Holly Smiles at The End

In Holly Smiles at The End, players take on the role of a young man pursuing a master's degree in mathematics who works part-time at a fashion boutique due to financial difficulties. However, his peaceful life is drastically altered when he discovers a mysterious cassette tape that can induce sleep. Players will encounter a variety of characters and become involved in various events, making different choices that drive the plot and the ending. Ultimately, whether you retain your masculine characteristics or gradually become effeminate due to the tape's influence is entirely up to the player's choices.

Features of Holly Smiles at The End:

So, what makes Holly Smiles at the End worth the download? Let’s talk features. First up, the storyline is a total standout—think mystery meets supernatural drama with a cast you’ll either love or love to hate. The plot twists keep you guessing, and the writing’s sharp enough to feel like a novel you can’t put down.

The visuals are a feast for the eyes. Vibrant neon aesthetics, detailed character designs, and smooth animations make every scene pop, whether you’re exploring hellish landscapes or chilling with Holly. It’s optimized for Android, so even mid-range phones handle it like a champ—no stuttering or crashes.

Then there’s the choice-based gameplay. Your decisions don’t just nudge the story—they can completely flip it. Want to dive deeper into Holly’s past or confront Gadreel head-on? Your call, and each path unlocks new dialogue or endings. This replayability is a huge draw for story nerds.

Puzzles add spice to the mix—brain teasers that range from decoding cryptic symbols to timing-based challenges in neon-lit traps. They’re tough but fair, rewarding players who pay attention to the environment. And the audio? It’s next-level. From haunting whispers to upbeat tracks, the sound design (complete with voice acting) pulls you deeper into the world.

Player Comments of Holly Smiles at The End:

Excellent story. Very imaginative and original. The fact the author is confident enough to ask you for a smut-free playthrough on the first game start is indicative of its ambition. The "resist" angle is, unlike in seemingly all other games of this type, good and original (and actually divergent!) in its own right, too. Perhaps it's even "canon", as it makes a nod to the game title, which is an interesting curiosity.

Playing in different ways even uncovers new information and lets you understand the story more. It seems to be intended.

Best in class visuals. This point can't be overstated. Asses have never looked so perfect (GeeDee's in particular). The proportions, the glistening sweat... it's all just so much better than it has any right to be. Far and away the best visuals I've ever seen in any game of this type. And they keep being shown off in all the best angles, with gratuitously sprinkled in new and exciting outfits (so many more than you'd believe) accentuating the delightful vulgarity of the meat on display. It's art. It really is. And all the extras are a sight to behold, too. How often is that the case? You can just stop at a frame and have your eyes slowly examine every quadrant of it, drinking it in. It's really something. And the very opposite of the unimaginative, unskilled asset-flips that so often clog up prime real estate.

There are minor clipping and non-movement issues with hair, but those are hard to get right and I think a developer admitting defeat and just going "What's the easiest way to make this look reasonably good without a huge amount of effort that might lead nowhere" is the right and responsible approach. You might notice, but you won't mind.

A great sound design, too. I usually play games on mute, for reasons I'm sure you can imagine, but I busted out the trusty headphones for this and stayed on my tippy-toes. It's worth it.

And great pacing. Things happen slowly, and then all at once. As so often in good narratives. One day you lose your virginity, the next it's non-stop gangbangs. Builds up the tension superbly and is very satisfying throughout.

This also ties back into the visuals. The mental corruption goes along with a gradual (three-step) physical corruption, where each "upgrade" feels visually and narratively satisfying. And it ends on the perfect, wonderfully vulgar note. The author has a sculptor's mind for forms and the human body. And he's putting it to great use.

The ugly bastards... if you take one thing away from this review, it's not as bad as you might think it is.

It's not for everybody, me included. But the author graciously spares us too many looks at their bodies and visages. It's more like an unpleasant thing you can put blinders over, there at the back of your mind and the edge of the screen to remind you this is supposed to be humiliating. Sometimes it's just a POV with a focus on the female figure in the scene, at which point there's little to complain about.

In a purely financial sense, it seems like the author certainly shot himself in the foot by including those (this game is so, so excellent there should be so, so much more attention on it).

Nonetheless, I hope he stays true to his creative vision, for this project and any subsequent ones, and doesn't let that dimension dictate his every action. Maybe saying that is redundant, it doesn't seem like he's compromised on it yet, but maybe it's also a bit of affirmation he can appreciate, given in what I hope to be a meaningful (and fair) review of his creation.

But there's one more thing that needs mentioning.

The grammar (and spelling) is bad. Catastrophic, even. You frequently have to piece together sentences from scratch. "Cock" being spelt "sock" is one of the more minor infractions. And the mistakes are never-ending. I've never seen such a good game get such an easy thing to get right so completely and utterly wrong. It needs to be fixed.

I struggled a lot with whether I should dock a star for it, it's that bad. At first, I didn't want to, because everything else the game does it does so good, and because I felt it shouldn't sit at 4 stars (as it currently does). Then I thought I would, with the promise to go to 5 if grammar should be improved.

As you can see, ultimately I chose to give the author the benefit of the doubt and assume he'll fix it.

Another thing to mention, though more subjective, is that, while there are different routes, it feels a lot like you either go all-in or all-out. I.e., the fact that they do exist isn't very intuitive. Had I not read that they do exist, I would've never assumed they did.

Now to see whether I might like the other games of his...

FAQs of Holly Smiles at The End:

How long will this game be when finished?

It will be ten parts, but, the final part is what ending you get. There are four planned. Updates from [3/10] forward are all ending related.

How long will it take to finish?

It depends on several factors, as this game is not my main priority. What I will say, is that one update takes about a month to render and put togheter.

Final Verdict:

With its captivating storyline, players will be hooked from the start, eager to uncover the secrets of Gadreel's escape and save the world. The game's stunning visuals create an immersive world, bringing each scene to life with breathtaking detail. By paying attention to details, experimenting with abilities, and thinking outside the box, players can fully immerse themselves in the game and uncover its hidden treasures.