Ok, I will said that otherwise : what I said before was my own opinion of the game, with my own reasons, and thank you for your debate but I will close the " discussion " here. I am already on the next game. I just want to forget this one.
Nobody will force you to come back to read a reply, nor to further comment. That decision is all on you, and you alone.
But this is a discussion thread for the game/vn, not just for you, and thus, if you comment and it sparks further discussion, well, that's what a forum is for. You know, in a way, it is almost as though I see it as part of my job to answer discussion points about the game.
When I don't like a game, I waste my time to write some sentences with no clear explanations, and each time, people became hounds and try to bite me. Meeh...
Oddly enough, the way you speak to people will, always, have an effect on how they respond.
The game started really good, and now it's a complete mess.
Too much scenes are unnecessery (like Markus and MC's sister sex scene) Why show to the player who embody the MC the scenes with the girls who he can't have ? That's stupid.
You didn't say that you'd liked the early part of the game but hadn't liked it as the story unfolded, which is the objective 'truth'. No, you phrased it in a way that made it all the game's fault.
There are plenty of people who are liking the story more as it unfolds, with all its complexities and tangled threads. Many players are not only 'keeping up' with the story, but also speculatively thinking ahead. Being able to spot the clues and important elements in the complexities that we've seen is kind of the whole point of a thriller, just like working out "whodunnit" is part of any good detective story. It's not that it won't all be revealed in time, of course, but it's like an extra game in such stories to see if the writers can baffle you without 'cheating', or whether you can successfully piece together the clue to get ahead.
Yes, we know that's not how most 'porn games' are. We are not trying to write most porn games, as you can tell from the complete lack of landladies and roommates. This is a story first, an action thriller, with the porn very much a secondary thing. It is very much a niche thing, and we have no illusions that it will get the same kind of support as a far simpler, more accessible to all intellects, "Boy lives with Mom and 2 sisters", sort of game where thought would actually be a hindrance (because molesting someone in their sleep *is* rape, and peeping at people in showers is also a sex crime).
It's absolutely fine that this story is not for everyone. We do all we can to weed them out fast, such as letting them know right away this isn't a 'self-insert' MC, a dreamscene showing soldiers and violence right at the beginning, etc. But we do get a bit tired of the stupid.
Ever watched porn? What do you think that is except showing you girls you can't have. Well, this may be a big shock to you, but you can't have any of the girls in RTP, because, (newsflash), none of them are real! MrKnobb makes them in DAZ and we create personalities for them from our imaginations! So, knowing that how is showing you a partial scene with Markus and Jessie any more 'showing you something you can't have' than showing you Jensen with Vicky, or indeed, watching any porn scene at all you didn't film yourself? Your rationale is irrational.
