VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Melody [v1.00 Extras] [MrDots Games]

I wanted to give this four or five stars because in a lot of ways it's a major improvement on this author's previous works. That's how I felt for most of the beginning, but after he starts getting hot with Melody (which takes a considerable while), it was all downhill.

It suffers from the same flaws as his other genre-defining title.

Again, you made me fall in love with the main love interest, Melody... just like you did with your daughter... and then you had me doing self-cucking stuff right and left.

I drew the line when the ex barged into my apartment and then called herself my fiance right in front of Melody, and I'm not given the chance to correct her, to clarify to Melody and right to that chick's face that she is history... and worse, I'm forced to "hug" or "kiss" her goodbye when I want nothing to do with her. And I've made that clear in all choices leading up to this.

There is a lot of this... manufactured drama. The choices you make do not lead to drama, instead drama is foisted on you by NPCs and situations outside of your own control... and generally resolved by NPCs.

And the characters have development in their actions which makes you like them... but same as his last work, all the characters speak the same, using "as" as a filler in sentences, like one would use the word "because" or to combine what would have otherwise been two sentences:

"I couldn't see them at the mall, as I was doing my nails at the time."

"I want to feel you up, as I am incredibly horny right now."

"I was at the store and I thought I might as well buy it, as I don't own anything like that already."

This happens on average about every 10 lines of dialog, so much that I can't avoid seeing it every single time. It would be perfectly fine if this was one character's pattern of speech, but all characters sound like this. They all speak in complete, proper sentences. No shortcuts. No slang. It's easy to read and highly descriptive... but repetitive and indistinguishable.

The sexual build up is pretty good. It's a great vanilla date simulator... emphasis on vanilla... but the sex scenes aren't very hot and the animations are like alien probings... the models are cute in a very Barbie Doll kind of way, but they defy physics on beds with legs hanging out in the air and the poses are all unnatural and stagey.

I stayed with this a lot longer than I did his previous work. And just like that one I went all in on every love interest, only to fall for Melody as she develops later, and then I'm given no chance to rectify any of those relationships and am forced to keep seeing them when clearly I should be all in on Melody at this point. But ultimately none of this mattered... I felt like a creep but the MC didn't. His inner dialog was perfectly fine with saying "I love you" for the first time to Melody and then fucking someone in the next scene.

If you go on a date with Becca or Amy you're going to end up fucking them later even if by then you're committed to Melody, who wasn't even close to committed to you at the time you accepted those other advances... and it was their advance, too... the MC has no agency in this... aside from planning where they're going on a date, or what lessons Melody is going to learn, the MC initiates NO action in this.

All the breakups are initiated by the NPCs too... they all get jobs in other cities. The MC is DTF with everyone but also very clearly professing and acting out of love with Melody... it's a bit bipolar.

Every sexual encounter and every hookup is started by the NPC with the MC asking all along the way "are you sure about this?" In fact every action in this is preceded by one of the characters asking them if they can take that action... at some point you would think Melody would just up and go to the bathroom without asking permission. Nearly every action by every character occurs this way, with one character asking permission to do something, no matter how spectacular, or mundane.

And the sex has too much talking in it. "I'm going to lay you down on the bed." "I'm going to put it in." "Are you ready for me to put it in?" "I'm ready to have you inside me." "It's going to feel so good inside you." "What are you waiting for?" "Right, I'm putting it in you..."

This had potential. This author is infuriating. If this was garbage throughout, it would be easy to just walk away from this without a review and chalk it up to someone learning a new craft... but this grabs you with characters you start to fall for, and then breaks you by forcing drama that could be avoided simply by giving the MC a choice to do what the reader is dying to do in that moment.

It was insulting to Melody and all the romantic times her and the MC have had, even early that day, to not correct the ex in that situation. Unforgivable. Make me care about this and then force me into that...

And ultimately choices mean nothing except the one where you decide to stay with a character or not. You can screw everyone and it doesn't seem to affect the main relationship and eventually they all break up with you before there is a conflict. The choices that advance her stats are arbitrary and it's really a matter of using click-and-back to find the right choice that gives the most points. It's unclear most of the time which would be the right choice and you just have to wing it. Like when you first offer her food: offering her meat ends up not giving her points but the salad does, so later when you're given the chance to order for her in the restaurant, you're thinking she likes salads, but no, this time she wants the ribs.

And I couldn't tell you objectively which is the most impressive compliment but when she asks you how she looks before a concert your options are "Perfect" "Amazing" and "Dayum" ... one of those gives you points. Can you tell which one does? It's a crap shoot. This is an example of nearly every stat advancing choice in this game.

And near the end of the infuriating storyline for the ex, you're given a chance to "intervene" or "do nothing" when Melody's guitar ends up in danger... intervening leads to the guitar being destroyed and not doing a thing ends with the guitar being given back... this choice was just a crap shoot and the choice that seemed right was wrong. This happens a lot.

And it's hugely annoying how the MC -- a musician who can play any instrument and who has toured live and recorded for years -- goes WAY out of his way to avoid playing an instrument alongside Melody when she is a solo act and when she forms a band. This entire time I'm screaming at this thing "PICK UP AN INSTRUMENT IDIOT!!!"

For a guy whose first love is music, he does every thing in his power to avoid playing music.

Why can't he manage and be part of the band? And for that matter, why can't he manage the band and date the singer? They're all adults, she has talent leverage and the MC has blackmail leverage... the sneaking around is again, manufactured drama.

To the author: You write great love interests.... you do real well with the inner dialog and the build up is a very good pace... but you need to work on their voice to make them more distinguishable... and give the MC more agency, have him advance some sexual situations and sometimes keep his mouth shut during them... and a better realization of what the reader might be thinking. You've made Bethany into a total cunt, you'd have to know I'd want to punch her more than I'd want to "hug" or "kiss" her in front of the main love interest of the entire story... and the choice system could use more meaning. Give the user clues to what they should pick before they're forced to decide.

And the daily recaps that are clearly in there from when this was being made in chapters gets really old. A good idea when you end these stories would be to go back and edit down the mental recaps that marked chapter breaks from development. And in future works, maybe work on adding a second stat that gives alternate meaning to making choices. In this system it's always a binary right/wrong choice... even when given multiple options, there is still only one right choice. The stat build up is a good system to give the user a feeling of advancement but it needs a reason to pick the other options.

And a final tip: Song titles cannot be copyrighted and artist names can be printed as long as you don't defame them. All the fake names alluding to real people and songs is just a time-wasting puzzle for the reader. Just avoid lyrics and you can use all the real stuff you can think of... and this would be much better for it. You did a real good job keeping the music theme going throughout, it just would have been better to not have to try and figure out who you were discussing.

This is probably more of a three or four start thing... I'm biased because I left this mad. I cared about the characters and then was forced to put them through things I'd never do to someone I care about.

I'm not certain it wouldn't have been better to have not cared at all.

A girlfriend simulator. Not for anyone seeking a harder edge.

I started off and played midway through properly, reading up everything and taking in the story. The titular character, Melody, was the star of this show completely. A ridiculous amount of time is spent talking to her about all sorts of shit. She is your simulated GF. More dialogue than I've ever seen with one character.

The story about her music career is well developed. The sex is great and the animations are top notch here. I did have to start skipping dialogue halfway through. I think my preference is for power dynamics in sexual relationships. I need some sort of power dynamic, cloak and dagger games with mentally mature characters. I skipped faster towards the end starting from when the MC became a pussy Anyways, hopefully DmD keeps the harder kink going.

An excellent game. The story is very engaging and the characters are very charismatic. The theme of the game is very cool, the story gradually develops. Melody is definitely a character that makes you like her.

Very nearly a five star game, I was on the fence with this AVN right up until I completed it the first time. Some pretty excellent art in this game, but unfortunately the title character is actually kind of forgettable. That's also true of her personality, which when compared to the other women characters in the game is pretty bland.

The storyline is well thought-out, and the choices throughout actually have an effect on not just the ongoing narrative, but how the game ends as well. It's entirely possible to have a positive ending without fully realizing the "best" ending. This is a refreshing change from many of the pass/fail AVNs out.

Melody was initially one of my favorite AVNs, just because it is generally handled so well and, I dare say, professionally. It feels polished, genuine, and has some solid replay options. Highly recommended.

Game is well done overall. Few little inconsistencies here and there, but well done. The story is interesting, which is nice for a porn game. I actually enjoy having an interesting story that makes sense and has some realism intertwined with the sex scenes.

Best game i've ever played.
Awesome story , i played Melody route cause like someone else mentioned earlier when a game is designed around 1 character i like to be loyal to that character and i was not dissapointed, best ...10h or so of my life in terms of games ( this kind of games at least).
I fking love the story progression and their relationship how it advances , most if not all the characters are nicely built .
It was a trip for sure , I actually played it 3 times in a row with same route just because i fking loved the story and how the story/relationship advances.
For me this game will be future comparison to other games because thats how i see games should be made ( this is my personal opinion and choice ).
Other things renders were very good made , animation in my honest opinion could have been a tad better BUT I LOVED IT nevertheless.
It's a pretty long game so be sure to have a full day of playing if you read every line ofc you don't then it can be finished in 1-2h probably but i MOST DEFINETLY DO NOT RECOMMAND doing so because you be skipping a very sweet romance story which again i must stay i FKING ENJOYED IT ALOT!
I think that's about it.
Recommend it 11/10

Great game with great renders, the story is compelling enough to get you to stay "just 10 more minutes" and when you see it's past 3:00 am LOL. I Strongly suggest checking this game out, the author is now making another game which is very good check it out too!

Excellent game. I loved the story, I fell in love with the characters, I really replayed the game to see how my choices affected the game and the music was great and really the game worthy of it's name Melody!

As other reviews suggests it is very loooong but that aside it is a beautiful game most of the models look stunning. Story is also good have multiple endings. This is one of the games were I stayed for the story.

I think i would give this game 3.5/5
This game is less good than his D&D i think. The main story with Melody is a bit boring and when it starts to be fun sexually the games end. Sometimes you can mess around with other girls which is more fun. The scenes have decent quality and you will find some of them good throughout the game. What i like the most in this game is when you leave an event and you go back in your house thinking out loud its somehow really exciting like you don't know whats gonna happend next like if some girl will knock on your door or if a girl will call you. I have never seen another devlopper doing this as good in other games.

Good game but if you want to fap this game is not for you.The renders are beautiful and the gameplay is ok but like i said its not really for fap its just a wholesome story and thats all.I would recommend if you like linear story based games.

Hermoso diseño en personajes (tanto textura de piel, como accesorios) me encanto la historia aunque algunas animaciones fueron muy pobres en eficacia, me encanto tanto que no lo quiero terminar D: ojala melody salga en otros juegos

What a story! I did a Melody only playthrough, mainly because when a game is designed around one girl, I feel obligated to do a loyal playthrough with that girl, and I'm glad I did. Melody is a lovely character, both in appearance and personality, and undergoes a lot of character development. I loved seeing her grow and how my relationship with her impacted her mindset. I really enjoyed the theme of music in this game (and the music selection in general was really good too) and how it brought us together. This game is a very slow build, which I don't mind because I got to know her, care about her, and actually want to progress my relationship with her. And when we finally got to the sex, the scenes were extremely hot, and most of them had some really well done animations. And I'll admit, I shed a few tears during the perfect ending.

I do have two major complaints however, and that is why I can't give this 5 stars. My main complaint is that this game is too damn long. A lot of content is a good thing, but the middle part of this game, particularly weeks 6-9 when we begin "seeing" each other really starts to drag. I'm particularly not a fan of "seeing" relationships in general, but this section of the game becomes extremely repetitive, with just going on the same types of dates over and over again with nothing interesting happening. The other complaint I have with this game is the writing, which is good for the most part, but has some glaring problems here and there. For example, Melody is supposedly troubled in the beginning but, aside from one thing with her stepdad's possessions, the game doesn't show her doing anything wrong besides being a little snarky and sarcastic towards me. She doesn't have to do anything drastic, but the developers should've really showed how she has problems rather than just saying it and expecting us to believe it. The writing issue also ties in with the game being too damn long, as I feel the game would've been stronger if the seeing part was either rewritten or taken out. Maybe if Melody actually did more stupid shit, like stealing or something, and her troubles caught up with her and so we had to solve them together would've been much more interesting. Also, I got the feeling that multiple people wrote the dialogue for this game because even when Melody and I officially became a couple, she and I would still say we're seeing each other. Seeing isn't the same as dating.

Overall, this is a great game for the most part. I didn't bother with any of the other girls, and I doubt I ever will, even though based on the gallery, it looks like they've got some hot sex scenes and endings too. For one thing, I'd feel guilty cheating on Melody, as she is the star of the show. But the other reason is due to the length of the game. Even with Renpy's fast forward mechanic, it'd take a very long time. Anyway, I highly recommend playing this game, purely for Melody herself.

What a story. This is one of those games where perhaps the story is even more entertaining than the alluring scenery and lewd content (which is also really good). Really enjoyed playing it, although there were a few things with the ending i didn't like, but overall an exceptional game.

I think this game has the most relatable sex interactions of any game i played. Different girls approach sex in different ways, theres no much room for it, but some variation is actually refreshing.

The game is constructed around the story so theres no "grinding the same sex scenes 400 times". But it doesnt mean they are protrayed in detail, in my opinion many times they are just short, despite the fact that storywise they actually have meaning, they dont impact much.

This game story i would say is entertaining to read and quite consistent, everything that is happnening you know why its happening.
Because of this, sex scenes also have some background and meaning BUT in the end , most of them being too short and lacking detail, dont actually have a strong impact.

So storywise i would say 5 of 5, im having fun reading and its quite long, its been 20 hours or more.
But Blueball score is really low 1 of 5 maybe. Havent dropped my pants once, so is lacking something in that area.

Melody and the MC. An adorable, sweet romance that makes me feel like I'm watching How I Met Your Mother, except the mother is actually present for most of the story. These two are adorable together and the good vibes I feel while bringing them closer are awesome. A definite must play, everyone should try this at least once.

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"Soy un hombre muy honrado, que me gusta lo mejor
Las mujeres no me faltan, ni al dinero, ni el amor"

*Ahem*

Visually, this is a very qualitative game, both in terms of characters and scenery. The animations are successful. The girls' panel offers us enough diversity to satisfy most of us. In short, it's great work!

The story is also very successful. Lots of choices, lots of ends, lots of girls, lots of temptation, but be careful the game is quite demanding and it will be difficult for you to get the best ending. I hope you'll reach it... well... if that's your wish.

The song is ended, but the melody lingers on. I hope you feel that way.

I don't give it five stars because perfection doesn't exist. On the other hand, if I could have given it 4.5 stars i would have done it gladly.

So don't hesitate and throw yourself on it, I highly recommend it. And since criticism is easier than practice, I'd like to say thank you and bravo to MrDots for his work.

"Ay, ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, mi amor
Ay, mi morena
De mi corazon"


Signed Jack Beauregard

This game uses way too many buttons, but the thing is most of then are only 1 at a time that does only one thing, which is quite frankly idiotic. There's absolutely no need for a button when you have only one choice, it just slows things down for no reason.

I didn't like any of the endings. Two silly bad ends, that made no sense. Two lead to nowhere, the exact same nowhere to be precise. And as for the rest, aside from the ones centered around the female protagonist I felt they were more or less the same.

As you can guess from the name, this game is focused on one particular character. One I never found myself interested in and couldn't help just wanting to shoo her away to focus on the others. Which is unfortunate.

In the end, I found the game boring and tedious most of the time.

I think I'm at the point where I should review this game now. I wasn't on f95 when I first played this, but this is one of the only five games I've played more than once. Infact I've played this game four+ times. I can't remember the exact amount.

Melody is equal-first for my favourite game of all time and second for my favourite Love Interest in a game. Her personality is endearing. Her attitude really suits with her style and her design is exceptional. She has a clear story arc that is well executed and presented in an engaging and interesting way, and even at the less important parts, whenever Melody was in a scene, I enjoyed it. She faces struggles and overcomes them and despite her strong and independent personality, she is still very loveable and affectionate. In games, I prefer romance and story above all else and Melody delivers on this perfectly. I could not ask for better romance with Melody.

The render quality for Melody is exceptional and they contribute a lot to the immersiveness of the game because the renders look good and just work. The dialogue is also very well written, and very few lines feel out of place or don't suit. The other girls in the game also have nice designs and arcs (and although I don't prefer them anywhere near as much as Melody which is fair considering she is the titular character of the game), they still have interesting stories nonetheless.

The only thing which really comes to mind when I think of things I didn't like in Melody is the quizzes. Basically you are asked some questions about music for Melody's tutoring lessons and you have to answer them all right to get full Melody points. I find this a bit tedious because it isn't like they stated it in the game beforehand, it's more just general knowledge or you have to look it up. Although this is very minor and did little to subtract from my experience.

Overall, I highly recommend this game because it has well written characters, beautiful renders, an amazing story, and the MC is also well written and enjoyable to play as.

One of the first games I played and I hate that it good me hooked, one of the finest story lines which gradually took shape and got hooked, I read the whole story and it was really great with great animations. Wish there were more games like this, easy to navigate and understand.