VN - Ren'Py - The Home of Pleasure [Ep.2 P4 v0.2.4] [Whispering Eye Games]

I like the story and for me that's the bare minimum for me to read a VN. From there, there are a checklist of things that can ruin it, so here's my relatively short but important check list of things that drive this games rating down.

1. Repetitive dialogue in sex scenes. I don't mean the same sex scene is repetitive, I mean every scene is written almost carbon copy to each other with a small bit in the middle that is unique to the current scene. There's all this talk of saliva and shit, like bro, do that occasionally, not every time. You don't need the same 10 sentences in every sex scene, we got it. Your saliva filled her mouth, your swapped saliva, your saliva this your saliva that. Okay well we know the dev's kink at least. That little bit of unique dialogue to the current scene in the middle? That's the only good part, cut the rest out and expand on that. Generic sex talk is for generic porn, you're writing a story so write about the current situation. Make your characters react to each other instead of focusing on the obvious body shit that always happens.

2. I hate when sex scenes can't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time. I don't know why some devs separate dialogue and animations, it's both jarring and reduces how hot the scene is. I don't mind you breaking up the animations with specific shots to show transitions or to pair with detailed dialogue that ties the scene together, but why can't words be on the screen at the same time as the fap material? They're both what makes the situation erotic, taking away half the puzzle is substantially reducing the sexiness of the scene. I had one dev tell me it's because they don't like stuff on screen when they're fapping, well that's fine and well, there's literally a goddamn button to hide the UI if that's your thing. The dev can even highlight that button in the ui if they're so inclined. However, there is no button to include dialogue with animations.

I know I focused on what's wrong instead of what's right, but honestly the list of what's right is pretty long. So, in short, the build up is 5/5 but the payoff is 2/5. Since 95% of the game isn't sex scenes and is fairly well written it's getting a total 4/5 overall.

So far (v0.2.3), is very good. Not perfect, but I rate closer to 5 star than 4 star.

Writing is very good. Characters likeable. Have some character flaws, makes them more believable, but not bad flaws that make me not like her.

Lots of good choices. Meaningful choices. I would like more choices, like whether to do cunnilingus or not. But there is much more choice, than most VN's have.

The scenes are hot. Animations are ok. So far, only limited choice in sex act, because the girls just starting to be comfortable with sex. But evident, preparing for more later.

Not all is good. At end of 0.2.3, is plot point that doesn't feel fit. LI does thing that seem out of character, to make other plot point happen. Feels weird, hope author knows what he's doing, but the rest of writing is good.

The twin sisters have too much same face expression. Its ok for them to have same model (they have different moles and hairstyle, which is good). But is weird that their facial expressions exactly the same, even though much different personalities. The uptight proper sister should not have same smirk as the rebel goth sister.

I fall in love with this game, hope author keeps making, keeps doing good job.

TL;DR = pretty decent romance/harem/incest drama game.

Story: 4/5
Pros:
+ MC is living together with his 3 sisters girls. There will be a lot of erotic tension between MC and the girls.
+ Nice thing is that you can define relationship with the girls: they can be sisters, cousins or just housemates.
+ There are also some side chicks. They are pretty nice, but they dont get much space compared to sisters.
+ There is also some drama in the story.
Cons:
- Drama showed up pretty abruptly. It feels weird at this point. But lets wait and see for now. Maybe author will explain it pretty nicely.

Art and sex stuff: 5/5
Pros:
+ Renders are good.
+ Girls are hot.
+ Sex scenes are good.

Gameplay: 5/5
Pros:
+ This is pretty straightforward VN with choices.
+ Choices have some impact on the gameplay. You can influence what girls you will romance. Choices also has some small impact on sex scenes.
+ English is decent.
+ The game soundtrack. It gives nice ambience.
+ The game has sound effects, like girls moaning during sex.

To sum it up:
I really liked this game and I will recommend it.

better than most, waiting to see how the plot pans out, the characters are very good but the introduction of the crisis is kind of out of left field. Could have still just called the cops but we will see what happens next to fully judge.

It's an enjoyable game without doing anything really to set itself ahead of the pack.

It's your standard "set the relationship but we all know what the relationships are" game so it can feel a bit clunky because of that but it's never really that bad that it forces you out of the experience.

Characters are interested but really probably a bit too many of them. There's a ton of relationships floating about which means there's probably too much going on to draw the player in. Much better to have a small number of characters are give them more screen time. Early days no doubt but I think there's like... 3 characters who get almost all the screen time so you better hope you like them otherwise this game probably ain't for you. There are other characters hinted at but whether they'll come to anything or whether they're just filler has yet to be worked out.

As stories go it's pretty standard without really excelling. If anything the ensemble cast actually waters the story down. The two main thread seems to be relationship with Sophie and the relationship with ... Bo I think her name was. She lives away so the long distance makes it difficult. The relationship with Sophie is taboo (apparently) so it's done on the down low. So that's fine, if the game was just that then it could be expanded to be more but you've then got random women you meet in the gym, a lesbian who's I'm guessing not going to be for long, another "room mate", a friend who's absolutely going to cheat on her husband with you eventually and then you've got the totally not step sister who, in my opinion, is very poorly written. She's just so dry, like she's only there to drag the plot on. And ultimately gets into trouble leading to a bit of an absurd situation with no real preamble. The game could almost be the exact same without her in there but it appears the dev is casting the net wide.

I guess as an entry level incest story almost game it's good for first timers.

I'm not fond of 'games' with very few choices and of those, most don't seem to matter.

I also don't like it when the game makes my decisions for me, such as spending so much money on a character I don't even like, then not giving me a choice such as if she moves in with the mc.

The MC is, like a lot of games, pretty worthless. ie. He had to buy a new dress for someone and they immediately gave it to their friend rather than wear it. MC of course didn't do anything other than comment on how good is looks on someone else....

Too many girls are forced on you right off the bat. You can say no to some but that doesn't really make sense so you are kind of goaded into choosing some.

As usual, the girls pretty much throw themselves at the mc, having sex immediately after meeting, so there really isn't any relationship build-up.

Standard incest story...the first sister would be nice but I'm not into the holes in her head or the tattoos.
Gameplay is pretty boring with a few bits of low level drama that aren't very realistic. The writing isn't bad but needs to be proofread.
Graphics are fine. Lighting is good. Color choices are pretty nice. Nothing jumps out as annoying.

It's not an offensive story and might be a good entry level incest type game. It actually seems to do well when you look at it like that.

I would like to recommend this game. It is well written with somewhat realistic characters (although action = porn game) and a lot of humor and empathy. Conflicts are both personal, social, criminal and dramatic. The graphics are reasonable well done and varied. There is only little pointless grinding and that can be deselected. I find it very entertaining.

Way too many characters, i wish there is better character development, character design and story lines, instead of making it a generic harem story right in the beginning. Build it up and give structured character development. It makes characters more memorable.

Everything else was good.

It is a good game, by not something that makes me want to come back or check on for updates.

Just a fun wholesome harem slice of life. All of the characters are enjoyable, really liked this one more than I expected to and looking forward to future releases. Beth and Bo are adorable and I can't wait to get more content with them along with the rest.

Promising start though it is a pretty standard vanilla incest story thus far apart from an odd . While you are allowed to choose your LIs, there isn't much content yet if you're not interested in Sophie or Bo, which is a shame as Sophie (and Lilith) are very much not my type. Beth very much is though, as is Kate, so looking forward to future updates.

I thoroughly enjoyed this game! The storyline got me hooked, especially because the characters were so interesting. All the girls stood out; they were so beautiful.

The visuals in the game are impressive. Although the animations are limited, it doesn't make the overall experience any worse.

Renderings: 9/10
Characters: 10/10
Storyline: 8/10

Overall, The Home of Pleasure is an incredible game!
Rating: 9/10

Story is a pretty standard incest story and its pretty vanilla, there is a bit of relationship build-up which is nice, one girl you can get to fuck pretty fase (Bo) not sure about the other side girls since i turned most of them down.

Bo was the only one i saw any real sex scene with and it was pretty nice, shes one of two virgins and even though her deflower scene wasent perfect since no blood in her virgin scene but atleast it showed some pain doing dialogs so it got some of it right, the scenes them selfs very pretty good.
On a side-note, why on earth make MC use a condom when its the girls first time? makes 0 sense and even more idiotic when MC then fucks her raw the very next morning.....

There is one more virgin but not sure how that will go since shes been using a hairbrush as a dildo so she shouldent really have a hymen after that but we will see, you also get the option to buy her a dildo which i personaly dont like with the virgin girls, but atleast you have the option not to buy it so thats nice, had it been a wand/vibrator i would have bought one right away though but guess dev dident put much thought into the dildo/virgin thing which most would hate if into virgins, its also one of the reasons i cant give it 5 stars.

Theres not much content yet with most girls when it comes to family members, the goth you do a little with but no sex yet and for the other two sisters there arent anything at all yet, so i would proberly wait a few more updates before giving this another try.

Oh and MC is very nice, hes not the standard childish thing you see in so many games and he dosent constantly think to him self about seeing tits and shit so hes really nice to play and feels mature which is a rare thing now a days.

The girls look alright, i wouldent call the hot babes or anything more like normal i guess? but i do like the builds of the girls since theres a bit of diversity from very small to somewhat bigger sizes in tits, so thats very good.

Animations are not the best ive seen but they are still pretty good.

As for choices it seems to work great, so far ive been able to turn down anyone i dont want and that includes family members so no one seems to be forced at all which is a huge plus.

I hope if the dev starts doing stuff like sharing or anal and so on that it will be optional since i dont like either personaly, at the moment you can turn of lesbian so lets hope kinks and fetishes will be up to the player as well if it gets those things.

Music is standard background stuff, with a few moans sounds doing sex stuff.

Overall a pretty good game even if its mostly vanilla, atleast i liked it and i hope it stays with current build types since theres already way to many games with big tits which is boring and ugly in my eyes.

TheHomeOfPleasure-0.2-pc

This VN looks very promising. Still author throws a lot of characters at MC within the first chapter and it feels a bit convoluted sometimes. Though the story archs mostly make sense. The writing is not overcomplicate, mature and it has quite good lewd descriptive writing.

Allthough I would wish for more lewd scenes like the ones between Sophie and MC. Especially the relation between MC and Sophie is very intriguing and I hope the author gets to explore this path to its full potential!

This VN has audio but only generic music (I turned off) as also "lewd" loops of squeaking anime dolls (also turned off!) what ruined the "mood".

I hope dev explores more kinks that are somewhat teased already like incest, anal, sharing, toys and milf!

I could see this to become a 5 star in the near future.

What struck me awkward was the premise of how Beth, Bo and MC, all actually familiar with social media, delayed the reason for why Beth came to see MC and all not knowing who the other were ... very strange to assume they didnt know eachother but clearly knew the pictures from social media. That was not realy clear to me what the author tried here and it felt like a awefull artifical drag.

Graphics: 4/5
Plot: 4/5
Writing: 4/5
Lewd: 3/5
(Audio: yes)

Final verdict: More please! I can see a rising 5-Star

I can't express how tired I am of the formulaic "landlady/triple tenant" cliched story structure which is why I'm glad I gave this one a try. The writing really is strong enough that the above is something I can forget/forgive. The characters are engaging and feel nice to interact with, the models are pretty and I'm invested in that dastardly cinema villain. Really interested in how the dev moves forward with this.

PROS
+ Most characters have likable characters.
+ Sex scenes have animations, but they are a bit poor and need improvements, especially adding more pictures/frames per second & improving the physics should be the #1 priority for them. And having some not too close third person animation angles is a good thing as well
+ The game has a lot of content for a game released only a month ago. I hope DEV will continue to add a good amount of content with every update while improving the game.
+ The game is VN with some rare Sandbox elements, and that's good, DEV shouldn't go into full-blown sandbox mode, it would only make the game annoying and tedious.
+ The art style looks decent.

CONS & SUGGESTIONS
- The game lacks a main purpose/story, even tho it's fine now it might make the game bit boring in the long run.
- IU/HUD can use some improvements/changes, especially phone on the HUD, making it smaller and hideable with hide HUD button (H or middle mouse mostly) would be good.
- Adding ingame tips/walkthrough to show which choices are giving what kind of points, leading you which path, etc, would be great or at least a little alert on the screen showing relationship point gains or loses, etc, because currently you are either have to go blind or constantly check from phone relationship screen after making a choice, and that's quite annoying.
- Having changelog would be good.
- It's been told MC was going GYM a lot, and it would be nice to see him get a better body along our journey, but he tried to impress a girl and her his upper body, so he can't go GYM for two weeks... BRUH. Still hope DEV will make him progress with the GYM and he will gain some muscle, and get bigger shoulders, arms, chest, etc.
- Adding more music could be good, the amount of music the game has is not enough, and cycles too much.
- We can use some girls with different styles like with more curves, big firm tits, curvy asses, etc, because currently, nearly every girl has the same body, even the one with the most curves still don't look curvy at all, doesn't has big tits, ass, etc, and it's bit boring, they all look nearly same..
- Even tho render quality is mostly decent some details look a bit bad or low quality like Boo's hair in some scenes.
- There are some typos here, and there, like the one in Boo's first talking scene with the MC there was ''tomrrow'' , etc, kind of typos.
- Well the game is new, but some bugs are kind of blocking you from main features like gallery bug preventing you to see it, making sure at least main features not blocked, and doing at least test on main features before releases could be good idea.
- There are some very annoying characters pointless to exist like Paul, seriously there is literally no point of having someone like him in the game.
- Bo's first time was a bit disappointing, and nonsense, especially considering she lost her virginity to a plastic wrap, and after losing her virginity MC & her had raw sex... I mean seriously? Pretty bad choice to be honest, let's hope DEV won't make the same mistake again, it's really not that hard to add a dialogue about the after-day pill, and make it raw, since it's their first time it would only make sense.
- Story sometimes can be bit nonsense, and cringy with details like ''sometimes boyfriend''
- The whole shoplifting thing was quite poorly-written.

VERDICT
Honestly this game has potential, but no sure developers will be able to reach that potential, for now it feels bit poor, but it's a new game, so I won't be giving poor rate.

This is everything I love in this type of game, customizable relations, some free roam aspects, and nice horny sluts. Would recommend, might have to fund this project if it keeps its quality and keeps my jeans high and tight.

As of v 0.1:

So I don't normally review early releases like this due to lack of content in most cases, but this one is definitely an exception.

Animations/Artwork - 5/5

The renders are great, the animations (yes, there is already content nd animations) are fantastic, just a great looking game.

Story/Dialogue - 5/5

So far the story is actually good. Dialogue is well-written (too many games and VNs either have English as their second language (no shade there, I get it), or don't proofread), so a lovely surprise.

Gamplay/UI - 5/5

So I am a harem genre fan and not so much a fan of having to choose a love interest. This game actually mixes these elements well, in that you really have to pay attention to get who you want. But rest assured, this IS a harem game. And incest. Big win.

All in all, for its first release, this game is a fantastic start. Now to pray the dev never abandons the project. xD

Radical Dreamer

I really enjoyed this VN. Amazing first release and hours of content for a 0.1. The renders and animations were both good and the girls were all great I especially loved Sophie. It had music and sound effects which is always a nice bonus. Not sure why this is tagged as a sandbox, had a couple of small free roams to unlock rewards but mostly plays like a standard VN. Definitely give it a go if you're harem/incest lover. Really looking forward to the next update.

Best first release I’ve ever seen, so gonna give it 5 for now so that it gets the attention it deserves. Is it perfect? No, but I see a lot of great potential here. Sophie is incredibly hot, and the creator does seem genuinely intent on a fairly realistic approach to a harem game, so it’s not just new women being thrown at MC constantly. Keep your eye on this one.

Review as of Version v0.1

This is not a sandbox but free roam

First of all if you are not okay with incest either stay away or come back later after more updates. As of right now 3 characters are related to the MC. Which feels a bit much to me. Spoiler about 1 of the characters Especially when the big reveal is that she is your sister as well

While the story not bad it's just average it grabbed me for most of the game. However last 25% I was starting to feel bored. Partly cause the pacing feels a bit fast at times.

Game has decent animations and renders.

Negatives for me.

Normally I dont need a walkthrough or use URM but it feels a bit too easily to miss points and lock yourself out of certain things without it being obvious.

There is a minigame to make 1 of the characters orgasm which took me out of it and feels like a big waste of time.

There is an audio bug towards the end where it keep looping kissing sounds and I hate to mute the game , which annoyed the hell out of me . As I had it got the last 20 -30 minutes of my playtime.

Overall : let this one cook for a bit not bad but not good either, I think next few updates could determine if this is drop or not for alot of players