VN - Ren'Py - Westview Academy [S2 v0.7.0] [Tako Yuh]

Overall, this game is good, if you are wondering whenether you should play it or not, give it a chance, this is game is worth it.

Dont expect too much from the story, its solid, easy-going, funny, but nothing special. I really like how this game has two completely different paths and how it affects our mc's social circle. There are a lot of characters, they doesnt seem hollow, they have personalities, but the game doesnt really capitalise on this. If you get scenes like MC + Girl 1, then MC + Girl 2, then MC + Girl 3 ... it gets stale and boring really quick. We really need to see more interactions between other characters (like Paige didnt interact with any other female characters, just like Mary, we got few lines where Alyssa was talking to her friends and that it). Another thing, our mc's situationships doesnt affect his story at all. Like, he goes on the date with June, then he tells Paige how he loves her and shes really important to her, talking about family etc and literally next scene MC take Alyssa to meet her mother at thanksgiving. And all we got is one line, where our mc goes like yeah its fucked up. Hopefully we will see more "consequences" and more interactions between other characters in later updates.

I can understand why some people might think jokes in this game are cringe, me personally, i like it and thought they were funny.

Sex scenes are improving. The first one with June was really bad, no proper build up, few moves and thats it. However, later sex scenes with Paige or Alyssa were much better and the music during those scene were great (this game has great ost), some people really underestimated how much music can enhance the quality of sex scenes.

The quality of renders you can see already on the preview, its excellent. The girls are pretty, face expressions are good.

P.S. do people even care about animations outside of sex scenes? Im sorry, devs, im just skipping it. And if thats how a lot of people feel and these animations take a good amount of time, maybe dont bother with it? Just a suggestion

Man, I seriously don't understand some of these negative reviews. We are talking about porn games--not 19th century literature. This game has everything a porn game should have--hot fucking LIs, gorgeous renders, and a fun/engaging story. Will it win a Pulitzer or solve world hunger? God, I hope not (hint: it won't). But its way high on the scale in a few categories:

1. Some of the best looking graphics of any VN I've read/played
2. Beautiful, varied women. Not the normal ridiculously unreal tits that are in 90% of these games
3. Funny as hell. This game doesn't take itself too seriously, so I fail to understand why so many reviewers do. This was as much fun to read as any VN I've read before. That single thing makes this 5 stars in my book.

As far as I'm concerned, if it sticks out as one of the best VNs you've read, and I have a hard time seeing how this wouldn't, it's a really good game. And this is a really good (porn) game. Enjoy!

Westview Academy [S1 v0.6.4] & [S2 v0.7.0]

I honestly think some of the two-star reviews are pretty harsh - especially since most of the complaints are only about the story. Sure, everyone has their own way of rating and is free to judge however they want, but objectively speaking, a VN is more than just its story.

Don’t get me wrong, I totally agree that the story is the most important part of a visual novel (right after the "eye candy"). But giving only two stars for everything Westview Academy has to offer? That just feels unfair to me. So, here’s my take, point by point:

Graphics:
Top-notch, no question. The renders look great, the assets are varied and well-used. The girls are all attractive, with different body types, heights, and faces. The MC looks good too. The scenes are detailed, well-staged, and flow nicely.

Animations:
Still solid, but not quite on the same level as the renders. The body movements/breast physics in the sex scenes feel a bit unnatural, and overall the scenes could use more variety. A lot of them take place in similar locations with similar positions and no extra details or props. Even something as simple as better camera work - more zoom, different focus - could make a big difference.

Sound & Music:
There’s always some background music playing - sometimes it fits, sometimes it doesn’t. A few tracks just don’t really match the mood. Overall, the soundtrack could be better and more consistent. There are no sound effects at all, not even in the sex scenes - no moaning, no ambient sounds, nothing. That’s a shame, because it really limits the atmosphere.

Content & Length:
The amount of content is already impressive - around 8 hours of playtime if you explore everything. With all the different paths and outcomes, there’s plenty to keep you entertained. Your choices affect how the story develops, and early on you’ll have to decide between the music or sports route, which heavily influences which girls you can pursue later on.

Story & Writing (minor spoilers ahead):
Now to the most debated part - the story. It’s definitely not perfect, but it’s nowhere near as bad as some people make it out to be. In my opinion, it just tries to do a bit too much at once. There’s (b)romance, humor, and an interesting university setting - all great ingredients. If it had stayed focused and consistent, it could’ve been a really good story that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

But some scenes just feel out of place - like that one with the dogs stealing bacon. It completely breaks the flow and just feels weird.

What I personally miss is more dynamic interaction between side characters - especially depending on the MC’s choices. If my MC tells Mary early on that he loves her, but later shows up at the Christmas party with another girl, she should at least react - get sad or jealous or something. Instead, moments like that stay too shallow.

Still, the story is engaging enough to keep you curious about what happens next.

Final Verdict:
My honest rating would be slightly above four stars, rounded down that’d be four. But since so many two-star reviews feel undeserved to me, I’ll round up this time - five stars from me.

Story: 3/10
Renders: 9/10
Animation: 9/10
Sound: 6/10
Characters: 7/10

This game has very high-quality renders and animation; the character designs are also really pretty. Sadly, that's all this game has to offer; the story is very bad, most parts of the game are filled with brainrot content, things that don't even matter and no one cares about. This actually feels like it's written by a toddler. So many renders and animations are wasted on useless content that it actually feels frustrating. The sports part is somewhat interesting, but its content is very less compared to other thiings, this game would have been so much better if the author had gone full-on into sports thing.

The looks 11/10

The story ... dear god have mercy on me ... either the whole story is written by random AI prompts or someone watched too much Gintama ... random as fuck and close to none depth

Honestly, i dont expect Edgar EAllen Poe writing some knockoff college porn stories, but seriously something is not right with whoever wrote this. There is zero consistency, no real reason why everyone is all over the MC other than ... looks good, has dick.

This one's a frustrating one. I've tried both routes and the basketball option is better than the music route but both in the end have the same problems. There's some really good things and some bad.

The good, the LI's are beautiful with lots of variety but the bad, some of them are really depressing. The most fun is Kiara but she's a side girl, so your hardly with her. The girls you spend most time with... you guessed it, they are so sad when you're with them. Half the time things end up with everyone hugging and crying rather than cumming. Everyone seems on the edge of tears all the time. I would like more choices over what you do and who you have relationships with, to add more variety. If the teenagers all have to be moping dev, why can't we have the option of a relationship with the agent, the doctor or a teacher?

As for characters, the MC is actually well written and quite funny. Ditto Kiara, as mentioned. She's massively underutilised. Jalen started out the same but now seems weirdly clingy and off his early game, since he married. It's really sad in a straight VN, when the best scenes are between two guys and their bromance.

A final issue is the general atmosphere. The quality is there with how everything looks but most scenes are set in a dark, dull room. It's like there's no sunlight in this story, with the only well lit scenes in the basketball arena. Out walking around, no sun. In the car, no sun. In class, no sun. In the dorm, no sun. It makes everything depressing. We get it dev. You think making it dark and moody all the time makes it dramatic. It doesn't, its just gloomy. There's no joy, happiness or love here, life is just meh. The whole thing is like a suicidal, teenagers wet dream.

The story, well the basketball story, is ok but lacks pace. There's too much depressing crap going on off court to actually get on with the story. The on-court scenes are pretty good but could do with a little more variety. Every scene tends to be the same close ups on players and could be mixed up with some crowd or whole court shots.

Overall, it's ok but it could have been so much better. Loads of good ingredients went in there but it came out tasting a bit bland and boring.

I'm really into this game. All the girls were great, I love the idea of being with one instead harem (but if it's free choice to be harem or be one, it will be better. And one thing it really done well, not huge cow tits anymore. Other similar game, all female just have similar huge boobs, which makes no contrast at all.
And MC won't be forced to have sex with someone he unwilling to. That's what we called free choice. And the main girls were close to MC ages. Finally no more forced mother fucker story. (Yup, I'm saying Fresh Women, which it's unavoidable to fuck the landlord lady)
Haley & Alora had shine as Side characters (won't called them hoe btw)

westview academy is one of those vns that sneaks up on you. you think you’re just in for the usual “school setting with drama and romance” but then the writing actually pulls you in. the characters don’t feel like cardboard cutouts, they’ve got depth and personalities that bounce off each other in ways that make you care about what happens next. it’s the kind of game where you tell yourself you’ll play for 10 minutes and suddenly it’s 3am.


the visuals are clean and polished without trying too hard, and the pacing keeps you hooked instead of drowning you in filler. there’s also just enough spice mixed into the story to keep things exciting without turning it into a cheap slideshow of scenes.


if i had to nitpick, i’d say more frequent updates would go a long way, and honestly a usable in-game phone (like law school has) would add a nice layer of immersion and interaction.


all in all, westview academy feels like it knows exactly what it wants to be: a story worth caring about with characters you don’t want to forget. definitely one of the strongest vns i’ve played, and i’d replay it until my mouse breaks.

Basically everything I want in a game like this.

Really pretty, likable and unique characters, high quality renders and animations, choices that matter, likable MC, good lighthearted dialogue but also good romance writing, no weird incest stuff, no weird mind control or stupid fantasy gimmick and finally relatively realistic body porportions.

Thanks Dev, great game 10/10

Edit: I guess the only things that could be better is that at the start it feels very unrealistic how all the people are introduced to you, you just become friends instantly without doing anything and I think a single gallery is a better idea than to split them up like this per girl, escpecially when there are no scenes for some.

It all feels so disconnected. Stuff just happens and it doesn't feel like there's any sense of continuity, or consequences, or verisimilitude. I chuckled a few times, but definitely wasn't aroused or emotionally engaged at any point. It's pretty bad when I, as a straight man, feel like the funny scenes with the male characters are carrying the porn game...

English:............10/10
User Interface:.....5/10
User Experience:....7/10
Art:................8/10
Dialogue:...........5/10
Story:..............1/10
Opinion:............2/10................
Avg:.............5.43/10 [2.71/5]

I think this is gonna be the last college game I review. If not ever, then at least for a while. They're ALL the same. The only difference is the quality of the dialogue. If your story amounts to "MC goes to college and plays a sport/follows his dream" I'm already bored. Not to mention this game having the most GENERIC title ever. I don't even remember it and I'm staring at the game right now. That's bad. This game is only know to me as "That game with the eyebrows." Because the one (SINGULAR) main LI has ridiculously defined eyebrows, just like MC. I'm going to choose to not think that makes them related later on, but we'll unfortunately see. Also, I'm playing the modded version because I have a life and playing this boring game twice, even skipping common sections, would make me foam at the mouth in boredom. I'm currently a little ways into the game, I think chapter 3 was the last title I noticed, and yes, Alyssa is the LI they push you into no matter what. Why? Emma Watson vibes? They actually edited that character in some way? I don't know. The WRITING DOESNT EITHER. AT NO POINT was anything other than "Hey big fan" shared between MC and her for her to suddenly be entranced by him. She just suddenly attaches to him and it irks me to no end. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I played this game once before and did not care for it. No idea what release I got to I stopped reading because this is so empty. This is purely porn plot. It's not as in your face, but there's no problems, there's no goal for you the player to be invested in. You pick either Music or Basketball and eventually MC becomes the best. Wow. What's even funnier is the music stuff, so far, is all off-screen. At least the boring basketball stuff is on screen to interact with.


Frankly, this is nothing. It's boring, disjointed, underwritten, and is another game where the plot is so nonexistent I scream "Why don't the just make porn animations?!" That's all this is here for. There's no story, no stakes. It's just a bunch of "and then" storytelling stringing together sex scenes. The English, for once in these games, feels natural and I don't remember any typos. The UI has images replaced from default and a custom main menu. Still very default renpy feeling, but an attempt was made. The UX is untouched. The Art is obviously very good. It didn't "wow" me but it is top notch. The Dialogue and Story are just empty though. It's just a bunch of college kids acting quirky with exactly FOUR scenes that have anything more serious than a joke. I care about none of them and I have already forgotten most of the characters. If anyone can tell me anything more than my synopsis of "MC goes to college and plays basketball or music" I'm all ears. Otherwise there's no story to speak of. And everyone is so middle of the road and non-confrontational that you get bored. Oh wow, June is standoffish and Alyssa is dismissive ONCE. That doesn't last long and you don't see them change, they just suddenly change off-screen and you're meant to think it's something special. I think I laughed once during the game but I couldn't tell you why because it's forgettable. Maybe a joke at the spa? I don't know. Either way, it's frustrating that there's not enough here for me to review and I don't understand why people like this. I feel like I'm the only person that's read the damn words on the screen.

Easy going story, well written characters. It doesn't try to be overly deep, has plenty of sex scenes, but i especially love the romance. It jumps into all of it a bit suddenly, but i don't mind that. Not every AVN has to be a slow burner.
I'm a huge fan of basketball and love making music as a hobby, so for me it's the perfect AVN.
I miss BaDIK style free roams, but that's minor.
I played through most of the heavy hitter AVNs, the top shelf stuff, but this easily jumped into my top 3.
Funniest AVN i've played yet, likeable characters.
The quality of renders and animations is literally peak.
The only thing i don't like is that there isn't more of it Highly recommend this.

I don't understand anything that is going on here.
It starts off okay enough, guy going to college with his weird best friend, but from the very start it's just....jarring. Like you walk up to your building and some random girl that you have NEVER met asks you to walk with her to the store or something. I mean you're standing there, luggage in hand, wtf?
And then it just continues to get stranger. You meet people, lots of girls, and then the next scene you've got their phone numbers and it's asking you which one you want to call when you don't know ANY of them.
I tried chugging along a bit more but the game is so nonsensical that it made no sense, and I couldn't do it.

TL;DR: one of the very best AVNs about a college student. Beautiful cast, plentiful sex, very romantic moments and simple but engaging story.

★★★★★ Renders and animations. A few scenes could be brighter, but everything else is fine.

★★★★★ Story branching is very well done. Two main paths (sports and music), different enough to make the replay quite enjoyable, and simple enough to not get lost in sub-branches.

I'd like clearer choices between girls sometimes (e.g. where kissing Alyssa closes the Lesley path, but without walkthrough it's not obvious: e.g. the relationship with Paige or Brooke would be still on).

★★★★☆ Plot, drama and humor are a bit simple. A few humor scenes seem to drop on you out of nowhere (like those club guys interrupting a romantic moment with Lesley).

★★★★★ Characters are interesting and lovely. E.g., Alyssa initially seems to be a superficial bitch, but if you develop a relationship with her, it has one of the most romantic scenes I ever seen in any VN.

★★★★★ Romance is charming and emotional. I love the scenes with Alyssa, Brooke, Lesley.

★★★★☆ Dialogs (in a few places) could be improved a little, e.g. instead of being along the lines "I'm feeling like that too", they could be more creative and genuine a couple of times. (But I might be nitpicking here).

★★★★☆ Sounds and music in general are not particularly outstanding. But in some romantic scenes (Alyssa & Brooke) the music is so good that it enhances the experience very much.

★★★★★ Models are beautiful. (I love freckles and that type of beauty in general, so for me it's six stars). Even a bit older women (Sia and Thalia) are extremely attractive. I'm still waiting to see in AVNs any small breasts (like cone shaped ones? DAZ seems to have something against those?), but at least, here female forms remain in the range of sanity.

Notes:

- I wish the redhead cutie Hailey would be a LI rather than a mostly comical side chick, but OK, we have Lesley.

- Would there be a harem eventually (I hope)? Deep feelings don't necessarily require monogamy.

Anyhow, that's a masterfully crafted game, ticking all the right boxes.

[S2 v0.7.0]

The best part about this Vn isn't even the high quality renders and animation. It's the writing. Probably the funniest VN I've come across. The MC, for once, isn't a cringelord. The female love interests are unique with unique personalities instead of "bimbo #1, 2, etc." The male characters (i.e., the MC's friends) are also well done, and his friendship with his best friend is hilarious.

Dunno, nothing good, but not that bad either...

Your average College wannabe Dating-Porn-Game.

A bit of Humor, a bit of sex, a bit auf flirting, a bit of sports or music, a bit of party, a bit of classes...

None of these things are featured enough in the game though... the game jumps from scene to scene just like that. Just kissed a girl, cut, next scene you are on the basketball field without doing anything, cut, next scene you play some paintball shooter, without doing anything again, cut, kiss, cut, next scene...

Continuation? Nope. Story? Nope. Interessting Characters? Nope. All the genereic stereotypes we all have seen seveal times.

Overconfident Girl, Bitch Girl, Shy Girl, Annoying Bestfriend, The Bully Asshole. Bla Bla bla. All of those characters get 5 Lines per chapter, and the the next chapter starts... with nothing happening in between that is remarkable in any way.

Graphics are looking fine, agaion, nothing real good, but not bad either... Dialogues are fine, but as the whole game, neither good or bad... just, average. Animations? Plain old 1 second loops, nothing good to say here. But there are worse.

In the end i cant even remember the names of the characters. Because there is nothing to remember. Besides Venus #1 and #2... yeah... well... whatever.

I dont want to rate the game bad, cause overall the work put into is decent... but nothing is above average, and nothing stays in my mind for longer than 1 second after i close the game. There is just nothing worth to be remembered.

The DEV tries to give some characters (including the MC) some background story, but if you do so... you have to work with those background stories at least in SOME way.

So the Dad of the MC was murdered in THE FACE of the MC, he watched it... his Mom ist paralyzied because of it too... but does it have ANY effect on the game or MC? No, nothing. He even mentioned that to a girl "yeah you need a a shovel if you want to talk with my dad, cause he is dead".... well... WTF? Hello? If my dad would be killed in front of me, i sure wouldnt talk about it like that... and of couse would carry around some sort of trauma...

If you as a DEV cant write about trauma at all, dont start like the DEV did with this game.

So yeah... the game ist just average in every regard, which makes it very boring, and in some points even really bad. Like characterization. But thats kinda average too, cause i cant even name 5 games where the characterization is really good on this site.

This is my favourite AVN.

S1 was already amazing but episode 7 (the start of S2) keeps pushing the quality of the game even higher.

I have played this for dozens of hours and I can't get tired of it. Is the game perfect? No, it's not:
- If you're looking for some kind of big deep overarching story you won't find it here.
- The game has a ton of humour that is not for everyone.
- Depending on which girl you like, and although it has been improving in this regard, you may be stuck with less content than with other girls.

But if you can get past things like those, this is a fantastic game.

Personally, I absolutely love how the game is all about the relationships between the characters and there is no mafia-like plot lurking in the background. This is a slice-of-life kind of game as pure as you can get.

And I absolutely adore how the game is so unashamedly funny, going for the goofy option every time it can and it makes sense. As I said the humour is not for everyone, but I find the game hilarious. But the best is that when the game needs to be more serious, it absolutely nails that too, the emotional moments are just wonderful.

The game contains Leslie and Alyssa, who are my two favourite love interests in any AVN I have played, so there is that too.

Visually (and especially as it progresses) the game is pure eye-candy, the animations are great, and the lighting of some scenes is mind-blowingly good. The soundtrack is filled with so many great songs.

Really, I could say so many good things about the game, but saying that I fucking love it is probably the most concise way I have to do it.

Character designs are nice.
Even though there is a poster girl for this game, the game does not push you towards the poster girl.
Most of the love interests are quite nice tbh.
Story did not felt anything too amazing, it was okay.
Not a lot of lewd scenes (which I do not mind tbh, I enjoyed games with lesser lewd scenes)
Quality of lewd scenes are okay, I think there is a lot can be done to improve them with variety of angles and better framing/shots.
The MC's low IQ and not being pro at everything from the start was refreshing.
Most of the humors just didn't work for me sadly.

All in all the experience was average. I hope season 2 picks up and gets a lot better (fingers crossed).

A game that manages to stand out on an oversaturated market.

Pros:
1) Great visuals.
2) Unique and charming humour.
3) A really good LI cast.
4) Specific girl: Leslie. She's the best portrayal of a young virgin in an AVN imo. While as shy and inexperienced as these girls usually are in AVNs, she tries to make the MC hers in her own awkward way, and that's very charming. She's not just a passive recipient of seduction by the MC, she actively courts him, but does not suddenly become a sex goddess in the process. A great LI!
5) The Sports path works well as a, well, sports drama.
6) The antagonists aren't cartoonishly evil.

Cons:

1) The Music path lacks a proper storyline. The game becomes 100% Slice-of-life if you pick it.

5 stars.

When for once the rare occassion that someone designs attractive female characters happens, with reasonable proportions and cute faces, rendered nice too, he gives them bland personalities and places them into formulaic dialogues framed by highly unoriginal story and settings, making yet another pointless VN.