Ren'Py - Uni [v0.53.116b] [Hizor Games]

Version Played: 0.39.98

Update: Creator is a star. I won't spoil anything, but I misread one of the images. So now this gets both a 4 star in practice and from personal opinon. Hope future updates push it up to that 5!

Time Played: Roughly 3 hours. All content not seen, but I felt I had a decent handle on the game and my feelings on it.

The art, fairly professional presentation and female MC are what drew me into this one. I'm assuming the artist isn't Japanese, but this is some of the more convincing anime-style art I've seen. The story is run of the mill, however the MC's backstory and some of the routes can get pretty dark. In terms of routes, that's really where the game excels, there is probably something here for everyone whether it be lesbian, straight, slut, boyfriend, abused cumdumster, you get the picture. Sadly, not every scene has a picture as many scenes are text only. Thankfully, the writing and sex descriptions are all pretty good, but a bit more art would be nice.

Positives
+ Beautiful art (though the characters are all pretty tropey both from a design and personality perspective)
+ A lot of variety in terms of kinks and it's pretty clear what direction different responses will take you down
+ Achievements, if that's your thing (I'm mainly just trying to achieve climax, but you do you)
+ MC has a cute, red bush! (That sadly disappears in the CGs)
+ Built in cheat-menu so you can still check out CGs you missed -- corresponding story and dialog doesn't seem to be replayable though

Negatives
- No real overarching story or motivation
- Gameplay is kind of boring -- you head to a location and hope that an event pops up. While events are linked and show progression, it still feels disjointed. There are also clothes and decorations you can buy for MC's room, but those don't add much to the experience.
- Not really a ton of content on the whole or even on each "route." Particularly if some fetishes don't appeal to you, you're just basically opting out of that content entirely.
- YMMV, but the game does this thing where the MC will have sexual dreams (with a shit ton of fetishes represented) and I have to admit, those didn't do a thing for me. The fact that it was text-only and not "actually" happening just ended up making me skip them at first till I just turned them off.

I'm giving this a 4 since it is better than many a game in this genre on here and there has clearly been time and care put into it. That said it's more of a 3 for me -- I didn't really like most of the fetishes represented: I really don't like abuse and, accordingly, the Matt story rubs me the wrong way. (Maybe that's where the Jun route will come in. Fuck, I would love to see that kid get his fucking shit kicked in.) I also am not really into girl on girl. Katie was awesome since you could corrupt her. Still, the fact that I have such strong opinions about the content actually speaks pretty well about the game -- it got me to care. Maybe you will too.

Note to Devs: Nice game. Thanks for your hard work on it.

Version: 0.37.96

I went into this game not expecting a lot. Most female protagonist VNs are... bad, to be blunt. They often focus too much on "ruining" a pure protagonist, or are incomplete to a point where you can only follow 1 path. Uni, however, has avoided both these issues. It also, as of right now at least, has a well balanced story spread between all of the available paths. The art is well made (this also applies to the 3rd party rape mod,) and consistent. Said art isn't everywhere yet, probably due to the fact the game isn't close to finished.

The dream sequences, for example, can often be very lengthy and only have a black screen as the background, (However, these are optional and need to be activated in the settings, so this is not a major issue as this is mainly side content with no effect on the main game anyway.

Even though I just called the game unfinished, I do need to stress the fact that there is still a ton of content, and each route could occupy you for 1-3 hours. There's around 6 main stories, of which you can follow around 2-3 of at the same time. There's also side content like the weekend clubs, fruit markets and people you meet while "wandering around".

Okay, to cut off my pointless rambling, I'll finish this with a quick list of good, and bad points of the game:

good:
-fairly well written for a porn game;
-multiple paths that intersect and can effect each other;
-your choices MEAN something;
-high replayability;
-amazing lesbian content;
-texting gets you actual responses, at least 2-3 depending on who you text.

bad:
-as of right now, it often fails to tell you that routes will not continue, leaving you in a limbo while no main events occur. (happened to me while following the katie, sub violet, and matt storyline.)
-cash gets VERY tight if you work at the bakery, but this may be on purpose, I just find it irritating personally.
-your grades don't really matter right now.
-corruption is useless outside outfits right now, doesn't effect your ability to choose at all.

However, I do expect most of the "cons" here to die out as the game develops, so don't hesitate to try out the game due to them.

That's it for the review, below is a suggestion I thought I'd add:
Please make it easier to access places you find when you go and "explore" after you've visited it once. It's irritating to keep going to the karaoke joint when you want to go to the club. This stuff may be bound by timing or something, but it'll be much better if you could directly go there after finding it once like your workplaces.

Great overall almost perfect. The game is one the best i have played in a long time it has multiple options you can choose each having a consequents . Well righten along with being welled drawled. It also has bulit in gallery which is more then a lot of games can say.

I was pleasantly surprised by this game. I never get my hopes up for lesbian content in games. But there is some really good and wholesome content here. If you take the Maid Cafe job you can meet Kate and get into a really cute relationship with her. It honestly had me giddy with how cute she is. Obviously there is more content if you are into straight stuff. Currently as of 0.36.95 there are only 2 lesbian relationships I think. Wholesome Kate & Sub/Dom Violet. Hopefully there may even be more in the future. There are certainly plenty of cute girls in the game and I saw a few that I thought might get relationship potential in the future. But maybe that's just wishful thinking. At any rate I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

Legitimately the best nsfw I've played. There's already plenty of replayability and content here, and more is on the way. I love the little details present, like how Chelsea's choice of club influences her personality completely separate from corruption and other choices.

The scenes are well-written and the illustrations that do exist are excellent. All in all, this was one hell of a hidden gem; especially for a (very) submissive bi gal like me. *Emphatically* recommend.

Solid game so far. And I wonder if they'll add cg's for the dream sequences since those are just really steamy text sequences. And the map layout looks big but you can only visit a few area, it'd be cool if they add more areas to explore like on weekends or after work or something. Also, Kate best girl. Or Violet idc , lesbian stuff is hot.

Normally I don't play games that have female protagonists, but I liked this one a lot, although I went for the girls, Violet is very rich, it hurts that she has visual bugs because her scenes are not seen and the screen goes black, other than that , Esta bien

Manager son of a bitch, how disgusting hahahaha you want to send him to shit

Uni

Version reviewed: 0.33.92b

Positives

• a lot of content and variety
• Violet route (dom or sub) is just great
• actions have consequences, the various storylines actually affect each other
• nice, clean graphics

YMMV

• the project seems very ambitious in its scope (compared to other games like My Girlfriend's Friends); it's not clear when it will be finished or what would that even look like
• some scenes don't have graphics (yet)

Negatives

• it can feel empty even though it has quite a lot of content (you can easily lock yourself out of it or miss it; it's not clear if anything more is going to happen or not)

Great art, awesome sub scenes with Matt and Violet.

Job paths are great, Katie way to adorbs in the Cafe<3. Also kinda digging the scum manager in the bakery path xD

Decent replay variety with Club choice and different character paths.

Cute MC, 10/10.

v0.33.92. best one i played. a lot better than what i expected. i didnt like the hair color initially but all the scenes and good writing more than made up for it, and even the hair looks good after a while. there is also a large variety of optional content and paths

I normally don't do reviews for games (I think this is my first), but this is seriously my favorite nsfw game, and I have played a lot. As a girl into these sorts of games, I don't get a lot of representation, but I just love Matt in this series lol. And Damien, too. I also like Jun and I think it would be super cool if he became a more frequent character, he definitely has the personality for it.

Thanks for the fun game!

Played on version 0.33.92

Recommendation level: Not yet, wait for more updates

++ High quality art
++ Good writing
+ Meaningful choices

-- Overambitious
- Lackluster updates
- Incomplete

Comment: I have to give credit to the creator of this solely based on the art and writing alone, however not skimping on quality you can tell that development is taking quite some time. Unfortunately this has turned into a run before you can walk scenario, I know that funding is a big part of getting a project off the ground but I feel the game can benefit for more sparse but larger updates. Lastly, the school theme is rather lacking.

Art was good. Recent art look more like 3d anime. Some event do not have art at all.
Female protogonist good for plot in adult game, but she can't do all the work for the writer. Some roots are terrible. For example sub root with Matt. I feeling so stupid doing what he told me to do. She has no reason and no benefit whatsoever humiliate herself.
sandbox is a mess. You don't have the slightest hint of which roots are over and which are not.
Sorry for terrible english

The story and art are great in Uni, the dom/sub relationship with Violet is absolutely one of my favourite moments, but the gameplay itself is problematic. A lot of the triggers for the main story are really vague and ambiguous, if you don't make perfect choices, the next part of story just won't trigger, and the game won't let you know. So you can essentially end up grinding for several in-game weeks until you realize that something's gone wrong, and have to reload a save. The Bakery job route also pays way too less, it's difficult to pay rent each month even if you don't spend any money, which is ironic because it is the route that really pushes you to spend cash on other things, meanwhile, the maid cafe pays you a ton without you having to do anything.

Reviewing ver 0.38.87b

(minor spoilers ahead)

A very promising start to this game, I love the concept and the gameplay is great (vn/point and click). Played it twice through, first time with the bakery/cheerleading/no matt/damien/dom violet and the second time with cafe/bar/track/damien and matt/sub violet.

Pros:
-CG's are amazing
-Character designs are great
-Story and scenarios are well written
-The optional outfits looked amazing
-UI is very easy to navigate and use

Cons/dislikes:
-Obviously, still in development so stories aren't complete yet and missing CG's for some scenes
-Don't really understand the point of the market story, seemed out of place with no reward for completing it
-Triggering specific events didn't happen at times (strip bar on friday, extra scenario's at cafe/bar and bakery)
-Could only do the 'extra' work for the bar owner once, and when i tried to call him again it would crash/bug out
-No punishment for having your grade drop to F
-As others have mentioned, as soon as you stop with one characters route (matt/damien), they completely drop out of the story and you can't fix it/get it back
-Aside from outfits, not really sure what the corruption is for
-No clear way to tell when a new event at work/school/character would occur (would spend a week or two trying to trigger an event which wouldn't happen)


Suggestions:
-A side story with the school girls who copy your answers could be something interesting
-The scenario to 'explore' along the river? didn't trigger any events. Maybe this was something planned to be put in for the future
-If corruption is high enough, maybe an option to skip school and do some other activities? or trigger 'random' events during your job/walking around? I think this feature could be utilized a lot more going forward
-Some way to tell how close we are to triggering a new event at school/workplace/character (maybe corruption, maybe another way)
-More outfits (can never go wrong with a few more)
-If the market scenario is to be kept, maybe add some sort of reward for it? (scenes, money, outfit etc)

Overall, im looking forward to seeing this game grow and develop and can't wait for the next version!

I really really love this game.
There are really a lot of different choices and therefore different possible endings in this game and it is really amazing.
You can choose with whom and how to continue your game differently depending on your choices and there are a lot of possibilities and it's amazing.
You've probably understood that this is amazing.

pro:
1, art is fine, clean, and compelling
2, it is full of well-exploited fetishes that are optional(players get to decide to follow the path or not), some of the paths are very attractive
3, friendly UI and easy logic

con:
1, there is no comprehensive story for the protagonist. Each path is independent. Some of them indeed connect with each other but mainly serve the fetishes, not the story. Sometimes, there would be a feeling of meaninglessness except for sexual activities, which is not wrong, but a little more personnel story would be better. so far, I only know a little about "myself" -- the protagonist.
2, many scenes have no relevant CG at all. (blank, only script)
3, sometimes, the depiction of the protagonist still reminds people of the underage girl.
4, too many events in different paths, thus only a few of them are developed fully and meaningfully. The rest of them lack CG, stories, or both. Most scenes in the town center are still in a very early stage for instance.
5, study grade is meaningless in this game so far, which is a little confusing.

generally speaking, it is a game with full potentials, I suggest developing the whole picture first --- UI, merits, peaks, and so on; and spend more time on the main stories and less on those peripheral ones.

V0.30.87b

So surprisingly well written! Even the scenes that aren't sexual at all are enjoyable because of the writing, which is really rare for me.
It's a slower paced game than I'm used to but it pays off for sure. I love being able to choose who I want to engage with, what happens with her and so on. Just played an entire run without a single penis ruining it for me!!! It's getting me into kinks I didn't even had before (VIOLET!). Only thing that bothered me a little was how people apparently never recognise you as a lesbian? There was one dialogue where she pretty much said to someone she was into girls and then that same person was saying "I thought you had good taste in men" or something like that not too long afterwards, after she said she wasn't attracted to some guy. I get why, but feels strange. I'm nitpicking though, pleasantly surprised by this game.

review based on 0.30.87b version
PRO:
- art is ok
- some story present
CONS:
- current version contain good amount of bugs- pc version app cnt launch cuz "not a win32 app", win7 version dsnt have main menu pic(also normaly unable to play), some code errors, some math errors (like reseting corruption from 100 to 5)
- this game tagger "VN", but "visual" component ruined, cuz lack of art. i mean- 1 art for 200+ text line unacceptable. even in code presents huge amount remarks like "add pic here later"
- game tagged "sandbox", but there almost zero sndbox, cuz gameplay very linear(actualy its choice based novell with "sandbox" masquerade/parody) and map with 4-5 useless(i mean there no freedom in movement) locations looks ridiculous
- code. part of code buyed/taken from other source. difference(in quality/complication) between some code parts too big. as example- event system (actualy that game dnt need it so much)
- content. i also played in 0.16.65 version and content almost same (by art) and too few grown in text.

there ll be no advise for other player, but for me game blacklisted.

This is is one of the most promising female protagonist sandbox games I've played.

Story [9/10]: The story, while at the moment very corruption focused, includes a vast number of choices and branching paths that each feel varied and weighting. The writing is immersive and entertaining throughout.

Characters [7/10]: I love the freedom the creator provides in how you want to play the protagonist. Apart from the female lead, there are four main and several supporting characters. Each romanceable character caters to a different preference and multiple can be unlocked in one playthrough. A little warning: one of the male characters is among the most hateable personalities I've encountered, but this is an intentional choice by the creator.

Art [9/10]: The art is the highlight of the game in my opinion. While unfortunately the CGs are still somewhat sparse and locked behind choices you make very early in the game, they really elevate the story and are expertly rendered. If you like the art style in the previews you'll love the art in the game.

Gameplay [8/10]: I personally really enjoy sandbox type games. While this honestly leans more towards a visual novel, there are still a number of hidden events and things to discover. With the choices I made playing the game there was never really a noticeable downtime where nothing happens at all.

Unfortunately it does seems like it will take a while for this game to be completed. I really hope the author keeps at it and I'm excited to see how this game will develop.

Review for v0.30.87b