“The story is the most important” ? In a porn game? LoL
Yes, for real. That is exactly what I ment. What is the most important for you in a porn VN?
As said above, if I just wanted the best visuals and the most beautiful girls, I would watch real porn in 4k.
But I want to experience one or two things that I cannot have in porn nor real life. One option is: I want to feel like someone else. I want to be someone that seduces, is seduces, is corrupted or corrupts, feels like a hero or a looser - as it is with most regular games.
The other option is: I want to experience the inner self and thoughts of the protagonists. A artificial girl that spreads her legs: boring! But being able to get a grasp of her mind and understand why she does it, how she feels, how she enjoys and suffers, that's hot. And it is not even hurting anyone, so you can leave out morality (I would not even want any porn star suffer the things I like in an adult VN).
And as well as your Lord of the Rings example: If this is written believable(!), than such a game is one of the hottest things in the world you cannot get anywhere else.
That said: Yes, of course, I have to relativise this: A good porn story with extremly ugly artificial models is even less sexy than an erotic novel without any visuals. And good visuals do add a lot to a good story, but the primacy for me is still the story.
And of course, the scale and focus on a good porn game and a good ("real life") novel is different. But hey, if there were some people being able to do something like Lord of the Rings in Porn, why not?! And the games I like even get this done to some extend. Our Red String would have a boring story if not for the very believable characters and their interactions. Depraved Awakening is like an old crime movie with mobsters and stuff. And the crown juwel of writing is Theater of Sinners - it could almost be a psycological study and the creator captures the inner monologue perfectly in the facial expressions of the protagonists.
I have not played Sin Heels yet (because I want to wait until there is more story (!) in order to savor it better, but the comments from Hera are very promising. They show that she tries to give a good experience storywise. At least, it has a unique point of view (female dominance executed by one self) and this is also a story aspect.
Tell me, am I expecting too much?
EDIT: I should add: Of course, you are free to enjoy what fits you most. The above is just my evaluation. And yes, in the heat of the moment, even I might fast forward through some dialogue
. But in a good game, it is the dialogue that finally gets me off most of the time and otherwise, I do read it afterwards
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