These 2 things along with the lack of technical capability to do branching and conditions within their games means dev can ONLY write shallow as fuck games... Now there ARE devs who can write good shit, like GGGB... I tend to see a correlation between people who can actually code using renpy vs people who don't do anything with it.
I hope you're not using GGGB as an example supporting a correlation between good writing and good programming. Because I hate to say this, but it isn't. Eva's branching and story telling is great, but I'm constantly amazed to see that it works
at all after having seen
how it all works.
male leads games work just fine without making them retards raped by every female. It's more of a general preference in porn to have females being on the receiving end rather than the instigator of sexual actions.
That probably also has something to do with basic human biology. Men tend to be the sexual instigators while Women tend to be the sexual gatekeepers. With that having been said, a retarded gatekeeper may be the actual fantasy being played out in the minds of these writers, who clearly lack the requisite experience to write believable female characters.
That summed with the prevalence of corruption themes in porn games makes for a scenario where the base of female lead games (or females in general) is to have her corrupted and fucked. The dumb part however is just plain bad writing.
Personally I would much rather see a game where a female protagonist acts like an actual protagonist and is on top of her sexual life and fucks people and things because she wants without being a victim or cum dumpster.
I prefer to see games where both outcomes are possible. That's what I like about GGGB.
That is why I do not in general enjoy playing as a female MC. If the writing for these games were better, I would love to play them.
Heh, challenge accepted. Now if only I had the time.
I personally like watching someone strong break. But break within the laws of the universe. For example, if I was playing a game with Tracer from Overwatch as MC, what kind of things can the "bad guys" do to coerce her? We can take blackmail as a standard tool. What kind of things are strong enough to blackmail a decorated, special agent, lesbian cutie like Tracer? And, if that does occur, what kind of defense mechanisms would Tracer use to get out of danger?
Easy: Kidnap Emily. Use Lena's love for another person and fear of what another party might do to that person against her (Lena). You could potentially go after Winston, but Emily is clearly the easier and possibly more effective target. Lena already has survivor's guilt, which could easily be played off by the villain of your story.
For example, let's say someone has incriminating evidence of Tracer having a mishap. Maybe something that paints Overwatch in a bad light or something. Or maybe something that her girlfriend did. What would be fun is if you, Tracer, has to navigate the villain's blackmail with some detective mechanics and figure out who is the blackmailer.
Honestly, the only thing more annoying than a weak protagonist is a weak antagonist. Sure, you shouldn't start your game with a final boss fight, but seriously, there is nothing wrong with facing off against a strong and capable BAMF.
What's important with these kind of game is the dev needs to now THINK and PLAN. These questions I raised above are HARD to get right. You have to take account to all the things in the OW universe, the personality of her, and then finally map out with branching paths the actual game-play. Then you see if you can work in some h-stuff.
I'm okay with others setting the bar as low as they have. It gives me room to work
And guess what, most of the players that are on Patreon don't give a fuck. They just wanna see boobs and asses. They comment on here "not enough content" as in there is no sex.
Real artists are in it for themselves. If others like their work, that should always be secondary.
A perfect game will please us both as you can still go doen the corruption/submission/rape path but the other choices can have different sexual content. (Like GGGB)
I'm really liking how GGGB appears to be concluding.
Lara Croft as a strong, professional, simply does not have the ability to hunt boys and "eat them up" like a male MC can. It's simply NOT within the universe. Lara, if anything, is a one boy guy. She doesn't cheat because she's LARA FUCKING CROFT with a boner for justice and all things fair.
Even if Lara did have the ability to "hunt boys", I doubt she'd be inclined to do so sexually. Given her nature with archaeological artifacts, I would expect her to strive for extreme quality over quantity, and the male qualities I expect her to be most interested in would be the nature of his character. This is very difficult to immediately assess, unlike physical beauty which can be considered with a single glance. The only real tool Lara would have at her disposal would be to direct the interaction in ways that allow her to test his responses, which quite relies on him actually performing an action commonly perceived as "making a move" at some point.
To reference GGGB again, consider the seduction of Dave. Ashley could set that up and make openings for Dave, but ultimately he has to pull the trigger.
Also, Lara has nothing against moving on to the next adventure. What's to say that she doesn't cycle monogamous relationships as well? Maybe the guys she ends up with happen to fart in bed or something, and that's just no bueno for her. Maybe she farts in bed and it's no bueno for the dude? Sure she's looking for the one, but in the mean time, what'd be the harm in experiencing a threeesome once or thrice? Maybe an orgy in the heat of the moment. (Disclaimer: I haven't played the most recent game, and I'm sure that's showing right now)
Nobody wants to play a game where you basically help Lara find happiness and she CAN'T be fucked with. I think most people play CORRUPTION games because they wanna see corruption. See something beautiful go against her nature and contort into something else. Something more human. Something more relatable, like me and you.
I like my corruption games like I like my Greek tragedies: Long, suspenseful, and full of incest.
Good thing people are not forced to write Lara Croft in every game, otherwise we would not have any porn female or male.
Now, I don't want to tell people what to play and if you like corruption, that's fine, what I don't want is for every single female lead game be based on it. There are good stories with plenty of sex and interesting female leads waiting to be told where she is more than cum bucket, doesn't get blackmailed, and is not raped by every monster she encounters.
Sure, but where's the fun in that? Seriously though, in any game that presents as having multiple options moving forward, all of the above should be options. And honestly, the paths that involve not being a cum bucket, not being blackmailed, and not getting raped every five minutes are more interesting with the threat of cum bucketry, blackmailery, and monster rape.
