when the sandbox is done right i love them, they are my favorite type of game. I like that there is interaction with the game other than just a dialogue choice, and i like choosing which girls to go after first. However sandbox got a bad rep to it now because there are so many bad sandbox games...
I tend to stick to 1 time donations to devs i like(usually at completion of a game) mainly to prevent "milking" of content, or just flat out abandonment of games. I feel its more than fair though to give to the developers that took the time to actually finish the games they started as a way of...
Thats the thing though; for the most part they are lazy attempts at cash grabs. The pictures and videos used are constantly changing the way a character looks(as in they don't even take the time to get pics and vids of the same person) and they write generic scenarios to get to the pic/vid. Now...
Agreed, whenever its voice over i tend to just mute the voices, but i do enjoy alot of the background music while playing. But i do have to often times put the music down low simply cause they are deafening otherwise.
I've played around 100-200 don't know the exact amount, and out of those I've played i have supported 3 on patreon. It has to be a really good game for me to support on Patreon, but i have donated to about 25 games in a 1 time donation for the creators work usually once the game is complete...