I sense everyone shouting already "what, 2 stars only?" yep exactly...
And thats why.
To get at least 3 stars i think a game must be good at SOMETHING. But this isnt good in any regard, here and there only average most of the time way below average.
For me first things first... story and characters.
Story? Lets be REAL honest here, there is none. The MC wants to get away from his father and become a Rock star... Not very original or deep, but okay... if it works out, very well. But i doesnt. Why? Cause they become rock stars in an instant without ANY obstacles at all. A handful reheasels, self written songs out of nowhere, Jasob seems to know simply everybody important to get ahead and get gigs in an instant without even showing some footage first. A handful reheasels 2 gigs later, they get a bigger contract at the biggest label than the big popular band in the game... sure.... *head meets desk* thats just awful.
The characters, we simply learn nearly NOTHING about them. The main girl Lisa, she goes to college and likes to sing... aaaaaaand thats it. You will learn nothing more about her not one thing. And that goes for every one else too... Jacob is you best friend (seems to be like this forever) and other than that he is a drummer and has weird hair, you know nothing about him, and will not learn anything. And i could go on like that with every single character EVEN the MC. No Background stories, no really different personalities besides Jade, but here it was only an ATTEMPT to create a somewhat interesting and deep character, but she is not. We can learn a little of her background (in this regard she is the only character in the whole game) but nothing major...
Everything is just on the surface cause the DEv obviously isnt able to create characters with unique background story or anything else that matters.
And now we get a "lovestory" out of that... come on, how should that even work in the slightest if there is simply nothing to care about? I like Lisa, cause she is nice to look at and a cheerful person... but caring for her is not possible cause for that i need to know more about her. Heck we doesnt even get to know if she had a boyfriend before.
I dont start with all the other LIs cause here the realtionship is so minor it doesnt need to mentioned. Besides a little fucking here and there, there is nothign to talk about... i mean the MC and his LIs doesnt talk to each other that much...
Mostly it goes like this in the game... "hey come in, have a drink lets talk" and than the DEV shows a line like this "And they talked for hours" wow.... that is how relationship build up goes people.... not.
Than it seems the story gets going, something happened to Julia.... BUT its just solved in a handwave so to speak... same goes for the father feud. doesnt really matter if you are nice or hostile... the scenes with him will be short and doesnt matter at all for the suscess for the band, as i mentioned, they dont need to face any real obstacle at all.
Yeah well... we meet a lot of characters, doesnt learn anything about them besides their names, getting some sexscenes with way below average animations (at best some short loops that are looking very weird most of the times)
To me the whole game feels like only a "start" for things to come. But its completed. (only things left are some endings for minor characters and bug fixes)
Besides Jade and Lisa you meet an LI, and fuck them a little later or in an instant... aaaand thats it. No build up at all.
So in Key Points
-Renders are ok or nice... the best thing about the game by far, BUT not outstanding or anything like that, there are way better looking games out there. But with good will, 4 stars for renders.
- Animations... meh... would have been better without i think. Overall they are more annoying than adding something to the scenes. 1 star
- Sound/Backgroundmusic 2 stars, cause it has sound and some fitting background music... well for the music, i think the whole game has maybe 4 different music parts in it, thats not very much and certainly not enough to set the mood for a scene. Especially if you heard the same all the time. Advise here, turn on the sound and turn off the music and set some music on your own.
- Characters and Story 1 Star, as told, very very bland, only going on the very surface, we dont learn anything about the characters that matters. They become rockstars in an instant, the father feud is none existent. Overall i get the feeling there was the idea to do so much more... but the DEv lost the drive halfway through and thought "a fuck it, i make it short and thats it" Storywise there is just no motivation to play it... cause its very clear that they will become rockstars without any obstacle.
- Cause most think this is a porn site (which is not the case) a word for the sex scenes... they are average at best. The animations dont add a thing, and everything else is just a little flower sex overall, even the threesome are not that good. 2 stars for them
so... 1 star, 2 star, 1 star, 4 star, 2 star... devided is indeed only a 2 star game.
And thats why.
To get at least 3 stars i think a game must be good at SOMETHING. But this isnt good in any regard, here and there only average most of the time way below average.
For me first things first... story and characters.
Story? Lets be REAL honest here, there is none. The MC wants to get away from his father and become a Rock star... Not very original or deep, but okay... if it works out, very well. But i doesnt. Why? Cause they become rock stars in an instant without ANY obstacles at all. A handful reheasels, self written songs out of nowhere, Jasob seems to know simply everybody important to get ahead and get gigs in an instant without even showing some footage first. A handful reheasels 2 gigs later, they get a bigger contract at the biggest label than the big popular band in the game... sure.... *head meets desk* thats just awful.
The characters, we simply learn nearly NOTHING about them. The main girl Lisa, she goes to college and likes to sing... aaaaaaand thats it. You will learn nothing more about her not one thing. And that goes for every one else too... Jacob is you best friend (seems to be like this forever) and other than that he is a drummer and has weird hair, you know nothing about him, and will not learn anything. And i could go on like that with every single character EVEN the MC. No Background stories, no really different personalities besides Jade, but here it was only an ATTEMPT to create a somewhat interesting and deep character, but she is not. We can learn a little of her background (in this regard she is the only character in the whole game) but nothing major...
Everything is just on the surface cause the DEv obviously isnt able to create characters with unique background story or anything else that matters.
And now we get a "lovestory" out of that... come on, how should that even work in the slightest if there is simply nothing to care about? I like Lisa, cause she is nice to look at and a cheerful person... but caring for her is not possible cause for that i need to know more about her. Heck we doesnt even get to know if she had a boyfriend before.
I dont start with all the other LIs cause here the realtionship is so minor it doesnt need to mentioned. Besides a little fucking here and there, there is nothign to talk about... i mean the MC and his LIs doesnt talk to each other that much...
Mostly it goes like this in the game... "hey come in, have a drink lets talk" and than the DEV shows a line like this "And they talked for hours" wow.... that is how relationship build up goes people.... not.
Than it seems the story gets going, something happened to Julia.... BUT its just solved in a handwave so to speak... same goes for the father feud. doesnt really matter if you are nice or hostile... the scenes with him will be short and doesnt matter at all for the suscess for the band, as i mentioned, they dont need to face any real obstacle at all.
Yeah well... we meet a lot of characters, doesnt learn anything about them besides their names, getting some sexscenes with way below average animations (at best some short loops that are looking very weird most of the times)
To me the whole game feels like only a "start" for things to come. But its completed. (only things left are some endings for minor characters and bug fixes)
Besides Jade and Lisa you meet an LI, and fuck them a little later or in an instant... aaaand thats it. No build up at all.
So in Key Points
-Renders are ok or nice... the best thing about the game by far, BUT not outstanding or anything like that, there are way better looking games out there. But with good will, 4 stars for renders.
- Animations... meh... would have been better without i think. Overall they are more annoying than adding something to the scenes. 1 star
- Sound/Backgroundmusic 2 stars, cause it has sound and some fitting background music... well for the music, i think the whole game has maybe 4 different music parts in it, thats not very much and certainly not enough to set the mood for a scene. Especially if you heard the same all the time. Advise here, turn on the sound and turn off the music and set some music on your own.
- Characters and Story 1 Star, as told, very very bland, only going on the very surface, we dont learn anything about the characters that matters. They become rockstars in an instant, the father feud is none existent. Overall i get the feeling there was the idea to do so much more... but the DEv lost the drive halfway through and thought "a fuck it, i make it short and thats it" Storywise there is just no motivation to play it... cause its very clear that they will become rockstars without any obstacle.
- Cause most think this is a porn site (which is not the case) a word for the sex scenes... they are average at best. The animations dont add a thing, and everything else is just a little flower sex overall, even the threesome are not that good. 2 stars for them
so... 1 star, 2 star, 1 star, 4 star, 2 star... devided is indeed only a 2 star game.