Ren'Py - Holiday Island [v0.4.5.1] [darkhound1]

An awesome game provinding depth and variety. The beauties are not just incredibly sexy, each have a different personality, different ways to react. The grinding and gathering is worth it! One of the best games on F95 I have ever played!

The best game I have played. Played a hundred times and still finding new scenes and the game is frequently updated with new content. If you like top heavy and some fit women in bikinis and other revealing outfits who all want to talk about their big boobs and eventually screw you then you will enjoy.

Great renders. Very hot girls. Yes, some of their boobs are ridiculous size, but just give in to it. It's hot. Suggest using the cheat companion or it can be very grindy, but the events are quite something. Not much of a narrative (that I have seen so far), but lots of PLOT, if you know what I mean.

This Review is based with my personal experience with the actual Version of the game 0.1.5.1 with my specific opinions and feelings .

Holiday Island is a non linear sandbox game based and story begins when the MC win a lottery for an holiday on a Pacific Island. ; but is not just a normal island , because it is full of beautiful and gorgeous girls ;about this there is an introduction that will explain everything to the player so immediately everybody can easily immerse themselves in the incredible world of Holiday Island .In this holiday you will learn how to know all the girls , how to interact with them , how to seduce and have sex with them ;there are full of different location where you can have so many different situations. Naturally like I wrote before this is a sand box game , so the Mc have to increase many skills and statistics and the quality of your relationships is the key to Mc progress. The game is constantly updating the parameters for traits such as: love, affection, anger, strength, charm and endurance.

Pros:
-Story and Writing : I don't agree with other reviews that write that there is no story or is basic game ; it's completely the opposite , because only during the playing ,all girls will give you all information about them,to build a complete background for every character . More there is the story about the background of the resort , some mysterious thinks about Joy , the gorgeous woman that give you first news about your winning and soon Mc will understand that is not only a hot sexy girl , but a brainy scientist ( no more spoil here , just play the game ) and that behind this resort there is something actually mysterious ( but this thinks will be revealed I think a little be more in next update ) .
-There are full of different Locations : girl's room , beach , pool , gym , sauna , reception , clinic , to enjoy and have a plenty of different interactions
-The way how the Developer build the gameplay , made a true big difference with the other sandbox games , because you don't have to follow a predetermined path and you can freely move all around the different locations and interact with the girls at your own rhythm and with your personal feeling
-Girls are gorgeous hot an sexy , you can choose between 20 different girls ; if you are big boobs lover , this is the perfect game to play and to like ; all woman , are completely different , in background , in sex behavior and relations ; so many available achievements and content for the major part of girls with so many different sexy dresses ; the player will have a vastness of incredible choices in this game
- Animations and Renders are very hot and exciting , full of different sex scenes and details ;this part is ,without any doubt ,one of the best part of the game .
-Many hours of playing ; the game offers many days of full gaming , without annoying or boring , with dozen of achievements and actions to make

Neutral :
-Grinding , in my opinion is absolutely perfect ; but if somebody can be afraid about this think , you can use the Mod of Nice Erotica directly from the OP , so easy and nice to use , to make simpler your gaming adventure

Cons
-Some girls lacks of some contents , but this is a provisional thing , because this game it's not completed and the Dev make usually solid updates with new contents for all characters
-Actually there is no music and sound in the game but like I wrote before , this is not yet a completed game so I hope for the future it will be added something

Overall ,this is absolutely a game worth to play , 5 stars review.
A game not only for gamer that like sandbox game or gorgeous sexy girls with big tits , but for all players that enjoy to play adult games. For gamers that enjoy when a product it's make with love , full of contents , details . Because immediately when a player begins to play , immediately feel the great work of the Dev , in all his things , from the smallest detail . Maybe somebody will not like the sandbox genre and maybe could prefer the Visual Novel style gaming , but everybody will understand how Holiday Island is a great game , immediately recognizing that the Developer , Darkhound is creating this opera with a hard work , professionalism , inspiration , but especially with a big big love.

Version 0.3.7.0
Updates are still good. A lot of improvements and QoL have been made.

Version 1.5.1beta.

Great game for big boobs lover.
The art is amazing and the game play despite being a bit grindy is quite enjoyable, there are a lot of activities to do, places to meet the girls (pool, beach, gym, restaurent, massage ) and events ( wet tshirt and butt contest ).
The game is updated regularly and the dev often post in the game thread.

Version 0.1.8.2

UI overall is on going, higher pictures resolution are used. Old stuff is being updated, there is now another event at the night-bar, hot shots, it's like strip poker but with questions/drink instead of cards, the girls (not all) come with a new outfit to play and if you win the game there is potential reward (sex or else).

Something I didn't mentioned in my first review, all the girls are hand crafted, they don't come from a CG library.

Version 0.1.9.0

One of the best update so far, sharper UI, implementation of the new game play with Amy, you do quests to gain love/affection stats which provides a better synergy with the game (exemple : knowing the girls stats, kinks etc).

Very good game. Graphics are cool, girls are very different with unique wizard in the beginning to suit eeyones' body taste. There are various activities, but they seem to be too repetitive and more unique quests are needed. Except this, the game is fun, easy (but grindy). It has mini games, a lot of levels for revealing a girl and having fun with her. Keep up the good work!

My reasons why this is way my favourite westerner adult game I've tried so far:

1.- Large quantity and quality of content:
- The amount of content is pretty huge considering the game is still in it's 0.1.4 version.
- Up to 18 high quality and totally exclusive girls each one with her own personality and background. Some of them still lacks in content but it will be added soon.
- Not to mention excelent render quality.

2.- Interesting gameplay:
- The only game that made me enjoy playing just by it's gameplay beyond the girls beauty or the sexual content.
- Is set up as a non-linear sandbox with some RPG and Viusual Novelty (only during the scenes) elements. That means you don't have to follow a predetermined path and you can freely move all around the environment and interact with the girls at your own rythym and tastes. This part may be enlarged and improved but still is one of the best I've tried so far.
- All content is accesible in a single savegame. No need for secondary game starts.
- No chance to miss content by "wrong" choices. If you fail to reach the best scene ending at your first attempt you can always retrigger the scene and find it.
- The RPG elements like the player skills and the girls stats enriches the game and makes it funnier to play. Especially at the beginning when you have constantly to take decisions about raising your stats or building your relation with the girls.

3.- Nice approach to sex and personal relations:
- The way to build your relations with the girls is kind of "realistic". Again the dating part of the game might be improved but at least it doesn't contains shitty stories about mental control, demon pacts, unnecessary incest, forced sex or blackmailing.
- Sex and some non-sex scenes are extended with significant dialogs.

4.- And better than anything, the patreonage deal the dev has set up with the players on his patreon page:
- DH is one of the few devs that don't overrate his game with ridiculous tier prices, delays or shortened versions. Releases are served completed, for free and at the same time for everyone.
- As long the game is non-linear and there is no chance to miss content no walkthrough is needed to play it. Again, that means no extra tiering for a walktrough is asked for.
- The game is continuously evolved with player's ideas and suggestions.

Speaking of renpy games with significant choices here is an interesting one:
- What kind of developers you want to support and promote? The ones who uses all sort of tricks to make you pay more for the game or the ones who tries to offer everyone his best game posible?
I have no doubt about it.

Side note:
- The sex scenes are not always easy to reach. If you don't like to make any effort to reach them or you just want to follow a sort of fully detailed instructions without having to think or decide anything, you are not going to like this game.

I had a great time playing this game so far.
Maybe it's a little lacking on the story side, but I guess it is in progress.
However it is one of those games where I don't feel blocked but some easy-to-miss detail in the gameplay and I'm sure that its excellent interface has a lot to do with that.
It is also great that actions are 1 or 2 click away, and it doesn't feel like wasted time to do them.
Great game in general.

- One of best game i have played so far , graphic quality is over expectation for this kind of game , all girls are unique and beautiful .
- A treasure for people who fall in love with busty girls and want to live in harem dream
- Developer doing a excellent work , always release a quick updates with almost immediately fixed bug

Extreme grind, and not much sex after hours of playing. It feels a bit juvenile - you basically have to get the women to let you ogle and grope them. Repeatedly, in the exact same way every time. There are some good graphics, but that's all I can say for it.

This review shares my thoughts and opinions about Holiday Island [v0.1.4.1].
I'm don't rate this game based on it's genre!
Please excuse my rather poor english grammar and spelling, if you find any mistakes.

Story [1/5]: You spent time on a island with many girls. Beyond the intro is nearly no story found, except the MC wanting to know more about the implants (MC and girls have them) and the company.

Characters[2/5]: The MC ain't got much of a personality and you can't really make "wrong" decisions. -> If the affection from a girls drops to zero, then you can just start again from there. The good thing about this: everyone can easily play this MC and he is a well done plank page.
The girls all nearly got the some dialog and their events all play out kind of similar. The developer tried giving all girls a personality, but there is nothing really unique about any of them. They didn't leave a deep impression, so I couldn't distingish much between them. The good thing about this: You can't get all girls on the island (It's capped by nine girls), so you don't miss any kind of story, because they are so similar.

Interface [5/5]: The interface is strucured, easy to use and looks fantastic. You have really handy options to see what you need to do or how your stats and the girls stats change. All important features are at hand and the time managment works awesome, too!

Renders/Animations [5/5]: The great foundation of this game are the different girls. All of them look unique and beautiful. The events and scenes are very hot, exciting and go well with the animations.

Gameplay [4/5]: Even thought there is literally no story, it is still exciting to play, because the girls are hot and the game feels consistent. You learn really fast, what the girls like and what you need to do for progress.
I didn't like the repetitive dialog options. Every girl has positive/neutral/negative answers to your same questions and they destroy any kind of deeper perosnality within the girls.

Remains [3/5]: There is no music/sounds, but that didn't matter to me. The randomness for events/scencs/appointments was a little annoying, but still acceptable. Without the mod, this game would be really grindy. There were no spelling mistakes or any kind of bugs.

All in all I rate this version with a [3,33/5], because I wished for more unique personalities and character traits.

Be prepared for a lot of grinding. Cheats/Mods highly recommended. Unless you want blue balls.

There isn't much story to it. The focus is on the Dating Sim gameplay. (good choice)

Content is enough for some girls and scarce for others. It can be difficult to get to some events because they happen randomly or you have to meet certain ridiculous requirements.

There are some amazing animations/renders and girls for every taste. Also, they look awesome.

You have freedom to do whatever you want without consequences. if you screw something up, you can just grind yourself back to where you were, or trigger the event again.

Holiday Island v0.1.4.1

I've spent more time playing THIS game than any other of this type.

- All the women look amazing; there is SO much attention to detail

- The situation, although highly unlikely, is at least plausible for anyone who has ever bought a lottery ticket

- The story is slowly explaining WHY all the women look the way they do

- The techniques for gaining intimacy are essentially the same for each woman: chatting and performing actions to build up friendship, affection, love and lust; it makes for a more focused gameplay

- There is no "dating my daughter" or "corrupting my cousin" or "fondling my mother"

- There are minimal "Groundhog day" scenarios; the repetitive actions have enough variability to make each time the situation comes up again still interesting

- There is no "bad choice" which will close off a potential storyline; if one of the women gets angry, there are ways to make up

- Except for the occasional spying (and a strange pink pill), the main character has to treat the women WELL to make any progress

- There are minimal "random quests"; each quest involves getting to know each woman better (buying swimwear, chatting to get pictures, borrowing a charger)

- There are random events which trigger from just walking around which keeps the game from becoming predictable

- A few basic programming commands allow for the most interesting cheats

- Did I mention the art is incredible?

Holy shit, this is good. It's kinda like Superpowered without the superhero/incest/NTR stuff. I wouldn't mind some NTR, but the rest is a welcomed subtraction.

The game has a ton of girls, but almost all of them have impossibly big tits. More girls like Lacey please!

Great overall game with constant updates.
Graphic quality is over expectation for this kind of game.
Dev cares about his work.
Story is followable without high requirements.
Repeatable actions by playes likings.

The good...
The renders. Yes please! (Aly, seriously, I don't even like blonds but Aly...)
Renders. It deserves this twice. Top notch looking with variety among the girls.
The dev has actively added to and improved the game over time.

The bad...
Many of the girls feel incomplete, limited renders and scenes. (However see above.)
The grind. The game uses a lot of mechanics on top of each other, many variables to level AND lust that can be both too low or too high and often requires a tight range for a scene AND time of day/location requirements AND chance requirements for events AND requirements for the girls stats AND what girls even show up on the island in the first place being chance based to an extent. The effort for reward can be steep.
That is compounded by the fact that this game is probably 2nd after "Corruption" for games that would hugely benefit from a complete gallery option after you've seen something once. (The game has one, it isn't bad but it doesn't include everything or all variables like outfit options).

The also important...
There is an incredible mod linked to the first post that helps, really is almost needed. It also includes a guide. If you're using it the game is easily 4 stars.

Final vote...
A 3 that's improving and buried inside is the makings of a 5.

This game is fu**ing amazing!!!
To choose your type of girl is a complete new thing and i like it.
The skimpy outfits are good too
The game mechanics are good and easy to understand.
The picture quality is quite good.
I love it !

PROS

As you can see in the images, there are many girls, and some of them are pretty. The plot is a good idea. Simple, but nice. You spend your life in a Paradise hotel with lots of girls around you. I don’t want to be more specific. It has good pictures and its more or less erotic.

CONS

The creator progresses too slowly with this game. When you see the “changelog” to see the difference between versión 1.3 and 1.4 you realise it’s tiny. They say “more tan 400 renders”, but when you played it you realise it’s a small progress. That’s for one reason: TOO many girls. The creator includes like one or two scenes for each woman in each new update. That’s a problem, because I don´t like every women, and most important, I don’t like them the same way. Maybe it would be better if they were less women but only the pretty ones. Ok ok… and it’s subjective. Well, that’s another problem. But games like Milfy City, Dating my Daughter, Man of the House… have a few women and people doesn’t complain. You know what I mean? Of course, now if you erase whichever girl in Holiday Island, people will complain, because they already know them. That’s a big problem for Darkhound. 7 girls should be enough

Personally, my favourite ones are Joy and Jessica. I also like Desire and Heather.

There’s no sound in the game. Like the majority of ren’py games. People will not complain about it because they have adapted, but this isn't normal. Every game should have music and sound effects, period.

A really hot and original game. Interesting gameplay I have never seen a game with such a variety of characters created with talent. Many hours of play. What more? The time the game is in construction it is interesting to know with which characters to play to see the content but it is normal.

Lots of content, great models, good game play, and still being updated. The poker gets a little repetitive, and there are a couple of unfinished/buggy places, but overall this is a great product to support.