Updated Review for v0.3.2
Goddesses' Whim is very much one of those comfort harem games. It's your very standard isekai power fantasy really. You're the nice guy who dies to a truck and is reincarnated, with the help of a goddess, into a fantasy world and given strength that puts you above most. Also, everyone more or less loves you right away. You have seen this all before.
Thing is, this game isn't necessarily trying to be more than it is. It's focusing on the fact that it's a comfy and causal sandbox with cute girls, and playing into that well. There's a serviceable plot, but in no way is this a super complex game. It's more lewd focused than anything.
That's all well and good, but what truly sets this game apart from others is in its quality. No joke, this may be one of the best Koiktasu based games I've played in terms of detail. In almost every scene the girls are very animated (as in feeling alive). Facial expressions, moving around as they talk, and just a lot of small cute details that would take forever to list.
The game truly shines when focusing on the love interests (which it does a lot). I was a bit worried at first on how every girl almost immediately wants a piece of you, but all the characters have a nice amount of personality to them. None are incredibly in-depth, but most still are very endearing and loveable. There's tons of cute events with them which is just my jam personally.
The actual animations/sex scenes themselves deserve a whole section of praise on their own. Actually amazing, truly might be the best of any Koikatsu game I've played. All custom with different poses and angles that when combined with the cute love interests, make for very hot sex scenes. Also want to mention that this is one of the few games out of hundreds that have offered me an alternative scene to footjobs instead of just skipping it and getting nothing. As someone not into feet, that was really nice.
Now If you despise sandbox games this might be a harder sell for you. It's not perfect. While nothing egregious, there's some grind the gets repetitive pretty fast. Collect wood, fish, get money, the standard really. I cheated this time around because I didn't feel like doing the minigames.
One of my complaints was how you had to repeat a lot of the same events to raise affection, but that has been improved in later content. There's now more unique scenes that award affection points so that you don't have to repeat and repeat again. Early game could use some more of those. I think my only other real complaint is that the MC is a little too isekai nice guy standard. To the point where it's sometimes annoying and/or uninteresting. I could delve into smaller issues, but this is already a long ass review.
Returning to this after nine months, I still really like this and even enjoyed it more this time around. You liking this game depends on what you're looking for. Are you into easygoing harem games and don't mind sandbox? This is a really nice one. If you're looking for something a bit more engaging or deeper, you won't really get that here.