discussion Hot take - every game should have an "unlock gallery and replay" option.

[BigEffinPerv]

Sometimes, a game's characters and action will be hot as fuck but the game itself is obnoxiously grindy or super boring, or you're really not into the story. A gallery unlock feature solves that problem. Even withot a gallery function, if you're playing a ren'py game, you can just unren the image files and fap away.

 

[bapcules]

That's a curse. I use it sometimes too, but it takes all the excitement out of the game.

 

[Deleted member 235144]

I certainly get it for kinetic novels if folks are just going to skip the text anyway but when the sex in integrated into gameplay its a little tougher to do

 

[stark]

I like just seeing how many scenes the different girls have. I prefer a blurred out screenshot, but even if it's just a picture of padlock it makes it easy to see if there's something I missed or if there's a path to work towards. I also liberally use urm to unlock things if I don't feel like grinding any more.

 

[TheCollection]

I do not agree with the unlock option, at least at the start of the game, but I agree with the replay, it's a bother that scenes are locked behind lots and lots of story and u have to save every time u want to see em again

 

[putquid]

Galleries are a must. There's so many scenes that I may wanna replay

 

[azhomeboy]

Yes! Devs, make it happen!

 

[asvgdad]

I think every game should have it installed especially kinetic novels that take hours to get to the sex scene.

 

[kaynlol]

Yes, sometimes games will have amazing scenes but the actual gameplay is just hot ass or super grindy. If the payoff is worth it fine but I'd rather just have an unlock option

 

[Nowaise]

First: all games should have gallery and replay options, full stop. No exceptions. There's nothing more annoying than having to try and remember what part of a long game had the scene you want to replay and having to have thirty seven different save locations to try and find it again.

Second: all galleries and replays should be able to be unlocked manually by players if they just don't want to play through the story mode any longer.

Third: If you mouse-over or click on an "locked" gallery or replay location it should hint to you what you need to do to unlock it. "This path requires Izzy Love of 10+" or "To unlock this scene try and spend more time with Laura" or whatever.

1. Completely agree.
2. Agree, with a caveat. I think it works best as a reward for something (usually beating the game), but I fully understand getting tired of the "game".
3. This is a quality of life feature that works well in sandbox games or scene collectors, but is probably unnecessary in more linear experiences. Also has to avoid spoilers and such.

 

[JhonDoe1029]

I think that there are games that galleries just don't work with its h scenes particularly more dynamic games. But i am all for galleries and some (most of) time i just unlock them myself.

 

[edgebravesteam]

100% they should. having to go back and try tofind the one scene you missed is such a pain in the arse

 

[richpalmer]

I am entirely for galleries, but it would be nice if, rather than just watching the scene again, you could use them almost as "save states" to pick different paths. That way, you don't need to replay entire chunks of the game in order to see the outcomes of different decisions.

 

[amypames]

i dont think it takes anything away just to have it right away. then ppl can choose if they want to use it or not

 

[Dolan791]

Would definitely stop me from saving at every scene, just to go back and see it.

 

[blackballsack]

Yeah they should, I hate missing a scene and needing to go way back to unlock it

 

[GesterMait]

Sometimes I don't like seeing the gallery during my playthrough because I don't want to be spoiled on how much content there is/isn't. Honestly, I'd prefer if the content was locked behind in-game currency/points.

Monster Girl Quest Paradox RPG has an interesting way of presenting gallery options. First there's the classic option of just going into the menu and picking whatever scene you went. Then there's the second option: in-game, which will unlock previous or unseen H-scenes. You basically have to give presents to a girl, which will increase her affinity towards you by a certain amount of points. Once the affinity passes a certain threshold, you will unlock not only some H-scenes, but receive some gifts that help your playthrough. You can revisit these H-scenes anytime you want too, just like a normal gallery. The interesting part for me is that each girl has specific preferences for what type of gifts they prefer. For example, if you give meat to a herbivore, their affinity may drop by 3 points. Wish the were more galleries like it.

 

[kellerkind987]

that's one of the coldest takes i heard this year

 

[Folkvangr]

agree, sometimes the game is good enough without the porn part, but most often it is a boring grindfest