VN - Ren'Py - Realm Invader [Ep. 2 P1] [Invader Gary]

The game is straight forward and overall is okay. The comedic elements are the reason for the high rating, but I am not really a fan of the way the game is structured. The characters are introduced one after another which kind of ruins the experience of getting to know them naturally as the story progresses. The point of doing so is to make each character inherently unique and memorable to the player. The renders and animations aren't the best. Its lacking in the post processing department which is done well by other creators using HS2 to develop their game renders. That said, if humor is what you’re looking for, the game delivers pretty well in that regard. For those seeking a more immersive experience with polished visuals and a natural flow, this game might leave some room for improvement. That said, with improvements it has the potential to be an enjoyable VN.

While the novel style is sort of anti-my-preference, this is just too hilarious, trippy, oddball'y and entertaining that I cannot help but enjoy it. I imagine the style might get old if you add another 50 episodes, but that's a problem for 2042 or something I'm sure.

As opposed to a lot of other games around these days, each character feels different from the others, not just the size of the tits or the color of their hair, but their personalities differ just as much.

But what really sets this game apart from the pack, the animations of the more intimate scenes are serious, extremely well done, lengthy to the point where they almost don't feel looped, hardly any clipping to be seen (only one I noticed was a bit of the dancer's dress clipping through a boob) and the angles aren't adjusted by clicking some dumb button, but instead the camera flows around calmly. Overall if I were to rate the animations, using others being released at this time it'd be a 10/5 even surpassing giants such as Desert Stalker.

High quality graphics, endearing characters, and engaging story and lore. Feels similar in quality to greats like Eternum due to its snappy writing that is at times light-hearted and humorous, but also gripping and intense when it wants to be.

Incredible. Very funny in many ways that don't make you want to cringe (though some still do), is consistent in its setting and background of characters, and has a decent amount of mystery and plot to keep you somewhat intrigued. The characters are endearing and are very varied, which gives the game somewhat of a fresh feeling, particularly when I compare it to a lot other indie VNs. The soundtrack isn't particularly memorable, but it does the job. Animations and renders are great, though there is an overuse of autoplay sections. While there's few 18+ scenes, that's not a detriment and rather a positive to the game as its taking its time to build up between the other characters more and more.

The one star deduction comes mainly because the story is already stretched perhaps a bit too thin. There's a lot of different directions and each character seems to have its own, sometimes self-contained, arc. This means that a lot of overarching plot issues that I thought should've moved along at a better pace have fallen behind and it feels like they have been forgotten. In other words, it feels as if the Dev is unsure in which direction to take the development of the novel, OR is wanting to do a very slow burn and treat everything very slowly, neither of which are very appealing on an indie VN with a slow development cycle.

Regardless, Realm Invaders was a breath of fresh air and a much needed reset in my VN reading habits. It made me feel like reading more indie VNs again.

The humor is killing me, and hits my funnybone directly. Love the character models and the animations are S tier.
I find it rare that a game, especially an adult game has so heavy anime humor inspired by some of the best without getting stale. I've seen these jokes before but I never get tired of them!

⠀⠀Game has a lot of humour and some of it is good, but most isn't. Besides with this kind of density (author is trying to squeeze in a joke every single minute of the runtime) it's difficult to take anything else seriously. And the story is trying to be at least somewhat serious.
⠀⠀Visually looks pretty impressive for a Honey Select based VN with all the animations, special effects and camera fly-overs. Too bad most of this effort is wasted on a cringe over-the-top comedy.
⠀⠀Characters have multifaceted personalities and motives and are in believable slow-burn romantic relationships with MC. Too bad I can't pay attention to them over being constantly stunned by Mongolian Throat Singing and Vine Boom SFX.

Wake me up in 5 years when MC loses his virginity.

Remember: when writing a review, write it based on the game for what it is, not for what you wish it was but it's not even trying to be.

I know we coomers aren't known for being able to read, but once upon a time, when I could still read, I ran into (and enjoyed profusely) the works of Sir Terry Pratchett.

If I can compare Rear Invader to anything, it's a Discworld story given AVN form - just as unhinged, just as irreverent, just as fun and enjoyable.

Dev has pushed HS2 to its limits, the writing is nothing short of excellent, and attention was paid to an area where most AVNs falter - SFX and music.

Next, Ronald Impregnator also has a diverse cast of LIs with incredibly distinct personalities and not one of them is boring or unattractive, and the animations are some of the best I've seen in an AVN, period.

The quality is above damn near everything else made in HS2 and I can do nothing else but highly recommend Rum Imbiber.

phenomenal writing, top notch humor and a plot-line that keeps you intrigued.
oh yeah... sexy time animations are great, definitely better than your average HS2 slop, but not as great as eternum/stray incubus.

the actual game/VN storytelling is way better than either of those anyway.

Absolutely top tier game. HS2 engine pushed to its limits, great writing, characters, humor, the full package.

I started reading this after being awake for 16 hours, and I was still glued to the screen for 6 more until I finished.

I like it, its funny, the story is good and the characters look nice.
The only downside is the slow release schedule and the story progressing a bit slow, but I get this for free so I cant complain.
Hope the dev will keep up the good work

Well done, great story. LOL many times. Looking forward to more. Highly recommend to anyone looking for an original story with fun sex characters. Way exceeded my expectation. Very surprised by the sex scenes too, wasn't just generic loops you've seen in other games. Well done!

I find myself sitting trying to write up the very first review I have made since joining this site and all I can think of is positives. The animation is top notch, the characters are gorgeous to look at and the story has me hooked.

But it is the humour that does it for me. It is a combination of absurd, inane and daft thrown into a melting pot and applied liberally. I love it! It almost reminds me of the old Airplane movies, or perhaps The Naked Gun.

I highly recommend this to anyone who just wants to switch off their brain and go along for the ride!

Game in its current form is pretty impressive. Like, seriously, it's good. There is only one and a half "episode" released, but I think I could easily go through five more of them without being bored.
However, I am a bit worried this project is too ambitious. The scope of this game could easily have 10+ "episodes", but at the rate this is going, this game is not going to be finished by 2035, and that's assuming the author never gives up. Thus, I think it might be better to downsize a bit some of the ambition and focus more on the core parts instead of putting so much work on "side content". I'm being a bit negative here, but I really loved what I saw, and I don't want it to be one of those game that end up being 80% filler content, getting abandoned and never ending up completed.

Shockingly good for a Honey Select game.
A good usage of music, scenes, and models.

Play the first few minutes, if it annoys you then it doesn't get better. If you like it, it is more of the same. You will either like the humor or not.

I agree with another review, the MC does indeed have baby hands.

I ended up dropping it because of Slavery nonsense.
Too many stories have a MC that wants to wear a black hat, but then acts like the sheriff. The black hat doesn't make you cool, being a villain makes the black hat cool.
Don't own a slave if it hurts your feelings, free them or sell them just grow a pair and own your decision.

Played Version: Ep. 2, Part 1

Summary: I’ll try to make this a short one and maybe fail as usual. The AVN sphere houses a number of AVN’s that follows very similar formulas, one of these being the “Comedic Harem in a semi-fantastical/sci-fi setting at the college age”, in which Realm Invader belongs. The newer titles within any such formula tends to imitate and draw inspiration from an older respected title, sometimes to the point that it may seem like plagiarizing. Realm Invader does indeed have strong similarities on the surface level, but as I was reading, it increasingly built up its own unique identity.
The MC in Realm Invader is a rather unassuming character, and his genericness is a running joke in its own right. Unlike other similar AVN’s, MC doesn’t move to a new city, but instead gets isekai’ed, supposedly without dying, to an identical parallel world, save for the existence of magic and new non-human races. His family (mom, older, twin and younger sister) are unchanged. It is evident that his travelling between worlds is related to him gaining a talent for magic way above the average level of people in the parallel world. This in turn leads to his eventual enrollment in a college/university where magic is one of the main faculties. We follow MC as he learns magic from the bottom-up and become acquainted with 2 handfuls of other characters, half LI's, half side/supporting. By the time the story ends (Episode 2 part 1) we haven’t learnt too much about the world or where the story seems to go, but I think the foundation is pretty solid.

Pros: Different LI haircuts for different scenes.
- Animations. Holy shit. Smooth and natural looking, frequently combined and coordinated with camera movements that are also smooth and perfectly creates the desired impact of a scene.
- Beyond just the animations, H-scenes also use changing depth of field, etc.
- It felt like the character intro sequences was more about showcasing the personality and “style” of the characters and not just their physical features. For the time being I can say that the siblings and mom are all endearing and decently nuanced as characters, despite being based on archetypes.
- There seems to be a fair amount of lore to be explored, but Realm Invader doesn’t bombard you with information. Some is shown or told immediately. More details are slowly added on top of the most basic info. And you have a small codex to use at your own discretion. Still basic for the time being.
- Soundtrack is solid so far. Yes, calm intimate H scene music that even has lyrics. But there are also high intensity pieces of music too for the 2 more raw h-scenes that we get.
- Kinda related to the great animations, but Realm Invader often builds up scenes by using animations, like when Chloe and MC plays a fighting game. Helps flesh out the world and make I come alive.
- Theres a lot of AVN-protagonist or Honey Select engine based jokes.
- Good male side characters. Some are just joke characters. Others are great beyond just featuring in comedic situations and several are actually competent in various ways and has a role in the actual plot.
- Many small cute sound effects.
- The Mudasir meme.
- Realm Invader actually does a decent job at acknowledging that MC’s relationship with Grace and Miya are taboo and they all act like it’s actually wrong. They clearly have qualms with it, giving in because that’s just how AVN’s work, but in a sufficiently realistic manner. The comedic situations also plays into the way things progress.
- I liked how the swimming competition was set up in terms of having plenty of decisions. It was a bit like navigating a choose-your-own-adventure-style narrative tree. Or maybe web is a more fitting term here.
- Speaking of the swim meet, Realm Invader has so many likable female side characters. I wonder which ones are planned LI’s. But for the sake of Realm Invader to one day be finished, I actually hope most won’t be LI’s.
- Humor is perhaps a little too frequent for my own tastes, but most jokes do stick the landing and the comedic style at large is good.

Mehs and hit/miss: What’s with the child hating? (Sure, the throat singing makes for a good joke vibe, but really?) There’s a few other jokes that don’t work, one of them being the recurring situations where MC isn't paying attention to people around him.
- This might go into a con if handled badly, but the overall scenario where MC is gifted with immensely rare powers and being naturally talented, is a bit of an overused trope. For now, it’s being handled decently, but I’m still wary of it.
- Slightly too shaky camera in some H scenes.
- The MC’s family inherit a truck load of money as part of their backstory. Feels like a fast way to put them in a nice big house. Rather convenient, but then again, having an ample supply of money don’t feel too important for the plot, so I wouldn’t classify it as a Deus Ex machina intended to instantly solve problems as they appear. Something other AVN’s do, especially the sex focused ones.

Cons: Looks like we got us a morning boner scene. A classic porn trope that I am not fond of.
- The whole spiel with MC’s changing opinion on slavery was not handled well. At least it didn’t last long.
- The gallery system was a little awkward to use. Seemed a bit primitive and slow in its setup, but aesthetically pleasing at least.

A funny and good game.
The pacing however is bad, the way the comedy hits makes it get tired real fast.
It's acceptable, can't expect each joke to land but I feel like because of this way of writing, the fleshed out lore and the sex scenes suffer from it. Kind of feels like the sheer amount of characters being introduced and then given screen time take away from the family, purple slave girl, bald teacher and slave cat girl.
Since there's only 2 episodes as of this review, I'll give it a 4/5 since I enjoyed it a lot but I hope newer episodes have more seasons or focus more on spesific characters. Anyways, if you're putting off playing the game because of it being the 2nd episode, I'd say play it, there's enough story for a few hours of entertainment.

With a lot of overt and in your face humor, this may not be for everyone, but it really worked for me. I really enjoyed the characters and their interactions, and the dialogue can be clever; I laughed out loud more than once.

The adult content is great, bordering on exceptional. I savored my playthrough of the existing content and was really looking forward to a little more each day.

There are two games that I have taken the leap in supporting financially because I so enjoyed my time with them: Eternum and Realm Invader. Give it a try.

this game has some really good humour and jokes and its partially cringe but very funny and i very much enjoyed the so far released chapters. The Animations are well enought made ... better than some Tripple AAA studios.
Consider trying it.

With deep regret and even deeper blue balls, I have to say that while this game is masterfully executed, the number of lewd scenes here is so criminally low, it made me question whether I was even playing an adult game. The writing is extremely witty and funny and I'd recommend playing the game just for that. Just make sure you know what you're getting into.
I spent 7 hours playing it and there were only 3(!) lewd scenes. Granted, they were very well done, it's still a travesty.
It's 9 AM now and I have to go to work sleep-deprived and nut-deprived.
EDIT: Disregard my previous statements. The dev knows what he's doing. Let him cook.

Holy shit this game is amazingly funny. Its kinda like the Eternium style.

Main character cracks me up, the LI's are all great. The models don't really seem to be unique, but that's okay. I've been laughing out loud while playing. Normally I don't have audio while I play, butI did for this one and don't regret it at all. Adds so much to the experience.