Ren'Py - Photo Hunt [v0.18.1 Extra] [Moochie]

Good game. Interesting enough story, good and unique LIs. Lots of content.

A few random thoughts:

1. Sandbox is always tricky. There's a reasonable balance here in that there's flexibility in how you go about completing paths (meaning you can complete lots of different events/scenes at the same time rather than following a tedious, linear pattern), but it does come at the expense of the timeline and sometimes scenes/dialogue don't properly align with what has previously occurred as they are completed 'out of order'. It's not too immersion breaking and i imagine it would be stupidly complex to solve.

2. You don't have much of a choice about which LIs to pursue. You have to complete steps with some in order to continue with others. E.G. I have no interest in Monica or Oksana. It's a design choice and broadly the paths do feed back into the main plot so i can get over it, even if there is in some cases a LOT of content.

3. The devs have a good balance between images and text (i.e. not a new photo for every single line of dialogue), which is important in the AVN genre where dev times can be obscene. However there are a few scenes where an action is explicitly described in the text and not shown. It's more noticeable in for instance foreplay scenes. It's a really minor issue that I don't mind too much, but something to think about.

4. You really need a walkthrough to make sense of the branching imo. Even then it's kinda confusing due to the number of LIs and the progression structure of the pathing. Honestly i'm impressed that the devs have kept it as coherent as they have given the non-linearity and branching of some paths.

5. So much content. Even random events for all the LIs and new scenes for the 'repeat scene' sandbox elements.

Nice work overall!

Keeps interest at first, but the restrictive nature of events becomes old quick. First of the art is actually some of the best at least for me personally that I have seen on the site. Many of the storylines are also fairly good and actually try to link with each other across the different girls. Unfortunately this game has become too restrictive with events requiring a certain day & time sometimes this leads to the fatigue of having to skip entire days and weeks. Also because of the branching nature it's hard to get all events and unfortunately due to the massive length of this game it leads to a time waste if you want to play another path even with skipping. Finally, there is corruption but only of the sharing variety.

This is an entertaining game with a few flaws.
The tease scenes with the women are some of the hottest around. Most of the women are gorgeous and have a distinct personality, which is near impossible to find in today's games. So great job with writing all the characters in here. That can't be said for the MC though. He is an alpha male with confidence in one scene and a wimp who can barely say a word to the women in the next. This constantly happens throughout, whenever the specific plot point calls for it.

Its a great looking game with high quality renders, environments and lighting. The women are all very good looking characters with a great range of different looks and bodies. Most are girls from school and a few MILFs.
Music in the game can also be good at times. The amount of renders for each scene should be a bit more. With the game showing the same image for many sentences. Because the writing is top tier a lot of the time, you don't notice it that much.

The sandbox which I usually hate isn't as bad as it could be but still has major issues. Theres minimal of grinding the same scenes over and over. When it is, they have noticeable differences. Biggest problem is the timeframe when tasks can only be done at specific times on specific days. Which gives you overlapping scenes, so sometimes you have to go through another week just to see it. The other major problem with it is, there are many girls in the game and even if you dont want anything to do with a few of them, tough luck. You have to complete their scenes to get to the next stage of the girls you actually want. Sometimes even having to be in a relationship with them and admitting feelings, when that is not what you want. Its a convoluted mess without a walkthrough, as there's so many connecting factors with all the girls that you have to do in specific order to get further in the game.

The individual scenes and stories of the women are extremely well told and some have real emotion and feeling behind them. Only a couple that were a bit contrived, otherwise its top notch for relationship / friendship drama and helping them to get what they need. Then you get what you want from them too lol. Really helps with the immersion when all the girls are each so different with their words, poses and actions. While also having their own issues and dramas that you can either help them with or use to your advantage.

Actual sex takes a while to get to but for me I prefer that, as I find the teasing and foreplay scenes so much hotter. Especially when they have a certain taboo or sneaky aspect to them. Whether it be family, exhibitionist, femdom, romance, prostitution, etc. So many fetishes are there.

If this wasn't a sandbox I would give it 5 stars. The individual stories with the women are great but having to constantly click on maps and hallways or wait days to get to them, does break the immersion.
It is a chore to navigate. Even with that I'd still definitely recommend playing it. With every girl being so unique and having different paths with each of them, its a fun time with some heartfelt moments included.

This game is currently one of my favorites on this site. Its only real weakness is that other games have better 3D graphics but other games with even worse graphics are top of the ratings.

Strong points are the large amount and variety of girls, pacing and its one of the best 'open world' games as long as you use a walkthrough. I think thats par for the course for all open world games I have played.

Story 4/5, Originality 3/5, Renders 3.5/5, Playability 5/5, Animations 2/5, Amount of content 5/5

To tell the truth, It is my first review, and this game deserves to be heard of, whilst thinking about shortcomings of Photo Hunt, I couldn't come up with any, there wasn't a single thing, that I didn't like. So what's great about it:
1. Well designed characters, every woman is unique
2. Beautiful renders, sometimes they are static and not animated, and still look great, and there are A LOT of scenes in this game
3. Nicely developed sandbox, a lot of locations with different interactions, had a feeling, that content in this game is endless. Another positive side is the way the game is built - it is impossible to miss scenes.
To sum up, this is my №2 favourite game and I hope it won't be abandoned. Sorry for poor language, English is not my native, would've written more.

I really like Photo Hunt but can’t imagine it’d be particularly fun without the walkthrough mod, hence the 4-star rating only.

Lots of content though, with dual love/corruption paths for most of the girls!

Amazing game, tons of scenes with different girls. No lineair progress so you can focus on a specific girl, there basically isnt anything to nitpick about this game in my personal opinion. Looking forward to where it goes!

- Great looking models and renders, however they're sparse in that it's not uncommon to have dozens of lines for a single render. This is particularly apparent in sex scenes where you'll usually have only a handful of renders and a single animation.
- Decent story that gets bogged down because it's written to fill in the blanks, instead of the renders servicing the story, here we have the opposite. This creates a discrepancy with renders often being out of place and the writing being laughably out of context.
- Mediocre sandbox, you'll need to look at the in-game walkthrough more often than not to see what to do next.
- Plenty of content and fan service like threesomes that unfortunately make little plot sense.

Overall the game gets carried by its looks which unfortunately comes at the cost of its story.

top tier game. takes its time to flesh out the characters who have unique/interesting personalities. great cgi.decent levels of humour too. decent level of choice for different content

pretty regular release schedule (honestly pretty quick if compared to other great games of its calibre)

This is one of my favorite games on the website and for the beginning part of the story, where the main few characters were being developed, I'd happily give it an 11/10 if I could.

...the problem is, the side stories, the new characters andjust the direction of development is not very good any more. The last few months have entered a phase of milking where you get excited for an update and its nothing. Again and again and again.

The game is still pretty great for a first time playthrough:

10/10 graphics and scenes
10/10 core characters
10/10 core stories

It's just that:

0/10 side characters and story

Coupled with the vast amount of time spent releasing just those, for me it doesn't deserve more than 4 stars. If the dev brings the game to an end here and now and we get a quick epilogue, I think as a whole it'd be a great game. But as it is...

This novel really deserves more attention. The writing is okay and the story keeps you moving between lewd scenes. The models are all very beautiful and there is a large variety (possibly too many which takes away from so of the character development). The dialogue during sex scenes is pretty hot. Some animations (bj scenes with Rachel) are the absolute best; the facial expressions are ::chef's kiss:: The penetration scenes are good, but not the best (one angle, looks a little robotic). You really need the cheat mod or things get grindy. Overall, really good work!

Very good sandbox game! All characters are unique; the author really puts effort into model creation. The readings are not meaningless and lengthy, I really love the game and the story, this game has the potential to become one of the best adult games!

Truly utilize the advantage of a "sandbox" game, instead of other low quality grinding shits that just showing dev's laziness. You can act good or be a jerk.

Very good VN. Lots of meaningful choices, beautiful renders and girls with different personalities. The storyline is coherent and creates a great overall vibe. Sandbox is made well, no annoying grinding.

The best 3d Ren'Py VN out there.

This game is packed with content, meaningful choices, and the art is amazing. There are plenty of different characters to suit anyone's tastes, and the game has minimal grind, which is very appreciated.

Not my cup of tea. I think there's a lot of content and a good chunk of them are great, but it's a few animations each. The big issue I have is with the gameplay loop, it isn't satisfying for me to play. Another issue is the story and the writing don't really make much sense and I couldn't get into the characters. If you're looking for a lot of quantity of scenes, then this game may be for you

Last patch adds another storyline.

I would say worth playing and even supporting.
Developer has been adding story-lines over time and there is enough content to play already.

Not much else to say - one of the all-timers.

This game is one of the best games I have ever played so far. Whatever taste/genes you like, this game has almost all of it. Good path or evil path, romance or sharing, everything you like, this game has it. So download it and play if you haven't.

The amount of content is ridiculously immense. The number of paths/routes, kinks (love, corruption, vanilla, roleplay, group, swinging, prostitution, etc), scenes and characters are diverse and indepth. The story/plot is coherent and fun. The cgs, quality and passion is great. All the female characters, their models and personalities are hot in their own way. Sometimes navigating and figuring out conditions for events can be a pain, but can be overcome with walkthroughs (and simply put, its worth going through for the content). An absolutely fantastic game with so much to give still in development! A new update is always a treat!

One of the first games I played, I loved it. There's a huge amount of content, IIRC you can follow all girls' paths in the same playthrough so you don't miss anything (although each girl has two endings you must choose one of them). Most of the girls are beautiful and sex scenes are hot!

I like the development of the story. It's interesting and keeps you in the story. Just the count of bj is a bit to high and usual sex could be a bit more often. e.g. Kimberly first meet was just the bj...but the storyline was just for more. You can't have only a bj and then sleep naked beside a naked horny woman and just leave in the morning. Sonds a bit ridiculous...should be more. Also in a lot of other cases. But so far the story is nice.