Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-6349681-20180830181101/@comment-35006067-20180831122208

If the question was "What do you think of the sex scenes in Ouroboros?", my answer would have been adamant: Please remove them, they bring nothing to the story, but prevent me from sharing this awesome game with people I know would appreciate it for its other aspects.

For TLS though, the question is more complex.

I understand TLS would probably never have existed without including explicit sex scenes. It's pretty much impossible for a RPGMaker game with little customization to make a breakthrough in the mainstream market, even more so to earn money from it every month while it's still in active development.

TLS is also a game fundamentally centered around sex, and the whole narrative is about moving from one-sided sex as a demonstration of power to a shared pleasurable intimacy.

From that point of view, it's obvious the game should include explicit sex scenes.

But.

Porn.

Except for a few really original and interesting ones (including the mandatory one from the last update), most scenes are written with the background idea of being porn for heterosexual male readers. There are often welcomed instances of realism over sexiness in those scenes (for example, the very cute moment when Wynn explains the awkward time they need to find a comfortable position due to their size difference), but still, they mostly feel like porn inserts as opposed to actual intimate moments naturally flowing within the story.

Sierra has already explained several times she got extremely negative reactions from scenes diverting too much from porn game standards in previous updates, so I guess this isn't going to change, but damn, can't help but think there's some missed opportunity there.