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

Updated review on v0.0.4i;

Nothing has changed. Super bland game with an unimaginative story and characters, its only saving grace is really well done renders but that is about it.


Original review based on v0.0.1b:

Sunshine Love is definitely an improvement over Mr Dots previous games.
However, it struggles with some of the same issues that keep his games from being Excellent.

Pros:

• Beautiful characters
• Pretty good renders
• Straightforward VN, no annyoing minigames
• Good UI
• Interesting story

Cons:

• Animations are bad. They are on the same level as in the previous Mr Dots games and they just feel out of place. They lack quality and attention to detail (e.g. characters clipping through objects). I don't understand why animations are put into the game when there is no effort to make them look good, the game would be great without them.
• Closeups feel weird
• Camera angles have improved, but are still weird sometimes
• The donut sounds are extremely annoying, and it fould probably be better if the donuts blinked once or there was a small notification that there is a donut somewhere

Fact : I already want to cunt punch Brodie and his spoiled ass
This VN is already heading in the right direction, as this is a start to a VN that would be hard to beat. It sets up future relationships, an interesting story and an actual fucking goal of the story. The girls do look similar to other girls form his games but it doesn't bother me too much as the still look fresh enough. I am excited for the future updates!

[v0.0.1b]

When I played the first release of Melody, I remember giving it a very high score. However, the glaring flaws in Mr. Dots style just wore me out and I eventually dropped the game entirely. Based on that experience, I started this game with very low expectations, and well... it was exactly what I thought it would be.

The biggest problem with this dev is the sub par writing. Most of the game is basically people talking in the most mundane manner about uninteresting things. They go on and on, talking about nothing much. Every character sounds the same. Mr. Dots has a certain way of writing that makes everyone sound robotic and overly polite. Even Mr. fucking Roshi, some 90 year old stereotypical Asian man, speaks like everyone else despite the dev's minor effort to Asianize his speech pattern. The characters never come to life because nobody talks like this in real life. Everyone pretty much acts the same way too. You see that there was an attempt at creating distinct characters, but its never realized. The writing is just incredibly boring and stale that I find it hard to believe anyone can actually read through the whole thing without skipping or skimming through.

The second critical flaw for Mr. Dots is the gameplay. Well its a VN, so by gameplay, I mean choices. There are no actual choices in this game. You are given like 3 things to choose from. One of them will increase your relationship points, and the others do nothing or decrease it. There is nothing to be gained from lowering your relationship points. You won't branch into some corruption path... or choose from lust vs love... or anything interesting. You either gain points or not. If its like the last game, once you reach some point threshold, you can get in a relationship with said person. The choices are a real snoozefest too. Basically, you have to be a Nice Guy(tm) to get points with anyone.

For me, a porn game falls in 2 categories. One is a Fap game that caters to my fetishes or is just very erotic in general. The other category consists of games with excellent writing with a gripping plot and/or characters that feel real. This game is neither and it just feels like I'm watching posh British people sip tea and talk about unnecessary things in a very polite manner.

Well, I still give this 3 stars because Mr. Dots does have some strong points. First, he knows how to make attractive models (although their expressions are very limited.. adding to the robotic feel). The renders are of very high quality too. The UI is functional and looks quite good. The best thing that Mr. Dots does is giving all characters a functional wardrobe. There are not many devs that do this. You see characters change clothing every day. I actually bumped up the score 1 star just for this reason.

I won't be coming back for more, but I am quite sensitive to what I consider bad writing. That said, given what I know about the general playerbase here, this game will likely resonate with others that just want some vanilla relationship building romance.

Generaly...
This is Mr Dots Third game and i played his old games to, so it's time to look this game and seeing which things he improve, make good or bad. Lets look details together.

Good Points
+ We have good looking, hot and cute girls/women. Faces looks better than his old games but their bodies looks smilar them.
+ We have realy good looking and well maked animations. Damn man looks like you make this animations better than your other games. Good job here.
+ We have good looking renders. And he improved this part of game compared to his other games aswell.
+ Our new IU looks good. Espacily that sex buttons is basic and good looking same time. I can say i realy like them. Its good to see you changed them aswell.
+ We have some refferences and scenes about his other games which sometimes can be quite enjoyable (Sadly not always... Espacily Lucas existence in this game...)

Bad Points
- Aside from his other games I would love to see cumming animation in this game. But we dont have them again. Not to much bad point but still someting we lack.
- With new versions after getting more development its became less annoying but espacily first parts of game was damn annoying... MC was loser who always forgive and apoligize from his sister even nothing is his fault while she is lying him, treating him like shit, behaving like a she is same kind of queen and insulting him several times in a row. And she is our main girl here, so that type of scenes was so annoying... Now she is less annoying but now we are constantly controling by her about her mother etc and its annoying aswell... I gues DEV dont want drop annoying wibe of her or dont want stop showing MC like loser... Its so annoying everytime MC asking her ''If its ok with you.'' etc for just seeing her mom... Dude just... Stop...
- And there is Trish... With v0.0.7 turns out she likes to command to man, act like queen and... MC' literaly acted like her slave... She was literaly dominating MC like little slave, tied him to chair, give him orders, slapped his dick (seriously?) and we were just ok with it without any choice... And after Mayor called her she just leave us there without our pants and tied to chair... Yeah... Thats... Wow... Cool... Is this how DEV wants things go on? MC seriously need man up little -_-
- When someone ask's MC about if he is thinking living Sunshine Bay permanently because of he is ''Wow'' moments to town he always tell ''No'' of couse with more long sentences. But why im not getting any choice about this? And why this dude dont want live here? MC dont have any life, he dont even have job at all from where he come and that place sucks with rain etc... So why he is not saying ''Maybe'' etc? Or we are not getting any choice about it? Thats unlikely annoying.
- This problem is exist his other games to. Game have too much techinal dialouge. For example in one scene characters tell us technical informations about making organization. In adult game like that technical informations will be kind of boring.
- Lucas? Realy? Again in this game? Like he was someting cool you gonna use him in this game again?! Wow... Thats just... Wow...

For The End
Its started poor, very poor... And then it became pretty good and after Trish v.07 content and Lucas etc it became poor again... I cant understand what he wants to do with this game... I hope he will fix these mess and make this game better, because this game have every basic thing for making 5 star game: well maked animations, renders and story potencial... But DEV literaly developing them with worse way he can...

There is much to really love about this VN. The renders are fantastic, the women are varied, lovely and each one beautiful. A couple of them, chief among them the main female lead who calls her long lost half-bro for help, are flat out knock dead gorgeous. Mega props to the artist. There are a couple of animations, both very well done. The writing is clean and clear....easy to follow without be overly wordy. The story is good, though at times feels almost overly detailed. But the VN tracks along nicely due to the beautiful artwork and renders.
If you like long, slow burns with tons of build up, this is up your alley. It is definitely not for those looking for a quickie as it were. There are a couple of spicy bits...I consider them previews of the goodness I hope will soon be delivered.
Character development is very strong, and the ladies introduced all seem to be unique, which does lend to the depth and richness of the story.
The slow build up to me is not problematic. What does worry me ever so slightly is where the Dev is going with this game. The current story ends on an odd note which makes me worry the story may begin to amble to and fro with no real sense of where it is going, and in the process lose the cohesiveness of the story thus far.
In the meantime, I intend to support this dev as his artwork is really top shelf. And I'll hope the slow build up, both on the fun side and in terms of the storyline itself, is worth the wait.

Nice renders and models. Characters with personality, an interesting story and background, and promising development. The author put a good work in the dialogues and interactions. Very promising and outstanding for a first version.

very good game as expected from MrDotsGames

good 1st release that took me some time to finish
story is lovely & interesting
many different & interesting characters
renders are very good also

what can i say... a must to try game!
after Melody a new favorite for me!

Excellent game so far.
The story is interesting and the visuals are unique and good looking.

There are a variety of different girls, personality and look wise, so everyone should be covered.

The writing, like previous mrdots games, is excellent too.

Music also exists, but is not used as a mood setter (aka not adapted to the story).

Finally a good 'down to earth' game which doesnt try to cover every possible genre in existence and cater to all fanbases(yeah i look at you 70% of new games).

Absolutely amazing game so far, great renders, great story, great characters, returning charcters, and all around amazing game so far, I've played all of mr.dots games and they have all been great, but this easily tops all his game so far, I really can't wait for the next update.

It’s a decent start but with a lot of drawbacks. The characters are too bland and generic. There is incest but it’s not impactful, it’s glanced over. If you’ll include that in the game then it should be a big deal. Otherwise why include it at all when a childhood friend can serve the same purpose.

It's "all right", I guess.

Really it's just average ( so far), when you look past the excellent ( though probably not at this point, not that impressive) visual quality.

Like with all Mr. Dots games characters, dialogue ( especially MC) is just sterile and bland. "Haha, that's really funny" - MC tells a "joke" ...and you kind of think to yourself what was really funny about it. It lacks spontaneity, passion, sense of genuine human interaction, also better facial expressions...anything that brings out emotional response.

Kind of feels I've been "spoiled" by much more interesting and better written VNs, even from new creators ( Connected, Rebirth, etc).

Damn this is something else. Great introduction so far. I really love the story and background. It's not some boring story that you've seen a thousand tomes. Renders are absolutly amazing. Great work, would recommend to give this a try it's very good Can't wait for further updates!

[80K words of backstory and exposition]---[20K words of introduction to too many characters at once.]---[10K words of characters that will ever matter and gameplay]

Mr. Dots needs a goddamn editor, and a PJM.

I say this as long time patron.

Excellent start. The models are beautiful, and the story is great so far. I enjoy the build up to relationships that are done here. I haven't noticed any problems this far. I look forward to how this story plays out. Lots of interesting characters, and lots of potential paths to check out. Keep up the great work

I didn't expect that much going into this game, but honestly I was pleasantly suprised. The first version is quite long too and there's a good amount of content.

I enjoyed the fact that there are several type of girls in here, so not just the small ones. The sis is my absolute favourite.

Still, you can definitely see this is a Mrdots game. WIth barbie doll faces and facial expressions that don't seem to change much at all, like you're looking at robots. Perhaps this is the uncanny valley thing...

Will leave my review at 4/5 for now, but this could change in the future, for better or for worse. For now, I do recommend to give this game a try.

edit: came back and changed my review to 5/5. I dont think it's fair to be this critical about a 0.1 release. Will for sure come back to review later versions.

V0.0.1i

I was speechless, I mean wow! For something so new, this version already satisfies. The length of the game play on this version is longer than some games that came out 5 years ago. The story, amazing! Although this are adult games, I for one still look for substance, and this didn't disappoint. Renders and character designs are fresh, stunning, jaw dropping beautiful. I have absolutely zero thing to complain about this game right now. I do wish Melody and a few other characters drop-by.

Mr. Dots, I loved Melody and am sure am gonna love this till the end too. Thank you.

PROS
+1 Star - Some renders are nice but some are so bright where I can't see a single damn shadow.
+1 Star - Nice Framerate of Animation.
+1 Star - Outstand user interface.
+1 Star - Large Content.
+1 Star - Character Development was nicely down.
Overall: 5 Stars

Neutral:
• It has incest content but unfortunately, step shit. On the bright side, you won't get a negative star from me.
• I did not enjoy the story at all but I won't give you a negative star because I understand that you are not a professional writer.

CONS: This can be fixed.
-1 Star - I know you have a powerful PC but at least put some effort into the pose of your character, they look stiff and generic especially the Dad scene not to mention the expression is awful.
-1 Star - I'm so happy that the game has music but unfortunately, I end up getting disappointed because most of the music does not fit the scene at all in which forced me to turn off the music.
-1 Star - Fake choices, none of these choices affect the storyline I already tried negative points path and max positive points path, both end up in the same path. This is a kinetic novel.
Overall: -3 Stars
5 Stars - 3 Stars = 2 Stars

[based on one playthrough of the first release]

This looks to become yet another hit for MrDots. The game is solid for a first release. It has a lot of content already, not too much naughtiness yet, but we need to have anticipation for the next year or so, so we need to take it slow.

Pros:
-Really good renders, most girls are gorgeous and MC is well done too. I especially love the skins.
-Sex content is well made, pretty realistic (no insane DMD dick, thank you)
-Great locations and backgrounds
-Engaging story with enough depth to draw you in
-Great tie-ins with other games and popular culture

Cons:
- Way too many big boobs (and butts) for my taste (thank god for our dearest cousin )
-Ashley looks way too young to be a mom of a daughter this age
-Character scaling, this was an issue in Melody, and is not good here either, look at the MC sitting on the bed for example.

gotta give credit where credit is due

how you make your females so smooth skinned and sexy as hell ... so great renders ...
Story is really good , i went thru this whole version1 and thought wow , just wow ..
don't quite understand why you used characters from your other games , but hey it all worked out in the story anyways so nice job on that .
but you putting my arch enemy in this game also ... grrrr ... i want Lucas DEAD !!! i guess that shows how good you make games to get to people like that .. urrgghhh time to make the doughnuts ... or in this case find them still makes me wonder why some Dev.'s do that .. but hey what the hell do i know ... it works ...
would i recommend this game .. hmmmm kinda dumb question ... i mean i'm playing it ... so of course i will
i hate myself for being retired and not being able to help fund some of you Dev.'s in your great games .. won't stop me from playing them tho and giving my opinion to you ... well that is about all i got to say other than i've rated this game 5 stars ,, this game like all i've played of yours is awesome

ok typos sure , but hey its version 1 i know they will get fixed ....and a few renders also


ok beef time .. i don't like this was put out in just 64 bit ... i run 32 ..... and it won't run for me anymore .... i used to love this game .... lowered to 1 star ....

thank you for allowing us 32 bit players to play again ...... your great