VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Friendship with Benefits [v1.20] [TwistedScarlett]

the game is incredible but it does drag a little less story more gameplay other than that amazing sex is hot the cast is there even if name censored copyright but the art is great the developer has a great track record for games to me.

You are a random human male who is Isekaied into an anthropomorphic variant of the world of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Legally Distinct Original IP.
The unicorn who summoned you intended to summon a mindless automaton for a masturbation session but accidentally brought you over instead, and you are stuck here forever.

She is in heat and it seems pony pheromones affects humans too as you quickly (one day) end up having sex together, giving each other your virginity in a sweet and wholesome scene.
She then asks you to share your wonderful dick with her thirsty friends who are all in need of a good interspecies dicking (because guarenteed no babies).

The art is absolutely fantastic. Truly some of the best I have seen. At first things seem quite wholesome and sweet but you quickly run into a problem. You have no agency, the game looks like a sandbox but you actually only choose where to go. Once you go somewhere the scenes happen as they will, you are usually powerless to change anything (with few minor exceptions).

You are often given fake choices that will give you an extra line of dialog and then put you back on the rails. Rarely can you make a small minor change via the choices given. You are also not allowed to skip scenes, not even of contentious fetishes. For example:
There is such a huge disconnect between the veneer of wholesomeness and the actual content. I am just super disappointed overall because this could have been an amazing game if there was just the tinniest amount of flexibility written. It wouldn't have even been hard, don't need any new art or scenes. Just a handful of opt-out lines of dialog. So that you could only go with the sex acts you wanted to happen.

This should have been a 5 star game.

After reviewing Tuition Academia and mentioning this game (which I played first), I checked my reviews and realized I'd never reviewed this game. So here I am. This is the best smut VN I have played by a significant margin, and even long after completing it, I can come back to it for an afternoon.

10/10, would recommend.

extremely hot, surprisingly believable and thought out for what boils down to a MLP smut game. Characters are fleshed out in their portrayal to give them depth beyond 'here's a character that looks like Twilight Sparkle and she wants to impale her pussy on your dick'.

I will say if you're going into this hoping for a significantly high amount of accuracy to the source material, it's more that it resembles FiM in broad strokes- but the dev has put in work to fill in detail to make this world vibrant on its own, to allow for the story to take place.

Highly recommend.

I liked the game until I got to the Cream's\Surprise's\Pinkie Pie's route. For me, it became a great disappointment, breaking the fourth wall should be in moderation, but here the author clearly went too far. This is just bullshit. This is even worse than the "it was all a dream" plot twist, it literally devalued the main character and all the characters for me.

Legitimately one of the best anthro games on this site; heck, probably one of the best games on this site in general! Art is top-notch, writing is good, dialogue is great and can be pretty funny at times! The gameplay is simple but not in a way that it's boring because you're constantly exploring new areas, routes, and secrets! There's so much content and I'm really hoping that the dev will continue to update it every now and then even if they are focused on other projects at the moment because there's still a lot of potential to be had.

All in all, if you're into anthro or you need something to scratch that MLP itch, look no further than Friends With Benefits!

This is a review of version [v1.20]

This is one of the few times I find myself unable to write a full review in my usual format, so this might end up being more disorganized than usual.

The game is great, the art is top-notch, the story is well written (I think it's funny how most of the small grammar mistakes are during sex scenes) and fleshed out. The UI is simple and works flawlessly, The sex scenes themselves are well done, excellent use of sound effects and the text matches the picture ( I know this is simple, but it can be surprisingly uncommon). Each character brings a unique aspect of living in a new world to the table, I didn't find myself disengaged from the sub-stories at all. The free-roaming isn't tedious or excessive and having the binary 2 phase day system made deciding what to do easier. while parts of the economy seem daunting at first, the game gives you more than enough money to buy all the items and therefore isn't an issue. Repeat scenes with characters, as well as all scenes (except secret scenes for the most part) being repeatable with different dialogue was a nice touch.

There is very little bad, and just some stuff I would like to see expanded upon before this is marked [COMPLETE]. The bad end with morgan, Kinda wish you could play through some of that, experience all the characters as mindless breeding drones, and end it when you wanted to, maybe even play out most of that "2 years" between you making the choice and seeing the end. I know this isn't that kind of game, but I would like to see what the developer could do with the idea. The side characters also have very little content, their content isn't shallow, and it's not unsatisfying, but you feel that a character is a side character very strongly and I would like to see them fleshed out a bit more since it's optional content technically this is more a wish and not a suggestion.

I also want to address the controversy around this game. some people called the dev a "sellout" for putting this game on steam and "ruining the game" for not having the tattoos and correct colors/names for the characters. I'm not a My Little Pony fan myself, so this didn't bother me at all, and how aggressive members of the community got about this is unwarranted. This is a really good game, the dev deserves to make money off of their work, especially when it has as much effort put into it like this. there is a recolor and rename mod, the MLP fans should be happy with that, it's better than getting DMCA'ed or Sued over copyright infringement. people who complain about the setting having sporadic technology levels, characters having different personalities, and everyone being horny constantly need to calm down, it doesn't hurt the plot, it doesn't hurt the sex scenes, it's all background that superfans need to accept isn't the big picture.

In conclusion, this is a great game, I hope they expand on some of the side characters some more in the future, and the superfans that hate the game for its inaccuracies need to appreciate that it exists at all and stop harping on the small things.

Very fun game, great story, amazing characters, and even better sex scenes. Character development is great, and leaves a very wide variety of color, scenes, and dialogue. I played this and immediately knew that it would be my game to suggest to others (if they had this style of interest) definitely one of the best ren'pys and within my top 5 favorite games (of this category at least)

The game's graphics are by far one of the best I've seen, the game's format is also very good, well-crafted, interesting dialogue in addition to the story it involves besides not being '' standard '' one of the best games I've played.

What needs to improve I believe is the creation of more alternative routes, which are only seen in the end where your choice really matters to develop the story.

I'm very disappointed, that there is no other option, but to make a harem of horny horsegirls... for me, it is like cheating, even if your first girl allowed you to do everything you want. Maybe I overthinking, but I'm freaking serious about that, because i'm a male human, not a stupid ass stud ! So, in this game, you are going from one furry thights to another, looking at interesting text and pictures, BUT FRUSTRATED, BECAUSE OF FORCED CHEATING.
DROPPED
VERDICT: can recommend it only for horny polygamic people

Used to be a mlp harem simulator. Until the dev got greedy. Now he/she? wants to sell it on steam. Every color got changed, the character were all completely changed so they do not resemble the old actual mlp characters any longer. Lame. Thankfully there are some modders that revert the changes. Which is nice.
Can only give it the worst score since the dev essentially ruined what made the game good in the first place, only out of greed.

the pony game is wonderfully amazing where you talk to them to go out with all the ponies. but it would be nice if it had animations I would love you to put it to make it fun because I like it a lot. without animations it is not interesting because that way it is only pure text and image and sound it makes no sense to play it

I must say that this game in particular is my favorite. Innovative, complex and full of interactions. It really is a pioneer in this genre, as far as I know.

One downside, and I agree with TylFxi on that, is that "forced" in-game transformation into girl for sex for sake of improving relations. At least I could have a choice on that and more options in other situations. Otherwise, this game is very cool and deserves recognition.

a great porn game all things considered. good porn. good characters. good story and the game managed to get on steam. ( how given its parody of my little pony? my guess it managed get under fair use or something like that.) i would recommend getting it to help support the creator but only if steam will let you hide online while playing it so your friends and family wont find out. nevertheless 10 out of 10.

love the game. wish there was some type of choice where you could choose 1 or all girls to be together as an ending. love the art, the story, the characters etc. cant wait for your next project. thank you

This game has so much to offer. It has plentiful art that pairs nicely with the erotic dialogue, characters at least as deep as one would expect from a dating sim without the long wait to sexy payoff. It also has some other things like a surprise plot with conflict and fascinating discussions you wouldn't expect from your average porn game. There's also a gallery, which I feel is paramount for any porn game. It hasn't been marked as completed as of this review, but unless they somehow royally fuck up, it already warrants a 5-stars in my eyes.

Firstly I must admit that; first few hours of the game was ok, good even. Even though im not into MLP.
But the "transforming to girl and having sex like that, for sake of improving relations with another unrelated pony" kinda trashed the good impression game had on me. It's not that game had this but game forces you to this while you even don't want to go with lesbian pony but the other pony in library.
But it wasn't that bad either, i mean it wasn't the worst, the worst was unavodible ntr scene. Yes, it's still ntr even if it's a "girl" with dick and yes even though there's 3 "choices" there's no way to skip that scene. The game forcing this to your face was the last drop for me. FFS there's even no ntr tag.
Except those, writing was good but you can still feel there's lack of images in sex scenes. Story was good, and artstyle was pretty. It shows that dev really put effort in this game. It's so pity i can only give this for the time i played.

Edit: Seeing that all previous reviews had 5 stars making me feel bad ngl, maybe I can change the rating or delete it later but had to say those, sorry.

if i was not a poor student, and just scraping by i would have thrown money after this game. and i dont even like pony sex !

this game is ridiculously good.
it is a simple setup. you pick a girl for the day and progress the story. next day pick the same girl or visit another one. and the game somehow keeps all this within the story setting.

i will recommend this game even if you are not into ponys.

Honestly I'm not exactly into furries, but i got to make exception with this one.

The artstyle is top notch and really hot.
The story writing is also excellent almost par with top japanese visual novel.
The only cons i have is the game doesn't have proper ending. A ending with one of the girls or harem one would be nice.

Sorry if my English sounded weird. I'm not a native English speaker.
Edit: Some typo mistakes.

I know nothing about MLP but even still I think this is one the best games on the site. Brony or no (pls no) this game has everything

+Interesting Story
+Great Characters
+Great art
+Great Scenes
+Lots of content

This is what a polished Ren'Py game should strive to be. Even if you're turned off by ponys just give it a try.