VN - Ren'Py - University of Problems [v1.7.5 Extended] [DreamNow]

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.

University_of_Problems-1.5.5-(Extended)-pc

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: 4/5 (Ani A+++)
Plot: 2/5
Writing: 2/5
Lewd: 1/5

Final verdict: industrial goods

Update: 1.7.0 had to downgrade it by 1 point to 2/5 as this is getting unbearable and not fuckable.

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.

Review for v1.5.0 Remake
This game is a bit of a paradox for me. On one hand, it has some incredible features, but on the other, it struggles in areas that matter most to me. It’s the kind of experience where you can see the potential for greatness, but certain flaws hold it back.

The Positives
Let’s start with what the game does well. There’s a decent amount of content available at the moment, so you won’t feel like it’s over too quickly. The graphics are also top-notch, and the animations deserve special praise. When it comes to sex scenes, this game belongs among the best. The smoothness, attention to detail, and overall presentation of these scenes are undeniably impressive. You can tell that a lot of time and effort went into perfecting them, and it really shows.

If you’re here for visual quality, you won’t be disappointed. The characters look good, the animations are smooth, and everything has a polished, professional feel.

The Negatives
Unfortunately, beyond the visuals, the cracks start to show. The storytelling, the romance, and — perhaps most importantly — the character development feel lacking.

Storytelling & Engagement
The game has multiple storylines involving different characters, but none of them manage to hook me. I can’t pinpoint if it’s the pacing, the predictability, or just the lack of depth, but they simply don't feel engaging.

Romance
The romance feels rushed or forced in a lot of places. Instead of feeling like a natural progression where you grow closer to a love interest, it feels more like ticking off boxes in a checklist. Few of the romantic relationships feel genuine or believable.
Without genuine emotional build-up, it’s hard to feel invested in the romance. When something “big” happens with a love interest, it just doesn’t hit as hard as it should.

Characterization & Personality
Here’s where the game stumbles the hardest. The characters lack personality. Most of them are one-dimensional and don’t stand out from each other. They exist, they’re attractive, and they interact with the MC, but that’s about it.

For one, they feel too similar. Almost all of them are always smiling and always positive. If one or two characters had this personality, it would be fine. But when every single character is like this, it becomes repetitive and unrealistic. People don’t act like that in real life. It’s fine to have a “bubbly” character, but when all of them are bubbly, it just makes them blend together. One of the only characters who initially stood out was Roxy. Early on, she had more personality and felt like an actual person. But as the story progressed, she lost that spark and became just like the other love interests. It’s frustrating to see a character that had potential get flattened into the same mold as the others.

On top of that, many of the love interests look too similar. It feels like the developer only changed their hairstyles and swapped a few minor details. Distinct facial features would have gone a long way to make each character feel like their own person. Right now, it feels like you're interacting with clones.

One major issue is that the characters rarely interact with anyone other than the MC. We barely get to see them have friendships, rivalries, or relationships with other characters. Without these interactions, they feel isolated and flat.

The lack of inner thoughts is also a problem. The game doesn’t really let us “see inside” the characters. We don’t get to understand their hopes, dreams, or insecurities. They’re just there. As a result, it feels like you’re spending time with strangers rather than characters you care about.

Conclusion
This game has so much going for it. The animations are top-tier, the graphics are beautiful, and the amount of content is respectable. But all of that falls flat if you don’t care about the characters or the story. Without compelling characters, the romance and the storylines lose their impact. And unfortunately, this is exactly what happens here.

The love interests feel forgettable, the story lacks engagement, and the characters’ personalities are too shallow to leave a lasting impression. As a result, you end up not really caring about what happens to them or the MC. It’s a shame because the game clearly has the potential to be one of the greats.

The best animations I've seen so far. The characters are cute and hote. There could be more cation but its still a great game with great graphics. I recommend it, and it's without a doubt a 5 star game, compared with all the games i ve see where the models have robot faces and robot animation. Great Work Dev! Next game, try doing a game with more action, blood and drama overcoming. Thank you for your game

Top Tier content.

Pros -
1. The character models were simply superb and very well crafted. Incredibly good looking girls.
2. Photorealism style which puts a lot of modern era AAA games to shame.
3. The rendering of each and every frame has very high level of details put into it in terms of lighting and composition.
4. Lots of varied content.
5. The girls have unique personalities which make distinguishing between them easier.
6. The UI is well crafted. Offers real life elements like social networking, texting, contacts etc.
7. Very high production value in everything. This game looks and feels like a work of art.
8. The menu, title screen, etc are also meticulously crafted as suitable to context.

Cons -
1. The work could benefit from some humour.
2. The ending seems like similar amongst all characters.
3. Long and tedious dialogues.
4. MC is a default setting. No user choice besides name.

Seriously, the cons are just very minor things that does not hinder the enjoyment at all. I would definitely recommend this to try if you like gorgeous photorealistic animation.

From a purely production point of view, there really are not many AVNs out there this slick looking. The GUI is great, the renders are great and the women, while the all look a lot alike, are all hot. The background of each character give them depth and there is plenty of variety. From a production standpoint, it is one of the best AVNs I have played. The story, however, is just kind of meh. If it were not for the amazing production, this would only be 3 stars IMO.

IDK, the MC is a borderline Gary Stu and can do no wrong and always says the right things. All the LI's are basically the same when interacting with them despite the robust background work, and we can't have a college AVN without some kind of nefarious plot line in the background.

The lone exception is Roxie. She is an amazing character and no matter how many times I try different paths, there is always Roxie in the mix. She is a brilliant character and I enjoy seeing her story develop.

I am also not a fan of the MC. It's not just the pasty white skin, but I have a hard time connecting to him. He's just kind of a nothing-burger. It's weird, I play the game from the start and enjoy myself for a while but eventually, just get bored. There is nothing there to really hold me.

I will say, the remake was well done, and if the dev continues with it, then I will keep checking back. For me, however, this AVN is just pretty good. Having said that, this is an EXTREMELY talented developer and some of the things they have done here are really great so you should definitely download it and make up your own mind.

I will say, the character of Roxie is a standout. She is a great character

Unbiased Review of University of Problems

Pros
-Clean renders
-decent amount of content for the time its been out
-Wide ensemble of Lis
-decent variety of lewd scenes
-well rounded take on the college genre

Cons
-The models are honestly abysmal, they look like they all went to the same plastic surgeon and got the same face with different hairstyles slapped on.
-Not only that but all the girls have the literal same proportions, same skin tone and the most static facial expressions.
-Story is decent but honestly half the branches are incredibly forgettable. There is literally nothing worth investing into unless this is your only vn.

In conclusion it is a average at best game, nothing amazing to write home about, you just feel very meh afterwards after completing any path. It does some things well that other VNs should try to go for like content and consistency.

Started this game on a whim, was pleasantly surprised. Writing is slightly stiff at times but still really good. Characters are largely likeable. Sex scenes are hot af. The music rules, and I like the function which lets you find out which song is playing at any given time. The mod I was using is awesome, barely a hitch in the gameplay. Highly recommend.

I haven't play for that long and stop playing pretty early so I might change the score later or not go back to play it at all.

8/10 Story wise. The dialogue is not good. Normal human being wont talk like that in real life. You will be force to take part in something you don't want to. Like with the professor at the start. MC finds her pretty so he enroll in her course (like wtf). You are force to think that every girls you talk to are pretty (like literally stare at them one by one and thinking that she has pretty face, nice tits and all that)

9/10 Graphic. I would like to lower the graphic score if I compare it to other nowaday games but I guess it got it charm. The girls model is what I love the most. No big fake boobs. They all look like normal human being.

9/10 Love interest. As I mentioned haven't play that far into the game but from what I've seen from 7 of them some are good and some make no sense. Roxy basically jump mc the first time they met (I can't even stop her for some reason). Miss Cooper the professor that you are force to be interest in and took her class (like wtf). Carol is good I think just alot of weird dialogue.
All in all the score may go lower in the future.

9/10 MC. I hate him already. Another horndog who eyed every single girls he meet (not just eyed but stare at them from head to toe like wtf). His joking skill is lame as hell.
The only reason he still got a 9 is because am not that far into the story cuz if I do I will find more reasons to deduct the point.

10+0.5 Gameplay. Every AVN start with a 10 and get additional point based on its addition gameplay added to the game. Which in this case the mc smart phone. You can text, look at gallary, etc. The highest game that got bonus points is Being a Dik which is additional 2 points.

45.5/52
I basically stop playing any VN game when its story got to score of 8 but I think if I ignore all the force story, weird dialogue and creepy MC. I may find it more enjoyable later on but still a visual novel game should focus on story and dialogue. If its not fun to read and enjoy the story. It basically the end of said VN.

A fantastically polished example of the standard college harem genre we all know and love. Nothing surprising, just well-executed with impressively detailed DAZ models and quite a bit of content. Nice animations to boot. Four out of Five recommended staple game.

This game is like 3/5 in almost all areas.

So why am i giving it 5 stars ?
Bcs it has some of the best animations/renders you will ever see. I think that area is way more important than "writing" or "gameplay".
Most of the girls are good but 2 of them stick really out.
I let you determine who those girls are.

If you are someone that demands the whole product be high quality in most areas then maybe this isnt for you.
Everyone else, go ahead.