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

Good game with some characters that grow on you as you play it. I gave this 3/5. The reason why it doesn't get 5 stars is the ending. I absolutely hated the ending and it made me angry when I first played it. I enjoyed the story to a certain point but I feel the author made a huge mistake with the ending on this. I don't care if it is possible in real life, I don't play games for reality, I want a happy ending. Even if the ending isn't "happy", I don't want what THIS gave me.

Play it for the story first, I'm not joking. Well worth the time, glad I finally got around to playing through it.

The sexy scenes are nice too, but think of them as a bonus to an already quality experience.

If you're looking for common porn fare and a happy fap you're in the wrong place here.

If you're looking for an actual experience, with a message and emotional impact, that has the potential to stay with you for a long, long time (and also happens to have sex in it, as that is, you know, part of life and love) go enjoy this game and prepare for the hammerblows to land.

The writing isn't terrible and the renders are good, but the game itself just feels so basic. There just isn't anything about this game that stands out as being great. Some more variety in the women's body types, or a less annoying "dude bro" relationship with the friend would go far in improving the experience. Maybe a few less cliches in the story? I guess I would say that Acting Lessons is to h-games what Billy Joel is to music: It's mostly okay and I can't point to anything particularly bad about it, but it's just not enjoyable.

Just played this game for the first time and I must say it was quite a wild ride. This game was more then just a porn game to me, I really got attached to the some of the characters. There were alot of funny but also some depressing and sad moments. In one of them I even had tears in my eyes, if a game can get me emotional then that means its quite good.

Well done, this game is definitely one of the best out there on this website. 10/10

Acting Lessons was my first foray into Adult Visual Novels. And it was intense. This story had me laughing like a madman and bawling like a baby.

Graphically, its easy to tell its early work of the developer, but still an amazingly good looking release. I highly recommend this one to anyone looking for a solid story, and not just some slightly interractive porn.

I played this game even before it was finished or rather after its official release via steam. Since it was still possible to buy games like this via steam in germany. Nowadays porn games on steam are forbidden within some of our europen countries. But enough of that, a lot of people dont like the drama of this game, and the sudden but very big changes but serious I loved playing this game, the story, the characters its just awesome. I played it through every single scene and I gotta say except 1 they were all easy to get. All in all a very well made game.

v1.0.2

Good :
- Graphisms are nice
- Animations (extra) are okay
- The story is great
- Multiple choices
- Lots of lovely girls
- A lot of sex and intimacy
- POV gameplay

Bad :
- The ending is just too depressing, almost frustrating

I've never reviewed anything on this site, as I've seen a few people say normally I get bored and skip every dialogue until the next scene. This was not one of those, I read every single line, and for the first time ever chose early on to be loyal to Megan, normally I'd go for many eggs in many baskets.

I actually cried at the end. It was phenomenal. Being a DIK is a great game so I played this one, and for me it just blows it out of the water. It took me 2 days to play the whole game, and I'm not even slightly bothered by that.

There is only one score for this game 5*, to convert a horny person like me into being so invested in the story I purposefully skip scenes should be all you need to know.


5* 5* 5*

The last update who ended the story, was 2 years ago but the game did not get old at all. DrPinkCake showed class as usual and how games should be made, very pleasant and multi-threaded plot, many endings, well-written characters. The only downside on my part is poorly made animations.

Version 1.0.2
The story and gameplay elements deserve 4 stars, but the sexual content was not that great.(Note that I have read all variations of the endings before posting this review.)

[Story]- Before we start, it should be made clear that this is a novel, and not an adventure. You have no control over your character's feelings, as your character is an actual character, with his own persona, and certain events are set in stone. Your choices will dictate which girl you end up with, but you will not be able to change the flow of the story.

The story is pretty large, with 7 large variations for the ending. There are story scenes that depend on your choices throughout the story, which gives the choices more impact. The way that these scenes transition are fairly well done.

This is a very dramatic story, and may be a turn off for people that do not like SAD stories. The plot is enjoyable if you are okay with that. The twists at the end is what makes the story good(or VERY BAD if you don't like SAD stories) It is not a harem, and you can only end up with one. You've been warned.

I would recommend following a guide for this game, as your choices HEAVILY influence the outcome of the story, drastically changing the experience depending on which ending variations you achieve, and you can also save scum several endings in one playthrough if you want.

[Scenes]- The dev opted for a 1st person pov, which raised a lot of issues with the scenes.

I'm not 100% sure why, but the dev did not want to show the face of the MC. My best guess is that it was for immersion purposes. It was blatantly obvious that this was being done. It looked really tacky and was a turn off.

Half of the kissing scenes showed the chick close up with their face puckered up, which was not sexy and was a turn off.

Most of the oral scenes looked really nice. Especially male on female scenes.

Meanwhile, most of the other sex scenes were terrible. The bodies had very little articulation like the oral scenes had. The animations were not good.

The models were decent.

Great game, but bummed out by the ending but I'm guessing everyone who played it felt that way. The writing in DrPinkCake's games is quite something. The story just sucks you in and you get invested in every character of the game.
Definately worth a playthrough!

Just wiping the tears from my eyes before writing this. I don't know what to write except that I gave it 5*. This will not be a good review in the the way a real review should be written. All I can say is that I loved the story, even for the sad parts. I laughed a lot and I cried a lot too, all that I need to make me satisfied. I'm an emotional man and they were really flowing here.

So, all in all, 5*.

What's there to say about Acting Lessons that hasn't already? Despite a turn for the melodramatic, it's an excellent game.A bunch of gorgeous characters, an actually great "best friend" character, and some very sexy sex scenes.

The premise is okay, the writing was okay, the models are okay (a little weird looking sometimes), the animations are okay. It just felt very slow moving and didn't really come together for me or hook me to keep playing.

I believe this is the best narrative out there because the writing is excellent and the acting is unforgettable. I was really amazed with this one because I normally get bored after a few hours and start skipping text to get to the next sex scene, but I was so engrossed in the story that I didn't care about the sex. The sex animations are quite fluid and enjoyable. The characters were fantastic, especially Liam, who is one hell of a bro!! Guys, this is a must-play. Trust me when I say that this is one of the VNs that you must play before you die.

Wonderful game.
+++Great Characters
+++Great story
++Good scenes.
++Unexpected Twist

--Wishes desperately I didn't have to make *THE* choice.


I laughed, I cried.... oh boy did I cry. After playing through multiple endings, each time having to return to my cannon one with Melissa to wipe the sad tears away to replace them with happy ones.


Immediately went to steam and purchased after finishing it. Thank you for a wonderful game.

Definitely up there as one of the best games I've ever played.
The story is just SO BEAUTIFUL <3
The characters were extremely real, deep, and you can really feel the reason behind their actions.
This game made me laugh, crazy, smile from ear to ear and extremely hard.
Can't wait to replay the crap out of it.
10/10

Maybe the best (completed) Story game out there. This was the first adult game I played and will always have a place in my heart. This is not a game you play just for sex. This game has such a strong story and is overall just perfect.

This has to be among my top 5 games on this site. It’s very balanced in (almost, I’ll specify in spoiler) every way. 100% quality, high replay value and one of the best devs in business atm, the one that others will only try to copy (if you know what I mean).