as much as I love all those genres, I think they're easily out of place and annoying distractions in a porn game. it's great to have them in some minor roles, but the second they become the main element you've got the interest in porn undermining that main element and vice versa.
it's the same problem as porn vs plot, the second you have the idea of incoming pussy in your brain it's impossible to stay interested in a mafia plot. you start groaning and sighing and fastforwarding to the next sex bit.
it's better to keep the porn-related content as the main dish and everything else as side dishes.
Well, I play the different games for different reasons. First of all, I can't even fap to vanilla stuff. It needs to have fucked up shit like corruption, male dom, or non-con themes in general where females are dominated in whatever fashion. I'm not gonna go into games expecting everything to be fappable. If my interest is just porn, I won't find that many games here since vanilla and romance stuff doesn't even register as "porn" to me. I can still enjoy reading a cool story about mafia shit, or some heartfelt romance like it's a chick flick.
If the writing is good, it's worth reading.
Elvensang has 0 sex scenes so far, but it's the best fucking writing I've ever seen on this site. It's like reading an actual fantasy novel because the dev is a real wordsmith. Based on the dev's comments, it seems like it will even have corruption elements that I love in the future. The ridiculously well written story will only enhance the payoff once things start going in the direction I find fappable. But this kind of writing is so rare that I would read this regardless of fap content.
Porn vs plot seems like a weird distinction. The stronger the plot and characters, the better the porn gets. I have never skipped through unread text in a game I'm playing. If I am bored enough to skip something, the writing is trash and I will delete it. Besides, what's the point of sex scenes without the context?
Gameplay eroges with fun mechanics and great balancing are played like an actual game. The novelty of having porn in it is just a bonus.
I have 3 broad categories. Gameplay (Real gameplay that is fun to play). Story (plot + characters + writing). Fappability (tags that work for me + good scene writing and set up). I can enjoy games that excel in any of these areas.
All of Black/Anime Lilith's stuff have the highest fappability. 1 out of 3. Chasing Sunsets/BaDIK/CoBD and various of other "top" VNs has a nice story. 1 out of 3. I'm sure Eiyu*Senki will have great gameplay and retarded story + low fappability when I get around to playing this. 1 out of 3, probably.
Love of Magic has great gameplay and great story. 2 out of 3. Pronant Symphony has great gameplay and great story. 2 out of 3. Euphoria has great fappability and great story. 2 out of 3. Leviathan has pretty good gameplay and some fappability. 2 out of 3. All these combinations were enjoyable experiences. I never had to divert brain power into my dick just to fap or something. Porn being at odds with the gameplay/plot is just not something I ever experienced.
Then there is Venus Blood Frontier that has great gameplay, pretty good story, and great fappability with the corruption arcs. Damn I loved that game.
God damnit, why did I write all this shit. It's too long and nobody cares probably lol. Sorry guys.