Honestly, all the way until this update I held out hope for god-tier game writing.
I'll be honest and say I can enjoy most fetishes and ntr may not be my favourite genre by any means. Still, I've grown to appreciate some of the writing dynamics, even as far as netorase such as " Gyaruzuma Sex - Hoka no Otoko ni Inwai Houshi Suru Ai Suru Tsuma" or "Gyarukano! ~Wagamama Body na Honpou Kanojo~", having little interest in the genre these despite being mega simple hit me in the feels a little for how much the women love their boyfriend/husband despite the events of the game yada yada.
I've been following this game (Girlfriend Tapes) since it was first posted here, now...
The biggest issue I have with this game is a loss in potential.
The way I as a writer pictured this going was that there would be 2 BASE routes: Those where Mia cheats, and those where she doesn't.
To elaborate, I always thought there was gonna be justification for the "odd" scenes, such as in the mall when she was clearly cumming, the justification in my eyes could have been she felt her boyfriend was growing distant from her and so she was using a toy in the changing room for some excitement. Even the LAST update, my justification for the MC "seeing" her have sex on his laptop would have been a dream, seems bland but it continues the narrative.
Then as the NTR route is right now it's fine, 0 complaints there.
There's variety in her cheating, but the way I assumed it would end would be 3 routes minimum:
The MC stays faithful, you turn Riley down every time and slowly due to your own temptations to cheat (explained from the very first sex scene with her (Riley) "jealous or turned on") you suspect Mia of the same, this would help the consistency. From there the game would slowly progress for you to find out Bootylicious was just some random e-girl, Mia never did anything with someone else and you and her work things out (True End, romance end yada yada).
The MC cheats, this would lead to 1 of 2 routes:
Either you cheat and enjoy the idea of Mia cheating (cuckold route), which leads to the current end where you either take Riley or Mia and that end of this update "I wanna see you sleep with other men".
OR:
You select that you don't like cuckolding, which brings you to the route where the MC finds Mia's phone and it's outright cheating, 0 turn-ons (could also present an option here to jump onto cuck route or to have your multiple branched endings from here).
I don't expect these changes anymore. Played the most recent update in its entirety. As a writer and game fan, I was a little letdown.
When I look at it as a NTR game, it's there, by no means the worst I've seen, but I just feel like the potential it could of has was ultimately lost.
I had my suspicions the dev was gonna make it a NTR exclusive game, Idk I guess I'm just a sucker for the "True End" stuff in Japanese eroge where there's always a happy route that's called the True Route.
I'll still play the finale. But hopefully, there's a good end of some kind.
Ultimately, it's a decent game thus far, just dislike the "gigachad who treats Mia like shit can win her body and heart by having a big dick", from my own experiences the average woman doesn't like much over 6 inches to begin with, but this is fiction lol...
Let's see how everything ends in a few months~