RPGM - Completed - Family Love: Sister-in-Law's Heart [Final] [DanGames]

After Vulgar Stepmother I've expected some improvments. But somehow it got a way worse.
Side view made the game boring and ugly. You doesn't have a lot to do: go right, grind the stamina, go to sleep, repeat couple hours of you real time!

I'll be honest, lol this game doesn't deserve 4 stars completely more like 3.5, but I'm giving it this because.
Pros:
- Alot of creativity went into this, usually rpg maker games are top down with copy and paste assets and no real difference.
- A good amount of work went into certain parts of the game like the 2d animation combining with the 3d.
- Great music.
- Good models
- Decent sex scenes

Cons:
- God awful amount of grinding, thank god for save editors
Honestly that what makes the game so bad in it's entirety. Some grammatical errors here and there, but not enough to make you stop beating your meat.
- Characters are kind of flat, the MC doesn't have much of a personality same with the rest of the characters.

Other than this it feels like a really good prototype rather than a full thing. If the creator learns how to lower the grinding ceiling he'll have a 4 star actual game.

The 99% of playtime is grinding the study minigame, it's not fun at all. The graphics is decent and it only good thing of this game, everything else poor. So the game is just one minigame and some cutscenes. Don't recommend

Grindan Games strikes again.

What would you find if you played any other games of his?

The map is different! (yay?)
The grind is worse. (way worse)
The MC stills acts and makes dumb expressions.
Animations are still some alternated renders (and very few frames).
"Story" is what you'd expect, worse than a porn video.
LI is still good-looking, but this one was kinda weird (the way SHE starts the interactions feels kinda she is the protagonist xD).
Oh, I also felt like there is less variety of scenes in this one. Can't affirm it, though.

All in all, what saddens me is that, if I don't consider that map changing, basically the difference was a way worse take on the grind.
Now there is even a system that ties lust with how many points you gain studying, and if you try to grind those points an event with LI triggers with gives you Lust points.
Ofc, not that groundbreaking, but that's not what I expected him to improve
I genuinely keep trying expecting to see some improvements in my gameplay, QoL, buildup, etc, but well, not there yet.

Alright folks, we know why we're here. We enjoy the DanGames slop so lets talk about.

This new format is pretty interesting.

Cons:
EXTREMELY GRINDY, go dl the save in the thread
The study points could have used a dynamic method ti be greater than +6 at a time.
Stamina building is a waste of time. do it once, the plus 2 is enough to get an extra action.
Bare bones plot but we know that already.
Dialogue could use some work, there's no real engagement witht he player character, he just does things.
Not as scene heavy as older titles.


Pros:
The CG models are steadily improving.
The new map is a nice change of pace, lot less running around.

This doesn't deserve higher than a 2 star but I like it anyways

TL; DR If you have played any other game from this dev, this is the same formula. If you like their other games you will definitely enjoy it, one of their better works.

Gameplay:
You live in a house with several rooms with the titular woman and day is divided into time periods and each time period has different events that get progressively more sexual. There is a grind for stats, which I recommend using a save editor to avoid.

Scenes:
The animations and renders are pretty good, I would say on of the devs better works in that regards. I think there are around 15 scenes are some of these have variations. It will take 1-2 hours to finish if you skip the stat grind. The only con that will be a dealbreaker for some is that the genitals are censored in accordance with DLSite rules.

Writing:
Pretty standard porno level writing. Gets some points from me just because sister-in-law is a trope we see rarely compared to stepmom, stepsis, etc. I would say if you enjoy porn tropes this will satisfy but do not expect an engaging plot.

Personal Thoughts:
I am personally a fan of this format, and this dev generally does it well, I would say this is one of their best works. Quality wise 4 stars, one extra star for my personal enjoyment, but minus one star for being censored.