VN - Ren'Py - Viral Rivalz [v0.4.1] [ViralRivalz]

[Review for v0.4.1]
God, I want to give this a higher review so badly, but it feels like a genuinely good project with this absolutely moronic portion forced into it. It's like having a great car with one of the ugliest paint jobs you've ever seen, it's just something you can't ignore.

First off, the positives: I like the concept, I like the differing personalities of the girls, I like the MC, I like the humour (for the most part) and I like the visuals.

With the last point, I know some people might not like the more exaggerated looks of the girls, and I know they have very similar builds, but nonetheless I believe they all look good, and the personalities differ enough where you can identify characters with dialogue alone (even if they end up being cliches).

The big thing for me is the concept should be what sets your expectations, and the concept given to us doesn't give us lofty ideas or a really wide scope. The types of people we'll see are set out early, so if you don't like what you see at the start, there's no reason to stay.

What's unexpected is the longer it goes on, the more these cliches are actually fleshed out, with motivations and goals that seem totally understandable. The dev manages to exceed the expectations of the boxes we put the characters in, which is hard to do.

If this was the only stuff I had to say about the AVN, I'd be giving it 4 or maybe even 5 stars for what we currently have, with the expectation that the level of quality continues. But it isn't.

Now, we're onto the negatives, which I can describe in one word: Enzo. Enzo is our NTR boy for the AVN, and his inclusion ruins literally every other aspect of the AVN.

Now, I'm not some diehard who froths at the mouth when NTR is included as an option in a project (in fact, the NTR scene between characters Kylie and S.K at the beginning is an example of it done well), however the issue is that many of these projects that mention "a vanilla and NTR path" are usually saying "this is an NTR game, but I made a way for you to skip the NTR". I had hopes that this one wouldn't be the case going from v0.1 to v0.3, however v0.4.1 has revealed this project appears to be leaning towards the latter. There are effectively two sexual scenes in this update: the first is a scene where your gf Dakota talks about how she wants to fuck Enzo, and then a scene where one of the girls, Cassie, does basically everything but penetrative sex with Enzo. In the vanilla route, the first scene is basically just cut short to remove the NTR aspect, and the second scene is replaced with a washing 'mini-game' (if you can call it that) where you just rub her body. It's a joke, and with the v0.4.1 being the update that introduces Enzo into the podcast proper, this update is expected to set the bar for the future.

If just these sex scenes was it, I might have still left it with a 4, but the issue is Enzo infects EVERYTHING. He is included in basically every story involving a love interest, he is included in more than one girls' backstory, literally every scene he's included in involves the dev centering the shot around his bulge, every shred of character development is soiled when you see the NTR path have it be totally 180'd and have them magically show more interest in Enzo than the MC; I mean by this point, I think the dev would fuck Enzo over anyone else in the AVN. It's incessant. What they need to understand is that most people aren't into NTR, and making it THIS apparent that you want us to take the NTR route just feels so overboard.

If the content shown in the vanilla route was the only content, I'd think the dev wanted to have us explore these girls' characters and personalities more before plunging into a full on fuckfest, but the NTR route shows me it's literally just about reducing sexual content. It's ridiculous. The worst of it is that the NTR seems to be taking more and more of the development time, which means the majority of players will be spending MORE time waiting for LESS content. If this is the future of the AVN, it's not going to go well, but I will definitely update my rating if it becomes better, and I truly do hope it gets better. This seems like it could be a great smaller project if they just admitted that Enzo was a waste of space.

Great character designs and renders. A lot of fun to read and the ntr is pretty decent. The animations are pretty good too. Can't wait to see what the dev has in store. I see big things for this game. I like the two busty chicks the best so far

If you play the vanilla path or pick the vanilla option you get weak teasing and no sex scenes. Play the the NTR path or pick the NTR option you get sex scenes and spicier content. It is rare that you find a game that has optional or avoidable NTR where the non ntr scenes are spicy with hotter sex scenes. If you like NTR this might be the game for you. If you like vanilla or non ntr with spicy sex scenes, skip this game and find something else.

I'm tired of regular or samey guy with two sisters and a landlady plot so seeing something that stands out is much appreciated. models look hot and the story is unique. Though what might turn people off is a lot of themes on sharing swinging cheating and there is one scene where your girlfriend mentions your bully and makes you cum. Objectively 4 stars or 3.

The funniest joke I saw while playing this, is that the characters complain how Hollywood studios are stupid because they dont want original stories, they want remakes or adaptations and thats rich comming from a VN that has really bad characters and a poor developed story.
The girls are sexy but their personalities and the story don't hook me up. And I dont understand what it is the point of have a subscribers counter if that is not affected by our decisions.
I got bored so I started to skip everything, but it looks like the only thing affected by our decisions is who we'll fuck and if they will fuck someone else.

The one positive of this game is that the renders are excellent. The LIs are very attractive and well designed.

I hated everything else about it. I immediately despised each one of the characters, the dialogue is obnoxious, and the story did nothing to grab me.

10/10 so far
Amazing Game, Amazing Plot, Hot Characters.

I really like this setting of a Youtuber/Podcaster.

All the Characters seem interesting so far with fantastic designs, can really imagine all the hot stuff that can be made with this base.

Cant wait for more will follow this series very closely ,
Hope you can produce the story that you have in vision.

Original story, good set up. I want to knock a star off for bloat (there are simply too many women to care about, which means the NTR will almost assuredly fall flat), but honestly it's so nice to see something new and fresh that I can't bring myself to give anything less than 5 stars. Hope this one sticks around.

NO SEXUAL CONTENT FOR MC. Unless you count the 3 seconds of dick licking he gets at the end. That is just the gratuitous BJ scene (And not even a semi good one at that) that every dev feels compelled to include so they can say with a straight face the MC got laid.She does not suck it. She does not deep throat it. Hell you don't even get any titty in this thing and just a PEEK at an ass. Really, sex wise, this thing sucks balls. You see more dick in it than female parts. Super not impressed. So if you skip through the majority of the boring yada yada yada like I did there is not a damn thing here. MC is a junky. Mc is a fucking idiot. Choices are a joke. Bit hey he is a California internet "celebrity" as they liek to refer to these losers. And he is a grandeous loser and a half. Sorry but even the women are unimpressive material wise. They all look good but are pathetic in the way they are presented. With no sex to sell this I can't say I care to see more.

I had a great time playing it for the first time and had high hopes for it. However, the updates have been a bit slow and lackluster.

Graphics-wise, it's pretty good. It suits my taste. Big tits and a nice ass. And the rendering quality is very high.

A story with a very compact and realistic style. It is a minority work worth looking forward to.

The only drawback is that the pace of each version update story is very slow.
There is a sense of "imagination is limited by action".

If the full score is 10, I would give it 8.5 points at the moment.
It's a game worth experiencing.

Very short, but the idea is solid. The characters all have their own personality, no copy-pasting the same again and again. The story is simple yet interesting, and the few choices that you can make show you from the start that you will have complete control over the game's content. Definitely a 5/5 on potential alone, I'm really looking forward to next updates.

I don't normally rate games on the 2nd update, but I've really liked this one so far. It's funny, the girls are super hot, the premise is great, and the render quality is real good. A lot of potential for the future, so I hope it continues.

The game is very promising. I have waited on its first update to see if the release is consistent before making this review. The art is good, but there are inconsistencies that I wish the dev would fix in future updates. I'm not a big fan of women having too massive udders and I would hope that it's not that extravagant but reading the reviewing rules, I won't let this affect my rating. I'm also not a fan of how unrealistic the body proportions are, especially with the women in this game. The humor is good and I like how contemporary it feels. The UI is also good, it is nice to see a new game not using the default UI.