VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Karma [v1.0 Extended] [PowerPlower]

The renders are great, but that is about it. Story is minimalistic, only few options to select and multiple endings to have, but there is not much in-between. If the game was longer and explored the characters more, it would be an amazing game, but for now feels more like a demo rather than flesh out game.

There is no real story here just a flimsy setup that dosent really go anywhere.

There is no real vengeance and almost all the sex is just standard(no kinks), there are a couple of exceptions but they are still quite mild(very little bdsm).

Trying to get all the ending is ridiculous and practically impossible without a guide(still hard even with it).

Characters are ok but the game is not really long enough to get to know them.

The game is almost entirely a cuck fest as you have to see the "bad guy" fuck your girls no matter the choices but what can you expect from a game where the best end is to get the leftovers of a guy who has cucked you once already.

The are is quite good as are the short sex scenes(most of which do not include the MC)

Story 1/5 (minimal)
Sex 2/5 (mostly cuck)
Characters 2/5 (ok)
Art 4/5 (quite good)
Choices 2/5 (lots but confusing)
Kinks 2/5 (cuck, mild bdsm)

v1.0

Its a very short VN however you'll need multiple playthroughs to unlock the different endings. Kinda like a new game plus mechanic.

Story wise i'm not a fan of revenge themes but in this case the antagonist is downright horrible person you're better off on the vengeance path, you also have a personal history with him. Moreover you're actually saving the girls from him. Yea you'd have to be manipulative but i'd say its the greater good and lesser evil thing, furthermore it unlocks the best ending. I do wish the supporting character Samantha had a bigger role and presence, maybe paths for a reconciliation or revenge against her, she is as equally messed up as the antagonist. There's some NTR content that is avoidable, just pick the correct choices. Overall story is simple and short but entertaining nevertheless.

As for characters, well this game is pretty short so they're not very well developed but whats available is enough for the story. Unlocking endings will open new paths that will shed new light on their personalities, circumstances and behavioral patterns. I mean its not deep but it works.

Models, renders and animations are above average. Its not the top in the market and not bad but its still decent. This VN is probably more for devs to gain experience and getting their feet wet. Dev's next game brought up the quality several notches though, so look out for their new game.

Overall a fun game, its short so its perfect for playing on your breaks.

The game is good, but main flaw for me is that it is very short. It's not like a complete diverse story, but more like "a couple of episodes". I think developer understood that as well, so he(she/they) decided to put a content into several "loops".

So in order to get all the choices you need to play it several times. And I'm talking not about usual: "try different paths". No, just to get new choices on the SAME path - you need to finish the game and then start anew. Some called it "novelty", but I call it "stretching content" to make it look bigger. And personally I'm not a big fan of this method.

As to NTR/non-NTR. Well if you don't like NTR - then you won't get HALF (or more) of the game that is already rather short.

But since despite its flaws I kinda liked it - I decided to give it "Good". Would be better if it were a bit deeper and developed, but well, still worth a shot. Won't take much of your time. Just remember: when you finished it once (in 15-20 mins) you just got about 20% of content. Replay.

I liked it a lot, it was a breath of fresh air in the realm of stale gameplay concepts.

Art was good, scenes were good, music was solid.

Could have been longer, or had more branching paths, but I understand the amount of permutations becomes unwieldy when you're writing an ending already for 3*2*2 heh.

If you're at all interested in novel gameplay concepts paired with consequences, definitely check this out!

The games have sharp and crisp animations and models but they lack content and choices. there are very few scenes and animations. the story is almost fully centered on hard NTR. if the game had more story and scenes and the game had more play time the game would have been more enjoyable.

Game version : 1.0 Extended
Play-through time : very short (less than 1h)

Pros:
+Sharp graphics
+Models
+Good story telling

Cons:
-paths strategy (see below)

I think it's a bad idea to make routes and force you to play one to unlock another (I disagree with some other ratings that way).
Routes should be available by choices you made in your current play-through, not a previous one.
I get the fact the game is named Karma, and it may refer choices done in other lives (play-through) following you, but it wasn't the original name so I don't think it was intended.
Anyway, the problem is that I don't want to go through some kinks that I don't like in order to finally get what I want.

I think you should undo this Karma thing and make all the routes available from the beginning, or rethink the whole thing.
You don't need to artificially increase the duration of the game.
Some players are sometimes looking for short games (me included), so that's not a problem.

This would have been a 4 stars review without the "Karma thing" forcing you to do complete a path to unlock another.
All in all, it wasn't a bad game.

A True King knows when to listen to the advice of his people

Edit : And True Kings you are

A avg one off game time-pass games you play where you just play because you have nothing else to do & game is completed.

However a big kudos to the Dev for creating & completing this game. Hopefully Dev will be back with a more ambitious game having gained experience with this one.

Story - 3/5
A well thought out revenge story with clear motivation & ending. The MC thought process & even options available to move story was acceptable.

Sex - 3/5
Not really that great or memorable. Its OK though the potential to make it spicier was there.

Models - 3/5
Good Models but noting stands out

Re-playability - 1/5
Once & done game. You play to get all the scenes & I doubt many will play it again for fun.

Short and (sweet?) ero game where you have to replay the game again and again to unlock more choices. Basically offers 2 routes: ntr and netori. Both feel undercooked, character- and plot-wise. The whole therapy session got outright abandoned midway. Everything ended so fast that the climax for each route becomes unsatisfying.

Not a bad game, not a good game either.
The choices are very limited. Most characters are not believable as human beings.
I like the multiple endings. I liked the idea of unlocking more options once you get an ending. Would try another game from the dev. Would not play this again.
Also, most sex scenes are boring and I kind of skipped through them.

The women have a great body, the story is not bad, I liked that you have to replay many times to get other endings, I didn't enjoyed the introduction, it was kind of long with the MC having an internal monologue that got me bored. The story is almost fully centered in hard NTR, because you are forced to see Sam being fucked over and over again, and to unlock the good ending you have to unlock a specific ending and in the process maybe you will see the other NTR endings. I think that it was a wasted opportunity, where we could get revenge against Sam.
What I didn't understand is why all the girls are submisives or "dominatrix"?
Sam is presented like a shy girl and in just an hour she becomes a slut and forget the only friend she had. That is a big plot hole, at least for me, but still.
For a short VN the story, sex scenes and renders are good enough.
I would play more things from this Dev in the future, I enjoy it even with those "flaws".

Huh, weird experience. Wish there was an "evil protagonist" tag or something. Kept helping Mark and patiently waited to get revenge on Sam. But it seems most of the content is available only if one plays as an arsehole protagonist. The "good" endings are also only available if one plays as a villain.

Worst of all, it seems protagonist can't even exact revenge on the one that actually betrays him. No, it's the big bad alpha that is at fault and needs to be punished. I doubt it's intentional, which is why the complete denial of the woman's agency is quite disconcerting.

The models are not bad, but the scenes are lacklustre. Characters and plot are quite atrocious: very little rhyme or reason to most developments.

However, this game seems to be a trial for the devs. Hopefully, they'll upgrade their writing chops for their next venture.

PS: Fair warning to anybody unwilling to play the NTR routes: Most of the pornographic content and the better writing (character exploration and reasonable plot development) is locked behind the NTR routes. The "good" routes play more like afterthoughts. The game is best played as a pure NTR game.

This could be a solid 4* for me if it just had better execution of the sex scenes.

A few things about this game. It's a very short game. Dev notes points out that this was a bit of a test game. In this particular game, there is some NTR that is unavoidable (past event). The game requires a few extra runs to open up different choices leading to various routes. There was roughly 4 different endings, basically soft NTR, hard NTR, partial win, and the best outcome.

Considering all those points, this is quite an enjoyable short story for someone who likes both NTR (or at least tolerates it) and non-NTR. For how short it is, the game did a pretty good job of setting up the scenarios, character motivations, and relationship dynamics. Because the story is so short and condensed, I would have liked the few sex scenes that are available to be more extensive. Both the instant cumming 2 pump chump style of scene, and the pick your position style that we see sometimes were really underwhelming. Seeing as this is a male dom centric game, whether it be from the MC or the antagonist, some more drawn out sex talks would have helped a lot. The pick your position style is also problematic because there is no flow to the scene. You pick one, it finishes after a few clicks, then you get back to the starting state, pick another position, repeat. The hard NTR ending scene was pretty good but it just cuts off prematurely. All the other scenes were much less

The models were great and the overall render quality was nice. Boob sockets were really annoying though. Maybe it's time to get used to them since almost every DAZ game will have it, but man...

The English had some issues here and there, but overall, it wasn't enough to hinder the characterization or narrative style. In fact, most of the characters are quite well realized for such a short game.

Overall, this does show a promising future for these devs if they improve in some areas. I look forward to seeing their bigger projects. I do hope the devs keep their balls going forward, not being afraid to use NTRish scenarios to propel character growth if necessary. That's up to them though... it could be a perilous road to walk on F95zone at least.

Edit: Review may be slightly outdated as the dev added a few more things after the completed version that I reviewed.

first impression soo much talk for a beginning to a level that made me already bored
starting scene was just a man talking to himself for about 10 minutes what a beginning
#if it was good beginning like some other games i wouldn't have wrote those first 3 phrases

#using dull avatars to act like nearby NBCs is a turn of for me and i think for others too

#[her red hair giving her confidence makes people look at her] that was one phrase that shows u how the writing was directed by low level writer
IDK if the writer English native or not but most of his words wasn't convenient
#[i want to protect her for this animal] !!! the writer really need to be changed

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the Male protagonist is not a young nerd boy like other games which is amazing


simply
-1 star for suck writing
-1 star for suck story
-1 star for the lack of gameplay
-1 star for the animations

+1 star for the male protagonist

Hellow World is surprisingly good in a number of ways, but it definitely falls short in some.

Renders: Great renders overall. Clear, and somewhat realistically lit. For a first release, it's actually really strong (comparing to myself, at least.). Absolutely nothing to point out with lighting, noise, or anything of that sort. There's a lot of sticky clothes on the girls, however. I'd recommend looking into Breast Helper and/or Clothing Fit Helper for future use, which'll give a more realistic fit around the breasts/hips/waist/etc. They currently stick out pretty sorely. There's other little issues, like the HDRI outside of the nightclub being clearly below the street of the scene, but that's borderline nitpicking and something that'll get fixed with time. Animations are also solid, as well.

Where Helllo World falls short is it's writing. Mind you, it's not the grammar/punctuation (which is better than a lot I've seen, a native English-speaking proofreader would have this fixed in minutes.). It's the pacing, and clear lack of knowledge/experience, or even research in what the dev is/was writing. Or logic that just straight up doesn't make sense.

Pacing + Nonsensical/illogical writing: It's already been spoken on, but it seems like everything is basically bam - bam - bam. You fuck Clara after getting Mark locked up, jump months in the future out of nowhere, and then boom - pregnant. Samantha just doesn't make sense. Wasn't she a quiet, shy girl who avoided the limelight because of her hair? Then she's all of a sudden getting reamed doggy by Mark and humiliating James, that he isn't enough of a man to please her? She didn't want to go to the party, but ends up being the slut of the football team's QB? Is she shy or a slut? Her switch in personality is jarring, and illogical. Tom is crazy, no? Or at least that's implied by James. Yet, he's driving a nearly six-digit car (or at least that's what the asset itself is considered.) and somehow sane enough to hold down a job (provided his parents aren't rich, don't think that was mentioned, however.) that pays enough to afford it/afford the payments.

Fact checking/outright false writing/etc: There's little stuff that can be looked pass, like the time served for assault. Which generally isn't three years, provided weapons aren't involved. Speaking as a clinical psychologist (don't have my own clinic ), you aren't getting any medical degree in or license in three years unless you plan on counseling/interning while going to school. You're looking at eight years, at the very least. There's also the common practice of not seeing/treating someone you know/knew as a psychologist, for the exact reason shown in this VN. You lose all objectivity as you already have preconceived notions of that person formed.

Here's where it gets wrong and/or straight up illegal: Talking about a patient with another patient, as James did with Clara. There's rare cases where a psychologist can discuss medical dosages with a family member/spouse/roommate/sibling, especially if they're in danger of overdosing. But it's very much a law-breaking violation, and would end his clinic if caught. Then there's keeping patients records where other patients/non-employees can get them. Receptionists are given contact and other non-confidential information for records/appointments, but nothing like addresses or employment would be kept with a receptionist.

That's not to completely slam the writing of this VN. The internal monologue of James is strong, and the themes of growth. How Mark and/or Sam taught him that reality is bitter, that you need thick skin as an adult. That if you want something, you need to go after it yourself.

This is a promising first release from the dev. All of the criticisms are pretty easily fixed with some prior research and/or editing, or stopping to think "How would this character handle this? Why would this character do this when he/she was like this before?"

With all this being said, definitely looking forward to more.

The renders and graphics are top notch, but the story is really bad. I undestand that this is a demo game for the devs and therefore it is so short, but this results in a very poor pacing of the story. The premise and the setting is very interesting but how it is handled in terms of the charecters development and the story of the game is very poor. The sex is practically non exisant. One side of the charecters always seem dumb and pathetic in both the major paths. The progression does not feel very natural but instead feels forced.

All in all, a great looking game but very hollow.

Also they might need a writer cause the sex scenes and dialogue is boring

In my opinion, a very good test work.

Naturally, there are some things here that I don't like, and they mostly have to do with the plot.
sudden (abrupt) changes in the behaviour of characters, a way to achieve a good ending (there is only one correct way, while you can screw up in different ways) etc.
But all this is justified by the fact that this is a short story.

But at the same time, there is a great MC here. He is a regular guy with no beta / alpha backstory. Who he was and who he will be, you decide through memories and choices.

There is a good plot, where it is not clear who is good and who is bad.
Story can be viewed in different ways.
- the psychologist tries to save the girl from an obviously unhappy and abusive relationship.
- the psychologist tries to avenge school grievances using immoral methods, using and endangering his patients.
Clara chose Mark herself.
She makes it clear that she likes dominant men, rough sex and being caring. Perhaps she will be happy with him.

What Samantha did is wrong. But it's hard for me to judge her, as most of the girls in her place would have done the same.

I like that here the author is not afraid to raise serious topics.

all this makes me expect their future main game with optimism.

Great story, thing that annoys me is the lack of choices, and the sex scenes have no money shots.. but spreads misinformation, the character says that 0 calorie sodas don't help that much with weight loss compared to normal soda which is a flat out lie... Several metanalyses have now shown that diet soda is actually better for weight loss than drinking water, because it satisfies hunger and cravings, and leads to less calories being consumed overall by those with low hunger management.

Tldr: If you just want to wank, this is not for you

This is a weird one for me, I'm invested in to the story and characters... But as it stands now, this doesnt do it for me as an Erotic VN. On my scale of ratings, I call it the jerkoffability scale, this one would get 2 stars. The main reason for it deserving 2 stars: This VN lacks sex scenes. Also the one I played through, consists of 4 choices which then consist of only 4 renders each.... talk about a "sex scene". But I dont think "Hello World" should be rated on the jerkoffability scale, but rather as a work of fiction. And for a fictional story, it does a fine job.

I really like the premis of a psychologist/therapist that gets to have his way and get revenge. The story, albeit not written perfectly, not with the best english, and probably to fast of a pacing as it stands now, is solid to good.

The four women (although one had almost no appearance) look hot, the renders are good and the setting is very good.

With a bit of polish, fleshed out sex scenes / more sex scenes and a bit more scheming and machinations, this one could easily be 5 stars for me.