discussion RPG vs Sandbox

[StarFucked]

I know these two type of games are the most hated in Porn Games World.
But why is that?
Personally I like to have a challenge but classic RPGs are definitely not user friendly... I think it's mainly due to the fact that it takes forever to go from one place to the next... Like in Peasant's Quest (I've never finished that game just because of that)

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But NLT games doesn't have this problem as it's really good in the story and visual departments

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But sandbox games in general (like Milfy City) have always been very much enjoyable.


Thoughts?

 

[StarFucked]

This discussion died before it even started ig

 

[Ir ap]

I like both genres, but for me there are two problems that I often encounter in them.

1. The pace: most of them have a very slow pace with a lot of grinding and repetitive actions.

2. Bugs and a horrible interface

 

[StarFucked]

I like both genres, but for me there are two problems that I often encounter in them.

1. The pace: most of them have a very slow pace with a lot of grinding and repetitive actions.

2. Bugs and a horrible interface

Agreed...

 

[ShiaLabeouf]

I prefer RPGs better... in theory. Outside of degeneracy, RPGs are absolutely my preferred choice for the most part. Inclusive of degeneracy; so many of them are just battle-rape, which I despise.

 

[Gamer X]

I like sandbox which doesn't make me a bad person, does it?

 

[Ir ap]

I prefer RPGs better... in theory. Outside of degeneracy, RPGs are absolutely my preferred choice for the most part. Inclusive of degeneracy; so many of them are just battle-rape, which I despise.

I don't like it when a game has rape, and as you rightly pointed out most games boil down to battle-rape

 

[mccutch]

I like sandbox which doesn't make me a bad person, does it?

Lol... same. Of course some sandbox games are horrible. But I'll taking grinding over unending walls of text.

 

[leomgr69]

Between the two it's sandbox no contest for me.

 

[jinkaz]

For me sandbox is the obvious answer I never managed to get into "porn" RPG games

 

[StarFucked]

I like sandbox which doesn't make me a bad person, does it?

Not at all

 

[WigglyWorld84]

Using the true deifinitions of these genres...

I like RPG, tell me a story! Sandbox, BY DEFINITION, has no story (yea yea, I know where I am and how yall define "sandbox") and you make your own story. I like that in certain settings, but with porn, i like taboos and i find it sexier if the author is presenting them, not me making it up in my head.

 

[Impulse 9]

I prefer the smoothness of VNs but before Renpy was even a thing, Unity sandboxes ignited the 3DCG adult games with Big Brother etc. And RPG Maker adult games existed at that point too. Both sandbox and RPG were hugely popular and we have just been spoiled by the simplicity of VNs. Now as for which is better, it depends entirely on the game. You can find non grindy games with great renders in both sandbox and RPG style, and you can find shitty games with terrible renders on both too. So to choose 1 would just come down to reducing time wasting such as repeatedly choosing locations vs actually walking to those locations...in which case sandbox wins. But again, that doesn't mean a sandbox game is always better than an RPG

 

[s3gfaul7]

I'm not a big fan of adult RPGs. They are not necessarily bad - in fact, some can be quite engaging but they just don't do it for me. As for sandbox games... it's hard for a single person or a small team to properly develop the good game play and interface required for a game like that to work. It's not impossible, we've all seen excellent examples that it's doable, but it's so rare that sandbox is often just categorized as grindy and unrewarding.

 

[MattShizzle]

A bit like asking which is better to get hit in the balls with - a baseball bat or a crowbar. Sandbox CAN be good, but the vast majority of devs that use it just use it to take up more time while the player tries to figure out where to go instead of being a real open world. RPGmaker just sucks ass in general, and is terrible for an adult game especially.

 

[CucumberUser]

I'd choose RPG. I've encountered a lot of terrible RPGs, and only a few I like (mostly Japanese ones), but I find them more interesting than true sandbox games.
My main problem with a true sandbox game is that there are no goals, nothing to strive for. It's usually just triggering or selecting from a list of sex scenes, and after half an hour to an hour I've done it all. There's no buildup and no incentive.
Games with sandbox elements (like Degrees of Lewdity with no defined paths or endings) can be really good, but true sandbox games which are really just configurable porn videos are boring.

 

[AlBetGam]

Both can be good, but it's really easy to make them really really bad. Probably harder to do an RPG well because it has most of the features that a sandbox does while also adding whole new moving parts (e.g. maps you have to actually move a character sprite around on, combat systems, etc).

I will say that even some of the very good RPGs I've played have started feeling tedious after the 30th time I walked across 6 map screens to get to the next step of a quest.

 

[Riyuko00]

Sandbox for me. I'm not very bad with RPG (and interfaces doesn't help often).

 

[sullys]

Agreed...

Agreed as well. Grind is the worst thing a dev can do.

 

[Seo In-guk]

Actually none I prefer renpy or VN with options.
And to answer your question, I would choose sandbox because there are games that are easy and others are confusing.