I sometimes recognize a clip of music from a game being used elsewhere .. like a youtube vid. There was one time where I wondered aloud where I knew that music from. When I finally remembered I felt a little inside embarassment :oops: .. but didnt mention it any further.
I dont get the thing where most MC characters are like "I cant touch you until you shower after I spunked on you”. Pull that in real life and your lady friends are eventually going to get pissed off.
Like .. she just took your load so the least you can do is show her some affection. Not be like...
Maybe not immersion like feeling I am in the story .. but I do favorite VNs that have emotional immersion.
I want stories that make me feel things .. beside just lust (but some lust is fun too). Pull my heart strings .. please!
Leap of Faith being the seminal example.
A high rating does not mean it is a game I will like .. but a low rating means it is nearly certain to be a game I wont like.
Most of the time I skip games with less than 3 .. unless there has been a personal recommendation to try it or something else to make me overlook the rating.
Story. But .. as has been said above .. not as walls of text.
A good story doesnt have to have a lot of text when presented as a visual novel. Lots of writing instructors talk about "show. dont tell". That applies at least double for visual novels. Let the visuals do a lot of the work of...
Detective with unusual partner crime series are generally good for binging.
* Castle
* Lucifer
* Bones
* Mentalist
* Sherlock / Elementary
SciFi:
* Expanse
* BattleStar Galactica .. 2000s reboot, original is definitely not bingeworthy :LOL:
* firefly
Serious:
* The Wire
* that dark British...
I’ve enjoyed some. Actual Roomates stands out as my female mc game favorite so far. I also like the Thirty Days 'aunt' route so far.
It is about having a good story with character development. If the story is good, I dont mind whatever gender the mc is.
Just not into guy on guy stuff, so...
I don’t mind a total lewd fest, but the games that I focus on these days have at least some good moments of, emotional, story telling. That needs good character development.
Does not have to be happy emotions .. altho good romantic emotions are my favorite.
Some of:
ratings .. 4 stars or more i will look closer, less than 3 i usually skip
at least third release (like 0.3), or completed/abandoned. I got tired of demos and other barely started releases.
romance is my top tag .. i sometimes will look at games without it (yes games that are all about...
Interesting how the first NSFW game mentioned in this thread is the one i was gonna mention. I just finished a replay of Single Again (the content so far) a little while ago. A comforting romantic escape of a story.
I have been thinking I might do "Now and Then" again when i next want a...
Getting an emotional hit from a game is my favorite. Its great when a story can inspire tears or other strong emotions.
Leap of Faith is the obvious one.
One of the most impactful emotional hits for me in these games was in Summer Scent (near the end of the path .. I think it was the "moronic...
My favorites have some emotional story telling.
Leap of Faith
Summer Scent
Friends In Need
Now And Then (inspite of the graphics engine this one is surprisingly well done)
Leaving DNA
Single Again
I do also like games that are just focused on the lewds and -- some but not all -- kinks .. but...
Like many others who have already responded here .. if forced to choose .. I would go with depth over breadth.
My favorites are games with “emotional hits”. Those only come with depth where characters have a chance to develop and build meaning.
Leap of Faith remains the masterwork of AVNs for...
I went the other direction .. maximizing caring choices. I have dipped into some of the rougher paths, but quickly end up choosing the kinder options again because I dont actually want to be mean to any of the potential LI characters :LOL:. A good sign to me of quality character development by...
My favorites have engaging stories with substantial characters.
Some classics:
* Leap of Faith
* Now and Then
Choices matter .. significant branching:
* Summer Scent
* Friends In Need
Some ongoing good ones:
* Single Again
* Actual Roomates (lesbian MC)
[squirms guiltily]
I have eaten cereal from a glass and from sandwich tupperware on more than one occasion when I have let the dirty dishes get away on me. 😬
You are welcome!
If I ever get my crap together on making shareable Renpy mods .. I have only dabbled for my own little fixes .. Friends In Need is high on my list for some tweaks and additions. But if I get that far I would probably try to give the code to the dev if they want it.
Part of my "pleasure" with some of these games -- but definitely not the majority of them :LOL: -- is when the writers tell good emotional stories .. even when those emotional parts are not about romance or lewdness.
Something I like about Friends in Need is the relative depth of the characters...