Hi, I'm new to adult gaming (6 months or so). I'm 59 years young with 40+ years of experience in the creative industry. In that time I've worn many hats; illustrator, graphic artist (advertising), letterer (Marvel Comics), sculptor, 3D rendering (resin modelling) and published author (sci- fi short stories). I've recently become disabled and find myself with a lot more time on my hands. Between my disability and this pandemic, I'm basically stuck at home (and frankly going stir-crazy) so I now have plenty of time to indulge in my perversions.
My review is a 3 parter, which I will endeavor to keep as short as possible.
Phase 1 - The Reviewer;
The problem here is the same as the entirety of the internet. Anyone can submit a review. All that is needed is an opinion and too much time on their hands. There are no basic requirements or qualifications. Such as; experience (a working knowledge of profession), a decent grasp of the English language (or actually any language), reasonable expectations of the devs for the genre in which the work is submitted and a basic understanding of the material under review.
The ability to nik-pik is not a quantifier. Enough said.
Phase 2 - Review of Dating My Daughter (over-all)
Dating My Daughter is an ADULT Visual Novel. In other words digital PORN. So my expectations are simple; It should be visually pleasing which succeeds in its objective, which is to arouse the viewer. A story line that serves as a vehicle that allow the reader to flow from one sex scene to another and deliver sexually arousing dialog during those scenes. It's secondary objective should be character development in order to endear us to these characters. In other words alluring sexy characters that we desire to see in sexual acts is necessary to the objective, high drama is not. When I form an opinion of the dialog I compare it to the dialog of other VNs not literary works such as "Little Women" for example (no not the one about midget lesbians). Finally did this work of visual enticement reach its objective.
Now for my actual review or my opinion in other words. I find Dating My Daughter to be one of the best VNs out there. Visually I find the characters sexually pleasing with enough variation to avoid feeling like cookie cutter production. The daughter is "HOT". The rendering is of high quality and the sex scenes are well done and frankly make me horny as hell. Are they perfect? No, of course not, but I have yet to find anyone's renderings to merit that title. But even most of the imperfections I've noticed have an endearing quality to them and don't take away from the overall excitement of the scenes. My biggest problem with most 3D renderings is the ignorance of Physics. Gravity should not be excluded as a factor when trying to create realistic 3D renderings. I personally am a big fan of curvaceous body types. I understand that the bigger the body parts the stronger the influence of gravity, but as an artist, that is the challenge and ignoring the fact is just being lazy as an artist (basketballs don't turn me on). When perfected the addition of just the right amount of sag to large breasts are not only more realistic, but also more alluring and attractive. I find bubble butts sexy as hell, but helium butts are distracting and take away from the overall attractiveness of the rendering.
Now let me explain something to the average reader. This is actually due to limitation in the 3D engine used in rendering. The software just doesn't compensate for gravity. A breast does not look the same when a woman is on her back as when she is on all fours. This factor means additional work for the artist (time consuming work).
Now let's get to the dialog. I am not a fan of incest at all. This genre is saturated with it so I would have to deny myself a lot of visually stimulating material in order to avoid it. So I find myself doing a lot of mental editing. I completely gloss over any reference to her being his daughter and take any dialog referencing to the MC as daddy as simply a pet name (as in "sugar daddy"). I could offer a variation that would exclude incest but that would take too long. So let's move on. I find the story line sufficiently sophisticated to put it above most of the VNs out there. I find a lot of the criticisms out there to be valid but not detrimental to reaching the goal, for again, this is porn. In other words nothing said in DMD has ever turned me off. Could the dialog use an upgrade? Definitely but it's not going to stop me from downloading and enjoying future updates. I read actual books to satisfy my literary needs and a lot of those don't do a good job of it. So I'm not going to expect an Adult Visual Novel to do it for me.
Lastly, does Dating My Daughter succeed in its objective? Hells yeah.............. Does it supply material for my Spank Bank? Definitely! Will I continue to look forward to future updates? Most assuredly.
Phase 3 - Review of latest Update CH3 v0.26
Now this is an update! As previously stated, the weakest aspect of Dating My Daughter, as in any VN, is the dialog. Not this time. It did an excellent job of building and maintaining a high level of anticipation. I found myself thinking "OH! SHIT....." several times. The story line is culminating to a head and the update ends on a perfect note.
I'm going to put this out there. I may be wrong but I think this explains the choice of porn they watched on the couch (just saying).
A generous amount of content. The 3way Scene with daughter and Georgina was "Muy Caliente" and is now my favorite in all of VNdom. Definitely #1 of my Spank Bank. My only problem with it is a missed opportunity for some excellent physical interplay. In the animation daughter is on her back with her tits sliding up and down on her ribcage in a very hot and natural way BUT Georgina's tits don't shift at all (very disappointing). Not only should her tits have been swaying to the movement, but there should have been 4 breast interacting and bouncing off each other. I personally have witnessed this scenario in real life and can tell you it's one of the hottest things I've ever seen. Other than that, great scene.
To conclude this review, I give Dating My Daughter 4.5 stars out of 5.
To MrDots Games keep up the good work.
My review is a 3 parter, which I will endeavor to keep as short as possible.
Phase 1 - The Reviewer;
The problem here is the same as the entirety of the internet. Anyone can submit a review. All that is needed is an opinion and too much time on their hands. There are no basic requirements or qualifications. Such as; experience (a working knowledge of profession), a decent grasp of the English language (or actually any language), reasonable expectations of the devs for the genre in which the work is submitted and a basic understanding of the material under review.
The ability to nik-pik is not a quantifier. Enough said.
Phase 2 - Review of Dating My Daughter (over-all)
Dating My Daughter is an ADULT Visual Novel. In other words digital PORN. So my expectations are simple; It should be visually pleasing which succeeds in its objective, which is to arouse the viewer. A story line that serves as a vehicle that allow the reader to flow from one sex scene to another and deliver sexually arousing dialog during those scenes. It's secondary objective should be character development in order to endear us to these characters. In other words alluring sexy characters that we desire to see in sexual acts is necessary to the objective, high drama is not. When I form an opinion of the dialog I compare it to the dialog of other VNs not literary works such as "Little Women" for example (no not the one about midget lesbians). Finally did this work of visual enticement reach its objective.
Now for my actual review or my opinion in other words. I find Dating My Daughter to be one of the best VNs out there. Visually I find the characters sexually pleasing with enough variation to avoid feeling like cookie cutter production. The daughter is "HOT". The rendering is of high quality and the sex scenes are well done and frankly make me horny as hell. Are they perfect? No, of course not, but I have yet to find anyone's renderings to merit that title. But even most of the imperfections I've noticed have an endearing quality to them and don't take away from the overall excitement of the scenes. My biggest problem with most 3D renderings is the ignorance of Physics. Gravity should not be excluded as a factor when trying to create realistic 3D renderings. I personally am a big fan of curvaceous body types. I understand that the bigger the body parts the stronger the influence of gravity, but as an artist, that is the challenge and ignoring the fact is just being lazy as an artist (basketballs don't turn me on). When perfected the addition of just the right amount of sag to large breasts are not only more realistic, but also more alluring and attractive. I find bubble butts sexy as hell, but helium butts are distracting and take away from the overall attractiveness of the rendering.
Now let me explain something to the average reader. This is actually due to limitation in the 3D engine used in rendering. The software just doesn't compensate for gravity. A breast does not look the same when a woman is on her back as when she is on all fours. This factor means additional work for the artist (time consuming work).
Now let's get to the dialog. I am not a fan of incest at all. This genre is saturated with it so I would have to deny myself a lot of visually stimulating material in order to avoid it. So I find myself doing a lot of mental editing. I completely gloss over any reference to her being his daughter and take any dialog referencing to the MC as daddy as simply a pet name (as in "sugar daddy"). I could offer a variation that would exclude incest but that would take too long. So let's move on. I find the story line sufficiently sophisticated to put it above most of the VNs out there. I find a lot of the criticisms out there to be valid but not detrimental to reaching the goal, for again, this is porn. In other words nothing said in DMD has ever turned me off. Could the dialog use an upgrade? Definitely but it's not going to stop me from downloading and enjoying future updates. I read actual books to satisfy my literary needs and a lot of those don't do a good job of it. So I'm not going to expect an Adult Visual Novel to do it for me.
Lastly, does Dating My Daughter succeed in its objective? Hells yeah.............. Does it supply material for my Spank Bank? Definitely! Will I continue to look forward to future updates? Most assuredly.
Phase 3 - Review of latest Update CH3 v0.26
Now this is an update! As previously stated, the weakest aspect of Dating My Daughter, as in any VN, is the dialog. Not this time. It did an excellent job of building and maintaining a high level of anticipation. I found myself thinking "OH! SHIT....." several times. The story line is culminating to a head and the update ends on a perfect note.
I'm going to put this out there. I may be wrong but I think this explains the choice of porn they watched on the couch (just saying).
A generous amount of content. The 3way Scene with daughter and Georgina was "Muy Caliente" and is now my favorite in all of VNdom. Definitely #1 of my Spank Bank. My only problem with it is a missed opportunity for some excellent physical interplay. In the animation daughter is on her back with her tits sliding up and down on her ribcage in a very hot and natural way BUT Georgina's tits don't shift at all (very disappointing). Not only should her tits have been swaying to the movement, but there should have been 4 breast interacting and bouncing off each other. I personally have witnessed this scenario in real life and can tell you it's one of the hottest things I've ever seen. Other than that, great scene.
To conclude this review, I give Dating My Daughter 4.5 stars out of 5.
To MrDots Games keep up the good work.