This comment turned out longer than I expected, so I put it in a spoiler to save the thread... Hopefully I did it correctly.
I apologize for the long post.
Wow, Nonsequitor, GREAT post. I’m of the opinion that there are several elements that lead to your emotional reaction with DMD, and I feel most of those factors orbit around Mr. Dots and the way he strings renders, face features. Body reactions and such into a semi-cinematic fashion drawing one in. The fascinating test of this will be the release of Melody and see if, with a different female MC, in a different plot and environment, will we get a similar reaction.
Melody is very different in looks and character. The MC in Melody is also very different than the MC in DMD. If Mr Dots translates Melody into something even 75% of DMD, then I will finally determine the magic comes from Mr Dots. Think of him as the casting director, film director, and cinematographer of a movie. This will be the fascinating test to see if Melody can invoke similar (but ultimately different) emotional reactions.
I say similar but different, because I believe you won’t have the same desire to protect Melody that I feel I have with DMD Daughter. However, I believe there will be a similar desire as a player to interact with and explore the relationship with Melody on an emotional and sexual level that there is with DMD Daughter.
I’m eagerly awaiting the March release.
