Well, yeah.
Take the show "The Boyz" for example. Homelander is doing every manner of god awful thing in this show. It's those awful things that give the experience some weight... so in a way, you're interested to see what shit he's gonna get up to. But you're also dying to see him get his in the end. Adding a whole bunch of erotica into it doesn't change the core dynamic here.
I can’t relate to the example.
But in general I think it does change a lot. A show is just meant to be entertaining, whatever you watch to see him fuck up more shit or you want him to get his justice or both its all fine. But porn has the ultimate objective to be a fap material (regardless whatever one uses it as such or not) and some emotions like compassion will easily kill the mood.
If you say that there is no difference for you in how arousing a scene is if you feel emotionally attached to the victim or not – that's fine but I think for most there is a huge difference.
When you said the same stories being told the same way with the same ending is getting a little stale….i agree with you 100%. It is the best summation of the NTR games being made today. I wouldn’t mind if even 40% of them just followed the common practice of “wife meets egotistical jerk with horse sized cock, then falls in love with the horse sized cock, then leaves or cheats on husband (who has a tiny cock and lasts shorter than a TV commercial) and goes with the horse sized cock”. But why do 90% have to be this way? Why can’t we just come up with a better idea? But maybe it’s me who’s tired of playing these games. If you enjoy them good for you, its just gotten old for me
That's the nature of netorare, there is little room for variation.
Let's look at what makes netorare :
- It is ideal for the FMC to be pure, so pure that the very idea of cheating is outside her thoughts. This basically eliminates all consensual possibilities as ntr starter.
- I observed that people do not want MC to be the guilty party – again another starter gone
So what you are left with ? Blackmail, rape/ coercion and magic. And that is your plot.
Another thing is we are kinda victims of the tropes. Size inferiority, slutty appearance, oblivious MC, netorare can do without those. But through playing many games with those tropes we have those expectations – expectation that bull will be superior in sex and what is better way to do so then to give him giant dick and infinite stamina?. The expectation that anyone can see the change in morals in the FMC by just looking at her. Scenes where MC could any second discover the cheating spouse are like bread and butter of netorare. People like those things and devs are sure to purse what most people find exciting.
Finally the question is if those that do not follow the beaten path found success? I can't think of any and risk without reward is just not worth it.