discussion Sex or story?

[exerp]

Sex is more rewarding if there is good story leading up to it.

Early sex scenes without character buildup are no better than looking at a porn video.

Not to say a game cant be sexy early on. There can be sexy potential LIs; and flirting; stolen glimpses; teasing; and all that.

I am also not a fan of "the MC isnt having sex yet so lets have a dream sequence with sex". Better to put that time and effort into actual character and relationship development to get to non-dream sex in the game.

 

[zakarmmusa832]

Sex while I'm playing, story when thinking of games in retrospect or when I'm looking to revisit a game after an update.

 

[DH1087]

I feel a lot of games rely on retention. If there isnt a good story, the quicker the drop off

 

[ghostwerx]

I enjoy the story over the visual. I absolutely enjoy the visual, but what keeps me interested is the story.

It comes down to the fact that if I want to watch sex, I can pull up porn easily enough. The issue is that porn makes only the most minimal attepts at story telling. That is what I look for in porn games, the combination of story with porn.

 

[MattShizzle]

Some of the games you wish you could superglue the narrator's mouth shut. Or NAIL it shut.

 

[MasterShifufff]

both are important to me

 

[Helenar]

Obviously both, but if the emphasis is on sex I'd like to have something else - engaging gameplay, good story, interesting artstyle, various kinks, some completionism, a wide variety of characters (so you can focus on sex with the ones you like) etc.
Pick one, preferably more, ideally all.

 

[dweeb213]

im leaning alot more towards the sex than story

 

[Puffnstuff]

I know, the obvious answer is both..

Hi guys,
First post, long time on/off lurker.
I've been messing with Daz and Renpy for a while now and decided to try making my own VN.
It was going ok, learning a lot but my first attempt quickly turned into a fuck-fest with almost every scene ending up with the MC
having sex, which is fine but the story was minimal at best, made little sense and was all over the place...Ok, lesson learned, start over.

Now I've come up with a decent story, but there isn't a lot of sex scenes during the first few days as I try to establish the characters and move the story along at a decent pace. So I've gone from one extreme to the other...which brings me to my question..

Which is more important? A decent story or lot's of sex?
Another question I have is once you, as the MC, have had sex with a character are you still interested in having further sexual interactions with that character? or is it all about the first time?

I get that everyone will have their own preferences, just curious what the majority thinks.

The short answer is both. Compelling scenes will get me through bad writing and story, but when the writing is ace, then I kick back and stay for awhile and those are my favorite AVN's. Trying to marry the two into a cohesive and interesting game that continues to be interesting and moving forward is hard. I write stories, sometimes novelette in length, so I've always felt that the brevity of a well written AVN would be my biggest challenge. "Keep it simple stupid," a motto I struggle to live by. I say write it, then build it. Bit I'v eno real experience with the graphics side of things, so I might be an idiot here.

 

[Antoni103]

Sex is good but a good story keeps people hooked on your game

 

[DeusX]

Story with lots of teasing leading to great sex scenes as pay off

 

[appreciate143]

both ! HAHAHA ' i want both !

 

[tritus]

Both are important, build up in the beginning for good payoff later in the game is the winning strategy for a successful game

 

[xxxlugexxx]

both of course, but have an introduction to why and finally.

 

[master cruss]

As this is a porn game site I've got to go with sex!

 

[cuddlewumpus]

Overarching story doesn't matter much to me, but I'm most invested in the characters expression of their kinks or the dialogue around sex.

 

[MudSlime]

IO like a healthy mixture of both personally. I need some slowburn storytelling

 

[Deleted member 123057]

depends on the mood i guess, generally the ones with more story are the ones i return to and think of the most.

 

[abdoaltreke]

Both of course
If the story is boring i won't finish it but also if the scenes not good i definitely won't gonna finish the game

 

[FancyPrince]

the story's buildup only enhances the sex!