You play the role as [checks vndb for protags name] Souichirou. Oh right, I forgot. This game also lets you enter your own name since the girls just call you onii-chan or nii-sama or some variations of those. Right, so you're this bozo you see, and you live together with your five blood related little sisters somewhere in the middle of the prefecture of Arabama, Japan. One day your parents leave on a business trip (presumably) so now you're left alone to spend the summer together with your imoutos. That's it. End of story. What comes next is a very long series of what the fuck am I doing with my life.
See, we all know why we read this particular VN. Nobody expected a masterpiece of writing. Nobody expected stellar plot hooks. Nobody who ever reads these things thinks to himself "man that's some profound life changing shit right there". The problem is that the writing here is so abysmal I simply could not play this game for any extended period of time. The dialogue is pure garbage. Look, I know it's porn, but COME ON! Now I know what you're going to say: "You're just a retarded snob! Why do you even care about writing in a nukige?". I actually don't. The problem is that the writing here is so bad that it is absolutely impossible to ignore.
"STFU, smartass, no one gives a shit. We're just here to coom so tell us about how the porn is." Well the porn is alright. I think many of the scenes could even be hot. The problem is that the dialogue gets in the way of enjoyment. It's utterly bizarre. For instance the first time you're doing it with the pink haired one she's like "Don't fuck my pussy cuz I don't want to get pregnant. Do me in the ass instead. Ow, it hurts, onii-chan!" BITCH HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF CONDOMS???? The whole novel is full of dumb shit like this that is neither hot nor funny.
The girls are quite basic.
You have pink haired Aya who is the cute lovable and caring type.
You have blue haired busty tsundere queen Rio who is best girl.
You have the loli twins: Hiyori who is very shy and reserved and always pisses herself (ughhhhhhh) and Koharu who is the opposite and is kind of a cool character actually.
You have Michika who is the cool sadistic type. Her scenes are the most out there.
Most of the scenes are alright I guess and cover a surprisingly wide range of fetishes. They would be better if they were shorter tho. If you came here to coom you're probably in the right place. Maybe. Again, the writing pulls the entire thing down.
The art is ok. It's very colorful and fluffy. Not my favorite art style but it gets its job done. My main complaint is that the girls only have one single sprite pose. It's typical for nukiges I've noticed, but it won't stop me from complaining about it. Oh, and some of the H-scenes are animated but the quality ranges from mid to shit. Seriously just look at the Aya blowjob scene. It looks like something out of a horror novel. I appreciate the effort but no thanks. ZyX did it waaay better. The VA's did a good job I guess but the lines are so bad that it doesn't even matter. The music is forgetable as you can imagine.
Now to the technical side of things. I ran this game on Linux under WINE and I did not have a good time. First of all the game refused to run in full screen. Secondly I had lots of technical issues pertaining to clicking the buttons. The buttons and the cursor were offset and even if I could get the cursor in the proper position it took several clicks to actually register the command. I know it's not the game's fault since it was designed for Windows, but I just wanted to point this out since there might be some Linux bros out there reading this. One more reason to avoid it, I suppose.
So did I enjoy my time with ImoPara 1? FUCK NO! It took me a whole year to get through it and for the last two girls I just skipped through most of their routes just to unlock the full gallery to calm down my OCD. The game has six routes, one for each girl, and one for the TRVE HAREM ENDING!!!11one. Entering a girl's route is easy: just pick the same girl when the option comes up. If you want the harem route then pic "do nothing". I don't know why but I found this strangely poetic.
Anway, final verdict: two VERY generous stars since I will admit there were a couple of hot scenes. Strictly for imouto fans who live in Alabama and even then there are probably a ton of better visual novels out there. I hear a lot of people mirror my sentiments, and those who read the following sequels say that they are miles better, but we'll see.
Total read time: 16 hours, but I skipped like almost half the content.
See, we all know why we read this particular VN. Nobody expected a masterpiece of writing. Nobody expected stellar plot hooks. Nobody who ever reads these things thinks to himself "man that's some profound life changing shit right there". The problem is that the writing here is so abysmal I simply could not play this game for any extended period of time. The dialogue is pure garbage. Look, I know it's porn, but COME ON! Now I know what you're going to say: "You're just a retarded snob! Why do you even care about writing in a nukige?". I actually don't. The problem is that the writing here is so bad that it is absolutely impossible to ignore.
"STFU, smartass, no one gives a shit. We're just here to coom so tell us about how the porn is." Well the porn is alright. I think many of the scenes could even be hot. The problem is that the dialogue gets in the way of enjoyment. It's utterly bizarre. For instance the first time you're doing it with the pink haired one she's like "Don't fuck my pussy cuz I don't want to get pregnant. Do me in the ass instead. Ow, it hurts, onii-chan!" BITCH HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF CONDOMS???? The whole novel is full of dumb shit like this that is neither hot nor funny.
The girls are quite basic.
You have pink haired Aya who is the cute lovable and caring type.
You have blue haired busty tsundere queen Rio who is best girl.
You have the loli twins: Hiyori who is very shy and reserved and always pisses herself (ughhhhhhh) and Koharu who is the opposite and is kind of a cool character actually.
You have Michika who is the cool sadistic type. Her scenes are the most out there.
Most of the scenes are alright I guess and cover a surprisingly wide range of fetishes. They would be better if they were shorter tho. If you came here to coom you're probably in the right place. Maybe. Again, the writing pulls the entire thing down.
The art is ok. It's very colorful and fluffy. Not my favorite art style but it gets its job done. My main complaint is that the girls only have one single sprite pose. It's typical for nukiges I've noticed, but it won't stop me from complaining about it. Oh, and some of the H-scenes are animated but the quality ranges from mid to shit. Seriously just look at the Aya blowjob scene. It looks like something out of a horror novel. I appreciate the effort but no thanks. ZyX did it waaay better. The VA's did a good job I guess but the lines are so bad that it doesn't even matter. The music is forgetable as you can imagine.
Now to the technical side of things. I ran this game on Linux under WINE and I did not have a good time. First of all the game refused to run in full screen. Secondly I had lots of technical issues pertaining to clicking the buttons. The buttons and the cursor were offset and even if I could get the cursor in the proper position it took several clicks to actually register the command. I know it's not the game's fault since it was designed for Windows, but I just wanted to point this out since there might be some Linux bros out there reading this. One more reason to avoid it, I suppose.
So did I enjoy my time with ImoPara 1? FUCK NO! It took me a whole year to get through it and for the last two girls I just skipped through most of their routes just to unlock the full gallery to calm down my OCD. The game has six routes, one for each girl, and one for the TRVE HAREM ENDING!!!11one. Entering a girl's route is easy: just pick the same girl when the option comes up. If you want the harem route then pic "do nothing". I don't know why but I found this strangely poetic.
Anway, final verdict: two VERY generous stars since I will admit there were a couple of hot scenes. Strictly for imouto fans who live in Alabama and even then there are probably a ton of better visual novels out there. I hear a lot of people mirror my sentiments, and those who read the following sequels say that they are miles better, but we'll see.
Total read time: 16 hours, but I skipped like almost half the content.
