Hey everyone! If we’d known the game would blow up like this, we’d have made it better—and maybe a bit longer too... ;-)
For those of you who are new here, you’ve probably noticed while playing that the game isn’t at all what it’s been made out to be online (spoiler: it’s not a 'rape simulator'). There’s very little of that shocking brutality, and no "rapes" involving a sister (who doesn’t exist) or an aunt (who actually flirts with the main character). It’d be nice if people actually played the game before making public statements - but we don’t expect any fact-checking from lousy journalism or content creators.
As for the future of Zerat Games and No Mercy, we won’t be commenting on that for now. We do believe that adult games have gained more attention and new players. Valve (Big respect) and Itch.io are probably seeing a spike in traffic too—and that’s great, because games don’t hurt anyone.
Cheers,
Zerat Games
P.S. We don’t have Steam keys, so please don’t ask—we didn’t stockpile them before the game got pulled.
I saw the first posts about the blow-up here and delayed catching up when it started piling. Man that was a lot of posts to go thru!
I'm really glad you guys are still rocking on.
That vid posted by
Gen Urobuchi made some good subtle points, the title thesis is off since it caters to the false starting point of the mob, but I guess that's the point. Anyway, surely between that, the swarm intelligence and you guys contemplating in the thick of it you've come up with a whole bunch of good defence points, but since I haven't come across these two, in case you ever have to make another statement or interview or for anyone else here joining the fray...:
For one, there seems to be a basic muxing of the AVN and h-game world with video games, both as "video games" and the online spaces in which they exist.
(also btw the muggles don't see it's breaking the stereotype that guys don't like stories in porn, or that it has fetishes difficult to act and that it's a smal/independent, cheaper and less exploitative form of pornography.)
The more important point about this and all AVNs being mysoginistic, actually saying this is an actual social act and part of a movement of saying it's true women should be subjugated or whatever and encouraging a bigotry and violence against women (like in any type of propaganda not in a direct speech, which is ironically everywhere and rarely gets flak (
Hail Captain Superwolfamericaman!)). To this everyone's been saying rightly to chill it's a fetish. I just keep thinking someone should also show the hysterics the tons of different shit on the same shelf as
No Mercy, I mean gay and trans stuff and cuckoldry and femdom (seriously some stuff would count as downright prototypical feminist by media and films criticism standards).
(Also btw, for no mercy specifically, I always thought that, while mommy dearest's character doesn't break the role, there's just the right amount of parody feel to some of what MC spouts and how Zerat breaks the wall and talks directly to the player about the genre. Conscious or not, ya'll
knew what you were doing with that. There's no way someone reads this and leaves thinking all a real woman needs is a good dicking, though some Ann Rice, 50 shades of shit or real porn actually sometimes does give that impression (some male talents actually ended up believing it and scandals followed))
Gentleman: When you surprise her behind the door type "hello".
Biggest Fan: Have sex with Tommys mom at her home in every way possible (iirc).
LOL! I read this without the quote... like a play.. for a minute confused as fuck!
I really like the rape game genre and I find the gaming environment a safe place for people to release their desires and even their bad things without affecting anyone. Look at Japan, the only place in the world where games and stories with rape content are legalized. They are even among the countries with the least crime in the world. Meanwhile, places with over strict trash laws only increase crime because people have no place to relieve stress and no tools to safely relieve stress, such as virtual space. In addition, hypocrites destroy the perception and thinking of the whole society!
I think there's a fallacy somewhere in there mate.. correlation not causation or something.