VN - Ren'Py - Realm Invader [Ep.2 P2] [Invader Gary]

Where do i even begin with this game. It's like a fever dream, and im not talking about that as in a complete good way.

Spoiler: I might come off as a little rude but I want to give my full criticism without the sugarcoating. I still think the game has a lot of potential, and could be going up there with more refined contents. Devs, I dont dislike your work, I want to see it success in the long run. That's why I'm spending time writing this.

The good:
As far as you can tell this dev guys are passionate with the game, humorous, has a good sense of what the H scenes should look like, very very good graphics, smooth movements on those scenes which is the only reason why I'm giving this a 4 stars.

The bad:
Granted he did say he's not good at writing scripts in the first bit of the game and it exactly how it was.
- Feel like a lot of the writing is out of nowhere, unprepared and often leave you clueless of what just happen without a small hint of what might be the cause that led to that, and how the MC dealt with the situation seemed uncooked, unrealistic, making you go scratching your head(the alley situation).
- Painfully trying hard to make the scene funny with it's not needed to be.
- Some supposed to be a small funny situation that got dragged for too long(like the first 2 seconds you find it funny then it got dragged to full 10 seconds of images jumping back and forth with MC and another character face + loud bang sound effect). It really make me conscious about what im looking at and felt like wasting my time looking at it.
- Too many unnecessary details with long information paragraphs, too many scenes of too many people in 1 conversation( it's distracting, shallow, and often lead to nowhere)

The ugly:
You spent too much resources and time into making the unnecessary animated cut scenes for not important characters, actions, and environments that are not contributing to the story.
More resources and time for the girls would instantly make the game more attractive and valuable because it would actually have a meaningful purpose.
Even after all that you still get a 4 stars because the intimate scenes really desverse that. I wish you best of luck on the journey! I will come back to change this to 5 stars when the game improve on the writing.

A meme-fueled rollercoaster that’s as smart as it is stupid in the best way.

+ Spectacular visuals: Cinematic renders, smooth animations, and a vibrant style that oozes personality.
+ Sharp, witty writing: The humor lands hard, but there’s surprising depth behind the jokes.
+ MC with a backbone: Finally, a VN protagonist who’s capable, confident, and actually fun to watch.
+ Memorable cast: Every character feels unique, with standout personalities and banter you’ll quote later.

– Not for humorless folks: If meme-heavy, chaotic comedy isn’t your thing, this will test your patience.
– Spicy scene teasing: Plenty of innuendo and build-up, but explicit content still feels light.
– Short-lived fun: Ep 2 P1 delivers but ends just when you’re fully hooked. Now the wait begins.

Realm Invader is equal parts comedy gold and narrative bait. It’s a riot if you’re here for laughs and clever writing. Just don’t come expecting full-on lewds yet.

A great game that is seriously underappreciated. My expectations weren't very high since I'm not a fan of "anime nonsense" but I was pleasantly surprised. The only bad part about it is the horribly infrequent updates.

Waaaay too much humor.
Slow auto scenes and zoom ins that you can't skip.
Dev self insert appears throughout the game for no reason.

Jokes are funny when they surprise you, but when every dialog ends up being a joke you get used to them and even expect them, which makes the punchline land flat.

At least the girls are hot i guess...

One of the best in the medium of WEGs

Urban fantasy comedy, one of the very few games in the genre where I did not liberally use the skip button.

The writing is genuinely hillarious and 100% unashamedly itself. Both horny and earnest with stellar animation for its CG scenes.

i also greatly appreciate the diversity of the LIs, all kinds of women from big women to small women from Milfs to Maids.

My only concern is the slow creep of scope increase is starting to rear it's head in the second episode, I worry with too many additions it will become unmanageable.

Hopefully the dev will keep it somewhat linear, it would simply be impossible to maintain this quality with too much divergence.

I really liked the game.

Very well made visually. Animations are superb. Character models are cute and unique (haven't seen them in other games). Overall visual style is great.

The story is interesting and makes sense. The humor is great.

My only critique would about the encounters with the Developer character. I understand it's intended to be a joke + give info to the players, but they don't fit into the story and the model is too goofy, so I'd rather not have them in the game.

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.