I brought up that Friedberg and Seltzer quote because comedy is surprisingly comparable to erotica as a genre. I am probably one of the 8 people on the internet who does unironically believe erotica is art, or that it is at least capable of being so. I am aware that this is a bit of an abstract concept, and it is one that I did not even discover until recently, so I will my best to try and describe this accurately. I enjoyed games like Critical Hit and Ruby Striker despite them following the same basic premise because there was decent ability put into the writing and presentation. Yes, there are a lot of women who are into degradation and being put in their place, hell I can kind of enjoy that kind of stuff as well… depending on how it’s presented. The only general exception is gay porn in which there are no women. Yes there is femdom but even then, the emphasis is put on the woman while she degrades the man and not on the man being degraded. All of the focus is on a woman’s body and them being in submissive and degrading positions while the same can rarely be said of men. So where does all that angry feminist screeching come in? It is quite simple most porn is made to specifically emphasize the degradation of women. Saying that a game like Starless is immune to serious critique is no better than when Friedberg and Seltzer say their movies “aren’t for critics.” This is pretty much saying “my creation sucks and is only meant to be enjoyed by those who have no standards.” One of the key reasons I am drawn to eroge as a genre is the fact that being a game that costs real money to purchase means there is an innate objective to be better than the type of cheap wank fuel you can find on Pornhub.
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This results in most porn being made by people who have no idea how to create something that actually is sexually arousing, and this leads to the misconception that one’s enjoyment of an eroge is based entirely on an individual’s sexuality and fetishes and that there is nothing to critique because eroge is innately lacking is substance. This results in material that, instead of being made to induce sexual arousal, is something that just exists to be played while one is already horny. Unfortunately, a majority of pornography in any media only emphasizes one specific trait and then exaggerates the fuck out of that trait. I am of the belief that writing a good sex scene requires a certain finesse and an ability to get the reader in a certain mood, and I believe almost anything can be made arousing or at least palatable if written the right way. Enough has been said about its most extreme content that has left serious psychological scars that are now forever implanted in my brain, but I also despised even the more tame scenes. The prime example of how not to write an eroge can be found in that of Starless: Nymphomaniac’s Paradise. I’ve ragged on this game time and time again so I don’t think it should be necessary to repeat myself. Yes, the intent of the game is kept in mind, but such a thing is just common sense when reviewing. If anything, I actually have far more respect for the eroge genre than most do because I don’t think that being an eroge justifies shitty writing or immaturity. I don’t believe that it is doing direct harm or needs to be banned like the stereotypical angry triggered feminazi stereotype does, but rather I think that most porn… kinda sucks, and I don’t mean in the sexy way (although it does that to). While I am far from sex negative, I do tend to hold a lot of disdain for porn, or at the very least mainstream pornography. My own background as a feminist is one that makes me a lot more critical of certain aspects of this game than most of its target audience will care about. A review is merely one interpretation of the game in question, and one’s own interpretations will be based very heavily on their own backgrounds.
One of the key reasons that I choose to do away with review scores is because some factors may be more or less important for some people than others. I did enjoy Meltys Quest overall, but there were also a lot of issues that I had with it, and those issues are ones that prevent me from giving it a blanket recommendation across the board. I can normally just place a game in the “good” or “bad” category and be done with it. Meltys Quest is a bit of an oddity to me.
Images are blurred but still sexual in nature. CW: Mentions of and references to strong sexual content, rape, incest, pedophilia, homophobia, biphobia, and domestic abuse.
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