VN - Ren'Py - Rhinestone Gentleman's Club [Ch.1 Day3 Beta] [AeonPlus]

Really bad artwork and choppy animations. Story is pure garbage which is sad because it had some potential if done in a better way. Characters are unoriginal and unlikable. Dialogue is poorly written. I'd say that this is one to avoid.

Nice visuals and pretty good foundation idea for the story,
but execution is a hot mess.
Dad just shot cheating mom in the head and then offs himself, however nobody seems to take it seriously at all. Like literally the day after people that are supposed to be close to them cracking jokes about it, infront of their orphaned children.... eh wtf.
Also the first lewd scenes are ofc of mother getting railed and then a bunch of other dudes fucking school girls from mc's school. Oh and every single girl talks and behaves like complete sluts, even the virgins.
Then there is ofc the MC, this is the area that most avn's even most of the good ones fall short. Despite him not being a total spineless idiot like is often the case, he looks like a child. AVN=Adult Visual Novel, as in read by freaking ADULTS, Why then is it that like 80% of these games you step into the shoes of a just out of puberty teenager. I don't get, why do all these devs put so much effort into creating compelling stories, beautiful girls, interesting characters etc just to fall flat on the main character(who the readers see their entire work through) almost every single time. It is honestly impressive how many avn on this site that would actually be good if devs put effort into the mc.

The story starts of kind of cheesy, but very quickly evolves into something interesting. The world building quickly moves forward. The reality factor is not extremely high, but hey we know it is a game.

The characters are interesting and likeable. The sisters have some banter and personalities and the club with the bunnys shows a lot of potential. (The mixture of crime, girls and sex looks really promising.)
The story sometimes felt touching, and I see a lot of opportunities for heartwarming content. The tears on the girls in 2 scenes really moved me.

The renders and characters are very pretty and for this early stage a surprising number of girls.
The sex-scenes consist of animatinons and images. The writing of the sex-scenes was interesting and very nice. Not at all like in some games (oral him, oral her, penetration). The sex scenes were really interesting, had some spice and some banter.

Hints for improvement:
1st of all: Please keep doing it! Omg, this is so fun and good. I was sad that it was so short.
2nd: Writing Sex Scene: The Desi/Brandi Scene was glorious... but felt too far over the top. I like that Brandi used that as an outlet/compensation to deal with the Kevin/Whitney Scene.
It would be a little bit clearer, if there would be a render of Brandi actually seeing the monitor with the scene on it.
3rd: Chasey scene after the club: Her panties look like a diaper. Probably something to do with the hip/belly (?). (MC line: Hahahaha!) (Well the panties look ugly as hell, but that is probably intended. But the one scene is especially bad.) So if you could fix that one render, that would be awesome.
4th: The MCs haircut

Favorite Girls (in order): Amber, Chasey, Mackenzie, Brandi, Victoria(BDSM?), Kimberly, Tony, Piper, Tamika, Desi, Becky, Whitney, Taylor

Kinks: a bit heavy on the foot content for my preference

I like where this seems to be headed.

There's a TON of content for an alpha release or first showing.

Graphics are mostly good but not great... with the occasional wtf was that?

Looking forward to seeing more of the plot unfold.

Note: I will revisit this review at a later date and update it if I decide to keep it or move on.
All scenes are skippable, not avoidable so far.
1. There are scenes with other guys with girls (dont know if they are future Li or not), they are not avoidable, just skippable

2. In the beginning, it looks like stepdad tried to /murder suicide your mom and him after she was banging some guy (picture #2), but she lives and he's dead.
(most likely return and bang other guys)

3. forced scenes, like lesbian sister and friend, seeing schoolmates watch others have sex.
4. School girls are sluts who sleep around

5. Renders and characters are decent, but overall, it's an okay game for new developers.

No, choices have yet to be made, but they are unavoidable for now, though they may be skipped until a later date.
Personally, dont think it's four stars as of right now, but that's my take.

If you're looking for a harem game with avoidable NTR, then leave, but if you're into NTR genres/ swinging, then play it.

This a very good first installment of a game.

The premise is pretty good, it gives a good reason of why your father is dead (like many other VNs do in a much more "handwave" way) , while giving you a connection to him and your mother already. There is potential for conflict with the mother when/if she wakes up, there is already something for the characters to overcome (the grief of the loss and the matter in which it happens) and it does a good job to justify why a teenager is suddenly the boss of a gentlemen's club. All in all, great setup for the game.

From that point the story starts to evolve in a very believable way, the characters have lives that do not turn exclusively around the MC, they have friends, boyfriends, wants and needs and clear personalities. We do not get to see much of any character, but we aren't introduced to dozens of them either, the 3 sisters, 2 friends of the elder sister, the lawyer, 4 employees of the club. Not all of them get the same screen time, but you already get to see their different personalities and the seeds of different storylines are planted here. There's also some girls, guys, and even organizations more or less shown through friends/rivals in school and how they behave.

I particularly hated the boyfriend of the elder sister and his jock friends (whom we do not get to see). I think it is a good decision by the dev to show that your sister hasn't let him in her pants yet, hopefully we will have a say on that and decide whether we want him involved or not.

The renders are good, the girls all look like real women, none of the balloon breasts, but proper feminine shapes. Hopefully we get also a variety of pubic hair (please, not all shaved....) . The lightning, composition, transitions.... etc are all competently made, and the animations are great and fluid, including some dances that are very well done.

Talking about transitions, one thing that is very well done is the passing of time, you get little messages with the date and time when there is a jump of scene (I hate when VNs do not give you any time info and just jump around) . This is very well done, grounding you in the world and making it more realistic and believable.

I couldn't see any grammar mistakes and the conversations between characters all felt natural and how real people would speak. I have seen someone talking about how the characters do not show enough grief and the devs explained that people react to grief differently. Having personal experience with this kind of trauma, I agree with the dev here. I think the characters are a bit in a state of shock and trying to behave normal but there are hints of grief and how they behave in certain ways shows that they are processing it. We will see how this is handled further on the VN but so far I found their reactions believable and human.

There are a couple of sex scenes and they were very well done, I would just have liked some more control over them (for example whether to creampie or not), we will see if this is done in the future.

I also really like the fact that there are numerous potential LIs with different degrees of lewdness, you can have a clean, loving relationship with some girls (like the friends), an incestuous relationship with your sisters, a domination relationship with some employees and schoolmates, you can share or pimp some girls while keeping others for yourself.... none of this is yet in the VN but the setup for it is already there, which makes me really look forward to future updates.

So, overall, a great setup and very well executed, total 5/5 for now, hopefully the future keeps being this good!

Fantastic renders. Every girl is lovely.

The story and the reactions of the characters are believable, given that the father was distant and a criminal, and the mother seems also to have been very distant and not even the biological mother of the survivors.

It's set in a world that looks like ours, but it's even more hyper sexual, as if in the future.

At first, I thought the characters all talked the same, but that's part of the hypersexuality of the weird culture they live in. That's the common lingua of this world. When in private, they have separate voices, and their characters are more revealed, as actually happens in social situations versus private situations.

The animations are stellar. I haven't seen better.

Chasey's dance, for example, is top notch. The lighting and her facial expressions have also been carefully done.

The game is easy to play, no grind. It's mostly a linear story so far, with options to decline scenes and turn down relationships.

This game is already easily in the top 20 percent of all games, giving it an obvious 5 star ranking.

Borderline unplayable. There's a good premise here but the dumb and poorly executed triple sister plot is tonally inconsistent with the main theme of the game, and detracts from the development of what the game is about while seemingly adding little for how many renders it takes up.

The characterization is decent, one of the positives of the game.

I played the game for the first time today and am currently at the scene with Casey on the PC, shortly after the first pool scene between Remus and Piper, so I still have a lot to do since I haven't even claimed the inheritance yet.
There are many positive aspects, but unfortunately, there are some things I don't like so much.

Pros:
The models, which bear a strong resemblance to the girls from DumbKoala, some of them just with a bit more woodwork, without it seeming over the top.
The story structure seems quite coherent so far. It doesn't resort to full-blown corruption right away, so the occasional sexualized scenes are coherent and add a nice touch of light.
The animations are fluid and more than just a 3-second loop.
The choice of music seems to be atmospheric so far and underlines the scenes quite well.
The text seems largely error-free (I'm too poor at English to be able to judge this clearly), and so far I haven't encountered any errors such as missing image links.

Negative:
First and foremost, I think the graphics could be better. A lot of it looks very grainy, and the lighting could be better chosen in places.
The hair could also use some work. For example, the pool scene with Piper. Her ponytail hanging over her shoulder looks as if she's tied a cat's tail into a braid. A few frames later, the braid triples its volume, only to shrink back to half its size shortly thereafter.
Likewise, the appearance of Casey's shirt fluctuates considerably. For example, the depth of her V-neck and her side neckline change by an estimated 15 cm. In my opinion, a bit more care would be needed there.

And then the surprise. Rufus's face. How old is he? 14?
Why can't they create a halfway believable character instead of entrusting such a slob with the role of the sympathetic figure in a harem game?
Who's going to take him seriously when he's standing in front of a Russian oligarch, or negotiating with directors and producers? Let him age five years, gain some stature, and grow a bit of stubble.

Your chosen tags don't reveal anything about sissyfacation or feminization. But when you first see the MC, you involuntarily think the game will drift in that direction.


All in all, a solid four stars. But it's still a bit lacking for a fifth.