You first said that gender didn't matter and now you simplify it to just AVNs? well I'll explain it to you, but not meeting Aerith from FF7 should be a sin xd, Aerith is one of the most important characters in the history of videogames and of that particular game and dies murdered in the middle of it, giving meaning to many things. What I mean by this? Well, if someone has to die that is justified and makes sense, but it is not something serious that happens, in fact I do not care if it is well done.
I never said anything about gender, I said "genre" and I was meaning genres of AVNs. The whole point of an AVN, aside from rampant fucking, is to woo your favoured main LI(s) and end up with them. Therefore, if a character is designated as a main LI then they should not be killed off or otherwise removed from the game because by that status, they should have ending routes. In AL, both Megan and Melissa have ending routes with the MC but at the cost of one of them which might be fine for those who only want one of them, but the game teased a relationship with both and it was, in my view, wrong to tease people with that, to build that up, and then take it away in such a brutal fashion.
In AVNs, if you want to kill off or remove a character, it should be a secondary or tertiary character, like how Mona is now seemingly gone from the game. Her leaving so abruptly will have ramifications that can affect the story which justifies it even though it does suck to lose her, but the death in AL was not, in my opinion, justifiable in the same sort of way and felt like it was more done for the shock value rather than being something that warranted it from a plot perspective.
I don't know if you remember in Mass Effect 2 in the suicide mission where several LI characters could die if you didn't do things right before.
But you are right but let's not forget that behind this is DPC
Didn't play the ME games either.
Could you give like a % how much of that contest is real deal or half of the content renders are like story mode dialouge, walking in the park, taking a shower type stuff.
Put it this way, if you're not interested in the non-sex stuff, then this game probably isn't right for you because the non-sex stuff (i.e. the story) is what's made this so popular and it's a very story heavy game.
So, if reading lots of text and actually getting engaged in the story such that the "real deal" stuff becomes more impactful and engaging doesn't appeal to you, then maybe don't bother playing.
How did you feel about
FFVII back in the day?
Never played the FF games.
in AL there are 4 LI, one is fake and one dies, we are on the side of the scam.
if it happened in BADIK it would be even worse, it would be a surprise game over not tied to the player's choices.
then everyone has fun as they like, but I only play if I can win, otherwise I feel cheated
Which is how I felt with AL. Megan and Melissa were teased as a possible throuple a few times and when you decide to be with both they accept and are happy about it, and then the fire happened. A potential relationship the game was building up felt like such a con and it leaves a very bitter taste in the mouth.
My Sister My Roommate had a similar issue where there was originally going to be no ending with the sister but then the dev went back and included one after people doggedly asked for one because the game, at several instances, seemed to indicate that, at the very least, the sister Nikki seemed to want this kind of relationship but then the game denied people at the end. It too felt like a bit of cheat and the dev acknowledged that these things they included could be seen as her wanting a relationship wth her brother even though that wasn't their intention when they put those things in there, but the point is that you don't tease players with that possibility and then say 'no' at the end.
In BaDIK, this is particularly prominent with the M&J relationship, another throuple only this one has gone quite far already. People, including myself, will want an ending with both of them and I believe the game should allow for that, not take it away or break it up as part of an unavoidable plot/narrative moment otherwise it will, again, feel like being cheated out of something that the game would seem to be promising.
