I’ve been a lurker on this site for several years now. I never felt the need to review any games before, I looked at it in the same vein as the comments section of porn sites. Despite the occasional humorous example to the contrary, few people wish to have a discussion about their fapping habits and fetishes with strangers, unless discussing fapping with strangers is their fetish. Perhaps this is just me, but talking about someone else jerks it doesn’t hold much appeal unless I’m hoping to get in on the action at some point.
Reviewing porn games seemed pretty similar. A rating is fine for quality control, but nobody really wants to hear how much XxPM_TITSxX liked the second blowjob scene. What people do want to hear about, however, is someone’s interpretation of art, requests for nudes notwithstanding. That is what this game is: art.
Two paragraphs in and I’m acting like I’m writing for the NYT Bestseller list rather than a porn game piracy site. First: fair point, and second: shut up. High journalism this is not, but when someone puts this much effort and love into making a product it only seems right to try to match that commitment. Hopefully the length of this will draw some eyes and introduce even more people to this work.
I have always been a proponent of the concept of games-as-art, but had only applied that to, well, more “socially acceptable” games: Portal, Skyrim, Mass Effect, etc. Even with the trove of work on this site I had only seen certain elements of games as artistic. But this game is art, in its entirety, not just the renders or the witty dialogue. It is the truest essence of art: a construct to convey an emotional experience, created and released to enrich the lives of those who experience it (and ideally the creator, insert Patreon plug here).
Look, what this longwinded and frankly masturbatory review is trying to say is this: play this game. It has its flaws, certainly, but what artwork is perfect? It is the details, the minor imperfections, that make the whole worth the investment. The story can be more than a little contrived at times, the dialogue can be stilted, the renders aren’t always perfect. I have no doubt that on a technical basis this game would not score anywhere near perfect. In terms of art though, this game shows as greater than the sum of its parts. The characters feel real, the occasional flaws in dialogue or renders only reinforcing that fact, making them feel like people rather than models. The story may play out more like a fantasy than any conceivable real situation, but it does it so earnestly and so genuinely that you will forget to roll your eyes at the craziness. Sometimes we all need a fantasy, and if we can forget that it is a fantasy in the process, all the better.
Look, it’s not perfect, but I can guarantee that if you want a story with your porn you’ve come to the right place. The scenes are hot, sure, but it is the other moments, the conversations and character building, that make them so impactful. Come for the hot characters, stay for the emotional attachment… and the hot characters.
