Ren'Py - Completed - Helping the Hotties [v1.0.4.06] [xRed Games]

I did not find the story very interesting or believable, the choices are not intuitive at all and the walkthrough is a bit of a mess. The characters talk about the inanest stuff and the dialog goes on and on and on. And on.

And yet… I found the girls extremely attractive, the renders of high quality and the sex scenes are hot and really well done. I play these games for various reasons – gameplay, story, sex scenes, and although Helping the Hotties does not deliver on everything, it is really, really good at what it does well (hot girls in sexy situations). I guess it is a 3.5 for me, rounded up because the game is a great porn experience.

A good AVN, here are some of my thoughts:

1, Story: The concept is very interesting, however the game has a few bugs here and there, and also some plots have loose ends, Maybe the ending was rushed?? (Idk), all I know is that it could've been better.

2. Characters: I think this is best thing about this game. I liked most of the girl's background (at least the little we get to know)

3. Renders: Very good. Nice 4k quality.

4. Music: There are a few tracks, they're good but nothing special.

5. Animatios: Only a few and they're average.

6. Playability: I enjoy free roaming in AVNs. I liked it here (though it could've been more rewarding).

Out of curiosity I decided to play "Red Falls" as well (1st version of the game) and I discovered they deleted "Paul" (MC's father) with him some things made more sense, not that it was great but it was a bit more interesting (Censorship... sigh*).

Anyway I'd give this game a 7/10 because, despite its flaws, I believe it has "soul".

Couldn't complete the game because I got bored as the plot wasn't going anywhere super interesting and got a bit ridiculous at points, but I get the feeling it wasn't meant to be taken too seriously anyways.

Luckily you're able to turn off sandbox and other non-VN options which made it go a lot smoother which I appreciate, but it doesn't make up for the lacking aspects that make the game fall flat for me.

Would recommend avoiding this unless you're very bored and want to try something new.

A super high quality game with very hot and cute girls! It is fully voiced (optional), has xray vision scenes (optional), collectables, multiple paths and choices, and a fun storyline. I loved this game!

[After playing v1.0]

For the most part all the independent elements are quite good, but on the whole it seems like something is missing. Characters are mostly nice, story is not bad but could be better and seems like rushed to an end that feels like not enough (though not that much as an abandoned game, at least). Graphics and scenes are nice, and voice acting (while it worked, because for some reason some bug made me lose the option mid-game and now I can't hear a word even restarting it) is surprisingly nice.

It's also good that it gives playing options adapted to different players (freeroam or not, minigames or not...). Sure, freeroam doesn't really feels like too much, but well, not that bad to create a small fantasy of it.

But I don't know, for some reason I wasn't hooked to the story and after a while I had to do the effort to finish it, not completely enjoying the travel, and finding the destination quite disappointing.

Anyway, I think there's potential in this creator or team, hope they will create something better in the future (right now they seem to be doing side-stories of this one that I can't say I'm particularly interested in trying...).

One of the game with the greatest renders. The gameplay is somewhat anoying but I can live with it. With more freddom of roaming and less story branching choices it will had been the greatest game on the site.

This game is a little hard for me to rate. Story started out pretty good, but it just kinda went downhill. It become boring pretty quickly, and I found myself having the urge to skip through some dialogues. There's some really amazing girls here, yet some of the intimate scenes cannot be avoided. While we did have a mandatory intimate scene with MC's girlfriend Jane in the beginning, that is totally fine as they are both in a relationship, but the fact that there are some forced scenes with the other girls is just really annoying as you just can't be faithful to Jane even if you want to. Furthermore, MC and Jane decided to take a break from the relationship, and to see if it can still work out once MC is done helping with the rehabilitation camp yet there is no resolution to this? Would've been great if there's additional content with Jane, perhaps maybe even patching back together? I also feel that perhaps there's too many girls in the game, and each of them needing their own story kinda affects the time you actually have with each of them. Kiara and Emily are MC's colleagues, yet most of the time you don't know where they are or what they are up to. More attention and story should actually be given to them yet they feel like sub characters. And the fact that you only have 1 actual intimate scene with Kiara, like WHAT? Kiara's the best girl, give us more scenes! Voice acting were great, but stopped when nearing the end of the game. Now, the endings. I don't even know if there's actually any ending at all, we don't know what happened which led cabin 3 catching fire, game just ended then and there, and it started bugging out as well. There's also no exclusive endings with any of the girls, which makes the relationship that we chose to develop with them worth nothing. What made this game bearable is just how well they have created the models, with some decent character growth, I really enjoyed Naomi's character development. Really disappointing to see how this game ended, given they have such great characters, should've been a 5/5 game.

Pros:
-Renders are great
-Amazing looking girls with distinct characteristics
-Jane, Kiara and Emily are just great
-Mini games are decent
-Love the VA's
-Mini puzzle for finding the lingerie is a pretty nice touch in my opinion

Cons:
-Unsatisfactory story development
-Some unsatisfactory character development
-Walkthrough system needs improvement
-No VA's nearing the end of the game
-Lack of exclusive ending, or even an ending at all
-Lack of Jane content

Started off strong in its development. Once it rebranded (should have expected since it was renamed to something as cheesy as "helping the hotties") it went down hill. Good models. Unsatisfactory character and story development.


Should have been a 5* game, unfortunately it is not

terrible main game and same with side stories. Don't waste your time. Bad animations in the last update in the main game and same history in side stories. I don't know why somebody interested in that game. That VN was very promising in the start, but then...

This game is a little tough to rate
on one hand you have amazing looking girls, and good different personalities, and decent build up
on the other hand you have really bad walkthrough system, even the mod one is bad
the game is kind of big, you will realize that more from the reply scenes gallery
the end was really rushed and not really explained, i think it's heavily insinuated that the girl friend that got dumped is actually the one who set the house on fire but without a second part to the game that piece of info is completely useless as she was never caught.
there is no endings at all, so you are not going to end up with anyone, it was all a romp
i love the x ray system, but it was really overused, i think it would have been more meaningful if like the beginning of the game, it was used to show the girls wearing different kinds of lingerie , seeing the same girls over and over and over naked while they are just having conversations or whatever isn't really the best use for that feature.

"Helping the Hotties" doesn't know what it wants to be. It's not a harem game, but also doesn't offer exclusive paths. To make matters worse, it's impossible to be faithful to your existing girlfriend, or to act in any professional way. Outright rejecting someone isn't possible.
The MC has a huge weakness, as soon as he gets an erection, he becomes uninhibited and looses the capacity to think clearly. There are 6–7 women who gladly abuse this fact, and sometimes force the MC into a sexual encounter. Once, quite literally, where the MC gets tied up and blindfolded, then sexually assaulted by one of the women. But, don't worry, after finding out who did it, he claims to have liked the experience.

The flaws in this game's structure become apparent when you try to play as someone with even the smallest moral compass. You will end up giving in to women who are under your care, who you're responsible for. And you will have to deal with the MC second guessing this decision every time, yet learning nothing. As soon as his erection happens, he's DTF. To make matters worse, the MC is actually majoring in psychology. I guess he slept through every ethics class.

At one point, the MC says "I just don't want my dirty laundry aired to patients that are supposed to view me as an authority, you know?"... While he's potentially been naked with all of them. He says this kind of thing often, something ethically right, while his actions contradict it every time. This way, he comes across as double-faced.

During the final scenes of the game, the narrator states "Fortunately, your integrity has remained intact throughout the whole week, your actions admirable to say the least.". I wonder if this is a jab at criticism, I refuse to believe that the devs are entirely tone-deaf.

The redeeming factor of HtH, is that it's a gorgeous game. The scenes and animations are of a high quality, as are the models for the Love Interests. The four patients each have a unique personality, and show characters growth as the game goes on. Emily, Kiara and Eve, however, are a different matter. Emily and Kiara are your colleagues, while Eve is the therapist of the camp. Eve doesn't know what she wants either. She'll be suspicious of the MC's activities with the girls, but also allows him to become an assistant-therapist and have one-on-one time with them for therapy. She'll also end up seducing the MC, who will just give in, because boobs. Emily and Kiara are both interested in the MC, but most of the game this doesn't really progress. In fact, most of the game we have no idea where they are or what they're doing. They're just there when some B-plot needs them.

seen this game completed, im giving a shot,
but not like i expect
5/5 for the quality render, yeah the only good ones is this
2/5 for the story line, it just not my taste though
4/5 for chara model, umm its only cuz i'm fan of 3d model like eve
2/5 for sandbox feature, actually i don't mind, but the minim(small) of the buttom n fucking confuse me, can't going to one place as quick as possible, it seems dev didn't really know how to make a sandbox game

Good things first:

This is obviously a well cared project, with a professional background and investments. Models quality is high, elephant in the room, it's full voice actred, interface is high quality, you got mini games (i had to switch them off, too hard for me), the panties hunt was distracting but fun...

All the LIs are actually hot and alluring.

And... It is completed. That's it, to me.

Now, the cons. OMG the cons... :

Surprisingly, the voice acting. Not that it was bad per se, the actresses (if there where more then one) where proficient, the action was good enoug, but the result was offputting. All the girls, albeith with clearly different personality, by the end fall into the entitled, sobby, american little princess and it was unnerving from the start.

The story was just not there. MC goes through more or less a daily routine in a like 5 or 6 locations little campsite and if he, randomly, happen to catch up the right choice he may have a sex encounter.

Mandatory sex: There are sex scenes you can't avoid, no matter how hard you try to avoid them. Ok if they make sense storywise, like the initial scene with MC's already GF, otherwise, no.

There is a mystery element about the events of the eclypse with a huge build up but
Otherwise basically nothing happen, apart all the girls having a sudden enlightment about their life, that makes sense in the contest, but it comes kinda out of nowhere. A moment earlier they where their usual personas, then they where completely changed.

Sex scenes are very dull, vanilla and mechanical. Rather boring while they should have been highlights.

The endings.. Well, i don't really know if there were endings, actually. By the end of the game it started bugging itself. Voice acting stopped. At the aftermaths i had the Ren'Py error pages where, i guess, some narration was supposed to be. In the middle pictures of the girls. Super lame.

But even if the aftermaths where the best thing ever, the story stops so suddenly, leaving so much unresolved that my best guess is at the certain point Devs might have run out of funds or they had to move on quick, so they just wrapped whatever they have. It would be the only game ended like that, quite the opposide.

In the end, a very mediocre and unremarkable game in a shiny box. Nothing more.

Emily and Naomi are pretty.
Other than that, worst game ever.
Lots of girls, but too many useless stories.
There are very few sex scenes and they are unnatural.
I do not recommend this game to you.
It's best to use that time to study.

Could not get into this game at all. Personally all it has going for it is the graphics are decent but its just a creep fest all around, every single person is creepy as fuck and it's unavoidable. If you hate creepy MC's and creepy girls in the games you play you're not going to like this game.

So much voice acting, so much great characters. I would rather play these than playing an 8bit game with atrocious minigames for pics of barely seen pixels fucking. More voiced games please! Also please recommend games like these!

A good five if dev was willing to put a few more months into it to polish the endings, but well..

Story
The concept of a correction camp with the MC trying to better understand the girls background so he can fuck them is interesting. The dev also want to play with a guild trip kind of vibe, (MC leaving his girlfriend at home to come to the camp): unfortunetly thisvbackfired as the storyline seems pointless and the NTR vagueli used. I believe that it was better if this idea was scapped completly and the MC having sex in the beginning of the game just a one night stand or whatever. The side story of Stacy is mistical and with some potential but again...leads nowhere. There is some incest potential with Eve/Emily/Kiara that I am glad someone developed into a mod.

Girls
The dev created some great representations and I knew I am for a fiest from the moment I saw how gorgeos the girlfriends is. Each one of them has some personality treats that further enhance their unique style. My personal favourite is Emily.


Gameplay
This game is above many others solely for the voice. While not perfect it helps in diferentiating each interaction you have. Also, the different color over the text to identify who speaks/have a particular tough helps. The sex scene are not as well defined as in other games, but still decent.

First of all, this is not a completed game. This point is important because players have not to expect an end or a complete story. Like me. As I play only full completed games, I have read the tag and downloaded this game. I was totally horrified when I reached a sort of ending, more just a splash screen in the middle of nothing. Thank you for playing. Thank you for playing what? Are you joking? The narration is far to be ended, there are a lot of paths to close. There are a lot of bugs, mainly in this fake end. The baddest thing is that the game could be good, with a rich story (not the finest I have ever read but still funny and interesting), a lot of characters with different personalities and nice hd graphics. What can I say? Please remove the "completed" tag as it is not. On Steam it is in "early access", I have no idea why people waste money on early access games but, for sure, this kind of incompleted work is not a good advertising for the developer. I would like to be refounded of 4 hours of my time.

My Rating: 5/10

Story: ★★☆☆☆
Dialogue: ★★☆☆☆
How well it plays: ★★★★☆
3D Models: ★★★☆☆
Sex Scenes: ★★☆☆☆
Girl Options: ★★★★☆
Replayablity: ★★☆☆☆

- It's not a bad game, but it ain't good either.
- Whomever wrote the dialogue for this game, he or she tends to forget a few things about his/her own story, and he or she tends to make no sense what'so'ever plenty of times throughout the game.
- The girls are okay, some are pretty annoying and you just want to avoid...yet the game does not really give you that choice.
- The main character goes from being a manly man with his girlfriend to...what I classify as a simp.

What I failed to understand is this, and be warned, SPOILERS!

"Eva calls the M.C one night, he ignores it, she calls again, he closes the phone in her face, yet she calls again. Eventually she manages to ruin the M.C's summer vacation with his girlfriend by asking him to come and help her at a crazy camp she is running. When he gets there she thanks him for coming, but eventually throughout the story, you start seeing her act all bossy, as if the M.C is the one who owes her (Eva) a favor. She gives him a crap ton of work while she and the other two "assistants" sleep peacefully, and she gives him a lot of attitude by asking hundreds of questions. Lady... you called him (M.C) to come and help you, and despite him (M.C) saying 'No' multiple times you (Eva) kept persisting. The M.C did you a favor and he is there to help you out, you should be thanking him every single day that he is even there to help your sorry behind!"

That's just bad writing, the person in charge of the dialogue forgot what he/she was writing, or at least certain and very important aspects of the story.

I'm having trouble rating this game! I have so much to say about it... I'm leaning towards 4 stars when comparing it to my top 10, but I know it deserves 5. I won't repeat what has already been said; the girls are stunning, the visuals are great overall, the uniqueness of the voices, etc. Firstly, what bothered me the most, and it's a very personal thing that detracts quite a bit for me, is the MC... my goodness, he's so clueless! I can't relate to him at all... and when he gets into that "investigation," what a disaster that part is... it feels forced, and there were so many other natural or believable ways to introduce that. The writing has its ups and downs... sometimes, with Eve, it's great, but when the MC talks, oh my... for the plot, it's a shame; there are repeated phrases, passages that we skip quickly because we've heard them before, or we can predict what's going to be said... it takes away from the immersion. With the concept of "correction" or a camp-like scenario, there were tons of more original activities to explore. I think if the MC were more assertive, it would have gone smoother for me. The last issue that bothers me is the choices. I love that they have a real impact on the story and give a unique path and approach for us. But we never know why a certain angle is taken... we think a choice will lead us to do something, but it doesn't... if I go home to sleep, well, I miss a sexy scene with this or that girl, oh wait, one is in my room, and sometimes, no, there's no one. The branching is peculiar, but missing scenes bothered me... not the fact that they can be missed, but the fact that it's not what I intended to do. And the MC is so indecisive and contradictory that it's confusing... I loved Eve, and I'll come back to that in my positive points, but sometimes, she's contradictory too. She charms, teases, flirts, makes sexy innuendos, but when someone other than her does it, she takes offense or doesn't get the humor. I know why, she has age-related insecurities and is a bit jealous, but that doesn't justify her sometimes contradictory statements. And don't tell me that everyone in life is contradictory; there should also be consistency and credibility... especially since it's not real life, it's a very short moment in their lives. As a neutral point, I didn't understand the sandbox aspect... I struggled with it; sometimes I turn it on, sometimes I turn it off, not sure what to do, it's not well-defined... when it's turned off, we understand that our directions are also choices, and that's excellent gameplay! Frustrating, but well thought out. So, onto the positives! The sex scenes are superb, they're well-presented (not at the beginning, but they improve quickly), and since we're tantalized by the camera angles and images during the day, the payoff is great. Very well staged! Not just on that, but overall. And finally, it's a joy to see a game through to the end! It's complete, and that's a relief. The search for panties is a good idea; I've created my own scenarios to justify finding them here and there. However, sometimes it distracts from the image or the text; we sometimes miss it so much that we have to choose between searching for them or enjoying the story. It's like a sort of new game +... not bad. The girls have their own psychology based on their experiences and lifestyles, and there's a lot of work done on their mentality. Especially with Eve, I find it compelling. However, when you see the MC, it's such a letdown... I think that the majority of points that can be given to this game are saved by all the girls that make it up. And that's great for an AVN, but to have a flawless score on the girls, all of them, is quite rare for me. Bravo. In most cases, I agree with all the positive aspects that people find in the game. To be honest, I'm a big fan of Lewd Island; it is, I swear, my very first AVN, and even though it's not in my top 10, it holds a special place in my heart. I had high expectations for Helping the Hotties (Redfalls, which I played for 2 episodes), so I'm a bit tough and demanding because I appreciate the work the team puts in... I can't wait to see the project. Please, give us a better MC, keep the depth and teasing of the girls, and you'll reach perfection, I swear.