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

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I ask you to take just 5 minutes of your time to read my review. THIS GAME IS PURE MILKING THAT SMELLS STRONG!

Yesterday, 07/29/2023 I saw that there are some members using fake accounts to speak well of the game, what happens is that the dev created multiple accounts to make users increase the number of their registration on patreon and they keep telling everyone that this is the best BB game, which is not true. This game has been milking for years, then they come up with the excuse that a member of the dev's family has died and he doesn't have time to work on the game, which is not true either. There are 5 people helping/working together with the dev, whether they are renderers, testers, mods, and they all help the dev a little as best they can. The problem with this is precisely the excuses that the dev launches with each update, promising a lot and doing little and when he can't reach his goal he does another rework and keeps milking again.

On that day, I was censured by moderators for telling the truth and criticizing the work, saying about the fake accounts that the dev has been making to speak well of his game and attract new suckers. Dark Silver, original author of BB abandoned his game but gave more content than Aleksey90 in 3 years and see that Dark Silver still worked on Glamour in the same period as Aleksey90 and Glamor had more content than his horrible game. This game is pure milking, it's been three years and it's still milking and getting more suckers with its renderings.

DON'T PLAY THIS, AVOID

This game has a solid potential that is squandered by its game mechanics. The way that Eric's (the antagonist of the story) influence works is broken, and that idea of influence, in general, isn't a very good one because of how it's gated. You can spend hours of your life doing good deeds and being at the highest demeanor and mood with the girls. You bank almost no influence. The minute Eric appears in front of any of them. You lose all that influence and he gains a ridiculous amount. It is impossible to work off. If this is intended to change as a work in progress, fine. I'll come back and modify the review. But, if this is how the story stays, and especially if there's forced NTR based on that system, it's a hard pass from me. Furthermore, the tips system is nice, but the actual written words need work. They are not clear a lot of the time, and I don't mind hitting a walkthrough, but your game should work without that. Without a guide, it should be possible to understand what to do and the ability to win the girls over should be manageable. As is, if you're not sticking every second to the guide, you'll miss out on important scenes and, even though you are paying attention to it heavily, Eric's influence is so out of whack that it does not feel worth it.

If the influence is a mechanic that's meant to be changed through the big opportunities you finish, just get rid of it. It's just hanging there being a distraction and making players feel like they're not doing the right stuff, even though they most likely are.

Change influence. Change the tips to be more clear. Best of luck!

The image quality and the characters look so good, that's why I wanted to try the game. I tried it couple times and it's a mess. You need mods to understand what to do, you have to repeat tasks a lot, I'm always lost, don't know what to do, where to go, not worth it in my opinion despit the good graphics.

I was really excited when I saw that Aleksey was going to revive BB. I was a fan of the original and was dismayed when DS decided to abandon it. I know a number of BB clones have since been attempted, but this one far outshines the rest, including the original, both in terms of quality and gameplay.

While the game remains quite faithful to the story and gameplay of the original, Aleksey has added many wonderful new touches and little details that IMO vastly increase player enjoyment:

• Max can change the girls' clothes once they've been unlocked/purchased
• Multiple variations of almost every repeated scene (3 to 6 each)
• Lewd scenes are more erotic while maintaining if not exceeding the render quality of the original
• ANIMATIONS!!

The grind has also been substantially reduced compared to the original, both in terms of stats and cash. There's even a genius little loan mechanic that's available in the game, meaning that you don't get punished if you haven't been min/maxing your income from the start. In fact, if you're so inclined and have half a brain, it's quite easy to exploit the loan system in game to essentially remove money as a barrier early on, without the use of a cheat or external mod.

Let's be clear, this is a full-on strategy game, not just a VN that you can speed through to get to the pron. If you're looking for the latter, you should move on. But if you enjoy the actual process of EARNING rewards instead of feeling that you're entitled to them, then give this gem a go.

The only complaint I have is the length of time between updates, but it's understandable given the quality of the content and bug-free gameplay, and the fact that Aleksey doesn't work on this full time. Despite that, this one's well worth keeping an eye on as development progresses.

This game is still in the works but its obvious that is going great. Character development is very good with not too much grind. Sometimes a little confusing but forum very responsive. I hope he gets more support so updates are more common since progress is kinda slow.

Why this game deserves a 4-star rating? It's not worth it except for the image quality. You will not get real sex after completing the task. You can't even figure out the game without mods. You need to perform repeated tasks before you can get a little bit advancement in game progress. In the setting of the characters, it can be seen that Max is destined to be defeated by Eric. This disappoints the players. Even if the new version is about to end, Max will not get the true love of these girls. This is very sad. . And whether the NTR label is consistent with this game, personally does not, because from the rigid dialogue of the characters, and can feel that the girl's love for Max is not true. Therefore, the plot=1 star, the image quality=4 stars, the character setting=2 stars, the comprehensive evaluation=2 stars

The first things that pop into my head when I think about this game are it being painfully boring, unnecessarily grindy, and how much of a pathetic mess the main character is. Combine that with the incredibly limited dialogue that happens between each character, and the severe lack of actual adult content, and I can't even begin to understand why this has 4/5 stars.

I really like the game but sadly cant honestly rate it higher than 3*
The game just takes too long and "porn-wise" the content is a bit lackluster.

Quests has a very specific time and day to progress on. Skipping 6 days and 22 hours several times to progress just isn't how a game should play.
Some quest has been bugged and a mod is "must have" to prevent even slower gameplay.

The story hasn't really progressed either since the original game was abandoned.

Seems pretty decent so far. Big fan of the original, this seems to take it in the same kinky directions. Mega points for finally introducing Ann BDSM scenes into the gameplay!
I hope to see more development of family members and less focus on side characters that aren't relevant to the family domination dynamic that most of us are coming here hoping for.
Please keep up the great work!

Sorry but no...
The game just doesn't work .
Lisa does not ask me for help about homework...
Her mood keeps going lower. i just stare at the game and don't know what to do.
The cyber casino is bugged. I have my website up and a message appears that it isn't...
A whole day and even more needs to pass before we start to earn serious money.
On top of that there isn't enough content to actually make spending our time within the game be worthwhile.
Turns out the quest is bugged. When you talk with Lisa about her home work for the very first time, demand from her that she sleeps without her pants. Otherwise the quest becomes forever unchangeable.

Ok after a shitty night let's write again in a coherent fashion.
I was pondering about the game. What it actually is about, who is driving the story forward. Turns out that the MC and Alice are a bunch of useless slobs.
Only Ann, Lisa and Eric make any changes.
The MC doesn't got to school and is jobless. He considers himself to be a MAN. In order to be one he has to provide for his family. How? By organising in our home a literal Big Brother show for the whole world to spy on our family members, without their knowing and consent.
THIS IS THE DUMBEST IDEA FROM ALL THE PATREON SEX GAMES I HAVE EVER PLAYED.
On top of that one camera costs 790$. We need six...
It is impossible to get both dresses before Eric.
Concentrate only on bikini for Lisa. Do not spend money on anything else throughout the first two weeks.
The sister Alice also jobless. Talks only about some blog while being lazy all day long and being a pain in the ass. We have to constantly reload the game to get maximum points from massages and persuasion tests...oh and we only get 0,2 point as a reward(sometimes).
Our mother jumps into the pants of her first met CEO. Can't blame her really. She has three kids to feed.
The arrival of Eric makes our MC actually start to do anything in the house. And it's all pathetic. He just keeps peeping. That's it.
Only Lisa has any content. Her story about her school life is the only plot in the game. Seriously.
Then our aunt arrives...and nothing happens.
I spent around 12 hours within the game. Saw Eric bang our mom and that's it. There are some massages with Alice but also nothing grandiose happens.
On top of that we have to REALLY GRIND the persuasion and massage skills. Takes hours.
Typical bullcrap written by a virgin. This really deserves to be abandoned...

I was struggling between giving a 2 or a 3. Overall, I like the game (I do not know the original game). Nice setup. Story progression is also good, not too fast. When starting to play, things are moving forward, and it feels good. BUT, and that is just a show-stopper, after a pretty short while, the game becomes very grindy. Worse, you have no clue where and when to grind. Playing further, you get to the point where you have a one-in-a-week-chance to progress. One wrong click, and you missed the chance.

There is no way to get all content without a walkthrough. Opportunities are intertwined (that is good). But no chance to know where to continue.

I also probably run into some bug, Alice wants more sexy lingerie but I cannot buy it.

You need to make the game easier to play. Give hints on what to do next. Also, make the game more robust against bugs. Because the Opportunities are so much intertwined, a bug in one will stop progress in all. That should not happen this way.

First review was May 2021, played again today (Jan 2022). There was no improvement.

Hey there

for me this experience is so so, meaning it has good things and bad things, for me the worst part is the glitches and the quests that never get finished other quests that say they are finished but sitll go on (at least for a bit).

Might be good to have a better hint system and an option to get the quests unstuck if they are stuck. Also if you need items for those quests that you can rebuy them.

Just my thoughts on it.

I enjoy the music/ gameplay otherwise. So fix the glitches and make it possible to actually finish most quests and you'll get a 5 star review from me even if it is more ore less a remake.

Changed review to 2 stars to many glitches, things not available in the store.

decent "remake". It stays true to the old story but also adds a lot of new scenes/quests etc. The only complain is that the story is still not very far. In some directions it still did not catched up with BB.

I had high hopes for this game. But now, I decided not to expect the game "Big Brother" itself.
Is this game where new versions come out often?
No, it's a slow-developed game that updates about three times a year.
Why do you keep resetting while making it?
Are you kidding people?
Why do so many developers prank people with the name "Big Brother"?

Right now, the game is heading in the same direction as the original. There is no guarantee that the developer will finish it. He will get older and things will continue to change.
Nevertheless, if you reset the game, there is no hope for this game. This is my conclusion.

Version: v0.07.p1

Review:
After several attempts, the game failed to surpass the original, I mean it's better though what prevents it is precisely because of the exaggerated grind. Another thing is also that the game is quite confused with its events, if you don't follow an event in time it's capable of the game being in a repetitive cycle, as happened to me several times. Yes, it's my fourth time trying to play this and I had to look at a walkthrough and I could see how complicated this game is to follow, a huge failure of the developer to not create something practical and easy.

History:
A lot of things have changed over the course of the updates, but some of them will mess with your head. Max's authority has been removed, so don't even think about sending your sisters to take a spanking, it won't do any good. Max now has to behave like a good brother or a good boy. Now, in case you get caught peeking the girls in the house you will have to give them chocolates and receive kisses and hugs and blackmail is cheap, something that could be fun and perverse.
Gameplay:
Grind exaggerated, the more this game updates the more the grind increases to annoy you. It's amazing how this game that wants to be called a remake manages to have the gameplay worse than the original game. The events are totally confusing, if you miss just one event you can do nothing else in the game. You get into that repetitive cycle and the event tips don't help you at all at the moment. The problem this creates is your time spent on this game, honestly I still prefer the gameplay of the original game. At least you progressed through the story without any error, here, one event triggers another, that is, there are events that need each other and if you lose you can't do anything else and you're forced to start a new game.
Graphics & Sexual Content:
The graphics are very good, the renderings are good, although some are a little weird but nothing bad. The sex scenes are ok, although I haven't seen many because of the exaggerated grind this game has, the animations haven't, since the original big brother, there's only two animation so it might end up disappointing you.

PROS:
- Graphics are good

CONS:
- Much grind and few content
- 2.6gb downloading
- Bugs and have to wait for fix patch
- The game creates a lot of auto-save slots.
- Tiring to play

Why I did gave 2 star?
Unbelievable how after 4 tries this game didn't exceed my expectations, I wanted to say, this game could be much better than the original version, but they decided to add an exaggerated grind that took all immersion out of the game. With almost 2 years of development, this game hasn't even made it halfway to the original game, of course a lot of things are being added and that hole in the story is filling, but it should just focus on the necessary rather than the unnecessary. This was the third game I've been playing for a long time, that's because of the grind and it wasn't really worth spending my time on it. After you discover that the game is too low on content and too many hours wasted, you realize you've wasted your time. If you've played the original Big Brother, wait for this one to at least reach version 0.13 to play, because that's the version that the original was dropped. But if you've never played Big Brother, wait or don't try, because I don't recommend it.

Version 0.06.0.08
If you played the original Big Brother, this is a fantastic remake that improves on the original. If you haven't, this is a bit of a grindy game but if you like NTR, Voyeurism, Incest, and attractive women, this is the game for you.

Takes all the great points of the original BB and builds upon them making an even better game more fleshed out game. I really don't understand why more devs don't make game similar to BB where you have a focused sandbox with lots of events making it feel like you'r making a natural progression, in this case corruption, without being on rail tracks.

If you have any sort of incest fantasy this is your game 100%, just excited to see where the game goes.

Dev deserves all the Patreon support of the original creator.

Love the art and sex scripts to this game, love the corruption but I don't the physical appearance of the mc , looks like a kid that don't deserve harem, also act like one . Hope this one don't get abandoned like the original game.

This game can be the hottest one but the devs are not working on it... you have so many pictures (by Dark Silver or fan arts), you only have to download them and make them animated and your game will be the best and the most popular. Try to do as I told and you will see.. I thought this game was animated but when I played it, I found only one animation (Eric f***ing Ann).
To do list:
- Scenes must be animated
- You have to make waiting time in the game shorter (not after one week and two)
I give you 4 stars to invite you to do better.

Great game. As far as I see it try to focus on those parts which had the least content in the original game. NTR fans are welcome, we can finally see Eric in action
I hope in the future both playthrough get more details either you kick out Eric or Eric successfully capture your family or you two can come to an agreement