Huniepop 2: Bigger doesn’t always mean better.

The original Huniepop is my favorite NSFW game because it had good gameplay and sense of humor in addition to the sexy things. I was pumped to play the sequel and see the new goodies. Results were mixed.

Story pretends to be more serious than last time. The MC has to save the world by pleasing two evil goddesses, but accessing requires a lot of love on the island.

Characters are hit or miss this time around. Adult actress Jessie and stewardess Lola come back as 'bossfights', which reminds me of how DS2 reused bosses as well. I like Abia's repressed freak personality and Nora's baddassery is amusing, but then there are stinkers like Otaku Sarah or Meta deconstructing Zoey. I get that the devs wanted to be more experimental with personalities, but their batting average is about 500 here. Also, you only need 2 dates per couple as opposed to 5 per girl, which cheapens the satisfaction somewhat.

Gameplay is tougher but in a fun way. In addition to all the mechanics from original like gifts or token types, now there are double dates every time. As in, you take 2 girls on every date and each of them brings their twist on gameplay. The stamina bars are a little annoying but I get that they encouraging switching between girls often. The baggage mechanic makes every girl a problem (or sometimes benefit) in a unique way: an allegric won't let you gift flowers, a workaholic cuts turns every once in a while, a smoker had bad stamina regeneration etc. On Normal these aren't a big deal because each girl only has 1 baggage at a time, but on Hard it's very tough as all baggage is always active. Still, it is a fun puzzle to crack and was only rage inducing on final boss. The final boss basically switches between 2 girls randomly so you have to improvise a lot.

Artstyle and music are still nice but I like cozier original more. My favorite girl is Jessie and Strip Club music is excellent.

In conclusion, this game is neat but doesn't capture lightning in a bottle like its predecessor did. If we get Huniepop 3, I hope it will feature 1 on 1 dates.