Quite the conundrum you have there XD, but if I'm being honest the Acolyte is just an ultra feminist rant about inclusion and women power with little regard or respect to all that the original 6 movies showed us, and don't take me wrong, I'm not against inclusion or women being the main lead on...
It seem like an interesting game, and being honest a lot of people give unjustified shit to games that uses IA, so it is better to wait an see how this game develops.
I agree that fans can complain, but it's also true that many complaints are based on personal tastes and views rather than a serious analysis of the book, game, or series and its context. For example, consider the discussions around Star Wars: The Acolyte.
Summer time saga
Being a DIK
Bone tales: The manor
A mother affection
A house in the rift
There is a long list of games that I would like to be finished, but the ones mentioned above are some of the ones that I have played long enough to be really invested on them.
To be honest, I look more into the tags and visuals of the game, and if it attracts me I look into the reviews to get and idea of the quality of the game to decide if I will play it or not.
Have you tried Last hope or S.H.E.L.T.E.R an apocalyptic tale? The first one is not corruption per se, as it was more of "convincing" little by little the females of the crew to "help you", and the second one has the love and corruption paths, and the scenes vary depending on the route you choose.
I cam recommend you this games:
The treasure of Nadia
Last hope
Summer memories
Lust is stranger
Zombies retreat
Confined with goddess
There are a lot more, if you want you can specify some of your tastes and i can try to search for some other games that are both completed and more to your liking.
Being honest, as some other guys has already pointed out, it is enjoyable if the dev finds a good balance between the grind and the subsequent reward. A good example, at least in my opinion, is The treasure of Nadia.
However, in the end it all comes to the one that plays the games, as either...
No problem man, hope you enjoy them.
Also there are another 4 that I have just remembered:
Futa concoction
Friendship with benefits
Amity park
Park after dark
Some recommendations that I can give you are:
Project possible
Multiverse Balance
Academy 34
Jikage Rising (Part 1 and 2 are complete, the 3 is awip)
Ntr online (A ntr parody of Sao)
18Titans
Lustworth Academy
The pilgrimage
Those are what's come to mind.
The problem with this game is that for the last couple of "updates" there has been little content added, most of it being of side characters you meet in the routes of certain characters, and the big update that was promised several months ago was suddenly changed to some kind of new version that...