discussion What non-sexual stuff makes you quit a porn game?

[goals]

I can't stand sandboxy visual novels as they usually feel like a grind instead of following a story. But within the story, super unrealistic situations just make me lose interest.

 

[Colonialboy]

Sandbox that has you going around in circles with no hints.

 

[crackyolc]

Games that are too long.

 

[Sertinus]

anything like unrealistic blackmail or manipulation

 

[arar]

grinding same scenes or sandbox

 

[s45636526]

Grinding

 

[DYSfunct10n4L]

Poor writing and bad dialogue are big turn-offs in porn games. If the characters are unrealistic, cringe, or the story is nonsensical, it's hard to stay engaged. Gameplay matters too, grindy mechanics, repetitive tasks, or clunky interfaces can ruin the experience fast. Bugs and crashes are immediate deal-breakers. If the game is full of ads, paywalls, or requires constant online access, that’s a red flag. Poor art or inconsistent visual quality also hurts immersion. Lastly, if the game feels exploitative or includes themes that cross ethical lines—even if technically non-sexual—that’s an instant uninstall. A good porn game still needs to be a good game. Without solid storytelling, polished mechanics, and respectful content, it’s just not worth the time.

 

[User_174546]

when it comes to japanese games, poor translation, I get that a machine translation is the best we'll get for a lot of titles, but my god does the bad grammar really take you out of the whole experience

 

[MattShizzle]

Grinding/minigames.

 

[WigglyWorld84]

RPGM has forced me to quit a few games that looked great. Those wonky mechanics just ruin (what could be) great games.

Not sexual, but it can go fuck itself.

 

[MattShizzle]

RPGM has forced me to quit a few games that looked great. Those wonky mechanics just ruin (what could be) great games.

Not sexual, but it can go fuck itself.

Yeah, any sort of having to navigate is bad - but even more so when the map has graphics bad by 1980s standards.

 

[crab22]

game mechanics added for the sake of padding up the game, don’t add a mini game that has to be repeated 50 billion times to beat the game. Shit gets old fast.

 

[crab22]

Excessive amounts of grind, bad story without outstanding art,
forced fetish (Apartment 69)

Agreed, don’t force me to see inflation or other bullshit in order to enjoy your game.

 

[crab22]

All rape is detestable. I fully support capital punishment for those that commit it.

Plenty of women are into CNC

 

[GourmetChef]

Unrealistic characters like the MC from Grandma's House. That dude is a walking ball of cringe.

 

[jennos]

Too much grinding makes me quit in a second (unless its scissor-grinding). Also, to many games have a random dream sequence mid-game that has little, or no point to the story. It just makes me think that the creator is trying to say "haha look how quirky and random i am"

 

[greey12]

insufferable and unskippable grind

 

[lokidavid2]

A lack of some kind of quest log or journal and time limits are really annoying for me.

 

[femboyreptile]

like others said, grinding is probably the worst offender. i like some grinding in a sandboxey game to create a sense of progression and give you the time to connect to your character (Degrees of Lewdity for example does the grind extremely well), but there's so many games, especially the management stuff or RPGM games that just destroy all of the horny you built up by just a dumb monotonous grind or random encounters or just anything that tries to justify its point of being a Video Game first instead of committing to being a porn game. on a more personal note, i also just hate games where you're the dominant initiator of romance and sex, and even more so if it's a harem game. this isn't always obvious when you check the game page, and just made me give up on basically every single 3dcgi renpy game, cuz all of it is so malebrained

 

[dionzx]

Sandbox that has you going around in circles with no hints.

I completely agree