can't help feeling this shit was a self-insert by the dev that really, REALLY wants to be able to do this to his boss, possibly at a shitty burger joint.

    The MC goes on being a fucking moron by letting the obvious gold-digging whore ex-wife of his great-uncle or whatever he is continue living at the mansion he just inherited, even after discovering that she and the housekeeper (she's actually a female head butler or something...she seems to be in charge of the household / staff) are conspiring against him intending to find some alternate will and then take everything for themselves. Good luck with that, even if you did it wouldn't annul the new will unless they can prove it was created under duress. Either way, the MC should just kick both of them out on their asses right away, but he doesn't because...I don't know, he's a spineless bitch?

    The point system is...odd. You accumulate points by doing certain actions, some of them pervy, others by certain conversation choices, some by "investigating" rooms. You then have to use these points to either buy skills or perform sexual actions. For example, during "Sex Scene #1" with the maid if you don't use points the MC cums on himself before she even does anything to him, so he's basically a 13 year old virgin.

    The sandbox is...eh, it's a sandbox, they all suck balls, but this one isn't absolute trash, so there's that. But every single action takes up a unit of time progressing from morning, to afternoon, to evening, etc. Certain actions or characters are only in certain areas at certain times. The time also advances even if you can't actually do anything at the moment. For example, visiting the housekeeper after the initial "Dis is da phone. Derp" conversation pops up with a "No further content with this character" message (which is an appreciated touch), but still uses up a unit of time.

    There's a bit of Engrish going on, mostly in the form in incorrect capitalization. I've seen far, far worse. The dev is a native Spanish-speaker judging by the skill names in the variables but the translation into English is actually pretty good.

    One infuriating part of the game is the system menu, or rather, the lack of a system menu. You can save just fine, but you can only load from the main menu, which you can't actually access once you've started the game. You have to tab out and close the game from windows or force-close the game, then start it again to be able to load unless you use the 1-slot quicksave / quickload from the game interface. You can usually get around this in games that fuck with this by going into preferences, but for some stupid reason the dev took that shit out. This also means you can't quit, since the option has been removed. Again, tabbing out or force closing are your only options if you're in fullscreen.

    Overall the game's passable. The models are nice, so far, and the animations seem pretty good. There's no "cum here" option in the sex scenes yet. You either pop early, cum in the maid's mouth, or cum in her pussy if you invest in the points to keep going, but you aren't actually given a choice which is going to be a letdown for a lot of folks.

    The story is...turn your brain off.
  2. 4.00 star(s)

    Forgotted

    5-3-25 Updated review. 3 or 4 stars. They changed/fixed almost everything and it's so much better. It's still super short, BUT, it's a demo and a quick turn around w fixes. Seems to be a great job. If they keep this up it will be a 5 star game before too long.
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    Original review was 1 star March 5.
    Sorry to jump in so early.. Hopefully I'll change this after the next update to more stars.

    This is the shortest demo I've seen.
    MC works at a fast food joint, quits, sees the lawyer about the will, goes to the mansion, meets the widow, then goes to bed. That's the end. Super boring so far and just one game day.
    The menu is in a foreign language and you couldn't change the mc's name, however, Boehser Onkel was nice enough to fix that so just look in the forum.
    You can already tell the mc is a wimp like in other games... I mean, I know it's early...so maybe they'll fix that.
    Colors and graphics are fun
    There aren't any choices yet and you just have to go along w whatever the characters tell you to do... Will be much better if/when they fix that.
    Shouldn't have released this yet. It's just a very short-stripped down demo and not worth playing yet. Just way too early.
  3. 3.00 star(s)

    N0madS0uL

    VERSION: v0125 (coz 0123 would have been too on the nose)
    SUMMARY: Solid start, visually good looking with typical story.
    RATINGS: (out of 5):
    1. Models: 4
    2. Animations: 4
    3. General Visuals: 4
    4. Characters: 4
    5. Story: 3
    6. Writing: 4
    7. UI & Gameplay: 3
    8. Content (amount): 1
    9. Sound & Music: 4
    10. Fetish & kinks: NA
    Average: 33 of 50 possible points giving a 66% rating i.e. 3-4 stars. 3.5 stars

    PROS:

    1. Visually the world and characters look pretty good, the little subtle animations like eyelids and fingers moving are a nice touch. Good job.
    2. Decent sounds and music, ambient sounds are a good touch.
    3. Decent writing, structured and reads well.
    4. Some comical elements to it that are fun now and then
    5. Models are pretty good looking, the MC is not exactly what I would call good looking but it could be worse :D
    CONS:
    1. Interface needs work, accessing settings in game can only be done from mini bar Preference button and interface is written in Portuguese with no English option.
    2. Some clearly, sandbox related interface and gameplay is apparently in the works, however not accessible yet in this version, pity.
    3. Little actual content here to play and evaluate.
    4. What content is here ends rather abruptly, almost like the dev just wanted to get the game out and garner support. Not a good look really as the "quest line" was not even complete.
    5. Very sudden sexual content with the maid that was rather jarring and too forward for some house maid going after her new boss without any idea about him...just not very believable.
    FINAL THOUGHTS & SUGGESTIONS:
    • Interesting choice dialogue and point system, though not sure what the impact of it is and could need a replay to see alternative. So far the impression my instincts are to keep going for the touch approach and earning points, but if thats the way to go, why have the option?
    • I am not a sandbox fan, its often not well developed and blocks the player and really only gives the impression of free will. Better to have a normal VN and play from one chapter to another in a linear fashion with choices in between. Sandbox creates busywork and frustration in my opinion.
    • Impressive, what is here now and I hope to see it continue in this way and standard. Some odds and ends need work like the UI and hopefully the sandbox is fun and not grindy or tedious and content is actually good
    • Sadly the game does not provide a full feature chapter/episode and is almost rushed for some reason. I can only surmise that the dev needed or wanted to get it out ASAP to get financial support. While this game is impressive to start, its rushed and unpolished and feels desperate in the last 5min of game play...still could be good, just needs some more work and hopefully decent updates.