That's exactly what I mean. You can't compare two games by quantity alone, or even by the quality of that quantity. There are a thousand factors that make a game good or bad, but at the end of the day, what matters is what it makes the player feel. And every player is different. And he feels different things watching the same content than another player seeing the same scene.
I like that you put those two games as an example. I didn't know either of them, but in and of themselves, they are incomparable because they use different engines. Melatonin is Koikatsu and Aurelia looks like Pixelart. I have absolutely no idea how to use those engines, so I don't know how much work they require. That leads me to the fact that they are incomparable with each other, with My Dorm, with a Honey Select game, or with a Hand-drawn one. And I'm only talking at a work load level. There are players to whom seeing a Koikatsu or Honey Select character gives them the same feeling as seeing a bus stop, none, and there are others who love that kind of art.
I don't think there are games that are "the best globally".
A Koikatsu fan might prefer a game made in Koikatsu over one made in Daz or Honey Select.
There will be players who prefer a story with adult elements and others who prefer a game that is more porn-oriented.
There will be players for whom it is important to have a complete story and prefer a finished game, while others will prefer a game that updates every 1-2 months, and others will prefer to wait 8 months or a year.
What about Sandbox or NTR? These are two genres that seem to have very vocal communities for and against. If the best story in the world of AVNs, with the best graphics, the best update times, and a huge amount of content per update, has the NTR tag, it can never be the best game ever for a part of the community. And if it doesn't, it won't be for another part either.
I don't try to outdo any other game. I don't want My Dorm to be better than Melatonin or Aurelia. I only want the current My Dorm update to be better than the last one. It's the only thing I have "some" control over. And not much. The last update had Daphne as the protagonist of the lewd scenes, and the next one won't have her. Daphne-only players won't consider v.0.16 better than v.0.15!
rest of the game so far really intersting
