VN - Ren'Py - Law School [Season 1] [MisterMaya]

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.

I've played the first episode when it came out and the last two days I played the second episode. With the lenghty sizes of the updates, I think a review makes sense

I'll just use bullet points, so there's no wall of text.

The good (imo):

• Great renders and great use of colours. Everything looks very clean and you can notice right away the dev has experience (in this case his earlier game, The Entrepeneur)
• Subjective, but so many amazing looking girls to choose from. Aurora, Taylor, Rose just to name three, but every girl looks great. Even background characters Loved the introduction of the goth looking girl aswell, though I hate tats, so unfortunately she's out
• Lengthy updates. This obviously has a downside aswell: relatively long waiting times for each update. Quality takes time, sadly.
• Fun characters. Everyone is fun to hang around with, girls and boys.
• Good to great animations, though sometimes it does feel like an animation is cut short/end abruptly.
• Good sense of humor/jokes
• Very sexy renders (plenty of upskirts, ass shots, lewd scenes). I disagree with some people that say it lacks sexy content so far, there's plenty of it.
• I was worried it would be a bit too vanilla/bland, but one lewd scene in episode 2 has taken some worries about this away (
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What can be improved (imo):

• Gary Stu. The main character is by far the weakest link in this avn. He's just too perfect, every girl loves him right of the bat. And he's good at everything, I would hate a person like this in real life. He's great at studying, he's great at sex, he's great at making conversation in and out of class, boys love him aswell (except two 'rivals', for reasons yet unknown (which is fine)). I don't think I ever had a more Gary Stu like mc in an avn and it annoys me. And ofcoruse he's well build, tall, big dick, great at basketball (god i hate basketball). I think even God would be jealous of how great the mc is and you lose all sense of realism because of this. Yeah yeah it's a avn no need for realism blabla, I don't agree. The writer has shown he's capable of great stuff and good character writing/characterization, but I think he really dropped the ball with the mc.
• Coming from Law School myself (granted not in the USA, but in the Netherlands) and having graduated: even though some dialogue is great and witty, when the dialogue becomes more serious, it's so... well, cringy. Everyone';s always talking about wanting to become the best lawyer ever, becoming a force for good, blabla. It's nauseating, how pretentious some people talk, including the main character. After a mock trial, everything is talking about how great the mc was.. having done mock trials myself: no one gives a shit about those, it was just another assigment for us and after it was done, we all just wanted to grab a alcoholic drink. I think the writer really needs to tone down the eagerness of all the students. A class will always have one or two overachievers, but in this game, everyone seems to be 'that overachieving boring kid in the front who sucks up to the teacher' kind of person.
• No alcohol on campus rule. Maybe because it's apperently set in the USA, but I'm so tired of this. When I studied, we were all 18+ and we could drink as much as we wanted on campus. Hell, from 19:00 hour, even the official and university owned bar on campus started selling alcohol and every event on campus had ofcourse.. alcohol.
• The Taylor moment,
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I think the game has the potential to be a 5 star game. I wanted to give it 5 stars, but I just changed it to 4, because the issues I have with some of the writing and the way too perfect mc is just too much to ignore. I really hope the writer tones down Mr. Pleasant and makes him a little less of a well respected man. Then again, it might be just me and if the majority of the fans like the perfect mc, well, who am I to want a change.

Conclusion:

Despite my major gripes with some aspects of the game, it's a quality product with great renders, amazing girls and bro's, some witty dialogue and characteristics and plenty of sexy renders and lewd scenes. However, the weak mc (as in he's way too perfect thus boring) and the for me immersion breaking dialogue when people talk about their wants and dreams, keep it from being 5 stars. I really hope it changes in the future, because I do want to give this 5 stars. The potential is def. there.

I wishlisted it for steam and recommend you do the same, to support the dev. Depending on ep3, I will sub to his Patreon aswell if he keeps this quality up or even better: improves.

I usually don't like to give bad reviews, but as much as I tolerated the story in ep. 1 because I know it usually gets better especially after the players feedback.... well ep. 2 is an insult to the players intelligence.

If in episode one the characters personality and traits was being developed, in episode 2 all girls are brainless sluts that throw themselves at MC, the thing is if the story was GREAT you could tolerate the AVERAGE sex scenes, and likewise if you had GREAT sex scenes you could tolerate and AVERAGE story... well ep. 2 has average sex scenes with average story which is just average and boring.

And, if you can't write an erotic script for a sex scene, better to just not dirty the sex scene with insulting dialog, yeah I am talking about Lana sex scenes in episode 2, especially the second one.

I stopped playing after the planning for next party in episode 2, couldn't take it anymore, I felt my braincells yawning and screaming SKIP SKIP.

The dev has experience from success with his previous game and it very much shows in his newest product. This is the first AVN I've played in a while where I sat down for hours and lost track of time playing through it in a while.

This should go to credit the writing, renders, animations, and overall great feel to the game. Nothing felt out of place, jarring, or discouraging enough for me to stop playing.

I particularly love this as an actual law student and thought the dev did really well with that side of the game. Highly recommend and look forward to more updates.

I like this game that it's not all about the sex, but also about the story.

So far, my favorite character is Elsa, she is really beautiful. Although there is still no love plot so far(Chapter 1 - Episode 2), but the flirting interaction is very good, very much looking forward to the MC and her story development.

The only weaknesses I feel is there is no sound effects in love scene, not at all, just background music only. The lack of voice-overs from the actors is a slight minus, but it's acceptable. However, the lack of sound effects really reduces the immersion by a huge margin.

Since there are no sound effects or dubs, but the storytelling and the beauty of the characters are very good, this is my second favorite, although it still can't shake my number one “Freshwomen”.

There is not much more to say about this game than what has been said so far.
My personal opinion would be this: The girls are all beautiful and very likeable. I have trouble choosing one of them .....
I, for one, would highly recommend this game.
It is definitely worth playing!

This is truly one of the best in its category. Below are some key highlights that make it stand out as both unique and exceptionally high-quality:

• Superb Writing: The narrative strikes a perfect balance between humor and seriousness, making it an absolute delight to read.
• Seamless Blend of Styles: It masterfully combines realistic and cartoonish/comedic elements, creating a unique and engaging tone.
• Exceptional Characters: The characters are beautifully crafted, distinct, and memorable. Each has a unique way of expressing themselves, making them easy to differentiate and adding depth to the story.
• Stunning Visuals: The renders are breathtaking—top-tier quality with a focus on lively and intricate details. This attention to detail greatly enhances the overall experience, making it visually captivating.
• Engaging Storyline: The plot is immersive and keeps you hooked from start to finish.

I rate this a perfect, 5/5!

This game is a masterpiece. Unlike The Entrepreneur, which I found very boring, it's perfect in all aspects.
The story is very captivating, the girls are beautiful with realistic personality and the whole gameplay is very realistic. Up to the point that you can actually learn something about American law.
I haven't checked yet how the decisions impact the story but you can surely decide which girls are of your interest and how to treat them and you can shape the character of the protagonist with your choices.

I enjoyed The Entrepreneur (the dev’s previous game), but already here the level of storytelling and gameplay feels improved, and while the graphics were already great in The Entrepreneur, again they just feel that little bit better here.

There are a couple of good-looking girls here but literally all the others are better than just good-looking. There are some real stunners here, and I really like that there are several girls whose personalities and stories I really like too, so it’s a fantastic combination.

The sex scenes are not too frequent, at least at the moment (up to end of Ep2), but they have generally been okay, if maybe a little short. Some of the non-lewds have been great though, with some real tension and feeling shown between the characters.

There’s some good humour in the writing, and I love that there are a couple of different characters providing the main comic relief. One is female, and it feels quite refreshing, as she is the MC’s best friend, and it’s a role we so often see played by another male.

I like how (so far at least) this game has managed to give us a compelling bunch of characters and a simple but engaging storyline without needing to follow the tired tropes that so many other games like this one revert to – drugs, prostitution, rape, corrupt police, friends with murderous histories, etc.

Overall, I’ve really enjoyed this game so far, and I can’t wait to continue it. At the moment, I feel there hasn’t been a cut-off point for LIs, so although there have been a couple of choices that mean you miss some content with one LI or another, I don’t think there’s anything yet that would close off a path, or be absolutely vital in order to get onto a particular path. I’m going to have to start making multiple saves for different paths soon though!

damn that's good.
abundant content:
- each episodes is longer than some complete VNs
- dozens of well defined, unique characters right off the bat
- many different locations, context renders. No effort was spared, ever, and it shows.
Good, fluid character interactions, light-hearted convos with dash of sarcasm and humor. Speaking of humor, in addition to situational humor of the scenes, also a few 4th wall breaks by the dev - like a character complaining about the wait for episode 2, very clever.

A title that goes straight to my hall of fame, and onward to discovering the dev other title as soon as I finish the current episode.

Really enjoyed this. Just love it when a story unfolds with good dialogue and good character development. Will be playing through this a couple times for sure and looking forward to more content! Time to check out his other game.

Fantastic read so far, I'm always a sucker for a good read with an entertaining story instead of just one trivial sex scene after another. I was really pleasantly surprised by the quality the VN delivered, I even laughed out loud several times. Love the characters and the dialogues, they are believable and it's fun to be put in the shoes of the MC. With this experience, I'm going to read the other game soon too and can't wait for the next update.

Mister Maya once again with a masterpiece.

Beautiful renders beautiful girls and well written dialogue.

The college backdrop is pretty typical though with potential for some interesting twists (law school is different, no frats, MC is adopted).

Don't let seeing Episode 2 dissuade you each episode is a good 3-4 hours of gameplay with multiple paths so probably longer if you do everything.

Where Mister Maya really excels though is his LI's. Rather than oversatursating you with dozens of meaningless girls that gives you a selection the size of an ocean but depth of a puddle each main girl has really deep and great dialogue with a lot of scenes per episode.

Cannot wait for more 5/5 in all aspects

The chapter releases are more akin in length to about 5 updates from most VN authors, it's refreshing to see, I started this game when episode 2 was released, and I was shocked at the amount of content in episode 1.

The characters are amazing, I enjoy everyone, I like how not every girl on campus is a vessel for the MC to fuck, you root for your male friends to get some action as well, it feels more, real.

I did get physically angry at the cliche with Miranda in chapter 2 in the showers and how the MC was a total idiot because it makes no sense for his character up to that point, but that's fine, one mistake isn't a big deal, but having a smart law student not understand a girl was naked and humping his leg in the shower and then accidentally approving more made me just get taken out of the universe. Everything else is perfect, I just had to rant at how stupid that moment was.

but a game that I find that shows college in a way similar to real life, most of these college games don't even seem like college, but rather high school, the player doesn't even know what the protagonist is studying or will study and in this one I do know what he is studying and that is already very good for me.

So, after completing a game with a relatively uncommon premise, the esteemed MisterMaya takes on a classic College subgenre. What do we have here?

Pros:
1) Good writing. The characters have chemistry, the court practice is actually shown in full and has variants, and the game is generally well-directed.
2) Humour. The game is full of it, and it's good.
3) A good selection of girls. Taylor is my fav as of right now; the way she and the MC got horny whilst talking about protecting the weak and the innocent was both hilarious and heartwarming.
4) The gameplay mechanics such as the phone and the freeroams are here, as well as some roleplay elements.
5) Visuals have improved since The Entrepreneur and are now "very good" even if not "the best".
6) My favourite part: a lot of likeable male characters. I'm so damn tired of all the "funny goofy bros" and "wannabe rapist bullies" we usually see in AVNs that this game, which actually has normal nice guys who I'd hang around in real life (John and Will), is a breath of fresh air. Especially considering that the designated rival is also likeable in his own way, and the true antagonists are all girls (Aurora, Andrea, and Will's nemesis Jessica).

Cons:
1) Just like in The Entrepreneur, MisterMaya overuses a certain female face model, making most of the girls look like sisters. Between this game and Entrepreneur, he actually seems to have access to a decent amount of different faces, so this is likely a matter of preference rather than of being limited in resources. And yes, the model has very beautiful eyes, but its abundance gets boring fast.
2) Why are the hottest girls in the game (Selena and Vicky) already taken, WHYYYY?

5 stars, so far so good, keep up the good work!

(Review as of Ep1)
Only recently discovered this game and was curious to see if dev is a good writer so i tried his 1st game, i have to say im looking forward to how this one will go as i think the 1st game is in the solid 4-4.5 rating.

Story/Writing - 4.5
The plot and storytelling is intriguing enough, not sure English is MrMaya's native language, could be better but overall it's not bad.
Some girls do feel like they are a bit too eager to jump the MC though, but hey its college/uni, crazier things have happened.

Graphics - 4
I like the diversity of the faces and looks of the character, may not be for everyone but at least it's not boring.
Love how the bodies have reasonable and very natural looking proportions instead of oversized boobs and asses.
Renders are good and adds to the story telling instead of just characters posed to look nice.
My only peeve is the 'cheek puffing' of female characters when they are annoyed or angry (what are they 5? Even kids that age barely do this unless they are absolute brats with tantrums.)
Sex scenes are ok, not bad but not great either, probably because its still early so no long passionate scenes yet.

Gameplay - 4
Choices do matter when determining the MC's interaction to other NPCs and it's pretty clear how the choices affect the relationships.
I do wish though that MC has choices to be less of a dick towards Aurora.
Overall not many forced or unnecessary choices, No grinding.
Not much branching yet at this sage of the game.

So for now i'd say solid 4, but really looking forward to how this goes. Keep up the good work Mr Maya!