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[Eleanorduval]

Trouble at Home by CoolKittyRhymes

This turned out to be quite a nice game, and not really what I was expecting at all. It’s a college game but it’s not really a fuckfest, and it’s got the sort of drama that I’d associate with regular college life, rather than with a HBO college show. I like a lot of the individual elements here, and I think they mostly come together quite well, with just a few transitions here and there from one evening to the next morning that could maybe be neatened up a bit. Since they are often associated with college games, I’ll also note that there are no free roam or other sandbox elements.

The story is pretty simple – MC (sort of) gets dumped after (sort of) standing up his girlfriend, then he tries to piece his love life back together while also navigating a home life with parents who are away and a twin sister with whom he shares a verbally aggressive hatred. He has a best friend who thinks he’s smart but is obliviously dumb at times and I like the humour around this, I think it’s clear enough without being too much. I like the antics MC and his friends get up to in trying to steer clear from (or give payback to) a couple of bullies, who just happen to be his baseball team mates, and I also like the fun he gets up to trying to negotiate various LIs while having little experience outside of his previous two-year relationship.

I’d say it’s a bit of a slow burn, although there are still a decent number of lewd scenes. It really feels like the story is what’s important and the lewds are there when called for, rather than being added to fill a quota. It also means that this isn’t a game where every girl is just dropping her knickers at the first opportunity (although there are a couple of potential one-night stands), and I think the pacing so far has been quite well managed.

The graphics are pretty good, with no real issues spotted. I like how the girls look, although a couple look a tad young and a couple have too many tattoos for my tastes (and as is almost always the case, those with tattoos could do quite well for me otherwise). The sex scenes are pretty decent, and I think the animations in them work well.

There are a few story elements that I’m looking forward to exploring more, and a few relationships I’m looking forward to building. Overall, I’ve enjoyed what I’ve seen so far and (obviously) hope that continues.
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the ex is a bitch the girls have normal tists it seem.I luv rachel and stacy.

 

[TonyMurray]

the ex is a bitch the girls have normal tists it seem.I luv rachel and stacy.

Stacy's funny at times, but at other times I feel the nervousness is a bit too much. Rachel is nice, and also a good character. I can't wait to get more involved there, especially to see how it would go with me romancing both of her daughters! Sierra looks nice, but she is a proper psycho ex-girlfriend. And yeah, from what I've seen so far, the breasts are all in the right ballpark for me!

 

[jawz]

damn i'm impressed with the work you put into these reviews, even if i heavily disagree with a lot of the characters' tier ratings.

anyway, since you've got such an exhaustive list, do you have any recommendations for more frat life games? besides the obvious one (badik), i've also played college kings and not going back. even though the college life genre is obviously popular, frat life was surprisingly (to me at least) not at all.

or what about ones with a good instagram/twitter-like feature? i've seen a lot of games recently include them, but not many heavily invest in it as much as badik does. i found that interacting with the characters and having them respond to your post comments helps make the characters feel more alive.

 

[TonyMurray]

damn i'm impressed with the work you put into these reviews, even if i heavily disagree with a lot of the characters' tier ratings.

anyway, since you've got such an exhaustive list, do you have any recommendations for more frat life games? besides the obvious one (badik), i've also played college kings and not going back. even though the college life genre is obviously popular, frat life was surprisingly (to me at least) not at all.

or what about ones with a good instagram/twitter-like feature? i've seen a lot of games recently include them, but not many heavily invest in it as much as badik does. i found that interacting with the characters and having them respond to your post comments helps make the characters feel more alive.

The bit about the girls is natural, as we all have different tastes, no worries there

Frat-life games... I haven't had the best experience with, actually, so I don't have many recs there. Maybe Campus Bonds, although I've dropped that one myself because I wasn't finding the spark with it for whatever reason. Law School is the best I can think of with the Insta-type feature, althoguh I wouldn't call it a frat-life game (although it is a college game in every other sense).

 

[jawz]

The bit about the girls is natural, as we all have different tastes, no worries there

Frat-life games... I haven't had the best experience with, actually, so I don't have many recs there. Maybe Campus Bonds, although I've dropped that one myself because I wasn't finding the spark with it for whatever reason. Law School is the best I can think of with the Insta-type feature, althoguh I wouldn't call it a frat-life game (although it is a college game in every other sense).

i actually just started law school yesterday! it's so good, and yet so disappointing at the same time. like you said, the insta-like feature in this one is fantastic. the writing is good, if a bit cheesy, there's some solid humorous moments, and the characters are really well designed. but the most important part, the H scenes, feels really lacking.

the gallery has 18 scenes, but 1 is an intro scene, and 3 are dream scenes. that leaves 14 scenes split up between 9 main LIs and 5 side girls, but also more than half don't even get any scenes, which is really unfortunate.

 

[Lagunavii]

anyway, since you've got such an exhaustive list, do you have any recommendations for more frat life games? besides the obvious one (badik), i've also played college kings and not going back. even though the college life genre is obviously popular, frat life was surprisingly (to me at least) not at all.

While college games do indeed to be popular, you are correct in frat games do seem to be few and far between. It might be due to the likely issue that they are inevitably going to get compared to BaDIK, and, while your millage may vary with these games, some of the similarities are so on the nose they become somewhat "meh" to play.

In terms of actual college games,
University of Problems
Elmwood University
And law school are really good ones

Some outsiders are
Mastering the pink box
Origin Story
And The Coven

Though it can be argued with the last 3 that the college bit is just a convenient setting and not really important.

 

[Eleanorduval]

While college games do indeed to be popular, you are correct in frat games do seem to be few and far between. It might be due to the likely issue that they are inevitably going to get compared to BaDIK, and, while your millage may vary with these games, some of the similarities are so on the nose they become somewhat "meh" to play.

In terms of actual college games,
University of Problems
Elmwood University
And law school are really good ones

Some outsiders are
Mastering the pink box
Origin Story
And The Coven

Though it can be argued with the last 3 that the college bit is just a convenient setting and not really important.

I like it the good instructors and taboo university.Part of broken promises is about university too

 

[TonyMurray]

Sort of Justice by Creator Tom

This is another of those crime-themed VNs that works because that’s what it is from the outset. There’s no hiding it behind a college setting or anything like that, we’re pretty much straight into an underground syndicate after a shortish prologue. The prologue itself is a bit ridiculous – it sets the scene, showing that our MC has been in prison for seven years for a crime he did not commit, but the way he was set up and subsequently imprisoned is laughable. It looks like the real perpetrator got MC arrested and convicted based on a “confession” that was practically written in crayon. If you forgive that though, you quickly get into the game itself, which revolves around getting revenge (or sort of justice, I presume) on the person who framed him.

The story is relatively slow (and practically crawls in regard to MC getting his wish of revenge) but does a pretty good job at setting up the wider picture that MC struggles to see. We meet various people involved with a strange benefactor who takes on MC, saying that he also wants to bring down MC’s target. We follow a couple of threads in relation to this, including a new special task force headed by a former top FBI official, which will surely end up working either directly with or against MC before too long.

The visuals are quite neat and although there are few lewds so far, there are some nice potential LIs. It’s definitely something that is story-driven rather than sex-driven though, so the lack of lewds isn’t a problem – I think if the opening couple of chapters had more of them, they would probably feel out of place or forced. The choices are quite minimal as well, and so far seem focused around shaping MC’s character – is he quick to boil over, or does he prefer to try diffusing a situation first?

As the theme promises, this is a reasonably violent game, with fist, knife, and gun fights all taking place more than once. There’s also a bit of torture, murder, and physical assault, and I think it’s all done quite well as it fits the story being told and doesn’t really feel gratuitous. One thing I do have a soft spot for is a kickass woman in this sort of scenario, and although I’d like her to smile once in a while, Samantha fits that bill quite nicely. Malena also gets her share of the action, and I like both characters in the roles they fill.

Overall, I’m quite happy with this so far and look forward to seeing what sort of relationships will form, especially with the stunning neighbour (Elle), the two special task force agents (Claire and Erica), and also with Malena and Ava. Plus, of course, what will happen with Scarlett, the woman who started this whole thing by setting MC up…

 

[MiltonPowers]

Sort of Justice by Creator Tom

This is another of those crime-themed VNs that works because that’s what it is from the outset. There’s no hiding it behind a college setting or anything like that, we’re pretty much straight into an underground syndicate after a shortish prologue. The prologue itself is a bit ridiculous – it sets the scene, showing that our MC has been in prison for seven years for a crime he did not commit, but the way he was set up and subsequently imprisoned is laughable. It looks like the real perpetrator got MC arrested and convicted based on a “confession” that was practically written in crayon. If you forgive that though, you quickly get into the game itself, which revolves around getting revenge (or sort of justice, I presume) on the person who framed him.

The story is relatively slow (and practically crawls in regard to MC getting his wish of revenge) but does a pretty good job at setting up the wider picture that MC struggles to see. We meet various people involved with a strange benefactor who takes on MC, saying that he also wants to bring down MC’s target. We follow a couple of threads in relation to this, including a new special task force headed by a former top FBI official, which will surely end up working either directly with or against MC before too long.

The visuals are quite neat and although there are few lewds so far, there are some nice potential LIs. It’s definitely something that is story-driven rather than sex-driven though, so the lack of lewds isn’t a problem – I think if the opening couple of chapters had more of them, they would probably feel out of place or forced. The choices are quite minimal as well, and so far seem focused around shaping MC’s character – is he quick to boil over, or does he prefer to try diffusing a situation first?

As the theme promises, this is a reasonably violent game, with fist, knife, and gun fights all taking place more than once. There’s also a bit of torture, murder, and physical assault, and I think it’s all done quite well as it fits the story being told and doesn’t really feel gratuitous. One thing I do have a soft spot for is a kickass woman in this sort of scenario, and although I’d like her to smile once in a while, Samantha fits that bill quite nicely. Malena also gets her share of the action, and I like both characters in the roles they fill.

Overall, I’m quite happy with this so far and look forward to seeing what sort of relationships will form, especially with the stunning neighbour (Elle), the two special task force agents (Claire and Erica), and also with Malena and Ava. Plus, of course, what will happen with Scarlett, the woman who started this whole thing by setting MC up…
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You couldn't find a shot of Sam not looking grumpy? (Yeah I know - they don't exist).

You might have missed her because she was only on screen for 1 very short scene, but Madison is the confirmed sixth LI.

I don't often get into kinetic ones, but this one is outstanding, had me hooked from the very beginning and I am riveted to the story and where it's going. A lot of updates take me a few weeks or more to get to, but this one had me excited to get into it (and I wasn't disappointed).

 

[Dessolos]

You couldn't find a shot of Sam not looking grumpy? (Yeah I know - they don't exist).

lmfao even the one I used she looks like she is grump and she is looking normal in that one not mad or annoyed or anything

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btw Milton if I forgot most of the story will I feel lost in the update don't really want to replay the game yet. Just deciding where I want to put it on my play order now im done with KCD2 I can start playing a few AVN's a bit more often now lol

 

[MiltonPowers]

lmfao even the one I used she looks like she is grump and she is looking normal in that one not mad or annoyed or anything

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btw Milton if I forgot most of the story will I feel lost in the update don't really want to replay the game yet. Just deciding where I want to put it on my play order now im done with KCD2 I can start playing a few AVN's a bit more often now lol

No, I'd forgotten a lot too and was considering starting again, but there's a recap video at the start of the chapter that brought everything back to me.

 

[TonyMurray]

You couldn't find a shot of Sam not looking grumpy? (Yeah I know - they don't exist).

You might have missed her because she was only on screen for 1 very short scene, but Madison is the confirmed sixth LI.

I don't often get into kinetic ones, but this one is outstanding, had me hooked from the very beginning and I am riveted to the story and where it's going. A lot of updates take me a few weeks or more to get to, but this one had me excited to get into it (and I wasn't disappointed).

Yeah, there are a couple of Sam that aren't too grumpy looking, but I'm also hampered by needing images that are not too close-up, otherwise it either looks weird next to the others, or it doesn't really fit within the frame (or both).

Madison I left out purely because I only saw her for a few renders so far. I'll add her in whenever she gets some actual screentime.

 

[flaviopaganini]

damn i'm impressed with the work you put into these reviews, even if i heavily disagree with a lot of the characters' tier ratings.

anyway, since you've got such an exhaustive list, do you have any recommendations for more frat life games? besides the obvious one (badik), i've also played college kings and not going back. even though the college life genre is obviously popular, frat life was surprisingly (to me at least) not at all.

or what about ones with a good instagram/twitter-like feature? i've seen a lot of games recently include them, but not many heavily invest in it as much as badik does. i found that interacting with the characters and having them respond to your post comments helps make the characters feel more alive.

I remember once at a party in Badik. I was on a mission and decided to check Instagram. Out of nowhere, Tony sends me a message: 'Stop scrolling on Instagram and go do your job!'. I thought it was absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately, I’ve played over 200 games since then, and not a single one has reached that level of interaction.

 

[Eleanorduval]

You couldn't find a shot of Sam not looking grumpy? (Yeah I know - they don't exist).

Remind me of my self when people try to take pic of me

 

[Eleanorduval]

Lagunavii who care about frat in college game,i prefer some hot cheerleaders and sorority I m starting doubting of your questionable taste focus on the girl with short skirt and revealing top.

I agree the 3 last game that mentioned suck.

 

[Lagunavii]

Lagunavii who care about frat in college game,i prefer some hot cheerleaders and sorority I m starting doubting of your questionable taste focus on the girl with short skirt and revealing top.

I agree the 3 last game that mentioned suck.

jawz cared about frat games, hence why he asked waY back there.

 

[Eleanorduval]

jawz cared about frat games, hence why he asked waY back there.

sorrryyy,i gonna need use something else to torture u I dunno i feel the guys in the frat,most time are jerk.

What u thing about "on one lie"?

 

[TonyMurray]

Power by KrownGames

I downloaded this one on a whim and I’d say it’s got potential but is also quite frustrating. For the initial frustration, it could do with optimising as the filesize is way too big for what you get. There are compressed and otherwise optimized versions that have been provided by site staff, it just remains to be seen if the dev will make any changes with the next release. Other than that, my actual main frustration is that the whole thing feels a bit sterile. There’s no real emotion or pace to any of the dialogue, and there isn’t much smiling going on, particularly from some characters, like Madison. It all seems a little bit wooden, a bit too unnatural.

Outside of that though, the renders look good and there are some great-looking girls here. Of course, my ratings on those will change, I’m sure, as I see more of them, and especially if we ever get to see some smiles – or even just some sort of facial expression to show that the girls are alive. The relationships seem to be quite good, and I actually quite liked the initial interactions with Kendall, as they worked quite well in the setting and you could see a mutual attraction being built upon without any of the usual mistakes that take it too far too soon.

The writing overall is okay, other than that afore-mentioned lack of variation in tone and pace in some conversations. I’m intrigued as to where it’s going to go and how the different avenues will play out as so far, it’s giving us a slightly different theme – even if we spend a lot of time in the gym, which is anything but different. There were a couple of minor writing or coding errors (I spotted one occasion of the wrong speaker being used, and a couple of small typos) but nothing really distracting.

The sex scenes can’t really be commented on yet, as I like to think there are none in the initial release. There actually is a brief blowjob scene on a sub-path that I had to replay for after seeing it in the image files, but it’s only about five renders and a quick animation, with no build up or follow through – it’s literally a case of meeting a random girl at a bar while you’re out with friends and going into the toilets for a blowjob, then after getting a facial, she tells you to get lost and you go back to your friends like nothing happened. Hopefully the scenes with actual LIs will be much better when they arrive…

 

[Bazza95]

Thanks for such a detailed list.

Helped alot for a newbie like me, to have someone else's opinion who seems to like similar games LI/Story/Art wise.

Bookmarked for future, keep up the awesome work!

 

[yoyojrt]

Power by KrownGames

I downloaded this one on a whim and I’d say it’s got potential but is also quite frustrating. For the initial frustration, it could do with optimising as the filesize is way too big for what you get. There are compressed and otherwise optimized versions that have been provided by site staff, it just remains to be seen if the dev will make any changes with the next release. Other than that, my actual main frustration is that the whole thing feels a bit sterile. There’s no real emotion or pace to any of the dialogue, and there isn’t much smiling going on, particularly from some characters, like Madison. It all seems a little bit wooden, a bit too unnatural.

Outside of that though, the renders look good and there are some great-looking girls here. Of course, my ratings on those will change, I’m sure, as I see more of them, and especially if we ever get to see some smiles – or even just some sort of facial expression to show that the girls are alive. The relationships seem to be quite good, and I actually quite liked the initial interactions with Kendall, as they worked quite well in the setting and you could see a mutual attraction being built upon without any of the usual mistakes that take it too far too soon.

The writing overall is okay, other than that afore-mentioned lack of variation in tone and pace in some conversations. I’m intrigued as to where it’s going to go and how the different avenues will play out as so far, it’s giving us a slightly different theme – even if we spend a lot of time in the gym, which is anything but different. There were a couple of minor writing or coding errors (I spotted one occasion of the wrong speaker being used, and a couple of small typos) but nothing really distracting.

The sex scenes can’t really be commented on yet, as I like to think there are none in the initial release. There actually is a brief blowjob scene on a sub-path that I had to replay for after seeing it in the image files, but it’s only about five renders and a quick animation, with no build up or follow through – it’s literally a case of meeting a random girl at a bar while you’re out with friends and going into the toilets for a blowjob, then after getting a facial, she tells you to get lost and you go back to your friends like nothing happened. Hopefully the scenes with actual LIs will be much better when they arrive…
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I want to like this game so badly. The game looks amazing, but the dialogue feels a bit wooden and the story jumps around. It’s not bad, it just needs more emotion and smoother pacing. Still, I’m keeping an eye on it because the potential is definitely there.