I have no such problems in real life. I was talking about harem incest games. They are all linear and you can't fail or pick wrong so it's not a challenge to get everything. And it's not even about competitors like Eric but incest suppose to feel like a crazy hard task while it usually doesn't feel like tabbo (characters don't act like it is) not to say it is hard. You can easily make a game with mechanic of BB that can be challenging without other males. Wrong choices that matter are a thing that make something challenging in mainstream gaming world. Excellent writing in case of incest would be something good as well but devs are rarely good when it comes to writing
Well we agree that at least THIS dev is not good at the writing....Sad since there are many stories on Literotica and Reddit that they could draw from to base a game off of.
As for what happens in a Harem game...Well that says more about that type of game and why an Incest game should be MORE interesting than just Hey My name is...Suck my cock!
The fact the relationship should NOT happen morally makes the incest genre an internal conflict of morals vs lust. Easy to overcome in yourself but the challenge is finding ways to get others in your family to overcome those conflicts.
Did DS make this a Harem game? Well I would argue this isn't a game at all it has become nothing more than a VN. Click away until something new happens.
The Point I and
@Corambis are making here is that in the Incest Genre the big challenge is overcoming the taboo and moral prohibitions...You don't need an Eric, you shouldn't need a Kira and Blackmail is a lazy method of convincing someone that is no more challenging than finding a key to open a door.
This game started off well until Eric became it's focus. The massaging and other classes were a great vehicle towards what we were talking about as a real incest challenge.
Giving a massage and turning someone on (who shouldn't get turned on) due to you doing some innocent act they were happy to let you do. The social skills to convince people to do what you want and even the Yoga classes that could have led to other things.
But DS couldn't fathom how to use those scenarios and wrap his writer's head around any family member ever having sex with Max without being forced.
So he invented Eric who is the one who TRULY made this game a harem game when it was originally a sandbox.
So if you don't like Harem games you have no one to blame but Eric himself.
Because he is the vehicle that changed it into one. Made all the girls his Harem and then the only challenge was how to get rid of him and take over!
BORING!
Just to add to address the last part of your post....
In an Incest play the consequences are ruining the relationship with your family because you were too creepy, perverted, obvious or evil (as is the case with blackmailing someone!)
The right choice made should be one that makes them think having sex with you may not be as bad as the social norm thinks.
The wrong choice gets you sent away from the family because you could endanger them with your pervy thoughts and possible resort to rape (where this game could go at any moment!)
So those are the Choices and consequences that belong in an Incest game...
Maybe if you don't play the seduction smart you still get sent to that military camp to learn discipline...
But make the right choices and you won't need to blackmail or spank someone into submission to fuck you...
Because they will think having sex with you is THEIR IDEA not the product of your sick lusty mind but of theirs!