Ren'Py - Mythic Manor [v0.21] [Jikei]

Review as 0.15 version

Game is alright, and it has become a staple of the harem, sandbox genre. But to be fair, it seems to be lagging behind other games of the same premise.

Characters look alright for the engine, although I'd prefer some smaller chests for new characters. Personality wise there's not that much to expect, you can see who is the mom archetype, the shy one, the naughty one, and so on.

Gameplay loop is the usual, make money, go to see X character at Y place during Z moment, see the scene, find the next place, repeat. Not bad but nothing too good either. Money is not really that important and there is not much grind overall.

Problem is, this game should have either added characters way sooner or should have ended already. Most main girls routes are quite deep with most sexual stuff done, so new additions feel weird.

Mythic Manor is an interesting game, with clearly defined unique characters that grow and evolve organically throughout the game. There isn’t as much of an emphasis on a ‘main story’ as there is with a lot of similar games, and the game instead revolves around exploring, meeting new characters, and then building relationships with them. The game does this really well, and I didn’t mind not having a big main mission objective hanging over my head all the time. The only thing preventing this game from having a perfect 5 star score in my books is that the models aren’t always of the highest quality, and the animations can be pretty janky sometimes. This is especially the case in earlier parts of the game, though I believe the developer plans to go back and resolve these issues before the game is complete (currently too busy developing new content and progressing the characters’ stories). While it needs some polish here and there, this is a title I would recommend most people to try out.

Review of 0.15

I liked the concept. The girls are all different mythic creatures. There is no overarching story. Each girl has her own story as you build your relationship with her. But there are way too many girls which makes progress much more of a chore than it needs to be. My favorite girls were Naira, Jade and Iris.

There is a bit of a grind for money, but there are cheats to get max money. My biggest issue was with the character designs. 90% of the girls have fat sagging tits with huge nipples. Even Fenora who is only 4'8 has tits down to her stomach. Nefari, while not having huge tits, has thick thighs with a huge bedonkydonk ass. Her body looks so out of proportion.

And I cringed every time something was called "plump". While I personally hate that word it's just an adjective for "fat". A lot of things were called plump...tits, asses, pussies. Yes...I want to read about fat pussies.

I didn't hate this game. Each girl's stories can be a bit of a slow grind so I just got bored with it. Which is too bad, because as I said I liked the premise and wanted to like it.

one of the Best games on here highly recommend it characters are not forgettable or annoying the game is not a grind fest that sapps your energy its relaxing in a way but that don't mean the sex scenes are boring faar from it, while the game don't reinvent the wheel it sure as heck polished it up so 5* from me.

Overall this is a good VN. The story has a good flow, and the girls have interesting story lines. There are several different ones to interact with as well. Each one has a unique personality as well. The devs have also included some cheat codes to help along the way. The hint system is good to get you started, but it stops there. The walk through given is complete to an extent. If you want a more in depth version you have to subscribe 20 bucks to get it.
Some things in game are tricky to figure out. Add some reference in game to figure out where to start. Hints are good for more than leveling up the ladies.

I do recommend this VN. It's actually a lot of fun to go through. Keep up the good work.

Great game with nice wariety of characters and so many sex poses.I really like this kind of game where you live in place with girls and can tease them.So yeah i liked the game and when its get released i going to download it again.

Another great sandbox game. i like the ones with great story, and the freedom to move around a world, and this game succeeds that many times over.
Not grindy but enough gameplay too.

Definately #TeamNaira and #TeamNefari, with more content adding in also #TeamJade too.

There's an easy comparison to be made between this game and another highly rated one, and unfortunately, this game has all of that other game's worst downsides but also have inferior writing. The scenarios and character development is just not as good or interesting. A lot of levels seem to involve running errands for the characters....

The cons with the terrible grind and guess the trigger gameplay system are super annoying here too. Commutes are also a thing here,

One of my favourite game. It's such a lovely game with many lovable characters.

Ngl I played it after finishing recent version of harem hotel. While harem hotel is unique in it's aspect, Mythic manor still steals place inside my heart. Why you ask, the story progression and those Isekai world vibes (Kinda).

Story/Plot: not gonna spoil much just going to say that it's intriguing enough to make you stick into the game.

Characters: It's in my favourite list because of characters actually. You got to see a pretty hot milf (I mean a real milf looking milf), a cute short eccentric princess with large boobs (Loli gangs can be rise up here), A shy and beautiful water nymph (My favourite), A sly dark skin bookish hottie (need more scenes of her), a super sexy bitch (not like that), i mean she's super damn hot and many more characters too. The character pacing is relatively good. It's almost like dating sim. That alone explains the romance part fully.

P.S. I am obsessed with Naira, she's just what you call precious girl.

Animation/Graphics: Pretty decent cg actually. Scenes are super hot with sexy dialogues. Extremely fap-worthy *wink*.

The game still has so much potential, so many hot characters, I request all to support the developer. He's doing some really awesome work.

Thank you Jikei. You're a God.

Sorry for English, not a native one.*

v0.14

This is another one i have seen here before but didn't give it a try until now.
And while it didn't rock my world, the premise is interesting and i am very much into monster girls which i want to see more of but it's early so hope is there.
The characters are in general interesting and i already have 2 favorites(the sexy milf and the shy nymph, with the horny sphinx as an honorable mention).
So in general the writing is solid, the situations that crop up keep me interested and i enjoy the relaxed upbeat atmosphere.

I also enjoy that it is a big focus on having it almost being completely from the MC's point of view with most exceptions being during animations.
Another plus which lately almost feels as a must personally is that you can name the MC and they almost kept his face hidden with the exception of one scene i can remember(sees it through a mirror).
Which i would have preferred not to see at all but it is a very minor complaint.

Onto animations which are also solid. The early ones are rough but improve overtime and it is so early in development and i read they intend to go back and improve early ones.

Main gripe i have with animation i have seen is that when pussy gets penetrated in an angle where it is displayed very well it looks
more as if the penis clips into instead of actually penetrating(vagina shows no movement or animation).
while this could be fixed later on and something they already are aware of and fixing it. So it too i consider a minor thing.

All in all this one is a solid start and foundation that could turn into a really good VN or even a great one.
One thing i can say for sure is i am glad i gave it a go. And i now have another on my increasing list of promising VN's.

Figured i will lastly yap about my personal wishes/requests.
And that i hope get added. First which seems to be planned since it is mentionend and has a tag for it is pregnancy or well MC impregnating and having children with chosen ladies.
And second which you can figure is of course harem, i do not want to choose just one. I hope the plan is for you to be able to not only have children with multiple but also have multiple wives.
Lastly which is the least important to me and also least expected since current societal attitudes are what they are.
Is incest(yep that one) although that one is more i wanna get to know the mother and if i desire have the option to steal her from dad.

EdIt: Just a small realisation that i never mentioned the stats mechanic. Maybe because so far it doesn't have much weight or relevance in game.

I wanted to start by saying that Jade is my kryptonite – she’s absolutely amazing!

Pros

• Each character is unique in look and in story.
• There is a variety of body types.
• Each story line is engaging for each character and the game overall.
• A fair amount of play time is included as of v0.14.

Cons

• Animations are mediocre.
• In-game tips on what to do next would be nice, as it can be frustrating and time-consuming figuring things out.
• Need more characters in mythic form (partly and fully)!
• Need more playtime with each story line, which I'm sure will be covered in future patches

Bottom line: play it, love it!

Good story and a novel story at that. The renders are not superb, but they are consistent. The game progression starts of easy, but eventually it can become a bit messy. There are seperate storylines with each love interest that seldom overlap. However there are some scenes that require hidden triggers in more than one storyline. Still not finished, so we can forgive this for now.
The game needs an ending and it needs to either cut or finish some storylines .

Truly the very best renpy game out there. Jikei is a genius and a god.

Great scenes and great characters, along with regular updates since the very beginning, so it's no wonder that I always find myself coming back to this game.

It is a great sandbox game. Renders are good animations get better with game development and new ones are smooth and nice. Girls are beautiful and writing is good everybody is a different and interesting person.

Good Points
+ Girls/Women look hot/cute and their character stories are interesting as well.
+ We have interesting story so far...
+ We have lots of girl/woman characters and content with them.
+ We have animations for sex scenes with different angles/positions.

Bad Points
- 4 years ago and even 2 years ago this game visual style and quality was good but now it just looks average. Animation and general quality needs to improve maybe even a soft remake.
- Animations need more FPS and better physics.
- Most of the sex animation angles are too close and they look bad.
- Mystic forms look not good, especially Pantheon girls Mystic forms were bad.
- MC's story, basically the main story is not progressing at all. After 4 years we still know nothing about what MC really is... Seriously?!
- We don't have good enough content for 4 years of time and the level of content DEV adding with every update not helping at all either. At this rate, this game never going to be complete.

For The End
4 years ago this was a good game and had great potential to become a great game, 2 years ago it was somewhere between good and average and the game wasn't improving at all and now 2022 it's just less than average... It's nothing more than 2.5 stars rate game and that's just sad... This game had great potential but DEV wasted all that potential...

A feelgood harem game. This is one of if not best demonstrations of the harem romcom situation pioneered from anime.

Multiple aspects of the game are great, which makes this an easy recommendation. Each of the girls have their own personalities and are fun to learn more about. There is a great balance with the writing - the dialogue is humorous and concise. The "mythic creature" background isn't overdone. Best part for me was uncovering the secrets and multiple times I found myself grinning at how hot an unexpected scene was.

Bad parts include lack content for the side girls, bad animation particularly in the beginning, and wishing there was more content for the main girls. Currently, it feels like you're just getting to the interesting points with the main girls, and I'm excited to see what happens next.

Not quite polished, but easy recommendation.

So sexy of every charactor, love them all! Beginning just the Egyptian girl attracted me, then I found everyone was so charming. It's about there body, not the story, but that's enough, that's what I like it's excellent enough to ignore other parts.

This game is awesome! The characters all have their own unique quirks and don't feel cookie-cutter like a lot of harem games. The humor is good without beating you over the head with it. One of the best 3DCG VNs out there right now.

This has a lot of content, not a lot of repeating scenes, and some likeable characters. Often it has heart and almost all sexual situations begin with a romantic overtone.

But then when you get to the sex, romance is tossed out the window and it becomes like you're experimenting on these girls... sterile and passionless. Every girl touches your privates before you have kissed them.

It's kinda schizophrenic... it has you feeling one way -- romantic and happy -- as you go through normal situations, and then it emotionally shifts to lechery in all the sex scenes. A lot of the sex is kinda rapey... my favorite storyline which tugged at the heart, involves a homeless girl whom the MC helps... but when she progresses the sex is arguably rape. Which I'm actually not against in these games... it's a fantasy where we're supposed to get the taboo we can't get in real life... I get it... it just has no place following this romantic and heartfelt leadup. All the sex is like this... the MC taking advantage after wooing them with genuine romance. And all the sex is handed to you, you don't have to work for it. They get a tingle between their legs because they had some provocative stimulation and then they need you to touch them. Nevermind that they've never had their first kiss... we'll get to that after they've had their first oral sex.

This also uses the breasts popping out because of clumsiness, bending over to pick up low objects up-skirts, and spilling stuff to wipe groin type situations... there's a ton of these lazy tropes. Every third scene.

Choices are meaningless... at one point the MC snoops a girl's room, reads her diary, steals an existential item from her locked box using a stolen password, then uses that item to manipulate her into having sex with him...and then he confesses all this to her... and she apologizes to him.

And the writing is overtly masculine with basic repetitive verbs and adjectives... which to me, has the effect of reminding me that there is a guy behind all of this trying to get me off. There is no flowery language in this and very little metaphor. Sure, flowery language can be overdone, but zero flowery is just masculine... In some of the dialog he is entirely romantic and it makes you play this from a caring, romantic, date simulator type angle... and I think it does this part very well... but then the sex and the inner dialog just kills all that by being anything but romantic or caring. It's hammer, pound, thrust, faster, harder... Every time this guy penetrates a girl it's like he's punishing her. Check it out... tell me I'm wrong... every girl begs him for his cock and then thanks him for giving it to them. And all the girls have the same voice that sounds like the author. They have some development in their individual actions and characterization... but they will break character to say a joke or pun or just to be kinky if the author needs it. A shy character will talk like a street whore to get the reader off. A clueless character will get the reference if there is a joke to be retorted.

The writing in these should be androgynous... the reader shouldn't be able to immediately discern if the author is a man or a woman. And this had me thinking about the author instead of immersing in the story.

Long passages of sex contains dialog like "mmmmmmmm-hmmmmm" click "mmmm-hmmmmmm-ooo-mmm" click "mmmmmm-o-mmmmmmmm" click "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" There is no imagination here... no arousal... just hammer, pound, thrust, faster, harder. mmmmmmmmm. Good titles explore complicated thoughts and emotions in these passages. This is entirely base when it comes to titillation.

And you'll die if you drink every time you read "She blushes <insert adverb>."

The world created is pretty excellent. I liked the concept of the Mythics, and the tails and ears wasn't so much of a transformation to make the models less attractive or freaky... actually the opposite, it made it like a giant sexy cosplay.

But the story that is told from this world that is created, is bland. It has no drama. The choices all lead to the same outcome. And how the girls progress is too simplistic. All you have to do to advance them is meet them X number of days. Everything else will take care of itself. And the daily grind is a bit of a chore with having to check when you can meet each girl daily and events not triggering even when they are listed as ready because some other unnamed flag condition hasn't been met.

This had potential. It just doesn't really know what it wants to be: Romance or porn that feels like a science experiment. And it needs something at stake in the story. Some kind of drama with all the not-at-all intertwining relationships. Something to make it more than meet and fuck.

There are a lot of better titles that use this same format of semi-open world, limited actions, and progressive training. This one isn't horrible... it's just bland. I wouldn't question someone who enjoyed this... but I left feeling like I had wasted my time. Maybe if I hadn't played better versions of the same game.

(Naming the titles that I feel delivered this concept better is against this site's terms of service... but they're in my review history.)

Great game, great story, great characters, totally deserved to be where it is. It might need a few tweaks and add some minigames, but but the rest is incredibly well treated. I usually don't pick favorites with games, but Nefari has something really especial and I think it's done impecable. Liked everything about it, can't wait to see more in the future.