Ren'Py - Completed - Paprika Trainer [v1.2.0.0] [Exiscoming]

Is this game a good game? Maybe. If it were not supposed to be porn, possibly. It's a difficult question but I think it is not the right question.

Is this game a good porn game? Absolutely not. It's an almost complete failure of a porn game, let me insist again on the porn part.

I believe that one plays a porn game for well, the porn. Ultimately and although they can be amusing, you're not here for the plot, you're not here for the side quests, you're not here for the collectables, no! You're here for the porn.

(And if you aren't, you have problems. Seriously, plot-wise and gameplay-wise, what is found here does not hold a candle to the more regular production.)

There is so little sexual content here as of version 0.11 that the game fails by default. But wait, it's only 0.11 after all, it's a WIP, the authors are going to put more content inside.

Alas, if only. The problem is that the creators seem to be interested in everything but sexual content. Because as of version 0.11, there is, in fact, a LOT of content.

There are clothes to buy (incredibly expensive), trash to collect (expensive too with a low drop rate) to build gadgets, potion ingredients to well, make potions. There are missions to go on and not missions where you just click a button, some text informs you that you sent your "slave" and then you pass the time, noooo! Missions taking place in four different environments but in fact not really because it's the same randomly generated map with different skins on top, missions where you'll have to control your spy, use the gadgets you painstakingly built and achieve whatever objective, most of the time generic and boring, a few times less so. Missions that are really quickly really boring and really a pain in the ass. There is stuff to buy to heal your spies, stuff to buy to turn people to your cause, stuff to buy just because, stuff to buy for the chabadaba, stuff to buy for the chibidibi and overall, there is just a lot to buy.

It's a relentless grind, one I soon gave up on and used cheats to shorten and even then, I did not see the sexual content coming.

When finally, I unlocked some, no need to say I was left raving for a tiny fucking bit more.

There are, all in all, 8 animated scenes and 3 static CGs as of now. 8 animated scenes, you're going to exclaim, but that sounds awesome!

Yet really, it's not. Don't get me wrong, the drawing is quite good IMHO and the animation is smooth, progressing through 4 stages. There is even a bit of sound.

But those 4 stages are basically the same animation sped up until the characters achieve climax. The sound is possibly ripped from "generic hentai game number 3", there is no variation in the position in a single scene, there is no kinky text, there isn't even some onomatopoeia to make use of the "comics" style of drawing. They are incredibly short and IMHO, incredibly disappointing.

Worse even, some one time events that could be opportunities to slip a kinky drawing here and there are instead nothing but a black screen. If it does not scream "laziness!" right in your face, I don't know what does.

When it's supposed to be a porn game, the version is already 0.11 and there is an overwhelming amount of content that is just NOT porn - hence something that fundamentally should be cut short - while the porn is just disappointing, well, I think it is safe to say that it fails as a porn game.

Of course, YMMV. Happy griding of hell.

Version: v010.1.0

Review:
This is one of the games that made me hate trainer games, but it wasn't the one that made me hate literally, but it made me never try another game of the same genre. I like games with cartoon arts, however, this game is far from perfect or at least good. The gameplay of this game is quite confusing, without much information about it, and when you are not directing yourself anywhere, the trainer function in this game is so boring that if you play it will take hours wasting your time. In addition, there is a mini-game that looks like those html flash games from the 2000s in a porno game. Who puts this in a porn game? I know there are people who like it, but frankly, I bet anyone who plays for at least 30 minutes will be bored.
Gameplay:
Put a lot of dialogues and text to read, a gameplay with a mini-game that looks like those html flashes from the 2000s, and very little information and tips, yes, there is a small disorganized summary for you to get informed, and there is information about what you need to do about that task, but it seems that it is never triggered. Maybe I'm dumb, but what a boring game, yes, I couldn't "corrupt" the girls, i lost patience and stopped playing. The game also has many useless things, such as interactions such as clothes, the character's hair, that it doesn't change anything and is just a waste of time.
Graphics & Sex Content:
Cartoon arts are good when you're on the sex scene, that the animations are also good. But talking about the sexual content of the game, there is very little sexual content, something that is not worth wasting your time on or else wait too long for content.

So, why I did gave 1 stars?
This game is an extremely boring grind, because the gameplay is very tiring and also a waste of time. The fact that you do chores, keep grinding, coming and going is very tiring. Gameplay with mini game, it doesn't even look like you're playing a real porn game. Anyway, it is not worth testing and playing, a waste of time, it happens that it is a little confusing in what you need to do, and for a porn game, this is too much. In addition to the fact that it is quite boring and has to be grinding for long hours for very little content (almost nothing). However, I do not recommend it.

Got to give it 5 stars for being one of the few games that focus on Totally Spies. Why isnt there more? The art is fantastic and being able to change clothes is a plus. There is obviously room for improvement and additional content but the game is a WIP.

My biggest hope is to see more sexual encounters involving the girls suits. They are always naked and that seems like a missed opportunity.

The quality of porn in this game is surprisingly high.
I almost judged it by its cover at first, with this art and name and the overall goofy lines, I expected it to be a 3rd rate hentai game, done hastily and amateurishly.

But I admit, I was very wrong. It's very well thought of, and the scenes are incredibly high quality; well animated and with lots of attention paid to the details. The gameplay is also surprisingly well done.

The only cons I can think of for this game is that the story takes a bit to kick off, after it does though it's easily within my top 10 best trainers.

cool animations, shame there are so few of them.
there is also the nice dress up mechanic (currently mostly useless but its nice).
there a certain lack of direction, I can eaily see people get lost at what to do.
aside from that the game is grindy as hell with no real rewards.
the UI is meh, gameplay is meh (just click on stuff and hope RNG likes you)
I can see becoming a 4 or maybe even 5 stars in the future, but at its current state best i can give it is 3.

Recommended

Pro
- The girls art is both a good homage to the animated show and properly sexified without going overboard. Very good design.
- Writing is pretty good overall. It's actually fun to read, a rarity in western porn game production.
- I like the mc, he's neither a douchebag nor an apathetic dude, just a pervert crazy guy, another rarity .
- Same for girls, they're rather believable as characters too, each with their own personality.
- Corruption seems to lead to fun things ahead.
- Clothing, I love games offering clothing options. Now this just needs more teasing related to these and it would be perfect!

Con
- I like leveling up and grinding, but this is too much, imo money gain should be at least doubled or something.
- Many bugs with clothings.
- Lack of content (expected but had to be said for current version 0.8.x). Actually the main problem.

This gets 4 stars from me for its potential and the dev listening;

+ excellent artwork
+ improving gameplay that's actually kinda fun
+ good story
+ dev listening to criticism and bug reports
+ great potential, especially considering the devs earlier works

- sometimes still a bit grindy
- glitches may break the game to an unplayable state, requiring loading a (maybe way) earlier save
- still quite the cocktease in v0.8

Well first of all the character designs are okay but it's a downgrade of the other totally spice game on this site.

The dialogs are fine but personally I don't really get something from it or have an impact
It's kind of plain and simple.

but what I don't like about this is that the UI sucks.
It's also grindy and have some bugs.

Maybe this rating can change in the future updates but for now this is what I see in this game so far

Update: Dropping down to 2 stars. After several updates the content hasn't grown as fast as the grind has and it's never had the guidance to go with it's level of open worldness. At this point baring a CG rip or gallery mod I don't see myself trying it again so, if I wouldn't play it again I'm not sure I can even call it average anymore. So much potential, so little realized.
It's on the side of 'give it a try', the art's not too bad, the choice of what to parody is of course spot on, but I find myself agreeing with another rater or two that said it can be troublesome to follow what to do next.
It's not game stopping but, a journal with better guidance or a walkthrough or he like would benefit this game. Right now, a lot of guessing time when playing it. Not to a 'bad' level yet but, annoying more than it probably needs to be.
At it's core though it's got 4, maybe 5 stars in there so, the 3 star rating is mostly because it's not the most fluid to play or figure out and a lot of games out there these days are more forgiving on that. Still decent.

This game has potential but when compared to the Orange Trainer I too often felt like I had no idea what I was suppose to do nor how gather resources.

The writing and the art are still great examples to look up to but the UI is what kills this game.

Totally Spies was a show you may or may have not watched as a kid, but as a perverted adult I strongly recommend giving a few episodes a shot to appreciate what we have here. Exiscoming may have just found a gold mine with their parody of a french cartoon already so deeply ingrained with cute girls and almost every fetish you can imagine. Their previous work with the very popular Orange Trainer gives me confidence this will turn into another gem.
At the time of this writing, I am using version 0.4.5.0 and it is still in it's early stages. The UI has many options that are under-used or have place holders instead but those have been decreasing with each update. While currently limited on adult scenes, the ones that are there are fantastically drawn and some are even animated!
I have high hopes for this game and hope the final product will live up to it's source materials already lewd nature!

Not often that I find a game worth reviewing. The dialogue is not only coherent (a rarity for lewd games), but is actually both well-written and, at times, laugh-out-loud levels of funny. Gameplay is actually well done and interesting. I'm not usually one for the trainer types of games, but this one has gameplay that isn't tedious; interesting, well written characters; and most importantly, great art. Tiddies.

Keep an eye on this one. More promising than most games I've played.

I know this game is in development and I wasnt expecting much when I downloaded because its early in its development and I was not familiar with the author. I was happy to find it to be a decent start with great content already in place. Its humor, renderings, story and the interesting way it handles infiltrating places are all really good.