I agree with the comment, but this is only part of the reasons for the negative attitude. The important part is how the author evaluates the characters' actions. The author diligently hides the fact of the action, replacing it with “wanted/planned.”Agree 100% on the writing, and really entire story should have been better thought out prior to start. The reworks have been confusing, but needed I think to get the game to be anything close to what the original OP said. I know you like ho's, and there's nothing wrong with that, but if that's not the actual impression the dev meant to make with Steph the rewrite is def needed.
As GrumpyOldAssie said, there's nothing wring with ho's but if every woman in every game simply turned into one, either immediately or somewhere in the story, then where's the variety in that? The story and character backgrounds really need to support that some sort of way, and from how this story was initially presented that shouldn't be the only path available unless the dev really did intend for the entire backstory to be just a steaming POS excuse for her to be a ho.
If that was the case then the entire story about their marriage was basically a sham and this turns into a slut/NTR/cuck story, and there are a ton of those on the site, almost up to the number of harem games available. What's truly rare are games that have real swinging, and not simply "woman turns into a slut and bangs everything with a dick and the husband shrugs and says "okay.." and ignores it, or maybe has a token piece of pussy once for every 5-10 dudes the slut wife fucks."
The initial premise of the game was (at least according to Steph) that she wanted more group sex and threesome+, but keep her husband involved, not just start randomly banging all the strange & new dick she could. How the story was developing initially, where she just almost instantly turned into pure slut and jumped on new dick (really regardless of her husband knowing or approving) was pretty much rocketing straight into yet another cliche'd "wife is slut" game. Some, like you, loved that I'm sure, but it definitely did not fit the supposed story elements, and that's why many people started blasting the game, not because she was having sex, but because it did not fit in with what the story was supposed to be.
Hell, even before we found out Steph's backstory, the fact she was jumping on new dick constantly and pretty much ignoring her supposedly husband she loved, and ignored the potential severe negative impact to her relationship that could occur, pretty much broke any backstory the dev tried to tell. Severe disconnect at that point and the story would have needed to be either retold into just a pure slutwife game, or revamped to have her actually act more in-line with how the story attempted to describe her to be.
There's nothing to prevent options to still turn her into a whore/slut and that may very well end up being where the game goes, we'll have to see. Just hope the game sticks better to it's story, because otherwise it's just "A couples Duet", "Adventurous Couple" or any of the other dozens of slut wife/cuck games available. There really should be three distinct paths, one where she just goes mega-slut and the husband either goes along or becomes a cuck (or both), one where she takes the lead of maybe suggesting new things to do or rounds up new men and women for them both to enjoy (not being all MMF group shit either), and one where the goes along with whatever the MC/player wants/tells her to do and the MC/player at that point can get her into all sorts of situations but it will be the MC/player deciding what she does and doesn't do, not the story-path. That's really the difference between 1 & 3.
Sorry Bang, post started as a reply to you, then broadened. My bad.
EDIT: I went back to reread the intro and how different that is than what the game has turned into. It as worse before the revamps, but this is not at all how the story is/was described (I added a few comments based on how the game was originally playing out, and how it mostly still is playing out):
Navigate your way through this erotic story as a brilliant young professional whose choices are never just his alone. Join him in adventures reserved for swingers and help him convince his wife that this is a journey they want to take together. (Not much convincing needed as we saw) But travel this path with care. You are surrounded by women who are as confident as they are beautiful. (So 'confident' they ignore the MC and the relationship they supposedly love that has years invested). They will let you make your own choices, but then they will make life altering choices as well. (Or they will make their choices regardless of what the player does, and the only choice is to either go along or kiss off because they ignore anything that is opposed to what they want).Make good choices and uncover the secret connection between your new lifestyle and other oddities you and your wife encounter along the way. (Or don't make choices and you will find out anyway.. And be forced to go along, or else..) Make poor choices, and watch helplessly as your wife brings the whole adventure to a premature end. (Umm, unless thee's a game over I missed, the only end that is premature is some dude cumming in your slutwifes ass too soon for her preferences, lol)
Steph/Jason/Tori conspired against MC, which pushed MC into an open marriage. The author’s excuse: “They didn’t plan it, they didn’t want it,” that’s how little children make excuses. For the author, a conspiracy is a positive event.
Jason had a choice: tell MC honestly about Steph (best friend route) or stick a knife in MC's back and choose to fuck his best friend's wife (traitor route). Jason chose betrayal. The author justifies Jason’s action, replacing the fact of the action with “wanted/thought.”
Steph manipulates MC, putting him in the pose of a giraffe at a watering hole, with one goal - to drive MC into an open marriage. Steph does everything solely to satisfy her ego, so that it is convenient for her to tell the MC about her addiction to group sex. There is not a single action of Steph in the interests of MS. Steph's actions completely contradict the author's fairy tale about love and 4 years of happy marriage. The author’s excuse is that Steph wanted what was best for herself (MC’s interests are not important).
The author replaces the actual result of the action with the desires of the characters. The author, by his arbitrariness, hangs a plus sign on all negative actions. Judas wanted the best, but no one will justify him - he is a traitor. Brutus wanted what was best for himself, but his name became synonymous with betrayal. In the author's concept, any thief/murderer/serial maniac can justify himself by saying - he didn't plan it, he wanted the best.
In a separate line, there is a complete discrepancy between the MC shown in the game and the MC in the annotation for the game, these are two opposite characters. The spineless MC portrayed in the game would never dare propose an open marriage on his own. To do this, you need to have eggs, which he doesn’t have.
The whole story, like puzzles assembled from different sets, fits in form, but does not match in content.
