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There’s been a lot of criticism against the slow progression of H scenes in HC2 and the lack of H scenes at the start of the game. While I understand that people want to get to the good parts quick (it is a hentai game after all), I feel that it pays to wait.
It hits closer to home if everything seems normal in the beginning and there’s a slow build up of events leading to the women’s corruption. The ominous feeling you have when you watch the antags plot their schemes to steal them away little by little magnifies the NTR burn. Delaying all sex scenes altogether amplifies the player’s cravings for them. Add in some scenes at the start when the women are teased (sexually) by the antags (or even other people) occasionally and you have a recipe where the player is pretty much going nuts a couple of hours into the game. On the other hand having the protag’s women act like a bunch o hoes from the start or putting random sex scenes in the first few minutes/ the first hour really kills it.
I realise that this may not be for everyone. It’s also hard for the author to strike a balance as delaying H scenes too much can become an annoyance rather than build anticipation. When done right however, the story can deliver an NTR punch serious enough to send the player into depression and a week long orgasm at the same time. It may be why a lot of the really big NTR works have slow build up.
I feel this is a route well worth taking into consideration. It may not attract a broad audience, but will definitely draw in more serious fans of NTR.
Perhaps there could be a way to satisfy both crowds. Maybe add in a feature that allows the player to skip the build up and the starting sequences altogether to get to the good parts. The author would however, have to take a call on how fast the pace needs to be throughout the story.