VN - Ren'Py - Grandma's House [Part 5 v0.74] [Moonbox]

This game holds a peculiar spot in the landscape of adult visual novels, at the very least for me, but I believe for other people as well.
This is the comfort food of porn games. Lighthearted, easy going, consistant. Cosy, homely, and never disappoints. Sure, it ain't the best, but it was never the goal, it's about endearing, honest work. The game fulfills its promise, so in my book it deserves these 5 stars. Let's get into more detail tho.

The vast majority of the girls in this game are insanely hot. Special mention to the O'Reilys, Amy, and the namesake matron. I would also mention Kayla from the spinoff but she isn't in this game yet.
However, the amazon-type characters do look kinda awkward. I usually find muscle girls attractive, but Jasmine's and Sandra's proportions seem more akin to a manikin's than to actual muscle girls.

They aren't just pretty empty husks tho. Thanks to a straightforward but careful writing, the women are endearing, and the scenes who cause significant character development manage to be heartwarming.
My only caveat is Minnie, who for now is nothing but a fetish on a stick (albeit not a tall one). There's also Annabelle, but she was made to be stupid and infuriating so she don't count.

The renders are serviceable. Nothing groundbreaking going on as most of them are still images of the women looking at MC, but it's enough to reach their goal : conveying feelings of love and warmth through the monitor.

The sex scenes are hot and manage to not get too same-y after 3 and a half years, despite the near constant pornathon. Although, I do remember thinking sometimes, after updates that had few to no POV sex , that the difference between normal gameplay that's mostly POV shots and the third-person view during the sex scenes was jarring. I believe most updates strike a good balance though.

I also have to mention I encountered something weird on my save. I'm on the Tanya route, I get her double pregnant, Anne is born, so far so good. I don't know if I made a wrong choice or if I hit a bug (and if I did, when) but I don't get Tanya scenes on my main save anymore, I see them missing in my gallery. I don't see it being talked about in the main thread so thankfully if it's a bug it's not a common one, but it's annoying and I'll have to do some console wizardry to get back on track.

To conclude, I'm going to paraphrase my introduction. This game will never be the best, it won't be some Bocuse gourmet meal, and it's not trying to be. But if you want cute and honest fun, Grandma's got you, always.

This game takes a core theme of VNs and throws it out the window. Choice does not matter and if you don't like that then you should not play this game. There are seven characters who you cannot avoid, the granny, the blonde/brunette aunts, redhead cousin, the two asians, and the lady with a headscarf. If you dislike any of them and don't want their content, don't bother downloading the game or its updates. It is exactly because of the content being forced that my last played version was part 4 and will always be such.

The writing of this game barely exists, you get enough information to know who the characters are, a few fetishes and if you're lucky the dev has even given them a bit of backstory to flesh out why they're the way they are. There is no story, you leave college and return to your grandmothers house (shocker) because your parents are dead (you orphan) and then you fuck everything within 25 miles that isn't already married (and some that are). Characters are, at best, their fetishes and their current position in life. They aspire to get more of your dick or watch another girl get more dick.

The majority of the game is sex, that doesn't mean the scenes are long or very good rather that there is barely anything in the game that isn't sex. You don't like a character, you like their tits. The world revolves, much like your cousin rotates, around your cock. Anything that happens that you believe is not directly related to sex actually is related to sex, its just that you haven't got to it yet.

There are many characters, you can have sex with most of them. The sheer number of characters means that they have some overlap in fetishes and what little character some have. The variety is there for age and appearance but it feels like most of them could be ignored and you wouldn't notice a thing. There's little depth to any of their stories and it feels like the reason some have a past is as justification as to why they act as they do, not because they're supposed to be fleshed out main LIs.

For example, you have a dog. You barely see the dog. The final part I played, I don't believe the dog appeared at all. Why even have a dog. Much to the same effect, there's a male character who's supposed to be the best friend. He is merely a vessel to enable pseudo-incest/im-fucking-his-mother content and an introduction then (optional) sex with the local bar wench. He is attracted to women who are comically hideous to prevent any feelings of competition and barely appears after fulfilling those requirements. He is not a friend, he is a tool to enable content. He could have been replaced by anything else in the latter role with minimal change.

The choices on content in this game are simple, do you want to see a fetish or progress with a character. Choices exist for very very simple reasons, nobody wants to suddenly see something they don't like. The developer seems to have forgotten that or changed his mind later on and not cared about informing players. The game starts with a simple choice, do you want to progress the hags path or not. At no point does the game say it ignores this despite plenty of chances, like the multiple different EXEs. You could take every single choice to prevent her path and the game, nor the dev, would care and then force you onto her path.

I did not want to see hag sex. Had the game told me it was forced, I never would have downloaded the game. No, its not justifiable to point to some outside source to say X is mandatory when the game itself is giving the option to refuse. Its not even good, it goes from "Dance with me" to "fuck me" instantly. I knew it was going to pull some shit at the restaurant but I expected a little more build up but no.

The renders are fine. There's nothing especially good or bad.

The game overall is mid. The sole reason I would expect people like this is because of the vast variety of girls or maybe the update schedule, there's nothing else that would result in a recommendation of this over other games. The exact opposite actually.

TLDR:
No story, characters are barely people, the graphics are standard, the choices are fake and you can find better. Just go find a models leaks or something, you'll have as much connection.

The best game on these forums I've played so far. The story, the characters, the writing - they're all top notch. Even though this game has no animations whatsoever, it still manages to beat out every single other game on this site - at least for me.

Renders are good, story is fairly straightforward porn fodder, everything is in a lighthearted tone. Writing something of this scope is often the most difficult, as the renders are high quality but not groundbreaking. As always, a lot of low ratings are given by people who misunderstand that the author is not beholden to them, and just because you don't like something doesn't mean that a low rating is justified.

This game is a Gary Stu, kinetic novel that is over-saturated with too many women.

"But DocJones, more pussy = more sex, how can that be a bad thing?"

Well Billy, I'll tell you why, you have to wait updates and updates to have sex with the characters you actually want to. The plot doesn't matter at all, everything is just filler between sex scenes, and therefore I don't care about any of the characters.

The MC is a just a chick magnet to an unrealistic degree, every woman in a 5 mile radius is just wet for him without him doing anything. The harem plot in this game makes no feasible sense.

Someone said this game was better in the earlier chapters and while I agree, you could see the writing on the wall. There are no positives for this game besides the fact I think the author is good at maintaining regular updates, which arguably could push it to 2 stars, but the game is unplayable for me.

Would have been 5 stars if not for forced hags on you.

I don't want the old scarf woman. It's not my fetish and her design is bad/ugly/unappealing.

The game should let you choose.

It ruins the whole game for me to the point I'm leaving a review.

There are so many sex scenes and i know that its a porn game. They are too much even for a porn game. At some point they are being so ordinary.
MC is banging anything with two legs, two boobs and a pussy.

The game was pretty good until chapter 4. Since then the game is just long for nothing. The main plot is stucked, the game is just a fucking simulator or a pregnancy simulator as you wish. The author should work on ending the game and adding animations that would be more constructive.

This game is definitely on the list of the worst I've ever seen. Seriously, its story is very silly and childish and many things don't make any sense. This game is the kind where the protagonist gets girls simply for existing. In addition, it has no challenge or difficulty whatsoever. Everything is too easy for him. The game offers no excitement at all and only some boring, cheesy moments. If you're looking for a game where the protagonist is practically a god who doesn't need to do anything to win, you'll like this game the most. If you're looking for a game that cares about a good story and character development, then stay away from this game.

I have played this game multiple times and I love the story it tells. I also love the detail it has. The only thing that would make it better would be to add in animation during the sex scenes. To me that's really all it is missing

I feel like some parts of this game are severely underrated. The game opens up really well, in the sense that the introduction paints a very good picture of what you'll get in the game. Characters are introduced quickly and sex follows soon after, but I can't stress how good the writing is throughout the game. The game is not really trying to tell a particularly compelling story, and that's perfectly fine so long as the game knows it and doesn't try to force it, and that gets well handled in this one. Sadly I'm not much into the MILF kink, let alone going even further back in the family tree, but there are plenty enough characters to leave almost anyone satisfied, and all characters are optional(at least as far as I know), so if there's any you don't really like, you can just skip it. I will say I find the lack of bgm strange, but that's easy to fix, either by using the jukebox mod or by just playing whatever you feel like on your PC. The apparent focus on the more aged characters kept me away from this game for years, which means now that I've finally given it a try not only do I like it a lot, but there's also plenty of content to enjoy. Overall I think this game is very good, but as with everything, it depends on what you're looking for. As long as you don't expect a highly dramatic or overly complex plot, there's a high chance this game will be enjoyable at worst.

The Dev compensates their inability to write more or less interesting story or live believable characters with the ridiculous number of LIs of all colors and races and with elephantine MC's dick.
Basically the game is just a fuckfest of Gargantuan proportions with no developed relationships.

This game is all about SEX, SEX, little story, SEX, SEX, sleep, then repeat. It has an above average story, but if anyone is looking for a game were the MC having sex with anyone and everyone, this game is for you

This game is a fuckfest and has no illusions about it. The graphics are good but nothing incredible and there's no animations. The story is pretty much non existent, there is just a loose framing of days as the MC gradually works his way through fucking basically every woman in town.

Why five stars then? Because this game does it well, and the updates are large and frequent. Almost every two weeks you're going to get an update that is the size of what a lot of devs put out in six months (or longer). The cast is huge covering a wide variety of kinks, body types, and fetishes. MILFs, GILFs, teens, netori, family, lactation, interracial, threesomes, moresomes, maids, nuns, twins, pet play, watersports, etc etcc the list just goes one and on.

Its a harem game, and I love that. I don't have the time or energy to do 15 playthroughs of a game to see all the content. I want to see as much as possible in a single save file and thats totally possible here. The girls are all great epecially Elizabeth and Fiona, and the MCs surrogate mom Jamila.

And if your a fan of breeding, this game is all about it. So while the game might not be a 5 star game in the way something like "Eternum" is, its still a 5 star title to me.

This game is difficult to review and rate because it really depends on what you're looking for in a game.

Visually the game is good (but not great) and it features a wide variety of love interests. The writing and story are OK to below average. The main problem with the game is the author's inability to write and develop deep and meaningful relationships. All relationships are shallow. In order to keep things new and fresh, the author just throws new LI after new LI at the MC. They are all eager to try out the MC's elephant dick. The MC has nothing going for him and there's no reason for all these women to thirst after the MC. For these reasons sex scenes are plentiful but unrewarding. They don't feel earned and the game feels more like a sex simulator than a visual novel.

I've played close to one hundred games on this site and approximately 20% of the authors have this same problem. They don't know how to develop deep relationships with characters and keep things fresh and so their only choice/option is to throw new LI after new LI at the MC at hyperspeed.

Personally, I only found half of the LIs to be attractive. The author has a fetish for overweight MILFs with huge hips and huge asses. Even most of the thin/petite girls have large hips and large asses (making them look abnormal). If you love hags, overweight girls, and huge asses, you'll love this game!

There are lots of long winded conversations that aren't meaningful and don't go anywhere. You would think with all the long conversations that relationship building would be great but it isn't. Very few of the conversations in the game add to character development.

The MC's dick is so large that it would send most virgins to the hospital with severe vaginal tearing. The game is very low on realism and doesn't really make an attempt at it.

There aren't any animations and the sex scenes become repetitive quickly, just with a new face (LI/girl). The sex scenes are short overall and often lack passion. The MC fucks a lot of girls he barely met so the player has very little investment in these quick and easy lewd scenes.

Some of the LIs are forced on the player so it feels more linear than open world where you have lots of freedom of choice.

So it really depends on what you're looking for. If you want lots of meaningless sex with lots of sex dolls who thirst after the MC for no reason other than his elephant sized dick then this game will be perfect for you.

If you want a deep and meaningful story with good character development and good relationship building then you'll be gravely disappointed. If you want sex to be meaningful then look elsewhere.

The game is pretty much pure fantasy and isn't believable. If that ticks one of your boxes then go for it. The game does have a strong following and is one of the most popular games on this site so there is a market for this type of game apparently, it just isn't my cup of tea. I personally want a somewhat believable story with some fantasy thrown in. I prefer a smaller cast where I can develop deep and meaningful relationships with the LIs in the game.

I only made it half way through the game and gave up (not a good sign!).

So there it is... The game is either a gem or a disaster. It's up to you to decide...

Bruv this ain't even a fuckfest, this is straight up orgymaxxing Sodom and Homorra style fr. Main character be bussin his elephant-sized lil bro every 5 minutes into different female sex dolls like his life depends on it, which is clearly a reference to fan-favourite "Crank" starring Jason Statham. It just so happens that he is also literally a walking pussy magnet, since him simply being in close proximity with any straight female makes them jump him with unpure intent without a back thought.
Ah, yeah, I think there is even dialogue (probaply), and some narration (also theoretically possible). Never bothered to find out tho, since never let go of skip button. Aintnoway somebody actually reads this.
Pristine gooning material.
Twilight fan-fiction tier read.

Good variety of kinks and different types of ladies, but (and I never thought I'd say that) there is also too much sex involved, mostly because you have like 30 or so different women in the game.
Now it'd probably not be feasible to reduce the amount of sex in a porn game, but it would help a lot if the scenes weren't so damn long all the time.

There's a surprising variety of kinks here, and the updates are frequent and sizable, but...there's also like 30 love interests -- so far? It seems like every single female character with at least one line of dialog eventually gets the opportunity for a good dicking. And I am sad to report that they are generally pretty dull to be around.

And as a rule, they open their legs for the MC without much resistance. So the sex scenes don't have much of a payoff. You just flatter these women until they can't wait to be conquered. Most of them seem to be just waiting around for a big strong male to rescue them. Maybe his absurd donkey dick has something to do with it? In line with this theory, and luckily for us, the few other dudes who show up are written as shitheads, cucks, or both.

There isn't much of a story either. While there are tons of conversations that go on quite a bit, they also don't actually do much to advance a plot or to deepen a relationship. The MC also has no profession and no responsibilities to take up the slack. He mainly just goes around collecting women like Pokemon cards. And they are all fine with being in a modern-day harem of an unemployed guy who lives with his grandmother and doesn't even leave the house most of the time. The pussy magnetism on display here strains credulity again and again, even by AVN standards. And the game doesn't quite have the charm to compensate. I feel like it's been spinning its wheels for quite some time.

I usually leave just positive reviews, but for the very popular games I'm going to make exceptions.
Grandma's House is great example of the game that might work for you if you have the same kinks as a creator (in case of this game harem of mostly big old ugly females of various ethnics) - there's a lid for every pot - but otherwise it's just poor. The very basics of visual storytelling which you might even not have to learn, but can be easily figured out, are ignored (eg. "You left the room" - Surprise surprise: I can see that staring at the picture of the staircase!), both dialogs and monologues are absolutely mundane, situations (hard for me to call t story) are not interesting, choices are alternating between obvious and facepalm inducing.
TL;DR It's just dumb.
Even for the porn game. At most average visuals cannot compensate that and besides sheer numbers of LIs (found few kinda attractive ones), there isn't anything exceptional or at least very good here.
This opinion is based on part 1 of the game that got boring to even skip through, so if there is sudden quality jump later on, I'll be glad to give it 3rd chance.

I like the game overall. It's right up my alley of genres I like. I like the models, especially the older/mature ones, THE MILFs. I feel like there is a tinge of comedy in some of the lines/content, in my opinion and I find them entertaining. Keep up the good work and I'll be waiting for your updates.