VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Become a Rock Star [v1.01] [Mr Jet]

To be frank I didn't play very much before deciding enough was enough. The game failed to grab my interest before the poor writing put me off. There are only so many odd, Engrishy turns-of-phrase a fella can tolerate and I hit my limit in the first twenty minutes.

If you can make it beyond that I have to assume the game is otherwise good, it IS highly rated here afterall. But it ain't for me.

Plot
There are actually two. The actual beginning of a rock band, from rounding up the crew to getting the first contract. At the same time it is also a coming of age story, where a young man shows a middle finger to the family fortune, becomes a responsible adult, and tries to solve conflicts with his dad. Strangely, the choice of the love interest will add additional scenes related to one (!) of the themes: a Lisa playthrough seem a bit more about the band, while a Jane playthrough is more about the coming of age story.

Liked
* good looking, but relatively rarely seen models (except for the "wild girl" hairstyle which is used everywhere from Riona, through Chandra to Lisa here)
* strange to point out in an AVN, but I liked that important male extras, like the father or the security dude, are believable (this is usually a weak point, since noone focuses on these)
* the female models used are not super over the top. I especially liked the clothing options for the more professional ladies (like Julia or Nicole)
* the LIs in general are well thought out. I especially like that they are different. Lisa is a classic love story with a twist, Jane is casual fun for busy woman turned into something more. While Selina is a nympho who only opens up, and turns into a sweet lady after you navigate this crazy period of hers.
* many extras are quite memorable, like the dad and sister of the player character. I really like the evolution of the father character.

Didn't like
* the actual lewd scenes are a bit vanilla, some of these I even found boring and just clicked through. Despite many scenes, this worked better for me as a romance novel than an adult novel.
* the ladies ask for exclusivity pretty soon, and there is a price to pay for cheating. I mean very soon: you are introduced to the mains, and inmediately after this (like on the second or third date) you have to commit. I don't mind this in theory, but I do think it is a bit too soon in practice.
* the writing is really strange. Multiple very specific sentences, like someone wanted to be absolutely sure it is clear. This reminds me of... Witcher 1! There, CDPR admitted that they wrote the game in polish, and the english version is translated text. I suspect this is the case here, and because of this, dialog seem a bit overwritten, sometimes even unnatural, and strangely specific.
* in the beginning of a first playthrough, it is not obvious who will be love interests, and it seems the dev made some cuts during developement. I was waiting for quite a while to meet the barista lady again, but it never happened.
* despite the theme, the music is pretty basic in the game. I would recommend turning it off, and looking up a metal playlist on spotify or youtube.


Summary
In general I liked this one. Might be strange, but I liked the conflict with the father and the family story more than the band stuff (even tho I am a metalhead). Maybe this is the reason, why I liked Jane's path the most?
I would recommend this game to players who prefer romances over lots of varied lewd scenes.

Embark on your journey to stardom with 'Become a Rock Star', a delightful visual novel that follows your ascent to independence and the formation of your own music band. Featuring stunning character models and a plethora of captivating renders and animations, this game promises a visually appealing experience from start to finish.

The storyline unfolds in a straightforward manner, devoid of any major plot twists or dramatic upheavals. While there may be moments that briefly stir concern, they pass by fleetingly, leaving little impact on the overall narrative. Though the main characters are well-explored and possess endearing personalities, I found myself wishing for more development among the secondary cast, whose screen time felt insufficient.

Towards the conclusion, there's a slight sense of haste, leaving me yearning for additional content in this engaging game. However, my primary disappointment lies in the choice of music, or lack thereof. Given the thematic focus on forming a music band, I anticipated a more robust selection of musical compositions. Nonetheless, I acknowledge that many players prefer to curate their own playlists while enjoying VNs.

In summary, 'Become a Rock Star' offers a lighthearted narrative, charming character designs, and an easy-to-digest storyline. If you're seeking an enjoyable escape with visually appealing characters and a breezy storyline, look no further. Give 'Become a Rock Star' a try, and prepare to be pleasantly entertained.

Good models, above average writing, plot is entertaining and there is plenty of content. One of the rarities in that it is a complete game, it also avoids the pitfall of being too unrealistic to where it takes you of the story. There are not many better games out there.

Become a Rock Star has some great points for a AVN :

- Art and scenes are really good
- The LIs are lovely, each in their own way
- It allows for a certain empathy with the MC, both cheat and non-cheat way.

However, the conversations are exhausting to go through, and I'm not talking about the length or how complex the matters to discuss are. I'm talking about the unnecessary unrealistic sentences that take you off the game completely.
To explain what I mean, let's imagine the MC and Jacob are talking and suddenly the phone rings.

- MC: Wait, I think somebody is calling
- J: Who can it be?
- MC: Let's not make assumptions, let me see.
(picks up the phone) Oh, it's Lisa, I'm going to answer.
- J: Yeah, sure, answer bro.

At first it's funny, you think "Who talks like that? hahah" but then after a while you are on Day 9 and you are really tired of clicking through meaningless dialogue. This also includes extra thoughts the character has, that are very evident.
"Oh, she is going now, should I go?
I better go, she's waiting for me.
If she didn't want me to go, she would have never left the door open.
Yes, I think I will go."


These things generally don't need to be overexplained!

To sum it up, each of the girls has a different style and that's well done, but the path to know all of them is filled with unrealistic text.

PROS:
- The game doesn't hold your hand when it comes to spoil you about certain decisions outcomes
- There are REAL multiple branches, not the usual "side B" of a scene without consequences
- LIs have a realistic touch both in ther personalities as in the their appearances
- Scenarios, positions, and even small talks have that extra care

CONS:
- BG is a bit out of place
- Development feels rushed both at the beginning as in the end
- There's massive shift in pace towards the last 20% of the game or so with major events happenning all at once
- Not a single story line felt "completed", and all characters except one had some real development

Good picture quality, good animation, but boring story.

Going into the game you are first attracted by the beautiful picture quality, and the story looks quite interesting, a humanoid aphrodisiac with delusions of superstardom, and a lot of nice girls too. But slowly the family's boredom, cheesy accidents, and dogged development made me skip large chunks of the plot and just focus on the porn scenes, which might be an indication of the failure of the plot design? Favorite was the threesome scene, but didn't wait for the mother-daughter scene or the sister scene, sadly. Shouldn't have had so many concerns in the game.

Overall a worthwhile game.

Renders and models are great, scenes are very good and so are the animations (despite some anatomical/dressing inconsistencies).

However, the game feels both overwritten and underwritten at the same times. While the story is simple and should work, the writing makes it feel like it's trying to be bigger than it is with bloated situations and dialog that I found mysef not caring about at all. The weight of the consequences is not felt enough for me as everything is resolved in two lines without ever mentionning it again.

But at the same time, most characters feel empty and their motivations are unclear: All the girls are only seen at the surface level, and way too much is left unresolved about all of them. I wish I would have gotten to know them more, instead of trying to dodge the other paths, so I could connect a bit more with them and have a more complete story.

MC is also a problem, as he is way to much of an ass to really be interesting, yet not scummy enough to be completely hated. And he sums up the main issue I had with this game : it felt overall directionless and despite solid foundations, it never buils on them.

In conclusion, If you're here for the visual part, its great. If you prefer the Novel side of things, it is not bad enough to deter you from reaching the end once you pick the one girl you want, but at the same time it is not good enough to be memorable. I probably won't replay it, but it had its moments and makes me want to see more from the dev.

The first time I saw this game I thought it could be something more, but that wasn't the case. The story tries to make itself bigger than it really is, tedious and empty. The main girls are boring and are only there to go on dates and fuck. The secondary ones, which are more beautiful and interesting, have no routes. The good thing about the game is the design, it's all very beautiful.

Oh, and the protagonist has a very ugly face, lips like a duck's nose, that really bothered me.

v1.01 - No Spoilers

Five years after playing version 0.15, I've finally returned and finished this. The wait was worth it!

The flaws are few and far between, so I'll get those out of the way first. Almost everyone has remarked on the main character's duck-like appearance, but at least his personality makes him fun to play as. There were some oddities in the writing, like a lot of the characters wanting to start their sentences with "alas," but nothing that made for a difficult read. The girls themselves aren't all 10/10 beauties, but there's enough of a variety in appearances that you should be able to find some favourites.

I was pleasantly surprised by how engaging the story was. The MC being caught between his rich family's world and that of an aspiring musician was executed much better than expected. Some liberties were taken here and there to help move the plot along, but nothing was so far-fetched that it detracted from the experience.

The real highlight of the game for me were the different characters, their personalities, and their relationships. Bearing in mind the usual quality of a porn game, both the girls and the guys had dynamic personalities instead of simple, archetypal personalities. Jacob was a likeable and believable friend. The MC's family had the right balance of love and annoyance towards each other. The romantic and sexual interests all brought something unique to the table.

While I wasn't impressed with anyone enough to get a relationship ending, I was still pleased with the events that I experienced and the outcomes for everyone. I got what I deserved, which is rare for these games.

Thank you Mr Jet and congratulations for completing your game!

I would highly recommend this.

Their are multiple ending with the multiple girls and the animations are really well done. The story is also pretty great and the characters aren't the most complex things but still have some individuality. really great game that doesn't have me bored to death. The sex scenes are also really good. Would recommend 9/10.

Amazing quality and animations. The characters are interesting and very hot.
Highly recommend to play it either for story or just the sex scenes.

• Contains a gallery
• High quality animations
• Very well design characters
• Multiple story paths

I dove into this Adult Visual Novel with mixed expectations, and hey, the characters were a blast!
The story had me hooked, but game mechanics? Not so special. Still, it's a wild ride with some spicy twists. Grab it for the characters, but don't expect groundbreaking gameplay.

While I somewhat enjoyed it, and I don't plan on deleting it from my computer, it has a lot of problems.

On the positive, the girls are hot and some of the sex scenes are pretty good. On the negatives...

-The girls aren't great. Most don't have enough lines to have enough personality to be really interesting.
-Hottest, best girl is the sister, who's obviously off limits.
-No lesbian scenes if you aren't on the threesome path.
-Emma is smoking hot, but I have no interest in following her path since she sexually assaulted the protagonist. Like if she woke him up while in her underwear and asked if he wanted a blowjob, that would be one thing. But that's just sexual assault. No!
-The choices aren't well integrated into the future story. Many lines are contradictory; things that didn't happen are assumed to have happened and vice versa.
-The thing with spying on Selina is pretty creepy. It would be better, at least if he didn't use binoculars. But she must be completely insane to invite him in after that.
-The *constant* references to girls' attractiveness is a bit creepy. Maybe that's not the right word, but it's not good. Like when he sees his boss and thinks "I forgot how much of a hottie she is." That's just unnecessary.
-Selina violates doctor/patient confidentiality when she tells the protagonist she saw a girl with his last name admitted.
-In the epilogue, the protagonist gets tattooed up and grows a douchebag beard. And, in at least one, smokes. Like, what the fuck? I would never ever do any of those things. (I already have a douchebag beard )
-If you didn't end up with someone, the ending is catastrophically bad. Basically, everything before it didn't matter at all. Just because none of the girls in the game are really my type doesn't mean I want to turn into a douchebag like the protagonist's father.
-Why do so many people smoke? It's gross.
-It's a pain in the ass to follow all the girls' routes, since they separate so early. And in the scenes common to all routes, often the girls all say the exact same things. And you have to go through every time, which isn't exactly fun.
-Gallery is unorganized. Should be sorted by girl and then chronologically.

First time I played "Become a Rock Star" I thought this game was destined to be one of the best AVN ever created, but oh boy...

Story: 3 Almost-Hard Bananas out of 5
Story is supposed to be this game´s strongest point, and it is for the first half of the game, it feels like it, what could be stronger than fighting to fulfill your dreams whenever your family is against it knowing you have what it takes to make them real?, most of us have experienced this on our flesh just to give up for what is more safe to do out of pure peer-pressure.
This MC´s father is even capable of play dirty to get what he wants, and it may be hard to see it at first, but he had a good reason to do it.
All this falls short in the second half of the game, where things are clearly rushed as script progression is thrown out the window.
I can't shake the feeling that the game was developed by two different people.

Characters: 4 Solid Bananas out of 5
Fem chars look gorgeous (damn, Selina could use me as a surfing board if she wants to), even if some models might look familiar, they managed to remain quite unique to this game.
A couple of characters are completely forgotten down the road, some others are introduced like a "deux ex machina" just to fill the background, and every problem in their lives is resolved almost by magic.
MC looks normal, but at the same time you might spot him on other games.
You would expect he would grow or develop, given the theme of the story, but this doesnt happen unfortunately.
Only in the endings you can see him actually changed, even if just a bit.

Mechanics: 4 Solid Bananas out of 5
There´s multi-branching on this VN, so bear this in mind when bending the knee for all the ladies at the same time or you might find yourself on a really bad spot when you least need it.
There´s some minigames if you like them, but only on the first half of the game (if I remember correctly).

Content: 5 Adamant-Hard Bananas out of 5
There´s plenty of scenes with the main girls, plus some scenes with some filler chars, but to reach them you might need to sacrifice two main char paths, and that´s two endings locked, which might not be a big problem if you dont intend in persuing them anyway, but these filler chars have no ending so, sacrifice two endings for a couple of scenes might not be very gucci.

Endings: 5 Adamant-Hard Bananas out of 5
All main endings feel rewarding (specially Selina and Emma)
About Emma´s Ending...Feels like finding the lost piece of that puzzle you gave up on just to find it under the rug.
She didnt had a proper route, but the ending gave this character enough value to make it worth having to dedicate a run exclusively to reach her ending.
Bad ending doesnt feel bad at least for me, I mean, MC has his life resolved anyway, its not like he throw his life away or wasted all his chances and now he lives in the streets.

But nevertheless, the game doesnt fail to entertain, most renders are great. characters look gorgeous, but you´ll notice this had a great potential to be memorable, just to end up being "Good" enough to play a couple of times and move on.

Very enjoyable game. Decent story which I enjoyed a little bit extra because of my own background as a musician trying to take over the world. I liked most of the characters, but feel like there were more than a few loose ends in story arcs and whatnot that would have been cool to see come together.

Beautiful renders and character designs, and the sex animations are pretty good - not the best but far from the worst.

The dialogue is alright. I'm not a native English speaker myself, but a lot felt clumsy and a little unnatural which I'm guessing is a result of a direct translation the writers' own cultural language. Still readable obviously, but I can't help but think a complete proofreading with editing from a native speaker could really up the quality.

I'll definitely replay this game to get to know the girls I didn't spend time with on this run, but I must say I really enjoyed a mature and realistic depiction of a poly relationship - big kudos for that!

Played it a couple of times through to give the game a fair shot.

Composition (Lights, colour and presentation) of renders, and animations, are sound. Can't complain there. However the Dev clearly forgot to change outfits as there are a couple of scenes where a girl wears one outfit in on scene then has a completely different outfit for the animation then back to the original outfit. That is just bad no matter how you try to coat it. So they did not test the game properly because that is a glaring error.

Writing is 'meh' at best. Felt like the writer was really being paid by the word. Couldn't help but think there was an echo in the room the amounts of times things were repeated. There is no, real, consequence in the game. Story beats start out like they might go somewhere then.. no. Resolved with out the MC batting as much of an eyelid.

As for the girls? Well made, visually. The more interesting girls are not actually the main LIs. You'll have a couple of scenes with them and that's that. To get with one of the other interesting girls you have to endure another LI who has the personality of a wet flannel. The writing in the story, the girls and their interactions, they just aren't engaging.

However if you just want something to fap to. This game is probably for you. But if you want an ounce of story in between the sex scenes. This game is probably not for you.

A shame, really. Another game where all the ingredients were there to make something great but failed due to the writing.

Nice game with a pleasant story.
Graphics and animations are good.
Women are beautiful with different personnalities and backgrounds.
Note that many endings are possible.
The only slight regret is that you won't be able to finish the story with some ladies.

The main thing bringing this game down for me is I find the MC pretty unlikeable. He's kind of a sleezeball. One of those types that any time any woman comes around he immediately goes full horny brain. It's an AVN so of course some perversion is expected but it's just overboard and makes you feel like shit if you're trying to be loyal.

The models aren't bad but nothing really to get excited about. The scenes are fine. The dialogue isn't the worst and the story isn't anything exceptional but it's not terrible. It's pretty average but the MC actually makes me want to score it lower.

4.5/5.0

Overall, this is a great game, and very promising for a first one! Like the rock band theme of the game, although some little nitpicks here and there especially with the kinda mid stock rock music and the storyline, but then again, this is a game with lots of different girls to choose from, so I'll be kind with the "realism" aspect of it.

On the subject of realism, on one hand its nice in a way that there is no harem ending, so it isn't just empty and meaningless (looking at you WVM) but wouldnt have minded some more group action.

The renders and girls themselves, are, for the most part, gorgeous, and there are definitely standouts for me personally, and then less desirable "main girls" imo. There are some nice side girls you see once or twice and that makes the game feel fresh and fun. The story itself is pretty good, with some less than believable elements, the classic "super cool best friend" trope returns, but that's all good imo, I think where this game stands out is some of the girls get good intros/plotlines depending on whether you choose to pursue them or not, and some of them get some good/decent backstory so they feel more like fully fleshed out characters (not to the extent of Being a DiK, but that's a high bar to achieve). Whilst I haven't played the game to completion yet and explored all the girls storylines, what I have seen so far is very very good.

(BEST GIRL) Spoilers ahead:

Anyway, the dialogue is okay, the storylines are very good tbh for a first game, and the models/girls are fantastic, and some of them have very good character development, and there is a good variety of them tbh even tho this game is called "Become a Rock Star".

A VN that I would describe as Depraved Awakening level story-telling, with a sprinkle of maybe 70% of BaDik's character development, and almost on par level renders. (Gonna pretend Rosa is basically older Sage or something lol)

Could be improved/added: Some UI and wardrobe glitches exist but aren't super annoying. some of the early sex scene renders aren't great, but understandable as early on in the game, some sex scenes could be longer/more varied/more hardcore , bit better quality dialogue, maybe some wincest? and perhaps a bit more/some interesting group action. There is some already, but I'm wanting MOAR. This definitely won't happen but I'd love to see a remake of this game one day. Fantastic girls and characters and supporting cast. And MC isn't a complete and absolute tool!

Oh and the redheads are fucking amazing. Selina best girl.