VN - Ren'Py - The Nobody in a Hero's World [Ep. 1 Part 3] [DuckDevGames]

The title of this game is a bit of a ruse. I had initially started this game since I figured the premise of the game would be about a nobody just working his way up and trying to survive day by day. Turns out, this plays out just like basically any other isekai with some extra steps. The MC doesn't start with much, but through a series of convenient coincidences, everything is simply handed to him at a rapid pace. Powerful allies? Seconds in he gets a loyal one. Minutes in he gets more. Powerful weapon? For deeply contrived reasons he gets one for free minutes in. How about combat strength and devlish good looks? Was gifted that for free from the start. Oh no! The MC is about to get hit by an attack while he's completely unarmed! Hey, look, there's a shield on the floor.

The MC is also is a bit of a whiney bitch when things aren't literally handed to him (even though almost everything is). Homie got a second chance at life and he's complaining about how he can't be the hero in it. Add on top of this, the MC literally not doing anything at any point to deserve anything, and him just quickly throwing away his old life with seemingly no attachment to it whatsoever, and I can see this being a major turn off for some people. Makes me almost yearn for the days of silent or blank slate MCs. However, this is pretty common for isekai stories in general, so I can see certain other people easily forgiving all of this.

The game does a good job with everything else, though. Characters are fun and are well defined in terms of their personality and visuals. It does a great job of not crushing your balls with exposition dumps and slowly feeds you lore at seemingly perfect times, although it's all very generic. It also does a good job of being immersive with it's perspectives and scenes, and it's very clear a lot of work was put in to every frame. There are a lot of moments you can just skip, but I don't, I sit around and ask everyone every question because I like the dialogue. Mangas are often limited by pages, and page space, while visual novels are just static character portraits, while this game strikes a perfect balance between both. It got to the point where I straight up forgot I was playing a porn game until a dick got whipped out.

In the end, it's more of a 3.5/5. Would have rounded up, but am rounding down for an overextended development time on a game that didn't have much game in the first place (about 1-3 hours of content while basically being a kinetic novel).

TL;DR: I should hate this game. It utilizes extremely tired old isekai tropes that I've always despised. Main character is a muppet who barely does anything and get's everything. Anything unrelated to the MC, however, is pretty good and it's clear a lot of love and passion was put in to this game, and it was enough for me to see it through to the end (of chapter 1) and at least try out any new updates. Whenever those come.

Game got good renders and decent h scenes but sucks bad at the plot, buildup, development time, etc. It's feel like a make believe story with bunch of cartoon characters with no personality or emotions. The characters models are well made and so is the enviroment. Tho, without the plot, it get harder to continue, The pacing is weird, story are outall over the place and way too simplistic. Got bored after 20 mins.

This game goes really god damn fast. There's basically no buildup or romance, just find a girl, go "man she's cute" and then of course she just feels an inexplicable urge to hop on your "nobody" cock. It's kinda dumb, and isn't winning any oscars, but at least it's funnyish. I don't actually hate this game, I just think it's more designed for people uninterested in slow-burn games. Objectively, I think this is a game people would enjoy if they want to skip nuance and get to boning. I personally would have rather had more buildup, maybe much more, at least for big characters like Kino.
It doesn't really do it for me, but maybe it'll work for you. Worth trying anyways. If I could rate 3.5 that's more accurate to how I feel.

love it. the H scenes are amazing, I love the story and cant wait for more of it to come out. I really love that it feels like im reading a manga with the some parts that made me chuckle and smile. Amazing writing, amazing characters, and an amazing setting that more H games need.

Excellent so far, looking forward to further updates!

Would be great if the scenes were a bit more animated, but given you're doing this as a part time hobby rather than a job, I can see how much bloody work that would take, so that's only a seriously minor critique

All in all, the story, character and scenes we've gotten so far are brilliant, so as I've said, very much looking forward to whatever updates are coming next!

Best things I can say about the game is that a lot of love went into making it's visuals stand out from the average kokatsu game making the characters and environment look above average. MC is likeable and the story has comedy in the right places with exagerated facial expressions that make the characters feel more lively than standard kokatsu games. No engrish was found and plot made sense.

Giving it 5 stars to encourage the devs to not abandon the project and have more people try it out

Review for Ep. 1 Part 2

A promising start to a comedic isekai with some real personality to it.

It's always nice to see a Koikatsu game step away from the standard school/city style genre, and even nicer to see it done well. Though it's relatively short, I quickly found myself engaged with the characters in particular.

It honestly feels a bit rare to have an MC who isn't a chore to play as, but this goes even beyond that. The MC is funny, but otherwise comes off as a rather normal dude for once. Not an edge lord, asshole, or constantly having horny thoughts dominate every piece of dialogue. It's nice.

Another real positive is that dynamic created with our "travelling companion", a mushroom girl. Their dialogue meshes well together, and she's just a likable character plain and simple. The other characters we meet are likeable as well, but you don't see a lot of any of them given the early stage of the game.

Again, because it is early, there isn't much to say about things like story. Our first task is joining the adventures guild, and this version ends during the process of that. I'm always down for a good fantasy game though, so I'm interested to see where this goes.

The lewd scenes definitely have some care put into them as well. While they aren't animated right now, they are put together better than most AVNs, which I seldom see with Koikatsu. I respect the dev's decision to not use the standard Koikatsu animations, and seeing that they can pull off good scenes without them is a real plus. Still, having animations is pretty much always better than not having them given the same level of care, but it seems there's plans for that so I have no real complaints on that end.

I'm excited to see this game develop. Feels like it's going to be a real treat once it has a good chunk of content to play through. Definitely worth checking out!

Going into this, I thought it would be your standard harem isekai, with boring characters and a simple plot. I'm extremely glad i was mistaken, and saw that there was yet to be a reivew, so thought i'd make one.

Story: To start, the story has always been an interesting premise to me. It's why I enjoyed the story of Kingdom Come Deliverence. You're not the chosen one, nor a hero, you're just a random dude, ready to make a name for himself, that to me is far more interesting than OP guy 9000 with his army of huge booba women around his arms.

Headpats: There has already been technically one headpat, which is a 5 star rating in itself, and i'm sure it won't stop there.

Characters: The characters are all fun and likable. Especially when the MC has a personality, which im sure will be better defined in the future through choices - not to say the MC has no personality, because he does - just to say that it will likely be clearer in the future. In terms of Kino, if anything happens to her I may just have to hire Agent 47 for no reason in particular. She is the most adorable character i've witnessed in a long time, and she quickly grew to be one of my favourites. The goblin king (i forgot if he was named) too was a simple, but well written character. A good starting antagonist for our MC.

*Bonk* worthy scenes: There was only two so far, and neither were animated, but I agree with the developers reasoning for doing so. Stock KK party animations are so overused, and creating your own would give this game a touch of uniqueness (if thats a word). The scenes themselves, were plenty hot, with good build-up, rather than, "wan sum fuk?".

Humour: Reminded me heavily of Konosuba, and i absolutely loved the humour in that, fans of that anime would surely like the written humour in this. As someone who uses humour in the worst possible times, it is easy to empathise with the protagonist, and follow along with the jokes.

English: Very few flaws with the language, coming from someone who has lived in the UK for their whole life.

Overall, this game is a perfect mesh of all the things that i enjoy in a story. A moldable MC, distinct/interesting characters, good writing and humour, and well-written English. It is absolutely worth your time.