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

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Absurdity

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I was really liking the game until we got to Beth stealing lingerie, which does not fit her character whatsoever. Of course, leading to dealing with criminals. Why do we have to insert this kind of garbage in our escapism? If I wanted to watch a crime drama, I would just rewatch Justified, The Wire or Breaking Bad. I don't want it in my harem fantasy.
It is not enough to ruin such a good game but it was quite annoying. At least we are now moving on to a full on high end mafia plot instead of the MC getting randomly shaken down by two nobodies. Since the dev wants to go this route is a good thing he committed. Now we will see where that leads.

Other than that, everything else was great as always. Even the mafia plot that I would prefer if it wasn't a thing has improved by leaps and bounds compared to how it started.
 
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odbpm

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good game so far.
liked how long the first time with sophie was. tho no text during animations made me constant clicking past them, should make the majority of the text come during the animations it would make it way more pleasing, rather then watching a still image with all the text.
 

Incarnis

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It is not enough to ruin such a good game but it was quite annoying. At least we are now moving on to a full on high end mafia plot instead of the MC getting randomly shaken down by two nobodies. Since the dev wants to go this route is a good thing he committed. Now we will see where that leads.

Other than that, everything else was great as always. Even the mafia plot that I would prefer if it wasn't a thing has improved by leaps and bounds compared to how it started.
It's sort of typical in writing, needing to have some sort of antagonist for tension, but in my opinion the only tension you need in harem games is interpersonal relationships, navigating multiple romances, conflicting personalities clashing, the hiding of secrets, things that flesh out the characters themselves.
 

Quetzzz

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It's sort of typical in writing, needing to have some sort of antagonist for tension, but in my opinion the only tension you need in harem games is interpersonal relationships, navigating multiple romances, conflicting personalities clashing, the hiding of secrets, things that flesh out the characters themselves.
Yeah, I agree, which is why I think the dev will use this external pressure to fasttrack some interpersonal conflicts as the game wraps up.
 

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First time checking this game out, what a find! Really liking it. Beth shoplifting was the only part that felt kind of forced / off narrative-wise, and I think Jessica could be introduced to the audience better in a way that adds more context early on, because I was feeling a little lost with who she is, despite her being an old best friend of MC.

Sophie is a ride-or-die queen and I love it.
Lilith is probably the one character I feel needs the most work. At the moment she seems a little flat (no titty pun intended) and her reaction to the dynamics between Sophie and MC seems too tame / dry, and her emphasis of "CONSENT" "CONSENT" "CONSENT" "CONSENT" makes her seem a bit robotic.

Small nitpicks in consideration of most of everything else being great.
 
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Quetzzz

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Lilith is probably the one character I feel needs the most work. At the moment she seems a little flat (no titty pun intended) and her reaction to the dynamics between Sophie and MC seems too tame / dry, and her emphasis of "CONSENT" "CONSENT" "CONSENT" "CONSENT" makes her seem a bit robotic.
I have a different read on her personally. Her depth isn't in what she says per se, but in how she behaves and carries herself. She's a confident and successful owner of a sex shop who is fully aware and at peace with her sexual preferences. Despite being confident and outspoken otherwise, she's a submissive masochist who enjoys a bit of degradation as intimacy. She has a very strong sense of self, because this degradation or humiliation doesn't shake her confidence or self-image. She doesn't compare herself to others and feels good about her body.
Consent is really all that matters to her when it comes to sex and intimacy, and from the perspective of the Sub, this is what the game gets entirely correct. While the Dom might lead a scene, the sub controls it. The scene stops immediately when a sub withdraws consent through their safe word.

It might feel heavy-handed that Lilith's focus on consent was mentioned a few times, but it was also done in different contexts. One context is about what happens to her as a sub, and another is about what people do in the bedroom. As a sex shop owner, she has a very libertine view on sex, and as long as it's between consensual adults, she doesn't care what people get up to, even if it could be illegal.

What makes her shine, for me, is that Lilith only does what she wants to do, not because she's a sub who's told to do it. She gave Sophie a job because she wanted to help, thought it was a good idea, and loves Sophie. She checks in with the MC after the bit of threesome action to make sure he's OK with what happened. In essence, this was her giving the MC aftercare. She felt it necessary to tell the MC about Sophie's lust-driven approach so he could think things over and fully consent when she escalates things even more. Just so he wouldn't get roped into things that would destroy his relationship with his sister. She wasn't told to do this; she had this talk because consent is all that matters to her, and she doesn't want the siblings to get hurt because of Sophie's habit of bulldozing boundaries.
 

Hammer120

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It is not enough to ruin such a good game but it was quite annoying. At least we are now moving on to a full on high end mafia plot instead of the MC getting randomly shaken down by two nobodies. Since the dev wants to go this route is a good thing he committed. Now we will see where that leads.

Other than that, everything else was great as always. Even the mafia plot that I would prefer if it wasn't a thing has improved by leaps and bounds compared to how it started.

The drive scene is hilarious, if anyone looked at there passenger as much a he does while driving, he never looks front, then the round about is the lest of there worries.
 

Discontented

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I feel like the mafia thing is kind of unnecessary, and really wish it was avoidable tbh :confused:

The trope is common enough to need its own search tag
 
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Very good game! Beautiful characters, the story is interesting.
Actually, I'm at the first date with Kate... The name of the restaurant "La baise" I'm not sure if it was intended, but in french, it means "The fuck" and not the full of love one, it's a slang. It may have an overtone for a short intercourse, or something without feeling. "Elle, je la baiserai bien" could be "I'd do her"

If I had to be nitpicking, I'd say the Rewards often don't have any link with the event unlocking them. But for everything else, it's great!
 
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