VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Sunshine Love [Ch. 3 v1.01i Extras] [MrDots Games]

I really want to like this game, but it's hard. The dialogue is so hard to get through without skipping because of the INSANE amount of unnecessary things being said, and thought, and REPEATED. The writing is by far the biggest flaw of this game, the other smaller flaws I can easily look past.

+ I think the renders overall look great. Good-looking characters, but I agree that it's mostly hair and cup size that differs and not much else - but beautiful nonetheless. Great quality upgrade from past games.

+ The initial plot points of rekindling a sibling relationship while visiting a different town and helping out with a business is fine. I was also excited to be introduced to tasks to achieve to earn star ratings for the hotel.
- The writer's decision to have Sister's lie in this specific manner to get MC to come and help with the business, and explaining it as her wish to rekindle their relationship and that she "just didn't know what else to do" is INSANE. It's even more insane when you think about that this is supposed to be an attractive LI for the player. The lying isn't the problem, it's how her character is being portrayed and how, if we're to believe she is a sweet and caring person (or just a decent human being) there are other ways to create the drama, conflict... whatever the writer was going for here.
-I'll be honest and say I've only reached one star for the hotel, but I'm really disappointed with how underwhelming this "mechanic" is, because it's just visual so far. I have zero say in this, I can't even influence it in any way or something as basic as choosing a priority or whatever. I'd much rather a game not introducing a management gaming mechanic that doesn't allow you to manage anything. Correct me if I'm wrong and this gets rectified later.

To sum up, the game is okay. It has some strong points, and I really to see great potential for a lovely vanilla harem game (or single LI path if you so choose), but I don't think the game will ever reach that potential. The thought struck me that I could try and edit the dialogue to be less repetitive and make more sense - but who am I to claim to be better? I'm just a reviewer, lol. I'm sure the writer did their best. But I hope they read these reviews and do their best to improve, because to be perfectly honest I haven't seen much growth in the writing from DMD to this. The MCs thought process and dialogue in every game is basically the same, and you can't convince me it's a "certain writing style".

To end on a more positive note - to the dev team: please continue making games! I have huge respect for anyone creating games and I wish you all the best. I do enjoy your games to some extent, mostly for the family friendly (hehe) focus.

PRO 1) Best girl (SPOILER):
One of my favorite moments with Shortcake (the normally shy surfer girl) was when she suddenly wielded a taser and shouted away a dog to save a kitten. And that time she tricked the MC into thinking a dolphin was a shark.. I would love to see a sequel focused on her.

PRO 2) Best guy (SPOILER):
Mr. Roshi's "man-up" talks where dated but fit his character perfectly. I like to think he became sort of an extra father figure to the MC. Which would explain why Roshi's passing affected him so much despite knowing him for a short time.

PRO 3) Solo paths:
Given the amount of potential LIs the pathing is executed fairly well. The ability to solo one LI is a huge bonus for me.

PRO 4) Sunshine Bay:
A beachside town with a community of motor scooter riders. Perfect setting for a game like this. The beach vibe is what hooked me.


CON 1) Worst girl (SPOILER):
The twins. I think they should have been individualized better. Their relationship points and bio pages are combined for example.

CON 2) Worst guy (SPOILER):
Victoria's father's character design is the laziest in the entire game. I was a little disappointed when he turned out to literally be Danny Trejo after Victoria said he was Machete-like..

CON 3) Character interaction:
Most of the potential LIs rarely interacted with one another. Even at large gatherings.

CON 4) Redundant Dialog (SPOILER):
Example; the extra reminder that the MC is wearing Roshi's medallion before he[MC] was shot. It was already obvious that he wears it everywhere. Having the player partially forget this fact may have given that scene a little more impact.

So, I've got to say, this game is pretty darn good from start to finish. What really impressed me was the amount of attention each love interest gets. It's like they all get their fair share of the spotlight, and there's a ton of variety between them. It keeps things fresh and interesting.

One thing I appreciated is that there's nothing that feels too forced in the game, except maybe for some scenes with the main LI. But honestly, that's totally understandable since she's the driving force behind the whole story. So, no big complaints there.

Now, don't get me wrong, it's not all sunshine in this game. The dialogue and overarching story could have used a little extra polish. I found myself skipping through some of the more boring bits because, let's be honest, there's quite a bit of unnecessary detail that could've been trimmed down. The main villain was a bit underwhelming too – nothing to write home about.

But here's the deal: these hiccups, while noticeable, don't detract too much from the overall experience. The game may not be a literary masterpiece, but it's definitely in the top 10 or 20% of what you can find out on this site. The setting, while not mind-blowing, does its job and provides a solid backdrop for the characters' development. And it's really the characters and their relationships that keep you hooked and make this game worth your time. So, while there's room for improvement in certain aspects, it's still a worthwhile journey.

The developer did a fantastic job when it comes to pumping out content at a relatively fast pace. Now, all that's left is to see if the endings are as satisfying as the rest of the game. I mean, there are a lot of girls to choose from, so I'm hoping each of them gets the attention they deserve. Even if they don't get entirely new scenes, I just hope there's enough content to make players feel satisfied with the journey.

In a nutshell, this game is a great experience. Kudos to the dev for keeping us entertained and invested in the story. Can't wait to see how all those different paths and romances will play out in the end!

Really surprised at the low rating for this game. Mr Dots games are head and shoulders above almost any other developer and this game is no exception. Absolutely amazing women! Especially shortcake! Unlike a lot here I really enjoy the story and find the sex scenes to be very enjoyable as well. Probably my favorite developer along with Cheeky Gimp.

My only complaint with this particular game was the twins history. Even though it fits the story it really ruined their characters for me and they were 2 of my favorites. They seem to be on a redemption path though so we shall see.

Beautiful girls, the setting is lovely, good amount of content from a serious developer, the scenes are pretty good, the only thing could be better is the story, i know is a chill one but i feel characters can be a little bit generic sometimes specially the mc, what a generic and boring dude, definitely needs to be more open talking about the choices or paths you take or the way you take them, but overall, an excelent game that actually deserves to be supported

This is a story about a man who goes to a paradisiacal beach to help his former step-sister run a hotel, and on the mean time he has sexual relationships with every woman in visible range including the step-sister, her mother (his dad's ex-girlfriend), her aunt and cousin, the entire hotel staff, and many others, frequently showing having a ton of game and performing feats of strength and stamina that are incredible considering his complete lack of a spine.

Never have I ever seen a guy bitch so much about insecurity while in the very midst of achieving everything he believes himself incapable of. This is a man who might have fucked a woman in every way and every hole imaginable, and still wonders “did she invited me just to talk, or is she thinking of doing something else”? “Did she ask me to remove all my clothes just for a massage, or does she have other ideas”? “Is she deep-throating me because she’s interested in me, or was it just an accident”?

The man is dense as neutron star, that’s what I mean.

It's a shame because the game is actually well made. The writing, while boring, predictable, and often baffling, shows proper grammar and spelling (I know, such a low bar), and even if the plot isn't that great -- including a ton of "that's not how any of this works" moments and mustache-twirling villains with no grounded motivation beyond being evil -- it's at least well written on a technical level. The renders are very consistent in quality and varied in locations, clothing, and staging, even if the characters all look like plastic dolls. The UI is solid, and includes plenty of nice easter eggs if you care about that kind of thing.

Long dialogues who dont mean anything, idiotic wimpy mc, awful mcs and another step in mr dots "no we dont ntr but we are totally adding ntr content" slippery slope that started in DMD. dont waste your time with this game.

MrDotsGames - Why am i not surprised? After the disappointment which was MELODY comes Sunshine Love. A game where the developer is going to write EVERY LITTLE DETAIL. Im surprised the developer doesn't add Breathing texts in the game. The writing is so horrendous, renders are okayish, story is crap. Dont know why this has 9.9 million views. Tried the game, stay away from it. Its pure garbage.

Nah this didn't do it for me, a complete step down from Melody. It's a story about managing a hotel BUT I DON'T SEE ANY HOTEL MANAGEMENT AT ALL???! Uninteresting and flat characters, lengthy dialogue that doesn't get anywhere, the renders are high quality but looks too sanitized for me, another goddamn Asian character named YUKI for the 163th time. Most importantly, the scenes are just plain boring.

Everything is aggressively mid. It's not enjoyable as a "slow-paced" game and it definitely does not have replay value.

Story is fun, renders aren't the best but they have a fun style that works well with the animations. I understand why this game isn't super highly regarded, but some people just want a relatively vanilla game with solid art and animations. I can always count on every new release of Sunshine Love to be an enjoyable time with long lasting replay value.

Pretty flat characters, stiff dialogue and annoying music. That's what I'm taking away from this, unfortunately. The renders are okay, the animations are as equally stiff as the dialogue and the pervy scenes are boring...also, why give us a 'choice' in dialogue options that's literally just ONE option? Is this to keep us from falling asleep?

Overall, I was not impressed with this. None of the characters are intersting enough to make me want to keep playing, and the payoff in sex scenes is just not there.

A slow paced visual novel, that's what i thought while playing this game.

I haven't really finished the story but could really tell that it has a good foundation for a well written one despite having a really slow storyline. Thought you have to know that it wouldn't work for this kind of game. I'm not gonna complain when a game have a lot of content but a shit ton of dialogue without any sexy scene in between then might as well just make a "normal" game from the first place. I also noticed that some scene just have like 3 frame with a lot of dialogue in it so it made the author seems lazy.

For the gameplay well it's just a regular linear one like the usual game out there. But that's also one of the problem as you were forced to follow the story, even pushing the button to skip doesn't really help because it had a lot of redundant dialogue in it.

Next is the lewd stuff, now it's good imo but yeah it's also not worth the wait because some was just regular shit and then followed by another stretch of boring stuff. Thankfully we got a gallery unlocker, it's gonna be a pain in the ass waiting and collecting all of those.

Lastly the sound, at least they put some sound for the lewd part and that's just it. It has like a music player that was kinda unique at first but then it clearly just didn't fit for some of the scene with how random it is.

So yeah imma just give this 2/5 star, it's not a shit game tbh because at least it still have a lot of sexy stuff in it but really it's not worth to play with how boring it is.

The good news is there is A LOT of content. The bad news is that it is unbelievably boring and terribly written. I'm convinced the dev gets money every time he include (Sigh...) in the dialogue because there's no reason for it to be practically every other sentence that it gets said. Honestly, I was hyped for this one as I'm a whore for harem/incest and figured this would at worst be a decent game that took up time while I waited for other games to update but honestly, the story is piss poor and the sex scenes are generally boring as well. It does have one of the worst LI ever written though so if that's your thing, you're going to LOVE Nicole.

Basically a yawn simulator.

CG by Mr Dots is miles better than 90% of the games here, but that's about it. Inner monologues and mundane dialogs will make it a torture to read. Story is unintersting, sex scenes are very venilla.

I hope this games ends soon because I do believe Mr Dots has the ability to create good games, this game just didn't do it for me.

3D models in this game are generic. All girls have the same body, it doesn't matter if they are 18 or 40. The only difference is the size of the bra. Faces are mostly cute. Facial expressions barely change during dialogues. Most of the time they have their mouths closed even if it's supposed they are talking, and look at the player like sheep looking at the sun. Zero effort in that.

In general, the writing is BORING and extremely GENERIC. I seriously think this game is being written by an AI. Really long dialogues and interior monologues with cero wit and fun. Uninspired scenes. Generic situations.

MC is a doormat without charisma. Not the kind of MC people could find attractive to play as. The other guys in the game are just cliché assholes. Generic antagonists: the church and business men.

Female characters in general have cero personality too. Most of the time, they seem to be the same character in different bodies. Some of them are more slutty, some of them are more naïve... that's all. In general, annoying characters. Apparently the dev thinks that the only thing a female character needs to be attractive is a pretty face and good tits and ass. The only moment that has given me real satisfaction has been to dump the annoying girlfriend.

Also, as happens with other games of this dev, some of the girls are "100%-real-no-fake-legal, wink, wink". Oddly, those are the less annoying female characters, but if you are not into l0lis (my case) you are not going to like them.

Maybe the worst think in this game is that the writer thinks that the way to surprise the player and make the game more interesting (according to him) is to make the romantic interests even less likable and the MC even a bigger beta male. Now, there is lesbian NTR and suddenly some characters are whores...

There was a time when everybody was waiting MrDots' updates of DMD. Right now, the guy is a meme.

Really the only thing this game has are the top class renders.
Mc is a wimp who couldnt fight his way out of a paper bag.
LIS are awful except the two shortcake ones
_Awful writing that is loong and meadering to boot.
Dont waste your time playing this game.

the writing drags on and expounds on useless details. to the point that it's just boring and can be skipped. the main love interest is a painfully bland character that has nothing to offer apart from being nice and pretty.

the animations are high quality. the audio detracts from the game, but can be turned off.

The only reason I stuck with this game from the start is the long assed wait to get some lewd scenes with my fave LI's. If you have done the same, then we deserve a medal for this below average AVN.

Story is so boring and drawn out, not to mention convoluted. Eventually you just clicky click to get through all the inner monologue or retarded reasoning behind character decisions. Honestly, I'm a retard and I could write better.

Characters range from annoying as fuck (yes you Sis, Nicole, and Ivy/Lily) to some wholesome ones like Shortcake and Yuki. Nicole was an annoying cunt from the start but at least MC can ditch the bitch. Sis can be a selfish, condescending pain in the arse who you just want to skullfuck to death to shut her up. Ivy/Lily are the sexual predator twins just asking to be locked up for sexual assault on the player....

The saving grace is the smols. Shortcake and Yuki bring wholesome goodness and potential to be awesome girlfriends/waifus for your retarded MC. They look cute as fuck and have that sexy innocence going on that the others have lost long ago - although Kristina is another cutey too but remind me of the Dating My Daughter main LI too much (let's not go down that rabbithole)

Unfortunately there is very little lewd stuff with Yuki compared to the others (Sis gets lots more) which is criminal considering how gorgeous her model is. Uneven amounts of sexy time among LI's in a game that takes ages to actually unlock lewd content is never a smart move. Now we are in the end stages and the smols have been neglected big time

Oh and speaking of the retarded MC, this guy is your typical soy boy chump with a constant slack jawed expression. He looks like fucking Forest Gump on a bad day. There's a dodgy dude hanging around the hotel and if he confronts him physically he can't even land a punch...I'm amazed he can even hit Brodie but even then complains about his poor knuckles. No wonder Nicole uses him as a doormat at the start...then Sis takes over but with more of a passive aggressive slant. Yeesh.

Renders are the saving grace in this game. The girls for the most part do look pretty hot and have some nice scenes eventually...if you can hang on that long.

The latest update has turned it into a clusterfuck with the shit writing again. A bombshell gets dropped with the twins being involved in some really shady shit with their father and no matter your choice, the MC will stay quiet about it despite he could use the info to bury the church and Di Amico alliance..wait wut?

Then we have Vicky and Sis going full lesbo with Sis reasoning ah well fuck MC it's a casual relationship anyway so I'm going full on bi all of a sudden. This is to setup a throuple with MC, Vicky, Sis no doubt but it's handled so badly you just want to tell them both to fuck off.

Also Sis goes full bitch mode because well, she's worried that her feelings are one way and MC will be leaving soon (as we get reminded every few minutes) but wait, during the lesbo scene with Vicky she's like "oh well if he leaves I'll be fine..."

*sigh*

Please get a decent writer for your next game mr Dots!

I've decided at this point I'm picking either Shortcake or Yuki and the others can all jump in the ocean. Now a throuple path of Shortcake and Yuki is my dream ending....the sexiest smols...heh heh.

So yeah, if you have a LOT of time to kill and can't be arsed watching paint dry, give it a go....but as it is, there are much better games on here.

Very vanilla game, poor plot, (just talk couple days then bang all the chicks around and they all about you), primitive harem scenario which has no reality to real behavior of characters. Compared to previous games of this creator its really 2-3 out of 5.

Now that the game is complete, I'm revisiting slightly because it is complete, but I do have some additional or same feedback:
-- I really, really cannot stand the weak, passive, unattractive dork of an MC.
+ We do get slightly more model variety
-- The female models are eye candy for those who like female bodies, but zero eye candy for those that like male bodies. This is especially frustrating when the writing highlights how fit and good-looking MC is = he's slim and goofy looking. Look at Bare Witness VN for a great looking male MC; not this game.
+ I like the large number of multiple endings and that the story is complete.

===original review==
I'm maybe jumping the gun here as I'm still in Chapter 1 (I recently played through Melody and Dating My Daughter for the 3rd time each now that they are complete). Thus, my rating is mostly based in comparison to those other two VNs.

+ I like the models a lot. Nice renders
> I wish there was more variety of models; so far it seems Yuki is the only one with some variety and the only model that isn't big tit, big ass and a different race.
- Ashley looks nothing like a 40-something or even a 30-something MILF. She looks just like the teen/20's something models. At least Trish looks older.
- A couple of scenes the girls are commenting or swooning how the MC works out and is fit/muscular...he has no such render. No abs. No chest or biceps. He's just slim without a gut. C'mon man. If it's part of the story let the guy have spent a few months in the gym and actually have some definition.
+ Better use of music for immersion
+ There is a lot of text and to somewhat "keep the reader's interest" we get these occasional scenes where we can "undress" the girl while talking to her (topless with or without nip covers).
- This feels like too slow of a burn as relationships with the different girls is being established.
- The MC is a lawyer. 98% of lawyers are Type A personalities and not this soft, effeminate, passive MC. Give him some balls! He's completely unlikeable.
- Brodie's dad is typical B-movie villain stereotype. The writing could be a LOT better here.
+ I like the idea of a quest system, though simply working through the VN will accomplish the majority of the quest items. It seems I do have some relationship choices. For example...once lost on the hill and you call Yuki or Ashley:
a) relationship points with Yuki if you go with her. Duh.
b) Ashley gives you two choices for relationship points.
One path is Ashley only points making my points above 15.
The other path is Ashley or Trish. If you go with Ashley my relationship points with Trish dropped to 1. If I selected Trish I guess I may be now on the Trish route...in addition to Ashley...as Trish points were 6.
+ I like how there are connections to the other games and/or actual characters from the other games show up.

As a first impressions review...
I'm interested as there are some things I really like about it, but I'm not in love with the VN.
I will return once it's developed more, since right now this is a filler VN if I had nothing else to read/play through.