VN - Ren'Py - University of Problems [v1.4.5 Extended] [DreamNow]

  1. 3.00 star(s)

    Bender_is_great_34

    Pros :
    - Good modeling and animation visuals.
    - Okay music
    - Free roam mode is pretty straight forward

    Cons :
    - For that extra immersion factor, dialogue brought to you by Google translate.
    - Somewhat incoherent banters
    - Most of the situations are like, "Boy, that escalated quickly" or "That's it?"
    - Socks. Seriously, why
  2. 5.00 star(s)

    Geralt_R

    This is my favorite college themed game, in my opinion it's even better than a very famous other game about basically the same thing.

    The reason for that is twofold.
    a) I like the female character models a lot in this game, all of them have more or less realistic proportions even if the waists are maybe a tad too thin, but you won't find cartoonish proportions here and no exaggerated body parts - and each and every LI is pretty unique and very beautiful

    b) the female teacher is an outstanding character with a great arc and really fantastic scenes later on, this was easily one of the most emotionally rewarding and satisfying parts of the entire game

    The game also has a good mix of slow burn characters and characters with whom you can engage with a lot faster, but not to the point of absurdity. It's absolutely believable that a freshman college boy would more or less feel instant attraction to Carol, for example, one of the earliest love interests you can interact with. She's just very, very sweet and very attractive.

    You do get more or less your stereotypical archetypes here, so the characters are nothing you haven't seen elsewhere probably, but all of them are well written, in my opinion.

    Another thing I liked is that the MC hates fraternities and will not join one, so there are no inane and silly hazing rituals or stupid interactions with even stupider fraternity members. Instead one major arc in the game is about trying to prevent a female character from joining a less than wholesome sorority. Main love love interest Carol is the president, but she's basically a mascot and has no real power, since someone else pulls the strings, but it offers some (mild) conflict and is a major plot point in Carol's arc.

    You also get the very shy girls, there are virgins, but all of them are different kinds of adorable and sweet.

    UoP is certainly a wholesome game, for the most part, some things here and there can be a bit nasty (the sorority), but it adds some necessary plot and conflict to the game.

    And as mentioned above the teacher Rachel is certainly one of the most attractive and interesting "milf" teacher characters in any VN I played. Yes, her arc is of course nothing new, her husband is basically the usual idiot and Rachel will leave him and, if you play your cards right, succumb to the charms of the MC, but her romance is really sweet and wholesome through and through.
    You may even feel actually bad about having more than just one relationship when you engage with Rachel (but you can say the same about virtually all love interests). Depending on preference you may want to focus on just a few characters in one playthrough since fooling around with everyone may feel very wrong. Especially with one character who was hurt very badly in her previous relationship by a real scumbag... but if your MC dates girls left and right he will not really be any better, so if you want her, it may be wise to focus on her.

    Love interests are entirely optional, you can pick and choose. My MC loves to flirt with disaster so he is currently dating Rachel, Carol and he's giving sex education lessons to a third LI, Ashley, let's see if or how things blow up in his face. But I hope not and that either there is a proper harem and/or the option to amicably break up with someone so you can choose a solo route eventually. If forced to choose my MC would probably go for Rachel. She's just all kinds of awesome. But Carol would certainly pick up a fight. It's a close call between the two for me. Your tastes may of course differ.

    Carol is also (despite her involvement with the sorority and being a top cheerleader) quite sweet, there are no bitchy attitudes and it's easy to like her, even if you can get closer to her pretty early in the game which often means the character is a bit superficial, not so here.

    Some other characters may act much more reserved or very reluctant early in the game, but over the course of the story they do warm up and become much more friendly.

    There are animations of course. There are also options for kinks, you can avoid things you don't like which is always a huge plus and there are no negatives if you tell a LI you don't like certain things.

    All in all University of Problems is one of the rare top level VNs and it's especially recommended if you enjoy overall wholesome games. If you do not care so much for vanilla or lovey dovey then UoP may not entirely be your cup of tea, but if you enjoy wholesome content combined with really great looking love interests which are all unique, then University of Problems should be something you will enjoy immensely. It's currently one of the best slice of life college themed VNs in my opinion, even the very best in many ways.
  3. 5.00 star(s)

    spiderman2099

    Best game played so far.
    Finally a story other than landlady and roommates.
    Lots of beauties.
    Difficult to choose a favorite.
    Still Rachel , Carol and Ashley are most beautiful.
    Animations also improved.
    I hope it has harem endings.
  4. 5.00 star(s)

    yongshan0306

    This is gonna be my first review for a game in this site so better take it seriously. First, I absolutely love those cute, sexy and hot characters this game have provided so far especially Rechael(eesily one of my dream girl of all time). Then, the dev seriously put in good efforts about building great immersive envoirnment despite the fact that pretty much half of those games's topic is about colleague. This game can easily be my second favorite game(No.1 goes to Being A Dik ). I appreciate the dev's work and hope this guy continue providing us with satisying content.
  5. 5.00 star(s)

    unhoob

    Imho the best College/University themed game on here.
    I enjoyed it more than Being a DIK (which is definitely also nice).
    The characters are all quite different and have some depth.
    Graphics are also more advanced than in Being a DIK
  6. 3.00 star(s)

    Angelray

    Many girls. Different personalities but similar bodies in most of them. Also, too much (love interest/potential sexual partners) girls to be considered a "serious" story. Not bad in itself, but remove some of the "irrealistic realistic" immersion.

    The game has good graphic, music is there and okay even if not really matching the scenes mood.

    Story is quite simple but nothing bad for it.

    Where the game lacks is focus:
    - you can have too much "girlfriend" material, and a harem possibility doesn't seem a realistic and plausible ending, with so many girls. So either it will end in a "choose X girls" and with nothing but those "good" endings, removing the story purpose of the other girls, either you will have a ending with some girls catching your bullshit, destroying MC character in the end.
    - girls adds up, each one with her mini-pattern/story for you to be part of, but rarely do the girls interact with each other, and when they do, it's only in their "starting" pairs. Like the two sport teachers who never interact really with any other character, the two best friend (x 2!),. I get that the author tries to bring girls from different circles together, but again, too much girl to have possible good outcomes of it.

    So I'm quite content with the game, but for me, it will go nowhere good from there or become less and less immersive. Both are outcomes I would not like.
  7. 5.00 star(s)

    Tomomasa

    v0.9.5 Extended

    the good:
    +nonlinear story
    +replayability (choices matters)
    +exciting sex scenes
    +great renders
    +working scene record replay system

    the bad:
    -most of the girls look too similar
    -developer mistakes left in the released versions (thanks to the great and helpful community it is always getting a workaround quickly)

    I'm really looking forward to this. It already earned a place on my all time favorite list.
  8. 5.00 star(s)

    TheDickNugget

    One of the best games on here! Great renders and posing. Animation is so so but that's a given with all these games. Diverse batch of characters, all with some level of depth to them. Vibes are way more on the loving and chill side instead of the manipulative/abuse stuff that most games seem to lean into. Well written in 9/10 cases and a lot of interesting dynamics explored between the characters and the player. Overall 9/10 game!
  9. 5.00 star(s)

    Vince69

    Love the game... Great Renders and Animations... Interesting story... The models are absolutely stunning... Easily among my favorite school/college-themed games... I love the fact that this game gets regular updates... I would love to see more projects from the developer... Keep up the good work mate...
  10. 3.00 star(s)

    rabbit112

    review of version 0.9
    Pros:
    + some nice H scenes
    + some ok girls side stories
    + graphics is ok

    Cons:
    - some girls look the same just with different hair
    - the dialogues are not that interesting, found myself skipping many after initial 30 minutes
    - the overall story is average
    - pointless free roam sections that do nothing but waste your time

    To sum up:
    If you have lots of free time then play it, otherwise play some much better games from the genre like A.o.A academy for instance.

    I would rate this game 6/10 (where 1 trash, 5 average, 10 masterpiece)
  11. 5.00 star(s)

    mylovelyKd

    Great story consisted of some funny daily life,romance plot and a little bit revenge plot.This game is similar to BAD,but the story is much brighter than BAD(In my own opinion)I am sick of being forced to join the fraternity and doing shitty thing in BAD.If you want to have some brisk story but some crazy thing,you may love this game.
  12. 5.00 star(s)

    Ash1111

    Love this game. As of v0.9.5 extended its on of the best adult college games out there.

    Awesome renders and animations. Character models looks great.
    The sex scenes are the best. The story is also good.

    Like the inbuild ease of access features like scene replay, character bios , story progress , cheats etc. Also love the extra option where you get alternate sex scenes that are not there in the storyline.

    Looking forward to future releases.
  13. 5.00 star(s)

    SathelChermoth

    Great game! Still trying to re-starting the game again and again bc I still dont know how I want to play it. But great renders and everything. Cant wait for the next update! After reading all the comments so far I tend to re-starting again (dont know why haha)I tend to like blonde LI, but Carol and Rachel stole my heart. In the early part of the game, Carol is the romance route, while Roxy is more of a slutty route, but Roxy's changes as the game progress really makes me think that Roxy's slutty personality is bc of her "friendship" with Abby.

    I really like this game bc from the very start u get a tease of a harem route. When u developed Relationship to a certain level with some characters then, said characters will have an acceptable reason to not appear (like Carol need to go to outside tournaments for a couple of days, or Rachel resort vacations).
    Once again keep up the great work and hopefully the devs keep having a clear goal about the game!
  14. 3.00 star(s)

    Askwad

    This game makes you VERY aware that you're playing a game, not anything remotely connected to reality. Each situation is more absurd than the next, people don't act like this, events don't go down like this. Everyone is inexplicably well mannered or attracted to the MC for absolutely no reason. It reeks of a "I am the MC" archetype that's not very flattering.

    Apart from the obvious gap in realism, the drama is not bad and the characters are all pretty, even if it's creepy that EVERYONE looks the same. I have a hard time getting over that fact.

    I don't wanna tear the game a new one but the artificial feeling it has and the shallow characters within really ruins it. Every attempt at immersion is just ruined.
  15. 5.00 star(s)

    hungneet

    Well I kinda lazy so I dont usually write reviews but this game is so good so I cant help but leave some of my thought about this game here.
    The story is quite general, a college student with lot of hot girls.
    But what made this game good is the richness of scene , there a lot high quality scenes, and that is what I looking for on this site. The girls are hot!
  16. 3.00 star(s)

    LeHenry

    I've been playing the latest release of this game, and I have to say that the writing feels overwhelmingly cheesy. The MC behaves like he has known the other characters for years, and this reflects in the dialogue with them. It occurs frequently that the MC would say lines such as "Oh my God, I'd do anything for you." to someone who he is barely acquainted with, and it just pulls me out of the experience, making it difficult for me to continue on.

    As a side note, too many Hee-hee's.
    Who do the characters think they are, Michael Jackson?
    3/5
  17. 5.00 star(s)

    marspig

    If this game didn't let MC often show his ugly face, it would be a completely perfect harem type game.

    A sissy, unmanly MC, but an alpha?
    Can a guy of his type attract and fuck all beautiful women? It's really not at all convincing.
    And his skin is whiter than all the women in the game... speechless.
    It is recommended to refer to the MCs in many games now, and try not to show their faces.

    Despite this flaw, I still give this game 5 stars.
    In terms of erotic games, this game's rendering and beauties are definitely worth 5 stars.
    The various thigh-opening positions are fucking hot and full of passion. You won't get blue balls.
  18. 4.00 star(s)

    avent0001

    *Edit: -1Star. Been playing other great games so i´ve adjusted the score to reflect the competition.

    I´ll be brief. This game is great. So good that it has 2 glaring flaws and i still give it 5 stars.
    1st - Has you can see, all the main girls, are or seem to come from the same base model.
    2nd- The individual stories of each girl are really good but the overall arch doesnt work, mostly because they dont connect with each other. As an example: you have lunch with the love of your life and then you go for a walk with the love of your life. Wich would be allright if we got that hint.
  19. 5.00 star(s)

    Alfius

    Not a perfect game, I will admit.

    But damn!! I just enjoy playing this so much.

    The obvious points are full marks.
    The girls 10/10
    The renders 10/10
    The erotic scenes 10/10
    Interface 10/10
    Story 6/10

    The adult scenes are frequent enough and enjoyable.

    Having said all that, the game is far from perfect.

    So my biggest problem with the game:
    Comparing it to "the game that must not be named" it falls short in the actions = consequences department

    You can easily date all the girls with so far, no possibility or problem with any of the girls finding out about the other.

    For instance
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    Numerous times in the game, one of the girls just barges into his room and they get frisky, with no regard of any other girl that can barge into his room.

    I must stress that this is a small critique against the game that does not really detract from the game in general and therefor I still give it a 5/5.

    A very enjoyable game, with a phone that works properly, (Take note Coll**e Ki**s!)
  20. 4.00 star(s)

    ShepardRahl

    Review of v0.8.5 Extended...

    I've really enjoyed this game so far. I wasn't sure about it at first, but it grabbed my attention and drew me in.

    The women are all gorgeous and emoted very well. The animations are all also well done.

    I really liked the integration of the college social media app for the cell phone where you can text the other characters, leave comments on "instagram", view the college news board. I really like the additions of mechanics like this because it adds an additional layer of immersion and interactivity.

    There are a few story beats that are either dropped or just haven't been implemented yet. Like joining the basketball team. I was looking forward to maybe a storyline where you join the basketball team and help lead the team to the championship while Carol (head cheerleader/girlfriend) cheers you on from the sidelines. But nothing like that happens. You go to one practice and never hear about it again.

    There are two reasons why the game lost a star for me...

    1. For some reason with the version 8 update the script grammar becomes atrocious like a bad translation.

    2. Ashley. I like all of the girls and I even like Ashley, but she's the non-sensical trope where she's in college and somehow has zero knowledge about sex to the point where she has to try to bluff her way through a conversation with other girls about it. Yes she's a virgin, but there is a difference between having the physical experience with sex and the knowledge of the subject. I find it hard to believe an 18-20 year old girl had never seen a dick before.

    Overall it's a solid game and I high recommend it. I look forward to the game being completed.