I think there's a huge difference between a post like this one and the dozens of aggressive and demanding posts I've seen in this thread.
You are giving your opinion in a reasonable way, many others here did not. In my opinion you can read your post as a dev and either say, "well, he sort of has a point." or "while I might not agree, I can understand his problems" and that is fine.
What is not fine is if a first time dev gets pages upon pages of people slaughtering him and his game and not because of failings like horrible renders or a horrible story, or undecipherable Engrish, no simply for telling a story in a way that people feel is not in accordance with how THEY interpret tags.
Again, it is in no way so that in a harem game, no one is allowed to have sex with a possible love interest except the MC, it is perfectly fine for the MC to get together with someone once her previous relationship stops, there are also many harem games, where the girls are also into each other, some of the really successful games have scenes like this, like Sisterly Lust for example or Philly's games.
You are either fine with that or not, but if you are not, that doesn't give you the right to shit on the dev and his game, like so many here do. Just fucking accept that there is something in the game you don't like and either stop playing it or not, despite it.
As for the insanely over-discussed shit with James and his step-mom.
I admit, I don't like it, but it is not my game, it is boomx's game, and he obviously wants to tell the story this way.
And we don't KNOW where this will go, we don't know whether the MC will actually help James fuck her or if he will sabotage it at one point or simply stop it before it happens.
Why are people giving this particular game and this dev so much grief over some conversations in the game, they don't enjoy?
Do you really not see, how incredibly entitled a lot of players are acting here? They want to actually tell the dev how to tell his story and as long as he doesn't obey them, they will continue to attack and attack and attack him.
Seriously, this is his first game, he is obviously not completely untalented, so this could become really good, but what do you think happens to him, when he gets battered like this for page after page after page of discussion here?
Sure, some might just leave the forums and do as they please, but it is just as likely that he will simply stop making a game, when faced with so much criticism.
Criticism I might again point out which is not based on quality, but on preferences of a relatively small group of players who through their actions and behaviour make it seem as if everyone playing the game is on their side.
So let me say it again, give the guy a break. Let him tell his story the way he likes it and if you really can't stomach it just stop playing. Do not keep on hammering your points into him until he breaks. (not directed at you personally, I use you unspecifically apart from my first section).
If he stops working on the game, he likely won't make another and his fierce critics here will be left with nothing but another abandoned game.
