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

I have nothing more to add, this game is excellent - The characters are compelling and likable, the story is well-written and enjoyable on all levels., even with a little twist at the end (which i can't say i enjoyed but it truly caught me offguard). 5/5

In standard Dr. PinkCake style, this game is well made. It has a well written story (yes it actually has a story). The characters are well thought out, each has an identifiable personality they are faithful to. It has a mild branching story system, where you will always get the majority of the same scenes (possibly with different text) that might lead to 2-3 extra renders for the "better choices"

This is amazing! Dr. PinkCake is one hell of a story teller. This game has drama, meaningful choices, romance, plot twist, sexy scenes and will get you emotional envolved in the story. Only a true story teller can pull all of this off. This deserves to be a best seller and I couldn't be happier to rate this at 5 stars! Bravo

I've just recently come around to playing this game, so let me preface this by saying this game was very hard to rate properly. After finished I was fiddling with the idea of giving it a 4/5 or a 5/5. I couldn't decide. I've come to the conclusion that any faults I found with this were just some slight nitpicks of mine that overall did not take away from my enjoyment of this great great game.

Without any spoilers, this game is definitely a roller coaster of emotions for an erotic game and more times than not that's extremely rare. You can tell DrPinkCake is passionate about his story and creations. While there are definitely your typical fuck buddy sluts in this game, you'd be surprised to find that there are very nuanced characters as well and a comedy gold character in Liam, your black best friend. (One of my favorite scenes comes from a campfire where the character plays truth or dare. I've never laughed so hard from a porn game in my life)

The story can often times feel melodramatic, but that's not necesarily a bad thing. This story presents to you a passionate heart with plenty of feels ranging from the fluffy, cloud 9 feeling you get when you've actually conquered the crush you thought you'd never have, to a deep and hopeless tragic feeling that almost forces you to stop playing. Sprinkled with stomach cramping laughter all over the place.

The only negatives I have with this are at times the character expressions just don't feel right to me. It's part of why I don't use preset expressions for my characters either. They appear too stiff at times. But that's about the only thing and it's just a nitpick.

All in all, this was a great game that I should have played sooner, (but I'm sort of grateful that I waited so I wouldn't have to suffer from those suffocating cliffhangers like everyone before me did. Jesus Christ them cliffhangers...)

If you're someone like me who values story in these games, I 100% recommend this one. At the very least, you should be entertained.

Now I'm off to play Being A DIK.

The game is just perfect, one of my favorites. Each character has its own character, stories, the game is interesting, addictive and at the same time moving. For me the best game that has ever been created. I will not forget about it and I will come back to experience these beautiful moments again by playing it. If someone has not played this game yet, I heartily recommend it.

I apologize for the mistakes if they appeared. I am writing through a google translator.

Amazing game. Choices definitely carry over. Animations aren't the tip of the iceberg, but the characters (those of which can be romanced) are all very lovable and endearing.

Definitely one of the best games around. Captivating characters, tight plot with choices that make it twist like you'd never expect, amazing graphics and music. Huge amount of love was put into this game, that's easy to see.

This game is great! I've just recently started getting into playing adult games, and this is one of the most realistic ones I've come across so far. The characters and dialogue are very believable and there's some insane twists.

This game is basically a must play in terms of 3DCG games.

Pros

- The girls are generally just awesome (especially Rena and Melissa)
- Single best wingman/bro character in the world of adult games
- The plot is quite good, with several twists

Cons
- That one thing
- I dislike that Rena's path requires you to cheat on the other girls.

I mean, just play it, its all around a top tier game.

Final Rating: 5*

I started playings these VNs just recently but this one is by far my favorite, especially with Liam and Megan. It's the first time a character feels like a real friend and Megan is a really interresting and kinda naive character, that's what made me like this game so much. And it's one of the rare times i haven't fuck all the girls I met in the game

Great game. Characters are three-dimensional with believable personalities and histories. Your selection of models and the renders are great. The dreams and flashbacks, an outstanding way of adding background and personality. Luv that cake thing between the episodes. Hope to find other games you worked on, both new and old, in the future.

Rycharde

My top one of a short list of VN that a keep saved on a external drive.
Like i have said in a post, renders are good, seen better but they're good, the story is amasing, every time a play, i get so much in it that it feel like i'm the MC itself and it's the only game that got me to shed a tear, made my laugh, basically live a roller coaster of emotions, hell i even had a taste for murder cause of Leah and Melissa step dad.
About the caracters, they were well defined, each one of them had there own personality that made them likable or willing to kill then.
DrPinkCake, please keep up the good work and most of all, do what your own brain tell you to do and don't listen to much those who criticize you on how you laid your story and your caraters, you're the artist not them, fllow yout hearth and head and come back to us with another game like this one.

Definitely one of the best games around. Captivating characters, tight plot with choices that make it twist like you'd never expect, amazing graphics and music. Huge amount of love was put into this game, that's easy to see.

i love it!...it has romance, comedy and sadly tragedy as well...but overall i had a blast! hmmm....it would have been perfect if no one "you know". The characters look great and beautiful. Not so with the mc though. I bet you can do better with the animations but satisfying enough.

11/10 Absolute masterpiece. Stop reading reviews and go play the game, and please don't skip the text, this is not your average adult game and shouldn't be played like that, just take it seriously and make your choices like you would in real life.

Visual novels don't get much better than this. What really sets it apart is the variety of entertainment this gem can offer. All models & environments are highly detailed, character personalities/interactions are superb, and the story is very interesting. The jokes can be pretty hilarious, there are engaging plot twists, very tense moments, and the presentation overall is top notch.

There is an option at the beginning of the game to enable hints about character reactions to dialogue choices. This is a very rare but useful feature that I wish more VNs would use. The game is also split into separate chapters with relationship recaps that allow you to see your standing with each person. These features give the game a very polished and organized feel. On that note, no bugs or typos that I noticed.

5/5 and an absolute must play, even if you don't usually like this type of game.

Devo dizer... Eu enrolei para experienciar esse game, sou um grande fã de jogos com ótimas histórias, mas esse em especial me trouxe muitos sentimentos e momentos para refletir sobre a vida e as pessoas à minha volta... uma verdadeira obra de arte!


I must admit... took me a long time to try this game, i'm a huge fan of games with great narratives, but this one in special brought me a lot of feelings and time to think about life and people around me... a true piece of art!

Wow. This game is something else. It's hard for me to even put it all together.

I have never laughed so hard playing adult game, and I have never cried or teared so many times.

Characters are so good and well written. This is the first time that I really feel like I have a friend in game. Liam is awesome on every level and dialogues between him and MC are freakin hillarious.

This is also the first time that I care so much about one character (Megan) that I won't start a new game playing differently as I'd feel like I'm cheating on her. Right now I can't imagine seeing her sad face as I'm rejecting her to see this story differently. That would break my heart. This is so freakin weird to feel this way as it's only a game, but this dev actually achieved it and also made me want to reject all other women focusing on just the one.

Also this game made me realize that I want to play games like this, games that are something more, games that give you all sorts of emotions, not just brainless fuckfest like some games.

There's so much I wanted to write about AL and forgot, but this game is just a pure gem and if you like meaningful VNs, don't hesitate to play it. 10/10

Here's my review of the game. Obviously spoilers.

The characters aren't some two dimensional set piece in the game. Each character we met had personality and their own set of circumstances. We start liking them; empathize with them; we become emotionally invested in them.

Killing off one of the girls is a cheap way to get a response from the reader, like a jump scare from a movie. Once you calm down you'd think 'why the fuck was that even there?'.

The developer made this whole game filled with characters we like then completely tore it down and kicked us in the balls. If Liam died we wouldn't be surprised. We knew early on he had cancer, we were prepared for it to happen and we were expecting it. Liam dying would actually make me feel sad but instead the ending just made me angry.

90% of the game was about us liking these characters and the last 10% completely fucking shit on the carpet. Killing one of your main characters without warning doesn't automatically make the game a tear-jerker game.

Then lets talk about Leah. She has a major role in the ending but because of how bad the ending was her character suffered for it. We hardly see Leah throughout the game (I rejected her very early in the game), and when we do see her we don't see anything that would even hint with anything being wrong with her. If she was clingy then us readers would have had time to guess that something might be wrong with her.

I know what a red herring is, but the developer could have just made a random stranger the bad guy and it would still have made a lot of sense.

The only instance we see that something might be up with Leah is the end where Rena dragged a different nurse to hook up Liam instead of Leah. The chemo starts working and we can assume that Leah was killing Liam. This is the kind of subtle hint I would like to see but we get nothing. We don't see Leah acting creepy or clingy at all. Nothing.

Overall I enjoyed the game at the beginning and I had hoped that it would continue to be better for subsequent chapters but it fell off a fucking cliff towards the end. The characters had life in them and they were unique in thier own way. What I did not like was how the developer tried to make this into a cut-rate tear-jerker game towards the end.

If I were to give it a score out of 5 I would give it a 3/5.

Minor flaws, but overall an incredibly high quality game with a lot of care and effort put into and how rare is it to actually play a fully finished quality game like this? Some emotional pandering tweaked me down a bit, but I cared about the characters and liked their uniqueness and personalities and it immersed me enough to care about what happened, a good sign of storytelling.

Amazing game. Choices definitely carry over. Animations aren't the tip of the iceberg, but the characters (those of which can be romanced) are all very lovable and endearing.

Liam is also the best best friend character in a VN. Period. Truly a homie for life.