VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Fetish Locator [Week 3 v3.6.9] [ViNovella]

Most of the tags are a lie for "optional" the game is about making you go through the extreme fetishes to see content, not just seeing content you'd like to see and 'locating' that content like the description and name implies

Optional: Cumshots, Cumplay, Oral Sex, Incest, Urination, Public sex, Anal sex, Menstruation, Foot Fetish, FemDom, Female Domination, Netori, Groping, Humiliation, Masturbation, Watersports, Hallucinations, Futa/Trans, Enema

While it says "optional" you have to do a majority of them, and if you don't you're locked out of the game with bad ends and constant emasculation of the MC. only reason for 1 star is because the art is good, otherwise doesn't do what the game description says, nor the tags imply.

Finished the first 2 weeks, I thought I reviewed this but it turns out I didn't!
The scenes with Stacy were the hottest, no wonder she is called the fan favorite in this game.
I never thought I would fuck someone in 20 positions in the same sex scenes and feel like I could have went for more positions.
Lydia is amazing cuckqueen even though she thinks she isn't lol
Squizzle is amazing
Amrose is a great sex slave
a lot of positives, but I don't really like how the sex scenes keep repeating each scene twice, and the same scene from 3 different angles, also didn't feel like the best animations, but still a game worth the time.

I was quite pleasantly surprised by Fetish Locator. I originally played the first 2 weeks about a year and a half ago, and was excited to see the full game on Steam the other day, and powered through several endings before feeling satisfied with the game.

Typically with these kinds of, I guess you could call them "High profile" hentai VNs, I usually go in with pretty low expectations. They are usually as vanilla as possible, and are usually the same old story of "John VNprotagonist", the white college kid banging every girl he sees. And more or less this game is that. But despite the milk toast back drop for the story, Fetish Locator manages to tell a decently gripping story with characters you may even feel yourself growing some attachment too.

Fetish Locator has a interesting hook with the premise of a sex app that leads the MC into basically fucking every girl he comes across. At first it seems like a pretty cliche way to lead to easy sex scenes, but it quickly turns into an intrigue plot as the app starts blackmailing people and the MC and co need to try and figure out who's behind it while simultaneously keeping up with the demands of the app.

The sex scenes themselves are all very well done too. Animation quality and Model design of each girl is topnotch here and they do their best to appeal to a broad audience with their kinks. But for a game who's namesake is devoted to fetishes, the game falls into the trap that many other games like it do by trying to cram tons of fetishes in, especially ones the author is obviously not that interested in. Most fetishes come out feeling rather dull with little screen time, while others get multiple in-depth scenes over all 3 weeks. Watersports must be a dev favorite, because the amount of times you drink piss, piss on other people, get pissed on, and see piss in general is staggering, when compared to the amount of attention foot fetishists got in this game. BDSM too takes up a large amount of screentime, in which you are constantly the dom, but if you prefer being a sub you get maybe 1-2 scenes tops. All this to say its not bad necessarily, but it does mean you're more than likely going to sit through multiple scenes dedicated to fetishes you don't care about, to maybe see that 1 kink you want to have explored. It's a little disappointing at times.

Characters, like the kinks in this game, are also very inconsistent in depth and quality. Characters like my personal favorite Min, get full backstories, with character growth and struggles written believably and concluded satisfyingly. However other characters like AmRose feel 2 dimensional. Like if you didn't exist this character would have no motivation whatsoever. Even your own sister Stacy, seems to have 2 motivations. 1.) she wants to use her tech skills to help you. 2.) she wants to have sex with you. I also couldn't help but feel Lydia, your main love interest, was the least attractive and least intriguing girl of the entire cast.

The story also goes from mystery and intrigue, very quickly to quite silly and unbelievable. You're willing to suspend your disbelief when the Fetish Locator app always knows exactly what and when people do things. However when the villain is revealed, and you wake up drunk one night inside a comic book villains sex lair, while they twirl their moustache and monologue to you... I couldn't help but roll my eyes.

The Endings, while I didn't get to all of them, range from lack luster, to very satisfying and well written. My first ending was a solo ending with my favorite girl Min, and it was not only surprisingly lengthy, but also had it's own plot to follow that had me feeling quite mushy after a touching love story. However the canon ending, which they are basing a sequel off, with your sister Stacy, basically is just fucking constantly then rolling credits. So, much like many aspects of this game, your mileage may vary.

All in all, this is a hentai game. You download it to jerk off, and hope to get some good content to help get yourself off, so the story is really secondary. In that aspect, Fetish Locator does a great job. The scenes are hot, the women are hot, and there's a good amount of variety to be had. It also has an added bonus of being a pretty decent story, and even had me emotionally hooked in with some of the characters. I wish this site had a 10 rating scale, because on a scale of 10, I'd put this game at a high 8 or low 9. It's not exactly genre defining, and it's not a game I think I'll come back to to jerk off to now that I'm done, but it is an excellently made game in it's genre with a ton of love and polish put into it.

ViNovella also deserves a gold star for being one of the few hentai VN devs that doesn't needlessly drag their game out to milk patreon, and for actively updating their game and working to pump out their art. Being an honest and hardworking dev can sometimes be thankless, but they have won me over as a fan and I look forward to whatever they have coming next!

Thanks for reading!

This is for sure one of the best (harem) games out there, for multiple reasons. The most notable one is that it keeps being believable despite all the crazy shit that's going on, and that's no small feat. The story is original and remains being enjoyable despite the sinister background that is forcing the MC to do what he does. All the characters are interesting and add to the story because the script is very smartly written, with no filling material. I'd even dare say the plot would make a good motion picture if you just tone down the sex. Hell, this might be The Matrix of adult games.

If I had to name a single flaw that would be of course animations, which aren't optimized and become a no show most of the time, at least on my PC. Even so, the scenes never fail to be hot, no doubt helped by some of the most amazing LIs you will ever see in an adult game. I tell you, this is worth playing for the story and the LIs alone. And did I mention the great music selection...?

Usually I'd have rated this 4* because of the jerky sex scenes but really, that would feel unfair bearing in mind the fun this offers and the tons of work that obviously went into making it all possible.

Great job, ViNovella.

I was surprised that this probably became my top3 (in some aspects 1st) AVNs.
The girls are pretty cool and interesting, MC is kinda sane and realistic in this setting and not dumb, the kinky scenarios are pretty much all (or almost all) very well done. I didn't see anything too extreme so the dev also focused on making things that are kinda mainstream, which is understandable, and fine for my tastes.
I was unhappy it ended really. I'm sure I will pick this up again in some time after I manage to forget it to some degree, which will take some time.
The endings were also very detailed and kinda cool, I often end up speeding through i there's a lot of text but I tried a few endings and they were actually written well and quite interesting so I enjoyed reading them.
My favorite ending (Sis + Lyssa) was not available when I played, didn' check yet if it's in the latest update, but those were the 2 girls I connected with the most, but to be honest I really liked Alyssa, Min, or even the relationship with Dahlia had some lovely moments. Dahlia story was kinda crazy, I imagine if I was MC I would have talked to her a lot earlier about boundaries (bossy behaviour, corporal punishment, (public?) humiliation seem to me quite different elements and I imagine I can like some and not the others) instead of letting things go too crazy, this is not how I imagine a consensual relationship to happen even with BDSM, but it was still interesting and it was resolved let's say, peacefully, to a positive ending.
I would have been curious to explore Lyssa scenarios even more, I realize that is just preference, but I imagine if I had such a great and beautiful girlfriend I wouldn't be too shy to experiment more with more, khm, mutual and equal methods of pleasuring each other, guess a dick wouldn't disgust me if it's attached to such a gorgeous woman (theoretically speaking, but we don't have to play out all our fantasies in real life)

So overall this VN had a lot of stuff and it was very well executed, it captured my intrest and loved most of the girls really. Amrose seemed a bit more shallow and irritating to me but that may be just me, she wasn't a bad character, at least as a friend / fuckbuddy.
I wish we had an infinite number of continuation readily availabl for this. I did try the sequel, not as impressed to be honest, but it's not bad; a pity we have to wait so much for these things to complete.

Nice game with a nice story one of few that are really good and that I enjoyed. It takes light hearted approach on everything including kinks. And one of few games that focuses on romance and relationship aspect rather than kinks themselves.

so first of its 1 story taking place across 3 ingame weeks and each week is a seperate game

week 1 and 2 are godlike i rarly played another game close to those 2 i loved every minute of it 5/5 stars for those 2

game 3 tho has a handfull of issues imo
right at the start of the game u get an unavoidable punishment because of the last game tho the way its handled by the story only makes limited sense because the people act like u HAVE to do it but u realisticly could just say no since there isnt anything on the line - it even goes further that 1 of the 2 characters forcing this on u later complains about it which makes this even more stupid

at the same time u have to choose if u want ntr or not
i personally dont mind it but i am just not into it - the way the game descripted the options tho made it sound like ntr is intended for this game and u d be missing out if u toggle it of - so i just went with it
the consequences of that decision dont apear for a pretty long time
and when they apear they dont only enable / disable ntr they also completly fuck the story

i think this game has a pretty good story for a porn game and it seemed somewhat realistic up until the very point where the ntr decision matters
at that point if u toggle it ON the story gets completly stupid and stopes making sense atall
if u toggle it of u will have a way better experience if u care for the story atall imo

thats my biggest issue with week 3 - the next one would be that there are many diffrent endings but personally i have no idea how to get a few of them since the conditions arnt always obvious which kinda sucks imo

rating for week 3 would be 2/5 with ntr and 4/5 without ntr

it was a game that I liked a lot, it even made the top 10 on my personal list. the reason for this is the content. there are a lot of school themed games and most of them are copies of each other, but this game had a lot of original and beautiful activities. the variety of characters and the different things we did with each of them made me love the game. if you like various fetishes, this game is for you.

i played week 2 and week 3 , after all i must say that this game is awesome.
very detailed and nice designed characters. a lot of fetish stuff for every taste.
What i really like is the animations an of course that Allison Girl. She is hot as hell. The relationship with her and Vanessa i don´t like. some characters from week 2 i would like to see again (Iona , Aaleyah, Prostitute or a new one another prostitute)

From what I expected this game to be to what it ended up becoming, this game was a complete surprise for me. It definitely has its niche moments, but it also has some generic tendencies and overly-simplistic storylines. Unlike movies and tv, when a game really suprises you it's often not in the best ways, as is the case for Fetish Locator from my experience.

You might think, especially when early on you seem to have some interaction with a phone app, that this game has some sandbox-like choices where you can locate someone - but there is only essentially a yes/no option alongside the VN for various kinks, but no progressive way to seek out a specific kink. Not only does it go against the title in that way, imo, it also goes against it because as you go through the VN each episode/general progres in the story becomes more about setting up some type of [specific/committed] relationship with each girl. I am sure a lot of people wouldn't see this as a con, but for me I don't know why the MC and overall plot became just like any other typical VN storyline when it could have went so much further.

Overall, while Fetish Locator seems like an S-tier plot/theme on the surface, it ended up becoming mainly about which girl(s) to romance (or 'slave' (one girl, and she's not really a slave at all..)) I wouldn't say this VN is awful, by any means, but it doesn't do enough to live up to its implied promises; Fetish Locator gave me the impression that the dev(s) got caught up in simply doing 'what works' rather than 'being bold,' and for that reason it left me more disappointed.

There are very few games that reach the upper echelon of content and quality. This is one of the best. There isn't another game that I'm aware of on this site that hits so many kinks and all of them are optional. Even when you think you're done with the game, you get to the endings. They aren't all finished yet, but dang many of the endings are almost a mini VN on their own. There are a lot of them too.

Really, this game has something for everyone. Sound is good, models are good, animation is good. The writing is as good as to be expected for these types of games.

v3.4.8 review

This game is amazing, it has tons of content, tons of fetishes which you can filter to your liking, gorgeous women and different endings.
If you're looking for a Visual Novel that mostly focuses on sex and kinks, search no more, this is it! If you're looking for a sophisticated story or complex characters because you also want to tease your actual brain then I guess this game only partly fulfils your requirements.

This is a good game. At time of reviewing it is basically complete although a handful of the dozen or so endings don't have a full epilogue.

Positives include nice art and design, lack of bugs, smooth to play, not filler or grind. The game features a number of meaningful choices and a wide variety of kink and fetish activities with the wide variety of women. I think of the dozen or so options for romantic and sexual partner most people will find one that strikes a chord with them.

The writing is ok. Not bad, but at times it does become a bit bland and unsophisticated - it's quite wish fulfillmenty in the sense that you basically play through the game with a selected handful of women basically throwing themselves at you despite nothing of merit being done to earn their attentions. Then you pick one to end up with.

Also, I don't want to complain about the sexual content, as it's certainly better than most vanilla games of this type. But there's not much in the way of hardcore BDSM or power play, until three of the epilogues really go into it! And after getting those endings I wish more of that vibe had been in the main game.

Pros:
- Very high amount of fetish content (obviously) for those interested
- Large cast of potential love interests with varied and realistic body proportions
- Interesting concept with the "Fetish Locator" app
- Consistently solid render quality
- Completable with respectable length

Cons
- Fetishes are often tied to specifc girls so if you don't like a fetish you miss out on a girl and if you don't like a girl you can miss out on a fetish you're interested in
- Despite a large number of love interests the vast majority are just okay and nothing more. Quantity over quality was the choice made here
- Story is inconsistent and at times poorly thought out but serviceable enough in Week 1 and 2. Week 3 is worse, failing to wrap up many key storylines in a satisfying way. Some was just bizarre
- Sex scenes are also more on the "okay" side. Good content on paper and many of them but they could be executed better and other games have done so

Overall, this is enjoyable enough for the most part, at least for the first two weeks. I recommend this to people interested in a lot of fetishes for a decent way to spend a few nights. I don't think there is enough substance to recommend to anyone else.

I will have to give this game a 1. It's so boring and so bland. Nothing is worth it. The characters are trash. The fetishes are just meh. Overall just a clunky game with bang average renders. Their name game is even worse than this one. DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND SKIP THIS GARBAGE.

To put it short: It's averagely serviceable.

To put it long:

I was pretty addicted starting off. The premise was interesting. But, as the game progressed, a slew of characters started getting introduced and the content started ballooning up. Now normally, that is not a bad thing. But here, unless I behaved like a harem fuckboy and tapped every ass that crossed me, the game became really short and linear. Rather than a solid story, it morphed into a full on event finding simulator..- or should I say Event Locator?

Unfortunately, it's a bit bad at being that as well. The presence of so many characters leads to erratic jumps from one development to the next and all of that compounds fast- so much so that you start loosing track of the multiple personal stories.

On the positive side though, fetishes are plenty which is a huge plus in my books, but the lack of any meaningful flow of the main story-line ends up making the abrupt lewd content appearance, a jarring interruption a lot of times. Of-course you can try and focus down one girl only but like I mentioned above, you end up missing a lot of content that way.

Still it was going fine to a degree, but then my interest in the game took a huge free fall the moment cages got introduced. After that it all felt like the dev was in a hurried pursuit to tie the story up as fast as possible.

So, how do I feel about it overall? Well, not bad tbh. For a one time read, that is. It did start off pretty strong after-all. But, after that, it slowly turned into a numb downhill experience. And once I discovered the entire story, I just didn't feel the re-playability value in it.

Your mileage of-course may vary, but that is my 2 cents.

This game starts off STRONG. Interesting premise. Potentially good characters, plenty of options and nice sex scenes.

The issue with FL is that it tried to be TOO niche. I feel like this game has plenty of "out-there" fetishes, with it tying girls to that fetish. And if you feel like youre not into that fetish, you kinda dont have much going for you in this game. Since, unlike in other porn games, where you just spend your [unit of time] more and more with your character or have exclusive routes, this game just kinda skips over all the paths you didnt want to take.

And that is amplified with how little the relationships/fetishes deepen. Like, you got your fetish, your great stuff right there and you get like this nice, fancy development.... just to put it on hold for an hour where you get another scene that isnt even close to that development aaaand its gone. That feels very wrong, especially since I feel like Im pretty fetish-heavy and this game still had barely any that appealed to me.

Plus, dry spells are way too long. Sometimes people just yap. Like, a LOT of unnecessary yapping.

Additionally, all that would have been ok, but the plot took some... eugh routes in the end, and I felt very weird about it. I felt the tone shift towards the end, tbh.

On one hand Fetish Locator looks like a pretty generic college game, on the other hand we have pretty high production value, somewhat intriguing plot regarding fetish locator app and pretty decent amount of content.

Just like you could imagine from the title, this game (at least in the beginning) is actually more focused on specific fetishes, then on actual sex scenes. This is fine and all, but if you're not into some fetishes, you could easily miss like half of the game's content. And some love interests are tied to specific fetishes. The plot is sufficient, it's there somewhere. Honestly it's not playing any big role in the game. It's vaguely interesting, since we have this sexy app popping up around and we may be blackmailed by it, so there is some potential but imo it's constantly in the background, and because of that it doesn't really have time to shine. Then we have some reveal and the game just ends shortly after. There are a lot of endings, but for me many of those endings feel pretty out of character for the MC. Like, i don't think he would just run away with some girl, and leave everything behind, it doesn't really make a lot of sense for me. Only one ending looks like a canon one, the rest of them feels like a fan fiction or something. Some endings are not finished yet, so the game is still not fully completed. There is a lot of potential love interests with different looks and personalities, most of them are fine, but i didn't really find any girl being truly great. Some of them fell rather generic, some are pretty interesting and some are just not my cup of tee.

Both renders and animations are pretty solid. Renders are pretty crisp, they look pretty ok. They're not the best looking renders out there but you can't really say anything explicitly bad about them. Animations are also pretty ok for the most part, but sometimes some of them look rather blurry, like they were made in lower resolution or something. There is really decent number of animations here, even some outside of sex scenes. Models are, again, quite solid but nothing too crazy. We had games back in 2017 or 2018 with better looking models. What disappointed me were the sex scenes in general. In theory everything looks fine, renders and animations are solid but for me, those scenes weren't hot and sexy enough. We have different poses, different camera angles etc. but those scenes feel pretty lifeless in my opinion. I will be brutally honest here, many sex scenes in this game are just boring. Audio and sound design is pretty great here. There is no voice acting but we have some basic stuffs like no, yes etc. voiced at the start of the characters dialogue lines like in some jRPG game without full voice acting. Music is pretty nice and we also have some sounds during sex scenes.

Overall, Fetish Locator is a above average game but not good enough to be considered a good title. Week one of the game is pretty meh, week two especially in its second half is significantly better but week three is pretty meh again. Story is pushed too far into the background so at times we just randomly jump from one sex scene to the next, and those sex scenes despite looking solid visually are not really entertaining. Completing the game and going through 8 endings took me around 25 hours so there is a really good number of content here but the game is not interesting and sexy enough to keep player's attention all the time.

Quite good start, sadly failed to keep me intrigued.
Falls of with every scene, up to the final twist that is not really original neither shocking, and definietly not written amazingly.
Ugh.. Fuckin limits.

Honestly.. it's not a bad game. The scenery is above average.
but it's just "not my thing"
Mostly because a long part of the game slowly builds up expectations for Lydia, the girl the MC is in love with... and to my point the hottest too... but almost nothing will ever happen with her.
Not bad... not really good neither.