Yeah the problem is that devs cast a wide net at first to try to get as many people paying as possible, it would be nice if more were honest and said no this is a BBC game and all there is is BBC sucking all day every day, people would be fine with that.
I think its better to find a niche instead of trying to go wide with tastes I dislike games with tons of characters that barely get anything Id much rather have 3 characters that get all the focus. But maybe devs also feel they have to do this or they wont stand out. I dont know its a complex issue.
I think it's simple: Do they want to pursue a passion project and be upfront in that, at the cost of potentially slightly fewer subscriptions, or do they want to maximize profit no matter being portrayed as slightly disengenous marketing?
And 90% of devs opt for the second, such are the times we live in I guess...
5 Love Interests is a golden standard, IMO - whether it's vanilla, story-driven stuff like BaDIK or FemProtag games like JOHN/AWAM.
You can add 1-2 side flings here and there, but when the cast is giant and every girl is after the MC/every dude gets to bang FemMC it just turns into...ehm, porn. Then why bother installing the game and watching ultimate slideshow if I can just go on PornHub and jerkoff to some fake moans with fake boobs?
It may sound stupid on NSFW games forums, but a huge chunk of people in here are for a good story.
And with giant roster it's hard to write that story.
That's kinda a strawman though in this context. People aren't talking about the game in danger of being a boring fmc fucks everyone snoozefest, they're talking about the story being harmed by a singular-laser-focus.
I don't often read this thread anymore because many of the fans seem as disengenous on this topic as the dev. "Here for a good story"? This is a preselected BBC cuckold setup on rails.
I don't mean for that to be as derisive as it sounds, many people like that fetish and that's great that a game can consistently delivery on that theme. I phrase it that way to try and cut through the imagined subtlety or plot nuances so many of the game's fans would trot out. I haven't played the most recent version, but last time I played, not once are any themes that could possibly contradict the "preselected BBC cuckold setup" ever introduced or toyed with. Darrell's presence, personality, his interest in Nat, Nat's attraction to him, etc, all feel like physical constants in the game universe, unwavering, never at risk of changing, like the speed of light or gravity on earth.
Porn games don't have to be literature, many of my favorite games take the same approach in my respective fetishes or themes, but I won't describe them as brilliant storytelling.
