Really a phenomenal beginning. This is the first time I've ever had any interest in the franchise.
AI criticisms are unwarranted. When I played, I failed to notice any discrepancies in character visuals. There might have been some, as one reviewer claims, in nose shapes and some such but I certainly don't look that closely. You're not supposed to put your eyes that close to the display, anyways.
It also disregards the economics of the situation. Put simply, the great majority of the very many porn games put out there earn nothing and are pure passions projects. If you wanted a necessary investment of not just time but also money, lots would never be made. There neither are artists lining up to draw porn. As it stands, if developers want visuals, they have to teach themselves how to draw, how to source them (from real porn, probably infringing on copyright) or how to use an engine (Ren'py, Unity etc.). The wider and more timely access seems a positive, not a negative.
I'm also no fan of the blathering about the soul to be seen in artist's work. I concur with Spengler and am of the opinion that the arts have ceased to have any meaning hundreds of years ago. They are no longer cultural expressions. You can sit in your ivory tower and pretend Guernica mattered, but it did not.
AI criticisms are unwarranted. When I played, I failed to notice any discrepancies in character visuals. There might have been some, as one reviewer claims, in nose shapes and some such but I certainly don't look that closely. You're not supposed to put your eyes that close to the display, anyways.
It also disregards the economics of the situation. Put simply, the great majority of the very many porn games put out there earn nothing and are pure passions projects. If you wanted a necessary investment of not just time but also money, lots would never be made. There neither are artists lining up to draw porn. As it stands, if developers want visuals, they have to teach themselves how to draw, how to source them (from real porn, probably infringing on copyright) or how to use an engine (Ren'py, Unity etc.). The wider and more timely access seems a positive, not a negative.
I'm also no fan of the blathering about the soul to be seen in artist's work. I concur with Spengler and am of the opinion that the arts have ceased to have any meaning hundreds of years ago. They are no longer cultural expressions. You can sit in your ivory tower and pretend Guernica mattered, but it did not.