Review for version [0.3.7], yet I stopped playing before reaching the end of current version of the game, because I couldn't stand few characters, including main one. Obviously contains spoilers.
So Goddesses' Whim is a visua novel with unnecessary mechanics which could easily be kinetic novel, about not so nobody boy, as we later learn in game, who is Isekai-ed at the Whim of the Goddess into another world and filled with her power, to do typical Isekai... Or you would actually wished.
Story is actually more boring than actually you would think. Player is having little to no control over actions of MC. No choice in the interaction with either girls or world around, as MC is actually a passive going with the flow.
Read it as being as dumb/great/stupid/pushover/strong as plot needs a tool to be in order to push action forward. In one scene he's going to be charming gentleman, in other loving friend and master, and in the other a good submissive pet doing as told. And because player is forced to interact with all characters it is impossible to avoid characters you don't like and have to suffer through thier stories.
I am sorry, but I simply can't stand a main character with powers of a demi-god, doing little to nothing and being praised for it, becuase plot demands it. And no, killing few wolves ain't an achivement, no matter how of XXX rank threat they were if village is having soliders, vampire and beastkin protector capable of doing the same, but only if story asked for it. (And it asked quite few times).
My bulshit meter is quite high, so I can suffer through quite a lot, if story is good, but I simply can't stand interactions with few characters. Especially with vampire girl, dragonkin girl and first encounter with second kitty girl. Some people likes being treated like dirt, and that's fine. But I don't and I don't think reading comments about vampire not being that much of a real tsundere is going to change my mind. It's like saying I was stabbed twice instead of ten.
And that's quite the problem, because characters are different and unique, even it a bit cliche at times, and they are acting accordingly to thier personalities. Too bad MC has to pay the price for it.
As for mechanics, they are simply awful. Idea of having a visual novel with point and click elements ain't nothing new and nothing bad, but only if done correctly. In Goddesses' Whim it ain't fun and it ain't done correctly. it's used mainly to force player to grind affection points with characters. Not for repeating sex scenes, not for secrets, not for minigames (as there are only two, cutting trees and fishing, of which fishing is actually obsolete), but to simply grind points to progress the story.
Furthermore it's unnecessary and is actually causing problems, as it is possible, sometimes, to play events out of order, especially those involving multiple characters. Like, for example having first sex (alongside blowjob) with MC's slave before playing even of the first blowjob. Or MC's slave avoiding MC by hiding in her room without MC knowing why during the event, even if MC event eariler, but with an encounter infolving other character, already learned why she's avoiding him.
Also adding Quick Time Evens into visual novel is a really, really bad idea. Especially out of nowhere without even informing players about it. I'm not even holding my hand on the mouse. I'm using my second hand either to snack or drink while reading and out of nowhere a QTE for which apparently I should be prepared through entire game. It's annoying even more due to MC being passive almost all the time, yet I am forced to do QTE this time, because it may matter right now.
Goddesses' Whim to me is like a kinetic visual novel with extra steps, because player can't do any interaction beside grind. You can't even repeat already unlocked sex scenes with character if you wished to do so.
And you may wish to repeat them, even multiple times because they are simply great scenes with multiple angles, mostly first person though. They may progress from petting to oral and to penetration, or be simply one of those, depending on a scene. You can't really choose how they progress, but it really should't be a problem as you can simply pick different scene from the gallery. You could look for errors like MC's hand being too long, or body parts clipping through eachother, but that would be mean nitpicking instead of watching sex scenes. Someone was working quite a lot of time on them, either dev himself probably even outside of Koikatsu CharaStudio, because you won't find that quality of pre-made sex scenes in Koikatsu and working there is quite a pain in the ass, or they were simply bought and used, I don't know. But, as I wrote already, those scenes are just great.
And that's a shame I have to say, because due to few stupid interactions, few characters and unecessary mechanics I'm deleting the game affraid of another unpleasant event in which MC is going to be either passive or outright stupid or forced into QTE. This game should be a kinetic novel. That way I wouldn't be complaining that much about MC being passive, becasue I wouldn't be given false hope of having interactions in the first place.
I would rate it as 3,5, but you can't give 0,5 star, so it's going to be ranked as 3 stars. If you wish to play it, I would rather avoid it. But for sex scenes? It worth simply skipping through story or unlocking the gallery.
