Ren'Py - Photo Hunt [v0.17.1 Extra] [Moochie]

Overall a solid good game., and I'd give it a 4.5/5 if I could. Art is nice, story is fine, plenty of content, for a sandbox game it's got its grind, but it's not a terrible grind and content is paced pretty well despite the repeated scenes.
But what knocks it down for me is not a big incest fan, and a vast majority of the content is mother and sister focused despite a large stable of women. Too much feet stuff, don't hate it, but also feels like its either the dev's personal thing, or his patreons really push for it and it feels a bit dominant.
Finally, the art. The art is nice, but the characters look a bit too much like XXX versions of dreamwork characters or something. The sex scenes lack orgasm. That's not to say there's no jism, but every scene I've seen it's "shot, shot, shot, post-orgasm". No visual build up, and its absence is noticeable since every scene is this way. It's not bad, and its consistent, but just annoys me enough that I can't say it's great. Again, a 4.5/5.

i enjoyed playing this game. this is one of those sandbox visual novel that i really didn't mind... until they locked you out for skipping class. oh well it was fun ride but i'm gonna stop playing this for two reason.
1. i will forgot again that skipping class will lock you out for the rest of the story.
2. i'm too busy irl and i'm bound to repeat the same mistake.

Man, this game is lit! It has some hot girls, it has a plot, it has some really good rendering/animating skills and it has style. I like those "cartoon'ish" looking characters. Awesome job, keep it up!

This game has a fun story, hot characters, and a unique artistic style. The LIs are visually more cute/fun than sexy, but the situations and the story are definitely sexy enough to make up for that.

Each LI is distinct, and although not a new technique in storywriting, each has something painful about them or something in their past which drives the growth of feelings with the MC. When juggling multiple LIs, it's always a good feeling when each one can have a distinct impact, both visually and emotionally.

I remember playing this during a lockdown weekend. It felt like long hazy dream and my brains were reduced to mush... which is a great thing for a hgame. 10/10 I recommend.
Renders are great, girls are varied and kinky, overall it doesn't feel excessively difficult to unlock everything but you are indeed rewarded for being considerate of the plot/reading context clues.

I downloaded this several months ago because the previewed art looked really good. I have to admit I started the game a couple of times, but each time played only thirty minutes or so before losing interest. A few weeks ago I downloaded the latest version, plus a walkthrough, and decided I would dive in deeper and see if this game was worth my time. I'm so happy that I did because now I can't stop playing! "Photo Hunt" has a few flaws, which I will spell out shortly, but the unique, high-quality art, the variety of female characters and scenarios, and the writing work to make "Photo Hunt" a fun, erotic adventure.

This game is very similar to "Milfy City" and "Man of the House," two of the AVN world's better-known sandbox titles. The MC has to gain skills, make money, and figure out how to be at the right place at the right time in order to progress the stories and his relationships with the many female characters he will encounter. If you like that type of game, "Photo Hunt" will surprise you only in that it seems to have even more places and storylines to explore than those other titles. As an older man with adult responsibilities, I don't really want to spend hours and hours grinding, but with a good walkthrough, I will happily work my way efficiently through the paths, build my skills, etc. The reason is that I find games that build slowly invariably provide much more satisfying gratification than games that launch into sex immediately and frequently.

The stories and scenarios in "Photo Hunt" are familiar to any conniseur of porn. There's blackmail, sexual photoshoots, the divorced kid who returns to living with his mom and sister, etc. etc. As you might expect, strong realism is not what the title is going for. But the situations are plausible enough and the dialogue is done well enough that I can get into the story without rolling my eyes. Moreover, many of the situations--enhanced by the excellent art work--really turn me on.

I know that lots of people who come to this site and make these games are not native speakers of English, so I'm pretty forgiving of the odd turn of phrase or misspelling. Occasionally there is some bit of English that is really questionable, but for the most part it's really fine.

While the art is very good and there are tons of hot renders and scenes throughout the game, the animations are few and far between. Those that are in the game are not particularly well done, but they improve as you go along. Animations are not a big deal for me, but if they are for you, you may be disappointed.

The best aspect of this game, as you would expect, are the female characters. There are a few who seem quite unique in this kind of game. Jennifer and Monica are particularly endearing to me. I also find Evelyn and Alice tremendously sexy. Other characters, like Rachel and Fiona, are pretty standard to AVNs; nonetheless, they are well represented here.

Bottom line: if you want to use the walkthrough and have the patience to spend several hours playing before you get too far with any of the main love interests, you will be well rewarded. If you're looking for a quick fap, you're better off playing something else, or--frankly--going to a traditional porn site and watching a video.

This is a sandbox game, every character has its own quests and the game hints you what to do.

There is no NTR but there is swinging/sharing if you choose it, its optional.
With every girl i think theres like 2 routes for her you can choose, i think theres like around 10 girls..

But overall, its a really fun game, story is sometimes funny and good, animations are decent, music is great.

I recommend this

Just finished playing this game, and it was a trip. The story is a rollercoaster, and the side quests too. Spent a lot of time grinding, but it was all worth it. Never a dull moment in this game, especially with the MC's mom, who I must admit is one of the most complex characters I've ever seen. She is also one of the most sexy, no spoilers, but I was hella excited during every scene with her.

I rate this game 5 stars, definitely recommended. One of my favorites, and the Dev did an outstanding job.

The only good thing that can say about this thing is the graphics taken out that is not worth playing for 2 minutes, basically it is horrible from its open world to how tedious it is to navigate the map or talk about the story that may seem good at first but it is bad and shabby then we find ourselves with the worst of the game and that is that although it has more than 2 years of development the plot does not advance at all the sexual content is minimal I do not recommend it to anyone poor people who continue to pay waiting any change.

Story is kind of a wash, but the game more than makes up for in the models. Core gameplay might be a bit repetitive, but it still feels rewarding.

Scenes are very hot, at least to my taste. This more than makes up for the kinda grindy parts. I hope they

The renders are great, but that's about it. The biggest issues for me are the grind and the open world system combined with bad writing.

Progressing through this game is painful. In the beginning you got all those options to click but most of them won't work because of missing skills, so why even bothering showing them to the player if they lead to nothing?

Then there is the issue with available dialog options when talking to the first characters in the game: you can talk with them about a bunch of ppl you haven't even met yet and the dialog is written like you already know these persons, again why showing the options ?

The gameplay overall feels unrewarding, it feels like the player advances way to fast through each day without something interesting happening.

I can't really nail down why the game to me feels the way it does, but it's just painful to play, especially because the renders are so well made but its not enough for me to tolerate the other shortcomings throughout the game.

Different models from the vast majority of adult "games". Also has a ton to explore but in a noncomplicated manor. Not just a clickthrough brainless adult romp. The models themselves are absolutely stunning.

[v0.13.1 Extra]
Story: 5 (Captivating, actually read all conversations)
Originality: 4 (Interesting approach and character development)
Renders: 4 (Some errors, but most renders are 'realistic')
Sound: 3 (Fun BGM, sets the ambience... and that's it)
Playability: 5 (Easy to play)
Bugs: 4 (Minor bugs, not game breaking)
Animations: 4 (Not many, but all 'realistic')
Voice Acting: 0 (None)
Grammar: 4 (Most English is well done, a few bad phrases here and there)
Amount of content: 4 (Good amount for the current version, but still in development)

Review based on v0.13.1

Photo Hunt is one of my top 5 games here, I startet the game with an earlier version and it was really nice, but I lost my save so I haven´t played it a long time, but now was the time to get back and I have to say, it has so much more content and finally there are some questions resolved and the story of each girl are way smoother.

Animation and Renders are really good, the characters change there pose in nearly every render.

Story has a mainplot around the "Red Maiden" and each girl has an own sidestory.

You can choose yourself (more or less) which story you want to follow (up to a certain point, where you need progress with others and the mainstory, for example for new locations).

Excellent work so far, keep it up

great game, great story. love games where you have to improve skills etc. great visuals, great writing. can't wait to see where it goes next!
keep up the good work! cant wait for the next update! omg when will i get to the 200 charactersss

Version: v0.13.1 Extra

So the game started by luring me in with the really good looking renders and models (most of them). Too bad there are few animation scenes compared to the amount of content because the animation scenes that are present, were pretty good looking and fluid.
You can see the work that was done in the visuals department, really thumbs up for that part of the game.

On the other hand, the game felt directionless to me, because you have a lot of characters and story arcs, but you never sure how to progress each of them. Most of the time you could assume that some location is related to one of the characters and the more you visit it, the more progress you make. But sometimes, the story would progress through another location and maybe you need to be past some stat gate that you can never know which was really annoying for me after a while.
That lead to stat grind which is never good.

Some more pluses I can add that the game had were the achievements and gallery of the game, the cool images you got from the characters from time to time based on your progress or some scenes you accomplished to see. The option to control the transparency of the text box is also a good point.

And for the part that made me put off the game - story and writing.
The game has some potential in the story and mystery around the red maiden establishment and around Grace's father which is good, but what made me cringe was the many inconsistencies in the character behaviors which broke their personalities for me.
You try to portray a character in one way, but soon she acts really different. This happens a lot throughout the game and with every character except maybe Alice and Jen.

Overall the game is ok and worth a try, I can see why you can love it but also why it can be just meh.

The pacing at the start was super weird and way too fast, and the dialogue is painfully bad. I didn't play enough to find out if the over arching story was any good, but I really just couldn't handle the writing. The renders look very good, and the tag list is great. Too bad, it had great potential.

Oh my... where to start. This is one of the best games I have played. The art is fantastic, and you will not see it all in one playthrough. Each choice usually leads to a different scene.
The sex is a slow build up. Not like most of the stuff where you see, then fuck right away.
The story is solid. Builds in a rightway.
Game Length - 20+ hours easy.
This is FANTASTIC. Thanks for making a sexy porn game, that is great!!

Amazing graphic. The model is beautiful and clean. I like the style.
Great story. A game that I rarely actually care about the story. I like how the author leaves many routes for the players to choose.

Overall an enjoyable game but I found myself spinning in circles quite often.

Pros

• Good story
• Excellent writing
• Good humor
• Unique characters with varied personalities
• Excellent facial expressions and emotion in the renders (very rare and difficult to pull off successfully!)
• Lots of content (two to three games worth)
• Excellent animations (but far too few until late game)
• Different paths for some of the LIs in the game (some choices really matter)

Meh

• Character models are average. The character models look several generations old. They lack skin texture and detail.
• Most of the characters have an anime look to them (exaggerated facial features and makeup, among other things)
• Needs better sandbox mechanics to lower grind and repetition

Cons

• A very slow burn. Slow evolving story. Very slow character progression.
• Too much repetition. I would greatly prefer the options being grayed out if I've done it multiple times unless something is going to change!
• Several of the female character models have noses so small it looks unnatural
• The areola (area around the nipples) has too much color saturation and contrast on most of the female character models. It looks unnatural
• A walkthrough is nearly required to enjoy this game, otherwise it becomes mind numbing. The pace of the game is already super slow so not using a walkthrough makes the game a time waster in my opinion. I probably would have given up on the game had I not used a walkthrough.
• The game suffers from the "carrot on a stick" author mentality. Sex is constantly teased and dangled in front of you like a carrot on a stick but you only get there with a couple of the LIs in the game in version 0.12.3 Extra. It takes literally forever to get there when you do.
• Sex (penetration) is delayed so long with some of the LIs in the game that I just want to dump them and move on. Even some of the LIs who aren't virgins won't fuck you no matter how much you date or romance them. I feel like I keep doing the same stuff with different scenarios/dates and there is little to no progression in intimacy.
• The English is OK but has lots of errors, misused words, and awkwardly worded sentences. The text and dialog badly need a good proofreader!
• Only 20% of the lewd scenes in the game are animated. The percentage gets higher later in the game but it feels like the author favored quantity over quality in the first 66% of version 0.12.3 Extra.
• Not all paths are equally developed. Some paths may lead to an "end of path" notification sooner than expected. Offering unique paths is awesome but I would greatly prefer them being equally developed.
• The lewd scenes are inconsistent throughout the game; some are well developed but at least half are rushed. The girl is getting you off and then two or three screens later you are cumming. All the foreplay and stuff in the middle often gets skipped. I am not a fan of this! Rushing lewd scenes is a big no no in my book!
• Some minor story problems throughout the game. One example:
  Spoiler: Story example - Helena and Ashley

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It isn't all bad. The well written story and the fun and unique characters save the game as a whole. The game is too slow for my tastes but I still enjoyed it overall.

A lot of time and effort was poured into this game. The game has as much content as two to three regular games. I personally would have condensed parts of the game and sped up character and sex progression. Sex (penetration) doesn't have to be an "end" event or "carrot on a stick". I also would have animated most of the lewd scenes and lowered the amount of content released with each update because of it if needed.

Lewd content - There is plenty but it is mostly nudity, touching, breast sucking, hand jobs, foot jobs, and blow jobs. Very little penetration.

The game does improve steadily over time. There are a lot more animations in the later parts of the game and more penetration scenes.

If you don't mind a slow evolving story while chasing a carrot the whole time you will probably enjoy this game. It is a solid 4 star game.