quality control

[zbunk]

does this site have any quality control? the latest updates page is filled with low quality, unfinished releases that's only purpose is to rack up money. the formula is clear as day, make a game about a specific fetish that caters to a group of the most porn addicted people and just watch them throw money at you, the quality of the game doesn't matter as long as their dick twitches to it. this wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the AI slopfest that's taking over the entire fucking site, i am disappointed by the lack of action taken to remove these games and instead letting them be hosted on your site, these "games" have no effort put into them and are not only blatant scams, but only make actual passionate projects hard to find. here is a handful of games so that my point gets across better:

https://f95zone.to/threads/my-hotwife-v2-2-my-hotwife.183599/
https://f95zone.to/threads/demon-gods-v0-55-panonon.151073/
https://f95zone.to/threads/ipytown-v0-1-ice-cream-maker.223599/
https://f95zone.to/threads/the-tabletop-boys-v1-1-hael.223451/
https://f95zone.to/threads/novel-passion-ai-v0-5-46-team-passionai.212644/
https://f95zone.to/threads/damn-thats-felicia-v0-4-demo-trriggered-bakery.218467/
https://f95zone.to/threads/gaming-sessions-v0-5-shiro-game-studio.203193/
https://f95zone.to/threads/conqueror-sparta-1-2-final-captainbl00d.219201/

all of these were uploaded/updated in the past 48 hours, the site is filled with garbage like this.

 

[woody554]

i am disappointed by the lack of action taken to remove these games

rule #5 for uploading: "Except for banned content, games and links shared on the site will not be removed under any circumstances."

 

[b_w_r]

does this site have any quality control? the latest updates page is filled with low quality, unfinished releases that's only purpose is to rack up money. the formula is clear as day, make a game about a specific fetish that caters to a group of the most porn addicted people and just watch them throw money at you, the quality of the game doesn't matter as long as their dick twitches to it.

I don't understand what you want: this is a piracy site and you're hoping it'll enforce a level of quality control that the marketplace itself hasn't realised? What do you suggest F95 implement? For a comparable problem Valve has absurd revenue and never raised the quality floor of what's offered as videogames and software on Steam (eroge included), what realistic action is possible do you think?

 

[b_w_r]

I'm in complete agreement on your assessment of the impact of generative AI on quality btw. I just don't see what can be done.

 

[bethrezen0]

No it does not, consume the slop or get yourself ready to shovel throuh a lot of ware.

 

[Hagatagar]

And what about the people who like these kind of games, even if they know they are low quality? For them it's not a waste to have the games here. Others might even dislike the games you like or think they are of "low quality" or "low effort" and wish they'd be gone from F95zone.

How goes the saying: De gustibus non est disputandum - There is no accounting for taste.

By the way, devs won't make money on a pirate site if their games are total crap anyway.

 

[Count Morado]

I've numbered your complaints so as to address directly.

1. does this site have any quality control?
2. the latest updates page is filled with low quality, unfinished releases that's only purpose is to rack up money. the formula is clear as day, make a game about a specific fetish that caters to a group of the most porn addicted people and just watch them throw money at you, the quality of the game doesn't matter as long as their dick twitches to it.
3. this wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the AI slopfest that's taking over the entire fucking site, i am disappointed by the lack of action taken to remove these games and instead letting them be hosted on your site,
4. these "games" have no effort put into them and are not only blatant scams,
5. but only make actual passionate projects hard to find.

1. You've had an account here for three years and still don't know the purpose of this site? Yes, there is quality control - as in uploaders make sure that they properly grab games that people request to be on the site and run it through a series of checks in hoping to make sure there are no malware or viruses. Then they upload to multiple filehosts for people to download from. The discussion forums of 200,000 threads and over 13 million posts from a membership base that is over 7 million and rising daily are monitored by a volunteer staff can't check every post but rely on reports by members on here so that they can rectify any abuses in the forums.
2. This is a pirate site. no one pays anything unless they choose to remunerate the developer of a game they enjoy. Otherwise 7 million members download the 18,000 games plus comics/animations, etc for free. No charge. Non gratis. And again, many - if not most - of the content on here was requested by members. Some are shared by the developers - but they know that anyone getting it off f95 is doing so for free.
3. While I don't have a problem with AI as long as developers actually take time to revise/edit and clean up and make it their own - there are lovers of AI on this site. Calling it "AI slopfest" is your opinion - one of many that run the spectrum of beholders of AI.
   Also, no content is actually hosted on this site - this site provides links to filehosts where people can download.
4. Perhaps they are scams - but no one here is getting scammed because this is a pirate site
5. I can understand your frustration.

 

[Nadekai]

... So what ... ?
... This is a piracy site ...
... Secondly, some people enjoy this slop ...
... Be it for some niche fetish that the game conveys or just that some character has struck their eye ...
... Besides, who is to judge what is "quality content" and what is not ...

 

[Zardoz23]

enforce a level of quality control that the marketplace itself hasn't realised?

Hit the nail on the head here. If there is a problem, and personally I agree there is, it's with the marketplace itself.

Side note: OP I invite you to share your thoughts in this thread I created not long ago.

 

[Ryahn]

Maybe if we were paid to be full time here and devote more than an hour or two on the site, would could raise the quality of the uploads and standards. As that will never happen, you are stuck with what you get. We do not play every game to determine if its a shitfest, shovelware, a scam, etc. We do a quick run to make sure any cracks work or to grab previews.

 

[♍VoidTraveler]

does this site have any quality control?

No. This site will post absolutely any garbage you can imagine, and even garbage you can't imagine.
All because uploaders feel like it, or/and also because some moron requests it.
Also, i know you mf's love to whine about AI, but i can't believe you added Demon Gods, one of the best AI games on this site, to that list of yours. This shows that your taste is garbage so your opinion isn't worth shit.

 

[Insomnimaniac Games]

Why's that first one there? Agreed ntr is vomit inducing (to me), but it's a real outlier in your list.

 

[♍VoidTraveler]

Agreed ntr is vomit inducing

We are totally not kink-shaming right now, right? Right?

 

[Insomnimaniac Games]

We are totally not kink-shaming right now, right? Right?

My B. Edited.

 

[NeonSelf]

The only problem I had with flood of low-quality games is that its hard to navigate.
I dont mind, if there are 100 games 'v0.001' released every day, if I can filter through them.

Adjust your filters: exclude some tags or game engines, include the ones you like, sort by rating/likes/recent updates and you will find what you want. At least, it will be easier.

Before I've done that, my attempts to find good games were a boring and tedious process.

 

[♍VoidTraveler]

I dont mind, if there are 100 games 'v0.001' released every day, if I can filter through them.

You just have to manually check the entire /game section and dump everything you don't like in your ignore list.
From there, you check /game section every day and constantly dump new releases you don't like in your ignore list.
Thus, complete perfection is maintained within your now-prvatized /game section! You welcome.

 

[Zardoz23]

Before I've done that, my attempts to find good games were a boring and tedious process.

That gives me an interesting thought. Steam implemented a curator function a while back which helps people find games they like by allowing them to follow a reviewer that shares their taste in games. Something similar could be done on F95zone without much work. I don't know if the site allows users to see other users' reviews on their profiles but that could work.

 

[Insomnimaniac Games]

That gives me an interesting thought. Steam implemented a curator function a while back which helps people find games they like by allowing them to follow a reviewer that shares their taste in games. Something similar could be done on F95zone without much work. I don't know if the site allows users to see other users' reviews on their profiles but that could work.

Could be a badge, like the moderator and game dev ones.

 

[♍VoidTraveler]

I don't know if the site allows users to see other users' reviews

Not yet. We had somewhat similar discussion a while back i do believe.. in the site feature requests if i recall correctly.. the result was a 'maybe', again if i recall right.

 

[M Schum]

No. This site will post absolutely any garbage you can imagine, and even garbage you can't imagine.

So when does this forum gets renamed to Epic95?