VN - Ren'Py - Waifu Academy [v0.12.5] [Irphaeus]

Hilarious story elements intertwined with enough H-Scenes that make it worth it. Dynamics between characters, while exaggerated, work well within the story. Also the characters, renders, and animations are top quality.

Art is mediocre among a sea of overused styles

Characters are generic and annoying

Main Chara is trash and a coward and spends half the time monologuing to himself like the smooth brain he is

The attempt at forcing comedy with memes is cringe worthy and falls flat

The story feels like it was written by a 12 year old that just discovered boobs for the first time. The premise and dialogue are immature

Sex comes too easy and has no impact

The game gives you a sense of 'choice' but it is really an illusion, you are railroaded through one garbage plot line whether you like it or not. The initial scene with the loud music being blasted by your sis is a good example, no matter what choices you make it ends with you getting trapped by the sis, it's stupid.

A mediocre game even among a sea of mediocre games. Idk how this is so highly rated

Review as of version 0.8

Waifu Academy is harem game revolved around revenge. What's great is that there are a wide variety of girls to fit most people's needs. What I love most about this game is that the protagonist isn't always successful. He's not some bad ass that is absolutely perfect at everything. In the story, the protagonist will succeed and will have to achieve his goals even if going through some set backs. It puts a nice bit of tension into the game. For the most part, the choices in this game are either not super impactful or are there as obstacles to avoiding game overs. Most of the time, you're given enough clues/context to make an educated guess on avoiding game overs.

Overall, an extremely interesting story and loads of great sexual content. My biggest gripe is that the "H" function to hide the text box stops working after awhile.

Great models. Excellent and gripping story. I really hope they play on the karma routes more but it's still in development.

Honestly, this game is a blast in terms of humor. Every 4 seconds you can expect a meme of sorts or a witty reference.

Great writing, awesome story, the creator is a genius. Renders are great, characters are cute and believable. Highly recomennded, the art grows on you even if you dont like Honey Select at first. The content is huge, sound effects and music add to the game so much effect. Carefully selected waifus.

1. Waifu Academy has quite an intriguing story. Not to mention the revenge plot infused with silly humor and tons of meme-y references makes it quite fun to play.
2. Characters and Animations are top tier. Every character has a vivid personality and fun to explore. Been playing since the initial release and haven't been disappointed.
3.Story progression is good, with some great sex scenes. If you're not into games with grinds and simply avoid sandbox then you're in for a rollercoaster ride
4. Updates are quite long but since every update is worth the wait. Most of things are well-done and proper focus onto the bugs and errors.
10/10 would recommend

Funny (though meme-heavy), interesting story, cute and varied girls.

The downside is that it's currently (version 0.8.0) rather linear: the choices only influence the scenes you can see immediately, and if they are the "bad end", it's also almost immediate. The sex encounters have just few scenes in them (typically 2 to 4 animations). But the other parts compensate for that easily.

I love this game. But then, I HATE this game, because it ruined the rest of F95 content for me.

Nothing will be able to compare. Nothing gave so much pleasure, be it erotic or aesthetical. From setting to decorations design and character design, to writing and immersion and soundtrack(there are not a lot of tracks, but they fit perfectly to the situations they play at). All top notch. And all of that gives this game a soul, makes it come alive.

I started this game with low expectations but was immersed in it completely. I played all day without stopping and couldn't finish it. When I woke up next day I went straight to continue. I played and played, but the game just wouldn't end. At one point, judging on the flow of the plot, I thought I was far from end of the line and was happy. How wrong I was. When Takamura jumped me and JoJo tbc tune started playing, I thought my heart was going to break. It was like an idyllic dream, one you don't want to wake up from, it was perfect, but then someone yanked me awake. It was a terrible feeling.

But in the end, after some time to collect myself, I can tell, that Waifu Academy leaves a great aftertaste. It is a masterpiece. 10/10. I can't wait for later updates and wish all the best things to creators. You are gods.

P.S. One important thing I forgot to mention. Comparing to other F95 entries that use 3d graphics, Waifu Academy's character models have very natural looking postures. They did not feel like dolls on strings at all, which was the greatest boost to immersion.

animations and character models are great, i really liked them

but the awful memes and the entire premise of the "count of monte cristo but with porn and the revenge is about girls that wrong me" just isn't for me.

i'd prob pick up another game from the devs, but due to the plot, im no longer interested in this one.

I really wanted to love this game. It had a truly evil character who wanted to take revenge. This character seemed to be not above using any means to achieve his goals. In other words the ends justify the means at any time. Instead we've got dreamer who experiences set back after set back. There is no and I mean no growth from the character he doesn't get physically stronger to be able to fight the fights he apparently needs to fight. Mentally I'd have to say he gotten dumber you'd think after falling to so many obvious traps he'd be more cautious instead the MC gets increasingly more reckless often nearly exposing his true identity to his enemies only to be saved by plot armor. Then there are the choices and karma system. Most if not all the time you have to choose the "right" path otherwise it's game over or you suffer major consequences. I mean at that point why bother with the karma system if I have to choose bad and then good choices in order to succeed. Shouldn't the point of a karma system be for me to choose to be evil or good. Also why bother giving me a choice at all if there are times when I will be game over for all but one that's not choice it's forced paths.

The game story is best although i played it 3 to 4 times and realized that mc is a little rude to tomoe which is understandable he want revenge but every dialogue that is related to between mc and tomoe on why she never visited him she seems pretty confused about it too dev should add why she decided that and i think it will be best if they had loving relation not some forced stuff between mc and tomoe maybe her dickless husband manipulated her to leave mc and now cheating on her with other women , maybe she also missed him all the 16 years that will definately give boost to love route between mc and tomoe and story will be more awesome...it think love route between mc and tomoe is best instead of forced route
I REALLY HOPE THAT THERE IS LOVE ROUTE FOR TOMOE

Waifu Academy 0.8 Review

This review is inevitably going to contain spoilers. I will do my best to keep this review as spoiler-free as possible, but you have been warned. Let's start with the story. When I started playing this game, I really enjoyed the story at first. It was a fairly straightforward revenge plot and while that may be a bit simplistic in terms of storytelling, it can be effective with the right character motivation. Hell, look at John Wick. In the simplest terms, it's the story of a man getting revenge on someone because they killed his dog. Yet, it's a good movie. Waifu Academy opens with a young man going to a new school. We soon find out that the previous principal/headmaster was the MC's father. According to the MC his father was wrongfully accused of sexual misconduct with some of his former students. This accusation leads to the MC's father attempting suicide and left him in a catatonic like state. Now, the MC has returned to his father's former school and is attempting to gather information and get revenge on those that wronged his father.

This is a simple and fairly easily digestible plot to get behind: find the bad people and get revenge. However, the creator/writer of this game decided to throw in supernatural elements and this is where I start losing interest. I don't inherently have an issue with supernatural elements, but when they seem to be shoehorned into such a grounded premise then I can't help but think that it sticks out like a sore thumb. It would be like if Bella from Being a DIK turned out to be a ghost or something. Sure it would be surprising but it would also make me say "What the fuck? Where did that come from?" At one point the school nurse appears to be a succubus but then the writer back peddles from this conclusion without any real explanation for what she can do. All of this is my long-winded way of saying that I feel like the supernatural elements of this game don't mesh with the grounded "realistic" parts of the story. Also, as a side note on the story, there are quite a few times where the MC does something incredibly stupid like trusting Yoko at the pool and having his clothes stolen by her. Despite the fact, we're lead to believe that the MC is this incredibly intelligent master manipulator. You, as the player, are often at the whims of so many other characters that it's not even funny.

Speaking of the story let's move on to some of my issues with the characters or more specifically the lack of interaction between the MC and a lot of the characters that have been introduced thus far. Waifu Academy has a ton of characters and there are quite a few of them that I like. However, it seems as though (at least with the options that I've taken in the game so far) I'm always interacting with the same handful of characters. Here's a shortlist of Waifu's that to the best of my knowledge do not have sex scenes:

Tomoe*
Kayane
Motoko
Elizabeth*
Hakura
Yoko
Jira
Brooke

This is by no means an all-inclusive list of characters without scenes, quite frankly, I'm too lazy to list them all. Also, in the interest of being fair the names with asterisks do have scenes but they are fantasies or dreams. Not actually scenes that take place in the reality of the game. My point is that there is a large cast in this game and despite the fact that this is the 0.8 release and assuming that 1.0 is the release version, so many characters don't have routes or even a point to them. Let's take Motoko as an example. Although I like her as a character so far she seems rather pointless. She's sweet, caring, nice, and perfect Waifu material but she's had very little real interaction with the MC. There are a ton of other potential Waifus that fit this "I like them as a character but the MC has had almost no contact with them so what's the point" profile that it really makes it seem like this game is really in a 0.5 state and not a "this game should be almost done" state.

Also, this game just loves to cockblock the fuck out of you. There are numerous instances of this but the ones that stick out the most in my mind are: There is a point where the MC gets Yoko alone in the pool and instead of giving Yoko time to shine she runs off with your clothes. There's also a scene in the girl's locker room where through a series of fortunate events the MC ends up in the shower with either Kayane, Motoko, or Rikuna. If you end up in Kayane or Motoko's shower then nothing really happens. Of course, if you end up with Rikuna then you get to have sex with her. But let's be real, to my well-trained eye Rikuna just isn't Waifu material. If you pick Kayane or Motoko then you've just cockblocked yourself despite the fact that both of these characters haven't really had their time to shine yet. I don't understand this style of drip feeding content despite having a huge cast of characters to choose from. I know some people will argue that Motoko wouldn't have sex with MC with two chicks right there and I agree but Kayane? That seems exactly like the type of thing she would do.

Anyway, that's enough about being cockblocked. My point boils down to: I feel like there's so much unfinished with the game that I really don't think that it's as close to completion as a 0.8 game should be. I feel like with such a huge cast of characters the creator of this game probably bit off a bit more than he or she (let's be real probably he) expected. If 1.0 is going to be the release version and this really is 0.8 then I feel like either Waifu Academy will have a lot of loose ends or there will be a sequel that picks up where Waifu Academy left off.
So we've covered the story let's move to something a little bit easier to cover.

The graphics/renders. I'm going to break this into two separate parts: models and image quality. The models are great. For the most part, I can't think of a single Waifu that I flat out think is ugly. Of course, some of the Waifus are more attractive (Motoko) than others (Asuka). But overall, I think they look good and the creator of this game did a good job. However, the image quality leaves a lot to be desired. There are a lot of scenes in the game that have what I can only describe as artifacting (especially in dark areas of the image). I assume this is a result of heavily compressing the files in the game and despite the fact that the compressed size is over 3GB I would gladly have an even larger file size if it meant the images were of high quality.

Lastly, I'll quickly talk about the translation of this game. This is a large game and for the most part, the translation is pretty good. However, there are many noticeable spelling errors and grammar errors. With that being said, while these errors are noticeable they aren't so bad that you flat out can't understand what's going on. I've played games on here where translations were so bad that the dialogue was laughable. This definitely above average.

Overall, I'd say that while I do have my issues with the game it's definitely worth playing.

P.S. It was 9 months between 0.7 and 0.8 so if you're looking for a game with fast updates, then this is not the game for you.

This review is of 0.8.0a update of the game. The story is rather nice with a fair mix of different anime-style story elements. First and foremost, of course, is the harem/hentai element. But you have a mix of shounen and supernatural sprinkled in with a bit code geass like plotting going on.

The characters are diverse in their looks and personalities with some still needing to be refined but this will likely come when they get more screen time. There are characters you will become invested in such as for me with and others you are invested in wanting to destroy but that is a good thing. A good story needs people you want to hate but do not always get the upper hand on every encounter no matter how frustrating that can be. You cannot have true satisfaction with their ultimate defeat without suffering some yourself. I would highly recommend the game but be forewarned it looking like it could be a long term project but that isn’t a bad thing but if you want a game that is done already or will be soon you might be disappointed. That said there is already a lot of content in the game



Pros

• A good amount of varied characters
• Interesting story
• Animations are very well done
• Sound design is a hidden gem for this game
• A lot of options to go down darker paths or not if you so wish
• Looks to have branching stories implemented
• A good chunk of fetishes

Cons

• Music/Sound can go from very soft to very loud. Not a major issue but can be jarring at times
• Some of the choices don’t seem to do anything other than add a little bit of dialog saying no one is here leading you back to pick the only valid options. This seems to be less of an issue as the game has gone on in fairness
• You will get blue balled at times thinking you’re going to get an H-scene only for it to be interrupted or denied. Not a major issue for me as it adds to the story but for some, I can understand this could be a con if you are raring to go.

Art:7/10

Animation: 8/10

Sound: 7/10 (would be 10/10 if not for the volume inconsistency)

Story 8/10

Characters: 9/10

The best argument in a game so far. The planning of the characters it´s something to admire here. Everything of the plot falls into place and has a good dose of humor too. I will love more animations but the art style is very good and each character has its very unique traits.

This is trash.

It's not the rapey content... I actually came for that... it's the presentation. Childish, immature, pretentious... trap-laden... I'm not talking traps as in a penis falls out where you didn't expect it... I'm talking this guy walks into plot extending bullshit every day... where he ends up the loser to someone else.

Way too many obscure and genre specific pop culture references. Way too many repeating mental recaps of what needs to be done. Locations open up that lead nowhere and are pointless to click on. All choices come in two varieties... the kind that leads to an instant game over... and the kind that really isn't a choice... it's three choices that all lead to the same outcome... you losing at something totally outside of your control and an obvious trap.

If you enjoy losing at everything you do and having everyone put you down, this is for you. If you enjoy author specific pop culture references that are even highlighted in their own font color, this is for you. If you enjoy watching all the women around you being fondled, you're going to love this... except that most of that fondling is done by other characters, not you... If you get off on overuse of non-words like "dem" for them and "dat" for that... and every other retarded 14-year-old hipster slang you can think of... you'll love this.

All the references and language is there to make it seem edgy and cool with a very specific group of people which limits it's universal appeal... but what is worse is every time a green bit of dialog pops up it reminds me, as the player, that there is some dude behind all of this trying to get me off... fuckin' buzz kill. Don't make it about you. I don't want you in my jack session.

Again, the author not only overdoes the references, he highlights them breaking every rule about exposition and references, the first of which is that if you have to explain it, it doesn't belong. They don't just explain it, they highlight it.

There is an opening scene where music is blasting in the next room... you're given the option of ignoring it or telling mom or going into the room... well telling mom leads you back to the same menu, can't find her... and ignoring it leads back the same menu... apparently can't ignore it... the game demands you go through all these clicks for a predetermined outcome. It's tedious and an illusion of interaction.

And then there's a scene where you're peeping on mom in her shower and as she is about to notice you you are given three options... replace the missing tile... leave the room... or stick your dick in the hole so she can go to town on it, thinking it's a dildo... now obviously, the first two are the reasonable options that shouldn't get you in trouble, but they both lead to game over... but sure, you can stick your dick in the hole and she won't know it's real and just... go to town. Ridiculous choice system. Ridiculous scene. None of this is any good. What is the point of any of this without immersion? Might as well just plug in a porn movie... it would actually be more grown up. And more immersive.

It's those kind of choices: ones that end in game over... ones were picking the obvious good choice is a trap... and ones that just don't matter, you're going where the story is going to take you anyways... that's all this offers. There is zero reason behind the choices you make in this... the game knows what it wants you to pick and more often than not, the obvious choice is a game-over trap and the ridiculous choice is the right path.

It gets so bad that in one scene you are forced into walking into the back of the subway which everyone knows by now contains bad rapey dudes that you've already encountered... and you know they know you because you stopped them from raping a girl... you're forced into this, and there's no reason for it either... you're just killing time on the subway... no escaping it... and then those guys proceed to humiliate and beat you while you wait for a girl you call to come and protect you... and this whole forced encounter causes you to lose the MacGuffin you've worked so hard to get...

And later when you're forced into being stuck in a neighbor's master bedroom as they come home... you're given the option of hiding in a closet, hiding under a bed, or trying to talk your way out of it... the first two end the game and the third option has you ninja vaulting to the ceiling, then ducking down into the closet and waiting for them to go to sleep... none of which involves talking it out with the guy.

And then when you go to leave, you're forced to go down on the wife who catches you leaving the room while hubby sleeps... after this you're given the option to leave without getting your own rocks off (the safe and wise choice--leads to game over) or staying and fucking her on the bed while her police chief husband sleeps and her kids watch from the door. This absurd situation was always what the game wanted and it forces game over if you don't choose it. It's fucking ridiculous.

He's dumb and weak but the story doesn't help you avoid being that way. If you enjoy that, fine... but I don't know why anyone would want an unlikable, unidentifiable main character. In normal dialog he spews out specific body parts and worldly knowledge like he's Doctor Ken Jennings... in any sporting competition he walks to the table with near Olympic skill... but in every third scene he walks into a trap or does something so dumb... and if the plot is on the line, he's destine to lose... he's inconsistent... it's the nicest way I can define this guy.

And the entire time this MC is failing at things or being humiliated, his inner dialog is ranting about the morons and imbeciles around him and how superior he is to them, oblivious that he is genuinely worse than they are... especially since they literally just got the better of the him. And it's not done as a character flaw displaying dramatic irony... the story never comes from a place that the MC is flawed... even when the MC is losing (all the time) the entire narrative is trying to claim in all seriousness that this guy is above everyone else. The author really believes that this guy is winning... even when he so clearly is losing.

The sex comes too easy and is sterile, pun-laden and immature. By the time I closed this the MC has been with countless girls, has numerous girlfriends, the whole school is a swoon over him with many girls inwardly and outwardly expressing love and devotion to the guy... but I cannot remember ever seeing this guy kiss a girl in here. Or make out. It's always fondle the tits... man she's wet... oh... she's cum... this guy touches them, they cum. It's entirely void of passion.

I'd bet large sums of money that the author of this hates women... I'd bet my life they are afraid of someone thinking they are gay. Many times in this homophobic slag is used... and I'm not so PC (I'm not PC at all-read my reviews) as to freak about about someone being called "fag" or using expressions like "suck my dick"... and neither is this... but after literally every single line that could be considered gay or gay-bashing, the MC clarifies "no-homo"... now, you might think that's just this character, but this clarification is made in the quest logs and from the dialog of other characters, too. It's totally as if the author is going out of their way to make sure no one reading this should in any way think they (the author) are gay. It might be the only humorous thing about all of this.

The girls are cookie cutter and void of personality. This offers a brief expositive opening scene that introduces the class and the game relies on this brief introduction to each character as the entirety of their character development... Sue likes animals... now you know Sue. And all of them want your cock... you can straight up be the biggest dick in the world, they don't care... they need your cock. At least put a tiny bit of challenge into it, or courtship. Some foreplay. Some main character winning and not just floating around as chicks fly at his schlong... anywhere... there is zero work involved in this. It's idea of foreplay is molest her three nights in a row while she's asleep and that somehow makes her fall in love with you. And what's with everyone going unconscious after an orgasm? Who does that? This does it all the time... even to the MC... and every girl is a squirter... this is just awful. When the sex is this bad in a sex game, you really need a story and characters and those are even worse. I want to give this zero stars because it's a travesty if people are crowd sourcing for this... when there are so many good titles... don't spend on this and perpetuate garbage... make people aspire to make better quality. This is lazy as hell.

And it clearly thinks it has a brain by adding obvious Google search bits of meaningless, mundane facts about obscure topics to make it appear smart... and that's OK, I guess... if it wasn't so damned childish and immature in every other line of writing that isn't being pretentious like this. It has two speeds with the dialog... childish and pretentious. That's every line in this and those two don't mix well.

I stayed with it because it kinda has a plot. This might be the only thing they spent any real time on. Otherwise there is no thought in this game but the author really thinks they've made gold here. Another review said it well: "Self indulgent". I'd add the word "crap" to the end of that statement.

How this game is so popular, I will never know.

"In Waifu Academy, you play as a young man who wishes to seek revenge after many years of harrowing ordeals..."

A promising premise, however, misleading. Let me correct it for the Author.

"In Waifu Academy, you play as a pathetic loser with dreams of revenge, but instead of actually accomplishing anything, he is made into everyone's bitch."

Our main character is - to be blunt - stupid. He is easily manipulated, and he just waltzess right into traps laid out by other characters and we - as the player - can do nothing about it. It's infuriating to sit through when you consider the premise the author tried to push this game as, but clearly lied about.

Anyways, If you are into main characters that get pushed around and humiliated by everyone he meets, then this game is for you, as for me? It's an easy 1/5 (I would give it 0 if I could)

- Amazing story that actually gets you interested
- One of the funniest game i've ever played with a fkton of references to movies and anime
- Has literally 10 girls who are so unique, pretty and amazing that they deserve their own game

Best. Game. Ever

EDIT: This was my prior 5 star rating review of update 0.6.4, if I recall correctly.

As of update 0.10.0: The game still has witty dialogue, an interesting plot, and now even better animations.
But unfortunately the authors decided to add their Ugly Bastard NTR fetish into the game which is UNAVOIDABLE, which frankly should be illegal, especially since it's NOT listed in the tags?!

I would rate it 0 stars now if I could, but I would rate it 4 stars if they made it optional.

Game's pretty meh.

Karma is worthless as of right now. Choices don't really matter. Girls are all awfully similar to each other in terms of personality (about 3 falling under the "shy" archetype, about 3 falling under the "bad bitches with personal troubles" archetype, 2 being the "milf with marital troubles" archetype - man this shit just kinda gets boring!).

Game's pretty rapey, which while I don't mind too much, it's fun to be an absolute jerk and a villain once in a while, it's just kinda, consequence-less? You get to rape and assault girls, and then nothing really happens after, they don't hate you, they don't fear you, they don't notice you are drugging them, it doesn't have any consequences whatsoever. It's also pretty NTR-y, be warned.

Also, be warned, the author thinks he's funny and keeps trying to make video game and anime jokes and references. You may think he's funny, I don't. The further into the game you go, the worse the author gets at that.

I suppose the best thing about the game is the premise of the plot. Being a manipulative little evil genius and achieving your evil revenge by ruining some lives, conquering some hearts and taking some virginities along the way sounds nice. But that premise just kinda gets let down by how the plot actually progresses. You are just not the kind of character to do such a thing, you are stupid, are way too easily deceived and manipulated, you walk into traps, and there is nothing you as a player can do about it but sit there and watch.

The game was done nice. Storyline, enhanced graphic, game mechanism , route and of coz, waifu! The developer and the team have put alot of efforts in working on this game. Though there's a delay until now but they are always giving their best to the game. Quality game are always time consuming hence the delay. And this game also manage to create a few characters that i liked too. It's a definitely must support game. Everything is done with heart, passion, details and inspirations. It's awesome.

It's a great VN, compelling story, okay renders + animations (on Android). However the constant digression does get a little frustrating. I get that some characters need a bit of backstory so we can understand how they fit into the bigger picture, but Dev ends up overdoing it at times. There was a point where I actually began to believe that the MC was going to abandon his quest because there little to no progression whatsoever, so it would be better if the story was a little more direct in that respect

Other than that it's one of the best out there (certainly one of the top VN's that use Honey Select models, and there's VERY few of those.) And the humor is top tier (this the first VN that's actually had me laugh out loud on numerous occasions. That pool scene where the MC's mom gets knocked unconscious was pure comedy gold).

So overall 7.0/10. I highly recommend it.