Maybe that's the problem? You people take shitty games like norm, than one day all games become shitty, because all around people are coprophages.
I stated many times that if they already have a typical VN-style storytelling, and nothing of "porn ME" they bragged about, they can fucking look at VN games and understand that porn in games need plot. This game has no porn in it. So what is left? Boring side quests, repetitive jokes and thats all.
Okay.
nothing of "porn ME" they bragged about: They never called it that, that is from plenty of articles who called it that. The Mass Effect of smut, the XCOM of smut, and that built false expectations. If you watched any interviews the devs did during the campaign, you'd have seen and heard what you were getting.
porn in games need plot: yes, sure, but not all of it. Take Treasure of Nadia for instance, there are sex scenes involved in the story, but there's also a booty call feature that just brings the girl of your choice to your room, and can then view a few scenes you unlocked throughout the game. That is essentially what Pandora is already.
The story of Subverse is rebelling against a puritanical empire using sexy women, and that isn't a plot?
Boring side quests, repetitive jokes and thats all: That is subjective, and your opinion. I don't know every character or meme they referenced or make fun of in the side quests or mention in the planet descriptions, but the ones I do, I enjoyed.