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

When this game came out MrDots promised a plethora of girls, where your choices made would affect where you ended up with them in the long run.

Unfortunately it seems like you're just able to have a relationship with every single one, without much consequence. We'll have to see where it all ends up in the future.

One thing that really irked me is the fact that it seems impossible to continue a relationship with Connie. It really seems that your choices don't really matter

Based on v.5

Good points

Character models are all nice and good. Story somewhat generic, not boring but meh. If you played games from this dev, like Melody, than you know of what i'm talking about. The game does have indeed huge amount of content and i do recommend this game to everyone to try it out.

Bad points

I realy hoped that next update will fix point system, which is kinda broken. I mean what ever you choose certain events will play out. This led me to conclude that point system doesn't mattter at all. This means even if you have negative points with certain characters there will be the same conversation and events. Next to it is choices. This is second element of the game totally broken. Like the time where you can ask Vicky out. You have choice to ask her or not. Again choice doesn't actually matter cause if you choose not to she will ask you (MC) out. After that dev failed to enable decision sydtem. Like should you get romantically involved with character(s) or not.

This game, imo, does have potential but certain elements of the game are broken. I do like it, character models and story line but also i do like to choose with which characters i want to get romantically involved. I do hope that dev will fix it. Note that in previous version i gave score 4/5 and now in v0.5 i'm droping to 3/5.

Pros:
- sometimes nice looking renders
aaand... that's it.

Cons:
- boring story, boring characters
- a lot of filler dialogs which make you just burn more time for nothing
- questionable design desigions like grind-based approach to unlock all the content

Looks like MrDots lost his spark for good and needs a good writer, can't remember any bunch of games from a single author where writing become more dull from game to game.

My Rating of this Game is:

Pros:
+ Fantastic Renders
+ Easy Playing
+Active Play
+Nice Closeups
+Lots of ladies
+Beautiful Women
+Long Game Play

Cons:
-Nothing

Info:
I played it a couple of minutes before I realized something familiar with this Game,and it then hit me at the beach where the flyer hit the guys face that it was from Mr Dots.
What a Pleasant surprise....The story is great and there are no boring segments, and typical Mr Dots, the ladies are beautiful and the writing is Top.
Will be looking to see how far the couples Open-Relation goes and hoping for more great minutes of Playing.

Minor Spoilers

Decent game with a likable protagonist, can't say the same for the love interest he grew up with & is reunited with, she lies to him right off the bat & your still expected to want to date her? Hopefully there is an option somewhere down the line to crush her for the crap she pulls to get you to her as she comes across as desceptive & selfish in a few ways, there are some nice characters to be found which is a relief, just hope the end game isn't to have you end up with the manipulative character.

so what have we got bad fathers,pussified sons that cant be strict or assertive without being assholes,women making bad choices left and right witch always turn out to be a mans fault and the pièce de résistance diversity whamen Powa witch needed a taser.

my final verdict this project was made by a feminist pussy hat wearing sjw.

Good renders and a lazy ingame mechanic to make up for the lack of real action.. I think every sex scene in the game is also a dream. these 2 things combined are the worst possible combo.

Your are left out with a story that doesnt make up for te lack of everything else. Despite having good intentions, execution is average to bad. There are things relationshipwise that you have to believe they exist, despite writting not being able to elaborate on them.

The game has about 5 or 6 hours of gameplay which consist basically on reading a story that is not even that well written, and my opinion is that doesnt make it to the "worth the time" category as for v003.

I had this game as last resort, cause i really liked DmD and specially Melody despite their flaws, but this seems like a subproduct.

The artwork and the girls really steal the show here. The story is well written enough to keep you emotionally interested in the characters. It is set still more as a VN so there isn't much sandbox to the game if that is what you are looking for however if the dev ever made a sequel that would be an interesting addition. I def recommend giving this a play through since the characters are all very unique and the art is very well done. It's still early in the development but I'm excited to see where this game goes. There is alot of content likely they will have to add but the first part of the game is completed so you will enjoy it for the first couple hours.

Wow, it doesn't happen a lot for me with these type of games, but i really cared for everyone and the state of the hotel, lol. Excellent storytelling!

Nice graphics, and the animations are also good to watch, great job

It's such a mess :/
Usually I avoid giving negative reviews...but...I really did try to like this...I'm not gonna explain myself too much, it's not worth it...

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- It's the first time EVER I'm confused why so many people play this ><
- Story is so try hard >< leading to nowhere...only confusing everything...
- Complete lack of developing any positive feelings for any character...

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+ Amazing renders and detail....



It's like todays 3ple A games... only graphics .... so sad...
It's just huge waste of the dev's talant...but he doesn't seem to be bothered I guess he milks his fan's good so... everything is good in the end.

Another solid entry from Mr. Dots, but one that also has some serious drawbacks.

Big improvements over previous titles include the creation of characters that feel unique and more real than in prior AVNs. The primary love interest has a look to her that doesn't feel cloned or lazily put together. But, as with their prior games, many of the other women in the game feel more genuine and unique.

One major concern here, however, is the MC, who has all the sex appeal of a day-old burrito. He's boring, borderline whiny, and has the body of an underdeveloped Ken doll. The notion of a dozen women of spectacular hotness falling for this guy is absurd. The only woman in the game that makes any sense for him is the equally-boring Nicole, and they're together at the start. Should have been game over immediately with this sad sack and his perfect match.

However, there are some great things about the game: well-done renders, an interesting locale and premise, and solid (but not great) writing. There are minor issues with spelling, grammar, and a lack of proper hotel terminology (as this 10-year veteran of the hospitality industry can attest to) sprinkled throughout, which bothers me as well, but those can be forgiven (and fixed).

All in all, worth checking out, if for no other reason than the solid cast that the writers have created for the story.

Sunshine Love v0.0.4i

The next visual novel from the genius that produced "Melody" steps up the visuals, but sinks the story in the disappointing "Sunshine Love."

The story begins with the MC having a sexy dream, then waking up to his girlfriend. He pointlessly tells her that he had a dream about her and another woman. This of course bothers her but they have sex anyway. Then (get this), during sex with her (after she was clearly bothered by the dream), he pointlessly goes ahead and asks her if she's open to having another girl join them some time. Yes...in the middle of them having sex, with a stupid grin, this idiot asks the dumbest question anyone could ask at that moment. Of course, she's not having it, is ticked at him but they finish up. Now...this question has nothing at all to do with the story in any way, except to make the MC immediately unlikable.

I INSTANTLY HATED THE MC. That's disappointing because in this format, empathizing with the MC is key to enjoying the game. Not gonna happen with this moron.

This is the story of a junior associate at a prestigious law firm that out of all the candidates is a front runner for associate who, rather bizarrely, not only doesn't get the position but is fired instead. It's odd that a prestigious law firm would fire the second best junior associate and asset to the firm to "save money." Fire the number three guy! But, it has to happen for the story, so there.

Having pointlessly lost his job, he gets a call from a childhood friend (you get to name her so I'll call her Bonkers for this review) who lived with the MC and his father along with Bonkers' stripper-mother. Eventually, for seemingly pointless reasons (beyond the fact that a long-term relationship with a stripper is generally a bad idea), she suddenly leaves the father and son, taking her daughter with her. Then, for equally pointless reasons, prevents Bonkers from contacting MC. Makes no sense, but it has to happen for the story to happen, so there.

Somehow her stripper-mother miraculously managed to actually run a prestigious hotel that pointlessly catered only to women (which is not only gender discrimination and therefore illegal in most countries (sorry Gay Black Men...you can't stay here), but also has nothing to do with the story. This is not a Harem Builder Hotel Game where that element would make sense. Here, it's pointless). Then when the business started to struggle (most likely due to turning away over half the clientele because of their gender), the stripper-mother-hotel-guru pointlessly dumped the responsibility onto her untrained daughter, and abandoned her, leaving Bonkers and her business to crumble. Brilliant!

Why did she do that? Well...I don't know. But it has to happen so the story can happen, so there.

You'll notice as the game progresses, a lot of POINTLESS things occur....a LOT.

Needing help, Bonkers pointlessly coerces the MC to come work for her at the hotel by offering him a high paying job, only for him to find out when he arrives that she lied...there was no job...they have no money to pay him. Why she didn't just explain what happened and ask him for help escapes me. Very little of what Bonkers does makes any sense. She's no Melody. She's more...pants crapping insane.

The MC's girlfriend agrees to him taking the job because she is so focused on money that their personal needs never cross her mind until after he leaves...then pointlessly decides to "take a break" from their relationship to see other people. That always helps...right? None of it makes any sense.

After the move he is greeted by Bonkers, who is now HOT (her only good attribute), but also a huge liar, and severely bipolar. She is instantly unlikeable apart from eye candy. As the Main Love Interest, she's a catastrophic failure. You just can't stand this woman, though she is very fun to look at. She acts like an temperamental 6 year old when she's not bold-faced deceiving the MC for no reason then apologizing.

The other girls are interesting, even the one with that clique "socially akward" trait, which Developers seem to feel obligated to put in their games even though it's ridiculous) . All of the Other Girls are good, but the ones that stand out are the Twins, Lily and Ivy. Though we get very little time in game with them, they are the highlight of Sunshine Love. They are fascinating with cool personalities, and Mr Dots plays the Twin angle to excellent effect. The game lights up when they are in the scene. If they replace Bonkers with the Twins as the focus of the story, Sunshine Love would be awesome!

More pointless things happen. For example, in trying to prepare a high class hotel restaurant, they go get advice from a woman who drives a food truck. Yep. That's what I said. About the same as asking the kid who flips burgers at McDonalds for advice on how to run a 5 Star Restaurant. Sense? This game has none.

The storyline is mediocre, but the situations and characters are terrible. The game looks so great you WANT it to be good but it's just not. It's a virtual novel so you can't even discount the story in favor of the lewd scenes because there is really only one so far (not including the annoying one in the opening scene).

Visually the game is stunning. Imagine the game "Melody" but much more visually appealing. The character designs and environment are truly stunning. The miserable story and characterizations are not worthy of the visuals. Sunshine Love deserves MUCH better.

As a fan of "Melody" I was excited about Sunshine Love, thinking it will be an improvement. Melody was great, whose only flaw was a ridiculous third act conflict that was silly and petty. Outside of that, it did everything right.

Sunshine Love does nothing right. It is far inferior to Melody in every way apart from the superior graphics and visuals.

Even the Donut thing (which seemed clever at first) quickly becomes irritating because of a pointless (there's that word again) audio element. If I hear "Oooo...a donut!" once more, I'll scream. And the new "Extra" elements added to the game will leave you scratching your head, asking, "Why?"

I so wanted this game to to be good. I wanted it to be the new improved "Melody." It failed spectacularly. Like so much in the game, Sunshine Love is sadly...Pointless.

I should give the game 2 stars, but because of the stunning visuals, I'll pointlessly give it a 3.


**Review Update for v0.0.4i Extra)

There have been a few vague improvements this version. Bonders is less insane and a bit more mature. Dots is trying to make her less unlikable. Too little to late so far. We'll see.

There is one more lewd scene but with the same girl as in the previous release, and Dots tried with limited success to fill in some of the glaring plot holes and problems from the previous release. At least he's trying.

The only real point of the version was for Mr Dots to give us a cameo from characters from Melody with a wedding of two of my least favorite characters from that game, a move to hopefully win fan service from people who liked that far superior game. While I'm sure it will draw positive reactions from a few people, I found it cheap and a bit condescending .

We barely got to see the twins (my favorites in the game). There was an awkward, sense-challenging scene with the "socially awkward" character which did nothing for the story or her character apart from cementing the fact that she and the MC are incredibly stupid. The scene involved them looking for papers her mother left for the MC and they spent the entire time looking in places no reasonable person would put such papers (such as the top of a bookshelf that was out of reach without a ladder, and the bottom of an underwear drawer...you know...places I always keep legal documents I want someone to pick up). The scene was just to have a couple of pointless (that word again) moments of brushing up against her accidentally and other mindless innuendos that went nowhere. The only saving grave of this installment was another good lewd scene. But again, it was with the same girl. No relationship development occurred with any other romance interests. So if you have favorites other than Victoria, you are going to be disappointed again.

Dots made it possible to "fix" the bizarre concept of the "lets see other people" element with his girlfriend, but beyond that, it was just a commercial for a much better game with the Melody cameos.

I will give it a vague improvement because Bonkers is less of a raging psychotic, but nothing I hoped for in the release happened here (more time with the twins, development of the story, etc). The dumbness of the story has been doubled down, and nothing really happened apart from a desperate cameo and a repeat performance lewd scene.

In conclusion, the Melody characters cameo served only as a reminder of how poor this game is in comparison. No change in rating. Still a 2, pointlessly given a 3 due to the great graphics.

I'm rating this game for what it is not because its Dots 3rd game and there's some familiarity to it.

Yes if you have played the 1st two games you will at times get Deja vu here and there but it happened more in the beginning then later on. As all Dots games its done very well, the story is good, the facts for all these little things going on are there as always and the renders are clear and girls are hot. I got more and more into it as it went along and will be waiting for more.

Don't listen to these others giving it a low rating as if you go check the forum they are usually crying about something minor or hurts there real feelings because its not done there way.

You cant go wrong with this game, give it a go.

The game is a contradiction, it tries so hard to have a huge story with lots of background but the story is so obvious that its an unnecessary waste of time and its the same with the characters, having conflict which would normally add depth and make the game more interesting but instead turns out to be pointless as the outcome is always the same(MC apologizing).

Main story as obvious as it is dosent even stay consistent, one minute its we cant go 3 months without income but then suddenly its not a problem, why is MC learning all these things if its a temp job wont the business be in trouble again as soon as he leaves, a story built around only 3 months to make money before the business goes under but then they spend whole days doing nothing.

The whole phone call explanation was way too short to sort out almost 10 years of feelings, good or bad there would be some hesitation in reconnecting after that long.

After the again very obvious realization about the hotel which has put not only MCs apartment in jepordy but his relationship aswell which she knew it would, any normal person whether they choose to stay(given MC dosent have much choice after wasting so much money and time already) or leave would be super pissed at her and definitely never trust her again but not only does MC forgive all that but before even the first day is over MC is apologizing to her.

Which bring us to the pathetic loser MC(best to name him doormat) who cant please his girlfriend and also cant see obvious signs, no matter what the situation he will be the one apologizing and saying sorry every single time which again makes the game really predictable.

A points based system for relationships is ok normally so you can choose who you want and dont but in this game the story still forces characters together anyway no matter the points.

Nice casual chats with a person that not only cut herself out of MCs life but forcefully cut others out aswell, come on really(is anger not a thing where devs live).

As for the "choices" well one was 3 choices for no and yet you still had to do it, then 3 more choices all for yes(really devs why bother? its not a choice unless something changes), also what the point of the "tasks" when they are just part of the story and cant be failed/not completed.

Art is quite good in both characters and locations and there are lots of really good extra options but MC has the worst genitals of any main character ever and the camera angles are way too centered on them(seeing MCs horrible dick is a huge turn off).

I give an Average note to this novel. The rendering are very good and it shows the dedication of Mr. Dots. Beautiful characters and deep story. However what bothers me here is the way we repeat and repeat and repeat the story... The MC meets someone, he talks about his life, The MC meets another person, he talks about his life, ... then he go back to see his sister, he talks about what he did with all details to the point that it becomes boring to read... He then meets the same person another day, he speaks about his issues with his sister, he meets the second person and he speaks again about his issues with his sister... I'm sleeping already...

review as of 0.0.4i
Changing my rating from 2 stars to 4 stars from the 0.0.3 update.

The EDIT:
Dev manages to somewhat fix the issue of forcing you to be in a "Open relation ship" with the MC's partner by removing the whole choice of that scene and moving if further down the story. YES, you get to pick to either break up with her and be friends or not and keep going with her idea of an open relationship. Her reasoning to this still seems VERY VERY WEAK and not very believable. if this is some way of her finding out shes some sort of cuckqueen, its executed poorly.
The new update seems to sped up alot of the characters relationship, lots and LOTS of progress going around now.
MC still has that basic thinking of 2nd guessing himself everytime. its starting to get really annoying in my opinion. The game seems to have that formula repeatedly throughout the game with some characters.

Summary:
-Renders are great. Better even from their previous games. There are hidden lewd pictures throughout the game in the form of simpson donuts.
-Female character models look great.
-There is an optional jukebox music that plays while your going though the game, but I ended up turning it off since sometimes it just didnt vibe with the scene.
-Story is heavily a slowburn, until this update and the one previously.

This game is boring as hell.

Shame as the Renders are exceptional.

This seems like it is going to be a rinse and repeat of the Mr. Dots formula. 'Slow Burn' to show the same sequence of scenes with each and every Girl.

Doesn't help that the Main Character is bland as all hell. Being a Law student seems to make you really good at a lot of things. With how little the Step Sister knows I'm surprised the Hotel is still running.

Don't think I'll be dipping my toes into a Mr Dots release again.

A hard one to rate I think.

I mean, it's a Mr Dots game so in terms of build quality it's unmatched. Beautiful game both in terms of renders and UI/UX. The story writing is solid and the characters interact exactly as you'd imagine.

The thing is.... the story. It's layered which again is a sign of quality but the main issue I have is the premise is the MC going away from his girlfriend to a completely different place and is now a "cock amongst the chickens" as it were and you can now flirt with everyone and just generally live out any males fantasy..... but he's still with his girlfriend. The girlfriend is written in such a way that you feel there's something going on there, almost like she regrets being with the MC but at the same time you can see how she's having doubts about the MC leaving to go to work at the hotel.

So..... the MC is still obviously attached to the girlfriend, but with all the flirting and what not going on he's running the risk of coming off as unlikeable who's just out to get his dick wet. The girlfriend hasn't done anything (so far) to warrant the MC straying with any number of the women you're introduced to. They haven't broken up, she's not cheated on him or kicked him out or basically done anything REALLY mean to him. This unfortunately means the game feels like it's being held back. When playing it, everything you do kinda finishes with "oh yeah, he's still got a girlfriend". Yeah sure it's hinted she's a bit overbearing but it's not so far gone that you'd go "well to hell with the girlfriend, I'm going to break free and enjoy life".

As I said, a hard one to rate. Maybe I've just not played it enough. Maybe the girlfriend uses the time away to break up with the MC on her own accord. Certainly it seems like the most logical option from a story point of view as it then frees the game up to really get up to speed. But until that point the game will always run the risk of making the MC a bit of a dick. Which is odd cause Mr Dots games tend to avoid that whole issue.

(v0.0.3i)

The game starts off with an excessively long flashback that explains the background of your character. When we finally get to the present day, we find out that the player character is rather pathetic. He has a girlfriend who he can't satisfy, a job he gets fired from, and then he gets suckered into moving away for a new job that isn't what was promised.

The gameplay is weak. You are given a handful of multiple choice responses where one response will be the correct choice to make a character like you, and the others immediately let you know that you made the wrong choice and should probably just roll back and try again. There are a couple of minor choices where you can prioritize one woman over another, but the game has been very linear so far. There's also an ongoing minigame of spotting donuts to unlock bonus renders, but that is more annoying than fun.

Most of the characters look far younger than they should. There is a 41 year old who looks twenty, a 24 year old who looks as if someone took a child's head and grafted it onto an adult's body, an 18 year old who looks 14, and another 18 year old who looks 12. I hate it when characters are designed to look underage, so having two of them in the game is a huge negative.

Most of the love interests don't interest me at all. The loli stuff creeps me out, the half sister is a selfish liar, the church girl is a recycled character, your girlfriend doesn't respect you, the twins are both so dull that I can't tell them apart, and I'm not too keen on the ex-stepmom. So that only leaves three women I'm interested in, one of whom is underutilized and another who is barely in the game at all.

On top of all these other problems, the game is boring. Really, really, boring. The dialogues are dry and much of the game is spent on mundane activities that should be glossed over. There are gameplay segments on how to make a taco, how to organize a social event, how to repair a shower head, and how to properly check in a hotel guest. What's next? How to mow the lawn? How to change a flat tire? How to get players to fall asleep in front of their computers?

Really enjoying this one... Great models, fun interactions ans story, Keep up the great work... I will be looking forward to more... Like the references to Melody and especially love the quality of the models in this one...