discussion What would a dev have to do in a new update to make you stop playing a really good game?

[User_31927]

Adding more characters to the game. I dont need more LI just give me more story. Or stop stalling and get on with it.

uhhh, "The Roommate" is doing this.

 

[WhiteVanDaycare]

Remastering previous content before the game is done - I know that means they are about to abandon the game

 

[Waffles]

For me, it's when the dev starts to rush a story. F.I.L.F. is a prime example. The final scene was hot, but getting there was kinda forced, and it all happened so fast that I wasn't super interested.

 

[bonersaurus]

Worst thing with pregnancy is that a lot of games once you do finally knock someone up only include a few scenes at best. I'll tip my hat to you fellow preggo enjoyer.

Yeah, and even then it's so common for the pregnancy to be the final moment of the game, or maybe slipped in via flashback. Not enough games let you enjoy it.

For me, the biggest red flag is when a game starts focusing in on characters I'm not particularly interested in. It's something that always worries me with games with huge casts like Grandma's House, WVM, etc.

 

[AFsubby]

Changing a character's body, age, or whatever to be more "popular" means that the dev will do everything for money and doesn't care for the game. Oh, and, of course, unavoidable NTR that was not even in the planned tags before.

Honestly couldn't have said it any better.

 

[AFsubby]

Having swinging in a game that just turns into NTR. Think original TAC.

 

[Marya]

Introducing chores that can't be automated in a timely manner

 

[thatoneuser]

Add real-world politics to the game, even just for jokes and references- like, Summertime Saga had good potential but once I learned they added caricatures of Trump and Hilary i dropped it like a hot potato, no way I'm playing anything with those hideous monsters in it while i probably have my dick out

Other than that, generic stuff like NTR/swinging that wasn't alluded to on the download pages or early updates, rape/violence, etc.

As a non american I felt the same about that content being added actually just felt really fucking weird. Fuck Hilary and crew but not that way

 

[osiris789]

Yeah, and even then it's so common for the pregnancy to be the final moment of the game, or maybe slipped in via flashback. Not enough games let you enjoy it.

For me, the biggest red flag is when a game starts focusing in on characters I'm not particularly interested in. It's something that always worries me with games with huge casts like Grandma's House, WVM, etc.

Yeah I'm all for bigger casts but but it is a really big balancing act when obviously most people aren't going to be all that into every single character.

 

[chenzhou]

Pay-walling animations.

Why...just why.

 

[Tosser]

Introducing trans characters, rape, snuff, scat or others of the more disgusting deviancies. If it wasn't in the current or "planned future" tags, and it shows up, it's deleted from the drive, the backups, and the thread is ignored. But won't be a diva about it that makes an announcement like it's an airport. At most, might DM the Dev and tell him he done fucked up a good VN, and that would be the extent of it.

 

[-Bonk-]

Bringing back all the dead fathers

 

[Republican Bear]

Adding unavoidable kinks that were never supposed to be the game. It happens more then you think it does.

 

[Celestial-?-Pandas]

Announcing certain characters will be off limits in future updates.

I've definitely deleted games for this reason

 

[Shahoohn]

Add tedious grind to progress the game.

 

[platypus4554]

remodeling a character or adding NTR/scat

 

[Hunter121098]

games that take for ever to update, for example summer scent and the games made by the dev oceanlab, i have no interest in that games anymore just takes to long to update i forget what the story is about, also they will probably never even be finished. another type of game is specificly the game unlimited pleasure any game what does what that game has become i will never touch again

 

[Hexborn_Magus]

I've dropped 2 games thus far. One for throwing in completely unprompted transphobia, the other for sex scenes that just wouldn't end (I was clicking through repetitive sex scene dialogue for 40 minutes and it was still going).

 

[Celestial-?-Pandas]

Having boring/long conversations/storyline that goes on and on for what feels like forever is a big turn off for me

 

[Celestial-?-Pandas]

Not having a replay mode is also something i don't like.
Having to save before a certain scene so i can rewatch it later sucks