VN - Ren'Py - Rebirth [Ep.5 ver1] [LikesBlondes]

Story is wasent really good, its very vanilla when it comes to vamp stories, there is not really anything new or any good twists, its pretty well written even though it does have a few worng or misspelled words every now and then.

You should think of this game like a couple romance with 2 people and nothing else, its really all its about and you wont have any choices to change anything, the story is also very slow and drawn out there is no fun or action just huge amought of text and very little progress.

What really ruins the game is the lack of choices, and MC is more like a thrall then hes own person, he has a single goal and a brainless mind that you have 0 controle over, he only cares about getting together with a single girl, so if you as the player dont like her, right from the start you might as well quit the game, it will force you into a relationship no matter how many times you pick the fake choices like not touching her not to kiss her and so on, they have absolultly no effect, and MC will none stop flirt with her.

Storyline feels extreemly kinetic and you dont have any kind of meaningfull choices like who to have sex with, but plenty of fake choices that changes nothing, apprently a very few choices will impact the story down the line but 95% will be kinetic.

There will be spoilers in the text below so read on at your own risk.

Some things make little sense, like when MC wants to show hes childhood friend hes a vamp, he can only prove it by stepping in to sunlight? that feels idiotic, hes a vamp he should have superhuman strength and how about him not breathing, i mean there is about a million other things he could do...sunlight would be the absolutly last option if you ask me....

Then there is the hole issue with turning Laurie into a thrall MC knows nothing about what it is, but apprently he barely even cares about what it will do to hes friend and he is just fine with it, MC dosent even ask many questions about it, i thought he cared about hes friend but for some weird reason he couldent care less???? even after she turns into a thrall MC dosent give a shit with what he sees, its like MC has transformed into a hole diffrent person that dosent match how hes been acting for the hole story and it just dosent make sense, he even wants to kill humans who are now just food to him, he was even told to keep hes humanity but its just gone out the window.

Sharon dialogs gets a bit boring, after what she did to MC compelling him to force him to do stuff and treating hes friend like shit, MC should be more pissed then what he is and he accepts all that as happened to him way to easy, you got to remember its all forced on him and he never asked to become a vamp, but MC just accept the facts and starts falling in-love with Sharon for unknown reasons???? which also dident make sense, and you as the player has no controle over it.

i hated the bitch and it felt alot like femdom in the start, couldent wait to put her in her place or get the fuck out, so MC starting to flirt constantly with her felt stupid to say the least, even when you pick every single option to not touch her or do anything with her it means nothing just fake choices since MC just keeps on flirting and touching her trying to get into her pants, it dosent help that shes a lesbian as well....
Its so bad that its making game unplayable.

Another fail is the visions MC gets and that no one belives him, its extreemly stupid since MC could just tell the vamp girl about her parrents and how she and her parrents looked when she was young since she knows MC never met them, that would fix any issue of not beliving, its just a huge fail on that part.

And MC dosent listen to anyone not even to Sharon that keeps teaching him about only drinking/feeding when he needs not when he wants, and first chance he gets he feeds on one girl then move on to hes old friend to feed even more, its stupid and all out of the controle of the player, most stupid part is thats its all about getting hes dick hard, also for no reason since he dosent have sex with anyone, making the hole thing pointless.

Yet again MC shows how little brains he has when he talks to Sharon about killing Astid, Sharon ask why he dosent want to kill Calisto to and hes response is "She dident try to have me killed" i mean really she tried to kill him by feeding on him and never expected him to survive....and on a side note i earilere in the game also picked the option that i would rip off Calistos head given the chance, but now he dosent want to kill her? again choices 0 has effects and story is becoming a big mess.

One of the absolutly biggest fails is when he fucks Carmen, a freaking hunter an enemy, and one of the most ugly LIs, that made 0 sense, hes been trying to get with Sharon for the hole game and the first fuck is with Carmen? no just no, the last bitch he should fuck would be her.....thats when i couldent take any more of the poorly written story and had to quit and delete.
I gave it a really good try but its just becoming to idiotic for me to play on.

Also the game is not really a AVN since its missing the adult part, there is 0 sex scenes in chapter 1 and 0 in chapter 2, in chapter 3 you finaly get to see a sex scene not that it was one that made any sense but still.

They made a very poor excuse to not make sex scenes by saying vamps cant get a dick hard due to not having enough blood, it goes without saying thats the most stupid thing for a game that is supposed to be an adult VN.

Girls, well there arent many and i dident find any of them attractive, same for their personalities they where a bit boring.

Music is about average, some scenes the action type music is a bit misplaced and dosent fit with whats going on but overall its not bad.

If this game had meaningfull choices it would easy be a 4 star game, but since you cant controle or deside anything as the MC story just get ruined and make so little sense in to many areas, also dosent help the extreem lack of sex scenes and the MCs weird thrall like personality, so its at best a 2 star game.

cant believe i didnt play this game sooner, i definitely feel rebirthed. the chicks are hot sometimes, the story is where this ame excells at, the other things are pretty bad imho. if you like god story this is good game. charewcetrs are intereting too..

I like spatial rendering, it's simple but conveys what is needed, I guess this rendering strategy will reduce rendering time, which is great and also gives a unique touch to the game

Having played through 4 chapters now I can confidently say that this game is best passed over. The overarching story is nothing new, MC gets turned into a vampire, ancient vampire under a town gonna wake up and eat everything, gotta save the world. Even though the story isn't original in any way, it could still be saved by the characters...if they were good. The MC is an egotistical moron who is so arrogant it's amazing anyone can fit in the room with him. He's a nobody, and yet runs his mouth off in some of the worst situations he possibly could....because. I could understand if it was a bit of culture shock at first, but by the 4th chapter it's been a while and he's still being stupid. Also, he has visions, and NO ONE believes him. Apparently stuff like that is impossible, nevermind literal vampires are the ones not believing. As for the adult part of the AVN...there's virtually no sexual content, so not even that could save the game.

Rebirth has some stellar characters, but where it really shines is its story and worldbuilding. Its a slow burner, and the sex scenes arent the best, but the story keeps you invested in every damn scene. It legitimately might have the most interesting and unique tale of any game on the site.

There is absolutely no nonsense or filler content, every scene feels like it's worth being there and every scene feels like it's going to have some sort of effect later down the road. Wonderful pacing indeed. I WANT to know what attacked Sharon, I WANT to know who Calisto really is, I WANT to know where Astrid is going to end up, I WANT to know how the ancient is going to be dealt with, and I WANT to know how the vampire world will be affected in the long term.

Though admittedly, I often forget it's a porn game. Clearly the creator wants to stick closer to the narrative, which im fine with, but my only actual gripe is the quality of the sex scenes is fairly mid. No animations (not even back and forth renders), too dark to see in many examples and quite honestly, they just feel like they're thrown in there to keep the game tagged as NSFW.

One other problem, SOME of the characters feel somewhat pointless. Carmen, for one. She offers basically nothing interesting to the story and feels more like a method to get to the next scene as opposed to an actual character. The others are slwoly starting to feel that way in the last chapter, and i hope this doesnt become a longstanding problem.

If you cant find anything useful for all of your characters to do, find a way to put them outside of the main story for a while. Dont become seasons 10-12 of Doctor Who.

Still though, put the horn aside for a while and play through this title. It is WELL worth the time investment, and I will absolutely be coming back in future.

Another great game from this developer. Good writing and pacing, art isn't phenomenal but its good enough. The only downside is its development is much slower than it was for Life With Mary. Its slightly overambitious, but the game (after 4 years of development) is still on track to be finished eventually. One of the better plots in a VN on this site, would highly recommend playing.

*I will preface this by saying I have only played about 1 1/2 chapters of this VN*

What to say about this VN. Did I enjoy my time playing it? Yea, I did. Do I see myself playing more of it? Probably not.
Like I said above, I only played about 1 1/2 chapters but as anyone who played it will tell you that's a good lot of hours worth of content.

What I liked -
The story good. I first heard about this VN in a thread about games were the story takes precedence over the sexual stuff (which is my cup of tea). Although a story about vampires wouldn't have been my first choice, I'm glad I gave it a shot. It's interesting enough to keep you engaged

The visuals are great. Nothing spectacular but still good. There are some occasions were you get a close up of a characters hair and there's some nice details there.

My issues with the game -

**Some people might think this ventures into spoiler territory. personally I don't. The majority of these things happen early on in the game but read at your own risk**

The biggest issue of the game in my opinions is how characters relationships grow
Very early on your established as a Padowan to an already experienced vampire. Ok, cool. And your basically living in her house. That's fine too but its not long before your having an active role in what goes on. Its as if your partners instead of master and apprentice
You sleep in the same bed because her room is the only one with protection from the sun. Ok cool, it makes sense because they're basically corpses when they sleep but out of nowhere your character starts saying "oh yeah, I want you". And she's flirty back "but I don't love you so I wont sleep with you and you also can get it up because you don't have as much blood anymore and you need blood for an erection"?? umm ok I guess...

Your best friend from before you turned also becomes your Thrall (follower) because your told her you were a vampire even after being told not to.
I have no problem with this but your character just starts being a bit of a dick to her.
I get that your relationship has turned into a master/slave kind of deal but this is were the game desperately needs a mass effect paragon renegade system were you can be nice to her or you can choose to be an ass to her

And don't get me started on Andrew. I like the guy but every two seconds his big bald head is on your screen.

All in all its not a bad game by any stretch of the imagination but I just don't like the way the characters are going and reading some other reviews on here doesn't exactly fill me with hope of redemption

This AVN had so much promise. I even donated a VERY large amount to help out. Unfortunately the time it takes to get any real story is way too long. The true story that we have so far could be condensed into one episode if you took out all the unnecessary things.

I absolutely adored this story. I've always enjoyed VtM as a setting and have played numerous of the make your own adventure games on steam but apart from one (the road?) the writing has felt kinda disappointing. Not a problem for these games. Was gripped from start to finish.

This one's perfect for all who value a good story. The sex scenes are scarce and short but don't get me wrong. With a big focus on its story, this game is a masterpiece and I would love to have this as a movie.

I have been following this game for a while and just got to play throughout episode 4. I must say that this game is a major disappointment in story and sex scenes. The visuals and models are high-midtier at best and probably stock. The skill system doesnt make any sense as far as i saw it, there might be hidden things at work but not in my playthrough. There are just a few sex scenes that are in my eyes too basic, soulless and mostly with people unrelated to the MC, who thought that was a good idea. Overall a bad game but better than Boku no Pico.

Great premise, and the first few episodes are great but I've gotta tell you the premise is starting to wear thin. Talking with a bunch of annoying women in your mansion all the time about pointless vampire crap. Sheeeshus somebody shoot me.

You get vampired, and you morb all over the place. Classic fish out of water isekai vampire thing. It is great, you have sexy vampire mentor that doesnt care much for you at first but then you prove yourself and you become the mentor to her. Great stuff. Then you meet a bunch of useless low iq women and you turn them into your thralls. Great wholesome stuff loving it. One of them is sub 50iq redhead too BRILLIANT. She needs far more content. Faaar more

Problem is now that you have your thralls and vampire padawan also ex-mentor all you do now is talk about vampire stuff and how you are helping so much and how glad your slaves girlfriends(?) are that you exist. I just am not seeing the progression here it is becoming dragged out.

You saved your mother figure, but there is no sexy stuff with her. There is barely any sexy stuff with your slave thralls either. Why do you introduce all these slaves if you cant abuse your power position over them??? Imagine being Harvey Weinstein but you aren't allowed to nail jennifer lawrence for some reason. Like what even is the point.

Needs more vampire slave abuse. "oh my goodness master you cant be doing this what if mistress comes home?" And then you pick sexy time or coward time. But no instead you feed them blood. Why am I playing babysitter simulator over here??? It is more like a kinetic novel than a visual novel, which would be fine if not for the fact that the story itself is pretty boring I have no clue wth is going on and I can't even use my vampire powers ever. You have stats for sneak charm and prowess but I dont think theyve ever even been checked.

The game is treading water, I say end it and take the premise and start a new thing with new characters and updated new models as this is becoming stale. But this time, more slave thrall abuse and using your vampire powers for evil. AND MORE SEX SCENES jesus christ. Although it has to be said the sex scenes themselves are lackluster too, they just look lifeless no animation nothing.

A Visual novel from the well known developers: LikesBlondes (previously known as LifeWithMary) and PTOLEMY.

The main issue with this game is the story progression, extremely slow with small updates releasing each month.
Getting to the models, they look like something from 2019, not to mention animations and scene are very dry. (but at least somewhat the setting of them are interesting.)
Meaningless choices throughout the game. (Because budget limit and not enough work horses.)
For me, this game is the meaning of "average."

TL;DR:
Pros:
Good character development.
One of The first "Ren'py/Daz3d" vampire inspired novels.
Talented Developers
Cons:
Used models are drier than a week left on the shelf taco.
Story progression is slower than a snail.
tiny updates.

And as usual, do not forget to support your favorite developers, they depend on us.

Review up to Episode 4 Version 2
The Story of this game is very captivationg. It is linear with few choices and only small differences between them, however I still enjoyed the story being told and it was well worth the time to play.
The images were all well made and the characters not only visually distinct but with interesting personalities. The game worked great, no crashes also I don't recall seeing any typos or spelling error. The text was well written and easy to read.
Through all episodes available right now I guess there is about 12 hours of story. There are very few sex scenes but much nudity.

Twilight as it should've been. Fewer obnoxious boyband vamps, more MILFs, and some mean ass hickeys. Would rate this game 10/10, but alas, the scale only goes to five. This is a must play, nuff said. Excellent character models, "riveting" story. I'm done; play it.

Without a doubt one of the better story games on this site. Writing is great for both dialogue and characters. And the dev is also extremely fast with updates. The amount of content this game gets in a couple months, other games of simiar quality dont get in a year.

TL;DR: Highly reccommended, without reservations.

Game starts nice enough with decent plot potential, however once you get through the game, its starts to get irritating (i'm in episode 4)
I may be a horndog but i was expecting an adult game, the game has barely any sex scenes, it has plenty of nudity and around 3 sex scenes, you don't get to even have sex with your lovers, a lot of teasing and nothing rewarding for the reader of the VN.
Also every vampire except the protagonist has mind control powers, you ger a power that you can whisper and read thoughts of a person and you get to use it twice in the whole game.
Even what's supposed to be your servants, whom they love you and want to have sex with you, you don't do anything with them, also every other vampire in the game gets obedient servants excepts yours that are annoying.
Choices in the game are a f*cking joke, they are VERY ambigious and deciding between 2 choices can be hard, and not often you get choices during the gameplay, and your choices alter very secondary not the ACTUAL chances you'd want in the plot or with the characters. And don't let me start on the stats that depends on randomness for sole reason.
And don't get me started on the "Episodes" why wouldn't you as a dev have a single game that you constantly update, why we have to wait for updates on each episode, and an episode ends and you need to moves your saves to the newer version and omg its such a mess and trust me you will get atleast few errors doing so.
Idk why i got my hopes up for this so don't make the same mistake as me.

Been with this game since it started. Loved it, followed it, right up until now.

Honestly i am sad at how they developed the MC. Tbh he is just a huge annoying narcessist prick. Recently (chapter 3+) he's just doing whatever he wants without any regard to his partner/lover even though SHE is the Archon and hes a newborn nobody. The rest of the characters have dissapointing development (or sometimes none at all) as well. Poor Laurie, doomed to be side vamp for eternity, and Carmen to being his side meat...

An excellent game, and one that should definitely be played for the storyline

Those looking for a quick fap should look away, for this is definitely a slow-burn, although what the game lacks in h-scenes, it more than makes up for with a gripping story full of interesting characters, a budding romance between our MC and the vampire he's working with and his relationships with those around him as he enters a world he didn't know existed

It would't be inaccurate to state that there are very, VERY few sex scenes in this VN, but by that same token, it wouldn't be inaccurate to state that you wouldn't play this game for those scenes; this is one that caters to players who are in it for the long haul, and boy, does it deliver on that front! Five stars!

Okay, the ending to episode 4 was kinda funny with Marcius. This is a good VN and reminds me of 'The Bite: Revenant'. This game, however, is a little more practical with its characterization (the vampires take humans knowing about them a bit more seriously in this game I feel). Both of these games also handle tension well (when Sharon looks at you with eyes pleading for you to be silent so as not to offend stronger vampires). If you only care about porn, you may not like this game since the sex scenes that they do have to seem softcore compared to other games on this site (which isn't a bad thing to people like me who value writing above all else).

It's a good game, better than 90% of VN (spy your landlady under a shower thing) but it has its flaws (I'm writing it after playing Chapter 4).

The story is not original and heavily inspired by Vampire The Masquerade lore but it's allright and well written although a bit slow sometimes.

The graphics are mostly good. I disliked small things like almost everybody having "pretty boy/girl face" (it's a common problem in VN) and passsing the same shop again and again while riding a car.

I would like more choices to be made in the game as most time you just click and skip dialogues. And when you actually make a choice you don't know how it may influence the story. People say here it may have impact several hours later, I have to believe I guess

Oh, and the sex scenes are very, very rare. There is a lot of nudity (pretty looking, I have to admit) but nothing comes out of it. And when you at last have sex, it's some totally unimportant random side character. So play it if you are more after the story and not erotic scenes.

I'm giving it 4 stars a bit in advance but the author made a lot of work and despite the flaws it's on the good side. Especially if you like vampire stories.