POLL: What age do you prefer your MC to be in a porn game? Really think about it.

[DuniX]

1 Year Old.
How else can you create Genetic Breeding Ubermensch Race of children/monsters.
Classic 1 Year Old games is Portals of Phereon, Tentacles Thrive.

 

[jaguarx]

no.

What is the point then? Genuinely curious. Are you not imagining yourself as MC?

 

[Count Morado]

What is the point then? Genuinely curious. Are you not imagining yourself as MC?

It's a form of entertainment. No, I don't imagine myself as the MC.

I don't read books and self-insert - I am not Harry Potter (well, I haven't read the series, but you understand). I don't watch mainstream movies and self-insert (I am not the Black Panther). I don't watch porn videos and self-insert (I am not John Holmes). I don't play mainstream video games and self-insert (I am not Link). Self-inserting into adult video games would make it an exception with regards to how I process entertainment and should raise intrapersonal questions as to why I would choose to do so in this one specific form. Even when the developer writes in the first- or second- person narrative, I am detached - like a puppetmaster or deity - observing the fictional lives of others.

 

[Hagatagar]

Even when the developer writes in the first- or second- person narrative, I am detached - like a puppetmaster or deity - observing the fictional lives of others.

Same here, in my case I roleplay as the character presented to me, behave the way I think he would behave.
Unfortunately, in most VNs the MC is such a blank slate without real personality (probably so that people can better self-insert or simply due to lack of the devs ability), that observing (like a movie) is the only way to play.

 

[anne O'nymous]

I figure most porn comes down to the ability for one to self insert. is that true for most people?

It depend on the story and if I follow parallel playthrough or not. Oh, and also MC's gender ; self insert mean something radically different when it's a female MC.

The fiction is just making it slightly more plausible than normal.

Are cougars now an endangered species ?

With older MCs the types of stories that make it worthwhile often have to be quite insane/fantastical compared to younger MCs to interest me/not make me think the MC is just a loser.

For me it's the opposite.
I'm not sure if it's because the authors are/were like this, or if it's because they believe that youngsters act that way, but below 25yo MC tend to be dumb as fuck. And passing half the game facepalming because the MC is could understand that a girl want to fuck even if she was screaming that it's what she want, or wouldn't be able to find a tree in the middle of a desert, isn't really a turn on.
More mature MC are generally way more interesting, because less dumb and more balanced. Perhaps because the authors themselves tend to me older.

Say MC is 18/19. [...] Basically, they acknowledge that he's handsome or smart, and he just needs to prove he is worth their time.

if the MC is say 38/39, the only reason he'd struggle with women the same way a younger guy would is if he's actually a loser. [...]

Wow... We really don't live in the same world.

I mean, there's truth behind this, but it only apply for an effective relationship ; therefore not for the scope usually covered by adult/porn games. When it come to sex it's the opposite, women are at their top in their forties, and those who search for a partner tend to prefer twentish guys because they can follow their sex drive. It's also easier to get rid of them after few weeks/months.

 

[Cwovictor]

I think young adult makes the most sense for the wackiness porn plots lead up to. The brash, youthful ambition of wanting to make a harem or take over the world or whatever. It'd justify the MC starting as a virgin and/or loser, since they just don't have much life experience yet, too. I'm sure that as I age, I'll be start preferring older characters. For now, I'm more a fan of young adults. They gel better with the genre, in my eyes.

 

[Icarus Media]

How many polls must a dev note down....before you can call him a dev....

 

[jaguarx]

It's a form of entertainment. No, I don't imagine myself as the MC.

I don't read books and self-insert - I am not Harry Potter (well, I haven't read the series, but you understand). I don't watch mainstream movies and self-insert (I am not the Black Panther). I don't watch porn videos and self-insert (I am not John Holmes). I don't play mainstream video games and self-insert (I am not Link). Self-inserting into adult video games would make it an exception with regards to how I process entertainment and should raise intrapersonal questions as to why I would choose to do so in this one specific form. Even when the developer writes in the first- or second- person narrative, I am detached - like a puppetmaster or deity - observing the fictional lives of others.

Interesting. I don't self-insert to other forms of fiction either, but mostly because I'm not jacking off to it. I like to imagine the action is happening to me; I am performing the action. What's kind of funny to me is that, As Hagatagar notes, some people roleplay as character presented. To me, this is still a form of self insertion, but almost more empathic as a lot of stuff can have MC very fleshed out. However, as he noted, this tends to be why famous video game MCs don't have much of a personality/tend to be blank slate. Allows more people to self-insert/roleplay.

With porn (particularly a porn video games with somewhat customizable MC) I think this is more important (to me at least) and self-insert seems almost intended by the creators of it (eg. renaming characters). Everyone has different tastes and perspectives though, interesting to just view it as entertainment plainly. I would find it challenging to just masturbate while separating myself from the media I'm looking at. Even without any stimulus, my mind usually creates scenarios where I'm involved.

It depend on the story and if I follow parallel playthrough or not. Oh, and also MC's gender ; self insert mean something radically different when it's a female MC.

In that case I self-insert as the male having sex with female MC. Lesbian tends not to do it for me/might as well just look at pics of solo women. Still, female MCs can be very interesting from a story building perspective/can offer a lot of variety that can make stuff plausible.

Same here, in my case I roleplay as the character presented to me, behave the way I think he would behave.
Unfortunately, in most VNs the MC is such a blank slate without real personality (probably so that people can better self-insert or simply due to lack of the devs ability), that observing (like a movie) is the only way to play.

A lot of rubbish writing gets passed along because the imagery is pretty. Such a shame! But understandable.

 

[4 Anon]

Where is the "he looks young but is actually canonically a 15092 year old eldritch god" option?

 

[Count Morado]

How many polls must a dev note down....before you can call him a dev....

Nice Bob Dylan reference. But this one has an answer:

ZERO.

Any more than that and OP reveals polling kink.

 

[Skalli]

For me it depends on the story and setting. It needs to match. I don't mind playing as a female character for the same reason. The game needs to be interesting and engaging, that can happen with any age for me.

 

[Banality]

Never send a Boy to do a MANs work.
I'm sick and tired of the pedo trash that's everywhere (aka Shota / Loli)
.... and even if the MC is has a decent age he is a short whimp who'd NEVER EVER get pussy in the real world is a HAREM MC?
I don't get the need to self insert into pathetic losers. A real power fantasy should reflect a powerful and handsome MC who DESERVES pussy.
But best games have a Dog MC so.....

 

[Glib_Gentleman]

It's a form of entertainment. No, I don't imagine myself as the MC.

Well said.

I'm like you. I don't "pretend" I'm the main character in a movie, book, or comic - or even most games. Why would I imagine myself as the MC in a porn game?

Same here, in my case I roleplay as the character presented to me, behave the way I think he would behave.

That's how I approach it. I love role-playing.

I don't think "How would 'I' approach this situation?"
I think "How would THIS PERSON approach this situation?"

It's a fun exercise, and if anything, lets me do and try stuff I never would in real life.

Even if a game allows a lot of customization, I do my best to make a unique character and roleplay that character appropriately. I don't recreate my real life self.

I'm not sure if it's because the authors are/were like this, or if it's because they believe that youngsters act that way, but below 25yo MC tend to be dumb as fuck. And passing half the game facepalming because the MC is could understand that a girl want to fuck even if she was screaming that it's what she want, or wouldn't be able to find a tree in the middle of a desert, isn't really a turn on.
More mature MC are generally way more interesting, because less dumb and more balanced. Perhaps because the authors themselves tend to me older.

Well, as I get older, I do look at 18-20 years, and yeah, even 20-somethings, as being pretty idiotic.

And I see that shit all the time - every week I see this 19 year old guy, who gets flirted with by this 18 year old girl, and both of them obviously like each other, but they are both too stupid / shy / dumb to make a move. Every week I think to myself, "This girl couldn't be any more obvious about this than if she was wearing a 'I desperately want YOU [insert stupid boy's name here]!" And the boy is like, "I wish I could ask her out, but I'm afraid she'll say no." And I'm like, "Do it. Ask her. She won't say no. She is flirting with you in every single interaction she has with you." And he's like, "No, I don't think so. I wish that was the case though. I don't think she's into me."

And I just throw my hands up, mutter something about stupid kids, and move on, only to watch it unfold the next week. Young people are just supremely frustrating to watch. You see them making all the same dumb mistakes you and your generation did, and try to give them advice on how to avoid this brick wall they are dashing towards, but they never learn until they smash their face into the easily avoidable problem.

As they say, "Youth is wasted on the young."

 

[aka_annika_bell]

I like them to be over 25 -- I find I just can't relate to an 18-yo MC anymore. Overall I don't care too much, but I like having some variety. I like games that explore older MCs.

 

[anne O'nymous]

Well, as I get older, I do look at 18-20 years, and yeah, even 20-somethings, as being pretty idiotic.

My children are now 27 and 22, and I don't remember them, or a friend, being as stupid as most MCs that age. They aren't the smartest in the room, but they aren't as idiotic than MCs are.

And I see that shit all the time - every week I see this 19 year old guy, who gets flirted with by this 18 year old girl, and both of them obviously like each other, but they are both too stupid / shy / dumb to make a move.

Okay, but when was the last time you've seen a shy 20yo MC in a game ? It's a cliché of course, but the MC will abruptly tell his mother to go on her knees and suck his dick, then few hours after wonder why the barmaid his massaging his crouch through his pant.
And it don't limits to this supposed shyness, tend to goes beyond understanding for almost every situation. Sometimes it's understandable, like the MC being clueless regarding his sister's pregnancy for two updates in Triple Ex, because he thought he was now sterile and it served the story. But most of the time there's just no excuse even for this range of age.

After, it's possible that it also come from me.
Not due to my grumpiness (for once), but because I've read/played/see to many stories and now have a best reading of the unsaid. But, as I said, generally older MCs are depicted with more smartness, at least including the possibility among what they think about the situation. Something that, thinking about it, can also come from the author itself. It's generally mature authors who'll go for a mature MC, finding them more appealing because nearer to their own age range.

 

[secrecy145]

I like 25, it gives the character more ability for background and story. 18 year olds are pretty inexperienced.

 

[InteriorCrocodile]

Why not all of them?
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[Gabaw]

18-40, something like that. It's the women/futas/traps that matter as far as sexual arousal goes, but certainly I'd be put off if the MC was too young or too old. I guess an age and body type that's more than a floating penis but doesn't distract or detract from the women and women-like creatures in the game.

Some would think that means "self-insert" material, and it might. Ironically enough though, porn games are among the few entertainment media where I don't roleplay as myself, so that doesn't apply to me personally. Any of y'all motherfuckers out there thinking I actually want to fuck my own mother because I play so many incest games, sorry to disappoint

 

[Logan1377]

I voted 30-39, but honestly anything over the early 20s is fine, so long as he's at least average height and build, fit, fairly attractive, and looks and acts like an adult. I have absolutely no desire to play a game where the MC looks like a child. Dorky uni student is fine, so long as he isn't afraid of women.

My basic checklist:

• Clearly an adult
• Fit, and taller than most of the female characters
• Not scared of women and/or his own shadow
• Horny as Hell, with a strong desire to fuck as many sex partners as possible
• Not as asshole, and generally treats people with respect

 

[EvolutionKills]

Meh, age is a number.

I think maturity is important, and I've seen more than enough games here with supposedly 'adult' protagonists that sound and act like they were written by dumb and horny 13 year old kids, to make it abundantly clear that age is just a number.

Now an irreverent and immature protagonist can be fun if well written, but then again just finding a well written character or narrative already puts an erotica game into such a rarefied company that I'll usually be happy enough to go along for the ride and see where the story takes me.

I will say however, that I've yet to find a mature or well written shota protagonist...