Ren'Py - Goddesses' Whim [v0.3.6 Patreon] [Ncrow]

I don't have much to say. I just wanted to leave a very well deserved 5 star rating for this game. Everything about it was fantastic and I can tell how much care and effort has been put into this project. The animations are top notch. The story is fantastic as well but most of all I enjoyed the characters. Their stories and personalities are really the thing that kept me hooked. Excited to see what comes next!

Story:

You take the role of a modern-day teenager, who tries to save a girl and ends up dying in the process. In the afterlife he meets a goddess who gives him the opportunity to be reborn on a medieval world.

Yes, the premise is a carbon copy of a isekai anime, but the game plays is out like a homage, rather than plagiarism. It makes clear references, and the dialogue is written as anime as possible, complete with expressions like “fufu”, “oi”, “ara ara” and so on. Theres no shortage of headpats, pouting, blushing and cat/dragon girls. If you dislike this style of cutesy anime characters, this won’t be a game for you. If you are used to that, however, you will find a story that despite the generic premise, still manages to carve its identity as it unfolds, and has no shortage of likable characters (even if they are fairly one-note). The script is lighthearted and pretty funny at times.

Design:

I won’t beat around the bush, this is a sandbox game through and through, where you must build relationship points, acquire money, resources and so on. Once again, if you are one of those people who goes into every thread complaining about sandbox, even when its clearly labled (you know who you are), then don’t bother.

With that out of the way, some grinding is required, but it’s not too excessive. The early girls need you to interact a handful of times before you can see new events, but that seems to have been dialed back substantially for the later girls, which is a plus for me. There are minigames for fishing and wood cutting. The map is user friendly enough, and you can teleport to a girl’s location from the menu if you’re on the correct time period, which is a nice feature. The tips are always clear about what you need to do.

Visuals:

Visually, this game is fantastic in several ways. The renders are great, the UI is pleasant, and the animations are some of the best out there (as you can tell from the previews). The one caveat I have with the presentation is the perspective of the sex scenes. Most scenes are shown though first person or a closed-in camera. One advice I’d give the dev is to also present the scenes from a pulled back camera for those who prefer to see the whole picture.

Conclusion:

Goddesses Whim is one of those games that isn’t for everyone, given its overly anime and sandbox nature, but it’s hard to deny the quality and effort. The story so far won’t be winning any awards, but it does get more interesting as you play, and I’m curious to see what comes next.

This is my Review of v 0.3.2. Public (Goddesses' Whim)
Made by the developer (NCrow)

There is a possibility that this Review will change when a new update comes later on since this game isn't finished yet.
Spoilers alert BTW!

The Story-line: 4.3/5

The thing about this storyline I liked is that it's straightforward to understand the main character's goal. From one boring life to a second chance with a new life after giving up his life for another without hesitating. (But there is more to the story than what we think)

Now the story is pretty easy to follow since there is a main log of events you can do for each girl you meet in the game and a main storyline. Let's just take the part I (Didn't like first) like most games, you are forced to do everything with everyone or you can't continue the main storyline. So if there are any types of girls you don't like, but want to continue the main storyline you're forced to do it...

(My very own opinion) For me, if there is one girl I like (Ryoko), I like having the choice of whether I want to go after others or not. I don't mind been around any of these beautiful Girls/Women, but I would have liked it more if I had a choice to take the relationship a step further or not. That's the only main thing I didn't like, so far.

The best part of the story is that everything makes sense, is not hard to understand what every character feels. Easy to see it right away in the text, the facial expressions, the music, and the humor in this game have made me break into laughter several times. Well done!

Every character in this game has their own personality and story to tell which ends up in several hours of gameplay of content. Some parts have made me laugh, feel excited, cry, and even scared my pants off... (Damn you Shika!)

Animations and Art: 3.7/5

The game is Anime-3D, I do love Anime-2D more when it comes to the art style, but the creator/creators have done an amazing job on the characters here so far. So I didn't mind it at all.

For most people (Even myself) if there are some types of girls you don't find attractive, they are still lovely in their own ways. The more time you spend with the characters, there could be a higher possibility of finding other types of things you find attractive, so it's pretty much recommended to spend time with everyone.

There are almost nothing of animations in the game when you walk around. The only part that moved was Shika when she was standing outside of the Doctor's house sweeping (Animation video that repeats itself every 2 seconds) Tomoe in the shop and Mayu in her shop It's not bad or anything like that, the only bad part is just those three animations. BESIDES from the Ara~Ara parts... That's where the game shines when it comes to animations.

The part that almost broke me was at the last event part for this version when you watch Ryoko and the main character training and she falls back on the grass. The grass didn't move at all, either Ryoko is light as a feather, or the grass was made of metal. Maybe some magic was involved here... idk

Lack of shade, flat texture, repeat texture, and some blurry color here and there.
But the characters are almost flawless and the world part looks average good for now.

Level of difficulty: 3.1/5

The game has mini-games like fishing, rock-paper-scissors, and chopping wood. And a few fighting scenes, I didn't know what would happen if you failed fighting scenes so I went back to the game to find out... Nothing will change the outcome of the story, just that you have to (Try Again) and take it from there.

There are no lewd difficulties, no Story challenges, and no decision challenges which makes the rewards worth less. So it's just go to the next event and see what happens. My hope if there will be (Multiple Endings) when the game is finished. It's not an expectation, just a hope. Can give the game more reasons why one should play it again later on.

The sounds & Music parts: 3.7/5

The game has both sounds and music. But it still lacks sounds here and there (Even for the lewd part. That part came as a shock, to be honest) Some parts of the game really hit the right spot when a sound was needed for the humor, and others like hitting and magic were good.

There were enough sounds to enjoy the story, but it would have been great with more. There were also some sound effects I didn't expect. That laughter coming from the frog at the Mayu event was terrifying. You have to hear it to believe it...

Overall: 3.7/5 - F95Zone Star 4 "Good"

The game is not a final version, and it has a great start. With many types of events. I didn't detect errors or bugs as I discovered. The girls in this game are amazing. Love their story, personality, and their looks.

If I had to pick the top 5 out of the list that I loved the most.
The list would have been 1: Ryoko, 2: Charlotte, 3: Natsuki, 4: Akane, 5: Shika

It took me hours to get through all the events and it has been an incredibly good story that I would really like to continue to see through for future updates. Oh god, I love the humor in this game! Keep up the great work!

one of the best games i played , the models , the animation , the story ist just fugging great , hell of a great game , you think you played all then you missed this scene and another village new scenes i love that game really

Attention to detail is great, little to no clipping textures, nice animations, dreat models and a not that cringe plot. Decent divercity of not overly stereotypical characters.
Very decent game overall, can't wait for a full release.

Excellent game yeah can be a bit grindy sometimes but that's something fixable upgrading the resource quantities you get from activities but the rest damn animations are pretty good ,models are custom , girls are Lovable it doesn't have any rare kink you can't avoid that ruins the experience....

The animations are different from those normally used in other games of the same style. The story is generic in anime, with a stronger protagonist than usual, which gives me that touch of nostalgia. The characters feel alive and have personality. I really like this gam

A game with really great visuals, decent gameplay, but terrible writing.

The models are beautiful, the scenery is pretty solid too (which is something often overlooked by devs). And the animations start quite good and get even better later on. If you're just here for a fap, you could definitely do worse than downloading this game and skipping all the dialogue. But if you care at all about writing then I've got some bad news.

The writing isn't just bad, it's very bad. First of all, there are a lot of mistakes in grammar, sentence structure, syntax, and word choice. It's clear this dev is not a native English speaker. But it goes beyond that, too. The dialogue is really bad, there's a lot of exposition that is very dull, there are a lot of moments where characters are basically thinking out loud and monologuing in a way that can get annoying and cringy. Also, I feel like I say this very frequently in my reviews for adult games, but I really get the sense that this Dev just... doesn't know how women talk. It's a shame because the setting is pretty decent, and some of the characters could have been really compelling if only they didn't sound like their dialogue was written by an A.I that only learned to talk from examining porn.

In a perfect world, this dev would hire a writer -- one who interacts with women in the real world -- to do all of the writing and dialogue for them while they focused on the art and world and just pushed the writer in the right direction. Also, this dev really needs to reduce the amount of times you need to repeat events to progress. Tedium is literally never fun in games like this so I never understand why devs make you talk to a character and repeat the same event 5 times in a row before something new happens. Trust me, dude, NO ONE enjoys chopping wood for 30 days just to earn enough gold and materials to build stuff. The minigames are solid, but they aren't good enough to warrant that much repetition.

TLDR; As I said, the visuals are great and it makes for a good fap, but if writing matters to you, you won't find it here.

Safe to the point of blandness SOL wish fulfillment game

This game uses every possible trope to strengthen the idea that you are utterly safe, infallible, and perfect here in this space created only for you. Being the only male and everyone in your general vicinity being your biggest fan are just the most obvious and egregious. Perhaps the writing evolves past "omg mc your handsome, u hav big dick, aaaaand so kind?!?!" but considering repeating the same event until the game takes pity on you is considered "progress" i highly doubt it.

Seeing as this review is for a game and not a collection of animations the story should carry the heaviest weight (otherwise dont waste time with story and just make animations) and with that in mind its below average

Nice story, incredible original characters, and amazing animations.
Easily some of the highest quality work I've seen on this site.
I could only count on one hand the games that could be compared to this.
Also one of the few devs I never had a single regret in financially supporting.
If there are any cons to this work in progress, I found them easy to look past given this isn't some mainstream super-professionally developed title.

It has ALL the ingredients for an excellent game, BUT needs to follow a better recipe....

Pros:

1. Probably the best koi renders and H-scene animations in this site. I'm not joking, I have played 100s of AVN and there's like 1 or 2 koi that remotely come close.
2. Music is pretty pleasing
3. Writing is decent for a lighthearted novel.
4. Characters are beautiful
5. I don't mind the white knight MC but there's a catch (check cons)
6. Sandbox and UI is clean.
7. Minigames are really fun and so smoothly executed.

Cons:

1. Pacing and plot needs a lot of improvement. Like, even if it's a lighthearted setting, we need some substance to make it seem MC is getting to know em. Repeating the same "hangout" event to increase love points till you bone them doesn't make for any storyline or any meaningful arcs.
2. Mc is a nice guy alright but you can't make him that and at the same time request lewd stuff from Lis when you do a job or something. That's completely different tone and breaks immersion.
3. Tone down the LIs or NPCs simping after MC. It gets very overwhelming and doesn't really make the plot shine. Like I don't even remember what the plot is or name of characters because they don't shine due to the fact that these issues take up the game's time.
4. Making LIs with different body shapes and sizes would be cool cuz currently almost all are busty (which I don't mind but I know others might).
5. Characters have little to no depth and are super one-note.
6. I personally don't like the only male MC in the existence tropes so here's that.

Verdict: It pains me to say this but I would hold off until cons are fixed because honestly this has potential to be one of the best koi games ngl.

I would rather you play that than this cuz at current state it's really good for fap but doesn't deliver the whole package (would you rather eat something that is tasty with various notes that ends your hunger or just chug gallons of sweet water to satisfy your hunger? - at current state it's only as good as one-note sweet water)

Some of the best animations I've seen, and a lot of cute girls. There's a pretty good story for those who focus on that, but I mostly enjoy winning all the girls over to your side. Good hints to prevent the player from getting confused on what to do next.

Pros
- Decent Story - I enjoyed the stories characters and premise
- Good characters and animations - really they are top notch
- Some humor

Cons
- Very repetitive atleast at the start, click the same places to see the same animation and gain affection until you can continue the story

I didn't complete the game but mostly because I didn't enjoy the repetitive tasks you had to do to raise affection and progress the story. The graphics, characters, and story I all found good but once the story is on pause while you raise affection I lost interest. If this was more of a VN I think I would have enjoyed it better. Gave it 4/5 because that was the only thing I didn't like and it's a good game that people should give a chance

Review 3.3.1 I've been following the game for a long time, so I have an honest opinion about the game.

You are the “COOL GUY” who dies in a truck and is reincarnated, with the help of a goddess, in a fantasy world and receives a strength that puts you above most. OP character?! Great, that's how I like it! Holy Trinity by MC Chad, "pure selflessness, huge dick, super powerful." It's kind of stupid when you're taken to the other world with just one hand in front and the other behind, with nothing to catch your attention. and with this level of OP everyone loves you almost immediately.

However, don't be fooled by the Holy Trinity of MC Chad, because here he is a total idiot with IQ = 0 and no brains, MC pussy, ruins everything. Girls always have to take the initiative because he is too scared to do so. This is so visible that sometimes I think this game has a soft femininity built in, I don't feel like Mc takes the initiative.

The MC could be more masculine and act like one because I'll always tell you he's a guy... of course, he doesn't need to be a 24-hour Edgelord but he also doesn't need to be an asshole!

I don't know why so many game developers use and abuse this outdated crap. Using humor and comedy is one thing, but humor is comedy at the expense of the character, it will never be funny! and insisting on this only shows the opposite, abuse!

The story is a little silly, very light... something for those who like light stories. and it is also very prolonged, as if it were a very slow narrative. So, you can wait a few minutes, grinding the items and the girls' affection, the latter is not difficult, after all the MC cannot be close to the girls, who automatically start wetting their panties almost instantly.

Everyone, even her grandmother, seems to really like MC for the sole reason that he's the only man around. For the main cast, they are the ones who instantly develop crushes. For random ones, they just show their breasts and other parts, inventing very convenient excuses to feel a man's touch.

So, you don't need to work hard to form your harem, sometimes this dryness of girls towards men, becomes unbearable. And to top off the misfortune, in dialogue with girl you can't tell them to go fuck themselves!

Great UI. Great models/designs.

Good music. For Koikatsu, great H scenes, definitely one of the best on the site. This game has a level of similarity to Hero's Harem Guild.

It seems that all the goddesses are women, so far where I play I haven't seen a male god. and they all do whatever they want, using you as a pawn in a board game, only keiko being the exception.

The girls, some are nice, others not so much.

Ryoko is basically a child mentally with the body of a teenager. and her past is a bit cliche and generic, if dev did all that to move me, unfortunately he couldn't.

Charlotte the Nekogirl is kind of annoying. That disgusting goddess that mc meets by accident when she goes to visit keiko by accident.

Another detail I forgot to mention, most of the bonding events with the girls, most of these events are extremely forced on you for the priceless good of the work's history. So, if you don't like that type of fetish, using me as an example; I'm not a big fan of Nekogirl. So, it scratches my itch wrong seeing the game force me into a bonding event with Charlotte and another Cat Girl of Sakura Town.

One thing to easily praise is the animations. Maybe some of the best I've seen in a Koikatsu game.

The girls and you (Player) have no agency, the MC tends to solve everything, as the girls are incapable of that. and this often leads to the girls taking advantage of the mc, and he becomes a boss.

So, finishing here... I try to understand the reason behind the high rating, however, after playing and following it for a while I can evaluate it as average. It's not a story and game that hypes you up right at the beginning, when you're more in favor of a dark and edge story, however, it's still a cool game to kill time when you have nothing to do.

THEN 3 STARS!

A very good game with cute characters and a nice story

the most gripe I have about this story is Yui's inconsistent personality...
Yes she has two personas depending on bloodlust, but even those two personas act totally different in the events than what the lore says they act like

so I hope the game gets better and better

Not much to say, just wanted to help push the rating up and echo the sentiment a bunch of reviews have already put forward that the animation work in this game puts every other Koikatsu-based AVN I've seen to absolute shame. It really is a must-play on that basis alone.

+ music
+ Ryoko and her sad story
+ beautiful girls
+ animations
+ funny moments

- mc is total idiot with IQ = 0, how it is possible to create something pathetic like "this" i have no idea
- too many BJ scenes

really nice game, but brainless & pussy mc ruin everything, girls have to take the initiative everytime, because he is too scared to do that. If u like playing as pathetic wimp, go ahead and try

Played untill you reach the second village. I assume that this is at least 70% of existing content.

Pros:
- Other reviews mentioned that the animations seen in GW might be some of the best seen in KK based AVNs. I tend to agree. They are smooth, camera angles are well handled and there is good variety across the decent number of scenes available so far.
- I think that the village itself and especially the surrounding areas are well crafted. It looks like objects and assets were placed by hand and this was done well. The local area map is another good example. It is somewhat crude, but it is something that few other AVNs have.
- Most of the H-scenes that are not based directly on dumbass hentai tropes or just straight non-logic, have surprisingly good dialogue. A balanced mix of speech, sound effects and unvoiced narration. The sound effects themselves are not wildly over the top. And the scenes are roughly as short as can be, while you still don’t feel like getting rushed through the encounter. This is even more impressive considering that it is often clear that GW isn’t a native English AVN.
Mehs and hit/miss:
- Some dramatic and emotional moments in the opening felt rather awkward and forced.
- Naughty camera views are used extremely often. The novelty is gone. Feels cheap and distracting. Same with MC and people bumbing into eachother and ending in compromising positions. It isn't entertaining.
- MC is a white knight (not as bad as feared so far, but still).
Cons:
- Everyone and their grandma seems to be super into MC for no other reason than him being, you guessed it, the only male around. For the main cast, its them developing crushes instantly. For rando’s, they just flash their tits and other bits, making up excuses that are way to convenient in order to feel the touch of a male.
- Dialogue and situations in general are so heavily inspired by anime and hentai shows, that it outright feels like some parts of GW are copy-pasted directly over from said shows, with a few words and phrases switched out to match the setting and characters. Most of the heroines become incredibly predictable as a result or just end up annoying me personally.

So I guess I understand why there's a lot of snarky comments about it being yet another Isekei, yet more sandbox clickity grinding, etc. Yeah there are a lot of tropes.

But fuck ALL that, this is easily the BEST use of Koikatsu I've ever played. In terms of the positioning of the girls, the camera, and the attention to details of what actually makes for a sexy scene, it's all 10/10. In the hundreds of games I've DL'd from here, this is one of the very few I actually re-open just for opening the gallery to jerk off.

Sure I'm not a fan of clicking my location around and doing mundane mini games to inflate the length, but tbh when it comes to sex games it's nice to have the scenes feel at least a bit earned, and the grinding is minimal enough for now. And while the Isekai start cause the usual eye roll, my eyes quickly straightened when I saw how sexy the characters were and how much work was put into making them look unique and do more than just stand in basic poses.

I cannot stress how much the use of camera, character design, and posing, is lightyears ahead of the next best Koikatsu work I've played. I really wish more devs would use the whole buffalo so to speak when it comes to the sexy stuff. For being the entire reason to play these over other video games, it's amazing how few devs actually put the sexual elements front and center in terms of effort.

Also, the cumshots being multiframe complete with reactions/ahegao rather than just the standard 3 white flashes on a single frame is *chef's kiss* so thank you.

I really look forward to more updates and wanted to add my voice to those who really love the game so far. Even if no improvements were made to the other elements I'd still play the whole thing for the girls and sex alone. Keep it up

Excellent models and the animations and scenes are some of the best on the site. It could really use a gallery mode and maybe less grinding but so far it's excellent. I really wish more games had animations as good as the ones in the game, with camera movements and changes in expressions for the girls.

(It actually has a gallery mode, it's just a bit hidden)