VN - Ren'Py - The Shrink R&R [Season 2 v2.5] [OneManVN]

Ok, I gave this a bad review to begin with but after talking with the Dev I figured out the issue I was having was a bug.

I love the characters with one TINY exception, but I can live with it to enjoy the rest of them. Absolutely love the models and even if not every character is my thing, the variety the Dev offers with each of the characters.

(v0.3.3)

An impressively terrible game.

One dimensional characters, awful dialogue, a nonsensical plot, plenty of failed attempts at humour, and damn near every lazy porn game stereotype you could think of. The writing is by far the worst aspect of the game, but most of the erotic content is rather poor as well, so the game manages to disappoint on all fronts.

The game is.... ok. It seems to suffer from the issue where it doesn't know whether to be a serious game or not. I think it really needs to lean into the absurdity of it all in order to get anywhere otherwise it'll be forgettable.

Character models are ok without being stupendous. The story as I mentioned is a bit peculiar as it feels a bit too serious for what it is at times. The dialogue between the characters is kinda average. It suffers from having little backstory to explain why characters are the way they are. It, at times, seems to rely on the old trope of "well this sister hates you and this sister is secretly in love with you and this sister is.." etc etc. Yeah I get padding the game out with backstory can be dry but it'd help to meet the player halfway

Just from reading the description I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this story. Though what I got hadn't entered into my mind at all. It talked about a virus and changing MC's life. My first thought was a male to female story. But it didn't have the hallmarks of one. Typically that wouldn't be done in a "one guy, house full of women" story. So then I was thinking like a "dick growth" or "mind powers" or even "suddenly attractive" story, maybe even all three. But yet I was still thinking small effects.

Perhaps it is simply due to my play history of games but typically when the description mentions "life completely changed" it's talking about something that only effects MC. Obviously after playing the game that is not the case. Which is actually a breath of fresh air come to think of it.

The visuals are good, though it sometimes looks like Alice is taller than MC half of the time. And blurple hair looks older than she's meant to be due to the muscle definition. I played with trans content on because I was curious. And I do love how they were portrayed. Just like any other person. Exactly how it should be.

Honestly this is a great game, it has it's weaker moments, but all in all I can't say it's bad at all. It's a step above good, which is why it gets 5 stars from me.

I came here after running down some of the story routes in Alison:FotA. Thought, okay, there doesn't look to be a lot to this game yet, and the whole everyone's penis shrinks concept is kinda silly.
But.
Holy Shit do I like this game. The girls are great, the renders are beautiful, and the story (while still pretty silly) is proceeding well along its own logic. My only complaint, and I really can't call it a serious one, is that there are so many choices that disqualify you from some content as you go through the game. Be prepped to have a lot of save points here.

[Rev @ v0.3 Final]

Didn't grab me.

Mixed feelings on the art, like the proportions but the skin/muscle tone looks weird and the faces are potato-y. The futa models are awkward looking.

Writing is mixed. Scenario is ...alright...? Voice and dialog are both meh. The plot branches are somewhat called out by citations on the choice buttons themselves, but some of those are unhelpful and at least one (youngest sister) is a personal lose-lose dichotomy for me.

I found the porn dull, with outright turnoffs more common than anything I found hot.

System-wise, the early game has far too many sudden full stops that prompt the player to enter custom relationships for characters before you know their context. Irritating to me for both narrative flow and for raising my "how the fuck should I know?" ire.

TLDR: Subjectively poor for me, your results may vary.

I just couldn't get into this one. The girls are all minor variations of the same body. If you are into bodybuilder frames that look like too many steroids were consumed, you will probably enjoy this. But the bodies just look awkward to me.

Too much saturation on the renders, making the girls all look garish. The plot is silly at best. The smallest bust is probably a very full C-cup.

The story is for shits and giggles. I love it. The main attraction of this game is the girls. All of them are beautiful and got personality, dick or not. Yep this game got futa but it's optional. Alice is one of the best girl in adult game for me. I even prefer her over Alison.

I know this game wants to be humorous but a lot of the scenes come across as cringe instead. Like Hodor at the bakery, and Aiko's constant bitchiness. The cringe extends to the mc, who finally decides after 23 years of being a deadbeat to casually sexually harass his sisters, and they'll be okay with that to fit the plot. Speaking of the plot, obviously the game isn't meant to be taken seriously so it's hard to critique it. But there's also poor attention to detail, like the bakery scene: the windows indicate night, even though we know it's daytime. Or the scene outside the police station, Leliana and Aiko are seen walking to Markus, in the MIDDLE of their conversation with him.

The reason this game isn't 1 star is because I've seen worse. When the dev doesn't take the game seriously, neither should we. I think the in-game music alone will tell you that.

I like the models in this game, but the name seems unfortunate--I thought this was about some kind of perv psychiatrist, so I didn't really even look at it. Somehow, the pictures caught my eye or something, and I finally found out what the story is. It's pretty enjoyable, though it seems to have some growing pains, and the writing feels a bit constrained by adhering too closely to conventional tropes.

Characters have exaggerated proportions (have these people ever met a real woman?) and no back-story other than being horny or being being some obvious stereotype you have seen hundreds of times. Renders are not good either, they are too overexposed, making the game look very flat. Hair colors and clothing colors need a lot of work, they are too saturated, making the former look like wigs. There is also no build-up, either in character relationships or in the way events unfold. Everyone is horny almost immediately, and everything happens suddenly.

Then there is the terrible story, and the cringe-worthy humor that seems straight out of reddit ("non-white people bad, white people good"). Not a fan of these mediocre games that try to insert their shitty worldviews and try to pass them as humor. Repeating the mainstream opinion of your propagandized demographic is not funny, is not witty, is not creative. Join the queue NPC. At least Russian games don't try to pretend they are anything more than porn games, so they abstain from cringe-worthy humor seeking to force the author's political opinions onto the player.

The mediocrity of the game is summed up by how creepy and uninteresting the main character is.

Love this game and the storyline so far, the characters are all beautiful and really well done. Great that we as a player are given important choices on what paths we wish to choose and on how we progress in the story! Look forward to see how the game progresses and will be eagerly awaiting the next installment.

Great graphics, pretty models, favorite tags, especially (anal, futa / trans, male domination). There is a choice, although I prefer dom over sub.
Of course I had to leave a rating. I hope the project will develop.

I reallylike the SHRINK so far... the graphics are good (i think the animations could be a little better, more complex). The story promises much. The characters are fun and go well with the dom/sub/love choices. Looking forward to the next update. Thanks!

Excellent story so far. I just stumbled upon this one today. So, here's my thoughts. The models are amazing, the story is actually well thought out, and the plot is kinda interesting. Lots of interesting choices to be made. I look forward to following this one further. Keep up the good work

The game looks absolutely gorgeous! It's only version 0.2 yet you can see the potential of this VN. The models are beatiful and based on your choices each character can have a completely different personality. There are some dickgirls (guys with tits, not futa) but for anyone that dislike them they are completely skippable so no big deal. The thing that gives me more hope is the story: the foundations seems to be solid and the writing is very good, funny and very enjoyable.

love it so far, can't wait for more, the content is right up my alley, and if i had the spare cash i would totally give it to the dev for what work theyve already done, let alone a full game, dont get too many games this quality anymore keep it up please! its great.

Game looks beautiful, this cannot be stated enough. Colors are sharp, models have been tweaked too, not just copy pasted stock models and tada done! Oh and you didn't use Max, so big points there. Characters actually change their clothing, I know, I know, holy shit who is this radical dev?

MC is an oddball but his antics aren't harmful to watch, like I don't go away feeling stupider having witnessed a scene unfold, like some other games. Each character has a personality, sure they are along some trope lines, but it's played up in such a way that it hits that mark of good satire.

My only concern is there sure are a lot of dicks in this game. Literally every chick introduced after the core characters has a penis. You can argue the lab experiments, or the infected chick in the bathroom have no dicks, but come on, they don't even have a names, so they don't count. Could be paving the way for sharing/ntr later or sissification, I mean the eldest sister already pissed on the MC so who knows?

All around solid game, great visuals, music isn't jarring and fits the scenes, characters look beautiful and aren't boring one dimensional fuckbot npcs, story and dialogue are funny, smart and engaging.

10/10 would recommend again

Solid start! Absolutely love the different options given. I especially like the Melissa story line. Go Blurple!

The pacing is solid too switching between exposition and fun sexy times. I am really wondering about how some of the characters fates are from the first scene.

One complaint I sometimes have with games is the lack of combination of girls, such as threesome or even orgy type style, it looks like some content will be locked off by choices for multiple play troughs and that usually means you only get one main girl and maybe some side pieces but not together. Will have to wait and see.

5/5 for the art, the girls look realistic and beautiful.

Edit after old reviews. Dislike the story and the way characters act. Not really satisfying in any way for me. There's just no logic in anyone's interactions and the mc is insufferable.

While the game is not for me, I still can respect the drive to keep with a project over these years. Good luck with further development.