Ren'Py - Completed - Lust & Life [v1.6.241029 Extra] [Astaros3D]

I probably need to try this again, but I gave up after a 90-120 minutes.

+ Yes, nice models.

+ Yes, nice animations.

-- My task list early on is empty and I'm just grinding around trying to trigger an event. Boring!

-- Carpal Tunnel inducing as I'm clicking like mad on a scene to figure out if I can make the clothing disappear or not as there is no indicator when this works and when it doesn't...AND you need it to disappear to trigger some stuff. Sigh.

> Loose, weak story, but better than a lot of porn scenarios.

OVERALL:
There are a lot more other games that have clear and progressive corruption.
There are a lot more other games that don't require a blind grind.
There are a lot more other games that do have a depth of story and characterization for those that prefer that.
This is getting shelved on my, "Try again in the future" list, and we'll see once I've played through more of those "a lot more other games".

I'm really not sure how to rate it.

On one side there are nicely made characters with cute models, decent animations etc - generally good sandbox with some simple riddles and micro-management stuff.

On the other hand whole game looks a bit as if it was rushed. Like it has wasted potential for more character interactions and sex scenes, longer and deeper plot, more details but there was no time and/or funds to better develop it.

Still I say it's a good game. Worth to play.

i really thought this was gonna turn into a great story with some deep depths. but idk. the developer must have turned idiotic when finishing the game or something. the ending is rushed like bruh what??

Hot characters. Interesting and fun story. That I finished this game at all is a testament to how much it has going for it despite having one of the dumbest looking MCs I've ever seen.

Similar plot to some other games, but from what I can tell development on this started early enough for it to not feel unoriginal or derivative. Developments within the game feel mostly earned (to a more or less degree), which is always nice. Overall enjoyable to play, but it did genuinely knock me out of things any time I had to see the MC's noggin.

Coming from a great game called My Cute Roommate this game just felt like a waste of time from start to finish, game focused too much on one of the worse girls, every event was a drag to do, no reason to make a realtime clock like the game did because it benefitted nothing.
Could've just made a new game with new characters and kept the meta from his first game because it had a good amount of content, good sex, good scenes, and was fun to play minus a few of the grinds.

One of the best game I have played, but probably because Mind Control is my kink.
Seeing it barely gets 3/5 because of others reviews, and considering people sort the game list by rating, it was my duty to put a 5/5 so people can discover this in the first pages after sorting.
I don't find this as grindy as people say, and the sex scenes are excellent.

Good job dev

3/3 for the potential, 0/2 for instantly killing it because god knows why

I mean if you someday continue this and actually make the final scenes worthwhile by expanding this, it will be a welcome move but that bizarre ending, so not cool man, so not cool

Loved the end sex scenes, both of them were exceptional, but boy if they had good plot preceding it

With help from a walkthough mod, It fixed all the problems in their previous game MCR(or MCC).
There is no more tedious bar filling game, and all the minigame can be skipped.
If there is no walkthrough mod however, we won't know exact the correct choice. It can be irritating, especially when you don't know the pass/fail condition. Also for the 3rd photo shoot event, there is no way to tell which one is the correct position.
In combination, it's now interesting and relaxing, not bad for a fap material。
The only problem is the walkthough mod is a bit outdated, we have to fix it somehow

This game has really good girls but the steps for grinding the events are too bothersome, and there is not enough variety between them, so at some point, you just skip to the right hour, in loop. And that is not the sign of a good "free" style roaming VN.

I loved the visual, but the plot is too simple, simplistic even.

There are sounds, so that's ok.

The corruption part could have been a lot better.

The glitchy design, poor grammar, and repetitive gameplay could've been forgiven if the game didn't end before you'd even reached full relationship ranks with the girls. Forcing a sudden ending like that means all the tedious effort spent on improving the relationships was a complete waste of time and half the dialogue options you're given can never actually be used.

It felt like the dev got bored and suddenly decided to end it one day in order to work on something else. I'm guessing the patrons weren't refunded.

Don't waste your time on it.

Girl House is the type of event driven game that jumps one event to another as your two little agents of lust guide you from one to the next. It's a solid setting, but otherwise the game lacks a real story. It lacks replayability. It lacks depth.
Models are great, each and every one of them, except the male ones (including the MC).

My greatest gripe with this title is something I am fairly sure others agree with as well.

Too little sexual content with the milf, the blonde daughter, the doctor, the lawyer and last but not least, the mother.

The ending that this game encountered should have been the ending of the first movie out of 3. There was so much potential for a greater and better game right there. Continuing off at the end this could have played out in so many ways.
- Mother found her son, wishes him to return, but he doesn't want to, so in order to get accustomed to her again because of his amnesia she decides to live with them for a short while. The mother path opens.
- The blond daughter finally opens up completely to the MC and they start on a sexscapade of great proportions and romance.
- The dark haired daughter finally falls for the MC after all their activities together.
- The red haired daughter only deepened her affection for the MC and since she was already in love, her path could have led to more corruption or more lust.
- The milf could have finally tossed her inhibitions and entered a proper relationship with the mc, having many heated nights together or directly challenging his mother for his love.
- The lawyer and doctor could have been great sidepieces, or simply women that needed to be conquered. A sort of S/M setting could be possible with these two.
- Least but not the most. Have fun with whatever other random babe it is possible to have fun with.
I mean if the MC was a heir of a large company, we would need to uncover what happened to him, what of that girlfriend that was in the car with him?
Too many loose ends.

The ending felt rushed even though it delivered the best sex scene in the entire game, only slightly better than the threesome in the living room.

Tons of potential, not met.

The dev can literally pick this project up again and continue where he left off. Expand on the game. I am fairly sure all the old fans will come flocking back.

Well, this is a good game with great graphics and animated scenes but facial animations sometimes are strange and the story is very abrupt. But then again fap fap fap fap engine fap away what do we need with the story I like the stories as well along with my fap material.

I thought it was an excellent game, especially compared with the other games available on this site.

The story was decent enough to keep you guessing. There were enough fights and other minigame distractions to keep you from getting bored with the sex. The angel/demon debate was an interesting twist.

The characters are attractive for the most part (MC is a bit lame). I must admit they are unrealistically busty, but most guys usually don't mind that. Even though the mom has a big ass, she still appears hot, which is something I can't imagine ever saying.

The animation was great. If you are a fan of the cowgirl position, you will especially love it.

Biggest downsides are the buggy nature of the programming, the awkward mechanics of using items, linear story (not really a sandbox), and rushed ending. But the artwork and animation are good enough to compensate and game is one I will leave active on my drive for scene replays. My one hope is the creator includes more mind control content in the future - sex bar was filled but not really used much. I would have preferred also using on house occupants.

I recommend playing the game and supporting the creator's Patreon so they can continue to produce content. Thanks for reading and considering my opinions.

I absolutely loved GIRL HOUSE.
We see how the MC and Girls build a relationship and a lot of emphasis is given on it rather than just meet and getting in each other's pants.
Though I'm sad the Gameplay is short. The game ended when I least expect it to happen.
I felt that the ending was rushed, when everything was coming alltogether, when the relationship with everyone was finally stable right then the game ends with an Orgy. I was expecting some more time with them as the girls were in love with MC.
Nevertheless the game was awesome and I really enjoyed it.
Great Job.

I liked this game a lot because it's exciting. I like girls characters, anl Lola is so damn sexy!
Animations also are really good.
Yes, the story is poor, but... who cares? When I play adult games I look for fun and tease and sexual excitment, girls must be sexy and situations must exciting.
Thanks to the author!

I played like 800 games on this site and this one is really terrible, I won't say it's the worst because of the characters design and sex scenes (animation)
but the rest is god have mercy.
the story, the characters, the sandbox are just horrible.
I was playing the game and feeling like everything that the dev was trying to do, was turning me off
even some scenes that I was really looking forward to
ended up ruined by some shity writing.
never liked his first game either, I guess this dev and his style are just not for me
at this point, it became so clear that I don't think I will be even trying anything else from him.

TBH I like the game but not that much just because the lack of scenes I guess. Like for example why is there even a choice in each character that doesn't have any scenes like wtf its like you are teasing us because inevitable we will want to have this particular scene on a particular character

If you are looking for a good story, don't waste your time playing this game. It's just some sex scenes put together, very good animated sex scenes by the way, by the way, that's why I gave it 2 stars, because it's the only thing that's been done decently in this game. The story makes sense, it's a big pile of garbage. The gameplay it's back, no roleback, no auto-foward, no auto or quick save.

I believe the dev had something else in mind when he made this game, but he had to change midway because of Patreon's ban on incest, and by trying to change the story, he ended up making this mess.

The animation of this game is really cooooooooooooooool! It's far more better than most of others! I just love these arts and I'm looking forward to the next game! And I wonder if there are more games just like this one??

This game was very problematic for me from the start to the finish. My God the bugs and story killed the experience for me.

Renders:

Decent, the neighbor whose name escapes me at the moment is probably my favorite as was Lola.

Characters:

The characters weren't anything special, none of them really stood out personality wise, the main character was on of the creepiest looking mofos I've seen, which also was a turn on. Hot chicks banging this android looking creature didn't get me going.

Story:

The story itself was a clusterduck as was the programming. The Dev tried to backtrack and randomly add the Uncle scene earlier in the game like the player wasn't gonna notice it not being there previously lol. I got a laugh out of that, because it was random as was the uncle's presence, it wasn't needed, but the Dev didn't have a story here so I'm not surprised he concocted this random angle at the very end of the story. To sum it all up to arrive, you fuck, and you leave.

Gameplay:

*Sigh* Next!!


Overall I'll probably never play another project from this Dev again, if he finds a decent writer and programmer.. sure I might consider, but as of now nope.