Ren'Py - Hero Party Must Fall [v0.5.1] [Nitrolith]

This is my first review and i must say great dialogue I've never read any H games and I can't stop reading this one I'm shocked by the quality of the game. Great pacing not she falls into lust within few mins of playing but takes time well done my good man.

This is a really good game. The writing is superb, and the art is a perfect balance of quality and speed in order to allow the dev to pump out varied and fast content (too often you see people fawning over amazing graphics, only for the game to take 5 years to reach 20% completion...) the interplay between the characters is great. For a porn-game the world-building is actually really fun. I love the whole hero situation, as well as the pantheon.

The corruption mechanics aren't perfect. They could use a little bit more interaction/variance in approach. But, despite this fault, the corruption arcs are still engaging.

As for the game play: I enjoyed the animation delivery method of the night-time scenes, but skipped the dungeon crawl portion.

Audio design is nice.

PS people complaining its too slow are quick-shots with no attention span

Update at v0.4.9 (Dec 2023) - The game has grown quite a bit in 1.5yr. It's massive. There is a ton of content. I haven't even played it all. This said, all the words of my original review still apply. It is a very slow going title. The content all feels great as you're unlocking it, there's just a lot of dialog, a lot of reading, a lot of repetitive actions, etc. The pacing is just too slow for me and it REALLY demands a lot of your time, which is not something I'm looking to give to H games. Took me fucking 7 hours to get to penetrative sex with a main character, unacceptable imo.

However, the dev has made a massive mistep in development since I last played this title, enough that I feel it warrants a worse rating. Upon getting penetrative sex with a main character, some character development occurs which completely undermines the story from an H-game perspective imo. Great non-H story dev, but horrible H story dev. EXTREMELY spoilery spoiler coming - I don't recommend reading unless you really don't care much about the story of your H games. I personally wish I knew before I started, because it drastically changed how attracted I was to a female in the game. It's unfortunate that the dev put this kind of a twist so late in the game as it will take you a long time to learn this naturally.
I came back a few weeks after updating my review to make sure I hadn't warmed up to the idea, and no, it still seems like a massive fuck up. Given how far along development is, I don't expect any improvement to this title. If you play, you should go in with the knowledge that you will not get penetrative sex with the main girl for ~7hrs, and once you do, the game may or may not make you immediately repulsed by her character, rendering said "payoff"/penetrative sex the biggest dissapointment you've ever received in an H game. Congrats. The players were the subject of Netori all along.

Review for 0.3

Top Tier Netori. The MC is a "bad guy but not a bad guy" type. Characters and the conversations they have feel genuine. Recommend anyone try it. If you are squeamish about NTR, this is one of the better ones I could recommend.
Again, Top Tier stuff

Review for 0.3
I found this game only recently, avoiding it for some time because of perceived NTR, only to cave recently, and really found myself enjoying it. While others may disagree with my opinion on it because they prefer harder NTR, I found that the corruption and netorase elements were handled well, in such a way that I didn't get that guttural distaste that NTR would usually bring. In fact it was the opposite.

Perhaps a mild form of coping, I actually began rooting for the MC, Mars, and Cecille instead. Between the conversations about her backstory, with how her relationship with the Hero, Erin is more or less an obligation, and her undeniable chemistry with Mars, it more or less feels like a story about freeing a woman from an arranged marriage instead of your usual, run of the mill, overdone NTR.

While not every character currently gets as much coverage as Cecille, all have strong foundations and hit at some more potential, especially as relationships and factions develop in the lastest patch. The dynamic of Cecille versus Sera, especially as both fight for the Hero and Mars, and how Vi and Lavinia essentially pick sides, is refreshing and engaging, instead of the usual, where as soon as they fall for the MC, they lose all sense of agency and internal depth. In fact, this sort of interpersonal conflict is core to the game, and how the scenes play out. The context adds to the scenes.

A mild criticism, but an understandable one in the light of indie dev, is that there aren't too many characters, and the scene count is heavily skewed towards Cecille. This will change over time, but as of this version, Vi and Lavinia have a handful of scenes at best. Mind you Cecille is my favorite anyways. The handful of locations, and the few things you can actually do within these locations makes the game world feel a little small. While there is lore that is slowly developing, more or less, it feels like you're under house arrest, skipping things until you reach the night time to load up the trainer again. While this may seem as a pure negative, a plus from this is that the dev, understanding their limitations as a lone dev, seems certain on what they want to focus on, instead of spiralling out of control with regards to side content. When that happens, it's pretty safe to say that a game will never truly progress.

Visuals, improving as the game progresses, have begin to develop a sort of style to it. Even in its rougher spots, it manages to feel gross, in all the right ways. Compared to reusing the same assets from honey select and koikatsu, I must give points here.

Sound and UI/UX are functional, and while not flashy, never get in the way of the actual game itself. From what I can tell, I have not heard these songs elsewhere, indicating that they are original, which the dev mentioned, but I never confirmed. The UI/UX during the training scenes is decent.

All in all, where does that leave us? While my praise may sound lukewarm, this is high on my list on favorite games on this site. Many games, given the advantage of time, resources, and simply 3D assets from an engine, currently may have more content on paper(but honestly probably not, given how common dangling lewd scenes for the future is), but after playing one, more or less, you've played them all. Many of these games, even the highest rated ones, sputter out into the sidequest filling nonsense over pushing the main story, among other poor practices. Many games have absolutely overdone premises with honestly awful writing.

While derivative of common tropes, this game adds nuance into those situations, and hopefully as the game goes on, can build on the story to make something truly unique. In fact it's already going in a good direction. Even though this game is already one of the highest rated games on the site, I think this game needs much more coverage than what it gets. It's funny to say that something so highly rated is underrated, but here we are.

Looking at release timings, and the amount of content already in the game, I believe that the dev and the game are going in a great direction, and I have strong confidence in them. I think that with more time in the oven, for content, both lewd and story, as well as time for polish, adding more small interactions in the dead spaces in the game, and the game will become an undeniable force.

If I were to rate as a stock, I'd consider it a strong buy. In due time, and with a little luck, I think this game could really catch fire, I will definitely keep my eye on this one.

One of the few games I keep track and actively follow. The game has wonderful art and animation. The story and its progression is good with a slow but not too slow corruption system. Just to clarify, although it is labeled as NTR, you are cucker not the cuck. Can not wait for the author to finish the game. Support it if you can.

Version [0.2.6]
- The game made an excellent work in character development, the reasoning of all the character (MC included) is not forced by the script and it seems in a twisting way natural.
- The mini game added are fun and kinky
- the game made for a good fap, the art is good and taking into account limitations of the tipe of art detailed.

probably one of the games I'm most looking forward to on this site. some of the best character personalities I have played with and really good art. Can hardly wait for every update and the full release

very good story with somewhat less graphics but I don't dislike it in fact it improves it because it seems like pixels especially the scenes are good that you can see not only the torso of the girls but also the feet of the whole body and this animated very good game

V0.2.6

★ ARTWORK
Gorgeous pixel-art, varied fully animated scenes

★ STORY
Engaging enough, but it could be more "corruption" based instead of the gradual bittersweet romance. That's a choice, but I prefer my corruption with less romance. There's a bit too much dialogue I think, and the worldbuilding isn't strong enough to carry so much backstory for the characters. To put it bluntly: I didn't really care for the characters' backstory beyond their broad traits, and I also don't think it matters for the experience.

★ GAMEPLAY
Basic, but doesn't waste my time with useless grinding of stats, and I appreciate it. The speed at which everything unlocks could be re-balanced, but I think that will come as new content drops. For now it's fine.
I'm concerned about the "dungeon" phase however, I don't know if that will add to the experience or distract from it. A lot of porn games don't realise that sometimes a short intense experience is better than a long drawn-out one (well, that's an issue even in regular games now that I think about it !).
Same goes for the outdoor scene, it needs work ! (but I understand the intention and think that's a better way to add gameplay content than the dungeon. Or make it so the dungeonning feeds into the porn content instead of being its thing on the side)

★ SEXUAL CONTENT
The fully animated scenes really bump this game from a 4 ★ to a 5 ★

★ ENJOYMENT
I had a very good time with this demo and can't wait to see more !


FINAL VERDICT
★★★★★
This is a game I will easily recommend and follow as it progresses. It has a strong foundation with its pretty pixel art and kinky animated scenes.
The corruption content could be harsher on the main heroin, with more degradation, but that's a matter of personnal choice.
Overall a neat exeperience that doesn't waste too much time to get going and progress.

While the backdrop of the plot could be taken from a dumb H NTR story, the characters are a lot more interesting and less tropey than anime. Well written. I also like the art and character design a lot. Not only is the dialogue more realistic, the slight "imperfections" (well muscled or a bit thick) that you wouldn't see in most anime styles also set it apart in a good way.

An improvement in QOL I would suggest would be to add a marking of some kind to indicate whether characters have new dialogue to say or if it's exhausted.

Solid amount of content, lots of animations, high detail art, good dialogue, steady development pace, oh and they've actually focused on adding content to a couple girls instead of adding 20 girls with 2 scenes each.

I don't even like NTR and it's still one of the best games on F95.

This one's an absolute gem. The strength of the writing carries it over it's many deficiencies. Yes, the art is workmanlike. Some aspects like Dungeon raids don't work at all. Yes, there's a grind involved. Even with all that, you'll find the dialogue after every mini event highly engaging. The game tells a netori story to perfection and the corruption(literal as well as figurative) is intriguing to follow through. The primary LIs are part of a clichéd band of heroes yet still, their characterisation is distinct and well thought out. Even our hapless victim is written as the sort of sorry fella who's too far up his own asshole that you won't feel bad stealing his girls. The main character Mars isn't one note like many MCs and seem to be genuinely figuring his emotions out about the ordeal passed on to him.

Overall, for a new dev team, this is an incredible debut. Can't wait for more.
Edit: One suggestion for the future even though the dev has hinted at this for the future: emphasize the corruption aspect more by having the girls change their behavior, clothes, and personal grooming habits. Body mod options would be cool to have.

Even in its early state, this is an absolute gem. The writing and overall concept are some of the best I've experienced and the art has really grown on me. The unique corruption angle this game takes on is insanely good, the last few updates have gone in a wonderful direction imo, loving it!

Sure it's not perfect yet but there's fair warning for that, and what's there is pure gold. Wishing the devs the absolute best of luck with this game, and am really excited to see it develop. I'd love to see it do well for itself!

fucking top notch game. game play is the roughest atm as its mostly a number go up and enjoy the view style. Dev has obviously stated their intentions to add to it down the line. Right now the greatest aspect is by far the art and story. Nitro's understanding of characterization and compelling naratives. the corruption actually makes sense and the seduction is perfectly written. art only gets better and better also.

Incredible game with lots of potential. A story that takes itself seriously with characters actually having personalities and relatable thoughts. The animation's fluidity and the way messiness is shown is the best I have ever seen in any 2d game so far.
The character design of the female cast is also fantastic, hopefully there will be more body-types in the future.
The art is fantastic with great details and shades all enhancing various body-parts and fluids, which add lots of flavour for the scenes themselves.
The only real negatives were sometimes annoying to find events not triggering and no way to lose curse faster, forcing me to grind and skip a lot. Another small nitpick, which might be a fault of RenPy itself is that I can't load back into saves after specific triggers have happened (automatic saves), which caused me a lot of headache when trying to find where my save broke and where it didn't. Ultimately I found a save online to skip certain parts to continue the story. Another issue for me is a lack of control for certain animations as I had to hold down the mouse button and drag it to keep certain actions going, perhaps I missed something but that's how I dealt with it. Also sometimes the animations would spaz out, doing the loops 5 times in the span of a second so I had to change the options just to make it reset (might have been an issue with Cecille specifically as only her animations had it happen, the part where she is teasing/grinding on top while squatting specifically).
Story-wise I really enjoy how the characters unravel like layers from an onion, showing depth and emotions rarely seen in many h-games, which also greatly enhances the h-nature of the game for me personally. I also found it satisfying to have a character in an abusive situation actually caring about the other person and having boundaries they actually respect and havings feelings for their partner, rather than being remorseless and doing things without any thoughts about the consequences of their actions.
My hope is that in the future the quality will be as good or even better and should this game be complete and I believe this has the potential to be a masterpiece in its class. With more voice-acting it would raise the quality another notch higher as well, albeit it's unnecessary if it can't be done well enough as it is fine as it is. Lastly I would really like to have an option to unlock all scenes/animations gallery, mostly because I couldn't access all content when locked in a certain scenario. and playing through the long story and grinding via skipping is tedious.
As it is I am most interested about Sera and Mars' storyline even though the game is linear and you can't really choose one path specifically.
My first review since this game was so good I felt I had to rate it. Keep up the good work Nitrolith. (played v.0.2.6)

v0.2.6

Easily one of my new favorite games on the site. The writing is amazing, the sex scenes are extremely well-executed, and the art style is simple yet endearing.

As it is still in-development, however, there's a few things that should be noted.
1. It's a bit of a grind
- Personally, I'm not one to complain about grinding, but having to skip through the days to see a new scene got old quickly and messed with the "erotic flow" of the story.
2. Somewhat misleading tags
- I went into this game expecting to see some trap content, as the tags stated. The hero is definitely feminine, but there's not really any trap content as v0.2.6. I'm definitely planning on returning when it's added though.
3. Linear routes
- The story itself is extremely linear. I'm not too interested in the Demon Queen (compared to some of the other characters, Vi especially), so being forced to interact with her to progress the story wasn't great. As I mentioned above however, the writing is great, so it wasn't too much of an issue.

In short, I can't wait for the next update!

EDIT (v0.4.7):
The game has only improved. I genuinely think this is one of the best games on the site. The dungeon is still a bit useless, but the worldbuilding is great. If you're looking for a strictly porn game, look elsewhere, but if you're looking for a good game in general this is it. Overall I'd rate it around 4.7

Absolute fantastic game! The history is really well made! I started play this game with low expectation, but it showed one of the best games i've ever played! can't wait to see more history and the development of characters

v. 0.2.6

tl;dr recommended

You know a game has good writing when even with all the superficial pornographic BS games offer, there are still parts where one can genuinely relate to. This game has it sometimes.

Otherwise, i like the art and the characters and weirdly the woman is this game have the most character depth
But the MC? Even the hero while beeing cucked all over the place isnt as pale as the MC. Hes just... i dont know... kind of boring.

Besides this there are two parts i dont like:
1. Its to "grindy" in the way that you have to do every day more or less the same actions till you get your curse bar full and even after this, you need several day more because there are a shit ton of eventlike sequences after every day wich are good nad all BUT its just tedious without a skip button for the training progress.

2. and thats my personal prefference -> 2 girls got a curse but you can only see it in the character overview. Would be a lot hotter if you would actually see its progress on the body while playing.

Great game, you are the one who cucks. Writing is kinda cringe and the game can get boring if u play in long sessions, but the art and animations are quite good, really impressive for a new developer.