Well game also includes prices, mods, extra DLC and more things. I don't think you have read other H game forums that include prices for the rating and discussion. This makes people hard to judge 'Is this game worth it?'
TBH I don't think you know how things work in f95 which is a huge community.
In this community, most of the games (99.9% since 1 of a 1k game doesn't have the proper attitude on how to advertise and upload games) give out the 'FULL VERSION' (In this case, the extreme content) of the game with an early version (example is version 0.1) which will let people in the community evaluate objectively.
So if they find the game is good to play then people would be happy to support the work: more than 2.5 is mostly considered good since people have different taste
But if the game has a low rating, that means there is a reason for that.
Below are SOME reasons for it
- PTW
This includes Patreon only content that strictly effects the scene and the main content. For example, when there is a 'Furry' tag on the game but if that 'Furry' content is only for Patreons, that is a issue since it is practically a partial scam.
Especially when the description of the Patreon-only content is not explained well with the reasonable price as well as not a COMPLETED GAME.
- User Friendly
Games that are hard to play are more stressful than any other subject. It does not matter if the graphics are good or the story is perfect. If it is hard to skip, hard to continue with the story, or has critical bugs in the game as it is released, this will affect a lot of players, especially when it isn't fixed for a long time (months usually) with slow updates.
- Graphics as well as Tags
This is the most important thing when people search for a new game to play. Or even find for game updates.
NTR, NTL, Pregnancy, Bestiality, Furry, Romance, Horror, 3D, 2D, AI etc.
And when you found the tag that says those kind of things people expect to be a high quality to fufill their desires.
For example, this is just one of the examples that are not definite.
Pregnancy: Shows the growth of the baby and the belly when the female is pregnant, as well as the internal shot if wanted. +Endless story mode that can make the female character get pregnant multiple times, which makes the game more realistic.
3D, 2D: Having clean and visible graphics that clearly show how each character feels when having sex or other actions. As well as having a gallery mode(Very important)
But if you can't find these attractive when the users play the game, why would people want to pay for the game? Especially, when they are locked with no proper preview(no blur, no hiding, no exclusive for PTW as explained on the top)
- MODs & DLCs
Even the game isn't that good itself, if there is a person that makes mods in the forum FOR FREE, the rating of the game get extremely high in some cases. Or the free DLC that comes with the COMPLETE GAME,also works like a dessert after the main dish. But in other words, these MODs and DLCs can also effect the game worse in some cases.
For example: DLC, Mods incomplete, having bugs, effects or blocks the main content in some way
-> I hope that you have realized why people take the price of the game + DLC and mods and any other stuff in the rating.
+Edit (editing with extra details since Jackie Dev's comment is deleted)
IDK why Jackie Dev's comment is deleted
But he said, "This is the forum for games, not to talk about the costs of the game or Patreon tier, so go talk about that in a separate forum."
So, I wrote this comment,
+ After I wrote this comment, he said that
"I feel like this f95 community is full of haters. + etc."