Things you're tired of seeing in a game?

[GrabberWalkie]

Eh, since I'm here again, might as add this to the pile.
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I frigging hate these outfits, and it feels like every other Daz-based game (including some UE games at that, looking at you LifePlay!) are contractually obliged to use at least one of them. Seriously, they look like fuckbois.

 

[Deleted member 440241]

The inability to "win" the game. This is mostly a problem in TF games, but shows up in other genres and even outside of porn games. When devs set up a goal and character motivation the first thing most players will try to do is achieve that goal. Whether it's fighting off a transformation, learning to use the mystic power you've just been granted, or getting out of debt by scrapping spaceships. The first thing I want to accomplish is what my character is set up to accomplish. Giving me these goals and then making them impossible just results in a frustrating experience.

 

[GrabberWalkie]

The inability to "win" the game. This is mostly a problem in TF games, but shows up in other genres and even outside of porn games. When devs set up a goal and character motivation the first thing most players will try to do is achieve that goal. Whether it's fighting off a transformation, learning to use the mystic power you've just been granted, or getting out of debt by scrapping spaceships. The first thing I want to accomplish is what my character is set up to accomplish. Giving me these goals and then making them impossible just results in a frustrating experience.

But how is any of this impossible?

 

[Deleted member 440241]

But how is any of this impossible?

By either not giving you the option, or by making the option to try meaningless. If the game stalls, or simply doesn't recognize that you've made the choice, then you aren't actually doing anything by pursuing the established goals of the character.

 

[Trickstar]

Honestly there is nothing I hate more in a game then gameplay mechanics like fights and more just to pad the time, I got shit to do and don't have time to play a porn game all day. Most porn games can just be made with renpy and make shit easier for everyone. If the gameplay mechanics are not going to have actual effort put into them then don't put them in the game.

 

[Sordos]

Character customization options that don't actually show up anywhere but the mannequin. Why even add a choice to have ponytails or short hair etc when it doesn't show up in the art? Yeah choices yay... but i'd rather just go with the default when that's the only thing i see in arts anyway.

 

[JuniorAT]

Unlikable male MCs.

I don't think I've ever played a game from here that made me want to root for the male MC. One moment he's sweet and caring then the next he's a creep that acts stupid. Then the reader realizes he's only being nice to fuck the girl. It's one of the reasons why I never self-insert because I can't relate to the dumb decisions male MCs do.

The biggest turn off is when the MC is characterized as either a beta or alpha by internet/AVN standards, with the latter being the most annoying type of person ever that I wish I can reach my hand inside Ren'Py and drag the MC's face across broken glass. Maybe some like role playing as douchebags, I don't. But that's okay, in these fantasy stories the MC with the shitty personality always gets the women.

Sick and tired of being invested in games with garbage MCs. I now stopped reading the MC's dialogue because I know he'll say some dumb shit to justify being a creep.

 

[Illuminati00]

Unlikable male MCs.

I don't think I've ever played a game from here that made me want to root for the male MC. One moment he's sweet and caring then the next he's a creep that acts stupid. Then the reader realizes he's only being nice to fuck the girl. It's one of the reasons why I never self-insert because I can't relate to the dumb decisions male MCs do.

The biggest turn off is when the MC is characterized as either a beta or alpha by internet/AVN standards, with the latter being the most annoying type of person ever that I wish I can reach my hand inside Ren'Py and drag the MC's face across broken glass. Maybe some like role playing as douchebags, I don't. But that's okay, in these fantasy stories the MC with the shitty personality always gets the women.

Sick and tired of being invested in games with garbage MCs. I now stopped reading the MC's dialogue because I know he'll say some dumb shit to justify being a creep.

Absolutely agree, the mc seems to be the hardest person to write. I can not stand "beta" protagonists (though I hate even using those words), but the mc can absolutely be too douchy. The personality of the mc always seem to be over the top. Either he is a joke of a man, letting everyone bully him and does whatever he is told, or he is an extreme manipulator who does whatever he wants all the time. I prefer strong and stoic main characters, and I have yet found a game that messes this up (mainly because I can't find many games with this kind of mc at all), but I bet that someone have written an absolutely insufferable character with these traits too. I really only come here to self insert into some fantasy world or power fantasy, but it's so hard when every mc have the most insuffrable personality and makes the most idiotic of decisions.

 

[qwsaq]

Very minor annoyance but still bugs the hell out of me:
No default names for MC (any character, really, but the MC is the most common).
As a general rule, I give no shits what names are given to characters. I just stick to defaults when given the chance. But when there is no default, it takes me out of the game to have to come up with something and inevitably opens up the possibility that whatever name I choose is going to be used for another character.

Customizability is great and all. But please offer a default that I know won't cause immediate problems.

 

[FAEN1134]

Sandbox, its literally waste of time and I can't get into many of them because of it.

 

[bethrezen0]

sandbox, its literally waste of time
I'm here for good time not to grind rent money for mc

It is sad that devs of porn and by extension players of those games games think that sanbox = endless grind. Sandbox games are about giving the most player agency and creativity, they are called sandbox for a reason. You can do anything you want with what you are given in a game and devs should provide on that "anything" so player actually have things to do on their own.

Also maybe the one should not look for sandbox in a VN type of game(or try to make one), it's the absolute worst genre for a sandbox game IMO.

 

[Pervtron3000]

Female protagonists in RPGM games who just get raped constantly. Literally every interaction is some guy who doesn't care about consent, is creepy and rapey with no loving relationships. You often have to lose to get cutscenes which is the opposite of what my gamer brain wants to do. It would be nice to play a promiscuous women for a change who actually consents to at least a good margin of the sex.

Yeah and in addition to this, mc’s who have to be “corrupted” to want to be a free spirit sexually.
Like, it’s ok the creepy fat old guy wanting to get in my pants the beginning of the game.. I’m actually ok with that.. don’t need to demonically possess me…

 

[Rintal]

Tired of boring, indecisive MCs with horse dick. Tired of the devs who want to convince me that such a schmuck can not only have at least some chance with girls, but also get himself a whole harem. Tired of female characters, including mothers, sisters and grandmothers, who fall violently in love with such MCs, for no reason. Tired of these vanilla plots in which a pathetic parody of a man and his harem all the time tell each other how they are madly in love with each other. Tired of these sex scenes, the preludes to which are only a blowjob and nothing more. Tired of the stories that the MC has such a magical penis that just sitting on it, a woman experiences heavenly bliss.
In short, I'm tired of these primitive and boring romance with the primitive and boring sex scenes. Unfortunately, this is 99% of all adult games.

 

[ririmudev]

Oh yeah, a lot of games here are people's first projects writing whatever he finds hot. Though one can't really criticize porn being unrealistic.
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Yep; I get peace of mind looking at it this way: remember how kids would make their drawings, and mom would put it up on the refrigerator? Well, the internet makes those easy to share with everyone. Thus pacified, I can calmly engage in treasure hunting.

 

[EvilReFlex]

So many incest games with the same story.

The lack of pregnancy content, fucking around like a whore (female protagonist) and never get pregnant.

The most 3D games are just 3d animation viewer with no gameplay.

Trans labeled as Futanari. (no thats not the same)

 

[Rintal]

Balance is the difficult point. You want it to be exciting, different, unique, intriguind, arousing, but at the same time with a more grasp on reality. A balance hard to find.

More like a balance between your imagination and common sense. But yes, finding the golden mean is difficult. That is why Dostoevsky, Shakespeare or Mark Twain are famous names. Coming up with a good story is not easy. It's even harder to write it.

 

[hollowreaper]

Yep; I get peace of mind looking at it this way: remember how kids would make their drawings, and mom would put it up on the refrigerator? Well, the internet makes those easy to share with everyone. Thus pacified, I can calmly engage in treasure hunting.

Funny that's exactly how I see Reddit.

 

[monk_56]

This thread gives me life. So many people with so many relatable tiresome scenarios in the smut game ecosystem:

Omitting extremely obvious ones like bad writing, here are a few of my personal gripes.

1) Weak willed, weak bodied, loser protagonists who somehow the world revolves around.
There are a trillion games you can play as some wimpy, reedy, nerdy, shy, annoying horny teen- and that is like; their whole personality. Spare us from these simping, whiny, dumb-ass manletts for the love of Zeus. Let us play as some actual men for once.
2) Lack of intimacy. So many game devs create projects that seem to have zero fundamental understanding of what romantic relationship dynamics are actually like. There is a huge aggregate of beautiful little moments you spend with a partner IRL. Its not just: "Hello. I love you. Lets fuck. Okay, bye!"
3) Games where the body-types and racial backgrounds are too homogeneous.
Not every gal needs to look like a barbie-doll, with a shaved crotch, and C cup tits.
4) Surprise Kinks.
Developers who don't clearly indicate their intended kink niches to either lead patreons on as a cash grab or because they are too wishy-washy to make up their minds are assholes.
5) Poor route separation.
Someone who hates NTR doesn't want the diarrhea from the cuck-boy route splattering all over their wholesome romance. Someone going for the gay monogamy route doesn't want to constantly be hit on by women. If you're gonna have optional routes in your game- make them actual fucking routes, don't just slap pieces of all the vibes together and call it a day.
6) Games casting too large of a kink net.
Having like 50 kinks does not make a game better. Games with narrower focus are preferable because then you can actually target what you want from the game on a game by game basis instead of having to sift through a bunch of crud you are meh about / dislike to play the scraps of content you like.
7) Harem games overextending their LI pool.
Some harem game sexual route progressions are wide as an ocean and shallow as a dewdrop on blade of grass. Lots of gals is great! But one little story vignette and a single fuck scene is not compelling harem writing.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

It is sad that devs of porn and by extension players of those games games think that sanbox = endless grind. Sandbox games are about giving the most player agency and creativity, they are called sandbox for a reason. You can do anything you want with what you are given in a game and devs should provide on that "anything" so player actually have things to do on their own.

Also maybe the one should not look for sandbox in a VN type of game(or try to make one), it's the absolute worst genre for a sandbox game IMO.

This x1000

I hate how that term has become bastardized to mean a grind-game where you click buttons in various locations to complete tasks. Sandbox games mean just what you said- instead of being given a tight hallway of constraints and conditions, you're given a loose set of tools or functionality then the character is let free in the world.

To me, Minecraft is a sandbox game. Eve Online is a sandbox game.

Bad Bobby is not a sandbox game.

 

[danarchist_lewd]

Here's another one: level up stats. Most of the time, what this incentivizes to me, is grinding out to get max stats before engaging with any sexual content so I know that none of the routes are blocked off by a stat gate. It can definitely be done well, but for most games they don't add enough to justify their existence.