Trouble in Paradise

I'm still on the 1.0 original release. Just on the date with Violet, but I'm compelled to comment. At this point, this level of writing IS a 3-Star "Average" because I run into this kind of writing SO MUCH in these games. These are normal renders from Koikatsu, which I was a fan when they first showed up, but eventually kind of just turned into the "progeria syndrome" anime renders. It's not bad. Looks pretty good most of the time. Just often enough, you have some ballooning, bulbous upper head - mostly on the women, but it's on the guys, too. Kind of like Mr. Mackey from South Park is the father of all these characters. The renders AREN'T my issue, though. It's the try hard, inexperienced writing. I feel like the MC and Iris aren't even different characters - they're the same. The MC (once again) is a not even self-deprecating, but self-loathing village idiot who is also magically an ace at school and everything he tries, yet also the opposite of being an ace at school and everything he tries. Naturally, every woman is attracted to him, despite him behaving like a lead paint chip eating moron. So the story happens because the author says so and no other reason. Nothing written is naturally evolving. You don't feel like these are lives just occurring, and you are a voyeur witnessing this and pulled into the rapture of the story. Of course, with that there are copious amounts of inner monologue, talking to themselves as well as talking to the DEV, who inserts themselves into the story randomly at the beginning and then permanently as the "narrator" by just deleting their name from the text window. I feel like their inspiration for this game was "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime". I suppose you could just insert ANY Isekai titled anything and have the same result. It's toddler-level entertainment packaged for adolescents, but also is often riveting entertainment for some adults these days. Like others have mentioned, for some reason, the MC, but really everyone is abusive and toxic towards each other. It's not banter, but even banter is abusive and manipulative. It's "fine" until someone is in a vulnerable mindset. At least this writer/dev hasn't (yet) crossed that line. When Iris was vulnerable (so far), the MC was supportive and didn't engage in this verbal abuse they normally do. I have a feeling that this is simply drawn from life experience as "normal" behavior because it is also rampant in "One Day at a Time" (different developer), but in THAT one, they actually acknowledge the abusive behavior and character's state they aren't mentally able to handle the verbal abuse at times. Still, both writers truss this regular verbal abuse as a form of humor which, as one other reviewer mentioned, is actually expected and can be funny on occasion, but quickly wears out its welcome when it is almost ALL THE TIME. This kind of banter is necessary, I think, because without it, we don't learn how to handle these kinds of things from people who truly mean to hurt us. Much like physical banter, as well. I think handling everyone with "kids gloves" leads to less prepared and weaker individuals. But a balance is necessary, so one does not go from just trying to be a friend/helpful to just being an abusive shit. In my opinion, the "balance" is utterly lost in this game. It's treated as being fine only because the writer says so, which kind of implies it IS normal in their mind. More than one review has pointed out, it's not, in their opinion. Cause for one to reflect on just how abusive they are to others unintentionally, as well as how much of themselves has normalized abusive behavior towards their own person in their lives. Just telling someone to "toughen up, that's life" is an excuse of an abuser or an enabler (part of the problem, not the solution). There's a lot of over-trying in this story, so this could just be exaggerated attempts at being funny, which often fail terribly with me. So, this could be a "me" problem, but being a bully to someone who you supposedly care for is never a positive - not a day goes by (so far) where the MC and Iris don't insult each other constantly from morning to night. It's an everyday routine. ***Update*** What IS it with so many devs making the MC an idiot clown character like old Jerry Lewis movies??? It's one of the few things that differentiates the MC's character from the other characters. But that isn't a positive reason. You still fall into the "Mary Sue" traps with the idiot clown MC - so what is the reason? Is this the "hero" you identify with? I just don't get it. The characters, all, are mostly voiced and acting the same. Lots of shouting (and screen shake, once the dev found the screen shake - it was like Christmas morning for them as a kid), swearing, and negativity amongst ALL of them. They picked like one slight thing to make them "unique". Ava is probably the most "unique", but she also just shouts and insults - her reason WHY is the "unique" part (but is it, really?). I JUST met Mia in the lower labs, and what happens almost immediately? Shouting and copious screen shakes... PLEASE get a new habit. I'm losing my patience with this game. After all the stupidity with the main bad guy, then the "surprise" secret bad guy, that was all so forced even though they tried to write it like it was clever. It's like watching a little kid acting like they're "getting one over" on an adult.

It has a fundamentally decent story, if a bit cliche. Would have been 4 stars, except for the fact that the constant profanity and insults are grating on the nerves. A tiny bit of that here and there is fine, but they are CONSTANTLY dropping f-bombs, calling each other dipshits and morons, the sister (Iris) is constantly verbally and physically abusing the main character for no good reason at all, etc. It comes off as being written by a 12 year old or an extremely immature adult who has never actually interacted with real human beings. Has the potential to be 4 stars with a massive rewrite.

Too many screen shakes. Too many screen shakes accompanied by dialogue where people are mostly shouting at each other or insulting one another. Almost all of the cast ends up having super powers, far too convenient and contrived. Almost no control over sex scenes. Clipping in sex scenes. Too many flashbacks. Plot is too convoluted and contrived. Needs clear controls and/or switches for sexual preferences or "fetishes." There are so many girls and there's no clear way to avoid one who's, for one example, a bisexual or lesbian. There are too many girls. The story loses focus. The story feels "off the rails" or like it's being written without any clear planning or outline. Too much amnesia and too much memory manipulation. These are over-used in stories already and this story takes it to the next level. The save transfer worked fine, that's one spot where devs mess up a lot. Even triple A devs, like Bioware. I like the original premise of smart student falls in love and has super powers. I would trim a lot of the convoluted plot and make this about a dude saving girls and adding them to his harem or super hero network.

So I did really give it a try due to the awesome reviews that this game has. It was a big mistake. I had finished part 1 and was half through part 2 when I finally decide to face reality and stop playing. The one that says that took him 4 days to finish, is my new hero. I could not stand to play for more than 1 hour or 1,5 hours a time due to the boredom and constant blueballing (I doubt this last part was intentional). I must admit that for me the worst part is the erotic scenes. Man they are bad, even when you don’t take into account the inexplicable magnetism of the doofus MC. At the beginning there is not even much dialogue during them just a collection of animations. After some time, some dialogue is added and I must admit, this gave me hope and pushed me to keep playing. However, the progression stops right there were all, and I mean all, the Lis keep repeating the same sentences, "yes", "harder", "please don’t stop", over and over until they come. Given the repeating quality of the animations the sex scenes would really improve if some kind of dialogue describing them to the VN reader or inner character monologue was added. Why did I give it 3 stars if I am clearly not recommending it? Because the game shows that the developers put a lot of work and though into it and It clearly has an audience according to the high ratings. So give it a try, but if you found it uninteresting and lacking in the erotic department give you a solid and stop, don’t overthink it, just stop. Best of luck to the developing team.

This might just be the longest game I have played. Took me 4 Days to complete till v 1.8 Part 1 is mix of drama and pretty funny moments, the usual harem building stuff Part 2 as of right now is a great thriller and I loved every part of it. Finally Holy Guacamolis, this is definitely on my top 10 games!

Holyshit it's boring. I went to work. I went to school. I made food. I talked to all my friends. Everybody likes me. I dream about boobs. Then I went to work, school, food, friends, likes. Christ. I'm 6000 lines in (part 1), and I'm zoning out. The mediocre graphics and decent writing and bland characters aren't even relevant for the review. IT'S SO BORING!

English :............ 8 /10 User Interface :..... 3 /10 User Experience :.... 7 /10 Art :................ 8 /10 Dialogue :........... 6 /10 Story :.............. 8 /10 Opinion :............ 6 /10................ Avg:............. 6.57 /10 [3.29/5] Currently, at the time of writing, I'm still at a 3. I have played through all of part one before, and am going through it again before playing the second part. The usual suspects of untouched UI, standard KK art, and a stagnating story are here, sure. But the BIGGEST issue this story has, is EVERY CHARACTER ACTS THE SAME. (Up until the writer does their job and writes near the end of part one) Every single character is this quirky college(even though they're in high school because there's only 4 buildings in the KK catalogue) student that's just so friendly and whatever. All of them talk the exact same. It's not great. Does the story get sorta interesting? Yeah. It's more weird and disjointed. But all of them talk the same, and that's not normal. On top of that, the beginning of the game is littered with annoying 4th wall breaks. It's harder to fault this game for it because it's been being made for so long, and probably inspired most of the games that bug me. But this still does it. It's not funny, nor does it move the story. The characters just "poke fun" at the dev for not writing something happening every minute of every day. Which, if you've lived longer than 2 days, you know things aren't always happening. So it's not even a valid self-criticism to make me laugh. And I know that part one is never going to be touched again so there's no "going back to improve it" unless part two finishes, and since ideas are hard, they "remake" part one. Really looking forward to that day... But one of the bigger issues is the overarching plot as a whole just seems to happen out of nowhere. Sure, the Nicole dream sequences hint at something. But suddenly there's some terminal demon disease that gives people super powers and makes them hunted by shady organizations. No person even looks like they could possibly think about this weird plot twist before the doctor visit. Why is it like this? And I feel I can actually critique this game more than most because IT ACTUALLY HAS A STORY. Imagine that, a story in your visual NOVEL. Take notes, other devs. And if "4th wall breaks and existential horror" are in those notes, please throw them out and rethink your life. Fair warning, this is my LONGEST review to date. And I've already made some long ones. The TLDR is I like it, but time skips are inconsistent and the characters like/love MC too fast. The entire plot is a mysterybox within a mysterybox. And a lot of the characters don't feel like individuals, just parts of the plot. Again, if you haven't looked already, this is LONG, and obviously spoiler heavy so you have been warned. Spoiler: The LONG review The story starts with MC and [INSERT RELATIONSHIP HERE] Iris, moving to Paradise City to go to school. There were problems with their family that aren't going to be spoken about for the next 5-10 hours so all you need to know is they're new in town. And no, shockingly, the dev didn't get the rights to use Guns n Roses' Paradise City in the game. One of the better parts of this is MC and Iris' relationship. They feel natural, having grown up together, it makes sense that they talk and act similarly to one another. Why everyone else in this city does? We'll never know. Either way, the first half hour is MC walking room to room getting peoples' surface level backstory. And, to be fair, this is alright. Most other shit games would have MC learning every detail about them all the way to their bank account info and expect the player to care. This game is weird about it. It goes fast then slow then fast then medium, all over the place. Don't get me wrong, slow burn is 100% the way to do things. But I think more than a few days of "nothing happened" can be cut from this. Especially with how batshit insane some of the stuff that happens in this is at the very end of part one. The problem, like I said before, is they're all the same person. Yeah, they have different traumas that you eventually learn about, but none of them feel different. This does commit the sin of all the women thinking MC is hot and liking him immediately even though he's only said a maximum of four sentences to a given LI. And the fact everyone is so invested in the well-being of everyone else is a little unnatural. Anyway, MC gets a job at the worlds smallest coffee shop that's always empty and somehow has 3 employees. Iris' job is only mentioned about 3 other times and is unimportant. The only reason MC's is, is because Lucas and Alyssa have tertiary scenes there. Alyssa is early game sex and Lucas is Main Plot-adjacent. His first, second, and thrird day all have different women coming on to him. Violet, Alyssa, and Tiffany all suddenly like him because... The plot demands it. Eventually MC is told of the "Samael Sequence" A bunch of nonsense about dormant genes that make super powers. MC finds out he has the X gene and shouldn't tell anyone. So for the next, close to two hours, this seldom comes up outside of telling Iris that she has it too. Up until that point, however, MC has dates to go on, women to woo, nothings to do. He has a date with Violet, because she saw him and asked him out. The end. Her being the first woman, means she will be the cuckquean of all cuckqueans. We'll get to her trauma dump when we get there, though. Until then, you get platitudes and everyone being ridiculously friendly. I don't know WHY this bugs me so much, just that it does. It feels uncanny for some reason. MC and Lucas already have some unspoken body language with each other, even. It feels like a speedrun. And don't worry, Alyssa is here with the first REAL sex scene. Because, like most other AVNs, this one had a bunch of dream sequence sex up until this point. To be fair, I guess, the were manipulated into him. But it's still dream sex, it's cheap and useless. Finally, on to the date, to me, a lot of the dialogue here feels stale and empty. You also get a bunch of choices to determine the effectiveness of the date. But you know NOTHING about this girl, how would you know to get dinner A over Dinner B? That's just cheap. And the date has some of the most milquetoast and "I just started with KK" renders I've seen in a minute. And the after date scene, where MC suddenly gains clairvoyance and knows Violet isn't okay with having sex, is not well done. Yes, it's good he does that, but she said one thing questioningly and you, the player, are given no real visual signals of "she didn't want this." Not that I'd have wanted to continue, but it just didn't track well. Either way this is a good scene that shows MC is not a cunt. And I respect that. Unfortunate that it wasn't executed well. After that, you see a day as Iris. Nothing happens. It is more baby-ish dialogue with everyone acting the same for the whole day. Even the guy that's supposed to be a scumbag and hit on Iris acts like everyone else. Hell, even Liam, on Violet's date, was pretty much the same, outside of calling her a prude. Anyway, going through every morning, walking to the school, the cheerleaders taking Iris, it gets old. Yeah, yay a routine, but nothing important outside of Claire suddenly talking to MC. There's even a 4th wall break, eventually, that comments on it. Just because you point out that it's shit, doesn't make it any less shit. Soon after, MC's ex Nicole, shows up because she's, for some reason, so comically evil she has to continue to torment MC. Her X gene is active as well and she has a mission to do. And Hadley's pleading and such, about MC and Iris not freaking about the X gene isn't done well either. Her dialogue SAYS she's worried and surprised. But KK only allows sad or happy epressions. I think THAT'S my big issue. The posing is so stiff and KK is so bright and saturated that nothing ever feels like a problem. So the "urgency" never translates well. Then you get Violet's trauma dump. Only, it's not even from her, it's Lucas?! MC is just regarded as some shining white knight because he was a decent human being. And for some reason she was able to suddenly ask MC out, out of nowhere. These tiny little contrived nothings will add up into issues, if you're not careful. I just don't know if it was a good way to relay her issue with Liam from someone else, in such detail. I think he should have said "Liam was her fist love and he was emotionally abusive, but it's not his story to tell." That way we, the reader, could feel more for violet because it's coming from her. Either way, her next conversation says "Fuck other girls" and, because similar events have to happen together, right after, Alyssa has to avoid her ex, Ethan. At least this time, she was the one in the wrong, barely. And eventually MC tries to start something with Mrs. Wilson. Why? For one, he's dating Violet. Two, he's already screwing with three other girls. And three, she's married. (And if I remember right, most of her events don't even happen until near the end of the game) In my opinion, yeah, she's probably one of the better looking models in the game, but MC's not only got his hands full, but his life has been threatened twice, by now. Just something odd to think about. Right after that, there's also a line misattributed to Hadley. This shit's been out for four years, still not fixed. Finally, MC meets Ava. As is typical in every piece of media ever, the tsundere is going to be the girl that grows closest to MC. As per usual, if memory serves, he just acts like a decent human being while tutoring her and she falls in love. Truly, Shakespearean(funny, given their relationship is based off romeo and juliet). Right after, Anna trauma dumps onto MC, because she hasn't been in the game for days. She met MC like a week ago, has been gone for half of that, and avoided him for the rest. Why is she coming clean to him? I know it's a dumb mystical reason to do with males and females of the X genes attracted to each other later on, but still. It feels so forced, so "We really wanted an emotional moment right here" type writing. This is also when Iris' eyes start acting up. I gotta be honest, I think I've played through to her explanation at least twice, and I still don't understand how her's goes away. Since I'm reviewing, maybe I'll go over is slower to get it, but it just never clicked with me. There's also this theme that Iris is this menacing anger typhoon, but at no point in the story does she ever get angry. I get it's supposed to be a joke, but it's never shown, so it's never funny. And her explanation is "I have brain damage for my brother(because this entire section of the story makes no sense if they're just friends) so her ability makes her try to predict her future with him?" MY ISSUE with this is the fact that this has been hinted at, ONCE. She hasn't exhibited anything even close to feelings for him outside of the dumb "catching him in the shower" scene , early on. So this comes out of nowhere and is pretty much just to check the incest box on their application. Eventually this comes back around to where MC has amnesia due to someone's powers and him and Iris have been in love forever, but still, this is too abrupt in the way the story is presented. It's frustrating because, while a little too safe and quirky, the dialogue isn't bad. You could have had them slowly realize it. But no. Suddenly she loves him, just like all the other girls that have all pretty much just approached him to say they're into him. Lazy. To make matters worse, immediately after dropping the "I love you" bomb, they're pushed together, in proximity, by Anna. If they sprinkled in the flashbacks BEFORE reaching the point of no return, I could understand that. But you only start to see how they were together after you accept her. Which is just not good. You have to build a reason for the player to want to accept her. ESPECIALLY if you want the facade of a slow burn. The sad fact is, most players on this site were only waiting for her choice SOLELY BECAUSE of who she is to MC. That's lame and their bar is so low. I'd also like to point out the 4th wall self-depricating "jokes" still continue through this point. This is not, and will never be, DDLC, it should have stopped a long time ago. And then there's another little thing that happens, MC talks to Iris, says bye, then goes to where she is? Why? This is something that happens a lot in AVNs, it's like they wanted another event in between, but couldn't think of anything. Only to leave 10 seconds after going? It feels like writers are afraid to write, you know what I mean? Let dialogue happen. But no, you choose which girl is pretty and leave. Cool. Then, the date with Chloe. They've barely talked and they're getting cheesy and romantic, I don't know why. Yeah, they're snarky to each other, but it feels rushed. And rush they do, right to sex. Then right away, push Ava and MC together. You're not allowed to think about it go go go. All events have to happen together, never linger only go. After Iris' date, there's another day from her POV, and the colorful commentary says the dev and all players love her, what's to love? I don't see it. Everyone has the same banter as her, she's not special. They just like the "sister" designation for no apparent reason. And this ADHD writing continues when Alice, someone they've never mentioned, thought about, or reminisced about, EVER, shows up. More new people, more events, MORE. Things need to happen at all times or everyone's self-diagnosed ADHD will make them click away from our game. That's what it starts to feel like. And the "quirkyness" never ends. They act more surprised and shocked that MC talked to Ava than when MC's life was actually threatened. The severity of later issues doesn't have weight with stuff like this. I also find it weird that everyone is trying to set MC up with everyone else. Most have these tragic back stories usually involving a loved one, but now they want him to get with everyone? Yeah, he's a decent human being, but come on now. And immediately after all this, MC blurts out that he was gonna kill a couple guys with no remorse. Serial killer behavior. But darn isn't he MC, so it's fiiiine. They do this weird echo chamber thing "Oh we love an accept you because you're you" and are fine with him confessing to attempted murder. I, having read all this before, understand why he's doing this. But this gaggle of girls that met him a week and a half ago should be more than trepidatious around him. It's at this point I should say that there's parallel paths for Claire and Tiffany. I understand it's because they live together(?), but every other intelligent life form under the sun is trying to set up them or their sister with MC, why are these two separated? I mean, there's too many LIs as is, but I don't get why the line is drawn there. And during Claire's scene on the roof, you know, the girl that can't trust men because she was raped? MC admits he's trying to get in everyone's pants and she laughs it off. Really? Then a few more events that don't matter happen before MC's big fake-out death that ended an update. Now, IF this had ended the game entirely, I woulda been fine with it, laughed, and loved this game. But no, MC has ALL the powers. He's fine. And depending on a girl you chose, Claire of Tiffany pick MC up when they find him. Another problem with fakeout deaths is they only work at the time of release. So people playing the game now, know it can't possibly be a thing because part two exists. And don't worry, instead of writing about what's going on, or meaningful dialogue, they find ways not to explain MC's power for a few(IRL) hours. My issue with the story is, 100% of the twists and turns are mystery boxes you, the reader, have no way to figure out the answer to, without being given the answers explicitly. It would be great if there were hints given to you about any of the plot points so you could piece together something before they tell you everything that's happening. But no. MC's past is revealed to him, and you, by someone else's power. And even character development is hidden behind stories that others have to tell. You're not given the chance to do anything but be led around by the nose. Even the Emily thing, she's the only girl you've never seen the hands of the entire story, and they hide her face for 23 seconds, just to reveal she's a bad guy. Wow, the only girl not frothing at the gash for MC is the other villain. Who'd'a thunk it? But now, the REST of the actual story starts happening. And from what little I remember, it's bonkers. Speaking of, after a couple "branching" (parallel) choices, you finally meet with Ava. The one with the X gene that can unlock MC's memories. But don't worry, we, the players, don't get to see any of his memories. You know that mom MC has? That's never been mentioned, thought of, or referenced in any way? Now she's part of the problem. And you know the big bad villain that hasn't been in the story, thought of, referenced, or even been a part of the story in ANY WAY AT ALL? Well now there is one, he's "The Chimera." Until this point, you probably didn't even think there was a villain. Well, now there is. See? The plot twist is that the entire plot was inside a mystery box. The only argument you can make otherwise is that the title is "Trouble in Paradise." Yeah, people have powers due to some mystery gene, but suddenly there's a shadowy cabal headed by some evil dude, and MC didn't even know he had amnesia. It's a frustrating thing as a reader to suddenly have all this thrown at you. Yeah, the average player is just here for cutesy anime vibes, but for those actually reading, they just got hit with three different lore dumps, with no indication they needed a lore dump until seconds before getting it. That sucks. So, after you FINALLY discover what the problem of the story is, you get even more issues. MC's split personality? That was his parasitic twin that he absorbed in the womb, giving him more superpowers. MC's mom? Her power turns off her empathy and she tried to kill MC cause he's a freak. Iris has confessed to him at least three other times before getting memory wiped. Somehow "The Chimera" knew of MC's existence and has been hunting him all this time. And MC now has the power to do whatever he wants. I think that's everything lore dumped on you all at once. Do you kinda see how most of the rest of the game has been complete filler, in terms of story, up until this point? It'd be like the XMen movie focusing on one of their lives before their powers activate for half the screen time without once even mentioning that people in the world have powers. Only for suddenly Wolverine to bash into their window, turn their powers on, and it turn into a mafia story. If it was all built up a little better, I'd like the story a lot more, and if you look at my rating I already like the story a lot. But the tone shifts so rapidly and it feels like jangling keys a lot of the time. Because immediately after learning the big bad was coming to school, MC is pulled to the side and told "You teacher is in pain and your dick is the cure" almost out right. And then girls start saying that they love MC? Why? Man walked in, said "lol no u" and they fell in love. Even Lucy is. You know how many conversations she's had with MC up till this point? Two. At best. I'd argue just one, that one being this exact day that her feelings are revealed. So it makes no sense. What's the point of making a story this long if all the love starts and happens on the same day? Not only does Anna also suddenly proclaim her love, but she also declares she's pretty much gonna kill herself. And MC declares his for her as well. (Depending on choice, but what are you really here, playing this game for?) Eventually, Anna takes MC to the school roof and asks for him to take her first time, to which he says "Do I even know you at all" NO. NO YOU DON'T. All MC knows about her is she has an abusive father and she has the X gene. There hasn't even been a time skip with them together. So you have to be kidding me with this. It gets so hard to really talk about anything after that because MC is so annoyingly nonchalant about everything and story bits are anemically drip fed to you in between every woman on that hemisphere trying to pencil in a time to shag. Because not only did this game introduce too many LIs, but it put all their "I love you" moments so close together, it barely feels like it matters. And MOST conversations are skipped over in a completely unceremonious fade to black. So you never care, because you're not allowed. Which is a shame. The banter isn't bad, the dialogue isn't bad. It's held back by the fact that it's all skipped over. And once MC finally starts getting with Lucy, he rushes as if he's never seen a woman before. She, who is not only the most fragile but also the one that looks youngest(THAT'S fucking sus right there) he can't help himself? Why? At this point he's now had three conversations with her, what is so irresistible? For either of them, really? And MC has been given this ultimatum by the big bad, but he's prancing around, not even thinking about the facts a murderous pyscho threatened him, his mother, Iris, most other people he knows, ANYONE. Nope, just gonna go have sex over there. Meanwhile he literally forgets half the girls exist most of the time. So no, he does not in fact love them. And even THIS LATE into the game, dev actively puts in 4th wall breaks to avoid characters talking or explaining how powers work. How funny. Spoiler: Character breakdown What we know about the characters: Iris - Fake temper, sister, predicts future Claire - Sexually assaulted, former camgirl, cheerleader, afraid of men Chloe - Cheerleader, cousin Violet - Emotionally abused, cheerleader Anna - Physically abused, bookworm, enhansed senses Tiffany - Likes Claire, no family due to X Gene?, agent of chimera Lucy - Likes MC, low self-esteem Lucas - one of the bros, missing girlfriend Nicole - Disney villain, mind manipulation? Emily - Disney villain, super strength Doc Hadley - Horny, cares for sister Mrs. Wilson - cheated on, Teacher Isabella - Mom, memory/emotion control Ava - Rich girl, memory/emotion control, daughter of Chimera, afraid to make friends due to power Alyssa - wants casual sex, fond of the teachers Alice - Lesbian childhood friend of MC, likely will be "converted" because this is a porn game Notice how they don't have character traits? Because they don't. They have minor descriptors, but only SOME of them do. ALL of their love stories are "We spent 3 hours together, now we're madly in love and if anything happened to them I'd die" This is MIDDLE SCHOOL levels of love. EVEN IF you tell me "Oh the girls all gossip about him when they're together" WHAT do they have to gossip about? One of three conversations they had where MC either said a dumb joke or offered to listen to their troubles? It's just not that deep. Never mind the fact there's a shapeshifting killer out to get more than half of them. Something that ONLY becomes an urgent problem at the VERY END of the first part. And not because one of the women he constantly lies and says "their safety over mine" but because he now has an expiration date. Really cheapens the romance, doesn't it? Even moreso when, right after Claire's sex scene, they go on a dumb pool adventure with all the women in the story. And, wouldn't ya know, it proves me right, they all crack the same jokes and act the same. This is writing . MC cannot be attracted to someone without emotional or mental damage. Which sucks, because I could see me really liking this a lot more if the cast was narrowed, the dialogue was expanded upon, and the plot was actually built up. And they all, even MC, make it a point he's so in love with Claire, but it's all surface level, skin deep garbage. He conflates "getting an erection" with "falling in love." Even coercing Violet into sex by finally acknowledging he might die. When the story finally starts happening, The Chimera attacks Iris, and somehow activates her powers again. Their mom says "There was no way to reactivate one's sequence" and "they've come so far in a short amount of time" The dev seems to forget that SHE LEFT HER JOB LESS THAN A WEEK AGO. Yeah, there was probably like 4 updates in that time, so between 4 and 24 months of time IRL. But 3 days isn't enough to suddenly do things she, as the right hand of the chimera, cannot know about. And then, another fault in the writing, the only LI story we ever get in part 1, Ava's backstory. And the real dumb thing? It was summer TWO DAYS BEFORE this scene, but it's snowing?! Does no one read their own work anymore? Seriously? It all snowballs, no pun intended, from here too. You know MC's dad? The one that hasn't been referenced, thought of, or in the story at all? He's now a villain and MC's gonna beat up his dad. Because every AVN is a 2006 chatroom roleplay where MC's so tough he can beat up his own dad. And the "buildup" to the Ava romance is bloated and unnecessary. MC and Ava act so nervous and virginesque, for no good reason. We get it, Romeo and Juliet exist. Only all his advances, nervousness, and awkwardness are cheapened by the fact he's slept with 12 other girls at this point. And once Ava's father finally does his monologue, that good ol POST-MODERN, MORAL RELATIVISM BULLSHIT rears it's ugly head. "Oh our villain is sympathetic and relatable" It doesn't help that MC is given a time limit, and Ava comes out with the line "Tell me what you need" Umm? To not die in eight months? How about that you moron? To have been told about this? BUT NO. Ava's a "cute anime girl" can't get mad at her because MC is a simp. She even had the audacity to say "MC will wish me a happy birthday first next year." Yeah, be hopeful, whatever. But at this very moment, there's literally no hope. The theme for this game has been "traipsing around when there's more important things to do" as now there's another, more powerful chimera out there, that adds another layer of "which chimera is gonna die first?" And it rounds out with MC leaving for 6 or his 8 months left to live and a bunch of sequel bait. Part two better be great because there's so many strange, unnecessary loose ends with "QoL improvements" and other stuff promised? What qol? Click to advance the script and see the image can't be improved upon. Unless it's a better UI. I'm all for that. But ending the game here feels so bitter as EVERYTHING up to this point felt like it didn't matter outside the last 24 hours of in-game time. Given how long the game is, I'd hoped to be able to rate part one on its own merits. But the story doesn't start until the end and when it does end, ABSOLUTELY NONE of the storylines have reached a satisfying point. It's quite literally: "We're gonna break it up here because reasons." Size, I'm sure, is one of the main ones. Jumping into the second part, NO VISIBLE CHANGES WERE MADE. The name is now in the center of the textbox, wowee. And the first thing that happens? Shock value. Stuff we will probably NEVER get to. The last part took place over THREE WEEKS. You're gonna tell me this next section goes over 6 MONTHS? I doubt it. And another issue is, after dissecting the first part, I'm so disillusioned by the juxtaposition of super serious topics being undermined by snarky, sarcastic banter. I know full well it's a case of "The writer got tired of happy-go-lucky harem slop and wanted to push a story because it's actually interesting to write" It's just a shame that it happened this fast. AND ONCE AGAIN. Outside of one scene you might not have even gotten between MC and Isabella, his mother, the suddenly wants to jump his bones. It makes no sense. There's been no buildup, no development between MC and Isabella. Now they're gonna have sex? And this narrative of how much Iris is hurting because MC is away? He has a DEADLINE ON HIS LIFE. Are you serious? I still do not see why everyone gushes over Iris. The constant jumping back and forth exacerbates the issue of happy to dark tones as well. And the mysteryboxes still haven't ended. You're just now learning things that come out of NOWHERE and expected to feel something about it. Every major event in this story has hit you, the reader, like a brick and you didn't even know it would be a part of the story 10 seconds before it is told to you. Now MC's dad can make chimeras and is planning to make them all and... World domination? Also, supposedly, MC killed his dad and drank ALL his blood. You know, the requirement to get abilities? How someone comes back after all that will surely, never be explained. Also, the spelling and typos have gotten worse. I'm only maybe 30 mins in and words are missing or wrong words are being used. So, from what you're meant to infer, MC kills at least one person a night for the next 6 months. And because it's such a dark topic and MC is an upstanding citizen, he gets sex every night as well. You're also graced with "Six months passed, Ava, Isabella and I grew a ton closer, you REALLY should abeen there" Are you kidding me? One thing has happened in the six month time skip? And the entire last game was EVERY second of time for the first three weeks MC was in a new town? The only time skipped was sleeping, now eight times the amount of time is just waved away? And the stakes are nonexistent because this is all MC and Iris telling their child about haw they killed a bunch of chimeras? I guess? And when they finally get to where the flash forwards are in time, they only add like two lines of dialogue to them? Making me think the game somehow broke and is playing them all over again. Does this really need padding like that? After just skipping so much time, too? Then there's a scene with Evelyn, you're given the option to kill or spare her. Only, what's that? The writer forgot to show us anything about her character or how MC and her have grown in any way? Huh... How would we make that choice? Is it because the writer assumes you know just as much as they do about her? Or is it "She's pretty don't kill her?" I'll extend and olive branch and say "a bit of both." No matter what, this was a bad thing to do. The game has already had little to no character writing, to this point there's only like 3 or 4 characters that have story beyond "they like MC." And they chose to do it again. And after you finnaly get a tiny bit more context on why MC and Iris were acting the way they were in the sequel bait, it boils down to "She's pregnant and misses him, he was just acting that way to sequel bait." There is zero reason for him to suddenly act like an edgelord. And Hannah's story is told unceremoniously instead of you, the player, getting to experience them learning about what happened to hannah, she sits down to tell Lucas and Lucy. Recapping a bunch of OFF-SCREEN information. And they jangle sex in front of you then do one bit of seriousness. It's tiring. All to end on yet another cliffhanger. I want to make one thing ABUNDANTLY clear. If this had a UI that was't stock, this would be 4 stars. I'm a little sad I CAN'T give it 4 stars. I like the story. I like the dialogue. Are the choices made in HOW the dialogue is presented dumb as fuck? Yes. Sadly. The art and posing obviously improve throughout the game. And I'm a sucker for would building, as always. But the constant missing/misspelled words, no custom UI, dialogue that is in place of story beats, and characters just waving away everything MC does just because the writer wants it to be that way are what drag it down. Obviously I don't expect them to go back and correct all the strange decisions I point out. But a proofreader to edit simple mistakes and a UI makeover would instantly bring this up to at least 4. If this story somehow rounds out to address a lot of my story issues, or is satisfying enough, maybe even higher. But I've gone on long enough about this whole thing. If, by some sad miracle, you did read my entire long-winded review, thanks, lol. I have a lot to say about things I like. If not, and just agree with my number scores, fair enough. As for the synopsis, The English is Good. Written or edited by someone that speaks the language, or just can't tell they don't. The ISSUE is so many sentences and words are missing or misspelled I brought it down. The UI/UX is STOCK RENPY. Four years and you couldn't come up with some images to replace the standard ones? And What QoL in the new version? It's still not even renpy 8 to use python 3. But whatever, not my circus. The Art is probably some ofthe best KK has to offer. I have seen it done a little better, and the early chapters could use a SILENT touch-up, but it looks good. The Dialogue... Everyone talking and acting the same, as well as forgiving MC for every evil deed he does is weird. ESPECIALLY when its normal people that aren't X-Men. "Oh haha, he just killed those guys. No big deal!" Together with the story issues of Part 1 going through every moment of every day, then Part 2 skips SIX MONTHS with a black screen saying "Lol fuck you we'll reveal this later." That's what really brings my opinion down. I REALLY like this, dev. Keep doing what you're doing. I know I'm one of the harsher, or more annoying critics on this site. But I enjoy what you have here and can't wait to see how it all comes together. Even though you've already spoiled that it works out so well they even tell their child about it.

So i played almost to the end of Chapter 1 and im dropping this.. At first i really liked the writing style, the dialogs where fun to read and doesnt feel forced to me. The Concept of the Story was good and almost all characters where likeable. What put me of was the "changes" inside the story. Let me explain: Spoiler: Changes At the beginning The Doc explained what is going on with Mc and his "best friend" she told there are 6 known cases atm, surprise.. half the school have this condition! Later, when Isabella told Mc about his extra rare case, she told him that there are only two Chimeras and the other one is her boss, which she was right hand to. Suprise again, there are two more, which one of was dear to her former boss. After writing this, im noticing more changes and plot holes, but i dont want to make this into some kind of slandering. I know, changing the Story as ist goes is part of the proces but in this case its to significant and not just noticable, at least for me. That said if you can look over it than play it. The renders are not bad and as said the characters are likeable and the dialogs are easy to read. Finally, an apology about the spelling and grammar. As you can imagine, English is not my first language. Sorry!

The author clearly had a direction they wanted to take their story, and while the direction wasn't innately flawed, they ended up missing the mark. Chapter 1 is mostly a mix of slice-of-life drama and comedy, and consists of meeting all the characters, and typical harem building. It's a slow start, possibly too slow for some readers, but I didn't mind it personally - getting plenty of time to know the characters and slowly learning about the seedier elements of their situation was enjoyable enough to me. While maybe some events or meandering could be consolidated, I ultimately enjoyed the pacing and ramp-up towards the big climax of Chapter 1. The characters (especially Iris) are all very likeable. That said, the writing quality in terms of their differentiation and depth is a bit inconsistent, and I do feel like some could have been cut to make the game more focused. Chapter 2 kind of falls off the rails, at least initially . The author clearly wanted to make the story much darker at this point, but I feel they over-shot into making it excessively edgy, and losing most of the charm the first chapter had (including any of the "likeable characters"). The protagonist undergoes a substantial personality shift and acts like a total ass to people he cares about for seemingly no reason whatsoever, and makes a variety of inscrutable decisions without any clear logic behind them. I feel like the author ultimately realized this misstep, and is trying to dial it back as of v1.7. Unfortunately, due to the initial overshoot in "darkness/edginess", it makes the writing and tonal shift back to normal feel kind of awkward, with some ham-fisted excuses as to why the protagonist was being such a tool. That said, ultimately I think this tonal shift will be for the better ones things settle back into a more consistent groove. I think the scenes with Cole, Lucas, Mrs. Wilson, and Dr. Hadley in v1.7 are excellent examples of the author doing a much better job of writing a darker story, than their writing earlier in Chapter 2. Their scenes allowed the core personalities of the protagonist and cast established in Chapter 1 to shine through, while seeing how they now have to act and react to the darker/shittier situations they find themselves in, and even manage to throw in some dark humor. The Koikatsu models are on the above-average side, no major aliasing or resolution issues, but nothing to make them stand out much either. Character designs are cute and mostly unique across the board. Backgrounds are typical stock ones found in asset packs, but they're used reasonably well. H-scenes use stock Koikatsu animations - the situations and camera are mostly fine, but I wouldn't bother with this VN if I was just after H content. Music is a bit on the weak side for Chapter 1, with the same generic chill guitar song playing the vast majority of the time, and not much tonal matching of songs to scenes. This improves somewhat as more dramatic moments happen later in Chapter 1, and especially in Chapter 2 where the music choices are more interesting/unique as well. Ultimately, I like this VN and its characters. Despite the awkwardness of the tonal shift back, I have overall positive impressions of v1.7, and see it as somewhat of a return to form, with it having some of my favorite scenes in the entire VN so far. Hopefully this trend continues, with a better mix of action, drama, and comedy, instead of the non-stop depressing vibe the author began Chapter 2 with. EDIT: Upon re-reading from the beginning of Chapter 2, it looks like some things were also adjusted earlier than the 1.7 content to add a bit more levity, humor, and clarity on the leadup to 1.7 - another positive change overall.

Story 1/5 I just couldent get into this one, not only is it a real slowburn but it just became worse and worse to the point of nothing making any sense, then theres single choices...and fake choices, forced LIs and the music dident help its the same short tune over and over again and it will drive you nuts after just 10 mins of listening to it. Then theres the idiotic dreams where your forced to see MC fuck the most ugly bitches in game, why?..... Next the the fake choices.....peek or dont peek, click dont peek and MC goes into peek.....how this game got high rating i will never understand. First game will force a LI on you without having any reason to do so since you can drop her next time you see her? so why force it on the player to start with.......its just to weird and stupid and its only to get him fired later which could have been done in a million other ways then forcing a LI. Then you can refuse alot of LIs untill the sister is forced on you, then it goes back to being able to refuse. As for the main story its a real slowburn and MC feels like a complete idiot being submissive all the time, even accepting to talk to hes ex-girlfriend who hes supposed to hate and have absolutly no trust in.....but he starts trusting her and accepting her help again, its the one person in the world he knows he cant trust whos working for the bad guys that can fuck up hes and hes sister life it really makes no sense what so ever and it feels idiotic, so much so that it really ruins the story, he even starts spiling hes guts to her about him almost killing 2 guys its absolutly insane how bad this story has gotten and MC then goes on to say "i know i cant trust her" ?????????? just no. It gets even worse when Em tries to kill him, she drugs him, break both hes legs, break hes neck...you would think that should be more then enough to make MC pissed, but no why would he seek revenge why not just let it go so they can get a few more chances? .....it truely is this awfull..... Spoiler: More idiotic stuff with real spoilers like LI getting killed off or? And it goes without saying that our brainless MC trusts hes mother to live with him and hes sister in the same appartment after she has wiped both of their memorys a million times since they where kids....story cant get any worse can it....MC just never learns from past mistakes and will be brainless always, then he goes along with a plan to go against the most powerfull evil dude without having any kind of training first....i mean what could possible go worng right?.....and yes everything does go worng its just so stupid, why make MC, hes Mother, Sister, everyone brainless....whats even the point? When MC starts working for the evil dude he becomes the boss of the team with Em and hes Ex-girlfriend, you might think that you will see some revenge finaly but nah MC is still submissive and brainless, all he has to do is fail 5 tasks and he can send one of them to hell which just never happens, but what does happen is your given a choice to date them? i mean wtf seriously? or you can pick to force them and fuck them that way? again seriously? why? put the bitches in the lab and forget about them, why the fuck would you want to even touch them...this story is totaly insane.....break their legs, kill them, put them in the lab, but fucking them hell no. But all you can do is force them into a sexual relationship its so damn awfull, you can click the skip button but if its just a skip meaning it still happens i have no clue buts its easily one of the worst part of the story. At one point MC needs information from the two bitches and what does he do? he ask them and they wont tell him so what does MC do? fucks them make them cum.....and let them go????????? where the fuck is the revenge, wheres MC being pissed for all they did, why not beat them up untill they come clean....never felt so let down by a game like i have in this one. Ending of part 1 dont read below if you dont want to know about potential killing off a LI. At the ending of part one MC has apprently become evil in 6 months which drives the Sister to shooting her self since she cant stand it anymore, you cant even say MC wouldent deserve that happening to him either. What makes no sense atleast in my playthrough is that 6 months as past and she was supposed to be pregnant when MC left but shes not in that scene or atleast it dosent show it and it would feel very very worng and weird if the sister kills her self while being pregnant but she did try to do just that. More in act 2 spoilers below. Spoiler: Act 2 story turns dark? Well after the ending in part one it starts up with MC working along side the evil dude who wants to kill him and hes being turned into a cold blooded killer which feels so idiotic considering he couldent even beat up the two bitches or get in kind of revenge on them in part 1, and not even as a killer will you be allowed to do anything to them, but killing other people is fine? Even hes mother is helping MC becoming a cold blooded killer telling him "you need to be okey with this" hes pretty much turning into a copy of Avas dad the evil dude whos killing innocents left and right, the one your supposed to be fighting against, he even looks like the evil dude as well, so if you thought part 1 made little to no sense, part 2 will be so much worse and game will turn MC into the evil dude who kills innocents which theres just no coming back from, he also starts threatening to kill hes friends you might have grown to like in act 1, story simply just becomes worse and worse, really not worth playing since no matter if hes doing it for him self or hes friends it will never change the fact of MC being a monster killing innocent people. Also depending on choices made dialogs wont make much sense and it stops out of nowhere to move to something else, like coming home to see Ava and MCs mother on the bed together telling MC how he will love what will happen which clearly is a 3-some i guess but since i wasent on mothers path it then skips to a diffrent place in the story, its just really poorly made and should never even have snown MC coming home to see it. Another small thing but still idiotic is how MC and hes sister is worried about their eyes changing colors, i guess its due to them being brainless or maybe never heard about contact lenses or even sunglasses.... Just dont waste your time on this one, from chapter 2 MC gets soooo much worse so i better stop my review here since talking anymore about the shitty story parts or things that makes no sense would take up 10 pages. But like alot of others belive including my self, you wont ever get any form for revenge with Em or the Ex girfriend, which makes it for an even more pointless and boring story. Girls 4/5 Good diversity in builds and they look nice enough for this type of characters. Animations 3/5 Its about what you can expect from this character style. Choices 2/5 Some choices work but it also has fake choices and forced LIs Short review: Story is a mess, starts out as a good guy and ends with an evil killer as MC. Submissive and brainless MC. Forced forgivness of an ex-girlfriend who blackmailed MC, to get fucked over again by said Ex, to then work with them....it just killed the story. Forced LIs. Girls and Animations are good. Music is pretty damn bad. Blows my mind so many rate story so good with this many flaws in it.

Stick with this one. It was pretty average at first. Then it gets much better, real quick. Only other gripe.. almost too many LI's. I laughed quite a bit during this. But there is 1 moment.. I'll never forget. All I say is.. the desk. I laughed so hard. Ok.. Part 2 is.. meh. Feels rushed. Also the I don't want to see flashbacks that spoil anything.. why is that there? its so disjointed.. Again, just feels sooo rushed. Part 1 -5 stars Part 2 - 2 stars.

Got the makings of a long story. I enjoy the writing quite a bit. Some Comedy, some serious stuff, some inconsequential stuff. If I could only offer one bit of constructive criticism, I'd only add that the way everyone interacts with the MC with that casual-but-friendly rudeness diminishes the effect when everyone does it. I suppose that it could be argued that it's just a stylized way the writer likes. But personally, I think I would save it for only a few characters. Honestly, can't wait for more.

Holy Shit, This was one long ass game, Took me 3 days lol I loved this a game alot, like literally my top 10 fosho (7th to be precise) The Dialogues were the best elements for me in this game They were really so unique and got me laughing hard sometimes. Probably the best game I ever played in terms of dialogue writing, I loved the first half of the game when the plot wasn't that serious. I extremely love the mc for his charisma (Bro is the Rizzler fr) and his sick sense of humour and his main love interest for her personality which is just so perfect that everytime she appears on screen, i get really intrigued. She looks too adorable as well. She really is in my top 5 F95Waifus lol The Plot is also Great and I liked it Moreover... Spoiler: Plots n Romance The Plot got way too serious in i think the almost the 3rd n 4th week or so, I felt like Dialogues lost its touch after the 3rd week and became a bit bland at some point but yeah the plot was pretty good till the end where it gets better and better The Part-2 ending (1.20) was a huge cockblock fosho I am hoping to get some heavy emotional damages/plot twist in the next updates and want the story to get Darker n Darker The Power system was a bit of a mess imo Now for the Romance, It Was great for some girls( I just felt there were lots of love-interest) which would have been better if they were lessor so you get to spend more quality time but i am hoping all the girls have good share in the plot of the story Some characters were really well-written. Some were not that much No comments on the Sex scenes, I am only here for da plot lol Aight thats all. I wish the Dev the best for more upcoming updates on this Masterpiece

Review as of 1.0 (the end of the first part). The VN is split into two there, so it feels as good a time as any. I've always been somewhat fond of porn-with-plot, so I went into this based on the reviews which alluded to that. The game roughly divides into three sections—no spoilers, the "spoilers" are just to save screen space—and I'll review each one separately before getting to conclusions. Spoiler: Dating sim The first 40% or so by my estimation is basically just a harem dating sim without much choice other than "Bang: Y/N." It commits most of the sins of the genre and a few more. The bad MC has essentially no personality and is basically just there to be a self-insert, right down to the changeable name. No clear distinction between the "good guys" and the "bad guys" other than perspective. MC is good because he's the MC, best friend is good because he doesn't get on the way, other guys are bad because they hit on LIs. Or something. Dickwad #17 hits on women while in a relationship, which is bad of course. This drives them into the arms of the MC. But wait, the MC also going behind someone's back! But it's okay, when they find out way later they're cool with it, apparently! Because he's the MC! Bleh. There are way too many main characters. Most of them are fine on their own, albeit a little tropey, but the VN struggles to keep them in focus because it wants to spend time with each one. Less is more here! Everyone has some dark secret for MC to step in and be a knight in shining armour about. It's lazy. Random fourth wall breaking for no reason in this section. A common sin among f95 VNs. The good There's a lot of love put into the visuals. I can't imagine how much work it took, but it was no doubt a lot. Every single conversation gets a bunch of renders. In general this part was the weakest section. If this was where it stopped it'd be a one star. I only managed to finish it because the reviews promised it got better later. Spoiler: Unashamed harem porn You'll know when you get to it. A huge portion of the gallery (my guess is like 40-50%, but I wasn't keeping track) happens very rapidly (maybe 20% or less of the overall text). If you're here for porn and don't mind koi visuals this part was fine, no real complaints. Good variety and such. Extremely vanilla but that's to be expected from the genre. Spoiler: Porn with plot The last 40% or so. The VN turns into porn with plot at this point. The bad The baggage from the first part. There are too many characters that all still need screen time and dating sim elements. It's jarring and distracting: it feels like two different VNs mashed together. At times I found it really hard to follow what was going on. This was partly by design—you're often shown fragmented scenes for plot reasons—but that didn't make it any less disorienting. Other times it was just due to the dating sim interjections or to generally sloppy writing. The plot of the bad guys in general is incoherent. There are many times that you'll wonder "weren't they supposed to do X?" A few thousand words later you'll get some offhand mention about how they're working on it. So they didn't give up? Why haven't they done anything then? The good The main villain works decently, I guess? Spoiler: Misc comments Way too much "I love you" / "I love you more." It could've been cute once, but by the 1000th time with the 100th character you'll want to end it all. In general the porn/romantic writing is... not inspired. I don't love the branching "pick A or B but not both" choices for side content which is borrowed from JVNs. There are no meaningful choices, just fast forward to get all the side content. If you do, you realize that often both branches have very similar—or even the exact same in several cases—dialogue. It ruins the fact that the characters are reasonably distinct the rest of the time. Once again: the VN would be better off with far fewer focus characters. It's koi so expect a lot of JVN influence. Not a good or a bad thing, just a thing. English is fine, didn't notice any issues. Conclusions This one is a pass unfortunately. Too much plot to be a dating sim or porn romp, too much dating sim to have a plot. Writing needs a ton of work.

Finished part 1 a week ago, and have been mulling what to write since then. The writing is honestly a bit flat at times, and the protagonist has moments of reaching tope levels of hero complex and I'd appreciate some more depth to his character building. So I was going to give it a solid four, becuase the story is actually pretty good, and the writing does improve as the game progresses. ...however, HOWEVER, I'm just fucking in love with the main love interest (your sister, this game is really written to be played with the incest patch, and it deals with that in a great way tbh). I couldn't bring myself to rating Iris' game a 4. So here's a 5! Iris is such a great character, and her interactions with MC are organic, cute and genuinly funny.

This review is for version 1.1. This game is a roller coaster of emotions. I first played the first 1/3 of part 1 a while back and couldn't get into the game, as it felt like a generic, light-hearted hentai with a dumb MC and no plot other than fucking everything in sight. After not playing for a couple years, I returned to try the full release of part 1, and was surprised to find that this game has so much more to offer than I expected. Bit by bit the story creeps in, as the story slowly shifts into a more serious tone; the second half of part 1 feels almost like a different game. Personally, I couldn't have been more hooked as the story progressed, and then the cliffhanger at the end of part 1 immediately turned this into one of my favorite VNs ever. Perhaps the only major complaint about this game I have is the overabundance of sex, which sometimes overshadows the actual story. This is particularly true of the the middle portion of part 1, which seemed afraid at times to stand on its own story merits and hid behind endless sex. It would seem this more resolved going into part 2, and the significant increase in story compared to sex definitely sets the second act apart (so i can perhaps see why the author chose so much sex early on, to draw such a juxtaposition), so I eagerly await to see where the author takes the story. The characters are generally all written well, in particular the later characters. The super early ones are the only I feel lack enough characterization, in particular Alyssa and Violet. The addition of the MC's mother was a wonderful idea on the author's part, as she provided an outlet for the MC (and thus the story) to begin to be more serious. While I'm unsure what direction the game will take going forward, I would encourage people who are turned off by the vapid early game to try pushing forward longer, as you'll find a real jewell of a game.

[v1.1 Part 2] ​ *Most of the following is subjective* My initial thoughts were that the game was fairly average. As I spent more time playing it and the banter between the characters evolved, I was strangely drawn into it- despite acknowledging that at times, the dialogue was cheesier than a deep dish pizza. As it turns out, I am definitely not lactose intolerant. But honestly, I felt that the pacing was all over the place in the beginning, with an abrupt increase near the end. Not to mention the fact that the soundtrack was remarkably average, to my surprise. (For part 1 at least) I say this because even if the writing is as I described above, there is not a single thing I would change about it. The humor has almost never failed to make me laugh. I absolutely adore the characters in this world even if their motivations & actions are cliche and straight out of an anime. Which reminds me, this is more of an anime than a game and not for a single second have I disliked that. I don't know how else to put this, and can't objectively review the game because I am hopelessly attached to the characters. The one genuine feedback I want to reiterate is that the end of the first, and beginning (that's all it is right now) of the second part felt quite faster in pace as compared to the rest of the game. Spoiler: Part 2 This is the only concern I have going forward, as the end of the plot has already been briefly touched upon and with the pace speeding up, I feel like I won't get to see enough of these characters before the game ends. Spoiler: Interactions I have thought about this for a day or so by now, and the way these characters (Specifically Alex and Iris, if it wasn't obvious enough) interact with each other may not be realistic for some; for me it is exactly how I would imagine a near perfect friendship/relationship to be like and that to me, says it all about the incandescent soul of the game. Spoiler: Best girl If I was Alex, I'd suffer a fate worse than death for even considering imagining this. But If I had to choose between Iris and Ava, I'd sooner off myself. Seriously. Please don't make me choose, Syko- I really, really don't want to. I want to write so much more , but this is all I can get out right now. All in all, I'll say this: I hate this game. I hate you more. Please take your time and don't stop until you've achieved your vision. POV after catching up with the current update: https://imgur.com/a/60nCPHq But more accurately: https://attachments.f95zone.to/2021/12/1563594_w4d1-982.jpg

Art 4/5 Sound 3/5 (only music) Animation 4/5 Story 1/5 or 4/5 (depending on your likes) Story is ONLY good if you enjoy stories where one of the main characters die! The developer does not even have the courtesy to warn you that he will include death in the game! I hate depressing games there is enough depressing things in real life so I play games for a light enjoying fun and possibly a good fap. So I must WARN others if you get emotionally involved in the main characters and play the game for a good time THIS IS NOT FOR YOU! It was not for me that is for sure and what upsets me is the Developer could of had the common decency to declare this before I wasted so much time on this game! Not providing critical warnings like this in a game that is meant to be fappable to is like raping my emotions. I went from let's play a fun game to I'm depressed let me try to find some good manga or manhwa to try to get my mind over it. Anyone else you should enjoy the story a lot as this was one twist I did not see or I would not have played this game at all.

[v1.0] Trouble in Paradise is a pure fantasy fulfilment game that sets the tone early on what you can expect throughout the rest of the meaty 7Gb game has in store. The dialogue and banter between the MCs (recommend you play with the incest patch) pulls you right in and has you invested, then it delves deeper as the story goes on-- as our big-dicked, easy-going PC fucks his way into the hearts of every character... No really, that dick is magical H-scenes While the animations and statics are simple, due to it being a Koikatsu title. I've always found a certain charm to them. The "worst" complaint you will find is the fact it is it's a hefty download of 7Gbs, but that does come with the upside of high-quality in everything throughout. Mostly vanilla in terms of kink variety (outside the obvious incest); though a few light moments of variety sprinkled throughout to not be completely monotonous: mainly threesomes, a hint of lesbian action, implied voyeurism, deflowering, and anal. (There is 4 or so scenes of forced/coerced if you pick a dark/revenge path on certain characters) In conclusion: if you want to enjoy a compelling fantasy fulfilment story, with some fun clichés, witty dialogue, and a genuinely interesting cast of LIs/Harem/Side Characters, then enjoy some Trouble in Paradise

The game becomes so much greater in the second half! Music, direction, dialogues, MC becoming not his whinning self - all improved since the first part of the game. Can't wait till the next update! Keep up!