Ren'Py - Maya's Mission [v0.5.3 Patreon] [Pinkmochidango]

Not a fan of the interface, it's clunky. Dialogue is super boring. Don't recognize any of the characters and have never played a Phoenix Wright game before (and never will, assuming this is any indication of what they're like).

Imagine playing a game, and being told that something cool is happening in the other room, but you can't see it yet. So you play the game, assuming you will get to see the thing. you don't. hell the latest update lets you play from the LI POV, and you can examine the jizz splattered everywhere. she's like, wow we sure made a mess, teehee, and there's absolutely no recognition that the only interesting part of the game just took place offscreen.

all the 5 star reviews confuse me, but maybe they're all fans of the game this is parodying. I found it super boring. art was decent, but i started skipping the text because yap-yap-yap-yap plus completely trivial puzzles you can solve without reading anything.

Absolute banger of a game! Don't look for the walkthrough. It is quite possible to get everything on your own. Just check everywhere and retry each day if something is missing!

I played the original games on NDS a long time ago. It's so nice to meet again all the characters with their exact same personalities. Also the lewd additions are welcomed, of course! But that's almost like the cherry on the cake.

damn good art, pretty good animations, mix of both NTR and non-NTR scenes, overall enjoyable experience with plenty of gameplay similar to actual ace attorney just with way more lewd stuff, however there is still no clown

Really unique game, with good art and never boring. The parody replicate really well the feeling of the original game while adding spicy elements. Fun to play, just a little slow on updates but if it's necessary to add greatness to the product it's ok.

10/10 Easily one of the best NTR games, they did a good job with everything, sound track, art and writting is on point, characters are unique and memorable(even thought it's a parody from some game, this is a good aspect to mention)

Dev is talented, still unfinished and is so good yet, can't wait for next updates!

The story is very fun and engaging. The hentai aspect is very well done. It keeps the spirit of the characters very well. It is an absolute 5/5 from what I played so far. Even the puzzles were very enjoyable. The humor is great. An absolute must play.

Review made just before v.04 but my thoughts remain the same.
From playing Maya's Mission for a short time (in demo/unfinished form) this might be my consideration for "most efficient use of RenPy in an H-game". Mochi, the dev, has a great grasp on "keep it simple" and maintaining project quality towards providing a parody H-experience.

Maya's Mission is essentially an Ace Attorney parody game with H elements. Mochi has created a good gameplay loop of small tasks for the player to do while checking a scanner that shows Maya's actions that keep the player guessing (or seeing) lewd situations she's in.

I haven't actually played Ace Attorney other than years ago on a buddy's GBA, but it seems that the characters are written and acted well for the "world" they exist in (with the note that something is causing excessive lewdness). As far as graphics go, sprites edited based on actual game sprites do well here. Usually parody games that follow the original graphics drop the ball somewhere, but so far so good with Maya's Mission!

The lewd content is surprisingly decent for being simple. A little bit of RenPy animation goes a long way.

Seems like the NTR tag is dividing some people in the thread, but I'm a neutral ground here since I generally dislike the NTR tag. For me it seems more like Phoenix and Maya have a platonic relationship, but even if it's intended to be "true" NTR, it didn't grind my engagement like more hardcore NTR stuff would. It feels more weighted on exhibition. To each their own. I wasn't turned away by it, so take that as you will?

As far as gameplay goes, a few quality updates could be made (and some seem to be on the way). The scanner needs a function to avoid missing unseen frames, and a gallery function should be somewhere. It would be nice to have a day-select from game start incase people want to re-experience a day without playing from the beginning or using loads of saves. A hint (or maybe an item you can use?) at how many cards are left to collect on a day-to-day would be nice to not accidentally skip side content.

The story seems to not have dividing paths and Mochi posted that there will be only one main ending. That seems fitting. As I said previously, the game's story loop seems simple, which is a good thing for a RenPy game. Too often devs will try to shoot for the stars and never leave atmosphere. The content here is good, keep it up.

At the moment the game is in demo form and I'll be back when it's finished. Very promising!

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0.3.1 Public ver.

Amazing game so far, easily 5/5. For fans of Ace Attorney. The characterization and writing is spot on. Presentation and art are also very high quality, and it literally feels like an actual Ace Attorney game.

Eagerly looking forward to more, I don't think I've ever been this impressed with a fan game before, even with how little actual content there currently is.

incredibly hot. perfect recreation of the artstyle. great corruption, looking forward to seeing this project finished. So far theres a few scenes of interest but I'm especially looking forward to seeing how things play out, the way the game handles ntr is very good.

Version 0.3.1
Played it in one take. And it's really engaging! I like how the team. created this game, respectfully relies on the game's source of inspiration - the original Phoenix Wright Attorney series. Here and there are glimpses of lore that play in a new lewd context.

All of the characters are unusually believable and each of them has his own charisma (maybe thanks to the parody's original). But, even if I still haven't played any of Phoenix Wright games , I was immersed, as I was already part of this universe.

The humor is great, thus implying that the story doesn't take itself very seriously, the characters faces (and other interesting parts) are lively animated, the mini-games are fun and help to ease the pace of story. Nothing I would cut out.

And the following device, given to us and Maya, is also sublime part, that helps spice things up. I'm looking forward to see, how the game goes (with the corruption part )

Thus I definitely recommend to must try this game!

This is great. The writing is very in line with the source material and brings me back to the good old days playing Phoenix Wright. Hopefully more content drops soon, but just off what I've seen this is shaping up to be one of the best H-visual novels out there.

When I was playing the original version of Ace Attorney, I wanted to search for fan works, but there were none. Now there are finally some, and they are very well made so far. The settings and plots are faithfully restored to the original. I am still looking forward to better updates in the future. Currently, it mainly focuses on hidden NTR, which is suitable for players who like this type of game.

As of version 0.2, (about to download 0.3) I've really enjoyed this game! It's clearly made by a fellow fan of the games it's parodying, and captures the visual, mechanical, and writing style of those games very well.

The images, particularly character sprites, do seem rather low res, but that's just being authentic to the visuals of the games.

I only can't give it 5 stars because of length, being so early on in development means it is naturally very short, and doesn't have a huge amount of content yet.

But an extremely promising beginning, and I'm looking forward to seeing all the future updates for this one!

Wow incredible work so far.

A sincerely faithful parody of Phoenix Wright games. The accuracy of the characterization and writing is top notch, the kind of work that comes from a real fan. On top of that there's exceptionally clever usage of Ren'Py's mechanics to almost perfectly imitate and in some ways expand on the Phoenix Wright games' mechanics. It's not my first game to recommend if you're not already a fan of the series but if you even have a cursory understanding of Phoenix Wright then I think you can find something to appreciate.

Big shoutout to the dev for having regular and frequent updates to the game too. I'm excited to see more!

Absolutely enjoyed how close this parody feels to the actual games. Characters talk and respond the way you would expect them to, but with that NSFW twist that hits it just right. Even the original content fits pretty well alongside the existing universe. There's only 3 Days in the game at the time of this review, but I can't wait to see what's ahead in the future.

Really good and funny game XD
Writing is nice, I totally dig the humor and the art ist well made.
Never played the original games, so can't compare anything there.
But this game definitely worth a play!

What can I say, even though I never played ace attorney, the game mechanics and storyline kept me going and wanting for me. Was always a fan of the dev's work since his first game, can't wait for more to come!

Really captures the essence of the original games, while the sexy content is limited as of now what is there is top notch so this looks REALLY promising.

MC and Maya are not in a romantic relationship and they dont seem to be going that way since they have more of a sibling relationship, but NTR haters beware since a big part of the content is how the assistant(Maya) does sexy stuff with other people not the MC.

very good game, it creates a nice tension while remaining comedy based. it follows the phoenix wright style and pacing and jokes very well. The dev seems to be accpeting feedback really fell and overall this game shows a lot of potential

Ridiculously faithful to the game it's parodying. I was extremely surprised by this.

At this time, the sexual content leaves a bit to be desired. I'm personally not a fan of the video feed gimmick - especially when the most important action is obscured/hidden.

That being the case, the other content so far has somewhat made up for this.

I'm hopeful that future updates will ramp up the steaminess. At this time, even though the above still holds, the quality of this VN befits a 5/5.

If you are interested in playing this game but it's not an immediate sell for you, I'd probably recommend waiting for a couple more updates.