@morphnet is useless to exchange opinions with someone so arrogant that claims to have the truth and doesn't accept other opinions and tastes. The number of players that MotH has gives you the reason. Maybe we are facing someone who is jealous or envious, nothing more. A clue can be
"I offered my take on his game which he decided to make for money". Seems his "brilliants ideas" were not taken into account.
You call me arrogant. I talked in psychological terms, made improvements to the game that addressed the issue of grind while still offering a progressive story, and mentioned the money because Morphnet made it sound like he only made the game out of the goodness of his heart. If you'd bothered at all to make an intelligent comment you'd have noticed I've only been around a month as of today.
My problems with games like MotH and their poor mechanics base story and overall crap nature is what has inspired me to become a developer. I'm critical of the game, but I'm not just complaining, I'm taking action in the hopes of fixing the industry that is flooded with these basic sims. You don't have to like me, but you're not earning anyone's respect by kissing Faerin's feet. I'm sure Faerin is a good guy. I'm sure he didn't set out to make crap, but you're not doing him a service by defending him. Criticism makes us better. Blind deference makes us weaker.
Dude its a porn game. They are not known for realism or great story telling. Ill give you my take on MoTH. MoTH and other games that I support or follow are like b flicks. Movies like sharknado where the plot is ridiculous and the scenes so bad its funny. But you find yourself enjoying it. MoTH isnt a bad game. Its an enjoyable game and the community around it is possibly the best on this site. Faerin is a great dev as far as devs go and he is more than willing to listen to comments and give feedback. If you have issues with him you can easily talk to him about it.
The community around the game has nothing to do with the content. I'll repeat what that content is because you've forgotten. Its:
the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ooh is that a nipple? and over and over and over and over and over and over and ok I've seen this nipple 20 times now and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ooh a blowjob and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and damn how did he make a blowjob boring and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and finally I got her to have sex with me.. .wait that's it, I don't get to do anything new with her now? huh I guess I'll see about the other girls.
the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ooh is that a nipple? and over and over and over and over and over and over and ok I've seen this nipple 20 times now and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ooh a blowjob and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and damn how did he make a blowjob boring and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and finally I got her to have sex with me.. .wait that's it, I don't get to do anything new with her now? huh I guess I'll see about the other girls.
the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ooh is that a nipple? and over and over and over and over and over and over and ok I've seen this nipple 20 times now and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ooh a blowjob and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and damn how did he make a blowjob boring and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and finally I got her to have sex with me.. .wait that's it, I don't get to do anything new with her now? huh I guess I'll see about the other girls.
There you go, the entire script of Man of the House, and Big Brother for that matter, though I actually give BB the edge on story, because with Eric, your mothers psychological problems, and your aunts schemes there is actually something to do other than convince reluctant women to fuck your boyish body.
That's not enjoyable, its not fun, there's nothing good or great about that. It has a few ok sex scenes but getting to them is like going to work, unless you cheat. But that's just it, you have to cheat to enjoy the game. Its broken and so broken that they admitted it and put in a cheat. You guys are convincing yourselves you liked it because you've put so much time, and possibly money into it that your brain decides it was worth it. Again Sunk Cost Fallacy. Look it up, its a real thing.
The flaws in MotH aren't some subjective thing like, "Oh I don't like NTR." the common complaint with BB. No, the complaints are the grind and the 1 dimensional characters. These aren't things that you should sit back and accept as the standard. We can do better, we do, do better. Look at a game like Depraved Awakenings, each character has a backstory, motivations, desires. Your reasons for interacting with them range. Your choices for how to interact with them have real stakes and consequences. Look at Wicked Choices, that game is a master class in how to write a sex scene. Look at Dreaming of Dana, its a life sim just like MotH, only the characters are actually involved in their relationships to you, there are stakes, you have to make choices.
You can't sit back and tell me that "its a porn game it isn't supposed to be believable." that's like saying that a movie with a fantasy premise doesn't have to ground itself in reality. Movies books and the like all have things that make them work and or things that they rely on but shouldn't (usually) maguffins and deus ex machina for instance. The same can be said for porn games. What MotH does is simulate gameplay and story investment through a repetitive task that ends in a reward. The grind is weak story telling in action. It is a lack of ability to create a reason for these characters to want to fuck naturally so we are going to wear them down with menial tasks. It has to be called out for what it is, TOXIC.
I'm not saying these things to hurt your feelings, hell I don't even want Faerin to be hurt by what I've said. I'm saying it to broaden your mind and show you that there's a right and a wrong way to do things. I guarantee you can come up with a function in a game that you hate. Here, I will help, I'm a huge bethesda nerd. I love me an open sandbox. Skyrim is a fun game, but it sucks in so many ways, Its dumbed down RPG elements ruin some of the magic of earlier games, and the way it literally nerfs magic itself in the game makes it absolutely necessary to learn some combat skills other than magic in the early game without mods. Fallout 4 is even worse, its a series of radiating quests that have no substance. The world design is incredible, but without a quality story to keep you exploring it, like was present in both flalout 3 and even better in Obsidian's New Vegas, you are left getting angry at preston for asking you to work for another settlement or putting up another beacon for tinker tom at the same place you just put a beacon for tinker tom.
Its ok to call out broken mechanics, especially in things you enjoy, because doing so can only make them better. And that is the goal. Make the adult gaming community better. The better we are, the more powerful we become, the less we need platforms like Patreon and the more we can move into a higher quality domain maybe even create a professional class industry like they have in japan. That'll never happen so long as people suck faerin's dick for scraps.