Recommending Shutdown of [ILLUSION], pioneer of indie porn/hentai character creators

[Anon Agent]

It was just another day of reading manga when I stumbled upon a post by Kyuukei, and my heart sank.



For those who know, and those who don't know yet, and those who never heard of Honey Select, Honey Select 2, Koikatsu, Koikatsu Party, Artificial Academy 2, Artificial Girl 3, VR Kanojo, AI Shoujo, Sexy Beach... this is shocking news, especially crushing for the community and fans of HS1 and HS2 that have always been locked in conflict over which version is better, I know a few mates who are mourning the soon-to-be passing of Koikatsu.
Not that it matters anymore, as the depression sinks in that all those custom made characters will be gone once ILLUSION's

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For us, be we users or developers, all who have played any of ILLUSION's games, be it their earliest 1st gen eroge games, their most infamous, notorieties and controversial title games (Battle Raper, Rapelay), to those with global users and developers fanbase, and for those who have been waiting years for the release of Artificial Girl 4.... this is devastating.... it is the end of an era. The social AI of Artifical Academy 2 that creates different possibilities based on the personalities and stats you give the characters... the surprising AI actions of 'jealousy cat fights' caused in Artificial Girl 3... This is what the end of ILLUSION looks like, not going out with a bang but with countless whimpers and sad boners across the globe.

Let us all take a moment to thank ILLUSION for the great memories and software they created, as well as how they were the ones who revolutionized hentai character customization and pioneered the way for countless indie hentai animation communities, and countless more models in so many indie porn games (like Oppai Odyssey). Thank you for the 22 years of eroges, despite all the flaws, software frustration, expensive prices, and dick moves to not sell their games outside of Japan years ago (which caused so much piracy of their games, arguably the main reason why their sales pummeled), it was a good run.

On the other hand, they kind of had it coming with all the ridicules pricings, shit business model and stubborn mindset to not change and adapt their ways in the Adult Game Industry. It's not a wonder that they competitors who adapted to the market managed to survive as they weren't recycling the same shit again and just rebranding it as a new one. In my opinion, the biggest reason why ILLUSION managed to stay afloat all these years was due to the world-wide modding community that constantly made and shared cards of popular and trending characters to... play with.

To fellow fans and OG F95 forum members, in honor of the memory of ILLUSION;​

• List down your personal "Top 10 Best ILLUSION Games", it can range from the really old school "Biko (1999)" stalking simulator game to most recent "Room Girl (2022)"
• State why you think it ranks among your list of top 10 best games by ILLUSION, (Example: I personally like how the girls in AG3 will reverse-rape you if them are horny)

I wanna compile a list of the 20 most played ILLUSION games by our F95 forum members, aside from the Honey Select and Koikatsu of course, most communities know those already.​

 

[Stardust07]

Illusion was my gateway to the next generation of porn games. Until I came across Artificial Girl 3, all I new was basically flash games like the meet n fuck series, Mario is missing, and countless others. For many years the newest Illusion release was always something to look forward to.

However, their games were never a highlight for me in terms of gameplay. I primarily enjoyed the games because of the great visuals and groundbreaking levels of customization.
Since the lack of actual gameplay persistet throughout the years, their releases became less and less exciting. A very notable one, though, was of course Ai Girl, a game that raised high hopes, that should be crushed again with the direct move to old game concept in the following game(s). They also failed to get into the international market, something I still don't understand.

It's sad to see them gone. But over the years I became less and less invested for the reasons stated above. We can hope at least some of their great devs will have their influnce on the industry in one way or another.

Keep in mind I played most of these games at release, which for some of these games was over 10 years ago. I am making my points from memory and haven't touched many of these games for a long time.

1. Artificial Girl 3 - Will always have a special place in my heart because it opened a new world to me. Still has great animations, even though graphics are kinda outdated, H mechanics are still sometimes a riddle and there is very little Gameplay. Also really liked the reverse-rape like OP mentioned
2. Honey Select 2 - I am a very visual guy, and even though there is basically no gameplay, the great amout of customization and wide variety of animations make this goto in terms of visuals. Count HS1 in here as well since they are basically the same
3. Sexy Beach Premium Resort - An open world that offered a lot. Had actual quests while still providing great customization. One of the games that for me felt well rounded.
4. Ai Girl/Ai Shoujo - The game that made another big step. Actual RPG elements, base building, open world. For some reason this did not catch me too hard, but it is probably one if not the best game the ever did from an objective perspective.
5. Harem Mate - Had interesting sex mechanics and juicy harem action. Very nice.
6. Sexy Beach 3 - Been a long time since I played this, but I enjoyed it a lot. Decent gameplay and nice scenes.
7. Artificial Academy 2 - Allowed some roleplay die to the setting. Though terrible translations ruined most of it. Still hat great visual and custimization and was a nice upgrade from AA 1
8. Real Kanojo - Another interesting concepts with POV options and actually controllable limps. Too bad these ideas also got discarded.
9. Wakeari - A game that did many things different with nice minigames and a special theme. Although H was a bit limited and it did not have the usual customization (I may be wrong here)
10. Secrosphere - First game with T girls, which I generally like. Nice scenes, although I did not like the more anime-like visuals

They had many more decent games, but that should be it.