Ren'Py - Superheroes Suck [v2.042 Public] [Solace]

Everything I have to say about this game is good except for the most important part of a porn game, that being the scenes. It has a good story and likeable characters, and thankfully unlike many games I try now what seems to be someone who actually knows how to write dialogue. The sex scenes, though, really leave a lot to be desired in my opinion. Short, basic, and underwhelming is how I would describe them. If the sex scenes were better this might be one of my most liked VN's.

Version: 2.042
Playtime: about 20 hours

My first impression of this game was that it was just another sandbox fuckfest. It has stats, no choice in LI, and women who just fall for the MC with very little motivation.
But, as the story unfolds, it becomes so much more. The game's writing is a highlight; the plot makes sense, and the twists/reveals beg for a 2nd playthrough just to find all the missed hints and details. The reveals are impressive because the writer never lies to his audience even once. From what I gather, this game has been in development for about 5 years, which means that some details were planted years in advance.

The interactions between the MC and Lis are often heartfelt and fun, and the romance between these characters is some of the best I've read in an AVN. However, where their dialogue shines, I feel the renders often lag behind. Characters will sit apart during a heartfelt conversation and can act too platonic for the situation. Little touching is shown, though the text often describes characters holding hands or offering comfort.
This did get better in the latter half of the current content when the aptly named Cuddle Training gets enacted.

As far as lewds go, there are many. I made a save for every lewd scene and have 7 pages, translating to 40+ unique lewd scenes. Some of these are repeatable during certain timeslots and locations. If you're a fan of performing foreplay on the LIs, these lewd scenes won't cater to you. The number of scenes where the MC goes down on an LI is very low.

The sandbox gameplay didn't get boring. The UI clearly marks where an event is available, and most events can be triggered in less than three or four clicks. And locations are clearly marked with an icon displaying the LI this event is for.

Also of note are the environments. This game probably has the best city and skyline environments I've seen. The city feels big and believable.

Some suggestions/hopes for future content:

• I'd love to have LI choice, certainly for characters who are currently sidechicks and will likely become romanceable/fuckable.
  Ideally I'd also like the current roster to have a say. For instance, set ground rules for the behavior they expect. That the four LIs are fine with each other doesn't automatically mean they're fine with the MC fucking whoever. An example of this is Felicity. She's clearly infatuated with the MC, but I wouldn't want to touch her as long as she isn't accepted by everyone. Or, maybe we could and suffer through the drama it would create (choice based).
• A "heel vs. babyface" system with choices. I hated the sex tape arc. Its fallout was severely undercooked (no LI ever commented on it after it was released), Harper's motivations were dubious at best, and the reasons for making it in the first place didn't convince me. I realize this was meant to show how far the MC would go to achieve his goals, but the consequences of a sex tape would fit a heel-playstyle more than how the MC is currently portrayed.
  That we don't get a choice about this event while knowing that the Heroes' Association would frown on it tells the audience that everything will be fine. If we had to actively manage our public reputation in some way, we'd have more reason to care.
• While Harper is depressed, (some of?) her repeatable lewd interactions are still available, like in the kitchen at night. This felt inconsistent to me.
  Similarly, some repeatable scenes go against the narrative. While the MC is worried about hurting others, we can still do the repeatable scenes. Why isn't he worried about manhandling anyone in those situations? This could be circumvented with a gallery instead of a repeatable event or by showing this event as recalling a memory.
• More shows of affection. Chrys hasn't even gotten headpats yet.
• Some errors in renders (like Riley's disappearing jacket when moving her stuff) are pointed out by saying that she removed her jacket again. This draws attention to it in a nonsensical way and can be solved in different ways, like removing a render instead.
• With a 3rd floor getting added to the building, I would like a faster way to switch floors, for instance, with a UI element on the side of the screen.
• A Cuddle Training counter on the choice. I want to make sure I balance the time spent with each Li.

The writing , the characters , the story are just top notch the best on this site honestly

I have never been this invested in a story, i look forward to every conversation because they feel so real , the tension i feel in conversation its just so good. The mc is the best fucking mc i have ever seen in a adult game. He is not a wet wipe of a character , he is kind but never dumb or spineless. That goes for all the characters in the game they all feel so real and all characters have their moment and makes so much sense .

As for the porn part of this game ? Its alright gets the job done . i honestly found myself just clicking through the porn at some point of time because i was just so looking forward to the story and how it unfolds.

I love this game i give my best wishes to the dev

What can I say that others haven said?

Its true that the game is slow, the setups are often lengthy, and the sex animation are horrible, but in the worlds of certain Roman ruler. Veni, Vidi, Vici.

I came to this game looking for something to jack off to, but I stayed for the story and for the characters. The game and story is actually fun and the characters are written with real personalities. They have traits, their strengths and weaknesses. They have realistic wants outside of dropping their pants for the MC and even their fears and trauma.

Its Upon a 2nd replay that its also clear that the author doesnt just make stuff up as he progresses, the story is full of setups, foreshadowings and even redherrings. I now believe that the Author either studied story writing or already is a book author, that the entire game could have been released as a novel instead.

TL-DR If you came for porn, its not a game for you. But if youre looking for story to experience some feels, youve found a gold mine.

Review written as ofv2.025, will update when completed.

I followed this game for a while. I liked the story at the beginning, with the MC showing amazing abilities without any ability to control them. The LIs are kind of interesting with their quirks and foibles coming to light as the MC gets to know them, study with them, and train with them. My big problem with this game is that the story just evaporated. There's no mention of his abilities or where they came from or where they went. They find an old armor suit that he can wear when he's on patrol with the other superheroes he's training with, but the initial story has disappeared. I've gotten tired of it. I particularly don't have patience with the plot given over to befriending the AI car -- not sure what that's even about.

I spent about 1 hour on this game. There is nothing new here and everything is slow and boring (dialogue, going between floors to choose an interaction, female LI personalities). I wanted to get to the first real animation since I spent enough time on it and was bored through a robotic BJ. This is an instant ignore cause it causes the opposite of arousal.

Been away from games for about a year and throughout that time I kept thinking about this game. Can't say that about many other games. I really do enjoy the characters and the universe and hope to see how the story ends.

Surprisingly ended up being one of my favorites and one of the few times I went to directly support the dev after playing because I want to see this one get the support I think it deserves.

One of the better written games here. Character interactions feel real, and I appreciate the humor. Won't find a lot of meaningful choice, if you care about that, but I don't think it harms the experience.

It's nice to just sit back and enjoy the ride for a change, rather than have to replay a game 7 times to experience all the routes etc. and juggle a bunch of annoying minigames. Can't wait to see where things go in future releases.

v1.951 Public

So, do Superheroes Suck (with story)? I say not really. It is nice story, not really dark, with quite a few humorous moments. I like it. And the game itself is quite long, so I enjoyed it very much.

But perhaps Superheroes Suck (with visuals)? Maybe a tiny bit. Well I've seen better graphics. But the characters are actually quite nice, and the worst parts would be some locations. It could be better, but it also could be much worse. I say good enough.

Also do Superheroes Suck (dick)? Yes, they do. They suck it a lot. Beginning was kind of slow (obviously), but the overall quantity of H-content is good. And as game progress you have more and more options for repetitions of sex scenes, which is also nice.

So does (the sandbox of) Superheroes Suck? No it doesn't. It is simple enough, you can always see where do you need to go for next events and as I was saying there is plenty occasions to engage with sexual acts and not just story events. Also the guide in upper right corner shows only story related events, the (repeatable) sex events are often not mentioned, so at first I was suprised when I saw some new event to trigger that weren't mentioned in the hints. You'll always know when it's available, because outlines of circles which symbolizes girls change color whenever there is new event.

But wait, maybe Superheroes Suck (with animations)? Sadly, yes. This is probaby the worst part. Yes, I'm talking about sex animations. They are very rigid and movements of all body parts is one directional, so they look bad, completely unnatural. Also the animated parts are often very short and looped, so you can see how bad those robotic movements look even more, as it's constantly repeated. It seriously can look like machines programmed to imitate sexual encounters on the most basic level, rather than actual humans having sex. I mean I can see some improvements as the game progresses, but as for now it is still not good enough. Hence I am subtracting a star here.

And perhaps should also (MILF) Superheroes Suck? From the game so far I doubt it will happen, but if possible I'd love some action like that. Because as for now MC only has his teammates, which are all in similar age, with only one slightly older, but there were some older characters introduced. I hope MC can get some content with them too. So far closest thing we got was when Chrys made MC walk on her mom in underwear. So yeah, it's unlikely that something significant will happen. I can only hope for it. Anyway it's good game, solid 4/5.

Excellent work. Very nice game with a lot of potential. Well written and good paced.
That said, after a while playing it starts to feel a little empty. The dev really needs to introduce a few more characters. The game could use two or three more milfy teachers (its an academy after all). And two or three female students (hopefully curvier) . In the future, the dev can even expand to an administrative staff and few supervillains. Anyway, thats just my opinion. Good job and good luck dev.
PS: The animations are annoyingly slow.

I like the story it is interesting and seems to be well thought out. I really like the characters they are well drawn and anatomically correct (breast size) and each has a completely different personality.

The reason I took off a star is for the endless clicking through the days of the week. I understand this is necessary early in the game to allow people to build up their stats. I'm at the current end of the game and find it ridiculous to click through four days of nothing to get to next story arc.

I will continue to play this game though it would be nice to update the heroes chart so I would know that a hero is done until the next update.

Sincerely Meow

I've reviewed at least a couple of other sandbox games and I'm pretty sure I've made it clear that I don't like them. They're generally excessively grindy and it's all just a lot of extra busywork, a bunch of extra clicking to see the same sort of content your average visual novel will give you hassle free.

But I guess every rule has its exceptions and so far this is one of them.

Now do I think this game would be better if they did away with the sandbox elements entirely?... Yeah. I still don't think they really add anything. But at the time of writing there aren't that many locations and there aren't that many stats to take care of. It's manageable. Maybe this will change in future updates, I don't know, but for now I don't feel like there's an obnoxious amount of hoops to jump through to progress.

Aside from all that the writing is satisfactorily decent, not too dry, not overly obnoxious and not riddled with an unbearable amount of errors. The renders are fine enough. So all told? So far, so good.

I actually found this sometime in 2020/21, but despite a strong start in the plot and a hero who's plight hits a bit close to home, the sandbox, confusing variables and bland lewd scenes quickly bored me. Fast forward to 2024, when sometimes you just need good superhero story, I felt like giving it another try.

After catching up till the current version, I can confidently say that the plot didn't disappoint me. Witty humor, exciting moments, dialogue that pulled at your heartstrings, heroines with contrasting and complex personalities, each with their filled out backstories. There are plenty to love about this game.

Still, I would have argued that it's pointless to make a game sandbox if all you do with it is move from place to place, or choose who's story you feel like advancing first. But as of now, there are more and more sandbox events, which actually makes it worthwhile and feel like a proper sandbox game.

One of my early gripes was that the lewd scenes aren't really done well. There wasn't the "kink" factor, and progression with the females aren't really logical(as logical as lewd games go I guess). The scenes tends to go straight into the main dish, even when some of them are clearly virgins. But again, as the story progresses, you can clearly see an improvement on the quality of the scenes.

Another would be the the length of each story quest, which is excruciatingly short in my opinion, which of course, is probably to aid in game creation and updates. But it's really become a running theme that when it the story is getting somewhere or exciting, you can expect it to cut out.

Still, a full 5* from me. A definite recommendation for anyone looking for a good superhero story. Looking forward to more great updates!

Surprisingly well done characters and esp. Story. Don't get me wrong, +18 Japanese VN like Cho Dengeki Striker, Majikoi and such are also pretty strong, but they often tend to focus on the story-department anyway and the +18 Content is an Reward/Addition to make it more Mature.

However in my honest opinion and personal, esp. if it comes down the (western) ren'py and other stuff, while you surely can squeeze out some entertainment and enjoyment out them, i'd argue the Story itself aren't the best... and you rather go into them for the steamy sexscenes.

This one however is one of the rare gems, where i got first into for the sexscenes but stayed for the plot/story because it's surprisingly well done with an 5* Hit potential.
The 'only' lackluster which i find so far, and that's quite some games like this often have - if it comes down to the mainplot (not sexplots) they don't take the time to flesh it out. Like alot of the twists and situations, struggles and such happens a bit to fast and kills the pacing.
I mean this does still a pretty decent/good job in this regard but it still miss some of it's potential.

The Sexscenes and Characters are also great so far, the only thing which i geniunly hope that in the end an certain maincharacter is dateable/bangable <- cautious spoiler for name.

The Sandbox and Gameplay, plus decisionmaking is a bit on the weaker side, but IMHO, i still find it okay. I've had worse and i also like that this game is a bit more straightforward and simple in that regard. It can be sometimes offputting if you have this overdone Sandbox where you sgruggle through the first few hours and stuff. And i find the game still profits from the sandbox because it still gives more of an sense that you as acharacter live there with a daily routine and not drag you through a super linear concept.
But it is despite that quite rough around the edges - esp. with the hints sometimes but also the UI and such.

Story 2/5
Its is pretty good and well written, its supposed to be about MC finding out he has superpowers and joins a college with 5 females, sounded like it had some potential but it just fails in to many areas which only ruins the game, atleast for me personaly, also story just goes to shit late in game and starts to make 0 sense.

As for relationship build-up some say its great and maybe it is for one or two LIs but if you look at Harper the first girl forced on you, you just study with her a few times then she sucks and fucks MC, not what i would call a relationship build-up in any way, same for the second girl which you barely had interaction with more then a few times, she also trows her self at MC so yeah forget about what people say about building a relationship there isent any and no options for them either, other then lets her or let her...great choices right?....

Its a sandbox game but not really a sandbox game, meaning you have the boring task of moving around from room to room but since its all 100% kinetic and your forced to follow a kinetic line to progress which removes any kind of freedom a sandox normaly have, which results in making this sandbox being pointless.

You also dont have any real choices and LIs are forced on you, so you never get the choice to say no to anything, also the weird point system to gain points with the girls means absolutly nothing, i had -2 affection with Harper and picked the worst choices every time with her and yet she still sucked and fucked MC????
There is also fake choices where your given 2 options and both result in pretty much the same thing.

For virgin fans you might as well forget this one, the one virgin scene is pure shit, no deflowering, no blood, no pain, no nothing, MC just fucks her like a totaly normal sex scene and barely even puts hes dick in but apprently more then enough for the girl to cum, so theres absolutly nothing fun or good about it.

Girls 2/5
I dident really find any of them hot and the diversity in builds arent great.

Animations 3/5
They are decent but pretty short.

Music 3/5
Average standard background stuff.

Choices 0/5
Nothing you do matters, and every thing is forced and kinetic.

Sandbox 1/5
I dont mind sandbox games but there has to be a reason for it to be there other then just grinding stats and moving around.

I truely fail to see how this game got such a high rating with nothing but fake choices, fake relationship system where no choices matters, forced LIs, no kinetic tag, pointless sandbox with 0 freedom, i could go on but i just dont get it.

Good:
- excellent(really!) plot, story
- no bugs
- characters with well-thought-out backgrounds (no 2D cliché chars)

Bad:
- some characters arcs get too long in text towards late game
- no quest system and the simple, per-char progress tracker is sometimes insufficient

lovely light game. you cant really do many choises and feels like alot of redundant actions. but the story picks up more into the game and made me more interrested and not bored. when gotten like 50% into i gat kinda bored. only ever saw the acadamy and inside. but then suddenly artemisis and teacher and lovestruck happends and old man and story of like emo girl and gatta break off rileys mariage picks up.

diffintly a nice game. just gatta be paisent in the start of the game.
a game you play for the story. the sex was okay but nothing that would build my personal lust of. nothing to do with anyone being ugly or dry text. quite the other way around. but the renders-animations last aslong as a virgin boys first sex. xD .

looking forward to the devs future updates. il stay watching and lurking for more.

I really don't have much to say except it is so damn generic. Decent but uninspiring story on rails (no, being able to 'explore' a single digit number of rooms with nothing to do except advance the story is not a sandbox), decent but uninspiring renders, a 'totally original' stuperhero academy but you're the only guy story...

+Story is genuinely really interesting.
-The game has very few and not meaningful choices. Making it effectively an almost kinetic sandbox.
-Grindy
-Navigation is a multi step-chore
-In game walkthrough is missing a bunch of scenes.
-Girls are mostly unattractive

I really like the story but I just can't fap to this.
I am literally playing this porn game for the plot.

What could have been.

The story is pretty neat, and there's good character development, you really grow onto the characters
However, there's so much grinding. Having to click your way around each day to every part of the 'house' (plus so little information at first), having to grow your stats and so on. It probablywould have worked better as a VN, with some tiny parts for options.

The renders ain't remarkably bad, but that goes the other way around as well. The sex scenes were particularly disappointing for me.