The xmas special for Monster Girl Gym, right. I was expecting something... I don't know, more. The whole base game is this weirdly compelling loop of training monster girls and getting lewd rewards, and this episode just drops you into a holiday dinner scene. You're the only dude, surrounded by these absolutely stacked creatures. The AI CG is hit or miss, some of the dinner table shots have that glossy, slightly off look where the turkey leg is merging with someone's bicep. But then there's this one render of the wolf girl stretching after the meal, her abs catching the fireplace light, and I forgot to breathe for a second.

The sandbox elements are stripped way back here. It's mostly clicking through dialogue and picking who to sit next to, which triggers different scenes. I spent way too long trying to angle the camera during the gift exchange because the bunny girl's outfit was doing this thing where the ribbon was the only thing holding it together and I needed to see if the physics would glitch. They didn't. Disappointing. The muscle definition on the oni is insane though, like she could crush my skull and I'd thank her. The romance paths feel rushed compared to the main game's gym progression, you don't earn the affection, it's just... there. Like microwaved leftovers instead of a slow roast.

There's a moment during the new year countdown where you can choose to sneak off with one of them. I picked the harpy, because wings and the way her back muscles flexed earlier during the toast, and the scene that followed was surprisingly tender for something so explicit. The writing stumbles over itself sometimes, typos here and there, but the core fantasy of being the only human in a room full of monster girls who are all inexplicably into you? That hits. Wish the special episode had more actual gym content though. The title is Monster Girl Gym and we're just eating dinner. Where's the holiday themed workout? Bench pressing a yeti or something. Missed opportunity.

The Bradley mansion. Fuck me, right from the loading screen you can smell the money and the bad decisions. It's that classic Lessons of Passion jank, the kind where a character's hand might clip through a thigh during what's supposed to be a tender moment and you just have to roll with it. Danny, the guy you're puppeting, gets this invite from his boss William. Weekend at the big house. Wife Melissa, a blonde with that specific 3d model look where her eyes are always slightly too wide, and secretary Brooke, a brunette who's apparently also on the guest list. The setup is so thin you could poke a hole through it with a stiff cock.

Gameplay is mostly clicking through dialogue trees that feel like they were translated through three different languages before landing in English. You're at dinner, then you're not at dinner. The seduction paths are about as subtle as a brick. Brooke corners you in some hallway and the dialogue wheel gives you options that range from "be normal" to "immediately talk about her ass." Picked the latter, obviously. The animations that follow have this weird, deliberate unpolish. Like someone animated a sex scene but forgot to add any weight or impact. Bodies move, sounds happen, but it's all a bit floaty. There's a moment with Melissa in what I think is a study where her leg just sort of phases through an armchair. Didn't stop me. Honestly made it funnier.

The wife and secretary dynamic is the whole game. William is just a obstacle that occasionally appears to remind you there's supposed to be tension. You can basically ignore him. The brunette, Brooke, has this one scene where she's pretending to work but the game makes it very clear she's not working. The whole thing runs on that weird engine where facial expressions change on a half second delay. It's broken in a way that loops back around to being charming. Not hot exactly, but compelling. Like watching a soap opera where all the actors are mannequins that someone is shaking slightly off camera. The dinner scene drags. Then suddenly you're balls deep in a boss's wife and the game hasn't even acknowledged the time of day changed. No transitions. Just pure id.