I really should stop checking out these Japanese games in hopes of finding some diamond in the rough. Every good concept they come up with, they fuck up with rape, terrible writing, half-assed gameplay and all-around predictable mediocrity. Funny thing is, a couple of games (by western devs) I'm following take these concepts and actually do a much, much better job with them. But then I go to check out their source of inspiration and, yeah, it's trash. Kudos at least to the person who made the translation for this somewhat readable.
Yeah, Japanese devs have some amazing ideas and fetishes.
Well, rape is a fetish (although predominant in Japanese eroge this days), I don't have anything against it. Not a fan, but not a judge too.
As a translator I too spotted some those half-assed, repetitive and mediocre dialogues. Actually, in my projects I tend to delete the unnecessary, repetitive, stupid, long dialogues, I rephrase a lot.
A "fill-in" gameplay, just to sell the doujinshi or manga as a game. Most of them would be more enjoyable as manga or doujinshi.
In defense of Japanese devs, at least their ratio of game completion is higher compared to the West; Abandoned, on hold, never ending patron milking machines.
Also Japanese art style is pretty dope and unique, just as the western style
Also Asian culture is quite different from Western or Central parts of the world, so it may be a cultural thing. Someone's trash, may be another's gold
At least the culture exchange helped improve the industry, everyone wins
This are just my opinions and observations, I appreciate both.