Ren'Py - Him [v0.3.3 Fix] [Kabuki]

V0.2.1

why? just why?
4.5 stars rating when i tried this and i cannot fathom why. loading the game shows the word "gallary"!
on top of this, the feed already has some negatives regarding the cat lady, who is clearly moonlighting or just got caught up when they walked onto the wrong set looking for the newest disney flop.
regardless, the rating makes no sense.

it makes even less sense when you spend some time seeing how the sandbox plays out. some locations are there but locked, due to not yet developed, which begs the question as to why they are even there at all, and there is so little content that i was skipping days waiting for some armour.
there really was fuck all else to do.
any other feed with such crap sandbox usage would be getting single stars normally.

the writing is mediocre and there is zero hook early game apart from 'here is some bland sex scenes'. it may be an adult game, but if this site had a walk-in library to browse titles, this one would be in the young adult section.

empty sandbox and lack of early plot make this easily forgettable for me.
just has nothing different or intriguing about it.

VERSION: v0.2.1 EDIT: 2.2
SUMMARY: Nice looking game with much potential, that has its quirks but is mostly screwed over being sandbox. EDIT: Sandbox been removed for more VN orientated game.
RATINGS: (out of 5):

1. Models: 4
2. Animations: 4
3. General Visuals: 4
4. Characters: 3
5. Story: 3
6. Writing: 4
7. UI & Gameplay: 3
8. Content (amount): 3
9. Sound & Music: 2
10. Fetish & kinks: 4

Average: 34 of 50 possible points giving a 70% rating i.e. 3-4 stars.

PROS:

1. Very nice looking models, female ones at least.
2. Nice animations and general physics are good albeit sometimes the loop is a bit short.
3. Overall renders and world details and quality is very good.
4. Writing is decent, reads well and is structured well.
5. Seems to have a few decent kinks so that's good.
6. Interactions during lewd scenes are rather good, so thats well done. Only thing that is potentially missing are more angles.
7. Plenty of kinks and fetishes which is NEVER anything to complain about!
8. Sandbox removed/adjusted for more VN style game is a strong positive and shows the developer does listen and improve, that alone is worth a star.

CONS:

1. No opacity setting for the dialogue menu or ability to change font colour.
2. Lack of ambient and lewd scene sounds is a bit disappointing considering the quality of everything else. NOTE: I thought there was none but there are some ambient sounds, like the slaps, this is due to the low volume of said sounds. Still no lewd sounds
3. Another MC who seems to have lost all body hair during his "warp" "time jump" whatever...another baby boy MC...
4. Added to point above, the MC is not particularly good looking, if the prostitute's look is anything to go by, he is a downright unattractive little runt.
5. Another "con" and issue I have is kind of a hypocritical one, that is that everything happens too quickly. Read comments below.
6. Story is a more of the same as we have seen before, but added a lot more nonsense and unrealistic aspects to it. Practically all the woman are sex starved fanatics that want the MC to dick them down because there are no men that can?...bullshit...but fun I guess.
7. Furry content is really not my thing im honest, also, these look more like stuffed dolls. If it was more realistic, at least the face not looking like a doll then fine I guess.
8. By far the worst is, Sandbox and stat grinding, I have come to tolerate certain sandbox games, provided you don't make it a chore for the player to grind for stats to unlock more content. This is again that tedious bullshit that requires you to skip time, be in a place at a time to do a think, just go VN proper ffs!
9. Pregnancy timeline, nothing is explained as to timeline and how long the player would want pregnancies to last, additionally, we also can't change this stat later apparently, yet don't know if we like our choice...silly.
10. New VN and free roam approach needs some TLC like a map or selection menu for the locations that can be explored or visited. Needing to go back 2, forward right then back 3 left 4 is almost as annoying as sandbox and will need a faster navigation menu.
11. Still not true VN as some sandbox elements still remain.

FINAL THOUGHTS & SUGGESTIONS:

• Bit sudden on the tit and rim job so quickly off the bat, especially considering our MC is a clueless (obvious) inter-dimensional traveler and to make it even more crazy, the chick actually says next time to get her knocked up...?Ok...didnt see that coming...Not that I am really complaining, its great, I can only hope things don't get boring later in the game
• Per above point and really the biggest gripe I have with this game is how it all happens so quickly for the MC. The premise is already bullshit i.e. traveling between worlds, but this is a game, still the MC demanding the princess as wife as one of his first words uttered to the queen...I mean...He gets basically everything any perverted twisted dude (most of use on this site) could ever want within the first 10min of gameplay...its just too much and while we love kinky shit, sexy shit, some of us do value all that tied into a decent story...
• I think this VN is meant to be a lighthearted game, the MC is clearly a fool and clown i.e. immature and taking it very lightly that he has been transported to what is arguably a world and time where pretty much everything can kill you and life expectancy was not a hell of a lot more than 40. So consider that during your playthrough.
• I think its a fairly decent game, despite the cons mentioned, I am concerned it will burn itself out quickly though and have little to offer, if the rate its going at is any indicator. That being said, games like Grandma's House have been going on a good while, its all pretty crazy also and there are loads of kinks happening all the time with a completely bullshit premise, so it can work here also I guess.
• My last comment on this is that the way the sandbox was implemented is EXACTLY how I detest it being done. Your mission, go to blacksmiths daughter, have a blow job, now fuckol, go home, sleep, go back to BS daughter and have a different BJ, go home and sleep, go back to BS daughter, more BJ, sleep AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH STUPID ASS SANDBOX. You simply have to grind and go from pillar to post to "unlock" content, its sure as shit not fun...really...and whats compounding this is that when developer make sandbox games, they often don't spread content development in interesting ways, its usually like I explained above, you just end up grinding away at one NPC until all content is done then wait for the next patch and its more of the same, its just...I can't even END RANT.
• The dev has opted to remove the sandbox for a more linear approach that has some free roam elements to it. However this system, while it works, will need more work on the interface and implementation.
• The navigation arrows on screen work as intended, however a nicer way to implement it is to create maybe a less obvious arrow? Also maybe highlighting intractables?
• The dev most likely spent time revamping the game and thus not much content was added to the most recent release, that said, the dev should try and tie events in to remove even more sandbox elements. Waiting till tomorrow to see the next scene with the blacksmiths daughter is still sandboxy and pointless. Consider letting events unfold more natural and give one day some free roam with random elements (unless missed by the player) or even consider having the player pick e.g., either slave girl or cow girl which sets creates its own chain of events necessitating playing the game again and picking the other. Elements like that require much more work, but you can get much more support and replay value.

NIce premise, and fetishes are right up my alley, you are given plenty of oppportunity for lewd stuff, which is cool.
but what really bothers is ren(that furry) why, hse seems so out of place dev should have made an elf or any generic women except that , it really breaks the immersion
also i hope there is no rng for impregnation it really sucks when you have to do the same scene over and over for the desired result
other than that i really loved the fact that you can handle the mission in your way and you get to see it's out come(no i won't be spoiling that, you gotta see it for yourself)
very good game , can't wait to see more (might be the best impregnation game yet)

There is first time for everything, and so is time for my first review.

I've played/watched quite a few VN's by now, but I really like this one, so far. So much, that I decided to drop my review too.
Very promising story-wise, visually it's perfect, dev seems to have spent lot of time designing things, including promising story.
Oh and well.. there is Maia..
5/5 @0.2 version

based on 0.2.0
Great beginning. Game have pretty generic isekai story with some fun twist. It try to introduce lot of domination and slavery themes right from the start - and it fits all mechanics. Story is simple and enjoyable but unfortunately short. It flow uninterrupted by any grind. Characters are also generic but very hot and beautiful. Scenes are exciting, quite long and engaging with lot of options. Sandbox is neither fun nor boring, probably would be better with more interactions if they will be added at some point. Depending on how quickly DEV will add content this could be hidden gem.

wow no thats how you start a game! great so far, renders look stunning and kinky stuff is quite well implemented. Esp. the sections about your slave are really hot and well done. Would be cool to be able to customize the girls intimate hair, feels wrong to have them all clean-shaven in a medieval fantasy world.

The game is amazing, nice graphics, good plot, perfectly implemented prostitution and slavery, animations are simply beyond praise, I haven’t seen such cool games in version 1.0 for a very long time. The developer is really great, there’s not even an unnecessary stupid grind, you just play the scenes They themselves are very varied and cool because of this, I recommend them to everyone.

5/5 for an opening, good story with perfect renders, man every girl is so beautiful. Although i think the furry one can be improved.
I think you can make the story a bit longer, slower and more teasing, render is perfect so just improve on the story.

Edit: Dropped my rating to 2 stars. Since 2.1 the game has become rather generic with the 'fun' features that interested me removed. It's now on rails with minimal freedom of choice. And with a story plot that is just going all over the place with little progress with the initially introduced characters.

The renders are nice, attractive, really enjoy the dominance. The getting a slave (hopefully more) aspect etc. Would love to see the depravity grow and getting to make the women expose themselves in public and private. Even wearing some set toys (plugs, leashes etc.)

The story is nothing ground breaking but it also doesn't overly dwell on itself trying to hype up the isekai aspect which I enjoy. All in all I give this a 4 out of 5 as it's good so far and it has potential to be great.

Looking promising. Great renders. Great content already in terms of lewd scenes. Dialogue can be better with regards to the contrast between the MC and the medieval fantasy setting. Not very realistic for a guy living in the Middle Earth to say the word "interstellar". Some typos here and there. But all in all great first release.

Pro: Models look good

Con: The story has a lot of potential, but it tends to move at a very fast pace right from the start. It would benefit from taking its time, especially since the main character is suddenly transported to a fantasy world without any knowledge of how things work. Additionally, the game offers limited choices for the player. For instance, there are situations where you can't explain what happened to the ogre, and you also can't choose to turn down the advances of female characters. Allowing more player agency could enhance the overall experience and make the journey feel more engaging.

I enjoyed this promising first release. I was sad when the content ran out, isn't that all that really matters?
Visually it's fine, no good or bad surprises. The writing is pretty good, I am curious to see what happens next! The choices available are not always completely satisfying to me, but that doesn't bother me much. I believe these games do best when they focus instead of trying to cover every single potential path. In other words: I want to see the next update much more than I'm interested in seeing more choices.

Great job, more please!