VN - Ren'Py - Troubled Legacy [v0.10.00] [Blackthunder_vn]

This is so in your face cliche it's hilarious, and I think even if unintended it comes off as a parody for every ingredient that makes harem games what they are.

The writing is decent enough, I'm assuming some of it is lost or changed in the translation. I'm pretty picky about this but this doesn't make me want to rage quit like so many out there that are just awful. Though it seems the author really wanted to move the story along without taking time to set things up, being direct and to the point without any figures of speech like metaphors or cleverness that make a story great.

The characters are exactly what you expect in this type of game. The girls fawn over MC and he is the hero everyone looks to solve all problems. The LI's were very blunt and amorous, always a fun combo with beautiful women.

The story itself had me interested, but the interactions kept me going.

I just have to comment on the fight scene. Hilarious. The only way it could have been better is if it cut to stick figures in a flip book style animation. I actually yelled at Edith to swing that damn bat already!

I gave it 4 stars because it made me laugh and was entertaining. Seems too many creators just want to copy others with no orignial thought, and while it's true that every story has been told, it's how the story is told by the author that makes the difference. And a parody style, even if unintended, can still be entertaining. Even a serious story should have some humor and keep things interesting for the audience.

Good luck with this.

This one is a miss on my book quite from the beginning. The main reason is the plot: it's poor in every way. Characters are shallow and lack interest, they act in unexplainable ways very often and seem to randomly fall for the MC because he exists. Writing is completely bland and uninspired and characters seem to be monologuing internally all the time for no real reason. There are choices but didn't play enough to judge them before dropping this one.

Render quality is not bad, not great either, and I didn't like most of the character models. Animations exist but don't seem to be particularly interesting either. Sound is almost non-existant, but also bugs seem to be out of the picture, which is nice.

So, all in all, while it's not a completely worthless game, I do think it doesn't offer enough to make up for the time playing it, especially with so many other games around.

Ah meh. Completely ridiculous story sapped my will after about ten minutes to bother playing anymore. The whole scenario with the three girls pretending to be lawyers is just so dumb that I couldn't find any interest in the story. There is some inheritance angle where his family helps decide how he will split it up. The three girls get a couple of houses for some reason because his family decide they are completely trustworthy. Bear in mind they were lying about being lawyers. There was a story behind it but my brain shut off in self-defense. Once that was decided the older sister who barely escapes being dragged off to work off her debt in a gangbang suggests they open an adult club so she can pole dance and do private dances for men.....the upside is the MC gets the first dance. Lol. Yeah ok.

Not to be picky but harems don't work too well when LIs are off stripping and lap dancing for other men. She comes off as an idiot and that isn't appealing either.

The bit I did play had multiple women throwing themselves at the MC with no buildup within minutes of starting. It just feels basically like a low budget porno than a game with a story. I like some buildup but the only thing that was building up were silly stories. Anyway 2 stars seems about right. The art isn't terrible so that saves it from one star. If you like easy games you'll like this.

Its quite weird, but I enjoyed this VN, weird since it looks like a combination of five or six stories I already view. Its weird since there is no real connection between the different stories, but the author find a way to do it.

The amount of characters is huge, difficult to keep who is whom and how he is related to an existing character.

There are parts that the lewd scenes are one after the other and parts of long scenes of various meetings rooms with endless conversations.

So I am a bit confuse, thus the 3 stars

This VN has a good premise, or at least it could have had it been better developed.

Sadly the writing is so bad that it is actually hilarious.

There are several examples within the reviews regarding how things escalate and de-escalate in seconds, and overall the story is rushed and pushed to evolve at an unnatural pace.

Some examples of this:

MC starts with the foster family introduction, and you get to know about the foster mom who has the hots for him, the sweet little sister who has some secret relationship with him, and the older bratty sister that he loves but is somehow a b1tch to him.

The mysterious inheritance comes, the family gets reunited at a villa and while there, the older sister's gangster boyfriend comes to the scene with a fight.

Somehow, the foster mom - who had packed just some clothes for 2 or 3 days to visit the city - comes out just in time to save MC who was being held by the gangsters, while wielding a baseball bat that only God knows where she got it from.

I mean... where the hell did she get it from? Or if she traveled with it, how on earth didn't MC note her hostile intentions while bringing the bat on their visit?

And, of course, after the brawl, the sister is now madly in love with the MC and all lovey-dovey and wants him so badly she can barely contain herself.

Another point is that MC decides to accept and reject the inheritance. As confusing as this is. He does take the villa and the properties, and some money but not all. Then he gives the villa away to the lawyers that he just met with no other reason than that they are hot girls. Just to be contradicted by his foster mom who decided to give them other properties on the same street instead.

Then there is of course the harem syndrome from many of the VNs on this site: MC has a magical dick that pulls every single female towards him with a wild violent sexual attraction. The girls all feel this attraction and are completely fine sharing him with no conflict at all because of course, he is too good to waste an opportunity to be with someone like him just because he's banging the whole town.

I know it's the first game of this developer, and I tried as hard as I could to like it, but it is honestly so rushed that it does not make any sense.

The models are okay, the animations are okay-ish, and overall the whole idea was good... but it's very poorly developed.

Standard one man harem wish fulfilment. Choices are totally absent and it is a render showcase with cliche mafia plot. You might like the earlier girls but it goes way OTT by the end stage. Every woman in this city is dating the same guy and they're all okay with it. Didn't really like the contrivances of making the self insert guy the ultimate gentlesir who has no desires of his own.
1.5 stars.

Just...an intensely poorly written game. Just atrocious. I understand people are human and there can be grammatical and spelling errors, but it doesn't excuse the utter rubbish dialogue and story.

Part of the enjoyment in visual novels is being able to pretend that these people are real, that you can suspend your disbelief and engross yourself in the story. This isn't one of them. From the first screen, there is never a point where you genuinely enjoy the story and see it as more than anything else other than showing off 3D models of women. It's ridiculous. Hopefully they can do a full rewrite, but I doubt they'll put the effort in.

Nice graphics so far.

A lot of the plot is extremely forced.

adds to this being a kinetic novel

I'll forgive the grammar as the author did say that him and his proof-readers are human. It still is . . . . wanting I guess is the best word I can come up with. But I circle back to the story just being bad.... terrible even

For an MC who is all about putting his foster family first, this dumb fuck cozied up to the new girls as quick as they stepped right into his personal space.

Hear this together as a family? Na fam! I think I'll hear her out while she sinks into my arms and tells me what she and her sisters did in the name of getting us here. I'mma pretend that I'm suspicious about all y'all explicitely . . wanting me (. this ain't even leading one on as they'd jump on the mc. ). But i'll still let you'll make out with me, snuggle up and whatever is next. And at the end of the day, I'll pretend I'm offended that you're trying to manipulate me and in extension my (foster) family

I gave this rating for several reasons, so lets start with the bad.

The story has an interesting concept but it felt bogged down by terrible writing, terrible dialogue, several forced sexual encounters.

The biggest issue is the writing, it's atrocious and it feels so unnatural. First instance of this comes to mind with the weird phone sex dialogue. Where the MC is describing what he would do to the love interest while being in conversation with them. (as if they were having phone sex)

Characters are varied and nice but due to being forced to interact with them it felt bland. Everyone is interested in MC and we as the player can't reject them. I am leaving this one last example before moving on the good.


The only good thing I can mention is the variety of cast and the amount of sex scenes.

I could never recommend this because the game is flawed from the start.

I will at least admit the dev has some talent. The renders, staging, etc are all pretty good, and the over all story concept I think could work. The problem is the dialogue. I know English is not their first language, so maybe the story makes sense in German, but it is just a rambling wreck and I just stopped playing it.

The MC is a Gary Stu who all the women fawn over and can make women orgasm with a kiss... right... I mean maybe there is something paranormal or something like that going on, but it was just a bit much.

Hopefully this gets better with age as I think the dev has real talent, but as it stands right now, I would not recommend it at all.

The story seems interesting and entertaining. A little Crime-touch, a little mistery (IMO).....
I let myself be fully drawn into the action.
Finally a VN/KN in which the MC not looks like a douchebag, but really good and sympathetically. With him i can identify me.

*REVIEW OF v0.0.21

This game has potential to be a 4 maybe even a 5 star game however there are too many flaws that let it down.

PROS
* Plenty of lewd content
If all you want is a fap game, then there is plenty here for you.

* Nice varied models, decent enough MC
Different models, plus the MC doesnt have an off putting horse cock like in some games.

CONS
* English Dialog
The english translation doesnt quite work, dont get me wrong there are worse out there, but the dialog i assume must lose something in translation when playing in english and it isnt enjoyable at times.

* Pacing is off
Story pace is way to quick from the start, dev could have slowed it down and made the story much more enjoyable to follow instead of the MC blindly accepting his fate and fucking everything that moves immediately.

Still worth a play if you have nothing else going on. But dont be fooled by the score, this game is average at best in its current form.

A good harem game if you like cheesiness and humor.

Pros:
MC is strong and does not take crap from anyone
Wide variety of characters that have different personalities.
Humor/Cheesiness. Some may not like the humor, but I find it enjoyable.
Fun story to play: MC just goes around fixing problems and getting girls. Not story intensive but fun.

Cons:
Renders are okay
Too many characters

This is one of those games, where every woman automatically wants to spread her legs for the MC.
This can work, if done humorously, this can also work, if the girls are attracted at the first moment, but still take some convincing/seducing.
However, here it just feels bland af because the writing isn't in any way close enough to carry that type of story.

The pacing in general feels off, the story seems to jump at times, only to stall at long, pointless dialogue sessions, which again, fail to be written good enough to be in any way engaging.

I get it, English isn't the first language of the dev, he does a well enough job to make it understandable, but he doesn't make the story enjoyable, at least not when you need/want dialogue and descriptions to provide flavour and spices to the story.

The renders are okay, though some of the faces are done in a way that they aren't exactly the most favourable for the models.

All in all, not a horrible game, but also not a good game.
I wish reviewers would just go and rate games for what is actually in there and not for potential or for the ability to write in English, if you're not a native English speaker.
Neither has any influence on the quality of what is actually there (except in a negative way tbh.)

Twice now, I've been roped into dl-ing and playing this game, due to the positive reviews, so at least this review will serve to warn me off, from doing that again.

Felt great after finishing the vn. I really liked the generous and helpful mc along with some gorgeous li's. Love harem/incest theme and this one's acing it.
I didn't feel the seriousness of interactions some times. Animations are alright but the intimacy romance thingy is what kept me hooked. Dialogues need polishing too and girls need less fangirling over mc, it's harem & that's fucking cool but make it look like he's earned it and not having girls served on platter. Pregnancy part was just mind blowing though.
Good luck.

This is now one of my favourites, the story is decent, the MC is actually really good, not a push over but also very sympathetic, the pacing might be a little off to some but I love it, mainly because of the amount of women the VN has so I think it's necessary

The Dev speaks German but is learning English so some of the dialogue may seem off but just go with it, it's really good

No ntr
No sharing/swinging stuff to

This is a good game. I enjoyed it. Small critiques. The author says upfront that English isn't his first language and there may be some mistranslations along the way. This sometimes leads to difficulty following the thread of the story. But it's not insurmountable. Through deduction and logic you can pretty much get what's being conveyed. I liked the story.

Other critique. The MC's face is a little effeminate for me. Plus his Pet Shop Boys haircut detracted a little from the overall entertainment. Oh yeah, his personal bed looks like a twin mattress that's had the foot cut off a couple feet, as he looks like a giant laying on it, and his legs hang over the end. LOL.

I would recommend this game. It was fun and challenging.

As of v0.0.18
Renders in this game are good and female models look great . Story is okay at the moment and it is a bit fast paced but that is not necessarily a bad thing and MC harem is developing nice . Sex animations are okay . The only drawback for me is the English in the game which could use a proof reader . English is not my first language , I was able to understand most of the game and it is okay for me still it would be great game if the English improves in the game .
Overall it is a fun Harem game to play where you don't have to worry about others stealing your love interests or unnecessary drama just romance between MC and the girls in the Harem , looking forward to next update .

Updating the review for v0.5:

Well, if the game wasn't a cluster before, now save games are broken and there's no option for players to start with the latest update. I kinda want to see if some of the crazy inconsistencies I complained about before are fixed, but games are for recreation and that would be work.


Previous Review for v0.3 v0.4

I just played this for the first time and played all the way through the end of "v0.0.17.5 Part 2 final". The game has some good visuals, but the writing is really poor.

The story moves very quickly and there are many gaps that leave the reader wondering, then there appear to be many combinations of visuals and writing that are inconsistent simply because the developer wanted to use specific render models.

For example:

- the MC, Edith, and the 2 girls live in a mobile home (not motor home, BTW) and are tight on money, but they drive a new Range Rover.

- After the first meeting with the lawyer, they go to a house, and are still between the car and the front door when Edith says she'll put on her bikini and go out by the pool. This was a last-miunte trip where Edith didn't know where she would stay or how long she would be there, so why the hell would she pack a swimsuit?

- During the fight with the 3 goons, there's a car (Plymouth Baracuda convertible?) in the driveway. Sophie arrives shortly afterward in her police car to arrest the goons. Later, Sophie returns this time walking in athletic clothes, and then drives away in that car. Who does that car belong to?

- In one scene Edith tells the MC she has gone 15 years without an orgasm. She literally started off the scene rubbing herself, so this means she masturbates but hasn't masturbated to orgasm for 15 years?

These gaps and inconsistencies are endless.

The relationship building between the MC and the girls in the game moves even faster than the rest of the story. It seems like 2 days is the maximum any girl can wait before having some kind of sex with the MC.

The dev apologizes for the poor English (and it is very poor), but then at the end of the game content, the developer thanks no less than 3 people for their help with the English translation. Wow, here's a tip: if you need help translating your writing into English, find somebody that actually can speak and write good English.

I struggled to even give this game 3 stars. I'm going to keep an eye on it, but I don't expect it's going to get better. It's just so broken from the start it will be hard to fix without re-writing and/or re-rendering most of what's already been done.

MC is powerful, rich, handsome, has a huge dick, and all the girls are thirsty for him so yeah your typical harem game, but I expected as much, so I enjoyed it. And it doesn't hurt that there is a variety in girls, and all of them are good-looking. The renders are decent the writing is average, but 99% of the games are like this, so no big deal.