VN - Ren'Py - Por(n)tals [v0.3.1] [OneHend]

28/9/2025

Review of 0.3.1 (will update as the game does it too)

- Story goes from ok to being decent,

-HS2 Models design are nice, while they could be better they also could be worst, nothing it can't be fixed a little.

- The lightning need some improvement but at the very least, is not horrifying basic like some people that don't care to check a tutorial, use in their games.

- The story have potential to become good or crumble, needs a few more updates to truly tell you.

- MC "best male friend" is a Con, You will wish someone stab him or a truck isekai him out of the game, theres a line between comic relief, goofy and plane bad, unnecesary punching ball, awfully annoying. This really need improvement/fix.

TL.DR: Game have potential, goes from ok to decent, Best male friend behavior needs urgent fix, nice girls design, worth playing it even if only at least once.

As of v0.3.1 - Enjoyed this a lot. The LIs are attractive and believable. The build up between the LIs are well paced and fun. The story does feel similar to Eternum, but the plot is still in its infancy and can be taken in a drastically different direction. The alternate worlds plotline is just a trope I'm always down for as it gives the ability to have diverse settings.
Will be returning for each update.

The easiest 4 star I've given.
It's amusing, but not hilarious. Sexy, but not outstandingly so. The girls are decent, but nothing special (and they change their hair too often.) The writing is competent, but not exceptional. Overall, it's a good game, with some problems. I enjoyed it, and will definitely play the next update, so, it's good.

Ch2 is unreasonably dark for the overall lighthearted tone. (Unless the protagonist is going to be able to time travel and fix it in a future update.) I'm fine with dark, but in the right places.

It feels very derivative, in places, but not ruinously so.

It doesn't feel like there are enough choices. Not because that's literally the case, but because the characters make too many stupid decisions, and there's no alternative. In the best games with non-branching narratives, the protagonist and their group make decisions that seem good at the time, even if they have unforeseen consequences. Here, they seem kinda' like a bumbling bunch, even though they aren't morons. (Well, most of the aren't.)

Some of the content is, while not exactly homophobic, not homo-enlightened. Like it was made in 2005. Or by that guy we all know who swears he isn't gay, not even a little bit.

But overall, it's a fun game, and I would recommend it. I'm just better at criticizing than complementing.

A good game all around, it starts off a bit dark and gritty with a murder, but it quickly flips back into a lighthearted game.

The plot is about exploring other worlds with your totally not related step family through blue portals. In terms of content available, there's already a few hours of story with a half-dozen lengthy sex scenes.

There's some minor decisions to make that earns you points with your love interests and shape a bit the story, the game tends to reward you for being a pervert, so keep that in mind.

The game doesn't start too bad, the story is not too original, your parents disappear and you have to go live with a family friend. You have the usual two girls in the house, however at least they do not follow the typical thing of "one of them hates you".

The MC comes across as a bit of an asshole, he forgets his parents without any issue and doesn't seem to really care that they have disappeared. He also abandons his best friend and there is no mention of him ever again, not even a phone call, not meeting every now and then, no text message... he is just gone.

You are soon introduced to a new best friend, who is the typical "funny guy" turned to 11/10. The humour is a bit hit and miss but you might like it. I was able to stand the character and just thought "it is a light hearted VN, you can put up with it".

One thing I really disliked is that you have these scenes where you have to chose who you spend time with. Why can't I see all of them? Why do you force me to miss a part of the content? it is not like there is no time.... so, to clarify, imagine this, it is monday evening, after class, and the MC says "I have some free time, who do I want to spend time with?" and you are given the choice of the LIs to chose from. The scene happens then we cut to friday that same week.... ok.... why not give me tuesday and then have time for the second scene? or wednesday? or thursday? but no.... you can't see the other scenes. Then a couple of weeks pass and you have again one of those "hey, I have some free time, who should I spend it with?" and new scenes.... why? what design decision is this?

Moving on from that.... the MC soon discovers he can open portals to the past or to a different world, who knows. He travels there and meets this character who helps him. After some shenanigans, he opens a portal back to his world/time and explains it all to his friends. The tone of the VN is still completely fun and lighthearted. Then.... he takes his friends back to the past/world where he was and...


You, as the player, had no option to avoid this, there is no choice you could have made different to get a different outcome, this is going to happen and that is it. You get a chance to get revenge on the guy responsible and you get multiple choices that are leading towards killing him and..... the choice is taken again away from you. Your friends pull you away at the last minute and you go home.

Then, lighthearted music starts again and you get to have funny sexy times with one of the LIs when she inv..... *record scratch time* are you kidding me?!? are we going to ignore what just happened?

That scene going to the past and what you find there totally kills the mood, it changes the tone of the VN and turns it into something really dark and depressing, and you can't play with people's emotions like this. It is really, really bad writing. It shows that the developer doesn't understand human emotions in the most basic level and was just using one of the characters to be edgy or to provoke some sort of reaction.... well, you got it, I reacted.... by quitting the game and uninstalling .

So.... overall, the story is not the most original but keeps you entertained. The models are ok even if there is not much variety. The game overuses tropes (like the funny sidekick friend) but you can probably live with. But the brutal 180 degree switches..... imagine you are watching a disney movie and all of a sudden you get gore in the middle of it for 30 seconds and then back to the disney story. How would that make you feel?

This VN feels like that after that scene. Totally ruins the experience. Totally kills the mood. Takes all control out of the players hand.

Add that with the questionable decision of those "chose who you want to spend time with and miss the rest" and no, sorry, not playing this anymore, I can't really recommend it.

I love the girls so much. Kate is my favorite and I can't wait for more content with her. Riley is second. Alice and Vanessa are great also. Game is fun IMO. I don't know what else to add to make this review longer. There is a decent amount of content for just a handful of updates. Definitely worth checking out if you have been thinking about it.

Game is still in its early stages of development but it has a lot of character. Characters are pretty fun, models are good, and story is decent (still a lot of unknowns, and its only just started to be revealed what the main plot is going to be). It has a home-grown feel to it, part of this comes from the custom animations. I always praise these because it shows a dev has a lot more investment in the project than if they were using stock animations. Really looking forward to seeing where this goes in the future.

I played version 0.1 a little above, in this 0.2 if I gave it the opportunity it deserves and if I get hooked on the story.. For my part, it's worth trying this game, hopefully it continues to be updated and the dev doesn't give up on its project. It has powerI played version 0.1 a little above, in this 0.2 if I gave it the opportunity it deserves and if I get hooked on the story.. For my part, it's worth trying this game, hopefully it continues to be updated and the dev doesn't give up on its project. It has potential

Story 1/5
I liked the story quite alot but then they had to go kill off the best looking girl in the game Eira, its like dev hates small tits? and cute girls? most are ugly bimbos i wouldent want to touch but atleast there was Eira which was really nice.....so yeah i quit after that, worst part is your idiotic friends stops you from killing the dude who raped and killed her.....no real point in playing when story turns to shit like that, its just not worth it knowing shit like this could happen again.

It just ruined the hole story for me personaly so just know stuff like that shit happens in this game, so if you dont like this kind of thing you might want to skip this one.

As for virgin fans i dont think there is much there either, dev does the worst thing possible where dildos are used before MC which kills any kind of virgin vibe, not sure if its devs first game but he sure does every worng thing for an adult game.

Story started out pretty nice, good vibes and even a few fun things, not once does it hint at it becoming a dark game where girls are killed off, so it really took me by supprise and it was most defently not what i was expecting from this one, its unreal how fast a story can go from good to worthless.

Girls 2/5
Its mostly aimed for people with big tit fetish, no smols as LIs at all so not much to come for if you arent into big tits.

Animations ?/5
Never saw one since i dident really care enough about the girls to go for any of them, did try kates route but not sure if it had any since after Eira got killed off i dident really care about doing anything with her right after, also not really a fan of Kate being the dom in the relationship.

Choices 4/5
You can pick who to have a relationship with so far so thats good, cant change anything related to main story though so thats very kinetic.

Very solid start to the game. 0.2 Improved the render quality by a good bit, which was my only real concern after the first version. Aside from that, the story developed and it's coming along pretty well, I'd say. There are some issues with grammar and spelling at some points but for the most part the game is very solid, and I look forward to seeing more of it.

Very good game sex scenes were a bit rushed, the plot hasn't really started yet and the renders are quite average however I loved the characters and the humour. The plot we have seen is original enough to be it's own thing bit it is not completely unique. The game appears to be going on a harem route however it does force you into picking between girls on certain choices with different scenes locked behind different play routes this does rpomote replayability but goes against the harem idea of the game. Overall the game was a very enjoyable experierence and at the end of the day that's what matter most. Looking forward to the next update.

All in all a very unpleasant experience.
The story is a generic move-to-colleagues-house plot, but it is overall good enough.
The humor us fine,.
The graphics are outdated but usually I like this style, so I'd give it a pass.
Some of the already shown LIs are enjoyable and unique. Some others are not, but as far as I got, I had always a choice to avoid someone, so all good there.
Of course there is the dildo that ruins the virgin, but I got to accept that it is unavoidable.
The MC is insufferable and forces his porn opinions on a frequent basis onto the player, but he has his bright moments and at least some damage can be prevented by choices.
And he is overall not that bad looking.
Then the overused idiot "friend" appears and continues ro ruin about 50% of every scene.
I tried very hard to endure its monologues and brainfree dialogues, but it is just way to much.
Of course the Mc agrees with it and soon he gets the "best friend" label.
Eventually I started skipping to get to idiot-free scenes, just to being forced to roll back because MC has to answer.
Then we come to free time events.
That are enabled by your past decisions.
Which you get told right before the free rime event starts.
I considered to reload and try to find the decisions I made that gave me no points.
Than I remembered Chad.
And I deleted it.
Never understood why devs ruin their work with these insufferable characters, but in the end it was not worth it to endure.
A vast reduction of screen time of Chad (or complete removal...), a leading explanation of the free time mechanic at the beginning of the game, and maybe this will be a pleasant experience.

It's okay and I had quite few good laughs.
I wasn't expecting much, but this is helluva nice surprise. Nice looking models, decent and enjoyable story, sympathetic characters with distinct personalities, good and pretty cohesive writing with some roughness here and there. Plus, some subjective things. Like, why do you have to choose from four outcomes? Just make them unlockable successive scenes that you can see (Alice > Kate > Chad) and if you don't have enough points, then you'll just miss these. Unneeded feature as it is, in my opinion.
Tho, all in all this is not bad VN.

You probably should check this one out, if you have spare time.

Great first showing overall. Some praise and 1 small criticism.

Girls look great
Comedy is pretty funny

There are some grammar issues but nothing atrocious. The sentences make sense, just some simple issue's where (as an example), it should be I am, not I'm.
(Some random person) "Are you going to the store?"
(You) "Yep, I am" as compared to "Yep, I'm"

Like I said, Nothing major or anything like that, and overall great first showing from a new dev!
Definitely going to be following along this one, keep up the good work

Really good 1st release.

Yes, the initial plot is not that original with many tropes already seen (but hey, what has not already been done today ?), and even tho we do not have a lot to go by atm, I still got hooked really quick.

Game is really funny (and that is something we don't get enough), LIs are all really nice (mb it's just me but, I really, really like HS2 models), and music are really well used. Story, even tho not original, still seems really interesting so, we'll see where this goes.

2 problems for me so far : A lot of missing words (mostly only prepositions so dialogues are still understandable) and, there's something weird with the arms/hands sometimes when the character lift it it just looks too long/big, mb it's just me but it felt really weird.

One original thing : MC design looks really great, another thing we don't see enough.

Anyway, a really good first release and I hope to see more soon.