I have decided to fold under the pressure, etc.
No......................! Please,
Lockheart , take a deep breath and think "Avalon is my game. I will make it how I want to. It is my vision. I am the developer. I am the writer. it is my story." Don't let a couple of bad reviews make you change your story for the worse. Most of your revews are glowing. Reread a few of them to see what the rest of us think.
The vibrator scene is a funny and hot scene, it's very sexy. He's not abusing her, he is joking with her and she likes it! And like you already mentioned, she started it in the morning with coming onto him in a joking teasing way. It's really one of my favorite scenes in the game. Is this scene appropriate for the Hallmark channel (in the US a wholesome family TV channel), not exactly, but that is why we are here, for an exciting, emotional, and hot story.
I really think you should leave the game how it is. I don't want to have to have multiple old versions just so I can play all the scenes that I like. Do you really think anyone is coming to a porn game site like F95 and is so sensitive to theoretical discomfort of the LI (not actual discomfort because she is into it), that they stop playing Avalon? I don't think so. I think some people just like to pick apart what others have done without offering anything themselves. Let them make their own game about a sexual assault survivor who goes into therapy and doesn't even think about sex or affection for 5 years, shutting out all temptation, and spending their time reading at home, or watching movies to try to forget about their pain. See how many people want to play that game.
Is Avalon perfect? Well, nothing is perfect, but how would you even define perfection? Perfect for who? Lets say you changed everything about your game so that
kameohawk , the writer of the most recent 3 star review who didn't like the vibrator scene, totally changes his mind about everything and now thinks your game is perfect and is now worth 5 stars. Will the rest of us be happy with all the changes you'll have to make to please him?
Why go through all the effort to please a few people, and displease your fans? Don't look back. Spend your time thinking about what is next and working on the future rather than second guessing yourself over your past decisions in the story.
If you still aren't convinced, go over to the Dev Help forum here (
https://f95zone.to/forums/dev-help.113/) and ask experienced devs with years of experience whether they think you should change past scenes in your game due to bad reviews or complaints in the game thread. See what they have to say. I am quite confident that they will tell you to have confidence in yourself, and stick to the story you want. Games developed by committee to try to make everyone happy are not going to be very good.
Be proud of what you've made with Avalon. Despite a few bad reviews, it is almost a 5 star game here. I know you want to get your Patreon numbers up like all devs, and I would love that as well, since you deserve it. However, continually changing your game to try to satisfy people who don't like it already, is not the way to success. Just keep doing what you are doing, try to make the best story you can, and hopefully it will grow in popularity.
