Ren'Py - Goddesses' Whim [v0.4.5b] [Ncrow]

[Edit: 0.2.8 Review]

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Writing improved. It doesn't retroactively fix anything and the developer hasn't fixed much prior issues I had with the writing in the prologue but the game is a 4/5 at this point undoubtedly. This review is outdated. I think the new village really shines despite the low amount of story content. It has a lot of scenes which the developer uses really well to expand the characters which most games don't.

I still feel the writing is a bit too wish-fulfilling but it's a feels-good game. I think anyone who enjoys those types would love it. This game is one of the best on the site in art and it uses Koikatsu. Think about that.

V0.2.4 Review
I'll be brief.

Don't care for the story? 4/5. You do? 3.5/5.

TLDR: Simple game to play - have fun. Turn your brain off. Looking for a good story? Not the best but compared to most on this site - it's good. One of the best Koikatsu games on the site for sure. Harsh rating is due to the developer being able to do better.

Great UI. Great models/designs. Good music. For Koikatsu, great H-scenes but not Twisted World level so it could improve. However, definitely one of the best on the site. This game is what Hero's Harem Guild aims to be but...

Girls and you (Player) has no agency.
MC solves everything (typical Isekai).

Things are stupidly convenient.
The writing is horrible but what can you expect from a porn game. The slave troupe in Isekai is always poorly written and always a writer's fantasy for an obedient woman for the MC.

Example: Ryoko is basically a child mentally and the writing is poor so it feels weird she has this affection for MC after a single "nice" event when realistically it wouldn't happen.

Player has no agency. There are single-choice scenes which shouldn't occur, just make it linear. "Failing" isn't really possible. It's not a true sandbox. There's not really alternative paths or much to explore. Everything is handed to you like a baby. MC doesn't have any real struggles.

I expected more from the developer based on the UI and models honestly. Hopefully they get a writer to assist them because they are talented in many areas. They also need a game designer because as a game this isn't really that great. It feels more episodic and the player is always forced/confined. It's not a true sandbox.

It always tells rather than show you. A slog intro should have more agency. In the future, I think this should improve

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.

The game itself isn't bad at all... BUT

it suffers from "stupid MC syndrome"... like all the others in this category.

I wish we had choices in the dialogue... so we could tell some girls to fuck off. MC even though he is suppose to be so strong gets bullied by some girls... one even treats him like trash... and he does nothing about it... What a loser.

The game is ok on the technical side but some of the navigation is really bad and needs improvement.
The English is also not the best and needs improvement. Some of the "humor" is also quite bad.

If there were dialogue choices to put some of the more annoying characters in their place and if the MC would grow some balls this could easily be a 5 star game.

SUCH A GREAT GAME!

Love the characters, the animation and the story so far. I've actually followed along the conversations intently and been sad, had many good laughs and thoroughly enjoyed the content that I have so far. Currently not finished with what is out yet, but I am sure it will just keep getting better and I can't wait to see what more is to come.

Give it a try! I can assure you that you will not be dissapointed. I have gone thoroughly through most of the games on this site and this is truly a hidden gem and it is very rare I find a game to be perfect.

I will very likely support you on Patreon too! Keep up the great work OP!

Currently, the best Isekai game available is truly remarkable and stands out amongst its peers. It captivates players with its immersive world-building, engaging gameplay mechanics, and compelling storyline. As someone who loves this genre, I can't help but feel a deep desire for more games like this in the future. The potential for creativity and innovation within the Isekai sub-genre is immense, and I hope to see more developers take on the challenge of creating memorable gaming experiences that transport us to fantastical worlds beyond our own.

Really well made game. Excellent animations, interesting characters, didn't feel too grindy, enjoyed the world. Looking forward to future updates on this.

Characters: 5/5
Animations: 5/5
Story: 4/5
World: 4/5

Game is still in development but there's a solid amount of content here to enjoy.

Well, you died while saving the girl from a car accident and now you get teleported to another world i.e fantasy while keeping your past memories due to one goddess taking interest in you ( A typical plot reminds me of konosuba)

Here are the pros and cons :

Pros:
1) Protagonist ( Protag is kinda like a guy who makes decision while keeping in mind about others, isnt a guy who thinks with his dick, he is also soft hearted guy and needs a big push from girls to have sex with him. Well because of this insane personality girls easily falls in love as soon as they get to know about him which is kinda rare to see in games, dev really put so much efforts in creating this one and I appreciate it and for me this is how every protag character should be in wholesome/harem games and protag is nameable one so plus point for me )
2) Headpats ( Who doesnt like it?! But it is literally rare to see it implemented in wholesome/harem games )
3) Plot ( Well as I already mentioned above about it and its still better than nothing )
4) General animations ( For e.g protag is lying in ground on his back leaves are blowing away while he stares in the sky another e.g is protag and his girl gets in bathtub and the girl washes his hair, etc these kinda animations plays for more added immersion )
5) Transitions ( For e.g when one wolf attacks the protag while the protag is lying in the ground he blocks the attack with his sheath and kicks the wolf in the guts and he blows away in the air gradually then gets crashed to the ground , etc these kinda transitions appears mostly in fight scenes )
6) Girls ( Most of them are good looking and right now I think there are 12 girls in total most of them have 2-3 scenes and they mostly take initiative when it comes to flirting,teasing, having sex with protag. hugging me, etc )
7) Sex animations ( Most of them are really hot and well animated but if you are really playing for a quick fap dont do it it will mostly take 3-4 hrs before 1 scene comes up )
8) Minigames ( I guess there is fishing and scripted fight scenes where you will have to click on specific spot once to perform scripted move until the time runs out and those scripted fights are kinda intense with lots of transitions and in case of fishing just keep tapping left click, these are all part of QTE )
9) Humour element ( For e.g when protag goes to doctor and her apprentice for checkups protag gets an erection, to not think about dirty thoughts he asks the doc for the events that occurred in village he listens to the doc's story carefully while her apprentice wants to touch protag's erection doc while telling the story instantly swatted the hands of apprentice and he didnt even notice )
10) No NTR ( always a plus point for me )

Cons :
1) Grind ( There is a little bit of grinding in order to progress the story like for girls you will have to spend time with them 5 times, this will also lead to getting sex scenes and plot events after you did grinding with one girl you will have to do with other girls for progression like cut trees 8-10 times to get woods and deliver to her. It gets tedious ahead I know its not that much but when you have to do for more girls in order to unlock a sex scenes its annoying.)
2) Sandbox ( It is really limited I mean when it comes to interacting in this environment there is not much to do besides fishing and chatting with girls. I dont know why dev added it I guess he will add more things in the future but right now I think this should be removed and the story should be told in visual novel style )
3) Limited Interactions with girls ( There is really not much to interact with girls I suppose there is spending time with them to increase their affections and while spending time with them an event appears its not like you talk random things with girl and affection bar is increased you actually get to know more about them which is unique and interesting but after 1-2 times events repeat again and again until you progressed enough for story events or sex scene which is kinda boring, school of love has better interactions in sandbox with girls like for e.g club activities with girls, spending time while they are not in school and when they are in school and also new events appear when there is weekends going on I think dev should look at that game )

Conclusion : Well for me this is literally rare to find games like this with a good protag who clearly has control over urges and a good personality and I kinda want this personality in every other game because I am hooked up on it ^^ Also I hope dev doesnt abandon this and continues making progress in this game however small the update is otherwise it will be like hero's harem guild which I dont want it to happen.Anyways if you want a good lovey dovey games with headpats then this is the game for you also if you are first timer into this just play it already you wont regret it. If it werent for grinding and sandbox things I would have rated it as 5/5 besides those things this game is like a true gem for me, I hope other people make games like this ^^.

Great story, great renders and also great characters. Very reminiscent of
Hero's Harem Guild, i hope this game actually gets finished.
Only thing missing is sound for H-scenes.
Also its just preferance but maybe add an option at the end of H-scenes to choose where to finish.

Easily the best koikatsu based porn game I've experienced.

Basic premise of the story is your standard OP isekai protagonist with an instant harem of women. Executed well for what it is and there are some mysterious elements that keep you interested.

Gameplay consists of standard sandbox stuff with affection grinding. Occasionally has some QTEs but that's about it. Grind isn't too bad compared to other sandbox games.

Despite the story and gameplay being pretty generic, they're executed well and serve as a good vehicle for the incredible porn this game has to offer.

Pornographic content is fucking fantastic. Finally a koikatsu dev that actually uses it to its full potential. Custom made scenes fully animated with very well designed original characters. Plenty of scenes and you don't have to spend hours doing mind numbing tasks to get to them. Even some of the teasing shots you find in regular conversations are hotter than most sex scenes in other koikatsu games.

I would give this a 5/5 based off fapability alone, but the rest is actually pretty good as well. Definitely a project worth playing and supporting.

Update: Somehow the scenes got EVEN BETTER with recent updates, this dev is an absolute madman.

Damn, I really like the story so far. It has great characters, so I am going to play it till the end. The character designs are appealing to me. I like the scenes so far. It's great that all of the characters have different emotions. Every character has a unique story to tell. Humor is very good in it.

This game is for sure an eye candy for any game based on Koikatsu.

Graphics: You can tell that the dev took care for the choices that the dev has put in mind when developing the scenes. All sex scenes are consistenly animated, withouth any weird angles and alike. Also, I haven't seen any kind of clipping on the character clothes as well.

Character Development: I would say the presentation of the girls is not something other-wordly, but is consize and there is character development for both the MC and the girls. Also, the way the story is written, you will find the girls very charismatic. Also the pacing in which the characters are introduced is really good. You won't have a hundred characters to interact with from the start.

Overall Story: It's your typical Isekaid story, not really that interesting, the characters are the sole focus on this game. The pacing of new characters are good.

Sex Scenes: They're well animated, withouth any weird angles, and with more than one angle as well. You will find animations different from the standard Koikatsu as well.

UI: The interface is clean, there isn't much icon's throught the screen, but I personally disliked that the Quest Icon is on the character icon instead of being an "main" icon, for accessing it more easily.

This game sets the standard for all these cash grab Koikatsu-based games and here's why.

Visuals: You can tell the creator has a passion for making these renders and scenes, being both sensual and fun-loving as well as just being skillfully made with actual knowledge of composition, posing, expression and perspective.
This is what these games should be about - using the in-game engine to elevate the medium and make it be something more, using it as a tool to make the process of creating easier and rival that of handdrawn hentai. Truly one of the few times you can call this style of game and render work an artform.

There's eyecandy in every scene to keep you interested or aroused - like carrot on a stick to which I'm completely fine with being conditioned.
The great render work adds personalized charm to each and every character, be it through subtle body language and expressions to painting entire scenes in the background during events without any reliance on text - making the world feel less still and frozen.

The world itself feeling immersive with the atmospheric backgrounds as well as letting you traverse the world yourself instead of clicking text boxes or seeing the same repeated city backgrounds of Koikatsu we've all grown sick of -- instead making things appear less soulless and more involved. This should be another standard.

Scenes are nice and long as they should be, otherwise if your games sandbox takes longer than the scenes themselves then you got a problem.
However, I do wish people gave this game a chance despite it's sandbox gameplay - it deserves that much, at least.
Good UI/Interface is underrated and really nice. Doesn't get in the way, comfortable and good looking. I like having choices on the side where they don't pop in your face. I like that the UI or the interface doesn't take up half the screen with blinding colors. All menus are intuitive and not a headache to traverse.
This all sounds like nitpicking, but lazy interfaces are so common I have to give praise when I see good ones.

H-Content: The usual downfall of these sort of games is that you are treated to painfully long segments of exposition or clicking only to be met with a static animation or two that at most generous will last a minute or two, at worst it'll be an animation you've seen hundred times before.. painfully stiff or repetitive. This is in no way satisfying, but this game knows that and knows it well.

Every scene is incredibly gratifying with satisfying build up that I find hotter than the main course action itself at times - something I rarely ever can say about any game. This is due to the aformentioned plentiful and lively renders, the carefully placed angles for maximum aesthetic as well as appeal working in tandem with CUSTOM made animations - making every scene feel all the more personalized and well made.

If you're big into feet you might love this game tremendeously as they are like the cherry on top during most scenes, tastefully put in view yet subtle.
And at times, not so subtle and trampling you down - but that's what we are here for!

Most often during H-Scenes you wish they just got to the point already, but not here! Take your time building up the stalagmite that is my cock!
Just one H-Event alone bombarded me with several of my kinks in rapid succession to the point I feared for my dick going in any further - and that was just a taste test foreplay scene. Very dynamic and unique scenes - it didn't miss even once, no matter if I was interested in the character or not.. which brings me to the next point!

The girls: Games that are harem-based should aim to strike a good variety of both personality and body-type variety. So far, it's looking good. We've got some best size representation by which I mean smol and petite, although we could go so much higher smaller, but then Patreon would shit it's bed. Other than that, we've got most sizes covered - it probably won't feel lacking.
Girls all have distinct, although trope-y, well executed personalities which also come into play during dirty talk which is always the spice of scenes - serving to enrich the flavor. You've got the attached pixie slave, two different flavors of tsundere, goofy and naive bro(Shika chads assemble),
mischevious doctor, the distant but warming up catgirl - just to name a few. Plenty more and plenty to come. Although I selfishly wish for smalldom, greatly. I hope the dev sees my plea!

The Story/MC: I honestly have little interest going into this topic, because let's be real - we are here for porn with extra steps, not entirely expecting a best-seller here. It's an isekai and the MC is an absolute Gary Stu that I have no interest in nor even wish to read the thoughts of. It's your typical self-insert case and he's inoffensive, so at least he won't take you out of the game too much. I just focus on the good, but I do have to deduce the points here.

All in all, if you are a classy guy of pantyshots, teasing, foreplay, feet, dynamic h-content and extremely lively scenes - then you've got the entire sophisticated man's package covered in this game and you'll enjoy it tremendously. Even if none of these things stand out to you - you'd be missing out on something good by skipping this game.

Solid 4/5 so far. Found little to complain about and any complaints were easily overpowered by the satisfaction of the games fruits.

2023 edit: As if the scenes weren't good enough already, they now feature dynamic camera movement to add sense of motion during scenes on top of new physics. Some mini-games have been improved. The game just keeps getting better and doesn't stop showing promise.
All the newly introduced characters are great, from personality to designs, with my main gripe being that the Sakura Town so far is dominated by large tiddy faction. I wish for some more variety - be it going even bigger or smaller, as so far a lot of the characters feel very same-y height wise.
That being said, the game has my highest hopes so I'll elevate my rating.

The MC is a Gary Stu. The game takes the whole hero's journey, puts it aside and give you the reward for it instantly. I don't have a problem with the MC being the only male in the village or that there are 'anime' moments to let us see some skins etc., but everything just falls to the MC, every girl is instantly into him and all the accidents happen far too often. It ruins the pacing. It's lessens the gratification from achieving these things. The only struggle the MC faces is his quest to be the ultimate nice guy, while he at hearth is a bit of a pervert. That's just no fun. Then the MC thinks to much. We can think too. We don't need the MC to point everything out or comment on it.

The girls are better, while you don't learn too much about them, they are fun to be around, eventrough a lot of them tend to be a tsundere type, to variang degree. (3 of 8 girls is just a bit too much)

The visuals are quite good (some minor clipping issues with clothing sometimes, nothing bad) and the used character models are unique. The world really looks great, the animations are good too. The scenes have different text, when replayed as the first time, which shows that there was put a lot of care into creating them.
There are a few spelling and grammar mistakes, it takes you out of the experience at times.
There is a bit of grind, nothing to bad.
While alot of what I wrote sounds negative, I had fun and would recommend to try the game out.

I liked what I saw even like it. Please keep up the good work. Maybe in the next updates it can bring more action and magic content.

Akane best girl. I love how Akane is very Tsundere

sorry for my google english hahahah

v0.1.5 Public
I really liked this game up to date. As mentioned before me the h scenes are all done pretty good and the character design is just simply beautiful.

Story : The premise this story sets is really good and the development is slow yet satisfying.

Characters : In my opinion the LI's are a plus to this game, since they aren't tethered to a generic style but are each unique and different. And as mentioned before are really beautifully made.

Sandbox : As some raised some concerns before in discussion, i think the Interface is a little messy and repetitive, but in my opinion the story and the scenes more than makes up for this. In future updates i would like if the DEV would try to improve these small things so we can enjoy this game even better than now.

Scenes : Till this update the number of scenes is less, but each are nicely animated and are really good.

Overall i think this is a game worth playing and giving our support to. I will eagerly be waiting for future updates on this.

All the very best on this project DEV and carry on with the wonderful work.
Thanks

One of the best Koikatsu games I've seen so far.

Characters: Cute and distinct. 5/5

Setting: Only male in a fantasy world. 5/5

Interface: Much easier to use than many others out there. Still could use some work. 4/5

Gameplay: Raising the affection needs you to repeat some events. Every 5 points of affection will give you a new scene. Not too hard to do, but raising the affection is the bane of these type of games anyway. Over all, 5 points requirement could be 3 but it's not overly frustrating. Earning money and fishing might be tedious though, I don't know since I cheated for them. 4/5

H-Scenes: This is where the game truly shines. Dev is CREATING HIS OWN ANIMATIONS in Koikatsu and they look amazing. Writing of the H-scenes are also pretty good. I love every scene, every line. 5/5

Overall, after playing an update if I am both satisfied and also craving for more, I'll give that game a 5/5.

This game needs more people to discover it.

Truly amazing animations, dev, congratulations.