Ren'Py - Big Brother: Another Story Rebuild [v0.09.00] [Aleksey90]

This is a Suburban Harem game, and the template goes as follows:

You play as an unassuming, conventionally attractive young man with no noteworthy traits, except your dick is big (sometimes merely large, other times you're a mutant in the size department). Any possible father figure is either absent entirely, or a deadbeat loser. You cohabitate with at least 2 of the following:
1. A hot, doting milf who probably doesn't look anywhere old enough to have a teenage/young adult son
2. A sassy, bitchy older sister who inexplicably hates your guts
3. A naive/tomboyish younger sister who looks up to you
4. An aunt who's basically the mother but more perverted/slutty

Big Brother: Another Story Rebuild (or just BB for short) fits this to a tee. There's no thru-story to speak of. The gameplay loop is repeating actions to grind up your Stealth and Persuasion stat. It's pretty boring. Also, there's next to no content. You peep on your family a bit. That, and it's an ESL game, with very janky English that hurts any of these characters sounding like real people.

Apparently the dev keeps rebuilding the game when there's no reason for it. This template is a dime a dozen and there's no unique hook, so why pour so much energy into it? Just push it out and make another one.

Disclaimer: I used a cheat mod to circumvent the grind. My suspicions were correct that there is no real gameplay, just repeating shit over and over, then the build ends, with no real progression. It's not really worth anyone's time, because there are literally dozens of identical games on here that offer more.

Just a rebuild of a rebuild of a rebuild.

Summary:
+ good graphics
- no content after 3 years
- pretty much the same story of all the BB games
- same gameplay / same UI / same everything

Dont get too friendly with the game. Once it reach a bit content the dev decide to rebuild the whole game. Means, everything will get "fresher" (better graphics and so on) but removes all existing content and "restart" the game. As I told, 3 years in development but all you can do is spy on your family members. I would not expect the game will be finished in the next 20 years.

Unfortunately, the new version is as disappointing as most of us expected it to be.

There's no content, the grind for stats and money is already there and is already showing as well. You can no longer edit your saves to help in bypassing the grind either, which will make the game atrociously unbearable very quickly.

The renders do look better than in the original one, but that's all this game has going for it.

You also get spammed with a stat/quest status update menu on the left side, virtually non stop. It is beyond annoying considering that for some mystical reason, it remains there from time to time, obfuscating nearly 1/4th of the screen.

I wouldn't recommend this game until it is MUCH further in development, and until either the saves can be edited, or a cheat mod comes around. As it stands, this game is not worth anyone's time anymore.

I had high hopes for this remake when I saw how good the developer was and what he initially said about his frustration with the original developer of BB. However he seems to have been steadily following his steps in terms of slow development and the seemingly never ending cycles of bullshit and the approach of having a game developed forever to keep subscribers paying...
This game must be cursed.

Was not looking forward to yet another reboot of Big Brother so wasn't expecting much, I was pleasantly suprised by this reboot, the interface and game play was a lot smoother than the others. Definitely looking forward to the next release so I can better judge the gameplay.

I loved this new version, I hope they keep doing it. It seems to me that this installment was very short but much more dynamic and better graphics. Although it wouldn't hurt to put new things in the story

I didn't know the original BB game. But I found this one and I like it a lot, good story for me. Very good quality of renders. And tbh this is not the grindiest game I've played, and I think in this case it works out. Overall a pretty nice game.

At first I want to Thanks to Developer This game is so good for me I did play every Big Brother game but I think this game is better Because Developer add Details in Watching Spycam and Spy scenes for Girls Changing clothes .The most thing i like this game is Developer using Ren'py Engine That make me to play the game smoothly not like Unity game Original Big Brother game is made by Unity so that make me lag amd crash when playing game so i hate Unity games Well Keep going Developer and I am looking for Mc and Ann sex scenes

one would think they'd learn from the original game and maybe do something about the torturing grind, but no. it's even worse in this one lmao. don't even bother downloading if you have a life you enjoy living

Hours of grind with barely any content, every quest force you to do the same thing over and over,so.. skipping days, tons of clicks and not so much to see,cant recommend it(your hand will be tired and not the way you want...).

FUCKING GRIND! This is fucking terrible. Grind for hours and better have the walkthrough open in another tab or miss shit. Utterly ridiculous. Even with all that you'd have to put hours in to finally actually see something of worth. THIS GAME IS PURE FUCKING GRINDY BULLSHIT THAT WILL WASTE YOUR TIME! FUCK THIS GAME AND FUCK THE CREATORS!

I understand that the grind is not everyone's cup of tea, but if you are a fan of the original game, you'll thoroughly enjoy this. The renders are nicer than the original and there are a few animations, but the graphics in general aren't considerably better than the original. However, since this is more or less a remake, I wonder why the updates are so slow.

The characters are pretty, but that is all this game has going for it.
Too grindy, too slow with updates. Looks good, but that is really all.
If you need to feel like a hamster in a running wheel, doing the same thing over and over again, then this game is for you! There are a few 'one-off' scenes but those are way too little. I could talk about the writing but it is non-existent and poorly translated at that.

horribly grinding

hints do not help you at all

takes far too long to get the in-game money unless you use the cheat

main character story does not seem to go anywhere.

Yes i am complaining because i have tried to play this game 3 times.
I am just wasting my own time trying to figure out this game

extended scenes with new content in compare to the original are cool. even more would be fine.
Use the spider when she is coming home drunk from going out...
some coeplay photos with Olivia ... i like her with some clothes on!
Liza should have a bad dream after horror movie ... and comes to your bed.
all in all avery good version of the game.

So, last Friday was the long-awaited update.
It was really cool, but not much.
I'm excited about Alice and wouldn't mind fucking her, but the current state of affairs is more intriguing and arousing.
Yes and it keeps the viewer's interest up.
Well, now let's wait for REBUILD and an update with Lisa and Kira.

BB the original was ok at the time it was out, it was the rage for a bit. Taking it over and just labelling with another name is ridiculous. There is nothing new in this version except render quality that is it. No imagination in taking the work by a previous dev and just redoing renders.

The whole game was a massive grindfest in the first place, and it still is, that has not changed. So where is the actual improvements.

Why not restart the whole damn thing and actually make a better version, WITH ANIMATIONS, actual quality animations not 2 second wham bam and move on crap.
Yeah there a couple of very low quality 2 second animations in this one, that doesn't make for a big improvement.

All this is doing is taking the reputation of an old game, using the name and work to make cash off something that was finished long ago.
Cannot give it a good rating because it does not deserve one, is not original work, updates take a long time and there is certainly nothing new in the story line., i doubt there will be in the future as well. Most likely will be labelled completed at the same point that the original dev ended it.

The fact that this ( remake ) has taken 2 years, to redo something that was only out and going for just over a year before it was abandoned. That says a lot, ( there is dairy involved in this one ).

Adds almost nothing new from the original, and manages to keep all the grind. If you're going to bother porting a boring game, remove some of the boredom. Writing this review was more exciting than the game.

Not to be mean spirited, but this has got to be the most boring VN I have ever sat through. NOTHING happens for ages, you're just clicking the same buttons, reading the same text over and over and over.

Don't bother with this one, seriously.

I found this game to be better than average. I'm not sure about the BB game run that other have mentioned, but it does feel familiar. The biggest turn off for me is the grind involved, lots and lots of grind. I had to pause the game to leave the review and to play something else with less repetitive actions involved.