People really resonated with this game's specific implementation of combining the lewdness with the Fire Emblem style combat.
As for me, I would say that the combination of gameplay and porn is generally great. And I think that gameplay is what makes a game a game.
If we're talking about a porn game, it makes sense that the porn gameplay is the most important thing.
As for Netoria in particular, the main tag, NTR, and the gameplay both work in a way to "protect your girl"; protect from groping in this case.
I don't know much about NTR, but I think the protective gameplay really resonates with the tag. Branching and pacing (could be even better IMO) is what makes this whole attraction complete.
So the general conclusion here is that if you want to combine porn with gameplay, it's better if the main tags resonate with the gameplay, by identifying what's erotic about the tag itself and building the gameplay around it.
Probably not every tag can be combined with gameplay due to the nature of the tag.
And probably not every tag can be a solid base theme or foundation for the game.
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Quality is always a very subjective and ambiguous definition .Just like merit. It is very hard to say that a product (or a game) "deserves" something. I agree that it is always a matter of how it resonated with the target audience.
I couldn't agree more. But also some people just can't sense the quality, I guess, or don't know what to do to see more of it.