Make the game too sandbox and it often loses a lot of the uniqueness that makes the erotic content interesting in the first place.
Especially the annoying UI and controls.Īrguably one of the best sandbox porn games in existence is The Sims 4(and Skyrim+Fallout to an extent), but that brings to mind another point. It's a pretty damn expansive, but it suffers from a lot of quirks that needs to be ironed out to be enjoyable. Another that springs to mind is LifePlay.
#Artificial academy game play sandbox mod
Imagine what a game like AA2 or Koikatsu could be like with years of continuous development or more powerful mod tools. Summertime Saga also did it fairly well with only focusing on basic player stats and money.Ĭlick to expand.Isn't that pretty much what Artificial Academy 2 is? It's a shame Illusion only releases their games unfinished and never support them post-launch. While a game like say Man of the House it never bothered me. No offense to the developer since I do like his game overall, but for example Love & Sex : Second Base I would consider a game that went overboard on the life-grind tedium and it often keeps me from enjoying the game.
The anticipation of the reward is half the reason I play erotic games instead of just watching regular porn. Not to mention I like it when games drip feeds me and make me work for my sex-scenes. While certain games definitely go overboard where you spend like 80% of the game just doing chores, I do like that it creates some agency for the player to manage his or her time, especially when it comes to figuring out new scenes/content you can unlock depending on the time of day or your skills. There's that mental link of every decision, from the smallest to the biggest having a semblance of "I choose to do that, me, not the game".Īs for the tedium of stuff like energy, hunger, romance points. It might sound silly, but the act of me as a player clicking on a character to talk to them creates an immersion boost that just elevates it to a whole new experience. Too me a huge part of the draw of porn games is the freedom and player input. I just can't get into linear choose-your-own-adventure visual novels(unless they are traditionally Japanese ones like Majikoi). To me it's the only way for me to properly enjoy the "VN-style" games. I'm on the other side of the fence I guess.