VN - Ren'Py - Game of Hearts [Ch.5 R1] [SparkHG]

Hmm, this is an interesting game to try and review but I'll see what I can do. While I enjoyed the game I don't agree with most of the 5 star reviews saying that this is the best game on F95Zone. Everyone is welcome to their opinion of course but I'm not seeing it personally.

Pros

• Julia is a well written character with good scenes
• Ruby is a well written character with good scenes overall
• Julia, Ruby, and Brie are gorgeous - excellent job on these character's faces/heads/hair
• Writing is above average
• Good story concepts / game world

Problems

• Lots of English problems - the wrong words are frequently used - missing words on occasion - misspelled words uncommonly - a proofreader would greatly help
• Poor game pace - For example the sex event with Maxime in the middle of the game was so long that I lost all interest
• All characters are thick, even the supposedly thin ones such as Julia, Ruby, and Brie (have too thick hips, asses, thighs, and sometimes torso)
• The faces of Maxime and Meredith aren't attractive to me - I would have chosen fantasy over realism here
• Bug - Bugs with Corruption and Attraction not advancing levels until way late in the story. I had corruption and attraction values that exceeded the maximum to level them and the numbers just kept going above maximum instead of automatically advancing to a new corruption and attraction level. For example Meredith cannot advance to corruption level 2 for some reason in Chapter 5 R1.
• Bug - I earned like over 1000 energy points in the last chapter or two and never got a screen to spend them
• The whole porn shoot storyline with Meredith makes little sense with the way it's implemented - The MC has to coddle her so much and tip toe around her feelings so much that a "porn shoot" doesn't fit well at all. The MC and Meredith also never roleplay to get into the porn scenes like they are instructed to do (they don't even attempt it). The MC has to baby her so much that the event has no resemblance of a porn shoot whatsoever!
• Below average animations - not enough movement - not enough penetration - they are all super slow which kills any resemblance of passion
• Some renders are well done, detailed, and clean, while others are blurry, blotchy, and grainy. No consistency here. There are some really good renders, especially the close up portrait shots. I just wish they were all consistent in quality.
• Sex scenes lack passion and are mediocre at best. Almost no originality in the sex scenes.

Overall, I'm glad that I tried the game but I'm not sure I'd play future releases. The game was enjoyable more times than it was frustrating but not by a large margin.

Julia and Ruby's storylines are the only two that I thought were well done. It's too early to tell with Brie. I suffered through Maxime and Meredith's storylines.

Do I recommend this game? It's hard to say. I guess it depends on what you're looking for...

The best game i have ever played in my entire life, elden ring is just coal compared with this diamond. Just fking love this game.

This should be the standar for the same style game, is just too good.

Amazing graphics and animations
Story line is riveting with a who done it feel and where will this lead to aroma
Characters are well developed, unique and flawed
The game is solid, from the beginning to Chapter 5, without any dead space
Easy to read and follow along
Solid five ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Very unique masterpiece... easy as that.

I don't have any cons for this game to be honest, are there things which could be improved? Sure... but as a whole package, it is probably the best game on this site in the making.

- Best renders I've seen and competition is pretty tough at this point.

- Characters are all hot, unique with varied body types. They are all extremely likable with different personalities, really good writing from dev.

- Tension and writing in sex scenes are by far the best this site has to offer.

- Best corruption progression I've seen and that's not even close either.

- Animations are very good and fluid, I've seen better, but they definitely get the job done.

- Love the choice of music in this game. Dev is trying to experiment with sfx at this point, I'm all for it, however there needs to be more and some sounds can be improved a bit in audio softwares.

- What I'd really like to see are sex sounds and female moaning added to this game.

- MC is pretty meek for demonic deity, it is style which this dev decided to go with, I have no complaints there, but woud like to have an option to be more dominating.

- Also hoping for more human females being corrupted in similar fashion and with mechanics as Meredith, that was my most favourite part of this game.

Hats down to dev for this piece of art and good luck with future development!

Best game on the site, I hardly comment but I'm around lurking I've barely leave reviews good or bad but this game is so good just incase the dev sees this, DO NOT ABANDON THIS GAME PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ I'm tired of good games fizzing out after starting out great. Everything 5 stars.

Love the characters and the story is pretty damn good too. This is probably the most enjoyable game I’ve played here over the last couple of years. Looking forward to seeing more of ruby and how the story develops.

Amazing game! One of the best I've ever played. Recommend it without reservations (of course if you're into the Genres described). I am just going to give you my ration, I don't have time to review it: 10/10!

Ratings on a 0-5 Scale (for clarification 0-1 = 1 star).

Concept: 2/5 There's a big competition between demons for taking power, oh what's that? You're the son of a powerful demon? How totally not cliche... that has never been done before...

Plot+Characters: 3.5/5 Same as above. A bit of yo-yoing of story-sex. Pacing is not the best. But the characters and the interactions are at least engaging. The world building shows genuine effort to make it better than the overused concept/premise would have you believe. On the fence saying 4/5 instead.

Sound: 3/5 Nothing to praise, nothing to shut the volume off for either.

Graphics: 4.5/5 Where the game shines. The animations and overall the sex scenes, while a bit shorter than one would like (maybe a touch more making use of looping animations/different angles to draw it out a touch wouldn't hurt), but I think its that its well done that people, myself included wish there was a bit more to the scenes.

Gameplay: 3.5/5 As some have said corruption is a touch different than a generic points system like many games, in a good way. As one reviewer also said I concur with: Stats should be explained somewhere in game better, like in a menu or some means the player can read it. We don't need a full on tutorial on it, just having it explained, especially for those who don't play the game for several months and forget for a fast reminder.

Overall: 4/5 Characters and overall writing (despite the premise being very overdone) put it over the top from a 3.5 to a solid 4/5 with upside. Game definitely one of the better active ones on f95 right now. I highly recommend, and if you've got some extra wagie bucks tossing this dev a few. They're making a solid game here worth backing. Game likely could end up being an unquestionable 5 star with a few tweaks, and I'm impressed with the game as a whole. GJ dev.

This game has the potential to be in the top 5 games at F95. Honestly Julia is my favourite model out of all the other games, so hell yeah ! that's an awesome model choice. The game is a good balance between a slow burn for the progress in plot and the sex scenes. The updates are packed with content and I'm waiting eagerly for the next update <3 Thank you dev!

I basically love the sex scene as it is very slow and very erotic than other games like hump and dump in different position. This game focus on aspects of emotional and physical sex scene and I like them it makes the scenes feels very special about mc and his partner.

This is one of my favorite games (Ch4),

• Love the storyline.
• Love the dynamic between characters and how the nature of relationships between characters change according to the decisions made by the player.
• Love how interactive the H-scenes r, best h-scenes I've experienced.
• Love the mysterious nature of events and the plot progression and character lore.

Hope the best for the dev, and hope we get to see this game blossom into it's full potential and wish all everyone all the best

At times I feel the narration takes a little long but, I appreciate the tension and understand there is a story to tell. The renders are great and the story does play well. Looking forward to see the finished story Enjoying so far.

[Version of the game at the time of Review: Ch. 4 P2 R1]

There is not much to say apart from "what a great fucking game".
The models are absolutely the best I have seen for a long while and even though the sex scenes are, at the end, rather short, the game and the scenes somehow ooze sexuality and sensuality. The corruption mechanic is definitely one of the best implementations I saw in a while as well.

The gameplay itself is also creative and even though, at its core, it is the same as usual (click the right option to get a reward), it implements it in an original way.

The story is fine. I do not want to get too much into it as it is not finished yet, so we will see in the future. I definitely enjoy the setting in general, but this is obviously subjective. For now, it is worth following it, but at the same time it is nothing too much out of the ordinary.

One small negative, or I guess feedback, is: please add more tutorials and descriptions. It is almost impossible to actually understand what some stats do without just trying and then potentially repeating the scene if you do not like the outcome. I mean things like corruption or love are clear, but at times it was confusing if I actually wanted to gather a stat or if I should try to avoid it (for example the "limit" or the "jealousy" stat.) I know it is early in development, but I think it would be beneficial to give at least small hints.

All in all, definitely put on my list and I will also start backing the project directly as this is by far the best game of this kind I played in a while.

The narrative of the game and graphics are excellent. The corruption factor in this game is one of the best I have played. The story is driven in a compelling manor with lots of future potential. The choices giving bonus scenes is a added plus

What an incredible game. The presentation is stellar, with beautiful character models in exceptional lighting and framing and great animations.
The writing is also really good, and the base premise is quite interesting. But the best thing i loved in this game is the pacing. All the character interactions are amazing, and the buildup to their respective lewd scenes are phenomenal.
Cant wait to see more. Its a strong recommend.

[Review of Chapter 4, P2 R1 by SparkHG]

Game of Hearts is one of the most immersive AVNs out there, and while the game is almost entirely vanilla-flavored, the sheer quality of sex scenes in this game are probably the best on the market. There aren't that many yet, but the few there are are a genuine experience to behold.

What I liked:

• Renders: Superb. Seriously, everything is so polished and crisp, the models are mouth-watering. Maxime, one of the LIs is a mature lady with probably the best character design in any AVN ever. She is drop-dead gorgeous.
• Animations are here too, and while simple in execution, they are very well done and welcome nonetheless.
• World-building: The game features supernatural elements, the MC is literally a son of a very powerful archdemon of hell. There is unnatural corruption and suggestion at work here, so some might find that too rapey, but to each his own I guess. Apparently, there is a war brewing amongst the demon kind, everyone determined to take a freshly vacant seat of a demon lord - MC's dad is one of them, and since he is participating that means his children are fair game too. So now our MC has to seduce women, add them to his harem, increasing his demonic energy to the point of being capable of self-defense against other demons.

What I did NOT like:

• As strange is it may sound, there is too much focus on sex scenes, and almost all world-building so far is wasted. The player is drip-fed knowledge of this world through small, but frequent lore dumps. Not the best way to go about it, especially as the game right now jumps between a sex scene and a lore dump, with no actual non-erotic action happening at all.
• The MC is a goody-two-shoes; Maybe we just haven't had the opportunity to see him outside of a bedroom long enough for him show some actual personality.
  • While on the topic of MC: every NPC we meet in the game tells us - in an annoyingly cryptic manner - that we met before, or at least someone who looks exactly like us, which when you see the MC's face pretty much confirms it was us. But the MC does not remember any of this, with any of the NPCs, because somehow, we got our memory wiped in the time before the game starts. Even though we've also spent years in the human world doing sucky jobs and living in a crappy apartment. So, how old were we and why didn't we age at all? And not only do they know us, itg looks like we had a romantic relationship with all of these women - yet none will outright confirm that, and plays coy if the MC dares to ask a question. And the final cherry on top of this vague mess is the fact that, by all descriptions of the past-self, our personality was exactly the same, so all the girls feel like they know have a chance to win our heart for themselves once and for all. JUST TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED PLEASE, DON'T SAY I AM IMPORTANT TO YOU <THE NPC GIRL> BUT NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN OUR HISTORY TOGETHER?!

Overall, the game does one thing exceptionally well - the lewdness. But the interesting worldbuilding is utterly wasted, as that part of the story is moving at a snail's pace. I hope the dev can balance out the two, because right now, the replay value is close to zero.

Ver. (CH4 P2 R1)
I won't give a synopsis of the game explaining what it's like, I'll just give my opinion.

I just don't give it 5 stars yet because until now the game has only been about a "photo shoot" as an excuse for several sex scenes in a row.
It barely shows anything about the game's world, as someone in the comments below had already commented.
a game about demons, angels, celestial war, but poorly explored, I could say that the game so far is just fap content.

About the girls, I would give them a 5/10, there are MILFs and there are young adult girls. The MILFs are not that attractive, there are times when they are pretty, like the first MILF (I don't remember her name) wearing dresses, or like when the second MILF comes out of the shower with just a towel and has a pretty face and a nice hairstyle.
but their facial expressions look like they always have a stomach ache, your childhood friend (one of the young adults), smiles at you and the MC thinks "she's very beautiful when she smiles) but her face is almost like someone who is in pain. and this goes for all the girls in the game.
While the young adult girls have a hot body, the MILFs aren't all that great, the second one is chubby with stretch marks, the first MILF already seems to have gray hair... or at least she's old enough to be MC's mother.

I would give the animations a 5/10, it's a short loop with the camera moving from one side to the other.

Everyone in this game has a lot of secrets, this game leaves a lot of things unexplained... it either frustrates the player or leaves him very confused, he was having a normal and calm life until a girl tries to kill him, out of nowhere his father appears, missing like Darth Vader, and says he is his father, and his childhood friend seems to have some kind of relationship with the MC's father which the game also cannot explain.
and the game will introduce you to new LIS who have a past with the MC but refuse to explain things,
It's like you're being swept away by a wave, every character in the game has already chosen their destiny for you and you can't even clarify things and say what's happening, the reason? "I don't want him to get distracted"

the rendering is good, the theme of the story is good despite being poorly explored, the setting of the scenes is good, they said that we will meet an angel girl, I hope she has at least wings. It would be a shame if she looked like any other girl so far presented in the game.

The scoring system during sex is good... it gives a touch of reality, it shows whether the girl is enjoying the things you are doing to her during sex or not, it is quite fun, with skill points to influence the girls during sex, however, there is a demon whose only demonic magic is having sex... what an incredible demon... I expected more.
but apart from these facts it is quite interesting and I will definitely keep an eye on the game.

Sensuality and intimacy are probably the words best defining the quality of the renders and the atmosphere achieved. The background music also plays a major part in the whole experience.

My only gripe is the large number of "decisions" you have to make while playing out a single scene; the design may feel original and even interesting for some, but IMO going into such excruciating details to influence how your partner feels and reacts kills the pace, and the fap factor also suffers as a result. I'm not complaining; just saying I'd pull the constant questioning down a few notches because in its current state I lost interest pretty soon. You can't win me with visuals alone.

Great stuff, just not for me.

Truly a game that captured my heart. There is enough content to really enjoy it and to know the developer has struck gold, but its also far enough from completion that there's a long way to go.

The renders are great, the plot is fun and interesting. There's a good balance to plot to H-scenes. Really impressive work.

I was quite stunned how enraptured i became by this AVN.

It is difficult to not get a sense of guilt ( much like the MC feels) when you are pursuing your second follower. The woman in question is naturally sweet and kind and you cant help but feel bad for her as she is with you through no fault of her own.
She herself carries a monumental amount of guilt because of what she has to do with you in order to save her husband from the bad situation he gets himself into.

The secondary plot line that is slowly developing (his demonic heritage) seems like it is going to be quite enthralling as were teased that the MC has quite the past that he doesn't remember as you discover over the course of this AVN

Its definitely a favourite of mine as there are many pure sex fantasy AVNs out there already and its refreshing to enjoy this AVN that's been written well by someone who knows what they are doing

Spectacular.