VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Game of Hearts [Ch.5 R2] [SparkHG]

Loving the game so far the story is really interesting and the scene and level of detail is amazing. My only issue is I don't know if the dev is holding out till the relationships get deeper but there isn't anything in the way S scene other than the tradition stuff one scene with Anal no boob play of any kind most of the time they keep them covered. Which for me is big thing I like that kind of stuff. Other than that fantastic game so far just want to see the Dev push further in future updates.

dev cooked worth checking out and supporting the Dev story is very Good (in these type of game Great) , its very well done never gave it a chance till recently and i feel dumb for not doing so and thats it

Just played through to the end of Ch. 5, mainly on the strength of the reviews here.

It's not a 5-star game for me, although there is much to praise. I will say that I will be looking out for updates and will continue to play it.

Pros:
- Good models, with physical characteristics that fit their personalities, and expressions that are good at conveying internal emotional states. So technically 5/5.
- While the "young man finds he has magical powers then has lots of sex" theme is not entirely new around here the basic plot does seem to have been thought out in advance and is reasonably coherent in execution. I can't emphasise enough that the key to a good VN is the story. You have to retain the player's interest and make them want to find out what happens next. If it were just about the sex scenes, everyone would just watch porn.

cons:

- Only a 3/5 for English expression, unfortunately. Not just spelling errors but words and phrases used wrongly. Nothing destroys immersion like those sorts of mistakes. It is sad to see so much hard work undermined by this sort of failure in execution and I strongly recommend that the writer seeks the assistance of a literate native speaker of English to edit the text.

- The narrative is a bit slow to develop. Pacing is obviously a hard thing to get right, but when the player finds themselves just clicking quickly through yet another sex scene that adds nothing to the plot, then it is going too slowly. Particularly when the "porn shoot" premise is inherently implausible; it would matter less if it did not take up so much time.

But congratulations on the technical accomplishment and I hope the writer finds these comments helpful.

Edit after playing the final update: still a 4/5, but I am sufficiently impressed that I have supported the author on Patreon, What stops this from being one of the all-time greats remains the poor English expression. I believe that I have installed the version with a grammar patch but it still suffers from grammatical mistakes and words used incorrectly.

This has easily gone to my top AVN despite having played hundreds of others over the years on here. The story really is intriguing and also the characters.
Renders are gorgeous and make great use of colours in them.

Love interests are varied in body types and personalities which is good for a wide range of tastes I guess. the demon girls are my absolute favourites without doubt. It's hard to choose between Julia and Ruby as both are gorgeous girls...Brie is damn hot too!

As for the milfs, Maxime and Meredith? not a fan of these old wrinkly women when you have the super hot demon girls. The seduction stuff is awesome where you try to get max points to level up powers. It just felt quite long with the Meredith corruption and her body is pretty saggy, so nah, pass on her.

The story is slow moving with the hidden past stuff but really got me engrossed in it, so much so that I can't wait for more and of course, my hot demon babes.

One thing I love is the attention to facial expressions to show their emotions...very well done. Julia is a prime example when she tries to hide her hurt and jealousy.

Awesome game that just grabbed me and now Julia has become my top babe.

My only complaint? why did the dev have to make the human followers old and ugly? Maxime is like Olga the Shot Putter and Meredith from a trailer park with bags, sags and a pot belly....considering how much screen time they get, all I could think was I want more Julia, not these wrinklies!

Other than that, great job by the dev, this one is a winner.

I am pleasantly surprised with this game. A magnificent game focused on seduction with good dialogues, character building with their contradictions, doubts and weaknesses.
In addition, the seduction system is quite understandable and entertaining.
Very Good 5/5

This game should come with a warning:

If you hate hags, DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME.

It hits all my personal "puke" moments in the very first scene. A rancid looking woman in her fifties is forced on you. No ability to say no. MC goes to remove her panties, and she starts commenting on how she smells bad. Grgghhkk.

I have some trauma over drunkenly going down on a fat girl whose pussy tasted of post-gym armpits, and going to fuck another girl who had an out of control thrush problem and stunk out the room when she took off her underwear. This game made me panic sweat.

To get to the actual attractive girl in the game - you are forced into copulation with this old, stinky hag, and the ugliest looking cow I have ever seen.

Is the story worth the pain?

Fuck no.

The first scene is just weird. There's this ethereal kind of numbness to what is happening. I get the scene is about establishing the MC's power, but it never really feels solid to me.

The writing is good for English as a Foreign Language, but there are still some really painful "chaos" sentences where you have to read multiple times to try and translate what was meant.

The mystery of the opening scene is paid for heavily by requiring an obscene info dump of exposition in the second scene.

If you like GILFS, and MILFS who look like they were the product of incest on a Russian farm during the seventies, you're in for a treat. If you like unwashed pussies, sniff it up.

If this turns you off (like it does me, hardcore) - stay away.

People seem to really like this game when it suits their tastes, and it is probably better for the author if people like me don't stumble into it in the future so it doesn't drag the rating down.

On the positive, the lighting is really impressive.

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.

Update of the review after finishing it:

Nothing much changed, I still think it is one of the best games of the genre. Not necessarily due to the porn factor, but the whole package is just right.

Most of the negative reviews are basically condensed to "I am no fan of older women in my porn", and that is saying a lot about the quality of this game, as this is obviously fully subjective.

I recommend everyone who likes adult games to at least try it.

+++++

[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