How had your taste in H-games changed?

[Mick2000]

i use to like a simpler stuff like human and human intercourse, and then i fell down more to somewhere like tentacles and stuff. until i discover the entire H-games community (i only watch hentai before, then discovering doujin and stuff, and then i found about H-games like indie RPG or high profile company with eroge).

after learning about H-games, my preference keep getting rather wider. one time, i like some normal plain stuff like human and human intercourse, something like loli or shota, or maybe two adults. at the same time i also like deep stuff like tentacles, slime, monster girl, etc.
weirdly, i into stuff like mind break but not things like NTR, ryona, or hard rape. i like to see someone get fucked but not cucked, i really using my feeling when there's multiple human involve.

i for one have a specific kink around big boobs or breast play which involve EVERYTHING around it. simple groping, paizuri, lactation, milking. hell thanks to H-games i even go for deeper stuff like breast expansion or rather body modification. but i don't like when it crossing the line that involve gore and blood.

I enjoy liking the characters I play so I stay away from NTR, ryona, and all that.

quite the same here, some H-games actually have nice story and decent character that i tend to get invested to them.

 

[Harleyquin13]

1. Appealing art style and character design. If it isn't visually appealing, no point playing since there are mainstream consumer games that can deliver an equivalent gaming experience.
2. Gameplay mechanics that aren't overly grindy.
3. A decently written plot and character development in conjunction with or as a substitute if 2 does not apply.
4. Will not touch anything translated from Japanese since there's no point in repeating something again. Will make exceptions for English language works if they're original and have sufficient appeal.

 

[leonard_worthem]

The themes that I like have stayed the same but the relative importance of visuals and story has shifted. The older I get the more important story becomes and the less important visuals become.

 

[Anticor]

My preferences are mostly the same I suppose. As I aged I stopped enjoying anything yuri though. It felt too detached. I developed a monster girl fetish back when the Monster Girl Profiles started showing up, but the games were usually too extreme for me. Never got into the game over rape thing. I still only enjoy consensual sex scenes if they are to happen.

One huge difference is that I have mostly traded "interactive" H games (apart from Koikatsu, which I'm fairly addicted to still) for more romantic visual novels. There's been a lot of decent ones showing up lately like The Fox Awaits Me, My Girlfriend is a Mermaid!?, and TroubleDays. Surprisingly some of the older ones have came back from the dead like Princess X and Mamono Musume - Life with a Lamia. I've always danced around in the "Ecchi" category. Hoping more Vanadis visual novels get translated, especially the ones with the Harpy.

 

[kuroscorpio]

My taste has most definitely shifted since the good old days. i suppose ihad the exposure to more extreme stuff like ryona and scat but i never really focused on it until a while ago. as fat as NTR is concerned this is the biggest its ever been and i am regrettably on board with the trend. its almost like its a guilty pleasure among guilty pleasures. i had a monster girl phase too, im actually probably still in my monster girl phase actually. but something that i didn't expect was to be very invested in media with good story arcs. like if the story is trash and its just all about hardcore action it wont quite do it for me. it comes across like white noise.

 

[nexen]

In old times i liked any games, except those with tags loli, guro and scat (would accept piss). After getting bit old i started losing interest because there nothing new, is getting same. There only few games able hold my interest like The Last barbarian, Cursed Futa Princess (not sure if correct name) and other. But those kind games very rare and soon they will be boring.
I was hoped there will be some kind games: escape from "hell" while being naked or being naked from start and trying leave place, while equiping some items (some would have gave surprise effect kinda living clothes). There was some games but they released long, long time ago.
And would happy to find some simmiliar game like old game Slave Princess (where u and partner naked and trying destroy all 4-7 Demon Guards idc).
Anyway i will try search more, but soon or later i would lost interest, because current h-games becoming cliche and copycast. (Might be wrong)

 

[Strange]

No change whatsoever. I like what I like, and what stinks stinks.
If anything, I'm more tolerant about stuff I don't care about (like tentacles or furries) and less tolerant about stuff including others (underage, nonconsent).

I straight-up hate how the market is currently evolving, in terms of overall quality (AKA work/creativity poured in). Our tastes and prferences are not so much a concern, as is the willingness of devs to exploit it up to the last drop.
Seriously, keep an objective view in anything you experiment. Or a 'psychic vampire' will feed upon your vulnerable willing butt. Learn to tell when you're being lazily exploited, from when people are really doing their best to cater to your desires. When you do, devs will naturally strive for higher heights, as they should - and as we should incent them to.

In the long run, I'd recommend testing IRL your fetishes - it'll test both yourself and your partner. Some fantasies are only worth the fleeting dream they are.
Of course, if we're talking non-consenting partners, well please keep it a fantasy and indulge in any relevant game you like. Well, even rapeplay and ageplay are a thing IRL, so give roleplay a try - just not leave it to your online persona, k? Knowing what you like is a big step towards knowing who you are.

 

[Slimeria]

I've played over one thousand hentai games over 13 or so years (although many of those games were not played for very long). The greatest change was very immediate, which is when you're new to a medium, every tired cliche or trope is still new and fresh to you. When you watch cartoons as a kid, they probably used the tired old "opposite day" episode, but because you had never seen it before, you still really enjoyed it, and with hentai games it was the same way for me.

Nowadays, I wonder if I really even like hentai games. I guess I like "parts" of h-games. I appreciate 'aspects' and 'ideas' and maybe there's a couple of scenes that have a 'fun premise', but there's never been one to me that felt like a masterpiece that could be compared to a non h-game. Kamidori Alchemist Meister is a pretty great gameplay wise, but the story is really bad and the hentai is a detriment. Acid Style games have some pretty cute animations and smart gameplay designs, but at the end of the day they're really just okay games in a vacuum. Moral Sword of Asagi is kind of really good, but it's also just an rpgmaker game with some jank to it. Obviously I find something to playing these as I continue to do it, but there's few surprises anymore. I would have stayed far away from a game like Demonophobia on onset, but now I can appreciate how differently that game feels to so many I've played.

I also no longer discuss h-games with people outside of enthusiasts, since there's little point.

 

[PlebMan7210]

Still hating NTR stuff. But kinda liking Netori now (you do the cucking but not cucked). Guess it's still fucked up tho

 

[MoxieTouch]

Personally grew up on sidescrollers. Demon Girl, Kooonsoft, and a butte load of Legend of Krystal games. Probably also why I like creative tentacle creatures.

I like the freedom of "to be or not to be cucked" without having to slog through textboxes these sidescrollers give. Platformers (like Anthophobia) also give off that feeling.

Then those games started to dwindle, to the point where there aren't many new sidescroller games I can be excited about. rip

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I desperately wanted an nsfw game that was like them. Until I threw my arms up and went, "hell with it. im making my own game, with tentacles in space.

So here we are.

 

[Funsizelife]

Personally grew up on sidescrollers. Demon Girl, Kooonsoft, and a butte load of Legend of Krystal games. Probably also why I like creative tentacle creatures.

I like the freedom of "to be or not to be cucked" without having to slog through textboxes these sidescrollers give. Platformers (like Anthophobia) also give off that feeling.

Then those games started to dwindle, to the point where there aren't many new sidescroller games I can be excited about. rip

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I desperately wanted an nsfw game that was like them. Until I threw my arms up and went, "hell with it. im making my own game, with tentacles in space.

So here we are.

I grew up in similar fashion, and basically played all of the early 2010s side scrollers. But I gave up on the genre in recent years, the last side scroller I played was Kung Fu girl, then that futa floating girl with a devil guardian angel game before that.

I don't understand why game devs feel the need to make expansive level design and complex skill tree. I just wanna fap man, and when gameplay is too good, I don't want to fap anymore.

Is it because there's never enough animators? Is it because side scrollers are never sold enough to justify the cost? I mean, Kooonsoft releases theirs only once every few years too, and as infinitely replayable their game is, I don't imagine people are willing to pay more than 15 bucks for a side scroller that takes you half an hour to open the gallery.

 

[super_slicer]

I don't understand why game devs feel the need to make expansive level design and complex skill tree. I just wanna fap man, and when gameplay is too good, I don't want to fap anymore.

You're doing it wrong guy, H-games are a combination of interactive entertainment and something erotic, if all you want to do is jerk off, go watch/read porn. There's tons of it and you don't need to split your attention at all, just press play and hump your fist.

Essentially your complaint is that your spork isn't a fork. Don't pick up a spork if all you want is a fork.

 

[Funsizelife]

Essentially your complaint is that your spork isn't a fork. Don't pick up a spork if all you want is a fork.

I disagree with the analogy. My complaint is that the focus became too focused on gameplay and map design, that the fap experience itself felt weaker, and often, comes at the expense of the fapping. I downloaded the fullflap's platformer souls like, and I never got to fap while playing it, cause I didn't want to return to a bonfire just cause she's getting boned. And the gameplay is good enough that I feel like the sex scenes are wasting my time, I wanna do more fighting. So what happens in most action games, I finish the game first, then fap to gallery. Heck, this issue applied to koonsoft games for me, hell mode is where I fap.

I'm complaining that the Spork got such a big spoon section that it's hard to fit the thing into your mouth. You can still sip soup out of it, but you're better off just pouring the damn thing into a cup and have a grand Harrah there.

 

[Tewi]

I disagree with the analogy. My complaint is that the focus became too focused on gameplay and map design, that the fap experience itself felt weaker, and often, comes at the expense of the fapping. I downloaded the fullflap's platformer souls like, and I never got to fap while playing it, cause I didn't want to return to a bonfire just cause she's getting boned. And the gameplay is good enough that I feel like the sex scenes are wasting my time, I wanna do more fighting. So what happens in most action games, I finish the game first, then fap to gallery. Heck, this issue applied to koonsoft games for me, hell mode is where I fap.

To be fair, that's a problem with full flap games on general, for some reason they like to have fuck rooms on where you find sex enemies but the rest of the game is normal enemies and that breaks the flow.
My guess is that many devs might want to test out game dev waters with a H-game, that might be why many expand on gameplay so much. Either that or they don't want to be in the same group of shitty cash-grab platformers that are as uninspired at generic 5 cg RPG-maker games.

 

[Mick2000]

So what happens in most action games, I finish the game first, then fap to gallery. Heck, this issue applied to koonsoft games for me, hell mode is where I fap.

ah, good thing i'm not the only one feel this way. when it caome to action games, the gameplay itself really take me in so i end up clearing the game then fap later after like gallery unlocked. exception for RPG games cause i'm quite lazy to do some grinding and exploring, especially when the said RPG isn't worth my time so i just snatch someone save file or just break the game file to see if the fap material worth effort i'm gonna put.

 

[Funsizelife]

My guess is that many devs might want to test out game dev waters with a H-game, that might be why many expand on gameplay so much. Either that or they don't want to be in the same group of shitty cash-grab platformers that are as uninspired at generic 5 cg RPG-maker games.

In some senses, I get that. Sometimes, I feel like they're games that happens to have sex scenes just so it can have a core niche audience that DEFINITELY will buy it. I remember the dev of Nightmare Sphere Zero felt exactly like that. And hey, no fault to them, many manga artists do the same thing.

On the other hand, if you're going to be targeting this market, then make your game revolve around this market's needs. Innovate in ways that contribute to the main appeal of this market, make your core focus fapping. Or, at the very leasy, stop using koonsoft fail state sex scenes if you're gonna make your gameplay more complicated. Reward me for being good at your game. Reward me for being to do it one handed. Make it a constant reward so a proper fap session can happen. There's a reason despite that I'm not into the themes of "being the rapist/ntr-ist" games, I'm more likely to check them out, cause they know you're here to fap lol.

And I'm not trying to say koonsoft needs to change their style. Koonsoft fail state can stay, but I will like it if wasn't the norm for action games.

 

[TheUnsaid]

My guess is that many devs might want to test out game dev waters with a H-game, that might be why many expand on gameplay so much. Either that or they don't want to be in the same group of shitty cash-grab platformers that are as uninspired at generic 5 cg RPG-maker games.

No, I'm pretty sure these guys do like erotic content.

Doujin games come out at comiket every year, and a good majority of them are NOT adult in nature.

The reason the gameplay and sexual content are separate is just taste, and nothing more. Some people do not want to design games in which the adult content and regular game content are merged together in a way where you're constantly experiencing adult content. That's not their goal.

 

[TotalPerver#4354782]

I've gotten more and more vanilla as time went on. I used to be okay with the typical rape to mind break stuff you get when you game over in pretty much any HRPG but now I'm just turned off by it. I'm still kind of into tentacles but otherwise I think only the most vanilla and friendly stuff is palatable to me right now.

 

[gmretto]

I've been around this hobby for a few years now. And the older I get, the blander my taste gets, and the less I can tolerate.

I mean, I was never a fan of Ryona or Scat. But stuff like tentacles, NTR and Chikan are things that I didn't mind as much. However, as I get older, the less I want to see any monsters, and I get very squeamish when I see any suggestion of blood, pain or distention. And the industry is so focused on rape too! It's so hard to avoid it. I find myself unable to open Playhome, and the only micomisomi game I kept is the Animal ear pair game. I thought the longer I'm around, the deeper I dive. Instead, NTR is like, the most offensive thing I can take now.

So I'm curious, how it went for you guys? Are you guys getting deeper into the rabbit hole? There's always someone for a particular kink, but have yours changed?

I used to only play H games that had pregnancy in them but now I don't care if it has pregnancy or not and I'm more into corruption and a good story and female MC. I love chikan, especially when its consensual.

Rape is sometimes good but I don't like seeing the woman get completely mentally destroyed so it depends on how well she takes it. I guess it's because I know what rape does to people in real life so it's hard to get into it unless it's pure fantasy and she recovers mentally from it really quickly.

I hate any blood other than if it's from the character losing her virginity. That's great, but I don't like seeing pain or serious injuries. Guro is traumatizing.

 

[Triplebrc]

I got into the whole H-Game thing via the Rance series, and that series pretty much hit my nerve perfectly. I stuck to games like that for years, male on female dominance, rape, comedy, several of these elements together at once. I liked it if a game had a good story, characters and nice gameplay to it, as making me feel more powerful over time was really satisfying in these games as I subconsciously role played as that character in my head. I never really cared whether there was animation or not, nor do I care too much now.

I am playing more kinds of different H-Games now, having aquired a big liking for any games with wrestling content (sadly they are somewhat rare), actually appreciating character interaction in scenes more than just the most appealing character getting pounded, and my biggest fetish is strong women characters falling (not easily mind you) to whatever character I am playing, though sadly most games do not really balance that properly and make them turn way too quickly and easily. (if you know any good games that focus on that, let me know)

I even got into female on men domination a fair bit, something that would be unimaginable for me in real life, or even in real porn for that matter, I just can't really work with that outside of H-Games. Thanks to the first Monster Girl Quest, a game I genuinely only picked up because I found a free download and read tons of praise for the story, I grew to like female on male domination, at least in eroge, perhaps because it is so absurd to me to see pretty women as unsatiable rapists that it goes full circle. Funnily enough, since this is not my own fetish, I am far less picky with it, so while a badly made male on female game in terms of story or scenes is harder for me to enjoy because I played so much of it that I have higher demands, pretty much any low effort rpg maker game will do something for me if it does not appeal to my strongest fetishes.

What I never was into, and am still not into, is any male on male, pain that goes too far/blood/gore (I am sadistic, so I enjoy teasing and psychological torment against girls, physical too, but I have limits), anything involving full on animals or groteqsue monsters, anything piss or shit related, any crossdressing or hermaphrodite stuff, vore is a massive turn off, as is pregnancy, killing usually is too, and I never got the appeal of shrinking characters to tiny sizes.