Have to agree that for me "the smut" is a bonus, a very nice bonus esp. if it is done well, but the games on F95 I like the most have something going on beside the sex.Honestly since I got into AVN's I find it hard to play regular games anymore. What keeps me coming back and looking to play more and updates on my favorite games isnt the smut far from it. It's honestly the characters and if it has a good story all the better , the porn part doesnt matter to me. I don't know what it is with these type of games but I find it real easy to get attached to some of these characters to the point I find just getting to know them and the character building alot more enjoyable than regular video games. so even some of the bad ones I manage to find some enjoyable as long as it isn't mostly a porn AVN. Only recently I been trying to get back to weaving some regular video games back into my free time as I felt like I been neglecting them to much.
With all that being said this game is top tier when it comes to character building which is my favorite aspect of these games. Even if I dont consider this game top 10 material for me personally but when it comes to the character building it probably be top 5 .
For instance, I consider the hyped "BaDIK" a complete snoozefest, I was just bored when I played it and stopped early. "Pale Carnations" on the other hand I play for the story and less for the sex. While PC has several awesome sex scenes, e.g. the Hana and Felicia dates, most players play it for the various storylines and the really wellmade characters.
"NIF" also belongs in the category of games with really wellmade characters and what your choices do in the game. I really like Lea, Jen and Olivia (Kim too but not as girlfriend material) and how we can develop the game paths during play.