VN - Ren'Py - Strong Desire [v0.5.1.1] [TheBlueInk]

It's extremely boring.
The MC has hair that stands straight up and the personality of a piece of cardboard. He doesn't know what's going on, can't stand up for himself, and so forth.

While the girls look pretty, they all, including the MC, always just have a deadpan almost creepy look to their faces. Expressions never change other than occasionally the mouth will open but the rest of the face stays the same much like a ventriloquist's dummy.

None of them blink, their hair points the wrong direction when they are laying down.

One scene the MC says he was about to get up from sleeping to go to work, and the very next thing he says is that he got up a few hours too early...

I understand it's a slow moving story but it's really boring too.

About the only thing going for it are the good looks of the girls, good skin textures and not orange peely.. Good colors as well.

Any way....

TL;DR
Story - ZERO stars
Models - a mix of ZERO and FOUR
Lewds - TWO-THREE
General impression - it's a crude hack, not an actual serious game to talk about.

It's hard to evaluate renders and models as the game is in the process of being reworked. The old models are ugly. Some of the new models are cute.

Dialogs and situations are strange. For example, one of the girls keeps trashtalking MC. And everybody around tell him, "Let her do that, it's OK, that's how she is"? I see no sense and no desire to play that.

Other interactions are just nonsensical porn episodes.

[v0.3a]

This an amazing find. Hot sexy women , really good renders and good animations. The MC is not a push over or an idiot. I was skeptical at first because people kept talking bout GF being a cuckqueen but so far it's just GF doesn't mind MC being with other women as long as he tells her first which i like to me it's a better way to form a Harem than the same ole trope of all the women turning Lesbian/Bi. The way the MC and Li interact to me seem real and not forced , There seems to be a real attraction. And the mystery of the Fiance family seems to keep things going i like it. Positives Women are sexy the sex scenes are really good The MC is likable and not a push over. A better way to form a Harem than the same ole trope that all li turns Lesbian/Bi. or MC having Magic dick. It's more like they just want to be with MC because they are attracted to him. I really love this VN so far i rarely write reviews unless the VN is really good or really bad. And this is going to be the first VN that i am considering supporting on Patreon.

I'm not giving it 2-stars because barely anything has happened in the story, but it's filled with problems.

Firstly, the game spreads itself too thin by introducing numerous storylines and characters without fully exploring any of them. Even the intriguing central mystery surrounding Anna's family and their connection to the MC gets insufficient attention.

Secondly, the MC lacks depth and fails to leave an impression. He lacks a distinct personality, possesses no strong opinions, and fails to actively pursue his own desires. This lack of agency diminishes his effectiveness as the driving force behind the story. A protagonist should be the core focus, even if external events shape his journey.

Lastly, the choices presented in the game are shallow, mirroring the lack of depth in the overall plot. The limited interaction provided mostly revolves around advancing romantic interests, offering little room for meaningful engagement or a sense of agency. While there may be a couple of moments where you can respond to someone, including a rare opportunity for sarcasm with your boss, these instances are too brief to truly empower the player. The MC momentarily exhibits a backbone, only to regress back to his usual passive demeanour.

Overall, the game's shortcomings lie in its underdeveloped storylines, the lack of a compelling protagonist, and the shallow nature of the choices offered. These issues hinder the player's ability to become fully immersed in the narrative or feel a sense of agency.

The game uses a certain style for character design that makes the woman's faces less realistic looking but not ugly. Some people might find it off-putting but if you can get used to it, the graphics are very high quality and the woman are hot.
There is diversity in the character designs bot in looks and age, but some characters look very similar. It also doesn't help that the characters often change hairstyle, sometimes even the color is changing between scenes.

The sex scenes are hot. And it seems there will be some kinks involved in the future.

The story started interestingly. It seems there is some secret in the background involving MC-s parents and the fiancé's family. It still could turn out to be something stupid or something interesting.
Relationship wise it started interestingly with MC seemingly monogamously involved with his fiancé and only friendly with the other family members if at all. But as the story advances it turns out lot of the woman are unreasonably drawn to MC or even have some previous involvement with him.
Even if I love harem games, I hope it wont turn into a situation where every girl who were having normal relationships before suddenly turning into some sex craving woman who don't have a problem with sharing MC. At least not without explaining the change in behavior. Ideally with personal reasons for all of them, like how the relationship started with Macy and Sara.

The rated version is 0.2.1
Rating is 4 stars because it's often hard to follow who is who especially when it's hard is to differentiate the girls from each other.

Very promising game.
+ lots of women
+ variety in looks and age of characters
+ decent enough story
+ good amount of hot scenes for V0.2.1
+ interesting tags

- the render quality can be improved (but the dev is already updating a few models)
- the sex scenes feel too short and are too vanilla (maybe add some interesting narration)

I see a good potential in this game. second update way better than the 1st one in graphics and story telling. Renders are also improved. Let's see how the whole story would be developed. As for now, it's just another same game as all of us play here on f95. But let's see maybe dev will make some interesting plot . anyway good job and please continue!

The artwork quality here is what I would call very good. Some of the models have a distinct Eastern European look. The story so far is still young and it's tough to figure out where things are headed, but a hint here and there have left me intrigued. There are a lot of characters coming at you in the beginning of this story and I hope it isn't intended to be a fapfest. It would be really nice if there turns out to be some substance to it before it fizzles out, but again, it's really early and time will tell.

probably the second game to ever make me hate the harem aspect of a game,

renders are okay and the women are sub-par at most there's just something about them that is unattractive, there are one or two attractive women but that's outside the wife's family,

another harem where the mc is a golden boy, nothing I hate more than people with ulterior motives which in this is almost everyone, it's just annoying, hopefully moving forward we have a choice who joins the harem because honestly, this is the second game ever to make me actively want to avoid the harem, and I love harems.