Guys, his manners were terrible but he had a point there: Kira and that barista looked ugly, Carli looks pretty weird in that very first scene at the hotel, and probably some other faces were a tad bit funny at the early stages of the game. However, Carli became a work of art just after that intro and Philly mastered his trade after just a couple updates. DA is a jewel while CoBD is simply the best game here, and some lack of quality in his beginnings doesn't take away from that at all.
An idea for how good this game is: Carli (also my LI in the game) get a sex scene in first seconds of the game. And still play the damn game in one single session. A punch in the face for all others games who "slow burn", "build the tension" and that crap who I've been hearing lately "If you look for a quick fap this game is not for you". Look and learn especially The DeLuca Family. Look and learn. It's not Shakespeare club it's an adult novel. Inserting H-scenes don't mean you can't have a good story.
I agree with you, I've always thought the same but don't say it too loud or you'll be stoned.
I mean, if I have to choose between rushed stupid sex scenes or a reasonable slow burn, I'll go fot the latter. I need good stories in my H games. I'm sick of the incest and corruption bullshit.
However, we are here for the naughty stuff too. Good story development and sexy content since the very beginning are not incompatible concepts. As you said, we fucked Carli in the first scene of the game and Philly still managed to present us with an incredible story where that scene wasn't the final goal but just the starting point. The same applies to CoBD, there is full sex since the first release but our interest in the game never wanes. That is a good developer of porn games; by contrast if you haven't provided your fans with a single sex scene after over a year of development something is wrong in your approach to this genre.