BEOptimist : Expansion Hotel

 

 Link : BEOptimist Store

Summary (from site)

Follow Jenna, Played by LushKittySquirt as she books a room at the brand new expansion hotel, "Scale". She meets Silvia, her 'Expansion Guide' who shows her the ways of expansion in the biggest and most sexy way possible.

Review 

In all fairness I was gifted a review copy courtesy of BEOptimist.

This has been a long time coming. I'm not privy to the development of the project but it was first mentioned months ago and finally it has been released. 

Audios are a mixed bag, there are a few creators out there who make it their bread and butter, SGA, Swell Reads and BeStories to name a few. It's a very versatile medium and if you can work well with it then it really only gets limited to the creators own vision. 

Here BEOptimist gets involved for the first time with a very ambitious audio. The first thing that you will notice is the price at $20 but then you will see that this audio is over 1 hour long. Take into consideration that a SGA audio is $10-15 for 10-15 minutes. 

What we have is a video file that tells a story of a young woman who goes to this expansion hotel and experiences the growth of a guide. The story is fine, I had no issues with it and i liked how it set up a possible sequel, which hopefully wont take as long to come out as this did. But the format of a video was a bit disappointing as i would have preferred an actual audio file if not for ease of use on other devices. Also when we start the video we hear that the story is broken into chapters and especially for such a long audio running at 72 mins the video could have been bookmarked for the chapters for the ease of future playbacks. But also a sequence of audio files would have been appreciated along side a full script. 

The format aside the content is good. Now what i find lacking in most audios is the way they handle SFX. BeStories does a good job with that but seems to fall short sometimes. But here we get a good sound mix of the growth along side clothes stretching and ripping and popping. The growth effects are varied so we know whats happening and we get a good soundscape. However some of the SFX feel distant in the mix, and not as strong as other effects. This feels down to how they have been recorded for use. 

Now for LushKittySquirt. She does a strong performance but she doesn't exactly smash this out of the park. At times shes really into the roles she's performing but then she reads some general lines very flat. This might be down to her doing this for the first time and i get that. And it's not awful but it takes her some time to get into the story and slowly find herself, this aside she does a good job and for a first time really does a good job. This leaves a lot of promise for what she might do next time if she collaborates again.

Score for Expansion Hotel

Acting : 4 It's a decent debut and hopefully she can do even better next time.

Story : 5 The story is good

Process : 5 We get all the growth and clothes ripping, buttons popping, etc

SFX : 4 The audio mix is ok with some elements feeling distant in the mix.

Conclusion

It's a big ask to buy a 72min audio but you wont be disappointed from what has been made here. I hope other creators take note here as BEOptimist has set a bar here.

Final Score : 5

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