Ren'Py - Mutant College [v0.5.0] [Space Samurai Games]

It started interesting although it became obvious quickly that a big part of the story was stolen from another AVN with super heroes. Still the story is not a copy at all and some interesting characters have been introduced in the prologue. It leans to much into porn logic and high school hornyness for my licking.

The renders are great in general using some of the latest genesis characters but there are some renders which feel unfinished and some renders have to been used too often. The focus seems to be on tits and other body parts too often to be taken seriously though.

But my main problems which made me reduce all stars is the sandbox. Sadly "sandbox" in this forum can mean anything and I don't have problems with free roam or a skill tree but the sandbox of this game seems to kill the story. I easily would cheat to give me all the money and all the stats but even then I wouldn't know where to continue. I picked some dates but it felt generic.

This isn't well thought out, the gameplay loop is just clocking on a laptop screen or a location to try and increase one of the irrelevant skills and then attempting the 'boss fight' to see if you have the correct power selected.

The 'love interests' are just tacked on, with a couple of barely related scenes that you can maybe discover. They have chosen pretty models but it's not really part of the game

There is a story but it's not engaging, mainly due to only being a couple of lines here and there between the above loops

When the game was first released it just after the prologue it just dropped you into the sandbox mode without any direction, now that the game has a questlog it's a lot more fun.
I think the biggest flaw of the game is the grind. It's not super bad, but you do need to repeat the same actions a lot of times.
You can also clearly tell the dev is not a native english speaker but it's not too bad.
Overall it is a fun game.

V0.5

Welcome one and all to grind-a-thon. if you thought you have had enough of Marvel and DC flops, wait until you try this!!

instead of a game that gets on with it, you have hours and hours ahead of you of mind-numbing [patented ] Fuk'u sandbox gameplay.
you wanted to have a life beyond this game? hahahahahahahahaha grind muvvafukka grind *ktish* (<- my attempt at written whiplashing )
yes in just a week you can complete the prologue of date questions between characters that include humdingers like "can i smash your hamster mouth with my balls?", "is that your crotch i can smell or my burger" and "can i take you to my special place i take all the other girls to?"
then the REAL game starts!!!!
WARNING: Playing this game will increase risk of player forgetting plot, personal health and will to live.

many pc mice were broken to bring us rebels this content...
...Is what the overview says in my mind.

....but seriously
It's an okay plot with overgrind sandbox design that removes most entertainment in the fog of rinse and repeat. art is good but again, becomes lost in that fog.
just terrible design

VERSION:v0.5.0
SUMMARY: A game you wanted to like, but end up hating due to developers who don't learn to pay attention to their audience.
RATINGS: (out of 5): REVIEW PENDING - STOPPED PLAYING AT SANDBOX

1. Models: 5
2. Animations: 4
3. General Visuals: 4
4. Characters: 3
5. Story: 4
6. Writing: 2
7. UI & Gameplay: 2
8. Content (amount): X
9. Sound & Music: 2
10. Fetish & kinks: X

Average: X of 50 possible points giving a X% rating i.e. X stars.

PROS:

1. Fairly good looking characters, nothing over the top and the MC doesn't look bad either.
2. General visuals and renders are good too, world looks detailed enough.
3. Animations are not bad either, smooth frames even if they are a bit short.
4. Story is fairly interesting, nothing new or earth shattering but not bad, but has some annoying shit to it also.
5. Fuckol else to like, the hate of everything else just trumps anything good here...

CONS:

1. Some of the writing is just not good, parts of the dialogue are just silly and some moments or scenes just feel fake. e.g. the whole scene with "julia" the dialogue and choices felt forced and too much, the player doesn't really have any choice.
2. Per above scene, going into the house with "julia" she stands there like a prop, no expression, stiff as a doll. In that short even I saw at least 3 moments where it felt "fake" (visually).
3. Some dialogue is also a bit quirky, there are several character the MC meets early on that are pretty much eccentric to say the least that really just annoy me. e.g. Rebecca character wastes time with drivel and senseless convo just to chase the MC on 2 renders later? The writing really feels sometimes like the person writing it has ADHD (no offense)
4. The story is not very well scripted and planned, I feel like I am dragged into a crazy mess from the get go and its pretty jarring and frustrating.
5. Choices are nice but do they matter or are many just for kinks? Like creampie a chick, can she get knocked up? Is it a concern? Or just for the kink? TBH creampie a chick is kinda traditional, considered vanilla...so yeah not much kink IMO.
6. Music doesnt fit the game really if im honest, its all jazzy, blues style thats kinda like that from those vintage pornos, not good for a modern era and style game.
7. Poor plot points and nonsensical choices and actions from the MC considering everything that is happening. MC handles it all just too well, in the stride, accepting whatever is happening at face value, just too scripted and my BS meter goes into the red here.
8. Inconsistency of character model and just flat out stupid renders. e.g. MC stand naked in front of Rebecca to be scanned or whatever, but check his head and tell me that head and then check his body, its like someone stuck the head of a mature dude on a childs, then check how long his upper body is compared to his legs. I imagine this is what a hobbit would look like naked (with less hair ofc) Oh and why are is the professor so much taller than the here? I believe most of us were fully grown by the time we went to college...

FINAL THOUGHTS, GRIPES & SUGGESTIONS:

• Often characters come across as never-minded fools that say things that I'm guessing is to entertain the player, yet I find some of the retorts and whit just stupid and annoying, almost "try-hard" especially when the MC can't get a straight answer out of the character, simply because they are the way they are and its not necessarily a secret, its just suppose to be "funny" but its not really. e.g. two characters asked what their names are and yet its gets made into a big deal not just telling the MC (news flash dev, players dont give a shit about the name really, we care about the flow, the story, fun and sexual content)
• The story just feel rushed and forced, the MC is a nobody from nowhere and ends up in a town where on day one more happens to him than what happens in entire chapters of other games. I find this hard to believe and dont feel that enough time has gone by to justify half of it all happening. e.g., MC has power that is considered below sub-par and yet day one fucks up the biggest fucker there? He doesn't know dick about his power and does that, actually he does it to that dude 2x and another chick he takes out and he does it all pretty much by accident...yeah right...Also he makes new friends in one session of class and basically recruits or starts a band of would be heroes just like that, day one stuff man, his guy is a legend...*sarcasm.
• Another example of stupid plot holes and bullshit writing, Rebecca "rescues" our MC, but doesn't trust him, know anything about him, yet she sought him out, also on the very night the shit hits the fan? What kind of coincidence is that? She takes him to her "lair" but doesn't trust him, ffs, the story is so flimsy. She asks the MC if he is a spy, HELLO he just got there, what kind of scientist and whatever she is just picks up a dude she doesn't know, not knowing what he did, who he is, what he can do (because his ability is so great)...LAZY writing
• Overall i'd loved to like this game, but can't, there is just too much that seems like lazy development, the art and renders are good, really, well done to whoever did that, and much less good work to the rest.

Osm start and captivating story only to get ruined by the sandbox. The implementation of sandbox in this game really throws one out of catch,i.e. the plot of the game.
Pros:- Decent renders, great start, plot, funny, good english
Cons:- Already mentioned above. I got lost what to do next, too much elements in sandbox part. Even with the hints, the grind will just kill the mood.

Ok so I have to say I really enjoyed this game and was excited for what the future of this holds since this developer completes his games. I am actually excited to try out his completed games as well.

Renders are good and I like that the girls are all unique and have their own quirks and personalities. there not mindless bimbos who jump on the MC as soon as they meet him (ok one did in the beginning, but that is for a different reason and story setup).

The sandbox element is nice although a bit repetitive and could be toned down a bit as it can be monotonous.

I think this game has great potential as honestly I thought it was going to be another superhero game with no real point other than sex. I was pleasantly surprised that there is a story and you have the ability to not pursue scenes and girls you do not want, which is refreshing.

Starts out alright and i found it pretty interresting, but then i got droped into a sandbox out of nowhere? no clues what to do or where to go or anything, so you just click at shit randomly hope to get something right....

When you then finaly get into the hole sandbox, you will find out its just a grind and a huge one at that, you got a skill tree thing where cost of powers goes 1->2->4->8 you get the idea, to gain 3 power points you need raise 3 diffrent stats and each of those you need to do 9 times so in total 27 times just to get 3 power points.......cost goes up to like 64 power points.....

And thats not all, you also need to grind money so you can date girls which adds yet another grind to fill stars on the girls, 3 stars for one level up.....no clue how many lvls there are, i think i got one up to like level 4 before i said fuck this, never saw anything her either not even a kiss.....so yeah no thanks.

The only thing the sandbox got somewhat right is that you can turn down girls which supprised me, at times its a bit to late since girls might be playing with MCs dick and then you get the option to say no....feels a bit to idiotic to wait that long....but atleast you can say no...

I think i made to the end of content but cant say for sure since i had one quest left in log, to hunt the 3th boss down but the skill you need is nowhere to be found, its from the girl going through walls and shes nowhere on map.

Renders are ok quality.

Girls wasent in my taste, dev failed to make much of a diversity in builds, so if you dont have a big tit fetish this wont be for you, theres 12+ girls some are only doing quests and 6 of them you can grind dates with, atleast right now.

Animations needs a bit of work and not sure how much is really animated, it seems like some scenes arent animated at all.

Music is a pretty boring standard background loop thing.

Had this just been a VN as the start and dropped the sandbox it would be alot better, also better diversity in builds would be needed so it dosent only favor a single fetish, but it is what it is so i cant give this more then 2 stars and unless you just love to grind and constantly click ctrl to skip the same dialogs 5 million times then i wouldent recommend this.

For me, it's definitely 5 stars. The ladies are beautiful and are also great characters. The MC is okay; I imagine he'll grow into a deeper character.
The story has huge potential; The game is very well put together,
The art is very good, IMO.
I do recommend this game.
Edit as of 2/19/25
The sandbox grind is annoying, and the costume the MC picked is hilariously bad. -1 star for both.

Despite its flaws with some dialogue I didn't find the sandbox that heavy and enjoyed the story despite or due to its goofiness aspect. The characters embody different women type pretty well and they feel well placed in the story. Looking forward to how it develops further.

the ppl giving this a 1 star cuz it has sandbox needs to calm down. that said, its early in the life of a sandbox game which makes it feel VERY tedious without sufficient payoff. the fact that the game started without any sandbox can trick ppl into thinking it is not one and thus they can get disappointed. i will probably give this a better rating later when the grind to content ratio is better

I'm really disappointed that I had to give this one star

The start of the game was honestly pretty good, plenty of choices that felt engaging, and a nice flow as it progressed, and the story was interesting. The bad part is all that got ruined with the sandbox and bugs. The story just feels flat, the sandbox element feels like a chore, and the bugs involving it when trying to engage with love interests and everything has made this game unplayable for me

Game version: 0.2.0

I was right about my initial feeling that this game is taking way too much "inspiration" from a certain other, similar game. Just started and the dean already looks way too similar to another certain dean of that other game. Ridiculous! Also, the story writing isn't bad per se, but boring and bloated with too many unnecessary words.
The intro was written so badly, I've already lost all of my previous interest in this game.
Moving or skipping forward confirmed my suspicion: The writing stays very weak, but the pacing, renders and overall atmosphere of the game are okay.

I finally stopped playing after ~ 10 minutes because of boredom. Which means, before the free-roam-grind. Which makes the game even worse. No cringe, fortunately.

Artwork and story are great the only things that would make it perfect is 1:: a cheat menu to skip a lot of the grind stats, money,evoultion points ect.. 2: hints or a quest log to tell you how to get some of the events and 3: More things we can do with the villains like have our way with them in exchange with letting them go

0.2 UPDATE The introduction of the quest log is a little helpful but I noticed also that not all of the new quests made it into the Quest Log. Also there appears to be no way to trigger the Rebecca quest to update her on MC powers. No helpful tips on how to trigger it as well. Taking some of the girls on dates to the Lake crashes the game still. I'm still enjoying it but hopefully they do something about the griding they claim doesn't exist in the game. Leaving it at 3 stars until improvements are made.

0.1 Renders are fantastic and the story is pretty damn good. I was enjoying it to the point that I attempted the grind. And let me tell you, the grind is heavy and stupid repetitive. This game needs cheats because that shit is ridiculous. Either that or I really hope a non sandbox version comes out eventually. It needs an in game walkthrough at least because it feels like some of the events are triggered at complete random.