Unity - Horny Union [0.0.6.03 Public] [Horny Union]

This game is fundamentally high quality- however, it practically amounts to complete failure due to neglect to develop the game on both axis: it's going to be a vast game, but it'll be an incredibly shallow one.

The premise is quite alright, it can get you into the action fast; which is something I and many others like- the game isn't as grindy as people make it out to be- you can max out a character quite quickly. The scenes, art, and animation, are all well done. If I rated the game on this alone, I would give it five stars.

So why am I giving it two stars? Well- I've been observing the game since 0.0.2 - I don't like what I see. I waited until posting this review to see if they would address what I'm about to criticise, but they haven't in many updates.

The developer keeps adding "more characters"- so, art. They added body writings or something or another- which is sprites, also art. They're expanding on art. However, they're not adding new scenes. They're not expanding on how you can interact with the characters. They aren't adding in new animations.

This cuts the game's legs out from under it. I did describe the game as not grindy, but you still invest some time to get any character to max level. Now- why would you do that if all the characters level up exactly the same, interact exactly the same except for what dialogue they speak, and they give you the exact same scenes? A combination of all these factors make it unworthy to play the game- this is why people describe it as a grindy game- the repetition is tedious- the game plays like a very lite dating sim that ends up being a scene gallery, and then- it has only about two scenes.

The reason I am very harsh on this aspect is this:

1. a) The developer uses the "extra characters" as an excuse to keep plugging Patreon - a man's got to eat, I understand, but this isn't the right course to develop the game if you intend for it to be a good game- it is going to make it a very shallow game.
   
   
2. b) The more they add new characters without considering new scenes, new mechanics or other gameplay additions, the more difficult it will be to add these things to all existing characters. Which is easier- holistically developing your game with respect to both axis- or pushing out so many characters that when the time comes to, say, add a simple sex position- now you've got to do it for 20 characters? And that effort will be just to have included one more scene.

A bit of a ramble, I know, but I hope I was able to articulate why this game is not set up for success- and frankly, I don't think it wants to be. I hate buzz words, but it really does seem like a cash grab, if it attracts a few buyers and makes some money, it would be a success in the eyes of the developer.

I am going to edit this review in the event the game improves in respect to my criticisms.

Others have said it too. It's some animations with a lot of grind in between. You have three mini games: Dates have uninspired dialogue and you have to pick the correct option from three lines two of which are obvious wrong choices. Unfortunately this is the most fun part of the game. The photoshoot mode is the worst, you just say lines to your girl and the camera will zoom to her body. Rinse and repeat for about half a minute. You literally can't fail it. Finally there's the sex mode which has two animations (doggy and missionary). All the girls have the exact same body with the choice of three tits sizes. I don't know which is most boring, photoshoot mode or sex. The gameplay loop consists of having to play the different modes with each girl to unlock more "customisation" (the same two outfits for every girl and the option to change the tits size). The grind became less over some updates but the game is still boring.

Avoid

good, game, girls actually do have different body shapes but it seems to be the breasts only, you can also change the skin colour o fthe guy which is cool to. there are two positions, riding and doggy. Good content for 4 months since release.

The art is good and the general concept is fun enough. But it suffers from pretty significant grind that basically exists to waste time. Some games - porn or otherwise - do grind in a fun way, this is not one of them.

Beyond that there's the issue that all of the women are effectively the same. I mean they look different and technically they say different things on dates, but it's all window dressing. All of the sex scenes are the same between women, the dates are more or less the same, the progression is the same. There isn't any story or anything that would make you care about interacting with new characters. Once you've completed progression with one of them there really isn't any compelling reason to do anything with any of the others since it's just the same things over and over again.

Basically a flash game with insane grind. No meaningful mechanics or gameplay. Nothing but bland dialogue and memorization of questions. The art is nice but every character is the exact same proportions. H scenes are super bare bones.

im only giving it a 3 because it is a really early version now on to the review:

this is barely a game as of version 0.0.4 this is more of a test of my patience and ability to click the same few menus again and again. and only really on my radar because of the clean art style and asthetics but even then all of the characters having the same ish expression

the dialogues for the sex and photo-shoot are exactly the same for all the characters (atleast the ones i had the patience to get through) which is a shame but i cant expect them to write so much dialouge variation especially since this is a very early version of the game and repeating the same minigames 6 times per character is a joke honestly

here are some things i feel would benefit the game
1: characters dont unlock all at once they unlock one after the other like some progression system
2: there should be some special gimmick for every character (no, having all of them have special interactions for one of the date locations doesnt count)
3: slow down on the characters: making the characters have more meaningful interactions (photoshoot and sex) and making them more unique from each other (maybe different positions and stuff or anything really)

now i have never made a game and dont know how difficult or impossible these changes would be but i would still think adding these changes would be more worthwhile for the end product as compared to the current game

Version 0.0.3.02

Going against the grain here, but this really fails as a game as of this version.

The good is that that animations, art, and scenes are all very well done. There's not much else to say, other than they're arguably worth it, if you want to grind 1 of the characters.

Unfortunately, the best way to describe this is spam clicking the game. You have to determine what the correct response is for a given character and determine which of the date locations they like. If you can't, it's impossible to progress since you require a minimum of 2 (more often 3) "perfect dates" to complete levels. The thing is, outside of a couple of levels for the player, you only get $100 per day, and perfect dates require $200 (at least what I found). There's a photoshoot mechanic, which again amounts to trying to guess which of 3 options makes the most progress, but only gives a little "XP", basically. Thern there's the sex scenes, which pretty much amount to clicking a "tool" and body part until you run out of stamina, so you get 1 orgasm for the girl and player per time (unless there's a significantly better option of what to do i didn't find), though with max player level you might get 2 (I didn't yest that, since I got sick of the grind).

The thing is, other than breast size and the default outfit, all the characters are the same body, animation, exc. There's effectively no differences between the characters, but they all require a shit toon of clicking to fully level up.

Basically, the shit gameplay completely kills the enjoyment of what would have been a very good scene pack.

This will be a really good game one day. (0.0.2)

Gameplay 6/10

You go on dates with choices, your objective is to collect 3 stars with all the right answers to get a booty ticket.
The photoshoot part of the game is pretty much the same, you just want to say the right thing to get them horny.
It gets really grindy later on.

Art 8/10

Really good art with really good animations. Would've given it a 9 but the big boob buff looks bad.

Story 6/10

The are from anime and video-games, they have lore connected to their games.

Amount of Content 4/10

It's too grindy for what you get. The main issue I have is that all characters share scenes, they're just reskins. You technically have 2 scenes with 3 skins. It's still 0.0.2, I hope they make a few more changes.

nice 2d animations and some good vocal work are the hilites of this demo

30 seconds to truck-kun and some verrry basic dating sims make me wonder if there wasnt a better way to set this genre hopping parody up but thats prolly beside the point

all i see are padlocks that i gotta grind to unlock

The animations are great, the ui is great. Everything works flawlessly from my testing


I was very sceptical at first because this looks like a crime game which is mostly behind paywalls

Althought you need to pay to access tifa, most of the content is unlocked for free.

What I dislike is that every character is basically the same, the same animations, same positions, the same unlocks, the same way to progress. It gets very repetitive. I was expecting some sort of variation from one character to an other but its really just the same thing with a different skin. The animations are identical. So basically chose your favorite character and thats it, you've seen everything the game has to offer.

I'd give this a 3.5 but I cant, so Its getting a 4 since 3 would be too low.


This game is for sure going the right way though. Keep it up.

game turned into 1/2 star dating stuck with 5 ungrateful bitches
if you somehow get to 3 stars with a woman there is no content

author constantly ups his patreon links to every character
and whole game is unplayable if you don't score high on dates

on dates you also must LIE, you can't just say what you think
making this whole experience shallow
no woman would date a person who just yesman her around
and say exactly what she wanna hear

Now this is how you do a demo!
Showcases exactly what you get, and it's good.

You'd never think this was a Unity game. Has skipping that works, and a well designed UI.

Animations and characters are top notch.

Did end up having a memory leak after playing for a while (Maybe look into that HornyUnion). Crashed after eating up all 32 Gb.
*Fixed

It can be a grind to do the same thing for leveling up every character, but they're enjoyable to look at while doing it, so it ends up not retracting from the score for me.

Another great thing, typically Unity games that launch in fullscreen have half the menu, ui and image cut off. Ultra-Widescreen.. But this game actually scales properly, and works out of the box. :thumbsup
(Has a slight overlay at desk, that doesn't reach sides, but used to that with other games.)

Oh, and it has content you feel is pretty full.

Bookmarking this and looking forward to updates!

Animations look great and the game aspects were enjoyable for what kind of game this is. UI is seamless. The scaling for leveling is surprisingly good and never made this feel like a grind. Also, for a demo there is plenty of content to enjoy at the moment without waiting months (or years).