VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Monster College [v1.7.0] [Monster Eye Games]

I gotta give this an overall 5/5 although it's not perfect.

The renders are very nice, the LIs look good, the story is like Harry Potter but monsters themed. The sex scenes are nice though some animations don't live up to the overall quality of the game. Choices seem to have a decent impact on the game.
Biggest issue is the ending, it's very sudden and even if you went with the harem route it basically doesn't reflect that, they didn't even have the decency to put a last orgy sex scene at the end. They say that they'll come back with a sequel and I look forward to it but man, they messed up with the ending so I really hope they learn from it.

Still, easy recommendation from me.

I really liked the game, although i agree with others that the ending was rushed. I would still recommend it. It has many good points that outshine the bad. It is not a long game, 1-2 days max, so i would suggest giving it a try.

Girls - 4/5
The character models are beautiful. But there was an issue with their expressions. There were bad and sometimes frightening. Other than that, their personalities are diverse and they have great character development. Their choices are logical and "human" .

MC - 3/5
The MC for the most part was fine. He is a good guy that tries to help people. He is presented at the start of the game as smart, but there were times that he acted like an idiot. The dev just wanted to push the story forward and made this classic mistake.

Story - 4/5
I really enjoyed the story of the game. It has a main mission that the MC tries to solve but there are many things that are happening in the between. There is not much worldbuilding, just bits and pieces though, which could be unappealing for some. The story itself was not something new, but it was smart and enjoyable for me.

Sex scenes - 3/5
The sex scenes were fine when it was just static images. Unfortunately, there was "animation" in between, which was very badly made. There are not many kinks in the scenes as well, other than 1-2 exceptions.

I have to give a 5/5 for the best two characters in the game. Oliver and Lenny. They are the MC's friends that really made me laugh and reminded me of my own friends.
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I really liked this game until the ending.

The models are great, the scenes get better as the game progresses and the storylines are genuinely pretty interesting compared to most games on this site.

Why 2 stars?
The ending is actually inexcusably bad. The game is pretty clear that there is a harem route but the ending completely ignores this. The dev obviously just abandonned the game before completing the harem ending to the point that it doesn't even make sense. Honestly the ending alone makes the entire game not worth playing.

Ending feels like it was missing something, There was a Harem route but not a lot of Harem scenes that i was expecting. They just told us what happened with whom and ended with a cliffhanger for next part probably. Plus the end big reveal was...something umm generic. Dont know i think was expecting more but decent enough to atleast not disappoint you.

Story :- 3/5
They atleast tried to write something but what will u do if you chose a harem ending but got no one in your harem, would have given 4 if ending was more satisfying

1 girl left, 1 died, 1 went back to her X, Cant add ghost girl and that vampire teacher to harem. 2 other girls started sharing same room and we got no updates on them. And left with that fish girl which was probably the worst one for me of all the girls

Scenes :- 4/5
Great loved it! Everything was polished, length was perfect.

Music : 4/5
Pretty good in most part, more moans and sex sounds would be great

So a solid 3.5/5 game with decent length and good scenes but bad end

Monster College is a visual novel with multiple choices, with an extremely well-made and entertaining story. I admit that I was disappointed when I got to the end and that doesn't happen with many games of this type. The graphics are good, the animations are sufficient, the choices are quite limited and the paths are few, but this does not particularly affect the gameplay. Being one of the best products of its kind, I can only give it the highest score. Well done.

Great game. Liked almost everything about this. Ending is quite sudden and , well, I was left with one thought on my mind "I want more, please" (at least for now, cause dev working on endings at the moment if I understood correctly).
Overall I really enjoyed this game very fucking much. Loved characters, dialogs, renders. It was highly enjoyable experience and I hope to see more of this. Want to wish dev luck and say thank you.

Good Point: Use of psychology which replace mind reading trope for characetr interaction
Good character model
Simplistic story
Okay point: barbones background, simplistic music
Bad point: sex scenes not good, li models rendering with ligjht and env makes them feeel plastic, not memorable dialogues, the first few chs renders are very off putting.

Overall an okay game which tries something new. BUt it isnot for me.
3.4/5

P.S: I have not played last ch this review is for content before last update

This game is fun and engaging all the way until the end then the dev loses the storyline writing a seriously piss poor ending. If you are going to write a story thee ending is just as important as the beginning and middle so you need work on that before starting another game. If you are writing multiple endings then all endings must work for the storyline the player has chosen.

Most of this game is fantastic, I only have one little peeve: Dean Sharp. She's fine as an administrator, generally speaking—she's clearly capable of solving problems; fixing the school's magic stone problem? brilliant—but she covers shit up, lies to her students about everything (even things that have to do with them and their interpersonal relationships), and is the cause of nearly everything wrong going on in that school.

Most of the college students dislike each other to varying degrees—honestly, several of the other characters in the game would not be disappointed if other students died or disappeared—because of the shit she knows and refuses to resolve... not that it's her job to actually be the adult in the room, heaven forbid she actually keep her students from (spoiler alert) killing each other. I'm pretty sure Nina and Maxine are the only two that are actually friendly with one another. Oh, and Emily gets along with everyone... but she's a ghost, so they don't feel threatened by her presence.

Of course, when our protagonist goes in and unravels all the bullshit, because he wants his friends and/or paramours to get along, he gets the blame for it all as if she didn't cause this by leaving the mess in the first place. Common sense, Sharp: You sweep enough shit under the rug, people are going to start noticing the lumps.

Just wanted to get that off my chest, she got progressively more annoying as the game went on and she slowly revealed herself to be less of a college dean and more of a Machiavellian version of the Wizard of Oz.

Aside from irritating administrators, everything else was great about this game. Graphics, music, sfx, most of the other elements of the story, nothing really to ping this for so I'll give it five stars. Just so long as you don't put a lot of stock in Sharp's praise of your MC and his family early on—since it won't last—you won't be too disappointed.

During some hot sex with his girlfriend, the main character suddenly goes through some drastic physical changes and runs away. He transforms into a werewolf and his father sends him off to a special monster college. Here, you get access to other monster girl lovers such as a vampire, gorgon, zombie, ghost, and werewolf. The story revolves around the mystery of powerful magical artifact being stolen and the main character awakening to his true powers. The game wasn't designed to be a harem game and it was added haphazardly in the late game. The problem with this is that I choose the harem option but my ending was not a harem ending and it forced me to be with a girl I completed rejected instead of any of the girls I chose to be in my harem. The final chapters definitely feel rushed and the endings were lame.

Great story involving supernatural creatures in a university style enviorment. Competent writing and greatly written LIs, each a different type of creature. One of my favorite vn on the site, and it’s completed. Highly recommend

Рус:

1. Красивые персонажи.
2. Интересный сюжет.
3. Хорошо придумана механика прокачки ))
4. Хорошие Анимации.
5. Приятная музыка (жаль иногда прерывается на минут 1-3 )
7. Есть Русский язык корявый но все равно спасибо ! это куда лучше чем самому переводить !! ))

В целом довольно хорошо провел время за игрой ! жалко что M.P.(гг) не имба да он сильный и все такое но блин !! я хотел больше всякой крови и кишок ! (ну оборотень же xD) хотя чего я ждал от комедийной романтики 18+ xD

Eng translater:

1. Beautiful characters.
2. Interesting plot.
3. The pumping mechanics are well thought out))
4. Good Animations.
5. Pleasant music (it's a pity sometimes it is interrupted for 1-3 minutes)

Overall, I had a pretty good time playing the game! It's a pity that M.P. (gg) is not an imba, yes, he is strong and all that, but damn!! I wanted more blood and guts! (well, a werewolf xD) although what did I expect from a comedic romance 18+ xD

Great game! NICE plot, hot scenes (would've been better with more animated ones but still good) and good characters.
Definitely worth a try

Cool idea for a story and pretty LIs in the screenshots so I thought I'd give it a try. Didn't realize at first but all but two or three LIs are of the massive mammary variety, this dev has a type. I was lured in by the few who aren't but without them I wouldn't have bothered, this game barely avoids the Huge Boob Only (imaginary) tag.

I didn't make it through the whole story though. The writing needs a native speaking proofreader badly, but beyond that, there are plot holes that you could drive the retired Space Shuttle Launch Vehicle through. The one that broke the camels back for me was the ancient vampire not recognizing a werewolf pretending to be a vampire.

And what baffles me about this particular incident is that the dev correctly portrays vampires with incisors for fangs and werewolves with canines for fangs. A lot of fantasy media gets it wrong in one way or another for one or both, but this game does it right. Great attention to detail, right? Then please tell my why this centuries old vampire lord doesn't notice his daughter's boyfriend has canine fangs??? It could have been dealt with by asking the witch for a glamour spell or something before they went to her parents castle. Simple one line of text to cover that particular plot hole, but no, its just left wide open letting the cold air in.

The dialogue and MC's train of thought is consistently cringey and often doesn't make sense. I only lasted for about 1 update after the original girlfriend shows up to further complicate matters, but the plot was in tatters already anyway. I hear that there's an unavoidable LI death and a rushed ending to look forward to if I were to finish it.

This is a good game with funny dialogue, an interesting plot, and each love interest (LI) having her own lore and "sidequest." However, the issues with dialogue consistency and pacing really dragged the experience down for me. And as for the ending—well, it’s downright awful.

The Good:
The game starts off really strong. It has great pacing, proper introductions, and genuinely funny dialogue that makes you feel invested, i actually wrote down "delightfull" so i could remember for the review.

The Problems:

1. Romance:
   The romance is poorly paced and lacks proper buildup. Scenes jump from flirtation to sex to inviting the LI into a harem with little to no progression in between. For example, the first kiss happens well past the mid-point of the game (not counting the intro).
   While each LI has deep lore and a unique "sidequest," there are no meaningful or pleasant moments with them. You don’t get downtime scenes like sharing a lunch, chatting after class, or going on a picnic. If you talk to an LI either to advances a quest, to flirt(if you haven’t slept with her yet), or to fuck. It feels rushed and emotionally hollow.
2. Inconsistencies:
   The dialogue often lacks realism or coherence. I understand that in VNs like this, developers sometimes create conflicts by having characters act irrationally, but the execution here is frustrating.
   
   For instance, an adult college student being told he can’t check out a book wouldn’t start screaming at the librarian.
   
   A crying girl who claims she hates a boy and never wants to see him again shouldn’t suddenly ask for forgiveness the very next day and ask to join his harem.
   
   These inconsistencies break immersion and make me want to quit playing.
   
   
3. The Ending:
   The ending is a widely acknowledged letdown, and I couldn’t agree more. To borrow the words of @eonfow:
   
   Spoiler: spoilers of the end

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   It’s hard to believe such an ending was written for a harem game. It feels like a slap in the face after everything you’ve gone through to build relationships with the characters.

Completed the game second time after the latest update for dragomira ending.
dialog was sometimes funny especially with Oliver And Lenny damn those 2 were the best character friends i hurted my stomach sometimes by laughing haha.
characters are diverse and hot for me Emily (non-ghost) and Rachel are the most standout. for the sex scenes are average though animations could be better but i'm fine with that.

i've completed more than dozen games in this site yet this is the first game that made me cry cos that doll character...

This is a 3-star game in every way, but I'm giving it 4 stars because of the author's ability to constantly keep updating the game and having a fun premise for the game.

That being said, the MC is kind of just a moron the whole way through, which would be fine, if he wasn't a gray stu I could do everything character. Why is he the one investigating these issues when his IQ probably doesn't touch 90?

The models, character design, and love interests are great! The dialogue is a little rough but, I can assume English is not the dev's first language.

To sum up, it's a 5 star effort from the Dev, which in my opinion is the most important thing, having consistent updates keeps players interested in the story, obviously some people thought the ending was rushed, but it probably meant the dev wants to move on to a new project and I look forward to it!

I was very excited to see the game got an update but when I saw the "Completed" tag, I got a very bad feeling because the story is still developing when I played it last year.
Yup, the game got axed. Please don't play this game because you will have a down hill experience.

tldr: the ending sucks

for me a good story has to be at least decent at its lowest while other parts being good would redeem the low points but in this game the ending (in my opinion) is so bad that i just don't see why someone should go through this whole thing just to get disappointed at the end. no one should want a repeat of what happened with game of thrones

the beginning is not bad but also not great, it was decent. the middle i would even say its good but as soon as the "big fight" ends its just downhill on the story

also i wish my game was bugged to have this epilogue but the dev really did write in a harem game having a LI die, another dropping out (because why not) and another wanting to get back with her ex and have a throuple. this just leaves a really bad taste

I read some of the recent comments and reviews and took the plunge myself.

My opinion?
Good art!
Nice variety in female cast.
I was a fan of the majority of the sex scenes.

But that was truly ruined by the poor ending.... I have deleted a few other saved games (I really liked these ones) because the ending was poor like this.

It's a shame. I genuinely liked this...