Genuinely bad "porn" game

[dapepe]

People have critiqued the writing, story, gameplay, but I thought they were all fine. The real critique I have for the game is the porn. Legitimately low-quality 3 second loops. You can go to a porn thread and find 10 second webms with SIGNIFICANTLY higher quality animation and substance. What happened? It pales in comparison to pretty much every animated porn alternative, including StudioFOWs previously released videos that I am a big fan of. Again, what happened? Why is the porn part of this porn game so bad?

[sergantuss]

yea kinda true.
I cheked all the vids on *special* web site before geting into the game(cuz modern gamedev is a one big scum paty this days) and its rly look so bad. I mean the main point of the game was this XXX cutscenes no? Mby after the EA it will be better i dont know.
So far the panty animation in steam store page look 99% better then the actuall *sex* scenes in the game

[mhenryblack]

There is A MASSIVE amount of content to be added, created and/or integrated, we are aware of the limited scope of what is available, and can only hope to win you guys over in the long run. What is there now isn't anywhere near what the finished product will have to offer. :)

[dapepe]

Originally posted by mhenryblack:

There is A MASSIVE amount of content to be added, created and/or integrated, we are aware of the limited scope of what is available, and can only hope to win you guys over in the long run. What is there now isn't anywhere near what the finished product will have to offer. :)

I mean I'm not concerned with the low, or limited, amount of content. I understand initial funding is put towards building the "base" of the game and content can come later, especially for a project like this. It's just crazy to me that the quality of what's there is so low. Animators putting out bi-weekly 10 second loops have come a long way in the last couple years while the team here put out content that looks worse than stuff that they themselves put out in 2016-2018. I just don't get it.

[Nox]

Originally posted by dapepe:

Originally posted by mhenryblack:

There is A MASSIVE amount of content to be added, created and/or integrated, we are aware of the limited scope of what is available, and can only hope to win you guys over in the long run. What is there now isn't anywhere near what the finished product will have to offer. :)

I mean I'm not concerned with the low, or limited, amount of content. I understand initial funding is put towards building the "base" of the game and content can come later, especially for a project like this. It's just crazy to me that the quality of what's there is so low. Animators putting out bi-weekly 10 second loops have come a long way in the last couple years while the team here put out content that looks worse than stuff that they themselves put out in 2016-2018. I just don't get it.

They moved from SFM to UE4 so they pretty much had to learn new engine from scratch so that could part of the problem.

The scenes themselves, I honestly like them but I can understand People being dissapointed with it being mostly loops.

I really hope we Will have some kind of auto progression between scenes and possibly more camera Angles. That would make me happy.

[LoneStar]

yea I mean it's a first release of the Early Access of the game.
I personally really enjoy the story; some jokes are funny and the game has a charming atmosphere. Can't say I expected much, but I enjoyed all of the content that is available for now.
I believe the game with such a budget and so much room in the game for development can make it perfect in a way for most of the players.
At least it's optimized very well which is not something you often find in other games on UE.

[Dr.Acula]

Originally posted by Thelis:

Another theory i've read, is StudioFOW has decided to try to go legit, as a game making company, and thus only put in "token porn" to try to get the game to more people (shrug no idea if this is even close to reality)

That would be absolutely dumb. Sorry but I can't find a "softer" word than that.

If they go "legit" with this game that was basically funded by their "somewhat specific" fan base that would literally burn all the bridges in the hopes of finding a new audience.

That would fail so hard it was just make me laugh.

Let's be serious here for a second. StudioFOW is known for the content they have created in the past. And any possible future "fan" for "legit" projects that might look at their previous work would simply run away screaming.

StudioFOW has an audience and that one has given them a considerable amount of money (this was one of the gaming related Kickstarter projects with a higher amount of money attached to it). They should focus on delivering the content they're good at to their audience. That alone will bring in more fans. Also all things considered there are more people that enjoy the StudioFOW kind of content than people might imagine.

But currently I wouldn't even be surprised anymore by a company losing focus of what they're good at and attempt to become bigger simply because they saw a big stack of money.

Look at what happened basically with all the big names of the gaming industry. Show me a single gaming company that has existed for at least 20 years and hasn't been completely corrupted and is throwing out garbage games these days. Sure they are highly polished games but garbage nonetheless.

[Азазель]

Perhaps I am being rude. I'm sorry.
I'm just emotional right now.
I donated money on a kickstarter, I waited two years for the game. And ended up getting vanilla, and all the "content" in the form of a separate mechanic in no way related to the story.
Legally, the FOW studio wasn't cheating.
But I feel like I got ♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard.
And I'm not the only one.

Sorry again.

[Азазель]

I reread my post above.
It's funny how that works out.
I thought I was going to ♥♥♥♥ everyone in the game. In real, the game and the developers ended up ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ me.

[Hex]

Gonna have to agree with OP. A shame. This definitely impacts my decision to buy.

Sorry.

[Азазель]

Originally posted by Thelis:

I feel similiar, and it doesnt help that recent games releasing half done, or in EA perma development, that make things feel like "taking the money and run" . But I am simply choosing to "Wait and see" , because for me, becoming toxic and screaming foul, doesnt help anyone or thing, get to were i'd like it to be

If you keep quiet and say nothing. How will the developers know if they made a mistake?
If now it was in the middle of the game - yes, something to say is useless, but now only early access, the first build of the game and you can still fix it. So we have to talk about it. Encourage others to talk about it, rather than silently wait - what will happen next.

[WWDragon]

Originally posted by mhenryblack:

There is A MASSIVE amount of content to be added, created and/or integrated, we are aware of the limited scope of what is available, and can only hope to win you guys over in the long run. What is there now isn't anywhere near what the finished product will have to offer. :)

I figured that was the case.

I'm glad to see ya say it though!

[Азазель]

Originally posted by Thelis:

I've already left feedback on thier discord, and the STICKY PINNED post at the top of this disccusion forum "Feedback/Requests" , more of what i've ment was.. screaming at others and getting toxic with them, and NOT putting constructive feedback, where i can be SEEN, doesnt help anyone or thing.

You right. I'm sorry, again.

Originally posted by Thelis:

i've beta tested plenty of AAA games in the past, given detailed feedback, ect.. only to have it all be ignored, and the issues i pointed out, going years without ever even being addressed, in my experience in the past 5-10 years, "Beta" phase is simply a "bug fixing" stage, not a "assets changing or addition to" stage, so if StudioFOW follows on that methodology , all we will see out of EA, is bug fixes, not system changes and improvements.

There are precedents in the gaming industry.
For example, Final Fantasy XIV. When the developers received negative feedback, they closed the game and redid it completely.
The main thing is to admit to yourself that you made a mistake and try to fix it.
Let's hope for the best and for the discretion of the developers.

[Frostie Gigas]

After playing more and more, im starting to feel reaaally dissapointed. There is just reeaaally bad porn in here. It should have been the main focus of the game honestly.

[matthewamel]

Originally posted by mhenryblack:

There is A MASSIVE amount of content to be added, created and/or integrated, we are aware of the limited scope of what is available, and can only hope to win you guys over in the long run. What is there now isn't anywhere near what the finished product will have to offer. :)

Most concerning to me isn't the limited amount of content avail, but the quality and ZERO interaction/context of the content. I would at least expect to see a fully functioning mechanic (cameras/interactivity/integration into story) with more content to come.

But with what is in the game now, why even bother with the Unreal Engine? There is absolutely ZERO difference between what PANDORA offers and virtually every VN avail for the last 15 years.

[Frostie Gigas]

I have to apologize but i refunded the game.. till they focus on the nsfw content i will not waste money on this game. Ill wait 2 years to buy this game again.