Ren'Py - Spirit Lover [v0.44] [Shousaka94]

Was decent. But have gotten to a point I have to take someone to the teachers room and can't as the game gives an error with no ignore option only rollback. Literally can't continue and I am not restarting the hours of progress.

Version at the time of review: 0.38 android

this game is big grindy dissapointement
why do i need 30 lust points or 30 love points to unlock sex scenes
why after asking "how do you do?" game skip 6 hours and force me to sleep
before i can asked "what do you think of this place?" for another 6 hours skip
why default name for all characters is " " and not something that would let me not name every single individual character without knowing their role in the story??

There is also couple of dumb things as game is made in brazil and translated to english so they translated "skip" AKA FAST FORWARD into "jump"
game also feature clunky control wooden dialogues
i can't tell if offering to furnicate with the lady is machine translation or intended design

a lot of my problems with the game can be FIXED and SQUASHED in development, but it need to take a lot of work and control over the project
currently game feels like disjointed mash of characters behind junky UI and slow and do-nothing grind

I was intrigued by this and decided to give it a shot. It's enough of a change to the main story right from the get-go besides just switching out the main protagonist that made it seem intriguing. Something else is that as the story progresses, it diverges more from the series making it more entertaining as you go through meeting the girls and doesn't feel like a slog even if you know the characters and story in the main series.

A good thing is that the Koitatsu art looks pretty good and resemble the characters well enough. This also helps with the H-scenes which do look okay for the medium. I was particularly fond of the changes to girls like Yoshino and Mana. Even Kotori, who still looks a bit young has a bit more of an adult look here.

However, while this may not be a problem for everyone, the grammar in this game is pretty bad. Words are misspelled, female characters are referred to with male pronouns, and sentences don't flow well. It's not something that can make you unable to tell what's going on, but it is there.

This looked like an interesting game to play--a fun premise, cute models, lots of opportunity for adult fun with a diverse group of partners, but I've stopped playing the updates because the game seems as if it is only partly implemented. The navigation is clumsy, the passage of time seems somewhat arbitrary, and the pace of progress is glacial. I've been disappointed to not enjoy playing this.