The biggest weakness of Harem Hotel is its art, which looks quite dated in 2022. Pretty much every other aspect of the game is good, from the setting, to the characters, to the writing.
Currently (v0.16) there is a tonne of content to get involved with and Runey has always been a reliable developer, so I highly recommend giving the game a try.
This is one of the games I watch religiously for updates.
The story is good, with each character (even a lot of the minor ones) having pretty well developed backstories and personalities. The overall story/setting is also well done, with various characters stories crossing or merging together at points.
I also like that there's no time constraints, you can advance largely at your own pace w/o fear of really missing anything.
TL/DR: The finest sandbox game in the business. It is a cute S.O.L. harem builder with some mildly dark cultural undertones. Manages to be somewhat dramatic and interesting despite its tame demeanor. Allows for a very vanilla approach to some heavier kinks (BDSM / Exhibitionism) that are mild enough to appeal to vanilla enthusiasts but also gives the game a little extra oomph.
+ Diverse cast of female characters with lots of different vibes / narratives.
+ Sandbox is super-saturated with content!
+ Building up stats feels very rewarding.
+The new explore feature could help build some interesting narratives.
+The sister's / twin content is very hot.
+Diverse suite of female body types to enjoy.
+The "lust" system and resulting events is super hot.
+ A cornucopia of various scene content.
+ Tangible character development arcs.
+ Very organic free-play style.
+ MC feels powerful.
+ Great content for people who like the combination of Maledom/Femsub & praise kink.
Neutrals / Minor gripes.
- There is only so much one can do to make a Honey Select male character model look good. They are all so bad. MC looks good within the context of Honey Select , but its a rough platform for male characters
- There wasn't a clear way to be able to determine what the perks on the gals does.
-Animations are a bit clippy- but they are still very erotic and the positions are fun.
Negatives
- I really, really disliked that the best way to get ahead of the economy in the early game is to sell nudes of your LI to random buyers. It'd be nicer if there was another more wholesome way to make some early game cash. 0.16 added some city content that can triage this issue- but it isn't obvious. Maybe Ellen's "how do I make money" option should mention looking for a job in the city as well as the pin-ups when you ask her about it. - Would be nice to be able to spend cash on more things. You run out of things to buy around mid-way through the game loop. Maybe some more cosmetics. Just to feel cool.
I have been following this game since 10.0 and I must say the writing, the characters are amazing. The sex scenes are okay, they are passable. I highly recommend Harem Hotel. Some of the characters are a little cliché, but refreshingly so. The game isn't really that grindy, if at all. There are ways to get cash other than the 5 you get from guests, you can also use cheats if you feel it is needed. And isn't really hidden behind a patron wall. Definitely give this game a try!
Probably my favorite game on this website or any other website with porn games on them. I think I've been playing it since at least version 1.10, and it hasn't stopped getting better ever since.
The graphics are great, different from the usual ones I see when it comes to 3D games. The story is amazing, but the best part is obviously the characters. Characters matter the most in games like this, so it should be only natural, but some of you would be surprised at how many games have unlikeable characters.
And I'm not joking when I say I love every character (among the ones in the hotel of course) and ever since (spoilers!) we've learned the android can take control of other androids, I've been thinking of taking over the world lmao. (You don't need to be scared of losing me if you help defeat my own mortality with the help of technology, my dear robot friend!)
They're all likable in their own way. Naturally, I have preferences, but I still like all of them. Usually, I'm more attracted to older women, milfs you know, so that's also the type I like best in porn games. Even if I don't have anything against petite bodies, I still prefer women with curves and huge tits. However, Lin is actually my favorite character! It's safe to say that I personally think she beats all the other characters in every field except maybe sex appeal and 'sexiness', but that's subjective.
Dev has gotten consumed by his storyline. After a certain point, I just gave up. Please get back to the pr0n, it was amazing before devolving into this insanely detailed revolution storyline I couldn't give less of a fuck about.
Harem Hotel was a treat. Stories were awesome and the girls had a ton of depth. Very impressed with the amount of work that it took to create this game. I have over 15 hours into the game and it feels like i am not even close to being done. My favorite character is probably Kali followed by Lin. Each girls personality is unique and fun. Some stories are sad and others funny.
The art is good, not great. Lots of animations though makes up for it.
If you are thinking about trying it out, just do it.
Surreal garbage, which lacks any logic, but there is a terrible image quality and there is nothing to give immersion in this game, people in reality simply do not communicate in the same way shown in this visual novel.
There's a reason this game is almost 5 stars, its literally perfect. The amount of characters and animations there are with said characters will literally ruin every single porn game out there for me now. This game is full of content and ways to satisfy your fantasies, if youre reading this I cant recommend the game enough. THIS IS .15 and i'm over 120 days and still haven't finished any of the content with the main girls. That's with a walkthrough too. Anyway I figured id sing my praises to the dev of this game and thank them for blessing me with this masterpiece.
Excellent game whit so much content . This games is one of the best I have played since it is a 2017.
- So much content in this game that's just awesome
- Diversified harem whit different girls that's a +++
the only thing that I think that they should optimize its adding new graphical up to todays machine , 5 years old graphics it start to be a bit old
Runey did an awesome job. The story is really good. I love all the characters, all of them have their own personality and that's what make it a good game.
I'll be honest, in the beginning I tried the game for the sex, but end up falling in love with the story. Of course, the bonus sex game is totally great.
I just wish I could cook something nice to Lin for a change
Very good for version 0.15... A lot of content. A LOT!
Nice girls with background story, harem - what else you need.
Models quite a bit old in technical view but still good enough.
And the best measurement of game - is a time spent on it.
I really want to give a money for it ))
Edit: I was just trying to write a funny review. But the dev wants me to be serious. Some paragraphs have been edited, but the gist doesn't change that much.
Edit2: When I played, it was v0.15.1. I noticed that there's an explore feature now. Feel free to ignore the sandbox part if you want, the rest of my review remains. I also noticed that my Funny Edit has been removed by mod, probably because it contains personal things about the dev. I removed that part.
Spoilers in this review.
I was looking forward to a good story. It doesn't have to be outstanding. Just good. and I got disappointed. Long story short, it's not as impressive as those 5-star reviews described.
I respect everything, including those things about religion or slavery, as long as the dev can control the pace. But sadly, it failed. I have to keep myself focused by watching the lewd scene once in a while. Otherwise, I might just go to bed and sleep. The story is like when you're 16 and trying to write something epic after watching some profound anime series. I feel tricked because the review said the story is awesome. If you ask me now, I'll say this game is like the 5-star restaurant on Google Maps.
The Story:
I'm not asking the dev to be in control of every detail or something, it's nearly impossible to do that. I just wish the story could be more engaging.
The MC in the beginning is like he's in a coma for hundred of years and not knowing what happened in the opposite side of world. It's really a bad way to let your viewers understand the situation. You can say the game was too early or something. But Autumn? I didn't know Autumn was in a coma with MC.
Later on, there are more girls. More girls equal to more stories. It's fine, for real. I really don't hate it.
After Lin's level is around 30, you'll realize that the dev probably became enlightened by some profound AVN and is trying to do the same by himself. Once again, it failed.
The dev is trying to portray something, but it only makes me feel stupid. I can see the dev is trying, but it's just not enough. I knew the update would be slow as fuck when the story goes dark because the inconsistencies are gonna fuck the dev up. You can also say the thing the dev is trying to write is too big to control, or whatever you like. But it only gets worse since it's not well-considered in the beginning. The only solution to make it "seem" back on track again is by making some weird plot twists. And guess what? It did happen, and it's so convenient to do that. I knew Maria would be a half-elf when she said she was an orphan. It literally became a game for me. by seeing how out of control it can be.
Making things darker isn't the problem. The problem is that it genuinely sucks. Ashley suddenly has an elf maid when she is a child, yet she still decided to be a dick to Lin and show unfamiliarity to elves at the beginning of the game. Another thing is Lin forget her parents' name but later there is another elf said something like this to Jin: "But you're an elf, you should be good in memory!!" I know she said it was because of the drug. But what about Lin? The dev told me that elves don't remember everything when they're nearly toddlers. Really? So why Lin has such strong emotions to her sister? She's slightly older? In the early game, she said, "I was so young back then, I barely remember." (By the way, after this, she perfectly described details about herself and her sister.) She also has the ability to remember activities while their parents were still living, including picking flowers, climbing trees, eating, and dancing, but the names are forgotten?
It's a miracle that she can find her sister after 300 years, even though she was young and barely remembers anything. And Jin can perfectly describe things after she was captured, even though she's still under the drug's effects. Are you seriously going to tell me that she has memory loss but is able to say things like "industrial revolution" including details that she was sent to Syl'anar's capital? I don't even have to be too serious to spot this kind of mistake. I wonder what would happen if I were serious?
I really can go on and on if you want me to.
I won't talk about the details of the slavery story line here. If you're curious, go play the game. But I have to tell you, to be honest, I treat it like a sitcom. Just because the topic is dark doesn't mean the story got any better. I couldn't see anything impressive. This is a big part of the game, and the dev is clearly having fun with it. Have fun, dev.
By the way, some of the conversation goes like this:
MC: Do you like being a slave?
Lin: No.
Lin: My sister and I separated 300 years ago.
MC's thoughts: She hasn't learned how to cook in 300 years?
Autumn: WHAT!? The MC OWNS you?
Lin: Yeah. That's how it works.
This kind of cringe conversation turns me off. I find it difficult for me to immerse myself in it every time it happens. When I saw that, I was like, "Common sense doesn't exist in this world?" Alright, maybe I'm too picky here.
The game/story pace:
The game pace goes from "Go to their room to trigger new events." to "Go to every girl's room, get one of the girls' level up to 15, and buy something for them to trigger only one event." This kind of requirement happens more and more when you're in the late game. What if I don't like one of the girls? The events are forced and inevitable. My mind goes blank whenever I see "I should raise someone's friendship." Now that I think about it, maybe this is the real reason why I think it is really not a good game. There is still one room under development after 4 years. Why throw the early-game pace away?
If the dev keeps the lighthearted story pace, I probably won't rate it low. because I don't have to think. For example, I won't be too serious about Pokemon's story. I just want to see if Ash will win and how the Pokemon will fight. But this game turned from how to fuck'em all to how to fuck the player's brain. Note that if you want to progress the story line, you're forced to watch those poorly considered stories. Half of them are not even story-related. But yeah, you have to wait another 2 days to trigger the next event.
The game:
One person told me this is a sandbox game. A sandbox game gives the player freedom of movement and progression in the game's world. And what can you do in this game? You can do nothing other than fuck the girls. You can't even go out freely. When you click the door, it just says "Mail Box." And the hotel management stopped like 3 years ago. And please, if the only comeback is that this is a sandbox game, that shows how weak the story is.
Others:
The dialogue performance is weak for me. I'm not talking about the conversation I mentioned. The overall performance is just not good. The weak dialogue can be fixed by camera movement, but the dev only put a little effort into camera movement during dialogues. Sometimes you can see the same camera angle the whole time when the characters are having a long conversation, unless they make a move. That's another reason why I said the dialogue is not engaging. If you ever felt sleepy when playing this, I feel you.
Conclusion:
Almost all the 5-star reviews said the story is good, and it's not that good. You can say it's good if you want. Please don't say this is a masterpiece. It tricks people. There are loopholes everywhere. Most of the events are forced. You can't avoid the girl you don't like. You can't do anything other than deal with the girls. It's really not a good game.
If I really have to say something to the dev... please just don't do something that you can't do. Create another game. Lay the foundation for your world. But I guess there is no going back. The world settings are cool, but it performs miserably. The whole thing is like robbing Peter to pay Paul. It's beyond your ability. You can't just suddenly invent another setting to make things seem reasonable.
The dev is probably in a rabbit hole where he is constantly getting praise for the story. Wake up.
I don't like being a bad guy, and I barely criticize things. I don't even care if the worker starts working at 6 in the morning next to my house. And my standard is not high either. It's unreal to ask a free online AVN writer to make a flawless story. Not even J.K. Rowling can do that. Why should I? But the game and the fanboys who can't accept the facts still managed to make me write a review.
In the end, if you're looking for stories, go back to the Japanese AVN. Don't play this unless you're really into simulator games (it's not even good when we're talking about simulator games). Last but not least, this is not a hotel. It's literally an apartment.
I think out of all adult games I've played, this one's my favourite.
There's a lot of content, that includes visual-novel like stories, and replayable content.
The world the game is set in is interesting, that includes lots of interesting ideas. Not groundbreaking, but I wouldn't change it.
I love the girls, at the start I wasn't sure about some of them, but with time they all grew on me.
I find myself going back to the game and doing the replayable content over and over again.
Art style is very fitting to the game. It has a lot of soul to it.
Frankly, there's only two problems I have with it. One of them is that I love it so much, that I wish there was even more content. The other one, is that one day it might end.
First of all, I wrote some ratings for other games that I like and that in my opinion, have great potential. Some of them are better than others, but nothing comes close to Harem Hotel! This game is a masterpiece! I had never seen a game so detailed in its history, its characters and its universe. All the details are meticulously placed and written to give us a wonderful world to play in.
So, why do you need to play this game?
Harem Hotel is my favorite story and a life lesson. Of course, the game is full of sexual content, it's F95zone still. But for me, this game made me go through all emotions, sadness, anger, conciliation, compassion, well-being and acceptance. I have rarely seen such a complete and communicative game. Each character has a story, a past, a personality of their own. Their behaviors, their reactions and the characters in the hotel bring the game and the universe to life. We feel like living with them, every day is different and offers different and interesting scenarios.
It's rare that I'm blown away by a visual novel, but this game is something else. It's a real experience that I fully recommend! In my opinion, open-world games sometimes, can be complex or weird to go around, forget all that with this one. The game is simple and easy to follow and to continue the story.
-The positive points
Extremely loaded and interesting story, rich and creative
Diverse and endearing characters
Excellent graphics and animations
No visual or sound problems
Excellent writing
Instinctive and important choices
A lot of different fetishes
Realistic evolution
No crashes or fps issues
-The points that need more work
I like to give points to work on, so creators can see what to improve, but here, what to put?
Finally, I'd like to say that, it's a game I've seen grow and I just want to keep seeing new updates. I wish to still be blown away by this game in the future and to eventually see a good ending.
Keep up the good work!
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Please remember that this is my opinion and I fully respect the opinions of others. I'm not disparaging anyone, besides, I'm just giving my opinion on the work that certain people do, because I think it need to be put forward.
characters are well designed and different. most renpy games nearly using same characters but not this one. story is ok and fun to play. I play with "Lain's mod" and dont know the game without it, so with mode it's very clear what you should do and I don't lost in game. So both thanks to dev and mod dev. really like this game and gonna wait for the updates.
thanks again dev, you did a pretty good job in here.
I absolutely love this game.
I travel most of the time and I finally got the chance to take a few weeks vacation and wanted to take the opportunity to dive into the hentai genre. That was one of my first games and I'm totally excited and flashed!
The women are very different, so sweet and innocent as perverted elsewhere and I love that. The stories are really awesome and I absolutely love the work that went into the animations. I can't wait to read, play and experience more! Great work!
Love the game. Story is fun. There's political, racial and religious elements which might not be for everyone. The MC isn't a simp or a thug. Seems to have a set a values and sticks to them.
I enjoy the look of the characters. They all seem unique to this story. I've seen other games where all of the characters are more or less the same but slightly different hair or a different outfit. Effort has been made to make them distinct.
I just wish new content was released more often. I find I have to go back and replay when there is a new release because I can't remember what was going on.
Great gameplay and girls to choose from. The story and the sex scenes are enjoyable, and there's someone for everybody. It's not necessary to do everyone's route and they are mainly independent from one another
Great game, It keeps me interested the entire time. Characters are great and all different which is nice. All the girls have their own uniqueness which is great and all the stories are a nice thing to go through. I dont find myself hitting "skip" all the time in this one.
