Recommending Story-first games

[jufot]

Funny, I was about to talk about that one, but went to sleep and you beat me to it. [snip]

Agreed on Tommy's path. It's too convoluted and relies on Frank a bit too much, but I don't know how the dev could change that without entirely side lining Frank, which would be bad for the story.

Second is that I feel like there's a big quality difference in progression between lesbian option and 2 straight options. I suppose that's fine since that's what most people on this site will go for, oh well.

As in, the lesbian option is worse? It's the opposite for me. I adore Juliette's path. I don't care much for Tommy, and I'm only interested in Frank to the extent that his mob dealings are about to cause some massive drama.

My favourite one so far is the mother, honestly, (I can see the reason some people are requesting incest in the thread, lmao)

I have a love/hate relationship with her. She's minimally abusive, and too old-fashioned for her own good, but her heart is in the right place. That is exactly the stereotypical eastern European mother

the storyline I'm the most invested in is figuring out what's going on at the butcher shop.

If you investigate the files left for Frank, you'll see that the butcher shop is just a money laundering front which I assume is what causes trouble with "the families" mentioned by the boss at the night club.

 

[Vasin]

As in, the lesbian option is worse? It's the opposite for me. I adore Juliette's path. I don't care much for Tommy, and I'm only interested in Frank to the extent that his mob dealings are about to cause some massive drama.

No, I agree with you, Juliette's path has a way more natural progression to it, as opposed to the only path that offers some content of "wham, bam, thank you maam" nature with Tommy.

I have a love/hate relationship with her. She's minimally abusive, and too old-fashioned for her own good, but her heart is in the right place. That is exactly the stereotypical eastern European mother

Given that's it's 40's and her age, I don't see her as old fashioned. I was born in the 90s and my grandparents weren't far off. Hell, I know of some people like her today and they aren't Eastern European. Besides, I have nothing against a stereotype done well.

If you investigate the files left for Frank, you'll see that the butcher shop is just a money laundering front which I assume is what causes trouble with "the families" mentioned by the boss at the night club.

Oh yeah I know that, I meant there are hints that MC's father might be doing some risky things for Frank and the nature of those things isn't particularly clear

 

[jufot]

Oh yeah I know that, I meant there are hints that [...]

Oh, definitely. I expect Mila will have to help rescue her dad from whatever that mess is, especially if she's on Tommy's path.

 

[Jaike]

It looks like the discussion after my question became more about the purpose of reviews in general than about the role of story criteria in reviews. Though I got part of my question answered, people here don't like 1 star reviews much.

I guess my question comes from a sense that parts like plot and characterisation are an inevitable and fundamental aspect of any story and it's hard to avoid it even in a porny minimalist walking sim or RPG. It would have to be a complete puzzle or action game to avoid any story elements. Anyway what I got from the responses here is that people feel that a horrible, dysfunctional story isn't by itself enough reason for 1 star.

But I gotta say, I like how my reviews are like the opposite of the review suggestions.

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I agree with you really, i wish i had more experience when i started, i tried to smut, and story, snd now i feel like i failed both, it's frustrating.

Your game was released here in January. I don't think you should feel like you failed, you have a lot of time and chances to improve.

Fairwood Retreat 87 is a 1980s lesbian summer camp slasher. There is no harem and - unlike most FMC games - no sexual violence, but it'll apparently be a gruesome horror show with plenty of dark and disturbing situations. I'm a big fan of campy horror and this game is looking very promising. The dev is very active and appreciative, so go over to the game thread and say hello.

Thanks for this rec, I added this to my watchlist. Let's see how it is in a few months and if it isn't too gory for me.

 

[365 others]

Is there an updated list of the recommendations being shared here? I went through most of the ones listed in the OP just to find that many of them are now abandoned (if not the most).

 

[Jaike]

Is there an updated list of the recommendations being shared here? I went through most of the ones listed in the OP just to find that many of them are now abandoned (if not the most).

Here's an edited list where I took out the definitely abandoned games and marked all the completed ones with C. I could tell there were way more completed games than abandoned games. I marked Elvensang as "abandoned?" because it was abandoned not long ago and then restarted.

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And here's a link to kotte's list.

 

[365 others]

Here's an edited list where I took out the definitely abandoned games and marked all the completed ones with C. I could tell there were way more completed games than abandoned games. I marked Elvensang as "abandoned?" because it was abandoned not long ago and then restarted.

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And here's a link to kotte's list.

Thanks a lot!

 

[kotte]

And here's a link to kotte's list.

A good suggestion! I updated my list with small badges that say if the game is completed or abandoned. I look for the blue or orange tag before the games name on the game's OP to select, which means that these will come and go if the game's thread gets updated.

There is also

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[jufot]

Oracle and Bone, developers of A Summer's End, have a new

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out about their upcoming game, In the Ocean I Learned to Float. Here's a little teaser

 

[Tlaero]

Oracle and Bone, developers of A Summer's End, have a new

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out about their upcoming game, In the Ocean I Learned to Float. Here's a little teaser

Wow, the artwork in that blog post is wonderful!

Tlaero

 

[jufot]

Wow, the artwork in that blog post is wonderful!

I absolutely love it! It's a two-person team and the artist,

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, is incredibly talented.

 

[Jonte555]

I absolutely love it! It's a two-person team and the artist,

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, is incredibly talented.

Great game in making wish them success and I know it will be a great game ,hyped , let's gooooooo!

 

[jufot]

Occultus: DoD chapter 9 is out on

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[Éama]

Oracle and Bone, developers of A Summer's End, have a new

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out about their upcoming game, In the Ocean I Learned to Float. Here's a little teaser

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One of my all-time favourites. Can't wait!

 

[perkO]

Dunno if this was said, but a very nifty and presently surprised:
A flash game called "Con-Quest"
https://f95zone.to/threads/con-quest-v0-21-beta-2-hotfix-cuddle-pit.1646/

=What A Legend= v0.5 [MagicNuts]
https://f95zone.to/threads/what-a-legend-v0-5-01-magicnuts.51349/

These include: ditzy humor, fairy tales (LRRH,Gretel,WW), gameplay mechanics, progression, cliché tropes but done in good timing