Ren'Py - Love's Champion [v0.1.3.4 Public] [Grimaga]

Pros:
Characters are interesting and different
Love the kinks in this one
Writing is pretty funny

Cons:
The first few stories feel rushed, and some of the images look a little off.
Dev. I want you to listen closely. Where are the tomboys? I need some motherfucking tomboys.

Sex scenes are just bad like not even seeing the pussy bad. The start is also pretty bad with the multiple timelines/alternate realities not well written. The models are pretty generic same HS models present in a lot of games. Overall it just didn’t keep me interested past the first 20 minutes and I usually love harem games.

Good game with a solid amount of content so far, looking forward to more updates.

Pretty simple story that goes a little bit too fast at the start to get the situation set up, but once it does get set up the pacing is honestly fine, it's simple and there's no grind per se as there are just story/character events which I really enjoy. I like the girls and they each have different personalities and kinks which makes things more interesting.

I do really appreciate the effort put in with the different outfits for the repeatable scenes and I'm a sucker for lewd sounds so that's always a big plus for me.

The couple of small nitpicks (and I mean these are really small) are to do with a few bugs (which I'm sure will be fixed) and with the clothes -- mostly that a lot of it is just default HS2 stuff. That's by no means anything that really needs to be fixed or a big issue, it's just with so many HS2/Ren'py games out there (And of course the option to just play/use HS2 yourself) you see a lot of familiar things with the default clothing.

See? Small.

Actually speaking of small -- another thing I appreciate is not every character has huge tits AND that those without huge tits aren't 'loli'.

All in all though, definitely worth your time if you like this style of game, haven't finished it yet but still looking forward to more updates.

The pacing for the beginning of the game feels rushed to me. My guess is that the devs just wanted to have some sex scenes in the first few release.

But once you get past that, everything is really good. Each character has a different kink and personality that keeps the scenes fresh, and the models are really good too.

Dident really find this one much fun, story is a bit boring even though it had some potential to be good and fun, like when MC tells a LI to cum just from the words was kinda fun, but thats about all the fun there was.

Game needs an update so you cant fuck a LI before you reach that point in their questline, like with Aria which is the first girl to move in with MC and right after she moves in, you can go visit her in her bedroom and fuck her, which makes the hole storyline for her feel weird since once you get to the part of having sex with her, you find out shes a virgin and she has a little bit of pain and such when you fuck her, which feels a bit off when you already fucked for 5 times in the bedroom....

I also found it a bit to fast and easy to get to fuck the LIs, first two you meet you dont really have to build any romance or relationship, it pretty much just goes stright to sex, so its tuff to ever really feel anything for the LIs.

Sex scenes are pretty bad even for this character style, there is plenty of them but they are to boring, and for some weird reason 90% of the time you dont know if MC is just fakeing it or fucking a LI since you cant see hes dick or her pussy when they fuck.
And for some weird reason MC always has pants on? dont really get it, in most scenes you see more of MCs backside then you see any of the action.

Sandbox part isent much fun, standard stat grinds, same girls stats, most will just use the cheat option which does make the game a little more playable.

Music is like the stuff you listen to when riding an elevator, the sound effects arent that bad.

Cant really rate this more then 2 since it is below averge in almost every aspect.

I have mixed feelings about this game, it seems like a good game to me, although I feel that some heroines are wasted Also because everything happens very quickly, s , instead an interesting heroine, even if this brings a background or is in accordance with their personality, I feel that the story can improve in the future and I think it deserves a chance, I had quite a bit of fun.

I tried this game in its beginnings and it didn't catch my attention... More than anything because it was sandbox xD. But currently it has progressed quite well, I have played its last 3 updates and although this full of +18 scenes has its individual story with each girl and that pleases me.

There's not a lot of sandbox to this sandbox game, but I genuinely really love the writing. It's going to vary from person to person, but the free use/dirty talk aspects are right up my alley and very rare in games with models I like as well. I hope this one continues right up to the finish line.

I wasn't sure at first, the start sort of rushes a bit pacing wise and the lack of map icons for where girls are though simple enough to find needs implementing....but once it gets going it's pretty good. A lot of hot scenes, the characters are all pretty unique in their personalities and kinks. Definitely look forward to more.

Amazing story and immersion with the characters, the different personalities and ways to interact with them is the cherry on top. The scenes are very interactive, fleshed out, and incredibly produced. You always have something to do at any point in the story, and these interactions are always fun and/or useful!

No clue why this game is rated so low. Quality is amazing for a new game, characters are funny and relatable, and character design is really quite good.

Pros: Many good scenes, funny dialogue, love how characters interact with each other.

Cons: Updates are kinda slow, the open world map feels a little empty but I'm guessing that's because it's a new game.

The game outright lies to you from the beginning. It literally asks you what kind of shit you're into right outta the gate, but if you say that you like "dirty and submissive", you get straight out paired with a supposed sub that dictates the pace of everything and does whatever the hell she wants. She even takes your girl and fucks the living hell out of when the MC, the supposed enjoyer of submissive girls couldn't stop coddling her. That same supposed sub ends up corrupting the innocent and pure girl and the innocent girl outright spits cum on her and calls her a slut. Now, you see, that's the kind of shit I was expecting the MC to do to the supposed sub.

Aside from that horrible start of a game, the plot is just completely non-existent and the game makes it clear that this is just pure wish fulfilment, which would be fine if it actually did that, but it doesn't, as explained by the game's horrible start. After that little cum spit incident, the MC finally starts to act like he actually wanted a sub girl, but it's already too late, it's completely unbelievable that this is the same guy.

Even if he actually takes up on the role, outside of sex, he still gets pushed around by Lia and you barely get any choices. The only choices you get are related to how much of a simp you are. They're all related to praising or charming the girls. There's even a scene where the girls go shopping and you're asked if you want to pay, but if you don't, the MC pays for it anyway, lol. This is basically one of those games where the MC is completely unremarkable and only gets lucky.

Everything I mentioned happened in the prologue, as you can probably guess, this didn't exactly spark my interest so I had to drop it. The sandbox part of the game also seemed incredibly boring.

I must say that it was an incredibly enjoyable experience. The graphics weren't stunning, but the gameplay was smooth and intuitive, and the characters were incredibly detailed and realistic.
All my wet fantasies were embodied in dialogues (no matter how bad it sounds)
The sex scenes were incredibly hot and steamy, with plenty of variety to keep things interesting.
Overall, this is an amazing game that I highly recommend to anyone looking for a story a little deeper than "hello, let's fuck" or not trite fantasy

Story isn't the most original or compelling but honestly sometimes I prefer a game that's direct, and the models + scenes are great enough to carry it for me, especially with some nice kinks. Breeding marathon, sign me up lol. One thing is grinding for stats though, that's something I'm not always a fan of and it's no different here. Good thing there's ways around that...

I'd support it on Patreon but I can't really give the bottom tier on top of the other games I support :/ If there was an option for $1 maybe

V0.5.4
I didn't play very far but i think I played enough to make a review.

The story is bland, I've probably played dozens of games/VNs that uses the same story template as this game/VN, nothing unique or even remotely interesting about this.

The girls. Same with the girls, they're all the typical cliche type of chicks you tend to find in romance VNs.

The MC. Bland and boring. just your typical romance protagonist whos too busy spouting idealistic and naive nonsense.

This review may not be very clear, sorry about that but i didnt want to waste too much time writing a more elaborate review.

If it breaks any of the reviewing rules, so be it.

Renders are really great
Story i would give it a 3/5
Lot of sex scenes
A few buildings are stil a Work in progess
I had a bug where game shut itself down when i tried to look at the girls but it fixed itself
Don't play with sounds
Game runs smooth
Great sex animations
There is a lot of content
Not a fan of awnsers requiring a spefic stat
Charm is easy to get by going to the gym
No real grind just have sex with the girls few times to unlock new poses
You can buy clothes for the girls and make them wear it and they keep wearing in there room

I really love the game and hope they keep updating, it has a lot of bugs but is not unplayable, and if you see past that is a really good game whit a lot of potential (sorry if there is any gramatic error, english is not my first lenguage)

Has potential but:

I have nothing against a "fuck fest"/"all you can fuck" VN!
Story is on the flat side, but ok it can work.
What does not work is the sandbox and the stat grind, my recommendation to the dev would be to kick both and make it a kinetic VN or work in choices.

Why i think the:
- Sandbox does not work is that there are annoying "time gates" talk to her later and play character X first.
Clicking through multiple points to interact with a character to get (home, work, college) to get events that feel like jumping on the timeline.

- Stats do not work is that you can grind 4 stats directly and die 4 bound to every girl you have to make a "choice" that then gives you X points in X stats.
Just to then get to a point of "you need X points in stat Y to do Z" how do i grind them if they are the girl specific stats?

These are my 2cents, regardless of the choice the dev takes good luck.

So far, so not-great, in the little i played (up until free roam becomes available).

So, let's start with the two biggest pros.
1) The girls are attractive
2) This is either native english or a very good translation

So, cons.
admittedly, I like more of a slow burn, so games that get "right to it" generally have less appeal to me, but this takes it to another level.
Nothing is earned. In the intro you meet and fuck two girls, who then agree to share you in a threesome.
Just absolute breakneck speed. I don't know anything about these people yet. There is no real character development. Meet girl 1, she is flirty, then she's on your dick. You knew her in college and she's your best friend, but you also need to pass a knowledge check to even know her name.
Girl 2 is a childhood friend who conveniently needs a place to stay they day you move in to your new place. You haven't seen her in 13 years, putting the split between you two between ages 5 and 9, most likely. So, of course she remembers that she has always been in love with you, and gets you to fuck her just to prove it.

The logic is the goddess of love is making things move faster. Sure. that logic works for a porn game. But taking her virginity on night two, as opposed to year three you are together with her (which is what the goddess says would have been your future without her interference) just means your fucking a stranger.
The game needs to slow WAY down. Develop the MC. Develop the plot/world. Fuck it, develop the girls. I've no doubt that more character development comes, but the intro is so ludicrous that I don't want to stick around to find it. Hell, sex with both, the threesome, and the start of your harem could have happened within the first week of the story, and would feel well paced compared to what we got.

Now, what about the other girls? According to the goddess, you would have had a happy life without her interference, but it suits her purpose for you to have an even better one by starting your harem, so she plans to throw several girls your way. And between the plot point that she needs you to be with them all, and how the opening throws the girls at you, that means you have no choice in the matter.

That has two implications. The first being a linear story line, where you develop your stats, and more content opens, but where the story has no room to branch.
The second is that you don't get to turn down girls you aren't interested, like little miss free use, or little miss femdom, that screenshots tell us are other main characters.
and while I have no objections to those sorts of characters being in these games (or even having prominent plot roles), I do object to them being "required."

Lastly, the stats are obnoxious, and while I can see how they can be used well in these kinds of games, it just seems like they exist to grind away time in sandbox mode.

This isn't a "bad game" or "badly made" game, but the breakneck pacing, required LIs that we can't avoid, and linear story without branching paths, make it one I'm likely to avoid.

If you don't care about a linear story, don't care about forced LIs because you plan to play it as a fuck'em'all, and you're hear more for the porn alone than to enjoy the story that the porn comes packaged in, you may find this review worthless, and think this game deserves 4 or 5 stars. And by all means, more the power to you. Play what you like.
But for people who want more character development, more plot, and for the scenes with the girls to feel more earned... this game will probably disappoint, and my review is just a warning to those folk that this is a shallow experience you probably won't get much out of.

I'm leaving a review because the devs seem to read here. This is a review for version 0.5.0.

The game is really good, but in a different way from, say, Lessons in Love or Ripples. It's not fantastically well written and it's not a serious dramatic story; rather, this is a self-aware, humorous game that, from the get-go, has an over-the-top goddess character straight up tell you "I'm gonna give you super powers so you can get a harem and make everyone happy. Also, this is a video-game". Literally.

It's nice. Among all these games that just feel ridiculous with how the MC is some sort of chosen one or just for some reason someone that all women want (usually despite being an idiot with no redeeming qualities), it's cool to have a game that takes a humorous approach to it. In particular, it's nice to see an MC that isn't either an imbecile, a mindless pervert, and/or constantly giving life lessons that nobody asked for. The characters are also funny in a subdued way, without repetitive humor or excessively vulgar dialogue.

There's no story to speak of, or if there is, the devs haven't introduced it yet. It's a character-based game, meaning each girl has her own sort of self-contained story, and the stories are always about the girl, not about some overarching plot. The girls are sufficiently different to stay interesting, while retaining that humorous touch that makes all their stories quite lighthearted. No "fun rooms" (Lessons in Love reference for those who haven't played it) to be found here, only actual funny rooms.

Now, as for the sex scenes... They seem like the default honeyselect stuff. There isn't anything too crazy, and I couldn't tell if any of them were custom or not. The writing is to my tastes, and the scene styles are to my tastes, but if you're looking for the more hardcore/freaky stuff that goes on in this community, look elsewhere. The MC is not physically abusing or torturing anyone, no one's getting randomly pregnant for no apparent plot reason, no one's peeing on anyone else, and there's no massive pointless orgies or humiliation. If you're like me, are not into those things and kinda wishes the adult game community was a little less excessive, then definitely give it a go.

One thing for the developers: as has been pointed out by others, there are some things you could do to improve the models. For example, Aria's eyes are too dark, and I can't help but think she's some sort of demon every time. Hers and Alaine's hair doesn't work in some types of light, especially in the very early scenes of the game. The girls' skin is sometimes a little off during certain scenes; maybe add a tiny bit of gloss to it? That always seems to make it a bit better for me in ILLUSION games. Also, some scenes cut off awkwardly, like having black bars at the top and bottom, or having climax last for a fraction of a second before cutting off to a different CG. You could try making them a little more expressive: while I actually think your game is better, I'd have a look at Corrupted World, since they actually got the Honeyselect facial expressions quite well. Another one to look at is the aforementioned Ripples, which also uses Honeyselect models and, especially during sex scenes, gets the facial expressions to work really well. These things aren't necessarily your fault; the Honeyselect models can be hard to work with and require some strange lighting effects to not look like dolls. But they're things that can be fixed with a few simple tricks (at least inside Honeyselect itself), and that's basically the only thing keeping me from bumping this review up to a 5 star.

PS.: The stats seem like an abandoned feature to be honest, since they only really matter during the intro and can then be grinded up before actually starting the game proper. While I approve of trying to add actual gameplay to the game (unlike most VNs), you might want to rethink how it's done here.