Lab Rats 2 - Reformulate [v2024.5B]
Welcome to Lab Rats, where every sex scene is the same, and the grind is immense!
Sounds like it would be a shit game, right? Well it isn't. It's actually quite decent. Mainly because of the writing and mechanics.
I would never have dreamed that I would be praising game mechanics in a lewd game, but here I am surprising myself. Someone actually put an enormous amount of thought and effort into the skeleton of this game and it's actually quite clever. I won't bore you to death with the details but if you're a min/maxer and a closet accountant at heart you'll love this.
It's just a damn shame they cranked the grind up to 11. Earning enough money to complete the available content will take weeks of real in-game hours. It's good, sure, but nowhere near THAT good.
And lastly, this game's quite unique strength is also its main weakness: Character customization and outfits.
If you like to play dress-up and create slutty office uniforms for your factory workers then you can do that. If you want a character to dress a certain way you can convince her (if she's slutty enough). But because of the insane level of modularity and customization for all characters, it follows that each sex scene needs to show the current character, with the current body proportions, with the current clothes and accessories, doing the act. Which means that it's really only feasable to have 1 static position for each sex act. And don't get me wrong here, there are many different positions such as doggy, cowgirl, et c. But rest assured, every character you meet and have sex with will do each position in exactly the same pose and camera angle. Sure, the dialogue will change but the posing will not. And said posing leaves a lot to be desired. It's low-res, invisible MC, body floating in air. Not the greatest of looks.
The writing however, is way above average. Especially if you're into wincest. And there are a million hot scenarios with almost a hundred unique characters.
So yeah, there you have it. The game is very strong in some respects but also very weak in others. It's not at all an average game, but that's going to be my score. Because that's what it sums to in my head when I weigh the pros and cons.