Ren'Py - Uni [v0.58.121] [Hizor Games]

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

rating this as of 0.30

the story has a decent plotline, simple but effective. characters are consistent, mc proggression is believable.
characters look good, the missing scenes are a bummer but oh well its still in proggress.
now to the bad: the game is more repetive than grinding, but it makes it dull nonetheless. there's no need to click 4-5 times every single time to go from house to school and viceversa.

Uni is a very promising female protagonist game that has excellent art and writing. It is a Hybrid VN open world game that features a branching narrative with the protagonist and a core of about 4 or 5 additional characters. Current content includes submission, blackmail, gentle femdom, vanilla romance both straight and lesbian, prostitution, and early bimbofication. All content is optional and the player isn't forced down a predetermined path or kink.

The biggest downfall of the game is that it is currently very submissive/blackmail heavy. In the most developed plot in both text and artwork the MC is incredibly submissive to a pretty mean and potentially unlikeable character. This content can be skipped if it isn't your thing, but without it the game feels significantly less realized in its current state. The quality of the game makes me optimistic that future updates will flesh out all the MC so you don't have to play her as a timid submissive schoolgirl to get a complete experience, but that is the status right now.

If submission is your thing (it's mine) then I would highly recommended Uni. It is among my favorite female protagonist games that are in development and I eagerly await future releases.

This HAS to be one of the best female protagonist VNs ever made. There are bugs and flaws in the early builds, but nothing overshadows the amazingly written story and characters. The amount of branches is INSANE. Even though there's still a lot of content in development and there isn't technically an ending to wrap things up yet, replay-ability is through the roof thanks to just how many different possibilities you could experiment with. The dom/sub and especially lesbian scenarios are exceptionally well written. The slight lack of CGs may be disappointing at times, but that's largely due to the huge script. If you like a female protagonist VN, this game is bound to impress.

It's a cool game with pretty art, but if you want a yuri game and make a route just with girls and you don't feel like being raped or sexually abused or prostituted, there is very little to see and it doesn't take more than 30 minutes to be repetitive.

As much as a Visual Novel this game is, it is also a great sandbox. There are plenty of different options to be explored and consequences from each, whereas different playthroughs may highlight different aspects (as in you can get a Violet dom route or a Violet sub route).
The art is pretty well done, the event CGs are great and the stories are well written. Also should consider that the game has a lot of content for the current development time. I'm looking forward for further updates.

Uni, while still a work in progress, is a really well written and well made game. You can take a few different routes and the game gives you a few choices to make, but other than that the story is somewhat linear. Only a few choices will make a huge difference in the story. There is definitely a lot of submissive content in the game, with tidbits of femdom. The setting and the character personalities as well as the sex scenes are all top notch. Check it out.

if you're looking for a boring game filled with lots of bland dialogs and descriptions, clinically lacking in graphics, this is the one for you. don't let the nice and shiny screenshots mislead you. i don't remember ever to have played an adult game, whose graphics/text ratio is so much skewed towards text (again, text that is neither interesting nor humorous). this could easily put most html games to shame in that regard. then of course there's the astonishingly monotonous game play and the multitude of silly, ambiguous choices you have to make all the time, hoping they won't steer you away from your intended path. i'm really sorry for the time i've wasted on this 'thing' hoping it will get better at some point, it never did. like butt-head said years ago: "if i wanted to read, i'd go to school.."

Review based on v0.26.83:

In the shanty town of ren'py smut towns and their doomed characters controlled by the powers above, I try and be as honest as I can in what journey they could potentially be thrown into. Let's see what Uni, this particular town, has to offer overall.

Just as a bias before getting on the review, I really don't like a lot of the characters of this game. More on that later.

So, from the get go, this game isn't that bad. It's still feels a bit on the edge here and there in terms of content (especially with missing CG's), but it has enough at least so far to justify once over. Now as for the gameplay itself, it's a free roam ren'py title, which usually entails your homebase and the many locations surrounding that. Your homebase is your apartment, where you access your wardrobe, a laptop (mainly used for either homework or the gallery), alongside your bed. From there, you have your actual home which just serves as a means to get to the overworld, where you have the school, mall, whatever job you picked and the event-layden "walk around town" street as locations.

So with that we have the basis of the game, go to locations and see if something happens, sometimes it does and you progress with characters you met, or have some random event, usually smutty. There is a corruption meter as well, but that gets filled relatively quickly as access to the grander game (ie-smut) comes quick, now, there is a little bit of a burn in, but not horribly sizzling. It does well to throw you into the world softly without too much confusion. One thing I want to add though, is that the corruption meter is somewhat vapid in this game. Like, the choices are pretty much available from the get go and only a handful of scenes ever even have it as a "lock", which you rarely see since corruption is so easily obtained. It's...not really present gameplay-wise. Other than for outfits, but more on that later.

Now as for money, it's only there to pay off your landlord since you do have an apartment (there is a reason for that considering that you are still in high school) alongside just buying uniforms. If there's anything else (other than changing your room style) I most likely missed it. There is also a corruption meter for certain uniforms, but to be quite honest, I don't really understand the whole thing with the outfits/uniforms considering that at best they're just eye-candy without them ever impacting/changing a scene. I could be wrong if there was an event or event chain that I missed (which is possible, multiple playthroughs are encouraged with this game) but so far they are simply there just for visual flair and nothing else. So, as far as I know, no free-roam exhibitionism (but there is a linear questline that helps play that kink). Also, that and the many other things in this review is subject to change considering that the game is still in development.

And that's pretty much the game, or gameplay rather, go to places, wait for events to pop off, get money for outfits and just keep up with rent. Other than that, not much else to do, especially when the free roam portion starts to run dry on events and their subsequent chains. Not a lot of repeatables so far for folks that like that, unfortunately. Art-wise too, it's good, spotty is some spaces, but good.

Now for things I don't like, for the selection of characters you get, sometimes they're too bastardy, and that's saying something. For the bakery that felt appropriate in bastardness...somewhat, considering the circumstances and evolution of the MC there, kind of like a bimbo route in all regards, but for other characters such as Matt, the bastardness is a straight 11/10. Now, I can't complain too much on here considering that the main caveat of the game is that the MC is basically the most submissive person on earth to heavily justify the scenes, and the large majority of content present within the game.

Though, in spite of that, the main concern I find here is that usually with this content/fetish, it's done with some form of taste where yes, you do have a smutty bastard usually influencing the female MC to do something, but at least he's not entirely despicable, while still retaining heavy elements of humiliation/degredation. However, the major source of content for that in this game is unfortunately from a complete jackass, and for any other content, it further extends itself to other jackasses. I guess one way to say it, instead of feeling as though the MC was having corrupted fun, it felt more like witnessing the MC degrade herself to complete asses. It's strange, as it's hard to really explain this since this is basically present in all corruption games, and when it's done right you aren't feeling vexed, but there's just something about the characters where everyone (that tries to lewd the MC) just seems like an asshole. It isn't completely like that, but still present enough to be pretty noticeable, and even enough to be a turn off for me in some spots. Though, again this is a relatively subjective thing so I could just be the guy that the mark is missing.

Other than that, as said, the game is still being made so the content runs out quick after about 2/3 playthroughs (which doesn't take too long). Not too bad as a beginning structure, enough so far and maybe with an excess of free-roam events when walking through town can really make this game feel more lively since I think the small questchain's you find there are pretty neat. And of course further additions/developments of existing characters. In the end, I think it'll shape up nicely if it continues as such, irregardless of my tastes, and overall it stands in a good place as is, just a little lacking in spots as it does feel empty sometimes. 4/5.

Yet another game where the only way to play the female protagonist is as a submissive slut: clueless and there to be taken advantage of.

Anytime you stand up for yourself against someone it makes you less corrupt? And when you don't give into blackmail it's game over, because you're expelled because someone snuck into the locker room to take illegal pictures of you? That person should be arrested.

I keep trying these because I'd like to see a female protagonist that is "corrupt" by choice, not just because she's too dumb to not have everyone use her.

Not going to lie this one almost flew under my radar, its a bit of a slow burn in the beginning if you're like me and you don't got a lot of free time on your hands, but if you sit down and give it a go it's got a lotta freedom in how you play the MC. Workin on my second playthrough now and gotta say, I missed a lot that first go around that I wish I'd been patient for the first time.

The game certainly has potential, but for me it seems quite empty. When this game has lot more content I'll be happy to play again, and I'll probably rate much higher. But for now, there's very little to do during the day and each one passes very quickly. There also needs to be more characters. Both Matt and Damien especially were just annoying to me. But everything else, the layout and the map etc, it seems promising

a great game that needs more updates. the story is great but I reached the end to each storyline only itching for more. I cant wait to see where this game goes in the future... I will be watching with a keen eye for where this is going.

Really fantastic game and developer. Quite an intriguing story with various fun and varying choices. Scenes were well drawn and clearly the developers took into account feedback from their patreon members quite seriously which has helped the game develop so much.