Sorry, I'm gonna be little direct here.I've always held that the animations are absolutely its strongest feature, which obviously is very good for an adult game. As for the rest, I guess I'll continue to disagree. I am understanding of someone who hasn't developed well enough as a writer (it's their first effort and/or they've only been writing for a few years so far). But being tolerant of missteps in writing and acknowledging the creation within the context of timeframe (as you point out) does not elevate the quality itself.
Hell, my own early poetic writing "rhymed" with identical words. It could be forgiven since I was only 7 years old at the time; but the quality itself is not improved because of my age and inexperience. A person would presume that a writer would get better in their craft over time with effort and discipline. If not, that writer should be judged as lesser — one with no real commitment to their craft, just using what's "good enough" instead of what actually improves their creation.
And I don't accept that something being comedic excuses lack of focus in story, lack of decent proofreading, or lack of reasonable beta testing to iron out a lot of the bugs. There are plenty of proofreaders on F95Zone, for instance, who are willing to work either pro bono or for quite reasonable, low fees. There are even more willing beta testers to help a dev make a more stable product. And there are tons of comedies with far more coherent plots. Airplane!, Tropic Thunder, and The Court Jester are but three examples that immediately come to mind.
Someone can still make a living (and even be considered good) as an adult game / VN creator without being as skilled at writing as others. There's no shame in that. But I believe in calling a spade a shovel and not a pitchfork. Using the term "masterclass" is highly subjective. And while I would say the quality of animations was quite good (especially for the time), I personally wouldn't praise them quite as highly as you do. View attachment 5100024 Everyone has their own opinion, and this is mine.
You talk about literature and kinda wrote a very decent reminiscing story but you're missing key facts here. First of all, comedy isn't bad. I was not saying that. In literature you need to be very mindful about co-genres while writing any specific genre. For this family thematic(incest) story, comedic genre made people less engaged with the characters. Comedy itself isn't bad but when to use it is an important element of any literature, same can be said with other genres. The fact is, what you feel doesn't matter in literary sense(you brought it up). You can like or dislike any literature you want, I absolutely support it but don't bring literature into it while doing it, if so then your criticism must be on point with literature backing you up.