I agree, for some reason i just cant get into those, but i'm not sure it's because its texting-only i think its just that those games typically aren't trying very hard to build a hot context. Usually they're just a bunch of generic conversation where the non protagonists personality appears more and more corrupted. I bet, given alot of these games use AI to generate the art, they literally also just tell an AI to come up with a conversation of a person who is "x%" more "corrupt / slutty" than the previous conversation. Without really any regard for what the conversation is or what it means for the larger story.Anyone completely missed the train for NTR message app games? I tried a few and I am just unable to get into it. Most of them are AI art. They cannot really establish a relationship with the girl too well, as we never see them in person to have an actual conversation etc. They feel like a complete stranger.
We get so many scenes that are "okay lets meet up", and then only the "Oh that was a great meet up!". Frankly there should be some actual in person meets with the main girl, at least in the beginning so we can establish some rapport.
Personally I absolutely love the ussage of message apps in NTR games. They are usually really hot, sending snippets of pics etc. But it really needs all that sauce around to actually feel meaningful and rewarding.
But I guess I am a minority as those games seems to be really popping off.
EDIT: thinking about a setting that could work for me would be to have a normal VN at the start. So we actually see the girl in person, build up relationship and then they got to move abroad and get into long distance relationship. That seems like a great setup for sms ntr.
The best texting-only game (or, technically it has some meeting up scenarios, but its primarily text based) i've ever played is A Wife's Phone. I can highly recommended if you haven't tried it.