VN - Ren'Py - Where the Heart Is [S1 Rev1] [CheekyGimp]

love this game. story is great. girls are hot. only thing is the animation with the sex scenes is not on par with how good the game is. i would put this in my top 3 of games played. played it all in 1 go that is how good it is.

A step above the usual porn game. There are characters you will care for, some you will fall in love with and an actual story. Actually a really good story. Actions have consequences and thus far they have been coming slowly but surely. You could horndog you way through this but keep an eye, that light at the end of the tunnel is probably a loaded freight train.

Pros
+ The characters are a varied group covering different body types, personalities, motivations, and race/ ethnicity.
+ The character is as nice a guy or as big of a douche as you like.
+ Actions have consequences.
+ The renders are pretty good
+ The main three characters are a slow burn romance, but the secondary characters provide full coital action to spice things up, if you choose too.
+ A story a real story.
Cons:
- Renders vary in quality from average to really good.
- Gamer guilt when you make a douche bag choice.... (but that's me)

Excellent renders. Very good story. I especially like the story lines with Monica and Looking forward to more of Katie. All the characters are different, with their own personalities and quirks.

The Katie character is propably my favorite all-time in any adult game. Smart, Funny, Irreverant, Sassy, Sarcastic; yet still can be vulnerable. AND she's open to sharing the player with other female characters.

The plot line with the Father's will has got me on the edge. Will the player choose the money, or the girl(s)? I'm intrigued.

So far, this is my favorite adult game.

This game is amazing not only are there tones of sex scenes but also the option to not have sex with people you dont want to wich is quite refreshing when your not forced.

the renders are amazing and the animations are good. the story is intresting with some revelations still to come.

Honestly one of the best games on this site, likable well written characters (except for the dad, but he's not supposed to be likable) good story multiple options, and very well done models. I look forward to every update and so far none have disappointed.

Well-written story with awesome render.
Well worth the read if you're into that. Often find myself laughing at the jokes/dialogue in the game. Really shows it's not just Google Translate when they write "He's as gay as a Christmas carol".

Furthermore, the game plays smoothly, and I haven't found any bugs by Ep. 12.

+Good story, erotic situations.
+Realistic game, all characters have their own personality .
+Good renders, different body types (musculer, curve,slim)
+No grind.

-Single frames animation


Absolutely worth to play .

Some of the characters look terrible, and some of the others could use some work, but this one made it into my top 5 by chapter 9 and top 3 by chapter 11. Good story always makes up for dev or render problems.

From all, one of my favorite. Good story, great sexe scenes and erotic situations. Characters have a lot of charm and charisma for some, this not only a compilation of bimbos. I'm waiting for new chapter with eagerness to know the issue of the story. Great job

Actually this is pretty good almost realistic game, lacks a little bit in animations. Still need more improvements, otherwise it’s good. At first I thought I was gonna pass up on this one but I saw the review and try this game out I was surprise it was this good

Well where to start.
First of, the dev is a genus! And I don`t mean genius because this game is that great, no! Hell no! He`s a genius ` cause he`s making this much money for a game like this. Good for him!
Now for the game...
No bugs, lots of choices(mainly fake and easy to guess but still...), pretty hot girls and scenes...Here and there some animations not that bad but pretty average(not complaining!). Story easy to follow and girls sort of have personality(but they are just too easy!). Overall 4/5 stars so far...
Now - not so good things...
Main character! Dialogues with women are awful... No personality what so ever, more gay then straight... Really bad... Dialogues are sometimes so repetitive and boring... Seriously 10% of women would find this guy attractive!
Humor in the game is fine but sometimes soo cheezy, I mean cheeky lol...
Renders are average for today standards...Some girls look really great but some are like plastic dolls like Jenny etc...(skin is terrible!).
Character progression(seducing, or whatever) is really rushed most of the times... You meet a girl in one episode and in the next you get to fuck her or what not...Really rushed(I think dev is influenced by haters and comments that want sex in every episode!)
No gameplay...
Overall pretty average to good game but just can`t believe how some games get this many attention on this forum...When I saw reviews and hype, man, I thought this is one of the top 5 games for sure but boy...
3.5/5

This is a VN worth your time, though in my opinion it does have some minor drawbacks. Dialogue is passable with no major flaws, story is interesting but not groundbreaking (so far, anyway -- game is incomplete at the time of this review). The faces of some of the women can be rather off putting at first but I grew to like them as the story progressed. There is lots and lots of teasing and softcore playing with only a handful of actual sex scenes, but overall the game still manages to be enticing.

My main gripe is the "affection" system. There is a running total of lust/relationship points for each character, which is affected by your dialogue choices and summarized at the end of each chapter. Standard stuff for a visual novel, but it doesn't make it any less annoying to be locked out of a scene because you didn't pick the right dialogue options way back in the beginning of the chapter or even farther back, in previous chapters. I was only locked out of one scene in my playthrough, so it's not like it's too difficult to make the right dialogue choices, but it still felt to me like a sort of cheap way to force the player to replay the game.

Regardless, this is a great VN with a lot of sexy moments.

Top tier game.

The tension, storytelling, writing, buildup, characters, believability of characters and story, variety in women, character development, models are all first class.

I really appreciate the addition of animations but they could do with speeding up or having varying speeds. That's my one minor gripe.

Overall this game is up there with the best. Long may it continue

The best VN (i.e. there is no gameplay besides clicking on text boxes) Renpy game I know. The writing is excellent, really moves the imagination and gets the blood pumping, renders are superb and character models are surprisingly sexy despite the fact that some of the faces don't look too appealing at first glance. I'm not sure what it is that makes them so lustful (well, obviously there are a couple of obvious reasons why but that's not what I'm trying to say) but they make me horny as hell, significantly more than in any other Renpy game I know. There are a couple of other Renpy games that I would consider as enjoyable as this but when it comes to erotic content this game has no equal.

Pros:
- Erotic content is 10/10
- Characters are extremely sexy and lustful
- Writing is excellent and the pace of the story is exquisite, adds a bit of reality to a genre that by default is completely detached from reality
- It's long and definitely worth paying for, with steady updates and a sincere dedication by the creator

Cons:
-Can't think of any but there's always room for more renders and characters

If I had to choose one Renpy game to play this one would be at the top of my list.

Edit:
Had to change the rating due to game reset for no valid reason (other than milking suckers out of their money).

This review is based with my personal experience with the actual Version of the game at Episode 11 , with my specific opinions and feelings .

Where the Heart Is begins in a sad way , telling about the death of the protagonist's mother , many years ago , with the MC that have to leave his childhood house and the best mother friend with her two daughter , to go live with the father in another place . So for many years there was anymore contact with past family , till the death of the father many years after. So at begin the game begins in a really sad way and this make thinking at player how it's possible to be so unlucky .
But all change when he comes back to his old house to meet her old family ; this will open a new world a plenty of new characters , situations. The pace change completely and the Developer decide to write with a comedian style , to give to all future development an unexpected rhythm , with some dialogues really hilarious and funny . This is the best part of the game , the kind of writing , so different to other , the Author explicitly wants to give more importance in which way will be developed the story , with a specific customization of all character , to make all of them more Real; this thins is a peculiar thing not easy to find in other adult games

Pros
-Plot e Writing : Like I've already wrote in my preface , it's the best part of the game ; comedian style with some hilarious and funny parts that give to game a touch of reality ,; for the player it's like to be in the real world not in a Adult game fiction
-Characters : All characters have their own personality , each one completely different from the other ; but most important thing , all relationships grew in the right way , not in a hurry , like in normal life , day by day . All character are like all normal , common people , to obtain the effect like to meet a neighbor In the normal life.
-Choices : Choices are crucial and have a big impact in the future relationships , whatever personal or sexual ; every choice will bring the player to different paths ; romantic , corrupted ,lust , flirting choices , every player can choose what is better for his personal taste .
-Renders : Great quality of the pictures , graphic are absolutely of high quality, amazing
-Girls renders : The author imaged all girls to be real , true and this effect is completely successful ; every girl have a real , perfect style , different from some other games , where there are a plenty of similar all equal models.

Neutral :
-Animations : Single frames animation , in my opinion a little shorter to be compares to other top games . But this is another specific author's choice to be with animation at same rhythm with the development and the writing. So also this choice is perfect for the pace of the game

Cons:
-Music and sound : Actually there are no music and sounds. ; this think in a game with a comedy style and in some particular events ( like for example the party or in the swimming pool ) , the lack of the music is really important : with the rights musical accompaniment I'm sure this game , would have another big improvement

Overall this is a game , absolutely worth to play , with my personal rating that would be between 4 and 5 stars , but I decided to give the maximum 5 stars , for his uniqueness , for the high quality of the art design , so realistic and particular and for the storytelling , interesting , hilarious , with so many jokes inside in all dialogues between characters . This is not a completed game so I'm sure that in next releases the author will be able to improve the small faults that actually games have , to make his work at the top of the market of adult games.

Nice game, I enjoy everytime I play it. The plot is fun and let you prove different decision, also the alternatives give a lots of probabilities for different paths. The CG is amaizing I love the big girls and the different body structure ( ass and tits measures), and the option to get secondary characters and they own paths is funny too.

Liking this game a lot. All the characters have different personalities, and it's fun to explore and interact with them.

The plot definitely picks up in the later episodes, and I'm excited to play future levels.

Very well done.

I this is a game to watch, I was pleasantly surprised when I played it, when I read the description I was a little worried it was one of those games that was meant to have incest in it but took it out, you know why, as I played it became clear that was not the case, it has some pretty cool characters, overall they're pretty hot, the story leaves something to be desired, but the same can be said for most games of it's type, despite my minor gripes this is overall a pretty solid game. I would definitely recommend it!

The game started well but became boring with the continuation of the story...Jokes between mc and Katie are repetitive, the same thing with other girls. Is good to have the possibility to refuse a girl because not all are good looking

Intriguing, it has some themes that give off a taboo, almost incest vibe, but doesn't go all the way, it has something for everyone. The characters are gorgeous. The story leaves something to be desired though. All in all this a pretty solid game. I'm curious to see where the dev takes this game next. I will be watching very closely, I could see this turning into one of the greats.