What makes GGGB stand out?
Added 2018-06-04 17:00:39 +0000 UTCWhen I started this project I was aiming to create something a bir different from the standard indie erotic game scene, something that could stand out. It looks like my idea was on the right tracks, but I would like to know what do you guys appreciate most about the game.
To you, and compared to other games of this genere, what makes GGGB stand out? What's it's strong point and what games do you think do it better?
Comments
I like that 1) it is not one of the rapey/incesty adult games. I also like the female character with actual agency (a nice difference from the usual male almost rapists making the girls 'addicted').
Jan Meyer
2018-06-10 12:31:14 +0000 UTCThere should have been one more spec in this pool and it's customization :)
Jezebel Beckett
2018-06-07 09:59:31 +0000 UTCI'd like to add the variety of sex acts and the different types of people (especially Jasmine) that Ash has encounters with.
cuminmyass
2018-06-06 22:15:04 +0000 UTCThe writing and the intricacy of the roleplaying experience, that's for sure. Art is beautiful, but it has its highs and lows and it's not the defining factor (quality wise) of the game.
Enrico
2018-06-06 17:53:42 +0000 UTCExcelling in every category, truly! But art style is a definite draw, and the mature writing!
Dashole
2018-06-06 06:15:54 +0000 UTCI LOVE the art style, really. Hope you don't change it just because it's the least voted
Arthur
2018-06-06 02:29:26 +0000 UTCI'm actually a little annoyed that Tyrone had an even bigger dick than Jack. Feels like a huge BBC stereotype... I feel like Tyrone as a character lost some charm that update. He had an interesting personality before, Eva didn't need the crutch of him having the biggest dick to make him interesting.
XJ347
2018-06-05 10:21:58 +0000 UTCIn truth, I'd like to check all of the boxes. As I had to pick one (did I?), I chose “Writing and storyline”. Whether Ashely stays a "good" girl, becomes a "bad" girl or follows a crazy drunkard's walk between these two, the story and its main characters stay interesting and plausible. (Juggling all these choices & consequences must be a nightmare to implement, though.)
Heresiarch
2018-06-05 10:05:30 +0000 UTCPersonally i enjoy the games pacing, the storylines don't feel too forced or unbelievable and there is a good amount of sexual content which is what we're all playing for. I also really enjoy seeing my choices make direct differences in the path that Ashley takes.
Kyle
2018-06-05 03:13:34 +0000 UTCThe "realness" of the characters is what immediately stood out to me as well. Amazing characterizations. The people in the story act like people, with their own legitimate motivations and emotions.
sbb0
2018-06-05 02:48:16 +0000 UTCI feel like it might be kind of a cop-out to vote for all four, but honestly you really are excelling in every category :)
centerflag982
2018-06-05 02:08:29 +0000 UTCAll the choice apply, however being able to play as a woman in a sex game is super refreshing! That is hands down what attracted me most. Though I love being able to make choices as shape how things go as well. But, as a perverted woman myself, I love being able to play as one!
Amanda Lynn
2018-06-04 22:50:48 +0000 UTCthe female char, the corrupting part and the hope that will have some dark consequences, maybe as a toy in a gang party for her.
hammer
2018-06-04 21:49:34 +0000 UTCNo fucking need to take a shower each day. No male protagonist masturbeting all night in front a sleeping girl to come on her. Soo tired of this retarded sex game with no refinement. GGGB is high-class game.
pilami
2018-06-04 21:25:40 +0000 UTCThe writing and believability of the characters. Not the choice mechanics per se, but the richness of the storylines that grow from those decisions, which leads to so much replayability. No other game I have seen here has me keeping so many different save games 'alive'. No other game here has me restarting so much, not to overcome a problem but to seek out a new decision. Other games may have a lot of endings based on choices, but the way the 'between' decisions dialogs change based on choices made is joyous, it's like an easter egg hunt to find another clever and natural change to a conversation. Lastly for me, Ashley is a great protagonist. Not just ME inserted into a game. I LIKE her. After lastly, the artwork is so pretty and well suited to the story, unique and distinct from so many Daz or Poser renders.
Subliminal
2018-06-04 21:19:42 +0000 UTCSee, I haven't seen the relationship sabotage or the tricking of Iris, because I don't follow those route. I'll admit those thing should get karma to bit Ashley in the ass, but it just shouldn't be a depressing ending. The punishment should be entertaining as well, and an occasion for more character development.
CassietheFriendlySuccubus
2018-06-04 20:48:45 +0000 UTCI picked art style, but honestly, its all of the above.... The art was what first led me to look at the game, but all of those things led to me liking it and becoming a patron.
Sativa29
2018-06-04 20:45:22 +0000 UTCA mature script. I don't mean adult, I mean mature, you feel me? It's not a device you've framed a game in. You're telling an actual story. You've paid close attention to using choice (or even just the appearance of it), variable dialogue and good scriptwriting to sort of generate rather distinct but qualitative content. It's why stereotypes and fillers are something that degrades the quality GGGB typically has, like for instance I notice nobody really cared whether Doug lived or died.
TheDers
2018-06-04 20:14:49 +0000 UTCThe writing is for sure the best part of the game. There are plenty of adult games out there but a wast majority is porn with a little writing thrown in around it. Your writing would give a great VN experience even if all the sex was removed. Not that I want it removed but for sure would be just as interested if you did another game that wasn't classed as porn.
six
2018-06-04 19:35:28 +0000 UTCI think there are routes that are starting to deserve a day of reckoning, truth be told. At this point a certain Ash can be not only dealing drugs, but has also mugged a poor nerd, coldly sabotaged the relationship of her ex-bff, cucked in a very humiliating way her ex-boyfriend or –for fuck’s sake- tricked Iris into having sex with Arthur. I mean, it’s not that her lifestyle isn’t healthy (which is not) it’s more that she is becoming a nasty person and kind of “earning” a bad ending for herself. I for one would find it fitting. But of course in real life many times bad people doesn’t get what they deserve, so who knows… I any case in what I strongly agree is in that it’s a great thing that there is not a “wrong” way to play the game, no choice that takes you to a path without any content or utterly boring.
Cabot
2018-06-04 18:50:12 +0000 UTCI have to agree with Cassie too. I really hope there are no bad ends that bad. And I believe that I might enjoy the drug kingpin ending. If we're talking going bad, what's more bad than trading drugs, threatening and bribing some people while getting rid of others? And I have to admit to breadloaf that I tried something that I call the Nun Run, which means basically no sex for the whole game. But I stopped it relatively early because Ashley had to either drop Eric or have sex with him, and I still don't really know, what to do about it.
Dscheel
2018-06-04 18:36:48 +0000 UTCI had to agree to all the options you gave in the poll. So it probably wasn't really helpful on my part. I hesitated a bit at the art style part, but I believe it is really important. The style you've chosen is able to give the right amount of wiggle room to fill out the blanks of the character's looks to my liking while also being naturalistic enough to be hot. And compared to what else is out there it clearly stands out, which made me look at GGGB in the first place.
Dscheel
2018-06-04 18:24:47 +0000 UTCI agree with Cassie about "Bad Ends", unless you really go out of your way to do something stupid. I think that it's possible to be a "good" girl, but flunk out of school, dump Eric, hook up with no one, let Eva turn into a gangbanger who cheats on Dave and gets dumped, fail to get a good job and so on. A more or less secret shitty ending as an easter egg, almost.
Breadloaf
2018-06-04 17:58:48 +0000 UTCAll the choices apply, but I don't think the quality of the writing should ever be overlooked. The mere fact that the script is proofread at all puts it above 90% of the other games on Patreon. Aside from the occasional typo most of it reads like the natural spoken/written word, and none of the dialogue is truly cringe-worthy. The incredible art, interesting main character, and caliber of choices are all strengthened by this attention to presentation.
johan
2018-06-04 17:57:12 +0000 UTCI actually had this game recommended to me as a porn game with legitimate romance in it. As a person who likes romance games and porn games on their own I’ve always wanted a game that does both.
L. Sugarkane
2018-06-04 17:55:53 +0000 UTCA combination of all the options
Nyrreah
2018-06-04 17:52:27 +0000 UTCAt least the good path it's not the boring one
Nyrreah
2018-06-04 17:52:16 +0000 UTCThe MC is not the usual female character in this type of games indeed
Nyrreah
2018-06-04 17:51:06 +0000 UTCA story arc while in prison, aka "orange is the new black"
Nyrreah
2018-06-04 17:50:25 +0000 UTCIn most games if this genre, there is a lewd path and there is a boring path. Not only is the Good path as interesting as the Bad path, there are many shades in between... probably too many to be honest.
Sexagesimalian
2018-06-04 17:45:34 +0000 UTC@CassietheFriendlySuccubus & @Breadloaf The combined answers the two of you gave is spot on for me. You worded it a lot better, than I would ever be able to. Thanks to both of you. So I'll go with "What they said" ;-) Cheers
TheNetsrac
2018-06-04 17:45:23 +0000 UTCIt's really hard to just say it's one thing. This game stands out for many reasons, it's just one of the best in the genre out there right now. Thanks for making GGGB and sticking with it.
Soren the salty
2018-06-04 17:35:19 +0000 UTCThe first time I replayed this game and got a totally different path it blew my mind. I thought it was just a simple corruption game. The choices available and the writing make this stand out the most. I love the art style as well though many different games have their own unique style. None have the writing or choices of this one.
Sharper
2018-06-04 17:35:01 +0000 UTCI concur on the lack of bad options, and I hope Eva_Kiss doesn't add any "Bad Ends" Like, if Ashley goes deep into the gang lifestyle, I hope the game won't end with "so she became a drug addict streetwalker and died at 30 of an overdose on the sidewalk." Having her get arrested and send to prison for a few years would be fine, but have her come out even more of a badass bad girl, and have her end as a drug kingpin until she retires in her ultra-fancy villa or something. What do you think?
CassietheFriendlySuccubus
2018-06-04 17:29:45 +0000 UTCTo go a little more into details, what makes GGGB so good for me is how much Ashley feels like an actual person with desires and tastes and goals and anxieties and etc. and not just a sexdoll for me to watch having sex. You do this in a number of way, but the big one for me is how you include masturbation scenes, i.e. scenes where Ashley is acting for her own pleasure and not anybody else's (mine included). It's very rare to see such a thing in erotic games. The fact that you allow me to choose who she is thinking of when she does makes those scene feel even more intimate. In other words, you make Ashley feel like a real woman, and that makes everything just 110% hotter. Also, your facial expressions are just golden.
CassietheFriendlySuccubus
2018-06-04 17:22:09 +0000 UTCThere's not much I don't like about it. The art style brought me. The Choices interested me. The writing and story kept me and the female character helped me enjoy female protagonist more. The female characters also all feel believable. Compared to most "porn" games. Also it's sexy as shit.
mannitt
2018-06-04 17:16:36 +0000 UTCI think that all of the poll options plays big parts in what makes Good Girl Gone Bad good. However, I think it's unique that there are so few bad options. Usually it feels like you as a player are forced to pick a specific option in order to get the "best" playthrough. It's not the case here. All of the different variants in one playthrough are as good as any other. It isn't the first choose your own adventure kind of adult game, but I think it is the first where the plot stays focused and where there's so much effort put in to make every choice matter. Of course, the writing is very good and the same can be said about your art. But if the game was streamlined I wouldn't have liked it as much. It certainly helped that you have a female main character, especially considering that I think that your female characters are very well written (meaning that I hope that your next game will have a female main character too...).
Breadloaf
2018-06-04 17:15:16 +0000 UTCGGGB is top-quality in almost all areas, so I picked all choices, but IMO what most makes this game stand out is the MC's mindset. She wades chest-deep in the bad girl lifestyle with a sure step and a keen gaze. She never acts like a victim, loses agency, or stops being the (anti-)heroine of her own story. This main asset is well serviced by excellent writing and storyline, a well-developed decision tree that leaves player control over a rich array of subplots, super-gorgeous MC and NPC, and an author with a knack to write appealing sex scenes.
Novamarauder
2018-06-04 17:15:01 +0000 UTC
