Do stories really matter?
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Yeah, immersion is a big part of it and stories help with that. Why download a game if you are just going straight for the pics anyways - can find those elsewhere as well.
Personally I would actually say not necessarily.
There are several points that contribute to how erotic the scene is. Immersion, atmosphere, characterization. The better they are in concert the better the scene can be. All of them are helped(potentially a lot) by a good story but all of them can be established otherwise.
Graphics and music help a lot and writing can achieve a lot in only a short amount if it is skilled enough.
IMHO a solid story can be powerful tool to achieve good erotica but is not completely indispensable.
There are several points that contribute to how erotic the scene is. Immersion, atmosphere, characterization. The better they are in concert the better the scene can be. All of them are helped(potentially a lot) by a good story but all of them can be established otherwise.
Graphics and music help a lot and writing can achieve a lot in only a short amount if it is skilled enough.
IMHO a solid story can be powerful tool to achieve good erotica but is not completely indispensable.
- Apr 14, 2021
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Of course it does matter.
Story is the first brick you lay when you start building your game. Unless it's a game like tetris, i guess.
People who just download a save or cg's don't want a game in the first place, they just want pure wank material.
Which makes me wonder what are they even doing on this site, since there are plenty of other sites with porn videos and doujins they could be wanking all day long at.
Story is the first brick you lay when you start building your game. Unless it's a game like tetris, i guess.
People who just download a save or cg's don't want a game in the first place, they just want pure wank material.
Which makes me wonder what are they even doing on this site, since there are plenty of other sites with porn videos and doujins they could be wanking all day long at.
if I can't stand the story I just quit the game. pictures not being enough is what got me to porn games to begin with.
but it's not like it has too be a good story, it just has to hit my kinks to be interesting for me.
but it's not like it has too be a good story, it just has to hit my kinks to be interesting for me.
- Nov 8, 2021
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Sex is a side dish when it comes to games -- if I were here only for the porn I'd watch actual porn. The gameplay/story is what makes me choose games instead (which is also why I hate VNs)
Also a lot of the art for the non-gameplay focused "games" is trash. Standard anime-style girls with massive tits and whatnot. For whatever reason the games with a focus on story/gameplay have more "personal," unique, better styles
Also a lot of the art for the non-gameplay focused "games" is trash. Standard anime-style girls with massive tits and whatnot. For whatever reason the games with a focus on story/gameplay have more "personal," unique, better styles
Gameplay comes first.
I play games to play.
Visual novels shoud burn in hell.
Calling those abominations games is insulting.
That said a good story is nice.
Rare as all hell but nice.
There the second pillar of a good game.
Right after accauly gameplay.
After all knowing who, why and how i am mind breaking a woman is more fun then seeing her get pounded.
For example.
In hentai highschool+ i turned serria hardman against her mother.
Having her help corrupt her mother is way more fun then just looking at mother daughter porn.
Because i know i corrupted her into being this perverted.
I play games to play.
Visual novels shoud burn in hell.
Calling those abominations games is insulting.
That said a good story is nice.
Rare as all hell but nice.
There the second pillar of a good game.
Right after accauly gameplay.
After all knowing who, why and how i am mind breaking a woman is more fun then seeing her get pounded.
For example.
In hentai highschool+ i turned serria hardman against her mother.
Having her help corrupt her mother is way more fun then just looking at mother daughter porn.
Because i know i corrupted her into being this perverted.
- Jun 25, 2018
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I mentioned this in a different thread on the topic but the artwork/models is what brings you to the table. The story is what gets you to stay for the full meal. Porn games are a visual medium, even visual novels, so the artwork needs to be good enough to get the consumer to want to see what it is about. The story is what it is about, and it needs to be good to keep coming back too, especially this day and age where porno games get made as it goes, unlike non-porn games.
You again?!
Look, I know some people like porn-stories, and they might even be the majority of this forum. But simply put, they aren't everyone.
Tons of games here have gotten popular without a big story because of their gameplay. Hell, sometimes the gameplay sucked, but they still got popular. Here's just a couple off the top of my head.
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All this goes to show is that story isn't the sole factor in bringing players back to the game.
- Jun 25, 2018
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Yes, me again?
A game doesn't need to have a winding plot like a VN, but stuff like the setting, the characters, their clothing, even the genre of game all fall under 'story'.
Well obviously the game can't be in a white void with testing cubes everywhere.
What I'm saying is that you don't need to rely on a story to keep your players interested.
- Jun 25, 2018
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I agree that the 'story' doesn't have to be relied upon, see Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat for example, but all the stuff under the stories umbrella helps keep people coming back.
You phrased your original comment as if story was the only way to keep the player's interest, no offense.
Great visuals matter, of course. Players (me included) are visual creatures, after all. Now, having said that, I enjoy reading erotica, and I really like text games, so I get invested really easy into a story. It doesn't have to be stellar, or a masterpiece, but good enough to keep me reading or waiting for the next update.
For me, is a combo of engaging story+variety on mechanics, options or actions to do. Even a Kinetic novel can hook me up if the story is good.
For me, is a combo of engaging story+variety on mechanics, options or actions to do. Even a Kinetic novel can hook me up if the story is good.
- Mar 28, 2019
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Do stories really matter?
Without a story, there are no characters.
Without characters, their backstories don't exist.
Without backstories, roles are undefined.
Without roles, there's no hentai content.
Without hentai content, there's many sad faces.
So yes stories does matter!
Without a story, there are no characters.
Without characters, their backstories don't exist.
Without backstories, roles are undefined.
Without roles, there's no hentai content.
Without hentai content, there's many sad faces.
So yes stories does matter!
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For me, it depends what kind of game I am playing.
Let's say it is an adult game heavily focused on management. As an example: Brothel Management. In this setup, story is trivial, since the player will invest most of their concentration into managing everything. So, a very simple backgroundstory would be enough for me. Example of a background story: In young ages, he was adopted by a brothel and grew up like a family member with them. The manager has no heir and has to shut down the brothel soon. The girls have no where to go. But you can avoid this. Prove yourself as a heir and manage the brothel, reach certain amount of income every 7 days. This is not much. As simple as possible. But as long as the overall idea makes sense with the plot, I don't need that much of a story in a game, that is heavily focused on management.
I noticed, that shockingly many games do it wrong. They try to focus on managing aspect and story aspects on same level. In the end, you have heavy focus on management and VN-like text/story-telling. Such games feel very annoying to me. Either you balance both, or focus on one thing more than the other. But pushing both aspects to their limits is just overwhelming for the player.
If I want to play a VN Game, then I decide to play one. But if I decide to play an RPG Game, where most activities are exploring, fighting and leveling, and this for 10h+, I dont need extra 5h scene texts, to stretch the game to 15h+.
Many game devs seemingly try to offer everything to the players. Which can make the game very unbalanced. First of all, one need to realize what kind of game they are even trying to create. And then focus on that. All other aspects would be extras, which should not be that dominant during the game. That said, let's say the text part of a management game is not dominant. Management is 10h and text all in one would be 60min. Thats ok. But then again, the distribution of these 60min can be very tricky. Some devs add text-scenes, which are fully 10min long. This can annoy alot. So, balanced distribution of these extras is also important.
Let's say it is an adult game heavily focused on management. As an example: Brothel Management. In this setup, story is trivial, since the player will invest most of their concentration into managing everything. So, a very simple backgroundstory would be enough for me. Example of a background story: In young ages, he was adopted by a brothel and grew up like a family member with them. The manager has no heir and has to shut down the brothel soon. The girls have no where to go. But you can avoid this. Prove yourself as a heir and manage the brothel, reach certain amount of income every 7 days. This is not much. As simple as possible. But as long as the overall idea makes sense with the plot, I don't need that much of a story in a game, that is heavily focused on management.
I noticed, that shockingly many games do it wrong. They try to focus on managing aspect and story aspects on same level. In the end, you have heavy focus on management and VN-like text/story-telling. Such games feel very annoying to me. Either you balance both, or focus on one thing more than the other. But pushing both aspects to their limits is just overwhelming for the player.
If I want to play a VN Game, then I decide to play one. But if I decide to play an RPG Game, where most activities are exploring, fighting and leveling, and this for 10h+, I dont need extra 5h scene texts, to stretch the game to 15h+.
Many game devs seemingly try to offer everything to the players. Which can make the game very unbalanced. First of all, one need to realize what kind of game they are even trying to create. And then focus on that. All other aspects would be extras, which should not be that dominant during the game. That said, let's say the text part of a management game is not dominant. Management is 10h and text all in one would be 60min. Thats ok. But then again, the distribution of these 60min can be very tricky. Some devs add text-scenes, which are fully 10min long. This can annoy alot. So, balanced distribution of these extras is also important.
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For me, most definitely. If I'm not engaged with the story, or the characters then even if it has the hottest fucking in the world I'll forget about it in two days tops. It's no different in that way then when I watch normal porn. I don't want porn for any attempts at story - I watch it because it's hot. Then I forget about the video two days later unless I save it because that's just how my brain works. The same can be said for a sex game with no or a bad story. I might enjoy it in the moment, but I'll leave no impact. A story is vital not only for replayability value but because it actually pushes me to finish the game. If the story is ass or there isn't one, well it take less effort to watch porn, so why bother?
