Unity - Completed - Mystwood Manor [v1.1.2] [Faerin]

Good story, good gameplay even tho i don't really like management stuff i still enjoy the game. The only lacking is well repeatable content, once you basically corrupt all the girl, the game stop there and back to managing your hotel/manor, which is kinda boring on that state. Overall it's a good game definitely recommend to play the game and support the dev.

I am writing this evaluation on the fly.

I have just finished the game and I have completed all the achievements.

This game is an example to follow. Good models, decent animation, good progression, not too much grind (to a point), the story is dense without becoming incomprehensible. The characters make us want to go further in their stories and the dialogues are good! This game is a complete success for me.


Only and small weak point, the animations. They are much better than the one of "Man of the hous" but they are not the best we have seen. The loops are often badly cut, and some animations are just recicled between two characters.

That said... That doesn't take away from the fact that I had fun, and I had fun playing this game! I hope the developer will release a new masterclass like this one.

His games aren't perfect but Faerin deserves full marks for making large games with beautiful women in a timely manner. Production values and polish of this game is pretty impressive and the fact he completed it in under 3 years while there's games on here that have been in development for twice as long and have only half the content is actually incredible.

Faerin seems to favor sanboxy games that require you to put a lot of time in to unlock your lewd scenes. Some people like it, like me, others hate it. Fortunately, if you want to skip all that Man of the House had a built in cheat system and Mystwood has a storymode that trivilizes the gameplay aspect.

Despite it's flaws, when it comes to western erotic games Faerin's games are definately amongst the greats. And once more I cannot overstate how incredible it is to have a developer that churns out these large projects out in a relatively short timeframe with a high degree of polish.

TLDR : Good game, great porn and actually finished. One of the few games on here actually worth paying for.

Renders are really good, animations are fluid, all art in general is really great.
Story is not a work of art but all that 'whodunnit' thing is well-handled.
Women are sexy and all feel different.
There isn't so much romance as I expected. What makes you get mom and sis for example is the lust that the fog couses. Not saying lust-based-get-the-girl story is bad but optinal romance-focused story would've been also good.
Management part is fun but there is too much grinding. Story being not too great and lack of the variety of the lewd scenes does not make up the time you spend on grinding.
It's a game definitely worth playing! Just needs a little patience.

This will be a reivew with bias, since I am a sucker for Faerin's games, eventhough I hate sandboxes in general.
Story and characters are great, game mechanics really well done. The whole game is a gem. Visuals are even better than in the previous game. Yes,the grind is there, but it wouldn't be a Faerin game without it.
My only critique are the sex scenes and this is something, that many devs fail at;
Do secenes where reverse cowgirl or cowgril is impelmeneted, and viewed from the front or any pose, where the womans body is visible. Missionary where the guy completely covers the womans body is a huge issue. Sadly this is the case with one of the best women in this game as well. Luckily Amber, Annika got their good scenes, but Julia, Laura and Catalina were a huge letdown, Kay as well, but she was saved by the anal scene. Other than that this is a really good game and since the only critisized part is a personal preference of mine, I still give it five stars.

For the scene, the model is sexy and beautiful. However, the scene is just too short. Always encounter the situation that when you get hard about the picture and the sex scene is overed.
Another thing is that the gameplay is a bit boring. The experience of managing the manor was too emphasized. I may expect more interaction with the guest or the people from the town. Not just everyone becoming the worker and stay in the manor and wait for the MC to fuck. I would say this game is abit borer than the pervious one.
But the game is not finish yet. I am looking forwards to play more side-story or cookies.

There were some things that annoyed me like the constant panning shots and one room being locked until you progressed really far with one character which kind of defeated the purpose of progressing with the character before you got to see the outfit changes. I also don't like the model for the mom, just really gross to look at but of course the mom is always forced on you. A few other things but doesn't take away from the overall rating too much.
You can tell a lot of work went into this and the renders (except for the weird forehead wrinkles and the mom) drastically improved from the dev's last game. Still, I think I liked the dev's last game better. It just had a certain "vibe" to it. Living in a penthouse in a city and upgrading yourself rather than managing a hotel.
However, the story was actually interesting and well thought out with an actual ending. I just feel like at some point managing the hotel got in the way of enjoying the story and characters (or sometimes vice versa) rather than both elements working together.

Top game!
As always, Monroe makes just unbelievable good games. Especially I like games with elements of management, which is definitely in this game. I'm really excited about the further progress and will be updated.

Overall, a game with good gameplay and renders, but the story and characters are drastically lacking.

Pros:
The gameplay was fun. It was simple but still had some planning involved.
Renders are good.

Cons:
The character's story is lacking. You talk to them -> meet them in a dream -> repeat most of the time. Their relationships do not build up in anyway.
Needs to have more things to do. Cannot talk to employees or guests, and sex scenes are not repeatable in-game.
More sex scenes (there is little for each character).
Story is fine for a porn game, but it should really have been used more in a character's story.

If you are ready to invest a lot of time for few amazing then keep going. If not, stop it here.

Gameplay
This game is a mix between management style games and porn games and to be honest, it is doing a good job at both. After some initials complains, the game was split in a pure porn game and a normal game, as envision by the developer. I only had patience to finish the porn game, minimum grinding and cheats activated and it took me around 6h, I can only image how longer
it will take to play it properly.
From the console page you know that it will be a great game. Very stilish choise, competing with real games out there. The music is chill and the room decoration is good. The renders and animations of sex is spot on.
What I would have like to see more middle and late game is the chance to have a random sexy encounter with one of the girls, just to keep you pushing. It would have been nice if after you finished the main route of a girl you could have a random sex with her.

Story
The story is not very complex, but still engaging and lovely to follow. There were few elements that keep me engaged and wiling to unvail the mistery of Mystwood Manor. While playing there are also some funny moments, for example Micky and the way he start repairing some rooms. What the game does not really explain is why the fog make all the girls more hornier...
A minus for me is the short ending and the lack of depth, compared to the developer previous game, here you grind, grind, grind to went to a blend ending where all girls want your dick in their pussy. Maybe I just wanted to give it to one or two !!?

Girls
The interest girls get in MC is justified by the "naughty things the fog is doing". While most of them are somehow believable, as it is the case of Amber and Riley, I have to admit that the evolution of mother arc is a disapointment. The renders are good and the beauty of the girls is outstanding. The forehead is something that looks a bit weird and could be improved

I am sure the game isn't for everyone with the grinding aspect of it.
But, if you like this type of game, it is top quality.
The quality of the programming and the UI is very high, the renders are great, animations very good.
Quality wise, I don't think you can get much better than this. Gameplay and story, is subjective and it depends what you like and not like.

Mystwood Manor is a solid game. You are basically a manager of a hotel with hot women mixed with a little mystery in the story. The game features solid management mechanics and sex scenes.

The only thing that holds the game back is the story. The story is satifactory for a porn game but it is on the lighter side. I also felt that the relationships you have with the girls do not intertwine with the game mechanics or the story with any relevancy or impact. This mistep is what holds it back from a 5 star title.

Overall, the art and animations are good. And players that like management style games will thoroughly enjoy this title and it will please others as well. Mystwood Manor is another triumph for Faerin. Well done.

The Good:
- The graphics are ok. I don't remember seeing those models anywhere else.
- The hint system (once you understand the implementation) is very good.

The Meh:
- Story. It's not terrible, but whenever any sort of magic is used, there need to be rules for what the magic can do, what its limitations are and what dangers it poses for the user. As it stands now, magic does whatever is needed to move the story along.

The Bad:
- Grind. I played the "Normal" mode and its insane - each employee has three jobs they can do, plus their energy bar. The stats rise for each job are excruciatingly slow, while the energy drops like they're fat asthmatics working in a coal mine. On top of that, there is the hotel’s reputation level – this is a very rough math, but I believe you’d need to successfully complete 100+ guest visits to max it out. My advice – don’t even start the game without the cheat-mod.
- While annoying in the beginning, guest interactions gets absurd in later stages. For example, in the kitchen a level 1 guest can ask for soup and you’ll be given three options from which to choose – soup, salad, steak. A level 5 guest can ask for Swedish breakfast or English diner and you need to guess WTF are they talking about. This is utterly pointless and is only used to artificially inflate the playing time.
- After finishing a girl’s quest – they’re done. You could repeat any of their scenes from “Progress” menu, but the is no way to interact with them during the day.
- RNG. There is at least one quest that can be missed if you progress the story too far, without stumbling on a specific location.

There is no special story and the incest story is near a hentai manga..
No evolving story. Sex with his mother is totly senseless. The way from a mother to a mother who want sex with her son is nowhere to find.

it's very hard to explain how much this game beautifully is
since he's previously game man of the house he's been showing
a lot of improvements
and as about this game this game is just really incredible
I and personally I highly recommend it for all of you guys
-the dialogs are beautiful and funny the story is full of feelings and adventures
-the characters are very sexy hot beautiful they are
I hop every one playng this game to not judge quality and fast
play and enjoy the most incredible beautiful game I played ever

I feel like this game does more good things than bad. I like most girls and there are some hot sex scenes though most are a little too short for my taste. And as of v0.9.2, none of them are repeatable which sucks (though you can 'remember' them in sort of a dream).
Image quality is good, although the GUI isn't responsive enough, there's a small delay between pressing a button and getting the result.
The hint system for progressing is very clear which isn't the norm in all games, sadly.
Story is fairly interesting, it's about a supernatural mystery.
I also partially enjoyed the hotel management part (played on normal difficulty), although I gave in and used several times the very handy cheat option because it would probably take about 50 hours to unlock everything without it.
Overall, I had a mostly good time so I'll buy the game on Steam, like I did the previous one. The game would have been a 5 star if the girls' stories and interaction had been more developed, but it's already too late.
And many thanks for the lovely Hana!

It seems this game is caught between trying to be a management sim and a porn game and it is just "ok" at both. The manegement mechanics are too simplistic to be engaging (though I imagine the higher difficulties will change that), and the scenes are fine but the characters aren't fleshed out enough for the player to feel invested in them. This is the biggest problem imo, there is some supernatural shit happening that makes everyone horny which means that every scene is basically just girls throwing themselves at you and no time is given to make you care about them in the first place.

I kinda get why given so much time is spent on the management sim, that if you were to slow down the pace to include more characterization a lot of people would complain about blue balls, but honestly I'd rather have that then a bunch of cardboard characters I don't care about.

That being said the models and scenes are good, and I actually like the gameplay, even if it does wear out its welcome near the end.

The only way to unlock everything is through playing the game on normal mode and doing a treasure hunt, and normal mode is a cock. Even story mode is tedious. The porn is great, but making progress in this game is horrendous.

"I want meat" followed by you choosing to give the customer a burger... Delete it immediately. Serving the guests adds no fun to the game and just wastes time.

There should be a way to skip time with a single click INSTANTLY, even if it means passing up on an opportunity. No more choosing what to do for that time, seeing someone do something, "a few hours later" into watching a clock move. Either stop doing all of that EVERY time block or that or stop having time-specific events.

The idea seems cool. The story seems okay. The porn looks good. The execution is awful.

Game is super overhyped for what it provides.

I do not like most of the gameplay entails, as it is way too grindy for my tastes, and all of the hardwork you put in it does not necessarily reward you.

There are definitely better games out there for sure that provide more value.

It is an actual game! Yay! Not a VN, but a game with gameplay! Original gameplay. Challenging gameplay. You actually can lose in a game - what an achievement! For only that this game getting 4 stars. Its a management simulator, where you need to balance your employee to fulfill demands of your customers. Easy premises, a lot of fun time playing it.

Great design: thought through, with attention to details, animations, a good sound (except for girl moanings - these must be cut of). Truly enjoyable look for such game.

Characters are basic, including mother and sister, nothing special. As for story - it needs a skip button. This is the BIGGEST flaw of this game - skip button for every cutscene is essential, its game-making 101.

Second biggest flaw - is generally text. Writing style is poor; dialogs are ok, but sex-scene text is just bad. The amount of "Holy crap!" and "Man, its so hot!" exceeds all allowed quotas.

Sex scenes are generally dead, mostly cause of mimic-less dolls - models and robotic animations and moanings. But their biggest problem is that they are unneeded for the game itself, and can be easily cut of, without loosing anything.

Sex stuff -wise, I mostly enjoyed, how their uniform were becoming sluttier with every level, because it was actually my achievement: I leveled them up - so now they look sluttier. But as for cut scenes (events) - then I suddenly got replaced with this "Holy CRAP!" - doofus MC , and have no voice for what was happening. No pose choosing, no options - nothing. That's just bad game design.

But, all in all, this game is good, especially by modern day porn-game standards, and it would be hard to find another one like it.