Based on the (as yet) unfinished v0.4.0 Beta (with the addendum that v 0.4 is actually itself incomplete and so I stopped playing halfway through chapter 4 because it's currently missing a lot of stuff).
My usual disclaimers when writing reviews on here are that A. I am here for the "plot" not the plot and B. I am very picky with visual novels and think broadly they can be very subpar. So, take both of those into consideration for my review when thinking about this game.
Pros
Mehs
Cons
You might have noticed that I haven’t absolutely slated FreshWoman with a bunch of heavy negatives, and that is because, quite frankly it doesn’t really do an awful lot wrong. Having said this, it also has not absolutely blown me away. It’s sitting quite comfortably in the middle tier of this site and I have to admit I’m a little surprised by how many really high ratings its received.
Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s absolutely well-worth a play. I’ve also given it a 4/5 because I think it’s probably closer to that than it is a 3. Maybe like a 3.7/5. So it’s definitely decent for a fun and relatively light-hearted fantasy harem fuckfest. And really, a lot of the time that’s all I want from an h-game.
The story is a bit uninspired and often some of the drama feels quite contrived and like its drama for the sake of drama (without spoiling episode 4 in particular feels very bad for this). There doesn’t feel like there’s many stakes at play and yet people are also massively overreacting to a lot of them. It’s all a bit melodramatic and silly. But again, not BAD, just fine.
It's also clear, at least to me, that Oppai-Man is taking a lot of inspiration from Being a DIK and is kinda aiming for a similar sort of vibe. Which, again, in itself is fine, but I also feel like by inviting that comparison it means that you have to say it’s really just not quite as good.
Really the only reason I don’t rate it higher is all those tiny niggles I mentioned that juuuust sort of make the sex scenes not quite as hot as they could be. Because if the game spent just a tiny bit more time over each scene, spent just a little bit longer with positions and animations then I genuinely think the super hot sexual stuff would 100% carry the game to greatness. It’s just being a tad let down because it feels like every single scene is so insanely rushed. Like, the protagonist has to get his dick inside the girl, but then has to immediately get his dick inside her in a different position (and another 4 positions before he can finish) so it just never settles into a groove.
Again, I realise it’s nit-picky and kinda silly, but I genuinely feel that if these tiny things were changed it would actually massively elevate the game.
Beyond that there’s not much more to say. It’s pretty decent, give it a go.
My usual disclaimers when writing reviews on here are that A. I am here for the "plot" not the plot and B. I am very picky with visual novels and think broadly they can be very subpar. So, take both of those into consideration for my review when thinking about this game.
Pros
- Hot, hot leg, leg so hot you fry an egg – I feel like I have to qualify this statement every time I write a review. Yes, I actually think visuals are not one of the main things I look for in an erotic game and put greater emphasis on the writing of the sexual stuff and kinks at play. But godamn… The renders and characters in this game are just INSANELY good looking. On par with the best on this site, easily.
- SPICY hot sex scenes – The dev (Oppai-Man) seems to have absolutely no intention of skimping on the good stuff and you will be very quickly smashing the hot girls left, right and centre. By the second episode alone there’s already a decent quantity of sexual content and it seems to only be increasing. Plus the standard of the sexy stuff is really VERY fucking hot and very fappable (however, see the “mehs”)..
- Derek wannabe is also fun – I very much appreciate any game that provides you a “bro” character who is actually your friend and you aren’t out to cuck him and he isn’t a complete waste of space (like the bro-est of bros Derek in Being a DIK). Dylan is this game’s bro character and he is actually a fun addition to the game. He’s completely fucking ridiculous of course, but if you don’t take the game too seriously then he’s a good time.
- Animations are also great – The first couple of episodes don’t seem to have animations but when they are introduced later they are broadly also very good (however, see the “mehs”).
Mehs
- Sex scenes rush positions – So this is actually gonna the first of a couple of very nit-picky and frankly ridiculous complaints. I said the sex scenes are hot, and they are, BUT they also consistently have a few relatively frustrating issues. While the scenes themselves are hot and go on for a decent length of time, Oppai-Man seems desperate to fill each scene with AS MUCH SEX as possible. This means that the characters CONSTANTLY change position, and it’s actually just kind of shit. There will be a render with the protagonist bending a girl over a table (with a line of dialogue). A render of him inside of her (with a line of dialogue). Her moaning and enjoying herself for one render. AND THEN you, out of the blue, change position and repeat this all over again in a different position. Like, godamn dude, let the characters actually fuck each other in a position for a little bit before they switch. This whole thing is particularly noticeable in a car sex scene in the most recent update which genuinely had like 10 different positions before it finished.
- Rushed penetration and orgasms – The other nit-picky complaint is that the sex scenes feel like they rush initial penetration and the climax of each scene. These are two of the hottest moment of any scene (I think for many guys this is true) and at least are fairly important moments within a scene. As it stands many of the sex scenes will have the protagonist and girl getting into position in one render and then in the next he will already be inside her. Similarly, there were at least a few scenes where the girl and protagonist cum at the same moment and it’s actually not clear that he even cums because of that (no focus on him jizzing buckets basically). I’d really like it if there were even just one or two more bits of dialogue around these parts of the scene, just to linger in those moments a TINY bit longer before rushing forwards.
- Animations only last for one line of dialogue – Another very weird criticism is that when there are animations used they very often are only present for one single click. It happened at least once that you would click and then there would be (for example) an animation of the MC getting his dick sucked and you click again and it’s immediately the next render/animation. Like I had to scroll back multiple times because I didn’t actually WATCH the animation. Once again, Oppai-Man is rushing through the scene and really ought to take more time over individual bits and pieces.
- No risk of pregnancy – Come on my guy! Let us choose to cum inside the girls and then make it risky! Just for me…?
- Writing – The core premise is a tiny bit uninteresting (the whole, your father disappeared and you are making it your life’s work to find out what happened) plus the addition of some amnesia feels a tiny bit silly. Add in some relatively odd decisions made throughout the game (like how quickly you recruit outside help and go from “investigating” to literally spying on people, all over some somewhat shaky leaps of logic. Add to this some dialogue which sometimes feels a bit weird and in general the writing of the game is not its strongest point. I will add, it is for SURE not bad and the English seems generally very good, but it’s nothing to write home about.
Cons
- Facial expressions – Another weird complaint which this time is an outright negative as opposed to a “meh”. Sometimes throughout a scene the protagonist’s reactions are SO fucking over the top it genuinely kills the scene for me. There will be some kind of innocuous reveal where one character will say “Hey I kinda fancy you” and he will go “BUWHUUUUUUUAT???” like a fucking Goofy character. The dialogue is never this extreme but the renders are. It’s ridiculous and actually genuinely kills the immersion a bit. You need to dial it back like 18 to 24% there, bud.
- Emily scenes – I… I just don’t get them man. They’re hot but they’re also so fucking esoteric and weird. Are they supposed to be dreams or not? Why does the MC act like it’s totally reasonable to not be able to distinguish dreams from reality? Is the whole thing gonna be a dream? Because I’m gonna tell you right now, that’s not okay…
You might have noticed that I haven’t absolutely slated FreshWoman with a bunch of heavy negatives, and that is because, quite frankly it doesn’t really do an awful lot wrong. Having said this, it also has not absolutely blown me away. It’s sitting quite comfortably in the middle tier of this site and I have to admit I’m a little surprised by how many really high ratings its received.
Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s absolutely well-worth a play. I’ve also given it a 4/5 because I think it’s probably closer to that than it is a 3. Maybe like a 3.7/5. So it’s definitely decent for a fun and relatively light-hearted fantasy harem fuckfest. And really, a lot of the time that’s all I want from an h-game.
The story is a bit uninspired and often some of the drama feels quite contrived and like its drama for the sake of drama (without spoiling episode 4 in particular feels very bad for this). There doesn’t feel like there’s many stakes at play and yet people are also massively overreacting to a lot of them. It’s all a bit melodramatic and silly. But again, not BAD, just fine.
It's also clear, at least to me, that Oppai-Man is taking a lot of inspiration from Being a DIK and is kinda aiming for a similar sort of vibe. Which, again, in itself is fine, but I also feel like by inviting that comparison it means that you have to say it’s really just not quite as good.
Really the only reason I don’t rate it higher is all those tiny niggles I mentioned that juuuust sort of make the sex scenes not quite as hot as they could be. Because if the game spent just a tiny bit more time over each scene, spent just a little bit longer with positions and animations then I genuinely think the super hot sexual stuff would 100% carry the game to greatness. It’s just being a tad let down because it feels like every single scene is so insanely rushed. Like, the protagonist has to get his dick inside the girl, but then has to immediately get his dick inside her in a different position (and another 4 positions before he can finish) so it just never settles into a groove.
Again, I realise it’s nit-picky and kinda silly, but I genuinely feel that if these tiny things were changed it would actually massively elevate the game.
Beyond that there’s not much more to say. It’s pretty decent, give it a go.