VN - Ren'Py - University of Problems [v1.7.0 Extended] [DreamNow]

This game is actually so good, I cant believe I forgot about it. i played it way back in the day and redownloaded it and I didnt regret it. This is one of the best VNs out there. GREAT AND I MEAN GREAT renders, animations, girls. I really hope everyone can get this to this skill level one day.

Characterization Catastrophe
This game commits the unforgivable sin of storytelling: creating a protagonist with zero likability. The main character’s erratic behavior feels less like intentional design and more like glitches in the system, completely ruining player immersion. Paired with a supporting cast copied-and-pasted from dating-sim templates (only distinguishable by hairstyles and name), the result is an emotional black hole no amount of flashy visuals can fix.

Narrative Engine Failure
The writers confused "endless dialogue" with "meaningful storytelling." Despite mountains of branching choices and collectible lore entries, characters are as shallow as corporate diversity training avatars. Every "intimate" conversation option felt like clicking through a sexbot’s demo mode—mechanical, soulless, and utterly disconnected. Even major plot twists failed to spark empathy, turning the promised "player agency" into a hollow illusion.

Aesthetic Uncanny Valley
While the motion-capture animations are technically impressive, the art style backfires hard. Characters glow like plastic-wrapped deli meat under hospital-grade lighting, their poreless skin making them look like mass-produced sex dolls rather than humans. Sex scenes end up resembling parody animations—when your characters’ skin reflects more light than a polished gym floor, any attempt at sensuality becomes laughable.

Let me start off by saying that I seem to have a very difficult time trying to keep a pure path for one girl at a time it seems like if you have any kind of positive interaction with them then now they are your gf. That's not that big of a flaw though
Hands down some of the best lewd scenes on this entire site or any other site where you can perv out on some steamy lust filled AVNs. I mean these shits are sexy af. There are no half ass measures taken with this one, if you came to fap, then fap you will.
The story seems be pretty good, I'm definitely looking to see how the corruption within the houses and administration gets resolved. But as long as them Roxy scenes keep getting put out I couldn't care less how long it takes to solve them. 10/5 stars boys!

This game is great and over time has only improved in quality. The animations have gotten better, girls more fleshed out, and the stories getting deeper. They all have varying personalities and stories that this magical freshman with his magical wang gets to explore. The story isn't exactly amazing but its serviceable.

In fact my biggest gripe with this game is just look at the banner image. Most of the girls look samish. Yeah the scenes vary and their bodies are different, but their faces look very similar. Also every single girl seems paired up with another girl for threesomes like it doesn't feel spontaneous. The best way to describe the whole setup is a harem game without an actual harem. All things tend to happen separately from each other and that's fine. It just feels like none of the stories are connected even though most of these girls all live in the same dorm.

Oh well, its still great fap material and there's always an extended version of each release where you get "what if" remixes of the sex scenes which really curbed the blue balling some of these paths took.

As of v1.6.0:

Holy cow, why did it take me so long to play this game? I've been keeping it updated, but just tried it last night. And... WOW.

Artwork/Animations - 10/5

I am not exaggerating when I say this game has some of the most amazingly beautiful renders I've ever seen. The women are beautiful, the animations are crisp; it's just SO well done. Plus, there's plenty of sexy scenes. This dev does NOT skimp on what we want. And it gets an extra 5 stars because the dev provides optional feet content. It drives me nuts when other games leave feet out of their game, but I feel like the dev went the extra mile to actually include a lot of renders and animations with feet in it. Huge W for me.

Storyline/Dialogue - 5/5

Holy cow, a game where you actually want to NOT skip through the dialogue. Just a fun, well-written story that makes you want to know what happens next. And the characters are diverse with their own personalities. And the DIALOGUE is ACTUALLY well written and MAKES SENSE. Too many games have such poor dialogue that they're not worth playing. This is not one of them.

Gameplay/UI - 5/5

This game has a very simple stat build with well thought out choices. You can pick the paths you want. It's just very well thought out.

All in all, absolutely wonderful game that 100% is worth playing. It is absolutely gorgeous. Now go play it. xD

Cheers.

Radical Dreamer

It's a good game overall however the romance here feels forced and unrealistic and I cringe so hard from it literally the MC knows a girl 2 days ago and he acts like he knew her for eternity and omg I cringe so hard when his thoughts are literally 2 freaking minutes of dialouge of saying he loves her when he literally knew her 2 days ago WTF and omg when you are first enter a girl path She changes 180 degrees and her character becomes hollow also I think the main storylines take a backseat for like a long time between each change and between them there is romance and unrealistic romance and more unrealistic romance I feel like I am stuck in constant cringe.
Oh and also the MC is so pathetic
If there was 3.5 stars I would have given it so 3 stars it is.

So I've played this game a while back. Now I've decided to do a replay from start to finish.

Pros
- Beautiful models.
- Top tier animations.
- Well rounded individual personality's for each love interest.
- Great render quality.
- Story's for LI are well thought out.
- Limited spelling and grammar issues.

Cons
- Lacks a real background driving story and that's the main reason I'm docking a star.

This is overall a great game. I'm not a fan of anal kink and in this game it is the devs life goal to get to anal as fast as possible. You will miss out on relationship points, lust points and I believe even a love ❤ point. Other then that this game has a ton of lewd content and it some of the best animations on this site.

An interesting visual novel that is quite different from many others.

Warning - there are some spoilers in this review.

The game starts off really strong and appears to be a 4 or 5 star game only to get tedious and boring the more I played it.

Pros

• Good to excellent renders
• Excellent animations (the best part of the game)
• Good to excellent lewd/sex scenes (often too short however)
• Ashley and Nikki have perfect tits
• Carol, Ashley, and Nikki are my favorite characters in the game
• Unique characters
• Good use of phone apps
• Lots of content to play through
• Some fun can be found
• Some entertainment can be found
• Some humor can be found

Cons

• All girls share the same body type - thin and small boned. It looks like the author used the same character model for all the girls and just made minor changes so they didn't look like clones. IMO, they kind of all do look like clones!
• The girls also share the same face with only minor differences between them. The author attempts to justify this in the 'Developer Notes' section on the OP but his explanation offers nothing of benefit. He has a certain look that he likes and explains that he has to make them all look similar so he cares about them???
• Character models all have perfect porcelain skin (no skin flaws of any kind). It makes all the character feel less human and doll like. Freckles is all that is added to a few character models.
• I've grown tired of playing the same MC type - weak, pathetic, spineless, loser, who has little going for him besides his big dick.
• I've also grown tired of the same porn logic being used over and over again - the slightest look or touch of the MC's dick makes all girls instantly wet, horny, and eager to try it.
• English problems throughout the game. Some parts of the game are fairly clean but others have frequent spelling errors and the wrong words being used. The text doesn't appear to have been proofread.
• The hottest girl in the game IMO Ashley, is kept out of reach from the MC for most of the game. She is also given a self-destructive personality and is both naive and stupid at times. Way to ruin the hottest girl in the game dev.
• The author frequently pulls the rug out from under the player with the various love interests in the game mid to late in the story. For example, say you are interested in a certain girl and then the author drops a bombshell which would have turned you off to the girl if you knew about it in the beginning.
• After playing the game for a while I started skipping through conversations since I knew they weren't going anywhere anytime soon. The writing is too verbose for my tastes.
• The game pace is painfully slow.
• I got bored with the story multiple times. I wish I could put my finger on it but the game failed to keep me interested and invested often. The introduction to the game was great and then once all the main characters get introduced the game proceeds with a tedious heaviness.
• The whole plot line with the redheaded gym teacher felt weird and was full of bad porn logic.
• I never really connected with any of the characters. The writing just didn't compel me to really care about any of them much (a very bad thing to happen in a visual novel).
• Scratching my head as to why the author poured so much time into the "bonus scenes" that aren't canon instead of improving the main game and story!
• Character development is poor overall. There's lots of text, dialog, and plot lines but few really help the player get to know these girls and get invested in them. An exception to this was the fun 'spin the bottle' event.
• I was disappointed in the rapey Rachel scene. The relationship was progressing nicely with a slow burn approach and then the MC is tired of waiting and nearly rapes Rachel. Rachel continually says "NO" but the MC doesn't listen and proceeds anyway. This event really damaged my perception of the MC. I really didn't care for the MC much after this.
• I was really upset with one of the Roxy scenes where she gives the player a blowjob during a lecture at the university. The player is given the option to turn it into a forced deepthroat. Roxy gets quite upset and the MC takes a large relationship hit by making this choice. So let me get this straight, Roxy is allowed to push limits and act like a horny slut but if the MC attempts to turn the tables on her, he gets punished?!?!
• If the MC takes the Dom route with Roxy being a Sub it closes her path
• The MC is such a pussy. He wins the grand prize at the frat party and gets to have sex with Ivy. The MC expresses his desire to go for a 2nd round after fucking Ivy's ass and filling it with cum. Ivy easily talks the MC out of this and gets him to call it quits - hell no! WTF?!?!
• The game often suffers from, "I wouldn't be making these choices, act this way, or go in this direction." I had a real problem getting immersed in both the characters and the story.
• Most plot threads are half-baked, some get abandoned or forgotten for long periods of time. A perfect example of this is the MC being a basketball player. The MC never expressed a desire to be a basketball player, he never tried out for the team. He never told Carol that he wanted to be a basketball player. Carol just signed him up for no apparent reason and the MC just goes along with it like being on a college basketball team is no big deal.
• Scenes are often cut short for the same reason - being short on time. Everyone is super busy and have to run off to another commitment. Sex scenes are even cut short for this same reason. It not only got old but became cringeworthy.
• Sex scenes are usually well done but often too short. Once the MC cums once, sex is over. I'm puzzled why so many authors fall into this thinking. The MC is in his prime and should be able to cum multiple times during sex. Nope, cum once and sex is over. There were two instances that I can remember where it said that the MC had more than one orgasm but it never shows it (just says it happened briefly in the text). Never cut sex scenes short! Huge mistake!

The game is largely about the MC solving everyone else's problems and being a white knight, coming to their rescue.

The game has a university setting but through most of the story, it plays a minor role overall. Through half the game I didn't feel like I was a college student.

A huge problem I have with the game is how the author drops bombshells with most of the girls later on in the story. Bombshells that can completely change the player's opinion of that girl. So if you choose a girl to be your main love interest, the author may pull the rug out from under you later on. The author loves to destroy good characters. These aren't the type of plot twists that players generally enjoy, myself included.

I have major issues with how the author handles Roxy. She acts like a carefree horny slut all the time who loves to push limits but if the MC attempts to turn the tables on her by being aggressive or dominant it closes her path. I understand that she had some bad experiences in the past but closing her path off was a bad decision by the author.

Probably my biggest gripe with the game is how the author wastes your time. Say it takes 500 words to thoroughly relay a thought, situation, or feeling (just as an example). Well, the author uses 5,000 words to relay the same information, without adding anything new or helpful by the extra 4,500 words. The writing is filled with unnecessary "fluff" which causes the game pace to proceed with a tedious heaviness! It also causes boredom where I'm often losing interest in the game/story.

The big thing that a lot of developers don't seem to comprehend is that more writing does not equate to GOOD writing. In fact, many bad writers fill their stories with pages and pages of worthless text.

If you like the look and feel of the game (renders, character models, faces) then the game may be worth a playthrough. The animations are the best part of the game! The developer is to be congratulated on the excellent animations. The game also has plenty of lewd/sex scenes that are well done but there's lots of story in between them that I felt was dry. The choice is up to you.

This AVN had a really strong start, but the quality just keeps on dropping the further you get into it.

The renders are pretty good for the most part, although the dev really could improve on the models expressions. Half the time Carol looks like a creepy serial killer because her expression rarely change from massive smile. Other characters suffer from this as well to varying degrees. Also, others have mentioned the model diversity to be lacking, so I won't go into that too much, but it is another issue.

The main letdown is the writing. The dialogue is very juvenile throughout, but the plotting and relationship development actively gets worse. One example of this is the relationship w/ Rachel. It was a decent slow-burn for awhile, then MC just gets weird w/ this random rapey massage session out of practically nowhere. The redhead gym girls scenes are also weird af and don't even make sense according to porn logic.

On top of this, the "main plot" is this weird clubhouse thing dedicated to taking down the frat/sorority. It is terrible, and thankfully mostly relegated to the background.

Overall, I can't recommend this game. I stayed awhile because I liked some of the characters, but the main plot gets stupider and the relationship development is very poor.

I'm usually very stingy with ratings but this one is a favorite.

Gameplay: 4.5/5

VA clicker with some choices. I find the choices mostly benign, but that's better than way too many choices with barely any consequences and it's appreciated over no choices at all for a bit of context and making some of the later stuff feel more earned. Not perfect, but if a VA has to have choices, this is probably how I'd do it too.

Sex: 4.5/5

A ton of work put into the poses, camera, lighting, dialogue, and scenarios. Everything is high quality AND high quantity. As is appropriate for a porn game, there is enough porn and just enough framework around the porn to justify it. Couldn't ask for more or better really except in 2 ways.

1. All the girls' body types and some of their faces are a bit too similar, but I really can't complain about that as the type is very much in my wheelhouse.

2. The sex dialogue is a bit wonky on the english. Certain phrases that I don't think anyone uses in sex are repeated a bit too often. Things like "go wild inside me" are just bizarre, though there aren't too many and the scenes are hot enough to forgive them and the dev seems to be getting better on each iteration.

Plot: 3.5/5

This game is ironically titled because honestly, there aren't many problems at this university, at least not ones that have complex solutions.

The whole things is very generic and safe. Most plot threads are half-baked, some get abandoned or forgotten for long periods of time only to be barely acknowledged before being put back in the jar to pretend to care about later. It isn't bad, it's just a basic framework to get our protagonist from one girl to the next, and that's totally fine. I do find myself skipping a lot of dialogue with certain characters when I know it isn't going anywhere. While the characters are pretty strong in terms of personality and goals, they all fall very quickly into having their "problems" solved with minimal generic sweet-talk from the MC.

A few points off here, but the sex is so good that it still earns a 5 regardless. The game is easily a top 10.

If you need a good game to play while waiting on one of your favorites, this will do nicely. The dialogue is serviceable and the story is ok. Because of this, I never really connected with any of the characters, but it works. There could have been a route where you let one of the main LIs become a slut and you pursue her while dating another LI as your main. That could have been hot and is the kind of path that would have given the reader a reason to return. Just spitballing. This AVN really shines in the animations. There are some movie quality animations that get facial expressions spot on. The renders are great, but all the LIs have this underlying sameness in facial features. Overall, I am glad I tried it, but I won't come back for updates.

- Story: The beginning makes you think this is going to be a 5-star game, you find an old man saying something "ominous", moving into a university, meeting a dude that you think is going to become your friend, an interesting plot starts to develop, but as time goes by you realize it gets nowhere. Sadly the game turns into a boring fuckfest with a few sparks here and there. It was really disappointing.

-Writing: It's terrible, whoever wrote this clearly has no idea how to make a Harem story. I think it would've been better to just avoid any harem element from the beginning. If you choose to have multiple relationships here everything turns into something ridiculous and not in the good laughable way (like I've seen in many other AVNs), it just gets fking stupid.

-Characters: MC is just a fking idiot but this comes as a consequence of the bad writing, I lost count on how many times I rolled my eyes because this dude tells every fking girl in the game either that he loves them, want to move in with them or even have kids, and also every other corny cliché sht that comes to your mind ... I was like STFU dude your fking like 6 girls at a time WTF! ... About the girls, Initially most of them have interesting backgrounds, but sadly, at some point, that doesnt matter anymore, because game turns into a fuckfest.

-Visuals: To be fair I really loved the girls models, they felt really unique. They're fantastic. Best feature of this game no doubt. Animations are really good as well.

-Music: Nice tunes.

-Others: I don't understand why the developer instead of trying to think of ways on how to make the game interesting creates a bunch of "Bonus scenes" that are not even canon, I didn't even get to see them coz I was fed up at that point.

Overall, I don't want to rate this game out of disappointment, to be fair, I think it's a 7/10, visuals are great and if you don't try to bang everyone maybe the story could be more enjoyable.

Although it contains spoilers, I intend this to be a helpful review for those considering starting the game. My hope is that it will give players an idea of the nonsense they might encounter, so they can avoid the disappointment I felt after spending countless days playing it.

No gonna lie. At first, I found this game very intriguing. The graphics, artwork, and animations are of high quality. The use of the phone and other side features, while not amazing, are not bad either. The game includes sex scenes and interactions that you rarely see in other games. The fact that the characters' physiques are so similar is annoying, but in the end it feels like a minor issue that can be easily overlooked.

Judging by the qualities I mentioned above, the game seems to deserve around four stars at first glance. But unfortunately, as you play, you begin to realize that the developer has added no real value to the game after this point and that events proceed with a tedious heaviness. To me, this game is proof that stunning graphics, artwork, and animations alone don’t make a great game. The increasing lack of personality, originality, and realism of the main character cannot be compensated for by any amount of creative sex scenes. And, as in almost every other game, negative choices either completely erase the corresponding characters from your universe or turn them into irrelevant extras who rarely appear.

At first, the protagonist seems like a grounded and likable character, but don't let that fool you. As you get to know him, you'll realize the game is essentially about the wet dreams of a cowardly, lazy, immature, and spineless guy - the kind of person most people wouldn't care about in real life. None of the problems mentioned in the game's title are real problems. And if they are, they're never the MC's. Instead, they’re issues belonging to other people - problems the MC asks others to solve or simply delays or leaves to time. It would be ridiculous to even hope that such an insincere fake character as the MC, a knight in shining armor, would selflessly solve these women's problems without taking advantage of their vulnerability. The MC is a type who quickly adapts to any situation, offering these women a pretense of true love and support, listening to their troubles, and giving them hope - ofc only to forget all about it by the time of the next booty call.

While the love interests vary widely in personality, if not in appearance, their interactions with the MC manage to slightly alleviate the overall dullness of the game. The fact that the protagonist strings along every love interest is a common trope in such games, and this game is no exception. The abundance of moral contradictions in these games is something every player must be prepared to tolerate. It's also the fact that these relationships intersect at some points, forcing you to grapple with moral dilemmas and conflicts, that makes these games so compelling.

If your expectations for the game are just to have sex with beautiful characters, one after the other, with some good animation and visuals, then this game will meet your expectations. But don't expect a good story.

From here on, I'll discuss potential spoilers and share my personal impressions.

This is so good, I think this is the first game where I've actually felt bad about cheating on the girls. Near the end it's getting a bit silly that MC is able to keep all the relationships hidden, but looking forward to the upcomming 3-somes.

Very recommended!

Very much an excellent AVN. The models of the character by far are one of the best I've seen. The UI and overall presentation of the game is excellent & polished. There's tons of content for each LI, in which most of them are pretty good. However the story is pretty standard and the writing is average as well, but the game doesn't seem to focus itself on the best story telling. Albeit that's my only gripe and it's not even bad as well, it's still quite enjoyable.

I really like this game even if at first I was a little doubtful because the girls, although they are very pretty, look a little too much alike in terms of body and face. We get used to it and they manage to seduce us all differently so BRAVO.

The game is complete (mini game but not in large enough numbers, telephone, photos, messages...) and it is a real plus even if the interaction with the mobile phone needs to be refined and developed.

The sequences are pleasant and the sexual orientations numerous (but disordered and poorly calibrated: number of points?)

I honestly had a crush on Rachel, Roxy and Carol; Ashley is interesting like Sarah. In short, the girls are nice; being able to go out with several for a while is nice but here it is .... what really bothers me is the MC's inability to act

Let's be clear: it is impossible to stop a relationship and make a single choice and try a "pleasant" breakup. it sucks!

Even if it's an AVN, it doesn't fit at all. For example, in one of my journeys I find myself in a relationship with all the girls I love and I can't stop the continuation of these events except for the moment Rachel who I had to let go of very quickly when she asked to stop (finally not a desired choice but proposed by the LI). so I find myself with Carol that I tried to slow down, in vain, Roxy that I tried to push aside, in vain, and Ashley that I could not let go at the risk of seeing her turn bad (now she is in love!

At a certain point in the story it does not work, especially since it talks about babies.... is the MC the worst of carrion? in this case this game is not for me!

If the MC is someone good at one point in the story there is really something missing: choices like: leave, leave without hurting, stay friends ......

Another criticism, I decided to stay friends with Sara and since then, this character has completely disappeared, strange dramatic construction! same thing for Rachel, no more classes at all, no more exams (although this mini game was a good idea)

So I decided to stop playing (although I am close to the end of 1.5.5) and to try different paths as long as there are essential options for establishing couple paths, desired throuple or affirmed harem (at worst) will not have been implemented.

Too bad I really like this game, (we get attached to the characters), because it contains all the essential ingredients for an excellent game but it gives the impression of a cooking recipe with fewer ingredients!

In this style of AVN we play to be carried away in a story, and to make sure that it can also end well and not, from the middle of the game, say to ourselves but in fact I am a complete bastard with the girls! Well now to finish well I will try to get them pregnant.

Sorry at this stage it leaves me with a very very bad feeling of frustration and the sex scenes do not change anything because at a certain age, unless you are a pervert, a pair of buttocks is not enough to make you lose your mind.

if there were these small corrections the game would have a 5 without problem, I put 3 but I was nice because at this stage without modification of the choices it is more of a perverse game and it is not what I expect from this style of AVN.

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Tee-hee -hee

How to turn adult, mature, independent woman into girlish teenagers. You find the devs answer within this project.
The graphics and animation loops are the best I've seen so far.
And my new hate-trigger is Tee-hee ...-hee *urgh*

Its strange to see how the dev manages to turn different female characters of realy interesting nature and distinct peronality into the same boring girlish tenagers. It was especialy painfull to see with Rachel and Roxy. Rachel is a Prof and the Uni and Roxie a sex driven independent student with wich at least we are able to expirience more animalistic unrestraint passionate sex.

Unfortunately you have again the binary world of submissive=slutty/whore or sexual reserved female type. Cliches all along here explored to the max.

Some character archs are quite interestingly writen and put on a believable plot. Others not so much, almost like to please most possible audiences.
So this is more industrylike and has no artistic value. What is not ment to be all bad dont get me wrong.
But I cant take the MC seriously and skip through most of the blant filler text. What also makes MC unbelievable is the fact that he acts like a wise adult in one scene and then a childish tenager next, like in the Rachel plot.

The lewd scenes are sometimes realy strange because the dev lets you listen into the thoughts of the MC like its a predator and it put me off as MC is talking with 2 toungs ... He strikes me as insincere and outworldish. There is no descriptive writing, it's mostly thoughts you listen into.

And if you ponder along during sex what does it say about the sex ...

The phones chat system is clunky and feels glued on as it has not the feel of beeing interactive.
The phones blog system feels the same.
Altogether it has a strong vibe of surfing on some other projects success - if ya know ya know.

Graphic: 5/5 (Ani A+++)
Plot: 3/5
Writing: 3/5
Lewd: 3/5

Final verdict: industrial goods

Maybe you'll expect a good game.
But this is only the beginning of a good Visual Novel.
When all this work is properly done, finished.
The decisions you make had consequences.
I know Albion Online is a MMO RPG not lineal. Even this game changes everytime, Do you would learn such power? XD
Just... play it, the animations are really good and the characters are cool for a new sexy love adventure!
It shall make a good narrative.

I was thinking about sugar-coating my review because the game seems to be pretty popular and maybe I'm missing something here, but honestly, it's just not a good game imo.
Other reviews already did a pretty good job, but here are my reasons for the rating.

- LIs are just incredibly boring and shallow. They only exist to be LIs, there's nothing intruiging about any of them.
- They also all look alike, which, combined with the point above and the poor writing, makes it look like you are interacting with clones rather than actual people.
- the writing is bad. Really bad. It's artificial, juvenile, unbelievable and way, way too much for its quality. I don't mind reading much, but then it should be interesting. This is not.
- I can't stand the MC. I guess he's supposed to be a nice dude who "understands the ladies", but he's honestly just a horny idiot disguised as a nice guy.

So yeah, as you can tell, I really didn't like the game. I wouldn't recommend it, even if it has nice graphics and animations.