Ren'Py - The Null Hypothesis [v0.7b] [Ron Chon]

Perfect!!, i'm surprised by how many mechanics is in this game, really good and cool, i like how deep you can get with the characters, and the need to have a lot of trust with them to be allowed to date more at same time, makes it even deeper, and not just a non-sense prota who goes there and fuck everyone not showing love or something

Games inspired by existing IPs are pretty much all hit-or-miss. This one is 100% a hit. The writing impeccably mirrors what you'd expect from a great serious run of X-men. The characters are true to their comic versions without being caricatures or overexaggerated. It pulls from the deep lore and the whole style just works. My only real issue with the game is that the XP part is grindy. Spamming Class and studying every second possible to get what feels like 5% of xp per day at level 6 is ridiculous. Now, this might just be because we're only on Chapter 1 and more will come to make it make sense, but as it stands it really demands cheats.

To be honest it s probably a 4 stars.
But i put 5 to counterbalance all the BS 1-2 stars rating.

The game is good.
Art is good and really faithfull to the comic style. The writing is above average and the game mechanics though basic are well executed.

It is still in very early dev. only 3 girls, very few actions with her and quite the same, no interactions between them.

Still, very promising.
If this gets to the level of roguelike, but with better art, I'll be clapping.

The main issue is the artstyle. It's horrible, it's uncanny and it somehow manages to be inconsistent. The sex scenes are nothing compared to the original game, close to zero animations and very low variety. It's just a model standing still most of the times, that's it, that's the game. Also it's very grindy and the payoff is so painfully mid it's kinda insulting. 3 stars just because this game tries something new and not just a copy of the original, the dev seems to be passionate about this project and we might get enough updates for it to be playable instead of another abandoned game. Give it at least a year or two befory trying it out, if you can look past those horrendously looking characters that is. Creepy.

If a marvel writer somehow stumbles on this little gem i am willing to bet they are gonna plagiarize it to hell and back lol , the team clearly cares , consistent updates , bug fixes and improvements are a clear sign of that. A lot of effort has been put into this from the characters to the scenarios with good writing to support it which is something many devs tend to forget when designing a visual novel ( shocking right )

This is definitely a must play in my humble opinion especially for fans of the xmen , these guys respect the source material much more than some of the people working at marvel

In short; Even It's not the best visual novel, but it's the best visual novel game.

First of all, some of the most striking features of the game are;

probably the best art design on the site really everything looks stunning , interactivity and the fact that it is very enjoyable to interact with girls and gives a real "game" feel. One feature I would like to highlight is that the expressions and postures of the characters generally have a very positive effect on the game, and the expressions and movements of the characters, which change according to your interactions, have a very positive effect on the game in terms of interactivity. .

The characters feel really good and genuine especially rogue , and even though it's a parody game, it didn't make me feel left out at all, even though I knew nothing about X-men other than Wolverine and Cool SR-71 they got.

Well only thing I didnt like was generall sound design in common spaces, it bit to much rock for chilly atmosphere, like you dont engage some sort of super combat all times . General sound design and musics could use a improvement

in conclusion, after playing many games, this is one of the rare games that makes me wish there were more games like this and make me really want to support the developer. Looking forward to its development.

I've been with this game since it first announced, and it's amazing to see how far it's come. I remember the early days—where it was first posted and people claimed there was stolen art, the first build with Rogue. I've played every update up until the latest (0.6a), and each time I start a fresh save to re-immerse myself. The game doesn't feel tedious, and it’s really relaxing to play.
The storyline is great, especially since I have limited knowledge of X-Men (just seen an episode of X-Men '97 and some reels). I think it actually helps me get into the story—I’m learning as I go, which makes it more engaging. I’d recommend this game to newcomers or veterans to X-Men or adult games; it’s definitely one of the better ones I’ve played and ranks in my top 5. Kudos to the devs for their work on this!
Have a great day, and remember to take a moment to breathe and relax!

Love the art style and the scenes. with the addition of the new "achievement shop," I think it smooths out the game even more with less and less grinding

I don't have many complaints for me to drop a star for the review of the game. I do wish we could move forward with Chapter 2 and THEN we head back to redo some art fixes later with the current approach of the game development.

I don't know who "Dazzler" is but I guess that's on me lol

A pretty decent dating sim good enough to legitimately get someone interested in X-men from scratch. It did it to me.

Likable characters, decent art, lots of little interactions which add life to them, an actual story going on in the background, has it all really.

But see the actual porn is mid as hell. I did say decent art but art during sex is pretty wonky. Some of the positions look legitimately awful and it's all Live2D, no actual multiple frames going on. Some of this works, most of it is pretty bad. The art during BJ and doggy look the worst with some alien looking faces. Also flying hands and tongues look terrible and the artist cannot draw feet. Their skin is probably the worst, too flawless, lacking in detail and brushed looking. It's just uncanny.

The writing is also mediocre, especially regarding the protagonist. For the most part the characters are servicable if a bit flanderized but the MC is unacceptable. You always get 3 choices, 2 are much the same in sounding holier-than-thou and "I'm your therapist now" while the third is always so ridiculously mean that it has no use, this categorization literally never fails. Check every single time you get 3 different choices in this game. There's just no in between and nothing sincere. Rarely does the protagonist ever sound like a real person. The only part of the writing that holds up are tiny interactions sprinkled here and there, if only because it's the easiest thing to get right.

The issue is further exacerbated by character "quirks" which due to their execution have the subtlety of a brick and the character archetypes you choose at the beginning, which are arbitrary, pretentious, pointless and straight up bad. For whatever reason, randomly you get to choose if you feel "pragmatic" "noble" or "bitter" (more like asshole). It's such an odd trio to choose from and feels very unrepresentative of a normal spectrum of feelings someone might have. It's a really weird fixation to have this as a game mechanic and to specifically focus on these three concepts for it and it hurts the player expression a ton due to its constraining narrow focus.

I guess that's a theme with the game's writing, "fixations". The writing has a lot of dead weight going on which were added without much thought put into the "why" of it. Maybe it's because there's too many writers, maybe it's just bad direction, but you certainly feel it. And in a game where the writing is meant to carry the whole experience it really drags it down.

Because they're big blemishes on an otherwise good game it stands out a bit. But still the devs are passionate and the game deserves a try. And I'm genuinely pretty impressed by how big of an organized effort this game is despite its pretty low patreon budget.

Even if this review sounds a bit harsh this game is still amongst my favorites. It just could be a lot better if they didn't commit so hard to dumb design choices and it's a bit frustrating.

Edit: Revamped after a 4th playthrough. More indepth now.

Having checked out the discord server of this game I can see why the writing has that tone. Some of the devs are pretty terminally online and project a lot into the game. One of the writers dead seriously compared the poor, poor X-men to the suffering of the Holocaust, lmao.

A fantastic and sexy homage to the X-Men, this game stays true to the established canon while offering enough originality to keep things fresh and engaging. It is in my opinion the best X-Men parody game available (although i suppose the competition isn't all that), and it has immense potential. Though only one chapter out of six has been released, the sheer amount of content and high level of quality are downright impressive. If the game continues on this path, it could easily become one of the top adult games on the platform. Highly recommended not just for X-Men fans, but for anyone who enjoys adult games.

this man right here is doing god's work with this beautiful ass game.
The models, poses, the faces they make - spot on mate, actually feels like human beings. Sexy as hell women that is.
I fapped by just looking at one of them in bikini, just standing there.
Imma go ahead and throw some well deserved money your way my man!

Rogue-like :evolution but with an actual story, characthers interactions and shit ? And good ones at that ?

HELL YEAH ! Now That's what i'm talking about !

100% supporting this game, can't wait for more.

Wow... just wow... I just finished all the story the game has so far and i genuinely feel sad because i know it'll be awhile until there's enough new content for me to comeback to it. I really don't see the reason to explain the good parts of the game since other reviews already did a good job covering that, so i'll just quickly go over some downsides (which i'm sure will be fixed sooner or later):
- Some of the sex scene poses are lower quality than the others (especially Jean and Laura, they basically look like different people in some of the positions) but again, it's getting fixed slowly so yeah.
- There's too few characters. No, i'm not saying the game should be a harem with 20 waifus, what i mean is just background characters you interact with, just casual buddies you talk to and stuff
- Game is pretty new so yeah, it's not very long... yet
- Not a lot of "Superhero" action going on, but then again it's only Chapter 1 so it'll change i'm sure
- Clothing system is a bit messy, i even got a few errors after using it
All and all this game is a must play if ur into romance stuff (and even if ur not tbh), you won't get dissappointed.

this shit is so fun luv the story really makes u feel like ur a part of the X-Men
im really excited for the next update so far my favorite is x-23 and jean
they have the best stories cant wait to see what new powers my character gets

This was one of the best Ren´Py 2D games I have played, at least to a point. The game kinda pushes you towards Rogue (you get a lot of points upfront), and I really liked the progression with her, despite the bit of grind (but nothing terrible with skipping the repeating dialogue). Especially the lewd progression was great until you get to have actual sex with her ... than it kinda escalates too quickly imo, and before you know it she is calling you daddy. Sadly not many options beyond that, and that´s where the game hits a downward spiral for me tho.

The other two girls have a different (faster) rate of progression, tied to their personality, which I didn´t find as satysfing. Besides, you accumulate a lot of points with them without even trying, just by progressing the story. My personal preferences also didn´t help to stay really motivated to progress with them all the way.

Also at that point you kinda seen everything, now you do the same thing with a different girl. Sure, they have different quirks (that system is great), but it´s all just a variation of what you have already seen.

The clothing system needs a rework as well - no matter how I tried, I couldn´t make them to stay in a set of clothes I chose (within the shame limit). Want to change casual clothes 1? Can´t do - or if you somehow can, it sure as hell isn´t intuitive. Shame, since I love clothing choices for female characters, and the clothes (as well as hairstyles) look great as well.

Overall, some serious flaws, still a great game that I recommend trying, even if you decide at some point you aren´t having fun anymore. The "before the endgame" phase is worth it. I am not sure a development focused on advancing the story lenght would help tho, I think it would be much better to focus on the existing characters (more scenarios - public sex, threesome; ability to equip clothing in the sex simulator; proper clothing system with higher shame ceiling and other characters reacting to those clothes etc.).

More realistic and great writing than similar stuff. Comic book-like style and general art direction is awesome. Can feel that it's not just another game of the genre. Really like it so far. Hope the development won't be stalled.

Great story. Wish there was a little more variety, but the art is amazing and it's a fun way to spend a few hours! There is quite a bit of grind, especially if you want to reach the polyamory routes. Excited for the next chapter!

They say imitation is the best form of flattery. But sometimes it's just showing the original how to do it better.

In a completely unrelated note, this game is good.

I really like the writing for the characters. It's well done. I could critque the fact that there is only really one route for each character, and a lot of the choices seem to be 'Let my fetish part grow or just lose relationship points with me.' And given that two out of the three chars thing is femdom, it's a bit meh. Especially as our character is clearly being built up to be some sort of supermutant.

There are some things that this game has carried from other things that was not needed. It's still grindy in annoying ways. Like just having to repeat days to get points up due to already doing all the content at that level.

And at the moment the sex minigame is....eh? I dunno, I don't find it hot. Which is a bit of a problem when the entire game is based around getting them to undress for you. I'm hoping that later updates will polish this more because at the moment it still feels very unfinished and janky in this area.

Still looking forward to future updates and a bit more polish and bug fixing (and maybe some other certain characters *coughcough*)

This is the VN I'm currently most excited about and can't wait to see the next update.

The story is quite interesting, but to me the characters will always be more important. And they're the biggest strength of this game: they're very pretty and some of their facial expressions are really the best I've ever seen. And we get to actually care about them, which is something not many VNs can accomplish.

You need to work a bit and make a connection with the girls to become intimate, hence the date-sim tag (ofc, there's quite a bit of corruption in the process).
And there's this interesting (and optional) quirk system where you can encourage a girl to become submissive, another to act like an older sister, etc.

There's a bit more grind required than I would've liked, and that's why this is actually more of a 4.5 stars to me. The grind applies to both acquiring mutant abilities and unlocking new sexual activities with the girls.
E.g. you need to put in the effort to even make your own character cum. To be fair, this becomes much easier after unlocking actual intercourse.
(I also read in the comments that the sex interaction system will be improved so I'm really looking forward to that.)

One thing I wish I'd known is that you can click a girl and interact with her to talk, give gifts, change wardrobe, etc. And there are repeatable sex scenes, which should be mandatory for all sandboxes.
You can customize a girl's appearance in different situations (e.g. public, private, etc) which includes clothes, hairstyle (not just on the head), piercings, etc.

I think this game is a must try for those with a bit of patience, the good stuff is a lot stronger than the bad. Thankfully, you don't need to be a superhero/comic-book fan to enjoy it (I'm just a casual in this regard).
Can't wait for the next update!

This game is awesome - if you like trainer games this one will definitely hit the spot. The art is very good and a unique art style. The sex scenes are dynamic and fun as well as very hot. The game balances story and sexy content perfectly well. The first start of the game can be a little slow (maybe first 10 mins) but afterwards you get straight into the sexiness! Highly recommended and excited to see more. One of the best trainer games i've played!