Edit: After a nice discussion with a forum member (@Pwener) , and the dev, I've decided to revise my review. Their criticism of my review were fair on many points, so I intend to write a more accurate review.
As a brief preface; I played
My Tuition Academia for about 52 in-game days before making this review. That roughly translates into a couple of hours.
In short, the game has nice art and a simple non-existing story. There are art aplenty a not very much story to talk about.
The setting is supposedly a parody of My Hero Academy, so if you've watched that show you may recognize some of it (I haven't watched it). In either case, the game only refers to the MC having special powers once.
The
Gameplay is as follows: the day is split into two parts; from 8-16 and from 16 and onward. Days from Monday-Friday are school days and so the first half of the day is filled by school. I think it would've been nice with some more events that told about what the MC did in school, especially considering how it takes up half the day most days. But in any case, this game doesn't focus much on the school part and instead allows you to pick where to go after school where there are various locations to choose from, and more unlocks as you play.
What can you expect from this game? This game is heavily focused on the porn content. There are lots of content to look at, and in different locations. I didn't unlock all of them, but already the club and beach had different events. These events are quite nice, and they progress naturally. Although, I will say that they still end up being a bit "you can't do that because X number isn't right". On the other hand, that is how most games function and it's fair. Especially the art in these events are very good. That said, of the events I experienced, they do run the risk of becoming old once you've experienced the same event a couple of times.
Through these events you gain sexual desire and basically lower your inhibitions. You can also stat-pad by using magazines, alcohol and so on, which acts like shortcuts. But well, the desire still only rise which again underscores that it is heavily focused on the art rather than providing any story. For the higher the desire, the more content opens up, and as the game progresses you will meet the girls portrayed on the frontpage picture.
It is when it comes to these various characters, your boyfriend and also just some of the random events that I feel like the game has its shortcomings - although decidedly not in the art-department. You don't really ever get to know these various people, why you interact with them, how they appeal to the MC or why you all of a sudden starts kissing them. The reason is that the game has no real story, which makes the characters and the MC's actions sort of disjointed. Of course, if you don't care about a story, then this critique won't matter to you.
You can also get a boyfriend who unfortunately is just a shadows, which is quite unfortunate. Moreover, I don't really think he has any personality, not that any of the other characters has much of that either. Again, leading back to the game not really focusing on the story part, but rather on unlocking art. To me, a great game has a good story and lots art packed around that story - not the other way around.
In short:
The Good
- Good art and the MC is hot.
- A large quantity of art.
- Many different locations.
- Events have different options depending on your desire.
The In-between
- Some of the events can become repetitive. A few extra events in the student bar or on the beach could help that.
- Though you play a girl, the narration almost changes to playing from the boyfriends perspective when you are together, which is a bit strange.
- You choose your own pacing. As the game has no story or keypoints to hold on to, you basically decide your own pacing depending on how much desire/lack of shame you have.
The Bad:
- Apparently the MC has super powers, but this is very rarely referred to. Generally, the world and setting is not explored to a great extent.
- The MC has a crush on a guy, but this guy is like all other guys not even given a face. I find that annoying, while others might find it nice.
- The game is basically devoid of a story. While not all games must have a story, not having one runs the risk of making the various characters disjointed - "why do you start kissing this girl" "why do you like this boy" etc. Their relationship aren't explored or developed.