Of the Struggles Faced Under the Light of a Metal Shrouded Star

I really liked this story.

I love how we see the duality of paths. Depending on whether the MC is scared he'll end up like his mother or father, the story diverges into a gangster hood movie or a story about a christian rockstar trying to make it big.

I definitely liked the mother path. I thought it was incredibly fast paced and violent. And I liked the juxtaposition of the sci fi setting, with lasers that can kill dozens, with the intimate violence of the hood gangster genre, where one person shoots another point-blank, or conducts a drive-by attack.

I feel like there was definetly some commentary and deeper themes that probably went over my head. But I could definetly see that Petros put a significant amount of thought into his characters, and that there was a rhyme and reason for his character's actions in both paths.

In the 2nd path, I liked the dilemma the protagonist faces on whether to keep his music honest, or sell out for the numbers.

It's a pretty interesting story that manages to juggle 2 separate genres simultaneously. And the integration of the sci-fi aspect of hovercars, satellite lasers, and Big Brother style policing made the piece quite a novel and interesting one.

I'm not going to lie, I really enjoyed how this all played out. The only bad thing I can think of to say about it is the length, and even then it felt fairly fitting. I really like the way Petros portrayed the endings.

A unique storygame topic that I don't think has been done before. The story is interesting and includes a good amount of branching. There are little to no SPAG issues and the writing style, even with snippets of songs breaking things up, lends itself to a smooth and easy read.

I got both Last Duet and the other side of that ending. The drastic differences of a single choice are very notable, and the Last Duet was surprising graphic. The members of the band are fairly flat, although I'm sure that is mainly due to the deadline. This story is about a genre I have little interest in, and focuses mainly on an aspect of the music industry I am fairly unfamiliar with, but nevertheless it drew me an and held my interest throughout.

6/8 just for the title.

Well, it's disappointing that the Christian music industry declined to sell my music simply because there was a sliver of doubt in the lyrics. Especially since the Bible itself mentions Christ saying, "Father, father, why have you forsaken me?"

I suppose I should have done like the real Christian music business and followed the numbers. Maybe hire me some "Christian hot" backup singers, and stick to Millennial skinny jeans, dye my hair, and walk the line.

Never would have thought there would be a game that has a branch dealing with this topic.

I really enjoyed this! The characterization was great, and I thought the way you were told the endings were nice. The length was decent, although I wished it were a bit longer. I'm glad I was able to find my fortune. 6/8.