VN - Unity - Completed - Robolife-Days with Aino [v1.2.1] [Barance Studio]

One part time management, one part dress up game, one part comedy, and one part lewd androids. If you're looking for a decent VN, and like your girls metallic, this is a good option. The time management moves the story along without getting too aggressively in the way, the art is very good, the comedy is formulaic but amusing enough, and I'm reasonably fond of lewd anything, so it was right up my alley.

Having played fully through the programmer route of the game I feel I have gotten a good enough understanding of the game to credibly review it.

The core gameplay loop is of the typical state of time management visual novels where you split your time between doing jobs, upgrading stats (through research) and pursuing the completion of events to advance the story. All upgrades cause visible changes in Aina and can be mixed and matched from different sets in the head, torso and arm slots allowing for a lot of customisability. Gameplay itself should not pose too much of a challenge if you are familiar with time management but provides a decent amount of challenge especially as you try to keep pace with the regular assessments of your progress.

Events in general are numerous with a focus towards more humorous content with a small amount of drama in certain story routes and moments but this is almost always met with some humour afterward to lighten the mood.

There are occasional issues with the translation with awkward wording or inconsistent translations of the same term across multiple instances such as when listing the requirement of some task when the actual upgrade name may be slightly different. This seems more likely to be human error than Machine translation as far as I can tell and the quality is otherwise good throughout.

Characters in the story are for the most part typical for there archetype but feel likable and fulfil there roles in the story competently and in one instance even pulling off a twist that I didn't expect. Do not expect exceptional depth from any of them but in a humorous story lie this I feel they are good enough.

On the whole the game has been a very enjoyable experience and I would recommend at least giving it a try for anyone interested in a light-hearted robot them visual novel.

*EDIT* I have now played through all three routes of the game to there 'true' endings and so have some additional insight to grant. The idol and weapons routes both proved divergent enough in both story and character development to be fairly interesting. The game does the standard Visual Novel set up where different parts of the secondary caste receive focus on different routes to the extent that some of the female caste could be considered secondary heroines on the routes they feature in.
On the matter of challenge, I have for the most part got through the game easily enough except for on the idol where the need to complete a side quest to get some of the late game unlocks caused some issues but was resolved through reverting to an earlier save. As long as you have a decent understanding of time management in these types of game you should have minimal trouble.
On the whole having now finished the game it is a very solid and enjoyable example of a light-hearted and sexy visual novel with enough gameplay to remain engaging and a caste of tropey but charming characters. Would certainly recommend it to others interested in the genre.

Five Star game , easy. Obvious, by H-game standards. It's not perfect, but it has everything it needs to be very good.

First, for the subjective stuff. The art-style is amazing. The only thing that might be annoying, depending on perspective, is the inconsistent boob size for Aino. Sometimes, it's very jarring how she goes from modest and arguably realistic to big, if not massive by realistic standards. To an extent you can chalk it up to part swapping shenanigans, especially since the other female characters that pop up in the game seem to be consistent.

The story is fun, and not particularly serious. At the very least, the game doesn't take itself seriously and comes with silly references on top of that. As someone who's not particularly big on humor, I still found the game very entertaining. The game wasn't anywhere nearly as cringe-y as it could have been. On top of that, if you look past the humor, you could even say that the game takes a look at certain things that humanity is dealing with, or may be dealing with in the not so distant future. I can't say if any of it is intended or not, but it was certainly interesting to me, and it made playing through all three routes all the more fun.

In terms of fetishes and kinks, the game is utterly vanilla by most standards I can't think off, with the worst thing in it being dubious consent on the part of one girl, and even the MC himself in one instance. No corruption, no crying, no mind-break. It doesn't even do anything weird with programming Aino or any other AI or android to be slut or whatever. So, if all you want is to see cute robo gf get fucked, with some female assistance on a couple of instances, this game will be fun. If you're specifically looking for more intense stuff, you will not find it in this game.

Obviously, mileage may vary.

On the more objective stuff, there are several things to note.

First of all is the gameplay loop.

You have days that are split in four parts, with a theoretical number of 4 actions per day. During that time, you can trigger events, research parts for Aino, have Aino work, or rest to restore her stability. Swapping parts does not take any time slots, but it does lower Aino's stability, so you have to be careful with that and plan it out. Parts are all obtained via Research, which costs money, and may have certain requirements. The only exception being a couple of route specific parts, but even those require you to do some thing to get them.

Different parts have different specs and come with different skills. Each job has its own stat requirement and has skills that can boost your ability to get a bonus. In some cases, having the right skills for the right job can also cause other benefits to occur.

The gameplay loop is basically having Aino do jobs, using the money from the jobs to research better parts or buy other useful items, rinse and repeat. You can also go into town or some other places for events or to meet with people, which also helps unlock 'notes' which help unlock more parts in your research list.

Each route adds a bit of a spin to this loop, and they also affect what sub-events you can do, or rather, when you have to do them. There are no route specific sub-events.

The loop is simple, but interesting enough to not become immediately boring during the three playthroughs you need to do unlock everything. This is helped by the fact that the routes split very clearly. As such, aside from the choice on whether to do sub-routes or not, you don't have to worry about repeating events too much

This is further helped by the fact that on the second playthrough and onwards, you can keep 20% of your final earning, and also receive a special Torso that has very strong stats for the start, and a number of skills that make several sub-events much easier to grab. The stats on it allow you to ignore torso research completely for a good while, which of course makes everything much easier.

Now, when it comes to the bad parts, there are only a few.

First is the fact that the translation is pretty awkward. It's not MTL tier, but it feels like it's either highly edited MTL, or done by someone with a fairly poor grasp of the English language. In one instance, there's even a name or two that weren't translated, though that's not much of a real issue. Also, in one place it seems like the translators couldn't decide on how they wanted to translate something. Whether it's Emotion Sensors, Emotions, or maybe something else, I still don't know...

Second is the fact that this game eats a surprising amount of resources. It hit the GPU hard enough to cause my gaming laptop to actually kick up the fans, which is not something that's exactly common with a Hentai game that's not 3D and not animated.

Third is that it does have some bugs. One in particular, which I'm not sure how it was triggered, can completely destroy your progress in the Cafe route, so save often. It's possible that there are more such issues, but I'm 50% sure that it was caused by the special mechanics for that route. So save often. The game has 100 save slots, there's no reason to not make use of them.

Overall though, unless you're completely allergic to vanilla content, don't like management games or don't like androids, then there's no reason to not give this game a try. I rushed through all three routes, and while the Cafe route was my favorite, all of them were enjoyable, and there wasn't a single sub-event that wasn't fun in some form or another.

So if you like what it offers, give it a try, you won't be disappointed.

I have just finished one route, but I thoroughly enjoyed having a cute android girlfriend. This game is a management game where you train the girl through various jobs and craft a ton of different outfits. The dialogue and plot is pretty decent and all the scenes are for the most part fairly wholesome. There are scenes with 2 or 3 other girls but the focus is on the main android girl. No NTR or corruption or anything, just you growing closer with your with your cute android gf you found.

Not the hottest H-Game ever, but play if you wana train an adorable robo-gf.

On my route I got 18 scenes over about 3 hours. Decently spaced H scenes, don't have to work too much.

I give it 5 stars based on H game standard.
If it's not a h-game it would be around 3.5-4.0

The art is S tier they really pay attention to the detials and the character are likeable.

The story is servicable. It leans to the comedy side. The game does not take itself seriously. There are some good references too.

The gameplay is just ok almost good. It's just boring and can't make me feel like managing their life is fun un like Teaching Feelings. It's not bad even good by H game standard.

It's a good game overall. Only if the gameplay is better and more depth to it. It has potential to be one of the best simulation H game.

I download the game on this site to see if it's any good and now I already purchased it on steam. The dev deserve my money.