Ren'Py - The Wants of Summer [v0.32] [GoldenGob]

The Wants of Summer is an electic display of many different visual novels that have been popularized in the west, melding together to make quite the impressive piece of work. Though I admit to being biased because I'm just so infatuated with the characters, namely Kate and her struggles with self esteem and that bratty personality of hers. Often do we get very dry personalities in these types of games but this is the exception. I'm eager to see what comes next from Goldengob.

great game
good characters with brenda
more milfs needed and also jan
fun and curious minigame, confused on depbond, i think maybe i am too slow xD
a mystery in story? have to find out

i really want you continue please great job!

Genuinely one of the best games ive played on here. The Christmas events were amazing and the POV's are stellar, Kate's Christmas event is one of the hottest things ever.

The story is a little jumbled but thats to be expected in an open world game. Interested to see where this goes and I've found a new developer that I'll be waiting to drop

It's a decent game but there are some big flaws.

Starting by the good part:

The newer h-scenes are really good and the animation is great, although its annoying not being able to choose which angle of the animation you want to see in a given animation cycle.

The characters are likable and actually have personalities.

After the introduction part of the game there's a good ratio between story and h-scenes.

The bad parts:

The characters have extremely similar body types of huge oversized breasts (except Maddie) and huge asses. It was completely ridiculous seeing Kate saying Liz was fat when they have exactly the same body type.

This one is really bad imo: the story is just all over the place. I frequently felt like i might have missed and event somehow or not done them in the order that they're intended to. The dev should have properly lined up the events, this just destroys the pacing and immersion of the game, since in one scene a character might be hesitant to do a blowjob and only gives you a handjob, but on the next they're begging you to fuck their brains out.

Not sure if this is an issue of older scenes, but it almost seems like some scenes had 2 different endings and now they show both of them together. You see the animation of the MC cumming and then you click to advance and suddenly he is still fucking and then you click again and he cums but without animation and lower quality, like what?

I'm still giving this a 4 because theres no 3.5 rating and i think some of the things are being fixed in Goldream and i have faith in this dev

The models are really unique, which is great. The animations are also very well done. The most compelling part is the story--or more like the meta-story, which is only sort of hinted at early on. I'm excited to see where this goes.

I like the stylized models and the generous proportions, the attention given to animated scenes that heighten immersion with music, camera angles and eye contact, etc.
I would prefer if the replay gallery also had said music, especially in the deep bonding mini-game, which I tend to find frustrating when playing in-game.

Visuals:
I see the author is updating his stuff and I'm really loving the visuals, a lot of warm colors and not to mention the characters.

Characters:
Brenda my beauty, of how lovely you are!
Kate's crazy but I love it.
Liz is sweet and cute tomboy!

And all the rest, just beautiful models. All of them!

Writing:

I'd say it does its job . I was hooked for most of it. And there's a lot of mystery but not sure when author is doing with it.

Cons:
Some of the HUD is hard to navigate, but other than that not much!

I had a great time playing this, there were some issues with navigating the sandbox but I really connected with the characters. Especially Liz . Just want to see the author expand on her but the updates are taking longer and longer, hopefully we get an update soon!

Not bad of a game and I'd say above average, good set up and mystery for the MC, great animation without stuttering, could do with updating/changing the MC model. Hope to see more development more so due to one character and how the MC deals with this responsibility

(Review for 0.24 Patreon)

Visuals are OK except for the overbearing rack syndrome. Navigation is a pain without an overlook view and because of the broken logic: for example, you take a bath and before you even exit the bathroom you're told it's occupied by roommate.

It would be desirable that the game didn't try so hard to make you waste your time. For example, it always lets you select the sink in the kitchen, it opens a menu with "do the dishes" but most of the time of course there are no dishes. The UI is clearly designed to be pretty, who needs efficiency anyway.

Also this must be the first game I remember playing where entering the bathroom while an adult female is taking a bath makes her like you more. Methinks the developer is more of a pervert than the expected players...

A good looking but flawed sandbox, like most of them are.

Gameplay is fun, nothing too convoluted, art style is cool but would appreciate less of the "balloon tits"

Big tits don't need to be ridiculuous, tone them down a little bit and the art will be fantastic.

Great game with multiple big-titted girls to explore. The game has a grind element and can be tedious but I enjoy the grind persoanlly. The game receives updates at a normal rate and there's a lot of content to enjoy.

Like a 3.5/5 but I'm gonna slap 3 stars on it. It's a bit rough, but I have still really enjoyed it! Game seems to run just fine, the animation all played very smoothly, and any weirdness with menus or features I think are down to user error for me lol. I wasnt quite sure about this one going in as I am a fan of more realistic proportions (wtf the MC dick?) but I really like the style all the characters were done in.

+Everything set wise looked good, nothing struck me as "bad" or "weird"
+Enjoyed the Characters, even if not my preferred shapes, and thought all the faces were Great! Liz would make me fucking simp
+Bits of the over arching story that started to sneak out really grabbed me

-Wtf is the MC dick? not just like an upscaled uber-dick, it is a bit... off putting, but once its inside someone it aint a problem
-Didn't care too much for the music or sound effects, kinda just ignored and/or muted for a good portion of my time
-Sex scenes didnt always seem to flow smoothly between transitions, like if a new animation was added in later that just doesnt really match the following Stills
-at times it seemed the text would out pace what was being shown (aint the fastest reader);"oh my god it's everywhere" (or other cum comment) Yet the animation hadnt gotten to that yet, or even the Transition to the ejaculation animation/still hadnt even happened

3.5/5 A bit rough along some of the edges but I still enjoyed myself

I like this game a lot so far. The babes are hot. They're all cliche but still got something about them that makes you want to keep going with them. And for the most part, the scenes are pretty good.

What sucks about this game though, and what really holds it back, is the UI, the actual experience of clicking through the sandbox world, is absolutely broken, and in some cases doesn't make much sense. One big example is if you download the game in its current state, with the Halloween Celebration added on, the intro will cut short and switch to the MC in a graveyard roleplaying with his sister and her friends. It's very jarring and it made no sense to me until a while later when I realized what happened. The maker just didn't code the sequences correctly. So, because that, I have absolutely no idea what the overarching plot of this game is. You're tracking down codes, and emailing them to some people that want to break in. Why? I don't know. It hasn't really come up yet.

Other things UI related is stuff like characters being two places at once. Like Brenda or Kate will be in the bathtub yet also in the dining room and their bedroom, respectively. Or, if you get a quest from a character to get them something, you can't just give it to them right there, you have to go get it again. This happened to me with Jane and the wine bottle. Also, I don't know if the author's first language is english, but he has Noon as evening/dusk and that is very confusing to me. Also a few of the locations are closed at 'Day' time and that doesn't make sense.

The last complaint I have about the UI is that the relationship points menu is separated from the quest menu. Why not combine these? They're also give you different information on what you need to do, and from what I've noticed they compete, sometimes one gives you more information and the other less, vice-versa.

Now, again, the babes are what we're here for. And they're hot as hell. The only problem I have with this is that the game is a bit grindy, and I really do not like grind games much at all. I'll put up with it, but it is not my preference. The grinding is never too bad though that it made me quit, but the scenes are not the best rewards for the grind. MC's dick looks really funny, and thankfully Kate charmingly points that out. So far the scenes are pretty hot though.

But yeah, if UI was fixed and some QoL issues patched up, I would give this game a solid 4.5. Writing is solid, characters are solid, and the models are hot. Not much else I want from these games.

Great game. It's updated fairly often and has pretty damn good graphics for the genre. The characters are thicc, just like I like em. The story is serviceable but does not stand out from any other story from a game like this. Do not care though, I'm here for the action, boss.

The story is a bit confusing, but there is a diverse enough cast, with good attractive characters, the characters got some depth to them and following their story lines was enjoyable, the game is still very much so unfinished but can not wait to see It fully developed

This game has a lot of potential! It started out a bit rough, but the developer is honing his skills and both story and renders are just getting better and better.

My only complaint is that navigation and the quest log can be a bit difficult to navigate/understand.

Can't wait for the continuation of the story!

The animation and the art style are great. Story isnt much to write home about but it gets the job done and scenes are excellent. There's a solid number of scenes right now and its being updated quite regularly at the moment. Worth checking out if you like big booba and milfs.

Love it! Animation, style , story and the sex scenes. Really good game. COuld have more female characters but that's just me who wants always more!
Hope this game will continue for a long time!

Two stars, mainly for the Models, which are totally my style (love oversized fake-looking bimbo-boobs). Some scenes are also quite decent.

However, this is about it. The game in itself is a mess. As a Sandbox it is really confusing and you 100% need the Questlog to know what to do. However, this is also really messy, because sometimes it shows that you can do some quests, but they are not existent. With the recent Update I got a quest to visit Kate in the morning, but it was just content I have already seen. Followed by a quest to talk to her and then to help her study, which I did just before that (including the reward). But I was not able to enter her room, showing how messed up the questlog is by giving me quests I have already done.

Furthermore, I lost all my relationship-points with all the characters. Leading to situations where I could fuck Brenda with 0 Relationship-Points, but Kate with far more throws me out of the Bathroom and calling Mom that I would rape her, while fucking with me in the morning and giving me a BJ after a reward. Does not add up.
Also, the help you give Kate... Come on, at least put a bit of effort in it instead of doing a simple math-problem (12x12)x2... This was what she needs help with in College, this is 1st or 2nd grade stuff here.

So yeah, aside from the models with the giant, gravity-defying boobs (especially Kate is super-hot), which are not everyones cup of tea, this game really needs to improve. I unwatched and maybe check it out again when it is (almost) completed.