Reviewed v0.7
Awesome game! I went into Harem Hotel believing it was a management game, lots of resource handling which I’ve traditionally struggled at. Although I wasn’t entirely wrong, Harem Hotel is more akin to a dating sim game with intriguing characters and great H-scenes. Amazing work Runey!
Models are generally super well done. I love the look of each individual character, each have their distinct look and appeal whether it’s the petite Ashley or the well-endowed Kali, there’s something for everyone. The H-scenes are simply nut-busting and beautiful but those that don’t like ahegao may be turned off. Most characters have costumes that can be unlocked and worn during repeatable H-scenes. Events can be re-watched in the gallery which is a massive plus for me.
Gameplay is pretty simple; you interact with girls who are either in their rooms, roaming the hotel, at school or at work. There are dialogue choices but they feel inconsequential overall (don’t quote me on this). You earn money each day just by completing it and you earn more with more patrons, money can be used to buy clothes, upgrade facility or buy gifts (haven’t figured out what this is for) as well as “slaves”. Gameplay is simple, UI is intuitive and navigation is pretty simple. Only problem that may arise with new players is they forget which room belongs to each girl without clicking onto the door. There are traits can be unlocked however I found it didn’t change anything. (I could be wrong here)
The over-arching story is simple, rebuild to the hotel to its former glory, simple and easy but it provides and excellent reason for characters to stay at the hotel. The selling point are the girls who have their own individual charm and back story. When I find out about the problems each girl is facing, I was kind of surprised, I wasn’t expecting such depth in each character let alone 8 characters. It’s through learning their stories and helping them deal with their challenges that I really grew attached to them. The story-telling is left at your pace, you can grind out traits of each character before advancing to the next episode of their stories. One thing I noticed was lack of interaction between the girls outside of events, I want to see more interactions during sandbox mode.
Pros
Awesome game! I went into Harem Hotel believing it was a management game, lots of resource handling which I’ve traditionally struggled at. Although I wasn’t entirely wrong, Harem Hotel is more akin to a dating sim game with intriguing characters and great H-scenes. Amazing work Runey!
Models are generally super well done. I love the look of each individual character, each have their distinct look and appeal whether it’s the petite Ashley or the well-endowed Kali, there’s something for everyone. The H-scenes are simply nut-busting and beautiful but those that don’t like ahegao may be turned off. Most characters have costumes that can be unlocked and worn during repeatable H-scenes. Events can be re-watched in the gallery which is a massive plus for me.
Gameplay is pretty simple; you interact with girls who are either in their rooms, roaming the hotel, at school or at work. There are dialogue choices but they feel inconsequential overall (don’t quote me on this). You earn money each day just by completing it and you earn more with more patrons, money can be used to buy clothes, upgrade facility or buy gifts (haven’t figured out what this is for) as well as “slaves”. Gameplay is simple, UI is intuitive and navigation is pretty simple. Only problem that may arise with new players is they forget which room belongs to each girl without clicking onto the door. There are traits can be unlocked however I found it didn’t change anything. (I could be wrong here)
The over-arching story is simple, rebuild to the hotel to its former glory, simple and easy but it provides and excellent reason for characters to stay at the hotel. The selling point are the girls who have their own individual charm and back story. When I find out about the problems each girl is facing, I was kind of surprised, I wasn’t expecting such depth in each character let alone 8 characters. It’s through learning their stories and helping them deal with their challenges that I really grew attached to them. The story-telling is left at your pace, you can grind out traits of each character before advancing to the next episode of their stories. One thing I noticed was lack of interaction between the girls outside of events, I want to see more interactions during sandbox mode.
Pros
- Beautiful renders and excellent H-scenes
- Simple and easy to pick up gameplay, intuitive UI, navigation is easy
- Interesting characters with deep backstory
- Ahegao
- Pacing of the story-telling is left to your pace
- Not sure what stats (aside from opening more actions and options) and traits do, bit of explanation would help (unless it was added in in the newer updates)
- You haven’t played this game yet
- Music in the bar is way too loud, possible to balance it so its more in line with the volume in other parts of the hotel
- Explanation of the stats and traits attached to each character page
- Conversation menu is getting pretty packed, any other way to help with this.
- Interaction between girls outside of events in the hotel area
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