Ren'Py - Completed - Leap of Love [v2.5.8 DLC] [Andrealphus]

That previous review below me that said "the best mediocre game I've ever played" really hit the nail on the head. In terms of art, it's very nice to look at. But the execution of some of the decisions that the developer made are so nonsensical, it's almost like it was intentionally done to be "anti-progress" and almost spiteful for wanting to enjoy all the content the game has to offer. What kind of game introduces an event that has an automatic game over for being too high on a stat system you coded into the game? That and all the other dead ends, it makes no sense. I wanted to like this game, and probably would have if it didn't have so many ass backwards development decisions and respected my time more. (Also, the previous five star review below me that CLEARLY points out that it's required to play the game with a guide, is liked by the dev, and STILL gives it 5 stars is hilarious.)

Art alone, this game deserves more than five stars, is just expectacular, the animations are top notch and, in general, this game has all this good vibe that games like Love and sex second base has. Giving less that five stars would detract the great work the artist did on this game.

But it suffers from a big problem: "dead ends" everywhere without a hint that could ruin the player's experience if not done correctly or, having too much skill. I died a lot until i found what i was choosing wrong.

For starters, the DLC girls are " tramps" . No they don't have a dick, but clicking on them and starting their events, start a subplot that would kill you if you have too much stats, that is crazy.

So, play with a guide an enjoy yourself.

Edit:
The above review says that the developer decisions ruined their game and i respect that, and i also thing a bad decision can ruin a game, normally that would be the case, but at the same time, reducing a game to just a one mistake is a very simplistic way to see it. You would miss the art, the concept, the characters, the kinks, the quality and amount of content just for a bad decision. Also i don't think 4 stars is enough for this game, but also taking a star for a bad decision is not fair for the amount of details this game has.

review for 2.4.3

This game looks alright, but is annoying in practise.

the art is alright, though vanilla.
the story is alright.
the gameplay is were it goes wrong. there are so many game overs in this game and it's way to difficult to figure out. maybe it's doable if you read everything, but tbh i don't think so.

the gallery mod isn't even worth it imo. as there really isn't that much porn.

Holy shit this game is mediocre.

• Poor storytelling
• Inconsistent art between characters
• You need to play perfectly to complete routes
• There are way too many instant deaths to enjoy the game
  • It seems like the new "DLC" added another instant death plot with a stranger in yellow that will also kill you and there is no clear way to prevent it.

Good artstyle, story actually has an eding and netori. I guess the game can be a bit janky in places but overall, I thought it was pretty well made. The base game is 4 stars, but the netori and completed pushes it to a 5.

Love the premise. Hate the execution. This game is the highest quality mediocre game I've ever played.

Story 4/10

You're a frog. Turned into a prince. Gotta marry a princess in 30 days or you become a frog again. That's the main plot device that drives the story.

There's a coup sub-plot. Which, imo, the game could have done without. It just leads to a gameover if you don't handle this subplot.

The 3/4/5 girls all have mini-story arcs which you discover as they fall in love with you. But it's more of an expose of you discovering their underdeveloped personalities. They're all quite one dimensional.

Gameplay 3/10

You start with 0 stats. Each of the 3 princesses requires advancement in 1 stat. Queen requires advancement in all three. Unsure what fairy queen needs. But yeah, very straightforward.

There are morning and afternoon actions for each of the 30 days. You train a stat in the morning, then either RNG a stat or advance a princess' plot in the afternoon. Quite standard.

You have a fixed sum of money that you start with. Money can be used to purchase an item which lets you skip a stat requirement check.

Is the game fun to play? Not really. After a certain amount of time, it just becomes a point and click to gain stats or trigger a princess plot.

I did not enjoy the "puzzle" element of the game, which is figuring out how to not lose to the subplot/main plot.

Art 6/10

Not bad. Not amazing. The boobs are drawn weird imo. I couldn't figure out a way to make the dialogue box invisible so it hid some of the goods. There was also no CG gallery.

While you do have a couple of CGs in the middle of gameplay, the majority of CGs are the 10 or so endings. Each ending comes with 2 CGs. And the scenes are... lackluster.

Voice Acting 4/10

I love voice acting in game. They're just a really nice addition to any game. But the voice acting in this game was... less than ideal.

Blanche's actress had a lisp of some sort.

There was zero attempt to normalize the voice actress' volumes so when you had a scene with >1 princess and they talked one after another, it sounds like one was right next to your ear while the other was whispering.

And the worst part: Not all lines were voiced. Even within a single scene, voice, no voice, voice. Off putting to say the least.

Overall 4/10

Again, I love the premise. Seduce and fuck 1 or more princesses. There's just something about royalty.

But the gameplay left much to be desired. I didn't have fun playing the game. And the game didn't pace the art at all. It's all at the end(s) and not even a lot of it.

I can tell that the game creator tried hard to make this game. But this rating isn't charity work. I really want to rate this game higher because it's so high quality. But the execution just didn't do it for me.

The story is pretty basic and gets the job done. The girls themselfs follow a basic templates of personalities and arent that interesting. The sex scenes are quite good in their artwork, but the dialogue is short and uninteresting.

I liked it! Nice short little game, and the mechanics are pretty nice to learn. I like the almost-rogue-like style and the different things you can discover.

There are a few things that you catch hints about and if you ignore them you'll pay later, and it's nice to see a short game like this have that kind of depth.

The art style is very nice, even if the scenes are a little lacking and sparse, yet it doesn't detract from the game overall. It's a short game and you have a few scene endings.

Overall, I enjoyed it! It didn't knock my socks off, but it was a fun little story.

Overall a nice game but there a several points which are quite annoying:

- The are just a handfull of H-Scenes and most of them are just at the end

- There are two or three critical scene and if not played right you get the bad ending - big problem since this games has a lot of skill checks and so it could happen quite easily

- (personell prefference) its time based in form of 30 days than the game ends no matter what

The audio were missing or glitching out a few places. There was a single time where the text went of screen, and a few spelling mistakes here and there, but besides those hickups, it is really quite good