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I've never really played any porn games more hardcore than Baldur's Gate 3 before, but you remember a couple weeks ago when GOG gave away those NSFW games, as a direct response to the whole thing?

Well I claimed the bundle just to boost their numbers (because censorship is bullshit), but recently I needed a low-difficulty gaming distraction, so I checked a few of them out, and... some of them are kind of good?

Like first off you have to be okay with visual novels (usually), but if you're cool with that, some of them actually have some compelling characters, and occasionally even good gameplay in between all the fucking and whatnot.

Leap of Love is amusing, kind of adorable when it comes to the not-sex stuff, and charming. It is also a game where you (a former frog) can marry and simultaneously bed 3 princesses and their stepmother after deposing of the evil king. My brain is still trying to reconcile this.

Huniepop is one of the best match 3 puzzle games I've ever played, with a chill as hell soundtrack. Also a scantily-clad foul-mouthed love fairy wants you to fuck every woman in a 5 mile radius who can fog a mirror.

And Crom help me, when I finished... sigh... Fetish Locator Week 1, I actually cared enough about some of the characters to buy the next one.

The point is, some of these games have more depth and value than I'd been led to believe, and I wouldn't have known that if the censorship thing hadn't started that chain of events. So congrats censorship people, and honestly thanks, I guess? Completely the opposite of your intended effect. Task failed successfully.

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[–] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Same here (edit. I have played modded Sims 4 wicked whims though before) and I have bought now many avn/adult games on gog and steam during sales. I just finished Fetish Locator week 2 and I don’t remember last time when I have laughed so much playing a video game. I would also recommend ”Love & Sex Second Base”, that game has tons of content and plenty of characters and some nice humor as well. And it’s from the same dev as ”Leap of Love”.

You know how romance novels are mostly popular with women for various reasons?

Porn games are that, but as an interactive picture book. Not a bad thing, I just think it's funny that most guys need to see them boobies instead of reading about them.

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 187 points 1 week ago (9 children)

One other side point that came to mind after the main post.

We're so conditioned to think realistic violence in games is fine, but realistic sex in games is "wrong" or "sad". But honestly, I realized I played through 3+ games without doing any violence* and had a blast, and that was actually really refreshing.

*^okay,^ ^no^ ^non-consensual^ ^violence.^ ^I^ ^may^ ^have^ ^slapped^ ^Lyssa's^ ^dick^ ^around,^ ^but^ ^she^ ^requested^ ^it.^

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 166 points 1 week ago (10 children)

We’re so conditioned to think realistic violence in games is fine, but realistic sex in games is “wrong” or “sad”.

Not just in games. In all media. You bring to mind a great quote from George R. R. Martin.

“I can describe an axe entering a human skull in great explicit detail and no one will blink twice at it. I provide a similar description, just as detailed, of a penis entering a vagina, and I get letters about it and people swearing off. To my mind this is kind of frustrating, it’s madness. Ultimately, in the history of [the] world, penises entering vaginas have given a lot of people a lot of pleasure; axes entering skulls, well, not so much.”

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 87 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I've always felt that puritanical stigmatization of sex and sexuality have really fucked us up psychologically as a species.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago

Axes entering skulls give pleasure to the psychopaths we let run our societies.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Puritanism comes down to “happiness is bad.“

Not just sex; dancing, music, poetry, novels, games, decorations. Anything which takes joy in life and expression is forbidden.

Suffering while alive is seen as the proper punishment for being born human - seeing people and nature as beautiful and divine is legitimately blasphemy to these people.

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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I remember a quote from a famous porn actor "nacho vidal".

"I'd rather have my kids playing with "fake plastic penises" around the house than playing with fake plastic firearms."

I'm not comfortable with the idea of kids playing with sexual toys. But it makes me feel something weird that I'm not more weirded out by kids playing to kill with fake guns.

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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Leading up to the release of Cyberpunk 2077 there was a relatively innocent post about whether players would be able to romance anyone and sleep with them. The absolute mockery and scorn OP received was shameful. It really struck me because it was so clear how we've been conditioned to reject sexuality while at the same time being ultra-desensitized to violence.

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[–] Carighan@piefed.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And then you usually get "But the sex isn't realistic!!!"... yeah? Neither is the violence, unless you are frequently the Doomslayer or something?!

Like, how is that even an argument. How can violence in games be preferrable to sex?!

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[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago

I never paid attention to adult games until all this controversy happened. The Streisand effect must be doing its thing on people.

[–] ninth_plane@lemmy.world 65 points 1 week ago

The more people play and buy porn games, the better porn games will get, same as any other genre.

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Not directly to your point but your overall experience just reminds me: we really lost something when the sexual liberation movement was largely erased. People so often dismiss it because we're conditioned to dismiss taking sex seriously (outside of a very narrow and specific context) but there's a lot we lose from that.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Tycho, of Penny Arcade, actually had some words on this subject around the time the PC version of Stellar Blade came out and people were up in arms about it. I'll quote it here because I think it's a good passage.

I used to say that I grew up Christian, but I think it's probably more accurate to say Evangelical, especially now that more people might know what I'm talking about. Sex was VERY naughty and we needed to be constantly on the lookout for incursions of this secular, demonic, but also somehow worryingly inherent force…? Breaking that pernicious notion down and enabling people to express themselves was the project I thought I'd more or less seen completed. Now it's come around some weird bend, with precisely the same energy as before, except now it's being done for the correct reasons. It can't possibly be this dumb. And yet!

It's incredibly fucking boring to have the tail end of the revolution you saw win shame the tools that gave them victory, dust off a bunch of regressive shit, and then have the pluck to feel righteous about it.

It sort of mirrors my own experience (minus the evangelical upbringing). I definitely recall a period of general sex-positivity that has now come around some strange turn whereby the very same voices are admonishing people for daring to enjoy sexy things.

It's very strange.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 40 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I've always been open to adult only games, but for the vast majority there are only two basic types:

  • Visual Novels - Everything about these is fine. They vary from basically just a graphic novel to a full on RPG.

  • Nude Puzzles - Various cheap-ass puzzles with nude images as the prize.

I want, like, a real game but with full adult only content. These exist, but are hard to find. And a lot of those I've found aren't finished, never will be finished, and/or just suck. It doesn't even have to be the focus. Just imagine if when you got a hooker in GTA or some other game where brothels might exist, you got to see more than a fade to black/car bouncing around.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The biggest issue with adult content in games is that it limits your market to adults that want that content. Which is already small to begin with. And you often can't advertise the same way, which limits your audience further. You only find out about them through word of mouth or through places like Lemmy.

From the standpoint of the developer, your ROI is likely to be very small. I think that's why VN are the most popular form of adult games, since they are easier to make than full games.

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[–] TheFermentalist@reddthat.com 39 points 1 week ago

WoohooOoooOooOoOo…. Barbara Streisand

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I wish there were more games that had NSFW stuff, but not as the main focus. BG3, Cyberpunk, The Witcher, etc all have nudity, but the sex scenes are short, cropped, and half assed because they are embarrassed.

There needs to be quicktime events, better cinematics, and werewolves (BG3, Elder Scrolls, Witcher) during erotic scenes. Bring back A/O games. Many of these shouldn't be even remotely aimed at anyone below 18 anyways.

Hell, the last genuinely fun game with kink in it was Saints Row 3, and that was for comedic effect.

[–] dyc3@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (4 children)

quicktime events

Damn I missed the cumshot quick time event. I'm not going to get an s rank for this chapter. Guess I gotta reload...

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[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Your post made me want to check these out. I only ever played one with a friend for kicks. It was a fun, cheap activity, easy to make a drinking game out of.

It's like how erotica can still be literature, but people dismiss it for the sexual focus. But I've read erotic stories that had me hooked, made interesting social commentary, had nuanced characters and were just a fantastic time.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 week ago (9 children)

people dismiss it for the sexual focus.

I stand by this: porn is a largely untapped medium for insanely stupid comedy.

I know we've all seen lemon stealing whores and whatnot, but like, we could have so much more than we do.

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[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

For vnovels, check out Katawa Shoujo. It has a great storyline and characters, and it's free!

If you're looking for a platformer I'd recommend Flipwitch - Forbidden Sex Hex

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[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Welcome to the club! Theres tons of Japanese eroge that became anime like Fate. Just because theres sexy time, don't mean the story aint a banger either!

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[–] Kovukono@pawb.social 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If you're open to a platformer, the only explicitly adult game I've tried is FlipWitch. The gimmick is that you can change your sex, with certain obstacles only able to be passed through by a specific sex. You also have clothing that can only be worn by each sex, and certain NPCs won't interact unless you're wearing certain items. It's a solid metroidvania, and while it's not going to blow you away, I still enjoyed my time with it.

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[–] AnotherSmutAccount@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When you got attached to the characters in Fetish Locator you should definitely not play Leap of Faith. It's going to crush you emotionally.

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Thanks for the warning. I'd started playing because I needed a distraction from some hard IRL stuff, so that's good to know. It was nice that when I fired up Being a DIK from the same bundle, they straight out ask you at the beginning if you're going through shit right now, and gently suggest the game may be rough for you if you are.

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[–] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Literally, for the plot. Glad you where abel to expand your horizons and hope you enjoy more games for the plot

[–] torqued_hog@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some of these games have incredible writing. Personally, I'd recommend trying Eternum. It's not finished yet but there's already a ton of content and the writing is incredible. Another game by the same person called Once in a Lifetime is also really good but shorter.

Besides those two, I'd really recommend The Princess Trap. Also unfinished but still lots of content. This one is definitely a bit more niche and might not be for everyone but the drama and mystery in it is really incredible.

All of these games are pretty slow to get to the sex stuff to be honest (especially The Princess Trap). But every moment in-between makes it so worth your time.

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