VN - Ren'Py - Healslut [v0.99b] [Davie Zwei]

I'm writing this review in response to some of the comments I've seen going around complaining about the toxic relationships, about how they call Sparkle a slut and such. Dear author, don't listen to these people; you are doing something unique or at the very least rare with this. If you change it, your game will be no different from all the other cliche lovey-dovey garbage out there

The game is big, or long, and the story is interesting but it has 3 big BUTS:
First the sex scenes don't make up for the amount of story without nothing going on that you need to follow.

Secod the renders quality and image quality is blurry or low resolution and sex scenes don't have much detail, its like 2 renders most of them.

Thirs are the choices, after 8 acts, it was pretty much impossible to keep track of the options I had picked, there are too many, and too many characters, it became even painfull with a walkthrough.

After Act 8 I just skipped to see if there were improvements but there really weren't, and the FIRST prblem of the lacking sex scenes became more apparent. They really can't carry the game.

If you are really into this fantasy/VR story and whatever sex is going on works for you, the wou will perceive this game as 4 or 5.
If you really need the sex scenes to have something more, this game is poor, for a porn game.

If this was a very good and well written fantasy story with lewds on the side, it would be better in my opinion, but its not that good or that well written, so it needs good sex.
And thats it pretty much

Version: v0.69d

havent quite played a game with this amount of variety of choice in the path you take, genuinely enjoyed this games ability to make large and drastic choices that heavily changes the story the further you go.
Art and sexual aspect of this game are also very well refined, i have nothing more to add to that.
The story itself is fun, even if i found it a little silly.

Good game, give it a try.

Great game with a hugh amount of choices and paths to shape your character and his/her future.

Great sense of humour and a captivating story with a hugh amount of interesting characters.

Easily worth a try !

Great potential but brought down by a lack of pacing between sex scenes. Which is a shame because the non sex bits are actually good fun - just unfortunately there's a little too much of it. Also, while I don't mind the niche sex aspects of the game, I do find it annoying that there is so little cis action in the game.

To be quite honest, I consider this one of the best adult VNs currently. Simply for the fact that the storytelling is both hilarious and complex, animations and renders are top notch, every character is very deep with secrets to uncover and the overall story leaves so much room for development. I could see this being a series with multiple seasons and slow world building. That probably won't happen, but the potential is there.What I appreciate is that sex is more like part of the lore of the world and not self-serving. When it happens it oftentimes drives the story forward, is connected to emotions or explores character traits. For instance, what begins as a simply corruption route can delve into serious topics like bullying and racism. And it makes you actually reconsider choices and chose a different path. That kind of self-reflexion within the tropes of a game is something that I very much appreciate.

What a fun game! Lots of branching choices that drastically alter the already intriguing story. After the two playthroughs of the current content (0.6.9d) I still haven't met all the characters being mentioned in this thread.

Because good reviews were the reason I checked it out, I'll have to do my part and give 5 stars. It is that much fun, and besides minor technical issues I cannot think of any major complaints. So original and fun concept!

Excellent game, with a lot of diferent options and paths. It has also an original and well written plot, with well constructed secondary characters and, as many others had noted, with very fun lines. The art is over the top. And the sex scenes offer a lot of variety and kinks

Reviewed version: 0.69d

This game puts an autistic recluse (boy or girl, your choice) into a MMORPG, forcing him/her into an girl's body and an pre-alpha class named Healslut.

Your choices are mostly of the eyes wide open variety and can greatly affect your character. You can play as a (nearly) chaste girl--who later is forcibly transformed into a different girl, a sissy or a trap--or a full blown Healslut. I won't give it away. Gameplay is standard renpy fare, with a few logic puzzles and one fishing game.

The models are gorgeous but animation is nearly nonexistent. With that said, the still images combined with the dialogue make for some extremely steamy scenes. My only knock is that I wish there were a few more stills.

I'll be honest; parts of the game were disturbing--and hawt. It's the kind of thing that makes you question your life choices right before your dad walks into your room and asks, "Are you winning, son?"

When that happens, slowly turn to face him, and with the most solemn expression you can muster, look into his eyes and reply, "Yarp."

Five fucking stars.

Promising game in my opinion : nice arts, fun story, good sense of humor.
The gender change feature is by choice, although it may be seens as limited at the very beginning of the game. So i think even people who don't like gender change can enjoy the game after some point.
I just hope it will be finished one day : please give love to those who love to heal

Suprisingly fun, found myself play the game more than once and made me more open to trying a transformation game in the future. I look forward to seeing future updates.
also the 200 character minumum is annoying for rating messages

At first glance I thought this would be another crappy get-raped, lewd-combat porno game, but it is anything but. This game is a real gem, with great characters and an interesting story.

Overall 4.5/5.

Writing: 5/5 - well written and pretty funny at times
Story: 5/5 - story is interesting and unique, there also seem to be a lot of different choices and routes, which is always nice.
Characters: 5/5 - love the characters. very well done.
Renders: 5/5 - some good eye candy here. wish for higher res though? 4k vers?
Sex scenes: 3/5 - the renders aren't bad, but no animations? this was the only let down for me. other than that the sex scenes felt kinda sparse, but i didn't find myself minding much as the rest of the game was carrying.

A solid adventure visual novel which is fun and unique.

Pros

• Excellent story
• Excellent writing
• Lots of humor
• Unique setting, story, and characters
• Above average character models
• Good character development
• Lots of content
• Lots of nudity
• Lots of sexy banter

Cons

• Few sex scenes in the game
• Simon's social skills are so bad that it is a bit far fetched. He is the king of social awkwardness.
• You play a Healslut that gets horny after using healing magic. It just doesn't work very well in-game. The MC only casts like three healing spells the entire 0.6 version (on teammates anyway).
• You are basically led around the entire game and add very little to your adventure group.
• The story is a slow burn. Side quests and events take up a good part of the game. This makes the main story crawl.
• Sparkle only casts each non-healing spell once in version 0.6
• Romantic and sexual interactions with your team is quite lacking. This is a huge missed opportunity in my opinion. This could have really been great.
• No sex animations

If you are here for the story and adventure I can see giving this game a five star rating. If you are here for XXX content (or to fap), this game will disappoint. I am here for both so the most I can give this game is four stars.

The game is filled with humor and it is a fun and unique adventure. Sex events were a small consideration in this game. I thought there would be a whole lot more, especially with your teammates. I had two sex events with teammates and gave one blow job in version 0.6. Unfortunately, "Healslut" doesn't deliver on sex events. There is plenty of nudity and lewd talk but little actual sex.

I'm glad I played the game and had a fun time with it, but was hoping for a stronger emphasis on sex events.

I recommend the game and encourage others to give it a try.

This game grew on me as I played it. It was a bit irritating at first, but characters like Wejit Harmony and Ooyum are a welcome source of levity to offset other standoffish characters. The dialogue and hijinks got me enjoying the game a lot.

Choices matter a lot in this game. To name a few key features: characters can die, you can play as a geek dude or a geekette, and there are a ton of branching story plots.

In fact, the big complaint I have about this game is that it isn't done yet, and it's more "wide" then "long", meaning a lot of the content involves replaying all the different choices rather than getting to experience an entire story from start to finish.

This is kind of my own fault for playing this game until the [Completed] tag showed up, but still, I enjoyed the game as is and am now subscribed for updates.

One thing I found was that my first playthrough was a fairly vanilla girlfriend experience, and I found the sex pretty dull (accordingly), but was shocked at how different my second playthrough was going with different decisions. Give this game a few tries before you reach a final verdict, it might shock you!

This game is *not* for you if you aren't really into MMOs. This is like Konosuba or One Punch Man, where it's a satirical look at the entire genre for fans that are already really familiar with the genre.

A top notch game. Excellent story, beautiful characters, great situations. It's clear the artist has a vision and a passion for this game and it shows. The meaningful choices, the ENF angle, the corruption angle, the back and forth between worlds. I wasn't prepared for how in-depth this would be

Awesome game. I love it.
I'm a bit skeptical at first even though I liked the premise because base on the description and screenshot it look like you're going to play as a Slut and being forced to fuck everyone, getting blackmail, rape, humiliation...etc like a load of games feature female protagonist out there. That is a deal breaker for me but thanks god you can avoid all of that.
One thing I really liked is the choice system. You can avoid sex with anyone you don't want to or be a total slut and sex your way through the story its all up to you. You can complete abandoned a character, replace them with different character. Many choice affect the story progression There is many different way to solve a "quest" based on your decision.
The story also have many twist to make it interesting.
I understand that there is futa,trans, gay....etc content and many people don't like it me included but again you can choose to avoid all that if that is not your thing.
The wiritng, character model, render, sound all look great
Overall 10/10

I really like the gender bender aspect of it and how it explores how someone might fall into their desires. So far it has definitely piqued my interest. I think that the finished product will be wonderful.

This game is great - the story is fantastic, and there are interesting branching paths that give the players tons of options. The scenes are great especially the 'free use' path. This is definitely worth checking out and one of the few games I have supported on Patreon.

Man.
This game... THIS GAME!

I've played thu and thru on my first runs, nearly a year ago.
Literally, I just couldn't stop reading (and English isn't my first language). Every single damn dialog is incredible. Fun to hilarious, silly to absurd, smart to profound. Wejit can stab your tits with a rusty dagger, or stab your heart with a comeback.
I'm not Lion!

Now I went again to run the game, this time doing small things I didn't do the other time (mostly because kink tastes), and I'm astounded again... no, even more.
Taking different paths to "see what happens" just changed everything (plus, there's literally more content now).
As somebody said, this is a damned rollercoaster: you go from a raging boner, to shed tears, and I doesn't even matters.
Dave is stuffing love (true love, not the stupid "waifu" concept so overdone) into a porn/erotic game, and I couldn't think on anything more difficult, considering the wording (stuffing, love... you get it)

The characters. The characters!
I'm not sure if it's intentional, if I'm reading in-between lines too much, if Dave is a psy-fucker, if he's a genuine empath or what... but seriously, there's some unbelievable depth work on personalities.

Kayden:
A true son of a bitch, both in a good and bad sense.
You hate him, you love him, and you hate him again, just to fall for it and understand him, and love him again-again.
As most manipulators (good or bad), you never get to see him for who/what he really is... until is broken. Drunk, badly wounded, whatever. That's when we get to understand him.

Panki:
Everyone loves her, it's impossible not to.
But... yeah, "she drunk. And scary".
Were the more obvious character concept lies (the half-demon struggling with inner potential evil) is were there is NOT the real concept.
I haven't played much with her, but given certain conditions and paths... she's not that good. And not because she's a demon... but because her personality, aside of any racial cliché (her "explosion" when she shows her ugly side... applause)

Lel:
Not a big fan of her, but after some runs, it becomes interesting.
Again, Dave makes a flawless work of doing the usual "growing in confidence character", with some small twists here and there.
I guessed she was "you know who" on the first try, but the little slip she does in a specific dialog that lets us guess who she is in RL... top notch.

Wejit/Ooyum:
Honestly, I know almost nothing about Ooyum, because I find impossible to quit Wejit.
To make us feel that kind of empathy for a game character that is a lecherous wrinkled/burned goblin (of all things!)... damn. Just that.

Roopah:
just our classic futa-dommy orc (Kayden might say Orquette?).
But not so classic.
The twists and turns on his back-and-forth relationship "issues", is exactly opposite to her seemingly dommy straightfordwardness (take that!). This can be appreciated more when taking certain... sinuous path decisions.
The more you push, the more she runds. The more you run, the more she follows.
She's a walking contradiction, and, after finally understanding this, I realized that is exactly what Kayden hints at the very beginning.
Hats off, man.

I could keep writing about this game for pages, but this has become a wall-text enough.
Suffice to say:
give it a try, choosing your kinks for the fap if you need to.
And then try the other options, just for the fun.
It's a type of game that, while each run is separated, it lets you see the whole picture, and understand more about everything.