VN - Ren'Py - The BloodRiver Saga: Retransmitter [v.0.05 P3] [ND Ferret Studio]

review for version v0.04 Part 2

pretty fun, art was nice...animations were pretty good, mc a bit edgy...but i like that...story got better as it went along...hoping for lots of new girls to show up, maybe some of the more obscure ones...too...good luck dev..

I like the game for want to try something different

As some people may have play this game already. I know that story may abit too much but I prefer that. It hit differently even you may feeel weeird. But I like the idea of main "Bad" guy as harem. Currently I have not try the newest version but I do remember what and where older version were ended and what It about.

4 Stars for animated and What "If" story
-1 for future ahead still kinda blur. I do not know yet if the Porn are good or bad and its many story and how it connect to the porn but it leading toward alright. Nor good and bad.

For 0.03 Part 2 Hotfix

Honestly, I don't want to sound like I'm bashing this game, but it was really difficult to play. Not that it was hard in a mechanical way, but it was just hard to push myself to play

It's a fanfic story. That's all well and good, but the writing is super edgy. Like, not even the funny kind of edgy. It's just cringey kind of edge. Deku is just making edgy threats to pretty much every male character. It's painful to read.

The plot....well I started to zone out after a while. It's just so much reading. I played it for maybe 1 or 2 hours and spent most of that time reading long text boxes. There's simply not enough "game" in it to lighten the reading. Other H-games will have some minigames or something to help ease up the focus on reading. I have no reading disorders and I actually love to read, but holy crap there's a whole lot of reading in this "game". Far too much.

The story really pulls away from the original plot. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but I think it should have stuck a little closer if you're going to use Deku as the MC. Honestly, after I got through a bit, I realized I wasn't enjoying the story so I just started clicking like crazy to skip it all so I could see the H-scenes. The Skip button doesn't seem to work so I had to manually click to progress in the story. I don't feel invested in the story. I got bored of it.

I really don't get the edgy Deku. I get you made it so he never got AFO and gave up wanting to be a hero, but that wouldn't really change his personality THAT much. Deku is supposed to be a very kind hearted person. I read about a fanfic comic where Deku got rejected by All-Might and then worked for OFA. Deku in that was more cold and depressed, but he wasn't an asshole or edgy. He was still Deku, but following a different path. This Deku is just annoyingly edgy. Always throwing punches first, saying edgy things, and flat out says that he's "not there to make friends so stay away from me". That's like 9 year old level's of edge.

The Doctor who "helps" you(and I say help in quotes because I started to skip dialogue) is also edgy. He seems to be a fanfic version of OFA mixed with the doctor who worked for him, but he offers to help you.

The parts that actually resemble a game are not very well done in my opinion. The first introduced is the battle system. It's very clunky and not very balanced. I died when I fought the Nomu. The fights seem to be far too random and inconsistent for skill to be any real factor.

The next one is like a text based game where you navigate buildings. Cool in concept, but poor in execution. It seems to not work. When I was forced through that lengthy tutorial, at the end the mascot told me I should explore the rest of the building for a reward or leave. None of the buttons let me go back to explore the last room. None of the buttons worked at all. All I could do is click the text options

There also seem to be some other bugs that pop up randomly. Like, I was trying to click out of the phone and then it somehow triggered the Patreon link. I get you want people to donate and I fully support that, but you should ease up on how you link it. It shouldn't be in the phone where you might accidentally click on it.

This is far more a novel than a game. There's really not enough game for me to consider this a game. There's no real option in what you do. Just endless clicking to progress.

I got to the Uraraka sex scene and then I quit. It's far too linear and the characters are far too different. The setting is too edgy when it should be a bit more relaxed and tame.

I know I just spent a good while ranting about the problems, but there are some good things. For example, the H-Scenes are pretty good. They're more animated than most H-games I've played. That's a significant plus in my eyes. However, I think the animations need a bit more work. The thrusts are like subtle movements rather than larger thrusts. The models are pretty good as well, but I think their eyes could use a bit of tweaking as they don't seem to match the models very much

Honestly, I can't recommend the game for the story or the gameplay. The H-scenes seem to be pretty good, but to get to them you have to do an ungodly amount of clicking and nothing you can do can make that go any faster

Like what I see so far. Arts on point and I like the anti-hero story being told here. I am also liking the romance so far, but that is probably because I am a sucker for "The gruff one is soft for the sunshine child" trope. The combat is alright, if a bit easy to cheese with stunning strike but it does not detract from the game so for.

I've played the game a bit and here are some thoughts about it:

Likes:

1. Custom Art. At the very least, I can tell the dev is putting effort into making the game. The animations are a plus.
2. A different take on the MC. The dev said from the very beginning this is a work of fanfiction and he seems to own up to it so everyone knows what to expect from the get go.
3. Clear Hint System. This feature is standard in any game and shows how attuned the dev is with his audience.

Dislikes:

1. Jumping the Gun. From the get go, Deku is OC or "Out of Character". Instead of making him an edgy "Red Hood" from the start, the dev should've shown Deku's original personality to highlight his transformation and why he became that way.

2. Language. None of the characters speak like a real person. English isn't the dev's 1st language. It may be best for dev to hire an editor or use a grammar app.

3. Impossible combat. Not gonna rail hard against this one. It's not easy to add turn-based combat to Ren'py. That said, the mini-boss always wipes me out because of bugs and balancing issues.

Overall--it needs some work.

The game in its present state feels like a rough diamond...if cut nicely and well polished it'll be a bright shining one but it also has equal chance to drop off and be near worthless
Still since I see the game having this much potential I'll give it 5 stars for now.

Good
The game has some nice things going for it-
- The renders, is unique but good that it fits this alternate reality of MHA
- The sex scene (despite being only one for now) felt really nice
- The story seems to be more thought out than other MHA parodies I have seen and seems to play a role so that's nice as well (the game isn't like some where the mc suddenly gets a mind control or sex magnet quirk and corrupts/fucks all the girls)
- Having romance/ dating elements is a nice change from all the other parodies I've seen

Bad
- The game is gearing towards being a bit grindy
- The first battle just leaving us to find everything by ourselves was a bit annoying...had to spend 5-10 mins figuring out what shit does and stuff
- If the mission system will not be used that much I think it shouldn't be given such priority and a simple one should be used...also giving the battle/stealth system up to the rng gods is a recipe for annoyed fanbase

Suggestions
Combined with the comment I made before here are some of my suggestions for the game
- If the mission system is kept, don't make it dependent on rng...maybe have strength or stealth checks for whether our action is successful or not instead (gives a reason for training and battles)
- The first battle really should show the battle instructions just like how the mission does
- The many areas of the game which are under development or we can't just go should be added...atleast the dumbbells , bookshelves and the park (running) for increasing players stats
- The map should be accessible anywhere...even in players room, inside the academy, etc to remove unnecessary clicks for the players
- Like I had mentioned in the comment, a jump to important locations like 1-A, extra classes, and maybe training ground, swimming pool [for the future], etc so as to again avoid unnecessary clicks
- A button to go straight to Izuku's room from the map
- Changing the "skip" button name to rest/regain stamina or adding info that skipping restores stamina
- Allow airchat access on the mobile too...thinking that a chat app is on the computer and not the mobile is kinda weird

First fight is tedious as fuck, basically just luck and as far as I could figure out you can't train for it. Tried beating it for 30 minutes just a waste of time. This is unfortunate since there seems to be a decent story and art there the combat is just atrosious.

I like how you took this from a show but made it for an adult audience Idc if your game has two stars. I played your game and I was amazed! So please make more and keep up with good work. Also I can't wait to bang that frog bitch and all the other baggable characters.

After playing this game honestly i quite liked it

The art style is rather different and honestly suits the game as the MC is the warped version, the take on MHA is really interesting

There are 2 LI atm, But 1 was mostly prologue and honestly i feel like i wanne see more of here, 2nd One has few scenes .

Updates have fixed most of the issues but would the relationship tab to have the indicator for content done just to make it more comfortable

only thing i got issue with is too much time skipping, then it just saying "now its not the time for it"

Except of that its a pretty solid game with Good art style and animation and prolly something i look forward too, fight system is good too i just wanne see how its implemented in future has there is only 1 fight atm

very bad from a technical perspective. Almost unplayable. The Art is pretty bad too. I dont have anything positive to say to be perfectly honest. Too bad. I wish There were better anime related trainers out there

No idea how to progress, no indications of what needs to be done, where and when. No quest log, the only thing you can see in that game is "not now", later and the like.

Nothing makes any sense in there.