VN - Ren'Py - Hard to Love [v0.24] [Qori Gaming]

All things considered, easily one of the best games that I've ever played.

Story 6/5
Models 6/5
Renders 10/5

There aren't many scenes in the game yet, but the story goes very deep. The interactions between the characters may not seem natural for game, but it makes the story much more realistic. Lastly, I would just like to compliment on the quality of renders, so much better than BaD and the other games that I've played.

Hard to Love [v0.03]
Pros:

• Models (Models are mostly attractive. But NGL, Madison creeps me out. But that's my personal opinion.)
• The Renders
• The writing is good enough

The Okayish:

• The Personalities of the girls (They are somewhat likable, but their reasoning for falling for the MC is pretty meh.)

Cons:

• The story (It’s all over the place. It’s hardly understandable. I don’t even understand what this is all about.)
• The MC (He is very unlikeable. He hardly has any redeemable qualities.)

Massive Cons:

• The game is supposed to take place in japan? Neither the people nor the environment represents them at all. Honestly, this makes it very difficult to process the story of the game.
• The animations are horrible as F.

I was very interested in the development of the game because of the renders. But the VN overall is very poorly executed.

Graphics 5/10 The renders are ok characters are done well.
Problem with the whole thing is it's just like reading a comic book. The style is not interesting.

Story 4/10 A little hard to keep up with goes in different directions.

Animations 1/10 Story and Animations are the most important in all of these adult story/games. This pretty much has none. which really cuts interest in the whole project. Dirty comic book is one thing, this is supposed to be an animated novel. Where the hell is the animation, oh yeah there was one or two.

Overall uninteresting and a waste of time downloading, if i wanted to read a comic i would go to the comic section.

TLDR: An amazingly strong start with real feels that somehow turns into a dumpster fire in the latest update (0.03). I really loved this game and was excited for it until I got to this part of the story so we'll see what the next update brings us..

The Good:

The first two updates are really well written and well paced. The build up of the love between MC and Antonella is really well done and just long enough to feel real without dragging on.

There is a decent variety in the various LI models in terms of ages/body & breast types and for the most part the models look realy nice (sadly your sister goes from beautiful to nasty in between the two timelines)

The Meh:

The phone messaging interface has some weird timing issues where it just takes wayyyyy too long before you get to respond to messages.

The Ugly:

Oh where to even begin.. Update 3 is just an insane dumpster fire of an update. The pacing goes out the window completely as the dev goes way overboard in trying to show how badly the MC falls between the two timelines. And we suddenly find out that the story line is supposed to be based in Japan even though most of the characters are not Asian which makes no sense when you consider how anti immigrant Japan is well known for being. Also we find out that the MC & his father have a horrible relationship which makes no sense as the MC doesn't mention anything in the early timeline but this would have been a huge plot point considering the family problems that Antonella has. This shared suffering would have been part of the glue that bound them together. It really feels like this was just something the dev decided to throw in without having decided it would be part of the story from the beginning.

Honestly in a perfect world the dev would just retcon parts of update 3 for now and then rewrite it completely in the future. We get it.. things got rough for the MC but we could learn that in a much more succinct way.

Very interesting story so far and well written. It has good character development, and good story progression. It is neither a grind nor is it a sexathon. The story had me reading every word, something that I definitely don't do in slow-grinds or even in sexathons. I cannot wait to see what happens next (and actually what happened in the past) and really hope that the author does not abandon this.

So cudos to the author. Please keep up the good work.

the game is unplayable when the phone rings the message don;t advance neither rhe buttons get rid this s***t and be done with it...

one star and it is way too much
the story is crap even the writer does not know what is writing
the girls at first was good but after the transition are hideous
mc is contravencional and the players choices are not playing any part at the game

This is a really entertaining game. The adult scenes are on the lighter side(from what I saw) but the tease and storyline is consistent. Will be interesting to see this one play out. Also would like to see more from this developer.

Absolutely amazing plot coupled with impressive visuals and the AVN equivalent of "cinematography". I have just started out and already the game managed to get me moving into tears. Even BaD could not do that this fast. This one has a lot of potential to be ranked near BaD imo. Definitely will recommend.

Very good game with lot of potential.. only thing I personally don't like and hope will change is MC acting very weak.. Its too panful to watch Top Cop, Man with cool and heavy background acting like 14 year old retard. Hope it will change in future updates.

Another complain is little sister is very very ugly compare to rest of the LIs.

One of the most visually impressive games from this site. The rendering and still frames are just gorgeously done. On the subject of story, it feels a little disoriented at first as we jump from the protagonist's past and present with some things missing in between. But it will make more sense as the story moves forward and there is not that much content right now. So the plot is okay for the meantime as I didn't connect to the story until much later.

The characters models are really beautiful, especially the present version of Amber who really caught my eye as she kinda looks like Evelyn with tats from Love Season. There's not much depth to the characters with the exception of few as of now. As for the protagonist, I gotta say the dude's got no fuckin backbone. He's a huge beta despite being a cop and starts to freak out like a teen dude with raging hormones whenever a woman comes near his vicinity including his family

About the music, it's implemented well with chill background and there are no sex scenes yet. Just some teasing here and there especially with the protagonist's family.

The final verdict, it's a fairly above average game for the meantime and I would've gave it 3 stars if not for the beautiful renderings and plot structure. I'm also quite intrigued about how did the wife die, and what's up with amber and madison. So i'm looking forward to see what direction the story takes cause this has good potential.

Really looking forward too see the direction the dev is taking with this story, next update can't come soon enough!

First things first: I love the transtions in this game! you can clearly tell the devs cares a lot about the artistic/visual side of the game.

I really want to know what happened that made them separate ways and why mc's father is such an asshole - Why does he hate his son so much?

Overall: Pretty strong so far and you should definitely check out.

STORY: 5/5 so far
RENDERS: 5/5
MODELS : 4/5
CG: 5/5

One more Diamond in the making

Renders 5/5
Story 5/5
Dialogs 5/5
Animations 5/5
Models 4/5

This is a top of the top games out there
you wont disapointed for sure if you give it a chance
an original story , perfectly presented, and can make you feel you are living it
theres not enough games like this one out there

the only con i found is some body features of the models are a bit `off`

surelly a 5 STAR game - Enjoy the ride !!!

I am enjoying it. Played the prologue so far and was surprised by the amount of content. The back and forth present/past is understandable as a way to skip time but a little annoying in quick succession. Still, once it got going I was immersed. Not really any sexual content in prologue but the story makes up for it and it works better that way than giving up a cheap one night stand with total stranger.

The writing is good and I don't mean passable where you can tolerate it because it's a porn game, I mean good, which is a rarity for these games. I find that helps a lot, makes erotica steamier when you care about the characters.

The female characters look amazing. Every single one of them is a appealing and terrific job on the cute busty little asian girl at the end of chapter 2.

Not a huge amount of sexual activity as of chapter 2, but what there is, is quite steamy.

May be too early to say, but this could be one of the top dogs of erotic games if it keeps going.

so. . . . .
MC was inexperienced and thus nervous when confronted by crazy.
Not yet a simp, but not impressive.

Then not exactly reciprocally polite or appreciative of the one who basically simps for him. . . .
Prefers crazy/tsundere to his personal sexy simp. . . .

Game fits with the title quite well I'd say.

It's got proper story. which in these days means it's a rollercoaster of emotions that's not always positive and which also sucks for whenever you come for these games to unwind!!!

I'm gonna be editing this as my impression changes

Review for v0.02

Truth be told I don't have too much to say. It's a decent start and manages to stand out from the average AVN. Renders are great and an attempt at animations has/is being made which I appreciate. It's also got music and some sound effects which helps a lot for immersion.

My biggest gripe is that the MC is kinda just a bumbling pussy, which I'm personally a little sick of. He's a cop who has a child, I don't really get why he's still stuttering in almost every conversation with a love interest. Sure there's the "family" aspect but regardless I just find it tiring. He doesn't need to be a hard ass chad cop, but a little confidence perhaps would be nice. Why he's taking shit from his father and letting him insult his daughter and missing/dead wife is beyond me.

I like the characters for the most part, but the dialogue and the way characters act feels unnatural sometimes. A couple scenarios felt a little off, namely the one with the younger sister. It's fine for the most part though. I will also say I find the way texts work annoying more than anything. I like that an attempt was made at something different, but it just doesn't work well for an AVN imo.

For all my gripes I still enjoyed playing this. It's a bit early to talk about things like story and character development, but I'm invested enough to follow development of this. Good luck on making this devs!

Unique! That is what describes this game.

Everything is new, fresh, and beautiful. You could tell that every detail has been very well thought out and design. The interface, the characters, the scenes, the story, the models....

The story is captivating and leaves you wanting to know what's next. The characters have very well defined characteristics and behavior.

Each women has her own unique beauty, with personalities that reflect in their appearance and behavior.

It is still early, but I can already say that this game has everything to be one of the best. 10/10

Very nice visuals. The UI is nice, the menus, everything. The sounds and music are on point. The graphics are great, animations are great, and the girls are lovely. Plot is picking up and I am excited for the future. The team seems confident.

I'll get straight to the point. TLDR: Renders are exceptionally great, UI is unique. But the story is something else to be desired. (Update v0.02)
Overrall its descent, but feels like its mostly filler content than anything else.

Ussually when you introduce a mystery such as why your "love of your life" vanished without a trace, You will have to sprinkle in hints and ideas, to keep your audience engaged. Dev did absolutely nothing about this plot except mc getting shot, by who or what, WE HAVE NO IDEA. The plotline in this VN jumps around way too much. Infact this is a recurring thing that happens around this VN.

You get introduced to all this characters but its hard to even get to like any of them since they barely stay on screen for that long, and when they rarely do, you get these 2 manipulative (love interest im guessing?) characters that its hard to even like them. Like the spoiled little sister, who seems to have split personality disorder, teases you first then with a flip of the switch she gives you an ultimatum/blackmail to make you do whatever she wants, no questions.

The few kinda likeable characters such as the daughter who is barely on screen, only has basic conversations with the mc. The so called mother, who only shows up in flashbacks/dream.

Mc isnt likeable either, half of the time he's dreamin of the past, passed out.
other times he seems drugged up. HIs younger/older sister ( this part keeps changing thorughtout the game, i cant tell whos the young or older), has a thing for the mc, MC managed to escape from her lusting for atleast a decade from my understanding, and it only took him 1 day of him coming back to change his mind to be intimate for her.

Again, its hard to feel engaged to the story at all when there is nothing that keeps it pushing forward.

Still worth trying tho, might be good on the next coming updates.

this was quite the pleasant surprise, he has an artistic flair for his rendering and moving from one scene to the next, and loved how the past merged with the present in away that was both entertaining and easy to follow. But moving forward I hope there are not to many more flash backs cause I'm really loving the characters in the present.