Popular games that you didn't like

desmosome

Forum Fanatic
Sep 5, 2018
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Melody. I was into it at first. Cute girl and aunty was hot. Music as a theme is pretty interesting, although not utilized fully here. The dialogue just felt off the longer I played it. It just sounds unnatural and they constantly use weird phrases that are not common in everyday speech. The MC is such a . He deludes himself into thinking that he is a good guy, but tries to court, lead on, and cheat on multiple women. I know you don't necessary have to go for the side chicks, but turning them all down usually just cuts the scenes rather than replacing it with other events. The core gameplay of point hunting is generally pretty dumb, but it gets even worse when used poorly. There is almost never a real choice in this game. It's just a multiple choice question with one right answer. When it comes to vanilla romance games, characters are the most important thing. They need to come alive. In this case, none of the characters were particularly interesting. All the girls talk in the same manner which leads me to believe the dev cannot write convincing characters. Compare it to Dr. PinkCake. All the girls have their own speech pattern, personality, and idiosyncrasies. One thing this game does better than any other is the clothing though. Not many games gives a full wardrobe to the girls.

Although I havn't played it, based on my experience with Melody and things I've read, DmD is something I never want to try. I am imagining the same nice guy routine from the MC, except this time it's even worse because he is deluding himself that he is a caring father while simultaneously grooming a criminally naive D. Everything I've read regarding this game seems paint a picture of a pedo simulator.

I played Summertime Saga for like 30 minutes and dropped it. The plot premise and setting of the game didn't pull me in at all. The art style did nothing for me. There wasn't enough to keep me interested enough to play through annoying sandbox gameplay.

Mythic Manor, Milfy City, Harem Hotel... these are games that didn't grip me in the first 30~60 min of play. If you notice a pattern, all of these are sandbox and vanilla. I will never sit through sandbox gameplay for vanilla romance/seduction, especially since sandbox games pretty much cannot have good pacing and over arching plotlines to keep me hooked.
 

lukazil

Newbie
Oct 30, 2017
26
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I'll be the 1000th to not like BB, mostly because the MC is creepy as all hell. Plus the grind

The Tyrant kinda pisses me off with the whole premise of a (step) father deciding it would be a good choice to involve his family in a drug cartel, just because he's undercover. though it does win points for allowing you to decide if you want NTR or not.

Man of the House because there's much to much sickly grey MC in the renders, and The Grind.

The Twist bugs me because even though the MC is an adult, he's damn near a midget, or he's in amazonville. also THE GRIND.

And then Superpowered, because creepy sickly featured MC, the main way you make any of the girls want to have sex with you is if you mind control them into whores that fuck everything, and THEFUCKINGGRINDOMG.

I just don't like looking at a dude's ass when I'm playing porn, even if I'm supposed to be controlling that ass. I also don't like super repetitive grinding to make an otherwise flat game seem fuller.
 

NukaCola

Engaged Member
Jul 1, 2017
3,786
4,376
Summertime Saga
Treasure of Nadia
WVM
Long Live the Princess
What a Legend
Timestamps: Unconditional Love
The Awakening
Freeloading Family
The Visit
Betrayed
Daughter for Dessert
Hail Dicktator
 

Mareeta

Member
Sep 1, 2019
215
519
Summertime Saga
Treasure of Nadia
WVM
Long Live the Princess
What a Legend
Timestamps: Unconditional Love
The Awakening
Freeloading Family
The Visit
Betrayed
Daughter for Dessert
Hail Dicktator
Wtf I litteraly have almost the same top + some with boobs that are far too big for being real.
I like WVM at first though, but now It's cheesy af.
 
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Pretentious Goblin

Conversation Conqueror
Nov 3, 2017
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Of games that would actually appeal to me fetish-wise:

Corruption - I have no idea why this is/was popular. The writing sucks, the corruption is rushed and the models look dated. Play the first Lab Rats instead.

The Last Sovereign - this one is uniquely frustrating to me. MC acquires corruptive mind-control powers. I want him to use them to mind-fuck the shit out of every woman he comes across, Overwhored-style. So do certain companions of his. But he refuses, and instead builds a consensual harem. The whole conceit of the game is that he doesn't abuse his powers and is instead this wise grizzled DILF with a strong moral compass. Bleagh. Wasted potential from one of the best smut-game writers.

Something Unlimited - I don't dislike the game, but it keeps being underwhelming. Too much breadth, not enough content for each character.

Satisfy Him - genius concept. You play as a housewife that's being blackmailed by this ugly bastard. He sets rules that you have to follow on your daily routine, and you have to keep him happy. The rules get more sexual and demanding over time, and you have to be proactive in pleasing him too. So far so good. But every sliver or suspension of disbelief goes right out the window in one scene where literally MC sees the guy's cheesy smegma elephant cock and becomes uncontrollably horny. I don't think there's a worse cliche in porn-gaming, and for good reason. If you do this near the start of a corruption game, it's over for me.

Karryn's Prison - I followed this from the first public build. It kind-of lost its charm for me over time. The dialogue is cheesy to the point where I feel second-hand embarrassment for the VA sometimes. there are many game systems that are not properly explained, I never feel like I have fine control over the combat. MC becomes a sadistic cunt even if you go for a "pure" run except sadism/femdom isn't properly served in the game. You have to debuff the MC to unlock detailed information that should be accessible anyway. Worst of all, the Passives just keep coming, it's a never-ending deluge that for me hurts any sense of control. There's no way I can keep track of them all. Among other complaints. It's too bad, because few other games have the combat and sex this tightly integrated and such a DIY approach to corruption.
 
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Atemsiel

Developer of Stormside
Game Developer
Jan 4, 2022
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I find Hail Dicktator straight up tedious to play, and that's even without taking into account all the hotel management stuff that slows it down even further..
 

Loganfin

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Dec 2, 2020
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For me, if we're only talking about the "big" most popular games, its generally that I find the MC and other main characters unlikable. So its games like Being a DIK, Timestamps, Midnight Paradise, Pale Carnations, ect that I give up on.
 

Joraell

Betrayed
Donor
Game Developer
Jul 4, 2017
2,450
8,725
Summertime Saga
Treasure of Nadia
WVM
Long Live the Princess
What a Legend
Timestamps: Unconditional Love
The Awakening
Freeloading Family
The Visit
Betrayed
Daughter for Dessert
Hail Dicktator
Betrayed is popular game? :D No way, man.
 

JoleenStar

Active Member
Sep 29, 2017
778
1,275
Glad I am not the only one creeped out my Dad/Daughter incest stuff. Maybe because that shit happens IRL against the daughter's will and we almost never hear of Mom/Son in the news.