Ren'Py - The Wants of Summer [v0.26 Patreon] [GoldenGob]

I like the stylized models and the generous proportions, the attention given to animated scenes that heighten immersion with music, camera angles and eye contact, etc.
I would prefer if the replay gallery also had said music, especially in the deep bonding mini-game, which I tend to find frustrating when playing in-game.

Visuals:
I see the author is updating his stuff and I'm really loving the visuals, a lot of warm colors and not to mention the characters.

Characters:
Brenda my beauty, of how lovely you are!
Kate's crazy but I love it.
Liz is sweet and cute tomboy!

And all the rest, just beautiful models. All of them!

Writing:

I'd say it does its job . I was hooked for most of it. And there's a lot of mystery but not sure when author is doing with it.

Cons:
Some of the HUD is hard to navigate, but other than that not much!

I had a great time playing this, there were some issues with navigating the sandbox but I really connected with the characters. Especially Liz . Just want to see the author expand on her but the updates are taking longer and longer, hopefully we get an update soon!

Not bad of a game and I'd say above average, good set up and mystery for the MC, great animation without stuttering, could do with updating/changing the MC model. Hope to see more development more so due to one character and how the MC deals with this responsibility

(Review for 0.24 Patreon)

Visuals are OK except for the overbearing rack syndrome. Navigation is a pain without an overlook view and because of the broken logic: for example, you take a bath and before you even exit the bathroom you're told it's occupied by roommate.

It would be desirable that the game didn't try so hard to make you waste your time. For example, it always lets you select the sink in the kitchen, it opens a menu with "do the dishes" but most of the time of course there are no dishes. The UI is clearly designed to be pretty, who needs efficiency anyway.

Also this must be the first game I remember playing where entering the bathroom while an adult female is taking a bath makes her like you more. Methinks the developer is more of a pervert than the expected players...

A good looking but flawed sandbox, like most of them are.

Gameplay is fun, nothing too convoluted, art style is cool but would appreciate less of the "balloon tits"

Big tits don't need to be ridiculuous, tone them down a little bit and the art will be fantastic.

Great game with multiple big-titted girls to explore. The game has a grind element and can be tedious but I enjoy the grind persoanlly. The game receives updates at a normal rate and there's a lot of content to enjoy.

Like a 3.5/5 but I'm gonna slap 3 stars on it. It's a bit rough, but I have still really enjoyed it! Game seems to run just fine, the animation all played very smoothly, and any weirdness with menus or features I think are down to user error for me lol. I wasnt quite sure about this one going in as I am a fan of more realistic proportions (wtf the MC dick?) but I really like the style all the characters were done in.

+Everything set wise looked good, nothing struck me as "bad" or "weird"
+Enjoyed the Characters, even if not my preferred shapes, and thought all the faces were Great! Liz would make me fucking simp
+Bits of the over arching story that started to sneak out really grabbed me

-Wtf is the MC dick? not just like an upscaled uber-dick, it is a bit... off putting, but once its inside someone it aint a problem
-Didn't care too much for the music or sound effects, kinda just ignored and/or muted for a good portion of my time
-Sex scenes didnt always seem to flow smoothly between transitions, like if a new animation was added in later that just doesnt really match the following Stills
-at times it seemed the text would out pace what was being shown (aint the fastest reader);"oh my god it's everywhere" (or other cum comment) Yet the animation hadnt gotten to that yet, or even the Transition to the ejaculation animation/still hadnt even happened

3.5/5 A bit rough along some of the edges but I still enjoyed myself

I like this game a lot so far. The babes are hot. They're all cliche but still got something about them that makes you want to keep going with them. And for the most part, the scenes are pretty good.

What sucks about this game though, and what really holds it back, is the UI, the actual experience of clicking through the sandbox world, is absolutely broken, and in some cases doesn't make much sense. One big example is if you download the game in its current state, with the Halloween Celebration added on, the intro will cut short and switch to the MC in a graveyard roleplaying with his sister and her friends. It's very jarring and it made no sense to me until a while later when I realized what happened. The maker just didn't code the sequences correctly. So, because that, I have absolutely no idea what the overarching plot of this game is. You're tracking down codes, and emailing them to some people that want to break in. Why? I don't know. It hasn't really come up yet.

Other things UI related is stuff like characters being two places at once. Like Brenda or Kate will be in the bathtub yet also in the dining room and their bedroom, respectively. Or, if you get a quest from a character to get them something, you can't just give it to them right there, you have to go get it again. This happened to me with Jane and the wine bottle. Also, I don't know if the author's first language is english, but he has Noon as evening/dusk and that is very confusing to me. Also a few of the locations are closed at 'Day' time and that doesn't make sense.

The last complaint I have about the UI is that the relationship points menu is separated from the quest menu. Why not combine these? They're also give you different information on what you need to do, and from what I've noticed they compete, sometimes one gives you more information and the other less, vice-versa.

Now, again, the babes are what we're here for. And they're hot as hell. The only problem I have with this is that the game is a bit grindy, and I really do not like grind games much at all. I'll put up with it, but it is not my preference. The grinding is never too bad though that it made me quit, but the scenes are not the best rewards for the grind. MC's dick looks really funny, and thankfully Kate charmingly points that out. So far the scenes are pretty hot though.

But yeah, if UI was fixed and some QoL issues patched up, I would give this game a solid 4.5. Writing is solid, characters are solid, and the models are hot. Not much else I want from these games.

Great game. It's updated fairly often and has pretty damn good graphics for the genre. The characters are thicc, just like I like em. The story is serviceable but does not stand out from any other story from a game like this. Do not care though, I'm here for the action, boss.

The story is a bit confusing, but there is a diverse enough cast, with good attractive characters, the characters got some depth to them and following their story lines was enjoyable, the game is still very much so unfinished but can not wait to see It fully developed

This game has a lot of potential! It started out a bit rough, but the developer is honing his skills and both story and renders are just getting better and better.

My only complaint is that navigation and the quest log can be a bit difficult to navigate/understand.

Can't wait for the continuation of the story!

The animation and the art style are great. Story isnt much to write home about but it gets the job done and scenes are excellent. There's a solid number of scenes right now and its being updated quite regularly at the moment. Worth checking out if you like big booba and milfs.

Love it! Animation, style , story and the sex scenes. Really good game. COuld have more female characters but that's just me who wants always more!
Hope this game will continue for a long time!

Two stars, mainly for the Models, which are totally my style (love oversized fake-looking bimbo-boobs). Some scenes are also quite decent.

However, this is about it. The game in itself is a mess. As a Sandbox it is really confusing and you 100% need the Questlog to know what to do. However, this is also really messy, because sometimes it shows that you can do some quests, but they are not existent. With the recent Update I got a quest to visit Kate in the morning, but it was just content I have already seen. Followed by a quest to talk to her and then to help her study, which I did just before that (including the reward). But I was not able to enter her room, showing how messed up the questlog is by giving me quests I have already done.

Furthermore, I lost all my relationship-points with all the characters. Leading to situations where I could fuck Brenda with 0 Relationship-Points, but Kate with far more throws me out of the Bathroom and calling Mom that I would rape her, while fucking with me in the morning and giving me a BJ after a reward. Does not add up.
Also, the help you give Kate... Come on, at least put a bit of effort in it instead of doing a simple math-problem (12x12)x2... This was what she needs help with in College, this is 1st or 2nd grade stuff here.

So yeah, aside from the models with the giant, gravity-defying boobs (especially Kate is super-hot), which are not everyones cup of tea, this game really needs to improve. I unwatched and maybe check it out again when it is (almost) completed.

I've tried to get into this a couple times now as the tags are appealing to me and i kinda dig the stylized big titted bimbos (though the MC's dick needs a lot of work) and the animations are decent. I don't even mind the mini-games which you can skip but give you a bit of an extra boost when it comes to earning relationship points.
The real issue here is that the flow of the game sucks and the quest tracker is not really helpful. As a result you end up flailing around on the map trying to trigger new stuff. This is a good example of a game that has a bunch of mechanics and gameiness in it that is completely unnecessary and unenjoyable. The porn here looks good, but the dev seems determined to make it annoying to get to for some reason.
I'll probably give it another shot at some point because i do like the tags and the look of it but right now i'd only recommend to people who really don't mind poking around in a obtuse sandbox to unlock sex scenes

v0.141

• Story: It's messy, really messy, I didn't really get anything aside from being some sort of Matrix-esque world. The sexual development, especially the incest, is too fast and without any sort of reasoning behind it, it happens because it's a porn game. The build up for the sex scenes is quite lacking.
• Gameplay: The amount of locations the sandbox has is small, but the progression of events with it is messy, and half the time you don't really know what you have to do, as the hint system isn't accurate, or events that can happen are not shown. Also, I think there's some issue with the tracking of the unlocked/remaining scenes. Having everything in the phone is a pain as well, hints at least should be more handy, especially with the frequency you end up using them. Regarding the phone, if the features are not implemented, don't add the icons, it's ugly seeing the "Not yet implemented" message. A bug where the game couldn't subtract an item popped when giving aphrodisiac and wine to the aunt. One thing I could recommend is that aside from the "hidden" money spots, you could make other interactables more clear, for example, which chair you have to click in the classroom.
• Content: It has a fair amount, but as I mentioned above, the progress is far from smooth, so you're gonna be having some difficulties going through some of it.
• Grammar: Needs a proofreader, it's not engrish, but it has grammar issues nonetheless.
• Animations: They're as short as a pig's kick, no or barely any flavour text while they go on, a couple of clicks and they're over, lame.
• Graphics and models: While I think the graphics are the advantage of the game, as there're not as many games graphically similar to this one, the models are bad, the dude's dick is deformed af, and while they're intended to have such extreme proportions, the female models' sliders went a tad too far, but this last bit is my personal opinion. A little addendum here, the Halloween decorations' quality honestly sucks, you should re-render the locations with the decorations or edit them to properly blend as stickers.
• Music: Some songs are alright, some are boring or the generic ones that you've heard in a bunch of games already.

So, in short, has "unique" graphics and with some needed polishing it can become something good. As it is now, I can't recommend playing it, so wait for a few updates more and give it a try.

The game has good art, some semblance of story that got me curious what will come later, ok gameplay and writing. So why only 3 stars?

Sex scenes have hot animation, but it's being played without any text or anything to support it so it breaks immersion: one second you play the game, read a VN and the next you are watching a 10 seconds loop, not good. Then amount of content is pitifuly low after a year of updates which doesn't help.

From what I've heard the public version had content removed compared to patreon version that would explain lack of content and would make me want to rate it even lower, just in consideration of time wasted playing this for such a meager payoff.

review based on 0.13 version
PRO:
- good ui (but have some flaws like imposed ui elements and dialog elements not fit in screen)
- some hints present in game(but in 50% they r useless)
CONS:
- bugs. like after restarting game ur money ll be reset to zero, so use console eith inventory.money=1000. other bugs not serious like in monday u must go to school, but map not unlocked, so u must sleep one day to unlock and only then u can go to school
- terrible cg. its from "sims" and looks like ****. when i see lowpoly ugly clothing in ig cg my eyes bleeding like waterfall
- actualy hints in that version useless, cuz 50-70% time pointing wrong
- near 15 scenes cuted off in that piblic version. i mean- not blocked, instead- completely removed all- labels with code, scene code, cg related to that.

dev, remake ur game, use daz or illusion instead that ****.
in current game state i ll not recomend to play that game

Quite a charming game! A somewhat unique style, in terms of models, that grew on me! Soundtrack is pretty decent. Animation is a bit wonky in some regards I feel, but it's not too big an issue. I liked the characters too! Liz is cute! Story had a few surprises, so I'll look forward to seeing how it all turns out!