VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Acting Lessons [v1.0.2] [DrPinkCake]

Why can I only give it five stars, where are the last 5 or 10 for that matter. Man, this games is fantastic, first time a game like this has made me so invested in it, that the conclusion of the story had me in tears. Manly tears, that is XD Looking forward to trying out your other game :-D :-D

I wish I could give it 4 and a half stars. The story was fantastic for a first release. It's an emotional rollercoaster during the latter half which is unusual but this was the first novel I read where I felt connected to the characters. Just be prepared that this isn't designed to be fap only material.

So I've finished the entire game (it is LONG), and reached a couple of different endings, and I honestly cannot believe this game is rated so highly. It seems to be created by a SADIST who fancies himself a soap opera screenwriter; let me explain.

The game forces the main "romantic" relationship on you, the MC. Then, everywhere you go, it dangles other attractive, young women in front of you. Almost all of them find you attractive, and want to jump your bones at some point.

Yet you, IN A PORN GAME, are supposed to reject nearly ALL of these hot women, to stay "faithful" to your ambiguous, mandatory relationship. If you're not "faithful" - guess what happens? She finds out and leaves you? Gives you a slap maybe? Keys your car? Oh no, that would be far too reasonable.

If you have sex -- IN A PORN GAME -- with the attractive women presented to you, there will be DEATH, and FIRE, and TORTOURE, and PTSD, and everyone will HATE you, and you'll have to spend years in THERAPY to even regain sanity. HAPPY FAPPING! Oh and P.S., your best friend has cancer. Enjoy!

Honestly, I get that not every game has to be a harem: that's fine. Some real-world-consequences to your actions? Cool, make it more real. Wife catches you - divorce, bad end, fine. But this isn't that. This is mental torture porn.

The game makes it clear that the death and murder and your house on fire, is largely YOUR fault, for being such a horrible person. What's so horrible about you, did you kill someone? Nah, you just banged a bunch of pretty women... in a porn game. It is honestly ridiculous.

I gave it two stars because it is well written in terms of language (not content!) , the renders are pretty good, and it runs well: no bugs, a complete game.

The pacing is bad though, especially in the "ending". It's just slides and slides of text, text, text of you in THERAPY from the HORRIBLENESS of everything - HAPPY FAPPING!

This is not your typical "Porn Game" that you think.
I downloaded this game thinking that there must be something really good about the animations or art because of the reviews, but when I played it, it's really about the story.

You'll laugh, get horny, cry, and learn because of this game. It's really a MASTERPIECE.

I would recommend everyone to play this.

PS: The team behind this game is just Brilliant

Mild spoiler alert!!

Literally I felt traumatised after playing this game, but do I regret it? Hell NO, freaking love this game, can't say I love the content of the ending though, not because it's badly composed or anything, it's just that, as a "normal" pervy erotic gamer, anyone would prefer a happy ending, right?? But I do love the form of ending itself for its dramatic characteristic. And for the main plot of this game, it's also quite enjoyable, well, although it doesn't teach you the importance of the sharing in friendship as much as "DoD" dose, it still shows it's good to take care of your friend (side character). Damn, so much wisdom you can absorb while playing a freaking erotic game, not to mention during the ultimate sage time after a wild sweating fap.

Other than the plot, the rendering's so good, that in other games, even if the character's slightly similar to the green-eyed girl in this game, I would consider them extraordinarily pretty. As for animated sex scenes, it doesn't really matter, does it? I mean, if you really want that, just go for a porn video, and that's everywhere.

I really enjoyed the story, the beauty of the caracters.

Some say that the tough choise make the game unpleasant, but I think that this is the best part of the game: in the end you will never have all the girls, you will have to choose.

Best story, best music, best emotional experience.

Its not about porno, its more like good drama movie with choises and consiqences (mass effect 2 style). Trully brilliant game! You will cry in the end.

Love it. The first playthrough kinda fucked me up but overall the story is very good.

I really love moan sound effects in adult games so I must give it 4/5.
BUT
I really recommend it for those who like great story in adult games

Great renders; it's hilarious, I've literally laughed out loud multiple times playing this; has a maybe somewhat over the top ending but it's still written better than most of your endings in such games.

It's hard to say if this game is "the best sex/porn game" i played, but surely its one of the best love/romance stories i've seen in such game. Characters, setting and general plot is realistic and convincing, it's must play game if you love romance/drama/slice of live type of stories. This game almost made me cry and even made my eyes moist, and in later time i will probably come back to it, to "re-expierience" this story. The weaker part of this game are actual sex scenes, they are super vanilla in both scene and writhing aspect, but this game is way more about romance then sex actually.

If you look for a story, that both will make you smile, laugh, and even bring tears into your eyes, this game is for you. If you are looking for fap material, better look elsewhere, because yes there are sex scenes in this game, but there aren't too many of them and they are mostly basic but good quality. There is no more to say without spoiling, simply try to experience this game yourself... you will not regret it.

I think is one of the best games that i played. The art is really beautyful, the gameplay is nice for the multiple stories you can develop. Girls are super nice and really real in their differents behaviors. Real good choice to have a male character like Liam, to help with the story. Must play game. Laugh, horny and cry at the same time

This game gave me more emotions than I had in my entire life. Thats not game where you can easy find scene to fap on, its about strong relations, and really hard decisions. Cried as a child, almost broke my screen while was in rage.

Sex scenes count 6/10
Render quality 9/10
Music 10/10
Plot 15/10 holy.. that was amazing

This game is a fucking masterpiece. I can't believe a porn game almost made me cry at one point. The story is just fantastic. Holy shit.

To add more characters, I almost find it a shame that this is a "porn game" because if you took out the "press blowjob for blowjob" sections and put it on steam it'd probably be up there with some other great visual novels.

Actually there s so much to say for this masterpiece but in short->IT S THE #1 GAME HERE NO DOUBT (well at least in my opinion)
The storytelling,all the characters,the FEELS,the renders,the animations,the soundtrack all of it felt so real. Acting Lessons gives a very important message with feels and honestly i wasnt expecting it i ve cried my eyes out at least a few times...No words can explain it anymore than that...this wasnt just a game for me it gave wondeful messages through it.
I felt immersed in Acting Lessons universe and well it was a great experience so i m glad ! I m definitely supporting the dev after this one ! Tbh i dont feel like playing another game after this one it s like the summit point or something haha (But like i said i ll look into PinkCake's other projects !)
P.S: I love you Melissa,you re the best.

Amazing game.

Characters are memorable and appealing. Their behaviors are consistent and personalities are well-constructed.
Story was amazing and memorable.
Sound fx are good.
Soundtrack is fun.

This is the kind of game that makes me want to write adult fiction. The story and the dialogue are both very well written and presented me with some serious surprises, both delightful and heartrending. It's not all rainbows and lollipops here, be prepared to make difficult choices! DrPinkCake also took the time to fill it out with a full soundtrack of quality music, not just the commonly heard default tracks some of us have come to recognize. As if that wasn't enough, yes, there are some very high quality renders and animations of beautiful 3D models, but it's not just a "porn game." Not that there's anything wrong with a porn game, mind you, but this had me laughing, crying, and caring so much for the characters that the sex scenes really felt like an honest portrayal of the characters lives, rather than an interruption of the story for eye candy. It's rare for a game in this genre to draw me in to the story so well that I actually feel bad for trying to score with side characters just to unlock gallery scenes, but this game did. To top it all off, they even throw in some heartfelt poetic lines, life philosophy, and an inspirational final note. This is the kind of work that gets me from F95zone to Patreon. DrPinkCake totallly deserves my money for this, and I'm gonna go give them some.

Truly one of the better games available on this site and offers actual replayability in the sense of choices and not only different sex scenes.
This game actually has a decent storyline and it also does not feel rushed like so many other similar games, offering an actual meaningful resolution by the end of the game.
Without giving away any spoilers, the game has many heart-felt moments, a little mystery and loads of great sex scenes - but these don't seem forced and actually help to move the story forward in most instances.

What can I say about this game ? It is a MASTERPIECE!
The game gives you a rather simple storyline at first who developes into a great and deep one later with unbelievable plot twists.
The animations are simple but yet sexy, the characters are all well-written but the story really is what keeps you playing this game.
I must say that if you got here just for a simple porn game to *ahem* "fap" then I'm afraid you won't like this that much but if you came here looking for a porn game with an amazing story then this is the right place for ya!

I must warn you that this game has some heavy content and I'm not talking about BDSM or anything sexual like this but actually emotional stuff...so be ready!

10/10

Reviewed at v1.0.2

I truly cannot believe how much I enjoyed this game. I thought I was going to play a porn game, but in the end I felt that the sex scenes were a secondary (but high quality) interest compared to my interest in the story itself. This is the first Virtual Novel to make me actually care about the characters, and I felt like my choices were truly my own.

This game deals with some seriously heavy themes -- but not heavy as in morally dark, like some other games. Rather, heavy in the way that real life can be heavy. These characters are mostly good people, and when shit happens to them they've been written to react in fairly believable ways. There are some stretches of the imagination in the plot, which I won't spoil, but to give you a sense of what to expect just imagine the kind of hijinks that have to emerge to generate a scenario in which a "regular guy" is potentially sleeping with a lot of different people. These divergences from reality didn't do anything to disrupt my immersion in the story, though.

The art is really high quality. Less time is spent on the sex scenes relative to other games you may have played, but they are exciting nonetheless. More impactful is the day-to-day interactions with the characters, as the modeling has been done in such a way to build your attraction to the girls while also making them seem more believable in your interactions. Their expressions change in subtle but readable ways that make it seem like they're really reacting to what just happened -- a level of talent I have never seen before. There was even one memorable moment without even a line of dialogue, where a certain memorable character merely looked at me out of the corner of his eyes that had me laughing out loud at his implied joke. This moment was possible because the art direction taught me early on to read their body language, to know their personality, so that when it happened I actually got the joke. Truly phenomenal.

The gameplay itself was standard in format, but superior in execution. You make decisions that affect your "score" with different characters. Scores and decisions unlock different scenes and endings based on your choices. The key difference here is that the choices were not bone-headed. Most of the dialogue options seemed reasonable, and I often felt conflicted about what to say next. And no, the author didn't pull the rug out from under you for trying to choose something sensible. I played without the hints, and I strongly recommend you do, too, because it was much more engaging to try to read the characters' reactions and try to learn about who they were so I could make more informed choices.

My only complaint is that in this sea of immersion and meaning, I occasionally felt forced to participate in activities that I just couldn't get on board with. The best example of this is the scene where the main character gets a tattoo. Until then, I felt like I identified with the main character much more than in other VNs. That episode broke that identification quite a bit, but thankfully didn't really interrupt the rest of the story for me. That said, those types of situations were much more noticeable considering how well the choices were delivered overall.

The game has a massive number of potential endings, but in the Fallout style they are different arrangements of outcomes for different variables. So, you get to find out how each character fared by the end, and the combination of each is what gives you that broad range. This is an excellent design choice for this style of game which others should imitate. That said, it did leave me with the one complaint, which was that I really thought I would have an opportunity to somehow get an ending with multiple girls. Since it narrows to just one by the end, I guess that's more realistic, but the pervert in me feels a little let down.

In the end, a touching, immersive, sexually invigorating tale about people I actually came to care about. The use of art in storytelling far exceeds the competition. The variety in scenes and my affection for the characters means I will be coming back to play this story several times -- and you should play it at least once.

Good story. (One of the most creative stories I have seen in an adult VN).
Excellent scenarios and the girls looks amazing!
Animations are not the greatest tho... (Main reason I'm not giving a 5 stars rating).
[PS: A minor turn-off for me in the sex scenes was the MC dick (#nohomo), it looks like an old man's penis, lol.]