The fact that putting on that glorious Opera allows you to cause what I interpreted as, shall we say, a scene similar to the one at the climax of Perfume, definitely cemented it as my favourite. At least for a degraded hedonist sort of character.
Personally I can’t name any scenes in the game which made me uncomfortable, or which I felt were rubbish in quality, but I respect that others may have had a different experience. Of course, to defend the use of stuff like "lean" for body description. - it’s probably pretty damn hard to write erotically-charged material without making any references to the player’s body; to the body of the "you" in the scene. If you want to get physical you MUST focus on the body of "the other" because you don’t want to assume anything on the player’s behalf. Which does of course make it hard to be…even-handed? Hard to find a good way to describe it.
I don’t think describing the Longshanks Gunner as "lean" in particular was necessarily a problem as an underfed ex-urchin is probably gonna be pretty damn thin. I also think that "athletic" is intended to focus on the physical exertion of the sex act; at least that’s how I read it. Again, though, I respect that others may not have had the same experience as I did.
I agree with Jolanda Swan concerning the scene with Catharine; I don’t think that the fundamental idea of toying with the cliche is a bad one, but if people are seeing it as skeevy than it might be good to tweak the scene so that the intended reading is more obvious. For what it’s worth the scene as it stands isn’t particularly memorable and that is a problem in its own right, so I think reworking it is a good idea regardless even if the approach to the scene is not changed.
I echo JaneAnkhVeos on the Last Constable rare success; it really gives you a bittersweet "was this a mistake?" vibe in the best possible way. I also personally thought it dovetailed nicely with the dialogue you get if you confess your love to her immediately before the climax of the story, but then again I’m just a sucker for dysfunctional relationships.
I also thought the titillating throne threesome was a high point for similar reasons to Quidam.
edited by Daedalus_Falk on 10/28/2020
edited by Daedalus_Falk on 10/28/2020