VN - Ren'Py - Law School [Ep.2] [MisterMaya]

Beautiful girls, good story. Slower burn than many, which I like. Relationships seem more realistic than many games where MC just jumps in the pants of every woman he meets at the drop of a hat. Nice.

I can't recommend this gem enough. If you're like me and on the fence about playing.. just fucking do it. It feels really refreshing to play. The story is solid so far, but it's the characters that really shine in these early stages. There's one character in particular who has the potential to become one of my favorite LIs across all the AVNs I've ever played. The music is also fantastic, and the animations are some of the best I’ve seen.

There's still a little bit of time before episode 3 drops, so if you’d rather wait for it, that’s totally fair. But if you’re even a little curious, now’s a great time to jump in. This one has huge potential.

A very good and well-made VN. I'm on the fence whether to give this 4 or 5 stars, but since the characters are so engaging, I'll go ahead and give it a perfect score for now. The writing is very good and pretty funny, but nothing extraordinary. Would like some overarching plot because it does feel a little aimless as of now. My biggest problem is that the animations are choppy, but nobody else seems to have a problem with them so there might just be something wrong on my end. Overall very good!

Rating 5/5, for Chapter 1 Ep2. (easily rounded up from 4.5)

Very enjoyable light-hearted college themed AVN, with solid characters writing and world building around it. Visuals are top tier and consistent both in normal and sex renders (lighting, angles, etc you name it). Majority of the sex scenes are hot because of the buildup and how it unfolds.

Highlights:

All characters got decent to good/great depth in them. (Hooks me in, and keep me to finish this in one sitting.)

Solid LIs build-ups, both for sex scenes and relationship wise.

Great and consistent visuals on sex scenes.

I love overall LIs visual and writing; my favs in these order;
Taylor (my heart and brain adore and crush her, my main LI).
Aurora (Love her in latest 2nd ep, has potential for yandere type done right, also cute and hot & i have things for redheads)
Elsa (Caring big sis trope anyone ?, def the hottest imo out of all LIs, solid flirts and sweet too).


Some caveats that i have for this AVN:

• Lacking variation in camera angles and sex position during sex scene. Great renders but would be nice if we got more variation of those.
  
  
• 1st impression after opening the game; Renders as UI Element Background straight up looks amateurish (which sucks because this AVN is not amateurish); especially those ones that are cramped in for small stuff like save prompts/ etc.
  
  Tone down the renders usage just for the main menu or pause menu etc.
  Just use basic coloring for UI Contrasting (Bright Text , Dark Background) or Overlay those background with black/dark color overlay for better readability.
  
  
• Gary Stu MC, though he's likeable so its fine for me.
  
  
• Viktor, one of those cartoonish/stereotypical big bro in love trope, God i'll predict his backstory would definitely something edgy that'll give people eyerolls.
  
  Liam, thought he was just one of those weasel who got jealous because MC has more charm for women, but i guess he got something going on ? mention viktor says something he agrees on albeit he whimpered when viktor intimidate him in latest class ?? I thought law students would be smarter than that, at least have some critical thinking wise for assessing characters, he's lacking one so it takes me out of the story a bit.
  
  Ignore the fucked up wording or formatting because i'm a bit tipsy while using those bullet lists (and i'm too lazy to fix those)

Very good college-themed VN.

The good:
- Very good renders and smooth animations.
- The LIs are pretty. They have good models.
- The LIs are well-written. The build-up with them is very good. The way their relationship with MC progress is very interesting to witness.
- The setting is well used. This is a college VN that actually uses its setting to the fullest. It actually feels like the characters are students in college. I mention this because a lot of college VNs use their setting very cheaply.
- Good world building, every character has a backstory. The world feels elaborate and lived in. Usually in AVNs, an indication of whether the dev cares about world building is if the supporting male characters are allowed to have characterization besides being an antagonist or a harmelss sidekick. This is the case in this game. It feels weird in college/school VNs when that's not the case tbh.
- The lewd scenes are hot, not just because of the animations, but because of their writing and their context.
- The plot itself is okay, normal college VN stuff along with law school elements. I still don't see an overarching story for now, but that'll probably change in future updates.

- The humor in this game, along with some of the writing, is more of what you would typically see in a Honey Select game than in a DAZ game, very anime-ish. I thought it was well done however.
- Some unrealistic elements to the story, but nothing egregious.
- The MC is fine. He does have charisma but he is a bit too naive and idealistic, like a shonen protagonist. He spouts things like : "I'm going to be the best lawyer in America" lol.

I'll keep my review short and sweet.

I randomly stumbled upon this game while looking at another user's favorites list. And I am glad I did, because I like what I have found.

A well written, beautifully paced game, filled with atmosphere and gorgeous girls.

Highlights:
- MC: Yes he is a bit of a super hero, but honestly some of the best MCs are. It is all well and good to write a more average MC, but then having uberhot 10s throwing themselves at such a character becomes the unrealistic thing, as the effort to make that a reality would be too much to write. A tall, good looking, athletic, intelligent, charismatic MC ends up working better and is way more immersive, because despite having all those advantages, he still has to go through the heroes journey, filled with his own obstacles, hardships, and set-backs.
- No horse cock (the worst AVN trope)
- Humor: It is often so hard to inject humor into an AVN without turning into a farce. The humor here is well done.
- Big juicy chapters: Seriously, bravo. There is nothing worse than waiting months for an update and it only amounting to 20 minutes of content. Of course the obvious caveat is longer dev time, but that's the price we pay for excellent chapters.
- The girls: Damn these are some beautiful girls. Shrimpy is cute, and the twins are insanely hot. ELSA!! And Aurora...
- Aurora - Deserves her own mention. Hot damn. And as there is a bit more nuance to her than a typical tsundare, enjoying that sweet antagonist role, dedicating more time and content to her will only serve you well.

Obviously as it is only episode 2, a number of things are not fleshed out yet, i.e. the point system, meaningful choices, etc. So I won't go over those, as they will surely become a bigger part of the game.

Looking forward to future updates.

I was a little worried when "Law School" started off with the VN trope of long-time female best friend (who totally doesn't secretly harbor feelings for the MC), but the friendship between the MC and Rose is very genuine and written well, and the narrative doesn't try to steer you towards a romantic relationship with her.

There is some incredible character work here. Everyone is distinguishable with very dynamic personalities. There has also been a fair amount of play time devoted to all the love interests so far. Fang could be the exception if she is intended to be a LI.

The models and directing has looked superb, and all the animations are a real treat. Players who don't enjoy the slow-burn approach of stories might find themselves disappointed that there aren't more sex scenes.

The writing is far better than I could have expected, and the brief comedy bits in the story are funny and charming without the cost of immersion. It's also incredible to see realistic legal scenes in media! There are a fair number of choices in the story so far, and they all seem to be meaningful. Mini-games are joyfully skippable.

In total, I have absolutely no issues with this VN that aren't nit-picky or pedantic. I'm very happy to have discovered it and I will be following its progress.

The type of game you're desperate to find something similar after finishing. I'm not a fan of classes, I skiped them. There are a lot of characters, and in the end, half of them were completely uninteresting to me. I didn't really like that the girls were jumping on MC, at least the other characters notice it too. Dev introduced a lot of love interests, but it's still a long way from revealing their characters. That's why I liked MCs best friend the most, with whom there are almost no romantic scenes.
The game has good graphics and background not empty and eye-catching. Atmosphere is decent too. So, I'll rate it 5, but tbh it's max 4 rn

This is my review for Law School Ep.2 by MisterMaya.

The good

• Renders are looking really good
• Animations
• Music
• Writing
• Gameplay
• Big amout of content 5+ hours
• Story is interesting
• Big updates
• Great characters

The bad

• Slow updates

In conclusion, 5 stars worth playing.

You know what? This game is REALLY good.

The friendship dynamics you make with your class are very well written, and it stands out from other VNs. I also think that the LIs are very interesting and i'll have a hard time choosing between them. Miranda especially, their dynamic is so unique to this genre that i'll need to make a new save just to be more selfless, because i was really captivated by her.

The only issues are the animations for chapter one, i don't know if it was my pc but they were a little clunky and "powerpointy", but the issue was resolved as of chapter 2. Also they are incredibly pretentious with the law subject, since they are all like "i'll change the world", but i have a lot of friends who studied law, and let me tell you all, they are EXACTLY like that lol. There are also just a few sex scenes, so if you're "fap heavy" you'll maybe have an issue with it, but i personally don't care at all, i play AVNs solely for the story.

Keep it up, i'll really look forward to next updates

I played more than 50 games so far i think and i can say that this is the best one by far.Dev made every character with passion thats for sure.Everyone has story and personality and some of them are very deep... I cant wait to play the next update and i wish you all the best.

The MC gets really annoying after some time in my opinion. I don't know if this is intentional and he will evolve, but for now he takes himself way to seriously and is overall too "perfect". Normally I wouldn't even notice this because in most games dialogues are ass anyway, but here the writing and story is generally quite good and seems to be a focus of the game, so this is really noticable and hurts what would otherwise be a good VN.

Nobody would actually react positively if someone always mentions how hardworking, smart and morally perfect they are or how much they hate bullies and protect the weak. People would just think you are pretentious asshole.

Other than that, renders are very good and all characters are quite pretty and unique. The animations are only okay though.

Edit: Also the thing with the recap pictures is weird.

I only came across this recently and man, what a game. The protagonists (and antagonists) have depth and are well thought out, thus far. There's some intellectual heft to the game, you should really be paying attention AND the renders are bloody good too. The dev actually seems to be concentrating on building a world with sex in it, rather then building some far-fetched harem bollocks with some world in it. I have subscribed to the dev in the hope that he or she continues the very good work. Easy 5*.

Solid game, I'd say 9/10 but I like the whole law school and intellectual settings which make this unique so 9.5/10 overall.
I like the selflessness concept, but I haven't feel the impact quite yet, I guess that's to be expected since it's only 2 episodes so far.

The LIs are diverse, some are great, some are a bit lackluster, maybe they will be more developed later I hope. I love Rose in episode 1, she's fun and adorable, but I don't know why in episode 2 she's kinda...undecided? like the dev plan to make her one of the main LI but at the same time it's not? I hope she will become one of the main LI too, kinda wasted if she doesn't. Then Lana, is she a side LI or a main one? She's too dull right now imo.

Overall episode 2 is great and all but what's the heck is wrong with Liam? right now all I can think of him is that he's a two faced bastard who only nice to girls. I don't care if he get bullied or cucked by some handsome tall guy in high school but his attitude sucks big time and It's kinda piss me off that girls, including Rose sides with him.

Will keep this one short and sweet.

As a VN this game is really good. Solid dialogue, great renders, decent pacing, interesting story.

As an AVN it's lacking. No tension or build up, scenes are way too short, and most so far just feel arbitrary, don't add anything and are kinda boring.

Great VN, mediocre AVN.

Simply one of the best games out here.

Excellent renders and animations. Well done storyline and plots. Interesting and nicely done characters.

Last but not least it delivers tons of content and we are taking about just two episodes yet.

Damn after such a long time i got to play college setting avn MC like this one
Not some pathetic wimp short guy, with a 15 inch baseball bat hanging between his legs and all girls swarming around to have a go with it
Much realistic plot here, especially with girls since you gotta work hard to get their attention

Mc is tall, handsome and has a proper backbone, not letting anyone walk over him. Thats enough for me to give this game a 5 star since its rare too see mcs like these in school setting avns.

Dev really nailed with this one

great graphics , great story , long good content per episode
I am not good into details , is my first rating with words ( i wanted to rate many things on here but i don t know why i need to write long text )
Very good. I hope MC would hade more Rose content .

Not gonna lie this game is up there in production value with Being a DIK with much lower patron numbers. Kinda goes to show how passionate MisterMaya is about this project which is amazing to see especially since we get regular updates and a lot of posts are surpisingly free on his patreon too!

I love what I see and I'm going to be donating to see this project prosper!

Good luck MisterMaya!

Good start and fair amount of content, considering we are only 2 episodes in.

Writing is good, although MC has some cringe lines (when convincing dean for example), but it wasn't anything deal breaking.

Girls are hot and fun to talk to. Miranda is my fav, but Tylor and Elsa are also yummers.

I know it's a school setting and I'm a rare case, but I could do with less alcohol obsession (since I hate alcohol). The event in episode 2 was just fine without it. So it's not hard to guess that I find Alan annoying, haha.

Speaking of annoyance, I find Aurora even more annoying and the fact that MC is spineless and can't say no to her movie event.

I hope we get to bang dean at some point.

Anyway, it's more like strong 4 star atm, but fuck it, it's 5 star for Miranda.