What most others do doesn't matter to what this game does though?
At least, those aren't the games I play and enjoy and I enjoy quite a few games. I enjoy at least 50 adult games a bit more than Subverse on a fundamental game design level.
Regarding doing better.
I can't say anything to that honestly, but that line of thinking means these guys can't benefit from any criticism.
Bro even
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does the adult content better even though it's not explicit, by having fully directed scenes, and like an emotional connection between the characters through dialogue. Something like that, with characters who aren't hideous to look at and more explicit would generally improve the eroticism of the scenes themselves, so you don't just look at a gif and click off immediately.