Recommending Laguna's Favourite Game

[Lagunavii]

Over the past year, I have been playing a lot of games, trying to establish a top 10, if you will, or even more. It's been strenuous research, to be honest. Some games have been great. Some have been meh. Some have found a happy place between the two. I figured like many have done in the past before me, to put together a little list in the hopes that some of you who may be looking for your next fix may find something you may have missed.

In terms of actual games, I tend to stick towards Ren'Py. I will try games made in Unity or other programs, but I tend to stay clear of any of the RPG Maker games. I will also shy away from sandbox games. It sounds silly when I keep calling them games, but I am here to read, not play. That's not to say I won't play sandboxes. I find they can be a little bit grindy.

Recently and I don't know how it happened, as I thought I left that life a long time ago, but I have been leaning towards the games of an NTR genre, so you might find a lot of them type of games on my ever-growing list. But bar a few exceptions I am open to most, however, any futa, gay, fury, paranormal, monster or bestiality will get a wide birth from myself.

Generally speaking, in a game I don't like things to be drawn out. We all know why are here after, that's not to say I want Lewds, lewds, lewds I mean I wouldn't say games that you could class as a slow burn are out of the question, they just need to be done right. This brings me to the next point Characters are a big seller for me. I want them to behave in a meaningful way, not behave in a way that gets them a lewd scene. Choices or lead-up to that choice should not only make sense for the character but the story as well. I'm a firm believer in actions having consequences. I want any choice to be made to have ramifications thereafter. What is the point in giving us the choice if all roads lead to Roam?

Anyway on with the list for now in Alphabetical Order. I will sort this and add reviews as time goes on

• A Life Worth Living
• Being a Dik
• Defending Lydia Collier
• Law School
• Long Story Short
• Netorase Phone
• Our Red String
• Race of Life (My Review)
• The East Block
• University of Problems

I have a few games on my watchlist too, it is too early to really say anything about them, but they do look promising

• Elmwood University
• Mila AI
• Moonripple Lake
• Shadows of Ambition

Spoiler: Other Games I've played that do not quite make it into the Hall of Greats

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I won't lie, thanks to talking to some people already my "to-play list" is massive and is ever-growing. I look at it sometimes and wonder if I can ever get through it all, but I always welcome recommendations. Please feel free to send suggestions my way. Ill get around to them eventually.

This thread will obviously grow as I get through the to-play list I will add reviews to all games I play and ultimately add reviews to the games already on it.

 

[Lagunavii]

Race of Life by Underground Studio

Story - The story, it throws the whole College setting game on its head, it is quite refreshing to play a game on the other side of it and be the teacher rather than a student. However, it is hard to get away from the Hot Student/Hot Teacher dynamic that this genre has. That being said, only the school seems to take a back seat and we enter the crux of the game. It's as the title suggests races and to be fair it's not out of place altogether. Though we will get to that...

Looking at the games summary, you won't even get what this game is really about. That overview, it doesn't even scratch the surface. But anyway for a teacher who suddenly finds himself in the underground world of street racing, the Mcguuffin that gets us there, it is a believable and heartfelt reason. There are some heavy themes in this game and we've only scratched the surface

Visual - The renders are simply stunning, and the character models all seem to be well-proportioned and believable. All environments seem to be well lit and there does seem to be a sense of continuity between all places in the game. I get the feeling some characters were made before others. Some stand out more than others in terms of effort put in, but I do not know if that is just my bias there with hating a certain someone.

Characters - Well we certainly go all out with characters here don't we, whether it is a shy little student with a hidden dirty side, An ex Wife who wants to hate you (who clearly doesn't), a neighbor with a past, or an overbearing colleague with attachment issues. They all seem to have some sort of backstory and our dev isn't scared to build on that. what little character development we have got so far in these chapters is believable and central to the overarching story.

Minigames - once the Mcguffin is revealed and the main motivation of the character is revealed the mini game is shown to us, betting and racing. its not too taxing and if they can be skipped if they are not your thing. However as minigames go, its a fun experience going through the gears or trying to get the right choices

Overall - This game has some serious premise, it knows when to be serious, it knows when to be humourous, the characters are well thought out and are getting developed well. Visually while arguably there could be room for some improvements in some aspects, it does not deter from the fact this is quite the stunning game. It is certainly not lacking in ambition and the potential is massive. I really hope Underground Studio can stick the landing.

Solid 9/10

 

[cowardleech]

Great list alot of my favourites are up here. You should check out In Her Service it would be right up your alley.

Overall - This game has some serious premise, it knows when to be serious, it knows when to be humourous, the characters are well thought out and are getting developed well. Visually while arguably there could be room for some improvements in some aspects, it does not deter from the fact this is quite the stunning game. It is certainly not lacking in ambition and the potential is massive. I really hope Underground Studio can stick the landing.

I thoroughly enjoyed this game and the devs have a real gem in their hands. But I feel like the devs could have done better if all the girls did not act like they want to get in MC's pants from their first interactions. Like there should have been more "trap"/"bad" reactions we could make which would lock/make it harder to get on LI's paths. But I guess many people don't want that in their games and many prefer this approach. Also it seems you can be on every LI's path at the same time as of 3.2, I would've liked it better if there were more options other than choosing Veronica or not. But it's too early for that I guess. Also Maggi's arc didn't hit for me, her story isn't intertwined with the main story line (yet) and her model just feels like a worse Natalya. Anyway this game is great and it will easily be in AVN hall of fame after it's completed.

 

[Lagunavii]

Great list alot of my favourites are up here. You should check out In Her Service it would be right up your alley.

Yes I'm aware of this one. It's one of those that's on the list. I will get round to it eventually. I just need a few more hours in the day.