It is overrated. So many pplz talk about hidden gems, but it is not. It's handrawn and got nice graphics, I'll give you that, but hidden gem ? No. If you want good writing with a good erotic story and fresh air, there's no better source than a book. Erotic novels with solid writing will always outsmart the supposedly good-written porn games.
For something to be overrated, it has to be highly rated by F95 users. Elvansang is an almost invisible game here compared to 50 or so highly popular and discussed games, a few of which I mentioned.
I stand by my evaluation that Elvensang is a hidden gem to me and its fans. It is hidden in that is is sorely underappreciated compared to many, many, cookie cutter games here. And it is a gem, to me and its fans, because it has a unique and appealing hand-drawn art, a realistic and imperfect MC, the other characters are drawn and written realistically. Unlike most AVNs that have only a male MC, no other male characters at all, and a fleet of all female characters, with no other life other than their relation with the MC, Elvansang has male and female townspeople, bar owners, other farmers, soldiers, none of which are LIs, and looks like a whole fleshed out world, rather than just a male fantasy consisting of with a parade of beautiful women vying for the MC's eye. It still has several appealing current and potential LIs to keep the players interested, and it has the beginnings of quite an interesting story about elves, their different factions, and their current and past place in the world, that as a player I look forward to finding more about.
I wish there were more games that are story-first, where the sexy relationships come more naturally, as seen here.
I am not sure why you would assume that you are the only one here that reads books and erotic stories. Yes, there is a lot of great writing on Literotica and StoriesOnline, and I encourage anyone who wants a good story to
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. But to say that only books can have good stories and a goal of good writing is a strange and unusual opinion. It would be like saying we should not criticize a movie's plot and value another movie that has a good story because books exist.
What's the purpose of the members of this site ? Have a fap with Porn games and light chat. I'm not an hypocrite and I'm here for this very reason. I always find it funny when I see people saying they play a game just for the writing (Summer's Gone is a perfect example), but can't even buy and read a book. If I want fresh air with solid writing, F95 wouldn't be my choice, unless a well-known writer decides to launch an adult game.
That is you, not me. And from many discussions with long-time F95 users here in the forums, not many users of this site. Sure, there are always a vocal minority that complain if there aren't loads of sex scenes from the first update, but if you read the forums here, that is not the majority view. And even if it is, so what? Should I base my opinions on the majority if they are shallow and can't appriciate an intricate well-plotted story and good writing?
If I want sexy images and video with no plot or story, there are endless porn sites available. The point of adult visual novels, is the "adult" meaning it has sexual content, "visual" meaning it is made up of images and sometimes animations, and "novel", meaning story and writing.