When AWAM was the best piece of erotic 3D on the forum, a few years ago, it was presented in the form of a visual novel. It was directed at the widest age range of all those who enjoyed erotica. That's erotica, as opposed to straightforward porn. At the time it seemed that the multiple layered story had found a place in an over-saturated market place, or maybe even created a niche for itself. Bear in mind that back then, there was no issue with a glacial development pace. (I've written enough about all of this in previous comments, so won't rehash them).
While it progressed as a VN, with not only excellent renders but an above average style of writing, there existed the possibility that, slow burn notwithstanding, penetrative sex could be introduced in the storylines, without being seen as the climax, (pun intended), of the tale. Good erotica & porn novels achieve this, as do a number of quality films. Many of them don't finish with this event but actually get better & more immersive as a result. It's good writing & nobody with any experience thinks that it's easy.
AWAM has degenerated in a number of ways & without listing them, I think it's reasonable to say that, for whatever reason, the Dev has chosen to aim the "game", (event-based, sluggishly paced, updates have wrecked the "VN" concept), squarely at the younger market, with a by-the-numbers approach to sex, like a 13-14 year old school-boy keeping score of how far he gets. This has reached a point where it appears that all the main characters have to reach a similar level of progression before the story can move on. That is, move on to the next stage of sexual encounters. Sexual encounters which are, apparently, necessary in every long-awaited update, to placate the fans & to hell with a coherent story, as the recent nonsense proves that such a creation is no longer necessary.
There are some problematic issues with this approach. It's clear that the length of time to be taken before full-on sex occurs with the original joint-MC is one. Another is the probability that once the act is performed within a player's chosen route(s), interest is, indeed, likely to fade, or end completely, i.e. the schoolboy is no longer a virgin.
IMO, the real disappointment is not only the accelerating decline of what used to be great but the fact that there's now no chance of coming back from this, as it's too far gone. On the other hand, "Hey, it's just a porn game," "when's the next update?," etc., etc.
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