Ren'Py - Public Sex Life H [v0.87.0] [ParadiceZone]

(Review as of v0.87.0)
It pains me to rate this so lowly because I remember playing this a year or a year and a half ago. I rather liked it and decided to put it on the back burner to wait and see what updates rolled out after some time had passed.

After suddenly remembering it and checking things out... That memory should have remained a memory.

Don't get me wrong, what Paradice has cooking has a lot of potential. The customization of characters in a game using models from Honey Select (pretty sure) isn't something I've seen done before. The characters themselves are interesting enough even if their backstory is rather cookie cutter.

It's just... Between v0.85.2 (last version on Itch) and v0.87.0 they decided that it was time for a rewrite/revamp/whatever you want to call it. Typically I wouldn't mind those, sometimes they're necessary as you learn how to do things better... But that isn't the case here.

Sure, some scenes contain less bloom which is an improvement, but overall it's a buggy mess that will make you wonder "Did they even playtest before releasing this...?" and I wish that was just me exaggerating. During the half-hour or so I spent playing v0.87 I had experienced:

• The game really not wanting to save, would throw an error every time. Even if I were to load and try to save from there. Had to restart entirely before it wanted to let me save
• Right from the get-go we see the teacher in obvious work attire, but after that point the teacher will instead look like generic student in a sailor uniform. Which would be one thing if I customized her to wear that, but in the customization menu there aren't clothing options for her (yet?), soooo...
• Some sounds will just play infinitely even after the event ends. For example, finished the first date with Sakura and there was a point where she and MC were getting a bit intimate. Even after that event ended you'd hear squelching and moaning. Loaded a much earlier save, still heard it. Restarted the game entirely and was still hearing it, even on a save where I didn't even do that event.
• Some menu items either aren't shown/functional, or just aren't visible. For example, there's money but it isn't shown on the menu like it is/was for v0.85. There's also an "Obedience" bar for students you can teach when you impersonate a teacher, but it's covered so you can't really see what level it's at.

But, if we're being honest, the above bits I could look passed. It comes with the territory when you rewrite/remake/whatever your game. Personally, I really dislike it because in the remake the characters go from looking reasonably unique (for the exception of the teacher and Sakura), to bland and generic. It just feels like such a step back.

There's also this class system that's left as-is from v0.85, except for some UI elements like the aforementioned Obedience bar with your students and also just outright removal of content. We're told "Work in progress" when clicking on the buttons that'd lead you to them, but it just strikes me as weird because it's the exact same character models, dialogue, and UI in the previous version. Just without the events, for some reason.

Just... Man. Maybe this will be better in the future, but for now give it a pass or play the older version that, in my opinion, has more going for it than this currently does.

I'm playing this at v0.87.0, at at this point I can't call this anything more than a dev eary alpha build of a game with good premises. It's way too buggy, character customization is a mess, the time skip function is a mess the UI is very basic and many times dont really work or have contradictory/bad placed things. While there are sandbox and VN systems that sound good, the implementation of them lacks a lot. Talking about sound, the audio of the game is also a mess, I got a bug that an audio of a scene never stopped playing and my gameplay had this audio from ages ago running on the bg. I'm not giving 1 star cuz I hope this game improves up to a point that it's playable and fun. But if the dev speed keep at this pace I dont think an 1.0 release will happen in the next 5 years.

Sandbox my ass, customizing any girl means you just have a clone of that girl to encounter somewhere. Requires a patch from 3rd party just to get it to run. Audio is randomly pieced together.

Just skip this.

Terrible.

Everything is a work in progress. The sex sounds are bugged and don't stop after scenes. Music is on loop, and the customization just takes the face of other characters and creates clones, but the sex scenes revert the change and use the original face. WTF?

Better: if you start a new game, you will be hit by a grey, bugged screen and will need to use a fan-made workaround.

I heard it was better before the broken updates. I don't know if it's true, but 0.87.0 is a burning dumpster.

Absolute disaster.

None of the promised features are implemented and the game is simply empty and unfinished, there isn't even clothing customization, characters look ugly, game file too big, animations in low render prerecorded, no sandbox sex...

This game checks all grids of a garbage game. And to think I expected to play a The Fixer like game...

this game should just be a simple sex sandbox simulator with all the girls in the class, where u get to just do a dumb power fantasy with whichever one you think is hot.

however:
the dev has worms in his brain

or at least something like that. having to download a patch from this thread to even start the game (thanks to the most recent update) was a good indicator of what was to come. basically, its a winding, repetitive, ugly, poorly written, janky game (if you can even call it that), that's never gonna have any cohesion at all. the dev has done that classic thing of adding a bunch of excessive bs to a game who's fundamentals aren't there.

if you're just here for the porn, though, its good, i must admit. but for some reason the dev made like 30+ scenes for 3 girls, and then like 1-2 for all the others (there's like 20 ish girls in this). not to mention, they're just repeated animations on different skins.

get this if u just wanna fuck the hot girls and are willing to just spam cheats to get scenes. otherwise ignore

I tried this game out about 2 years ago and it was pretty bad and rough around the edges, so I gave it some time to improve. This is something the developer has been saying for years now, any criticism is immediately met with them throwing a tantrum and saying "come back later."
Well, Parody SL got updated and that was a total sham, so I thought I'd give the main game a go since, as the developer suggested two years ago, I gave it time.

The game managed to get worse. So so so much worse. I genuinely promise if the game could be considered decent in the slightest I'd be giving it 2 stars at the very least, but it actually somehow plays worse than I remember it playing 2 years ago. Incredible progress.

It's a buggy shithole, look through the forums and every page 3 out of 4 of the comments will be regarding how buggy it is.

The game is horribly optimized. All the animations are completely identical across the girls, all the dialogue is poorly written, choices don't really matter, I've run into more bugs than sex scenes, the characters are devoid of any and all personality since they're designed to be caricatures of generalized personalities with the depth of a puddle, the designs are from a different game that is in the exact same niche but literally just does it better. That's the biggest thing. This game is literally just a renpy version of Honey Select, with less characters, no ability to do community mods, infinitely less content, and somehow still worse character design.
Now the developer will read that last bit and go "muh muh muh brothel system" Woohoo! Well I'm rating the game at its current state. Comparing it mostly to itself from two years ago and the game all the models are imported from.

The game really had potential, but the developer had other plans. Extremely disappointing. 1/5, do not expect this game to be in a good state for probably 3-4 years if you're generous.

I played other version of this game which is much better in my opinion. Other than that the characters looks the same, you can see it even on main screenshot of the game, body types are also the same. You can change all the characters bust size, face, clothes but for what? You can simply download HS2 and play it, configure more and better for you taste. Map looks bad, there is no point of direction. Its just a bad game, which is a shame, since original was pretty good and could be improved. Looks like dev want to do everything in this game at once, sadly not even one thing right now is good in my opinion.

I can't see, why people give this game so many stars?
It's a full on "work in progress" show.

Can't almost go nowhere, just skip ahead from image to image, unless you finally reach a sex scene.

Those are nice, ngl.
But that alone is not worth the download traffic.

There is no actual gameplay here.
Still it's tagged as a "sandbox game", what for the sake of it, I can't see why?

With it's almost identical clone "slutty sex life" beeing in the pretty much same state for two years now.

You know what I think this is?!?
Fishing for Patreons, with the least amount of effort possible, in my opinion.

To be sure, I dont understand how the fuck game has 3.5 score instead of 0, cause zero, is what actually game contents, there just a bunch of shitty animations that u definitely want to skip in hope there is something more, but is not. Game contains more of “work in progress” than actual content that we are here for. And summarize all of that, Im confused, how is that peace of “patreon leech” can have that rating. So i go to check reviews of another people, and see the real discord. It was as if they were all playing a different game. And that time I understand, the developer itself doesn’t know what is he actually develop. What the game about and what it should look in the end. For better understanding of this situation, I decided to go and check at his another games, and I wasn't surprised by what I saw. Two of them was abandoned. And this fact leads to certain thoughts that I already mentioned (if you read well of course). I will not judge what is hidden behind the DLC’s in the Patreon subscription, mb there is actually something valuable. I just judge the game that located in this thread as it is, and its horrible. 90% of choses are “work in progress” (RLY?? After 5 years of development??) and rest of 10% content is bunch of shitty animations that hides behind grinding of buttons again and again and again ”there must be meme from spongebob(one eternity later)”…. and again. In the end we have just bunch of grind for “MMD” And that’s all.

Wow, it's amazing how bad this game has gotten.

Once upon a time, there were somewhat realistic love interests that were actually different from each other, with a narrative that at least had some coherence.

There is no subtle corruption now; its ridiculous. There's no justification for the absurd reasons he's able to corrupt every girl in the school while everyone else blithely looks on as if nothing is happening and the girls are just mildly annoyed but still go along with everything he asks.

I mean at least some stories that take this approach try to provide some justification for the absurd way the MC is able to take control of everything and everyone around him, such as mind powers, drugs, something in the air or water that affects everyone. Maybe a secret govt conspiracy . . . something.

In this one, a student can take over the administration of an entire class
--------and no justification for why the school allows this; he just can
he asks all the girls in the class to debase themselves with no REAL pushback . . . from anyone. The girls are fondling themselves in front of the class the first day he's in charge.

There's no eroticism to the game and all the women are simple cardboard cutouts. The info about each of the girls is confusing and provides little real guidance. Apparently different types of corruption are supposed to affect some girls differently, but none of it is explained, and doesn't currently seem to matter.

There's tons of mindless repitition, which gets boring real fast. Hard to accomplish with a porn game.

Even the pretty honey select models have been negatively affected by this sloppy presentation.

Quality of girls 2/5
this is basicly HS2 that's managed to be worse.
this game used to have "Personality" to each character and now it was replaced with generic out of the same mold but different can of paint girls.
only redeeming factor about any of them is that their story pre-new-update is good.
UI 5/5
i honestly like new Ui better than the old one and i wish it just a Ui update, not the whole ass feel and character of the game.
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other than this, i honestly have no else to say.
story and such are pretty much the same old.
the reason i 1* this is because it took such a sharp turn and that sharp turn has a huge pot hole and a fucking cliff with no guard rail to ensure it's survival from mistake or accident.
this game already at the bottom of that cliff and i don't think it will recover from this incident, at least it's dead to me.

pros:
1.) a large amount of girls for you to fap to
2.) The "possibility" for you to completely customize the girls to your liking
3.) More than hours of text to read, though, and girls to have fun with (If you don't hit ctrl or skip)
4.) This game finally pushed me to learn how to write reviews on this website

con:
1.) The models have had a massive downgrade in quality
2.) The game had downgraded its content massively
3.) The game now has no more way of making money
4.) As of now the game plays is like a VN while keeping it's slower game mechanics with no reason to
5,) The game would be better if it was VN as of now
6.) As of the time of writing this, you can only change the girl's outfits, and there is no in-game mechanic relating to clothing.

Version 0.86.

I'm not sure about this game, for a game that's so old, and such high a version, it is very, very incomplete. It feels like a version 0.1 or 0.2.

The sandbox of this game is basically non-functional. It seems to exist as a stand in for future content, but hasn't been fleshed out, at all. There is no need for the basic sandbox mechanics in the game right now, no money, no stats, no inventory. Every day is the same loop, speak to 3 different girls, go to the next day.

Outside of this loop, there is what feels like a completely different game attached, where you become a teacher and get your (female) students to do perverted things. This is a fine idea for a game, but completely out of place in this game with it's pacing and tone. I'd love to see that spun out as it's own game at some stage...

The actual content in the main loop is a mess. The interactions are out of order, the world building doesn't make sense, and the overall progress and interaction across characters is non existent.

The main redeeming feature is the actual interactions with the girls. It's (very) sexy and exciting, and really hits my thing for public sex and exhibitionism. Though I do wish for some more variety, and maybe more involvement from others, instead of just MC and whatever girl they're interacting with.

I'd be excited to play this game again once it gets a but more coherent with the overall gameplay, once you've gone through all the interactions with the girls, there isn't much else to come back for.

Have you ever entered a brand new house, but in this house, there is a fresh smell of plaster and paint, the walls are still a little damp, the scaffoldings are still there, there are some used tools and empty paint cans on the floor. The movers put your furniture where they found some place, and the cardboard boxes with your belonging are on the entrance.

This is what it feels to play this game, it should be done or have a certain level of finition, but everywhere you look, it's very much work in progress.

You'll tell me "well, it IS a work in progress".... yeah, a work in progress since 2020.

Now imagine the house is still in the same state 4 years later, the fresh smell of paint and plaster now stinks, your sofa is full of mold, and your boxes of belonging didn't like the changes in weather very much.

The game is ugly, some renders are blurry, the lighting is close to non existent, some shadows are self conscious and decided to secede from their body.

Also, with the latest batch of updates, the author decided to redo all the models to make them fully customizable. No tricks like making the girl naked during the scenes so your modifications will stick no matter what.

Good, that's ambitious.

But I'd very much like to have some level of trickery please, because the new models sure are ugly. And they don't keep the model in every scenes.

In cutscenes, the teacher has long blond with a soft face, in game, she looks like a doll that had an accident during the fabrication process and got roughed up during delivery, she is also bald with a very ugly red wig. Oh and her skin act as a black hole that sucks up all light.

The UI... let's not go there, it's a mix of different styles that don't mix together, the map looks like it has been made by a 5 years old. When you start there are only 5 main locations, and when you visit them, they are mostly empty.

The author is on a huge ego trip, with the MC being just an asshole, there are no other way to describe him, even when choosing the "romantic/harem route", every girls are just slut/bitches/whores that can't live without his big penis.

The FMC is even worse, I was expecting a similar gameplay but with a FMC, but no, she's just a complete sub that love to be abused and be treated like shit. This time the author project themselves on the main male character that is as much as an asshole as the MMC is.

I'm not really into domkink, I'm even less into this kind of diminishing behavior. Yeah, it's just a game, it's just fiction, but I sure do feel like I'm being forced to play through someone else's power fantasy

Played til I got bored, many clipping mistakes, averigy harem game with some good scenes, it needs many patches, missing story, to much to click to get from point A to point B, maybe show with an icon what to do, or give some hints. I will maybe come back to it when it is completed

[0.85.5]

Its made by some genius, which is good and bad thing at the same time. Dev keeps adding features without finishing the already existing ones. The whole game was reworked a few times already. Alot of hot scenes were added, while alot of old content was removed. Alot of interaction options are marked WIP for years. Thankfully they dont break the game, just keep you wondering what it would be like, if everything was implemented as it should be.

+ I love the group lesson idea. Having all the girls in class give their first kiss to MC's dick is INSANELY HOT! Just this one unique scene is worth an extra star. I havent seen anything like this in other games.
+ Minimal dialogs.
+ True sandbox with lots of repeatable scenes.
+ Nice animations.
+ Easy grind most of the time.

I had no game-crashing bugs, which is a miracle with so many things missing in game.

- Group lessons, except the first few are too repetitive. MC performs the same action with 10 girls, which is annoying. Its fun at first, but repeating the same thing 10 times in a row is too much skipping.
- No promises on future content. Everything can be reworked again. And you should keep your favorite version, before checking the new one.
- Customizations work only with extra downloadable pack, which should be included in main game IMO.
- LOTS of unfinished options, places, plotlines.
- Girls in class look the same, just different hairstyles. C'mon You can do it better! At least randomize their body types, dont make me customize all of them manually.

I see alot of effort put in this game, and it deserves a try for a quick fap if you like what you see on screenshots. Just dont expect polished product, this is as far as you can get from 'complete' tag.

Version 0.85.4
Tldr; Someone dropped the ball in the development and ball consequently rolled under the sofa or table never to be seen again, much like the developer's plan with this game, end result being that game got objectively worse with the updates.

Upsides;
Having the ribbon menu on top with list of places is a nice feature in a "open world" game. However, UI is inconsistent and somehow work in progress.

Downsides:
Plot: Sure, you can fix the cringe plot by removing the plot alltogether. However in infinite wisdom it was decided that pretty much all the character dialogue should be removed as well.

Visuals: It's somehow uglier than the earlier versions. Now I don't know as to wtf led to the decision to put pictures of HoneySelect models on ai generated backgrounds, but the scaling is all over the place. Plus it looks hideous compared to earlier versions.

Gameplay: I might remember incorrectly but I don't think it was this grindy earlier.
Customization: And here is where all the major trouble with the development began. Somehow midway through the development developer got the bright idea that a renpy game should try to be a Temu copy of Honeyselect instead of what it was originally, a game about corruption and exhibitionism.

Had a great start (Girls, Personalities, Scenes etc) but the implementation of customisation has been dreadful and has basically broken the game at this point.

The model for the girl randomly changes during scenes to someone completely different. You can see where different options are bodged together, like neck lines where the head is attached.

Apparently the navigation was optimised this update (0.85.1) which maybe better for new players not used to the old version but it seems more awkward to me now than before.

I get that the dev wants to make money but the old adage "if it ain't broke don't fix it" springs to mind. Unfortunately it might be too late in this case, the damage seems irreparable to both content and opinion.

I agree with the previous opinions, this game was great, a very good mix that allowed you to choose between a route of corruption and another of love, both very well created, BUT the dev decided to implement a "new customization system" that ended up screwing everything up This, something that should simply allow you to customize a girl's clothing, hair and accessories, is now basically the entire game, that is, you no longer have each girl with a unique personality and story, now it is a doll game where you can dress them however you want and basically they are lifeless mannequins...

It's very sad to see a great game end like this... a shame.