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

Terrific Characters, Awesome Animations. It catched me right from the beginning. There are so many different personlaties and I like them all in a different way. The areas under development are very promising

Review of version 0.8

Simply one of the best harem games that I've played to date. I love this game!

The characters are distinct and unique. Each one has her own endearing quirks and proclivities. The progression timelines with each character make sense.

The story is great. It's light-hearted and enjoyable and has no grimdark bullshit that plagues so many VNs. It's nice to finish a game and have a warm feeling afterwards (no, that wasn't a fap/cum reference... although there has been plenty of that with this game!) The seductions are a slow-burn and are tremendously satisfying when achieved. The integration of the animal mythic qualities to the characters gives the game a unique feel, especially considering how the mythic abilities are blended into the overall story.

The models and renders are beautiful. Just truly gorgeous. They have to be among the best of any game on F95.

The sex scenes/animations are top-notch. Great variety of positions, great length, and great dirty talking.

I could go on and on about how great this game is, but I'd be wasting your time having you read it when you could be playing this game and finding out for yourself.

Highest recommendation!

A unique take on harem genre. Characters, renders and scenes are superb. Unfortunately there isn't much lore explanation or story progression based on exploring MC's involvement as half-breed, but maybe its in a pipeworks.

Game was good at start but recent updates made it boring and leaves the impression of lazy work. Probably wont bother until it reaches 1.0 version cause right now game is only good if you never played it before. Otherwise just skip it

Love it,girls are all cute, although Fanora sometimes looks like a doll,but that's not a bad thing really, animation sometimes is delayed but it's always worth the wait,looking forward to more updates,thanks for your work.

Literally one of the best games I played.
I'm in love with all of the characters. And it's so addicting. You may get stuck in some parts but the walk through is easy and simple. I can't believe I haven't found this game sooner. I hope there's more future updates because man... it's so good.

Couldn't really enjoy the game without the walk-through, but I love it. Nefari is my favorite. Not sure what strength is for, but the option to kill time is nice. Reminder to save right before you think a sex scene is coming to revisit it.

The setting has interesting mythical-fantasy elements in additional to sexual-fantasy elements, scenes are plentiful, dialogue is amusing and not excessive, characters attractive, animations are good (in later content), and eroticism is high.

This is particularly satisfying as a bit of a departure from some of the darker or more complex themes that are prevalent in other popular projects, the setting and theme are bright and positive without heavy emphasis on more challenging dramatic elements (e.g. rape, incest, netorare...).

I am by no means suggesting what elements are better than others but that the *ahem* feel-good atmosphere game is a satisfying example of its type and I look forward to this project's continued development.

Pretty good game with awesome characers. Everybody can find something for themselves, the content coming with every update is satisfying, although it keeps leaving you for wanting more. Good quality game.

If only we could get some professional voice acting for the dialogues, now that'd be something.

And yes the game is linear, but there is almost no grinding which is great.

Great game funny and have a good gameplay system. This game is not perfect but it still be agood game to play. The Models is good and gameplay is funny to spent time to play with. Looking forward for the full version, it must be really good game.

Distinct characters with different interactions with each one. Good progression with a decent hint screen (though could be slightly more clear in certain instances). Lots of good nudity and sex scenes.

Well... Its not a bad game, nicely written, lovely art but a LOT of stuff is still under development which is understandable but kinda sucks when you see "you've reached the current highest level for this character" with any girl in the game or seeing 60% of the map with the description "under developement" and not accessable... Also I kinda hate the stuff when you need to reach a certain level with one girl to open up a scenes for another girl, like the pee scene in the elevator for which you need level 14 with the BDSM girl (Velle?)and the "shy" girl. I didnt care about Velle, im not into a BDSM but I'd really love to see the scene with the shy girl, especially annoying when you don even have a clue that something like that is possible without reading walkthrough....on a good side, features like watching "live" webcam streams on the internet or installing a cameras in other rooms / watching the footage are very welcome so, avarage game for me. deffinitely playable and enjoyable but nothing special.

Played it a lot, unlocking everything. I can only say that there's never enough content! We want more!
I've never found a bug or a txt crash while playing. In addition, the promise of finding more content from time to time is so tempting... Falling to any of this girls is not a hard thing. Even the plot is entertaining and makes you feel more attached to the characters. I highly recommend it.

Awesome game! You really get to explore routes with the different girls with "mini puzzles" for each one. Lots of content is already out, and you get to replay some of your favorite scenes. Highly recommend.

I don't have enough stars for this game.

Gameplay: Polished.
Graphics: Impeccable.
Sexy Content: "I swear to god that you WILL bust a nut the first time you play."
Story Quality: You'll remember this game for a while.
Story Length: The perfect mixture between "enough information" and "too much information".
Characters: Each one of them has different personalities for all tastes.
Grind: Almost minimum.

The main quality of this game is its characters. You have a loving sexy milf that acts like your mother. A sexy librarian that likes being a tease. A demon/succubus. A busty "loli" with a princess personality. And a shy girl on an adult game that is ACTUALLY shy, and not just an easily embarrassed thot that only serves for "diversity purposes". No matter what character you like the most, the game will deliver it to you.

Funnily enough this game is still only on v0.6, but it has so much more content than similar games already past v1.0 that it's almost laughable.

The best thing about this game is that all of the characters are super attractive, but in their own ways. The game is not too grindy, and the hints allow someone to discover what to do on their own without requiring walkthroughs for the whole game in order not to miss anything. The game is updated pretty regularly, which is also an amazing positive. Whenever I see this game in the "Latest Updates" section, I immediately set to download it. If I had the money, this game would definitely be something I'd want to support, even with the creator allowing it to be released for free.

Great game! This is one that I always play with each update (the special codes are great for this). Good writing, good girls, minimal grinding compared to other games. Can't wait for the 1.0 release of this.

First playthru is V.5 First time I'me every seen a dev undersell version vs. content.
My thought on version #'s is the same that game devs have used since the 90's. 1.0 =100%. I get the later ideas, that addon content etc goes on to boost the v# Patreon devs that don't adhere to this version system for the most part gain my immediate mental snub. Patreon titles that have been in dev with no actual end in site have gotten WAAAAY too sure of themselves, to not use the decimal system to show users what % of the game is ready for primetime.

This game (to me) got the % right or they're underselling. The game to me, is 90% done, so worth the playthru at this point. They could end things as they are, but I think there's a deeper plot regarding Sphinx chick & MC's research.

Mechanics: Standard renp'y game. Use inventory.money = to cheat money. Only cheat I needed, you can interact with SOME girl in a meaningful way once you'r wallet is full & you bought everything without wasting turns. Dev left plenty o' hints in the relationship tab. (heart thingy)

Characters: Well done from Illusion poser thing fav for me are Nefari & Velle. All have distinct personalities that jive with what I would consider in that type of Myth. Having a hard time with Esther's myth atm, but , it's a real 5.0 I'm sure I'll be shocked, beside's, what are phoenix's famous for except being reborn, & healing tears in Harry Potter

Sound: I don't review since unless there's voice acting & such I keep the music @ mute

Plot: fucking awesome. Has real potential. I'f you even try to court Nefari, you'll see hints of what's to come I hope.
Off hand, I'd assume you have 6-8 potential endings.
1 for each girl, 1 harem, 1 fail, one evil overlord, one benevolent semen source ^_^ . Doubt that's an actual option, that would be handled under Harem I think.
I can already see how certain decisions you make in what are now side events would screw with your desired ending (i.e. is fucking a certain girl's mom going to hurt/help you) The choices are nicely obvious (to me at this point) . By the time they're at v1, they may need a walkthru, but the hint system is way good to advance the plot.

Overall, Impressed at every step, from version numbering, to models, to dialogue, to plot. Just DL'd this version, so I can't speak to pace of updates. That's a huge thing with me as well. I like the dev's that embrace discord for that reason, sometimes they need an idea or a kick in the pants or just to be left alone.

Jikei studios is getting it right.

v0.5 review:
This game has you jumping through hoops, mostly while having to follow the provided in-game walk-through and all you get for your trouble is crappy 'animations', made from 2 or 3 stills, a lot of blue balling and choices that do not matter when it comes to progress with a girl (it does matter in the way that you can miss out on some pics or part of a scene but the game progresses anyway)
The good is that the renders and models are pretty and good, certainly for a HS game.

(Games like this are part of the reason I keep downloading random games. To find gems that I just find absolutely enjoyable and make experiencing them utterly worthwhile.

Mythic Manor started strong by releasing a 0.1 Version that actually had a decent amount of content, something to really sink one's teeth into. Since then, it has steadily added content and this most recent update adds a good chunk for a character that I didn't even know would be a character... and now, this person who DOESN'T live in the manor is one of my favorites. Personally, I find the ability to make a side-character as compelling as the main cast like that very impressive.

As for the gameplay itself, it's story and progression based, advancing with the relationships of each character. This puts the pressure on good characterization to hold the day... and Mythic Manor does this EXTREMELY well. I don't dislike any of the characters I've been introduced to, and even the one I like the least I can still appreciate. It isn't to say that I agree with them a hundred percent of the time, or that I don't have my favorites who I prefer, however still... it's very impressive to make a dating style game like this where each of the girls feels very worth getting to know.

Now the weakness there is that when one runs out of content, one does in fact run out. When you've reached the end of the character's storylines, there's not much to do. This is a flaw inherent in the game's structure however, and I view it as minimal. A small sacrifice to pay for the depth of character interaction and enjoyment we get.

As for the sex, it doesn't actually scratch my deepest kinks. There are hints to them, and it seems like it is attempting to give 'possibilities' for multiple kinks and fetishes, but not really committing to one in particular. I believe that this is perfectly fine, and it's mainly manifested in the girls being interested in different things, which as it happens, real people are. I enjoy it regardless for the characterization, the story, and also to observe and see how the 'hints' of my personal kinks progress along the various girl's lines. The atmosphere of the story as a whole is sexually charged, however not to the point of absurdity. It strikes, what I believe, to be a pleasant balance between the 'porn logic' world and the 'real' one. As I've already mentioned, the characters are very believable, they just happen to live in a world that has sexual behavior happening a bit more often and liberally than ours.

In conclusion, as I'm sure numerous other reviews have already said and probably more aptly, this is one of the best games on the site. Those stars are earned, and watching for it's updates is one of my priorities.)