So chief complains I read about pandora are
Gif viewer
Grind
no interaction or dirty talk (Ok this one I actually can get behind for a complaint)
Skuztron has most likely the best review and critique as he makes solid points and I have to say he was pretty spot on with his review.
Gonna be honest I think people just put to high expectations on this game and I kinda put mid on it didn't get super hype for it I am a old man and honestly been let down by games 1 to many times to be on that all in train not only that but this site has taught me that there are plenty of people who will milk or out right take the money and run after delivering a awful product or just out right unfinished.
Here is the thing. For all the shine and pretty things around Subverse, it fails at the fundamentals of a porn game.
Any half-decent porn game offers a lead up to the their sex scenes and has some sort dirty talk in one way or another. Subverse has a lead up only to the first sex scene with each girl (some better than others) and the rest just happens whenever, thats not good porn game desing.
It commits a mistake that many other mid porn games fall prey of, becoming grindy. The gameplay of subverse is decent at best (i personally find the space combat fun) but not good enought to demand this level of repetition.
Pandora as a concept isnt a bad idea but the execution is poor. I could see a way to string together several sex poses and a climax, that could be fun. The problem with that is that halft of the scenes dont feel like they belong together, then there is the division between standard and premium scenes.
Honestly, premium scenes (where the player controls the speed of the sex) should've been the norm. When a game decides for a more animated aproach and forgoes some the dirty talk or dialogue, they often give the player control over the rythim of the sex scene. And even then their aproach could've worked if it wasnt for the lack of quantity and variety.
On average there are around 4 premium scenes per character with one character having as little as one premium scene. Then there is the problem of distribution, if you arent into monster fucking you are gonna be pissed if most of their premium scenes are in the xenos category and conversely you're gonna be dissapointed if a girl doesnt have a single xeno premium scene.
Then there is the problem of the type of premium scene. For example Demi has only foreplay premium scenes with the captain, if you want a scene of the captain cumming inside of Demis syntetic pussy, well you're out of luck. On the other side Fortune has no premium scene of foreplay with the captain and i have yet to see a premium scene with a boobjob.
Those are the problems with the type of scenes inside pandora, but there still a problem with the unlocking method because is fucking boring. Most games of this type unlock new scenes by interacting with the characters in some way, be it by talking, fucking, giving gifts or going into special missions. Subverse does none of this and just gives you points as the character levels up wich the most stale way you could pick to do it.
All of this is very basic shit that even a mediocre porn game developer understands, people didnt expected FOW to deliver a 15 minute short film for every character, they just expected them to understand the very basic mechanics of porn delivery and presentation in a porn game.
And it is really frustrating because there is a lot of potential in Subverse.
