VN - Ren'Py - Completed - The Higher Society [Part 1 - v0.25] [xxerikxx]

tldr: soulless. i do not recommend this.

OVERALL QUALITY:
there is no art here. very little care has been given to arranging scenes: the cinematography is uninspired, the poses feel fake and the limited facial expressions firmly reside inside uncanny valley.
the dialogue is stale, but servicable. i didn't have to cringe because of bad spelling or grammar like in so many other games.
i didn't check the sound a lot. i think there is only music which is completely average.

STORY:
the main story is not great, but at least i was interested and engaged in it up to the end sudden stop. i appreciate that care has been taken to have the plot grounded in realism and not porn logic, even though the main story and many plot points feel very contrived.

a big problem is the length of the game. it drags on sooo much. the plot takes place over ~50 days and every day includes a breakfast scene. why? often exposition is told to you once, then again when the original character tells another character. everything has to be discussed - often multiple times or with different characters. we have to accompany the characters to, like, every second shower and listen to all of their conversations, even phonecalls, and even when they don't even tangentially touch on plot points. it's bewildering.

FEEL:
overall i never felt immersed in the scene but more like i'm looking at a crude doll house from above. the readers time isn't used effectively. in the end i was able to empathise with the characters a bit even though they all feel so stale, but only because the game forces you to spend so much time with them. the same result could have been achieved with fewer, but more impactful scenes.
the game kinda handicaps itself by ignoring many of the tools to craft a narrative. visually you don't get a lot of information since camera angles, lighting, color composition etc is just not used to help the scene. the limited facial expressions are not detailed or varied enough either to gauge emotions or thoughts. the dialogue isn't used well to distinguish between characters or emotions. there is no dramatic music, there is no narration to give you details apart from the visuals on the screen. instead of narration we get thought bubbles for every character. those at least contain some additional details, but even this isn't used well to convey information.

SEX SCENES:
the sex scenes are even worse than the rest of the scenes. they have the same problem of feeling stale and artificial. they are also very short. only a few images per scene and very little dialogue.
the animations are atrocious! the game would honestly improve in quality if the animations weren't there. they are so bad it's not even funny.
the sex moans are also the worst i've ever read. i mean... "AAAAOOOOHHH"... really? what are we doing here? howling at the moon?

CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM FOR THE DEV:
focus more on quality! one good scene is worth more than 20 bad ones. think about why a scene is needed and if it can be cut or combined with other plot points. try to focus on critical developments instead of everyday mundanity. use more tools to convey scenes (easy fix could be narration to communicate details that aren't visual).

OVERALL, I WOULD RATE THIS GAME AS POOR (2 OUT OF 5) IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE BAD AVERAGE QUALITY OF PORN GAMES. COMPARED TO OTHERS, THIS GAME IS FIRMLY AVERAGE (3 OUT OF 5).

Been playing this a few times now and constantly trying to squeeze things out of the game that just aren't in the game... Or rather, I'm trying to do what's in the tags, NTR... but it's not here... Everyone is fucked by the MC... And the game is supposedly already completed... [Part 1 - v0.25]... or rather the game just abandoned, but called completed...

I started the game unprepared and I have to say it took a while until it became more interesting. The story and the writing are quite good. The choices in the game are quite good and aren't immediately disruptive. Unfortunately, I have to say that the game gets worse from the Xavi story onwards. Before the story I would have given the game 5 stars but the guy is annoying. I hope that the story will be flipped and THS will become more interesting again. At the moment I can only give it 4 out of 5 stars, hope it won't be abandoned and at least got a good ending.

Really good game with very cute and sexy girls and plenty of action. The game follows a story and themes related to secret sex societies, temptation and depravity. All the scenes are well done, and there is enough branching paths int he game that you will not see all the scenes in on playthrough.

the character models are hot as hell, the story idea is great, and in theory the game should be good kinky fun. But somehow its kind of boring. Little effort is made to frame scenes or build tension. Dialogue isn't that interesting, emotions are not engaged. You are always looking at the characters from the same distance, like a puppet show. Or straight on looking at faces as they talk.
It's like a movie with beautiful actors, a great plot, but bad editing and zero effort at cinematography.

What a fun ride!

If you want a game with a million branches where your choices matter this is for you. Renders are pretty good and while the story requires some suspension of believe it's no more so than any other porn game. The sex scenes are hot, the variety of the girls is great

The game has average graphics and really nice characters. The MC could look a bit more appealing because he looks pretty bad. The story is good but a lot of choices does not effected the outcome of the game. The amount of the content is quite nice. I am missing some clothes variety and changes.

The story is dull and rather nonsensical.
Relationships between characters are weird.
Overall it feels more like a filler than a coherent (planned out) writing.

The animations are so bad that they would better not exist. In many scenes there are missing frames. Spanking scene - has an image of preparing to hit, but not the hit itself, which turns it empty.

One of the most annoying thing in this game, however, is the amount of choices you are prompted to make. I think there are over several hundreds choices in this game, most of which do nothing. It is like a weird AD popup that comes out every other second and makes you stop and wastes time.

This also fades out the important choices in the game if those even exist.

In a single short dialogue you can have 5-10 choices easily, why?

- the bad:
if you expect some descent animations, forget about it. the animations are just 2 renders going in loop, this wouldn't be so problematic if it was well done. sadly here it's not, one exemple you will see the head and torso, the arms going back and forth in poses were just the hip is supposed to move.
also the poses are weird, not realistic.
don't want to be rude but the animations and the poses are not even reaching the level zero.
the second flaw, well it depends on personal tastes for sure but for me, the mc is not good-looking, he's ugly, the face, the body.
therefore it is impossible to believe that all those teens and women just fall in love with him and at first sight like he's not a cucumber with arms and legs but some kind of brad pitt.
the organisation or secret society in this game is just a backside stuff, you see nothing related to it. the whole game is just the mc banging girls. nothing more.

- the good :
the women and petite women have very beautifull faces and their bodies are realistic.
the story and dialogs are interesting, there are no cringe dialogs like in some other games where sleeping with his daughter is involved and where the author is trying to bring some kind of cringe justification for incest for 10 hours. like :
'what am i doing ? it's not right' for 10 hours then in the end :
'you see, my daughter, what's important is that the 2 people love each other with true love, then it is natural and healthy for then to F each other ... blabla".
yeah sure.
here the author didn't embarassed himself with those nonsenses.

- Conclusion : 4 star because the game is better than average ( beautifull girls and smart writting, not boring ), but in my opinion : if you want a game with correct animations then don't bother downloading, the animations here are just grotesque and comical.

also the whole story is just about the mc dating and banging ( training ) young girls , the organisation he works for and train the girls for ? you see nothing in the game. no events, nothing. you just know there are girls and their masters, and that's it.
so if you wanna see something else than the improbable mc banging girls , don't bother downloading.
i was expecting some "inside the organisation" stuff but no. hell you even don't know what the girls do and never see what they do , just assuming they're escorts. like i said this game is just about the mc fuking girls.

I played through v0.23 in a week or so of evenings.

On the plus side:
• The secret society premise is fascinating.
• There is a lot of game to play.
• Numerous hot LIs, most of whom are just barely eighteen.
• The MC has his own sex dungeon.
On the negative:
• The animations are of the simple morph-between-two-positions type, which look so bad I think the game would have been better without them.
• The render-per-scene ratio is one of the lowest I can recall seeing.
• Scene transitions are not telegraphed at all.
• There is little variety in the musical tracks.
• Most of the scenes are slice-of-life stuff that is not very exciting. We get only occasional glimpses of what goes on in THS, which is more interesting content.
• What we do see of the workings of THS seem fragmentary and somewhat nonsensical. My impression is that the dev has only a vague idea how the society is supposed to function, and is making it up as they go along.
• Water is unbelievably dense in the world of THS.

During much of my play time I found myself a little bored at the slow pace, but every once in a while a hot scene would come along that woke me up. I’d probably rate it at 3.5 stars if I could, but will round up to 4. Recommended if you have lots of time and nothing better to do.

Game has a good balance between story and sexual content. Love the girls and the renders as well. Also the lesbian content is a great bonus and the main reason I keep checking back for updates. Hope we see more of those!

Excellent game the storyline is much less outlandish Tham many and progress is paced excellently. I am looking forward to more development with the society job and manager job casting couch a possiblity?

0.19 Surprisingly wholesome "incest" like bdsm harem game. At first I avoided this title, especially in its text form but now with proper visuals added to this story it is by far one of the better ones. At least plot wise it is really well written. To the point that I no longer skip most of the "plot" just to go to erotic bits. If you don't skip then its an erotic story for few hours of your time and I do not think of it as time wasted. Girls are really well fleshed out. Each has unique kinks and desires. It is bordering on realism.

The only thing I would change is how most scenes have only one animation or perspective and many of them aren't that good for my taste. Models are excellent. Renders really good. Plot well written, but only in erotic moments this game didn't excel as much as I wanted it to. Story is linear tied to days. Which is why it is progressing smoothly. Each day players have few choices to make. Some more significan't like skipping whole storylines and focusing on other characters. Others so insignifican't that its a wonder why they even added such choice to begin with. Either way, I really liked this story. First I played 0.13 but after that I downloaded 0.19 because I wanted more of it.

The Higher Society Illustrated [v0.19] "with Walkthrough"

Pros:
Premise
Story
Pacing
Many Girls
Sex Scenes
Fetishes
Good amount of content

Could be better:
Render quality is average and lacks proper lighting sometimes.
Animations are decent but could be better.
I feel that except maybe Angelina, most of the girls are too easy and their process of corruption could be told better.
The maid and Wife lack importance.

Conclusion:
I think this is one of the better "Harem" games out there.
Sure, there are things that could be better, like the things mentioned above.
But this one really does a good job of telling an intruiging story without leaving you blueballed.
The whole premise of a secret society and you recruiting girls is a great idea, and it's surprising that not many have tried that already.
I think there are a lot of things you could do with the secret society, the way you could corrupt girls and especially the wife in participating with them, adding more kinky stuff etc.
All in all, this is a good game and I can recommend playing it.

Generic but not the worst harem game I have played. Overall, the premise and the THS story contradict eachother. It feels like the harem nature of the story doesn't make sense with the premise and vice versa. In a harem game, I would prefer that the premise and the harem aspect flow in unison and feel more natural. I think the THS premise is more suited to a pure corruption story rather than a harem story. Also, the ageplay can be a bit weird and gross sometimes.

Played v18. There are two versions. A text only version and an illustrated version. The text only version is always a bit ahead. Visual novel with a linear plot and a male MC, that becomes part of a secret society and ends up training a slavegirl for the society. All relationships are consensual.
Sadly incest is once again a major fetish in this game and I am kind of burned out when it comes to incest. The main girls are your slave maid, your daughter, and the girl who is your daughter’s age and wants you to be her daddy. Plus a bunch of girls their age. I personally found the MC’s wife more attractive. So the slow build and daddy-daughter relationship stuff was not for me – if you like incest it’s probably great though.
Dialogue and narration is a bit wooden in places but bearable. Normally I don’t comment on lighting and animations, but here there are several scenes where the lighting changes midscene for no reason which is really annoying.
Concerning bdsm there’s rough sex, domination, spanking, device bondage, some bondage, some chastity and denial play and light slave training. There’s quite a lot of content.
The annoying part was that I felt like your training of the girls didn’t change them at all – if you were strict and punished them they acted exactly the same as when you were indulgent and didn’t punish them. It’s a bit frustrating if you train a slavegirl and her behavior stays the same no matter what you do.
Personally I'd give it three stars, but considering that an average player who likes incest would give it four stars I'll be generous

Personally one of my favourites VN Stories so far.

It is simple in its complexity and most of the choices don't really matter. But I think it has good future potential. I only played the illustrated version. So I am not sure where the story will take us.

But aside from Stormside this is the second game I found so far where you train girls with an actual story instead of repeating generic actions for no reason at all.

Don't let the rating fool you. If you like a good Dom/Sub Story this is definitely worth a look.

It's actually quite a feat to create so little tension out of the foundations of a good story like that.

This is literally the kindergarden version of thrill rides. There's nothing of note happening to anyone. Other than everyone falling for the MC for no reason at all, who's being the obstinate reincarnation of every incel benevolent power fantasy. As such he is bumbling through a snooze of a story. It feels like the daily work schedule of Steve from Accounting - if he could get this many girls for some reason.

If that's your thing, go for it. Please be assured that no pixels where harmed in the creation of this story. All those girls, they are just for you - a manly hunk of a dominant alpha man- just like they are in your wet dreams at night.

thanks for image gallery who would want that beside scene gallery?
and thanks for the mods that make this game better

2 star because of images gallery

I hate ntr content but I love ntr lewd scene so I just here for the scene
and unwilling sex scene

Render look nice and character design is great

This one has one of the best stories of the AVNs that are presented here. Everything is well thought out and it follows mostly logic. That there are plot holes is excused as the content is so full of sexy things going on all time and it is an AVN.

There are some that have a hang up on that a middle age man has it so easy to get young, beautiful and sexy girls wanting to have sex with him. Then they forget some things, he's good looking, sexy, knows what he want and , last but not least, he's a famous actor. Just look in the real world and see what girl friends even older famous actors get. So not unrealistic at all.

The renders are of a really good quality, even if they sometimes not follow the story as they are set while the dialogue goes one. Still, ok in my book, even if I understand that some may have a problem with that. The LIs are sexy and well portraid, they also have different backgrounds and interests which make the story great. They are also of different body types, even if I miss one with really big breasts and ass.

The only bad thing is the animations. As many pointed out, they are not of a 5* quality. Still, all and all, I give this 5* as all the other things weigh that up.