Games like this one make me wish the rankings were out of ten rather than 5, since it's closer to a seven than a six, but 3 stars certainly isn't terrible. To start, the story is good and the relationships cute. It's heartwarming how much everyone cares about each other and how grand life is. From his well known loved ones to new friends at WVM, the protagonist is a hero doing good with his new power as a celebrity athlete in this nowhere university.
Honestly, just based on the first couple of days of the game, it seemed like there was a nice build going and the relationships easy to root for. I was loving the game and characters. I still do for the most part, but as it went on all it ended up doing was...a little too much. Check it out first since I do recommend it. Warning: Scathing review ahead.
A harem game is a harem game, no real need for super realistic relationships here, the idea of any game in the genre is absurd enough with the main character having multiple lovers. The problem with this one is how it first establishes realism in the beginning where it seems to authentically grow within his core three(GF, Mom, Friend), then suddenly balloons into advanced suspension of disbelief when he gets to what may as well be an all female university aside from a couple of gay guys, corrupt asshole pieces of shit or guys already married.
The problem for me isn't the lack of competition because it's not like I'm looking for someone other than the main character to build a harem, the problem is that the game is a bit too perfect in that there are no real paths to be chosen. I attempted a file where I was faithful to your girlfriend the entire game, and the other where I had sex every option I could, and I saw no difference in dialogue or treatment from characters in the main story. If the idea of the author is just to let you pick and choose who you want to see a sex scene with or not, then fine, but there's something weird to me about the lack of consequences.
Whether or not you cheat on GF, she ends up forcing polygamous relationship with MC and other girls. Whether you pursue other girls or not, her sister gets mad she's in an open relationship with you, even if you avoid all sex with other girls. Later on, the game attempts to villify their mother for dissaproving you being in an open relationship with them Not that I'm approving of the mother's own relationship with their father or the idea that the girls should return to live with them in an abusive household, but her argument about the well being of her own daughters in a harem is one check box in the 'not crazy' column I would give her. In another case, the coach seems slightly into MC at first, then her daughter is introduced and her role switches to protective mother. I thought it would have been nice to choose between them based on whether you chose to date the daughter or not as the coach declared herself to be a protective mother, so friend zoning the daughter should result in keeping flirting open with mom. And vice versa. Instead it seems mom is still allowing herself to be touchy feely with MC as he dates her daughter whose heart she tells him not to break? It just feels a bit inconsistent to me is all.
Now as if that wasn't nit picky enough, on to my second large con of the game beyond the main character being a hero and living in a world completely justifying all of his actions ever. The main character can be very irritating at times. The dialogue options allow you some control over how he reacts to others around him, namely the more "villainous" characters. Something that bothers me is his unwarranted animosity towards others in the game. The character wants to scream at the man responsible for his full scholarship at the thought of him considering firing the coach he just met? Why would you lose your shit over that or even be so angry at someone you just met even if they are running their ship poorly? I may be naive and forgiving but thus far, I haven't seen anything particularly vicious about the secondary antagonist. It seems to me almost like there is projection onto this character by the author but there hasn't been enough information given to the audience about him to warrant me agreeing with the treatment our MC gives him. If anything all that I've seen has me feeling more sympathetic towards him and understanding of his seemingly toxic behavior.
Then there's the way the character inner monologues about the girls he's with. Like the daughter of the aforementioned character trying to have sex with the MC in her dad's office and the main character judgementally scoffing at the idea of eating out a stranger when she attempted to 69 him. This coming from the man who fucked his mom's boss within minutes of meeting her and agreed to impregnate other women for her. It's just inconsistent and kind of cunty. He's overly harsh to his new friend that is caught between a rock and a hard place after he already explained to him why he was doing what he had to do, rather than forgiving and helpful as he is with other characters who he actually relates to less. He admits he would have done the exact same thing for his own mom if he was in their shoes, yet their friendship is essentially done after this? I get losing trust but the apparent disdain or even dislike towards him and his family after all is revealed certainly doesn't feel like the same heroic character trying to save every girl in his harem and provide the perfect life for everyone.
My final nitpicky con, way too many characters. To each their own, if the creator wants to tell 50 different stories, fine, but each added girl openly and to the knowledge of every other girl in the game entering this polygamous relationship with the character makes each of their indiviual stories far less interesting. Some amount of secrecy would help me better feel as though our character has earned the harem, rather than been granted it along with everything else he received for choosing to attend this college. Which, if that's the case, which it seems to be, then theres no intrigue in getting to know the girls or develop a relationship with them since the solution is just "You're the star of the school and you're o.k. with me living in your new mansion and you aren't gay or evil? Sign me up for your harem please!". Initially I enjoyed the love story with the childhood best friend, but it peaked right at the start of the game when they reveal their feelings in the shower. Now every scene with her and the GF is just skippable since no character development is made beyond them already being in a threeway relationship and them loving each other. Fine, happy perfect life stories are good and all, but I'm more interested in seeing things develop with characters. That story already paid off several times over, move on. I want to see things progress with your foster mother, or long lost sister and blood mother, or the coach, or your trans teammate(my personal favorite). It's just too many scenes I end up holding skip for in order to see the more interesting parts of the story, which aside from all my bitching and moaning, is pretty interesting.
The pros, oh the pros.
-The story is entertaining, as realistic as it can be for the situation our character is in(aside from the things mentioned), and very interesting. I can't wait to see what happens next. Seriously, it's fun.
-The models are beautiful. Honestly every erotic scene is done well and if that character is your flavor, you won't be disappointed by their eventual sex scene(aside from the bosses daughter getting very little breast attention in my opinion).
-The characters are all loveable(including the MC I bitched about). The content is abundant(though as mentioned, repetitive for the main two GF's). The flow is a bit hectic due to the over abundance of characters and stories, but it isn't overwhelming and much can be avoided if you simply ignore certain girls paths.
I wish I could split this game into two. The first half of the game focusing on your main trio and gradually introducing a few others such as coach andteacher. damn near 5/5. That combined with the mystery of the blood mother and sister, very good stuff.
Second half with too many characters, MC being an irritating scrub at times, girls all jumping over each other to join a harem...2/5. It's really annoying when it wants to be. Skippable. I just ended up fast forwarding the boring parts like I do when I DVR shows.
But if you're looking for a game where you just get to be the absolute shit and shove your dick down every girls throat then have them thank you for it, feel free to give this one a shot as I'm sure it's top tier amongst it's genre. But if you're easily taken out of it by inconsistent character behavior/morality or want to feel like you've truly earned every sex scene, this may not scratch every itch you have. But either way, definitely worth checking out. I recommend it. Probably my harshest review and I apologize to the creator for that as this is truly a fun game with beautiful models, but as far as the entire package "it just wasn't doing for me, dawg." - Randy Jackson
