Red Flags.
As a game developer, I’ve found that some fetishes bring more trouble than fun. If you’re going to do them, it’s better to build a whole game around them for a specific audience that appreciates it. For example, humiliation — it’s clearly not for everyone.
What are your personal red flag fetishes? The ones that instantly kill your interest in a game?
Feel free to share in the comments — I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Иногда в разработке игр сталкиваешься с фетишами, которые приносят больше проблем, чем удовольствия. Если уж браться, то лучше делать игру целиком под конкретную аудиторию, которая этого ищет. Например, унижения — фетиш явно не для всех.
А какие фетиши для вас лично являются "красным флагом"? Те, которые сразу отбивают интерес к игре?
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Comments (64)
not having a choice in the journey forced to sleep with people, i want to choose. and if i cant then that's when i stop playing a game. don't care what your into as long as there is a option for people not to.
Weak or truncated storyline, BBC (it's tired, stereotyped and wayyy over used), any dev whose base revolves around only those most extreme abusive, domineering or humiliating kinks and lack of player control/direction/paths...comic books. If there are no choices it's just a narrative focused on a small fraction of those who even pay attention to AVNs. And just based on general comments this isn't for me, and I'm out.
Get a life guys, "Live and let Live"; the only Three fetishes that are Red Super Flags in my sex book are: 1. Extreme Sado- Masochism and Bondage, 2. Diapers and 3. Scatt or feces. And as a trivia bonus I have to say that I have a Transgender friend, and She is Totally Beautiful and very assertive and Courageous about who She is, and yeah, she chooses to keep her "Trademark." Also, Daughter-Mother-Daughter Incest is very suggestive and Sensual, same as Transgender on Female or Female on Transgender, in my opinion.
I don't really have a red flag fetish if it's done right... IE feels genuine. Snuff and Hard R has to fit the story and the character personalities and be believable in context. It's definitely not a turn on for me but I won't just shut a story down for including it (though I will say I do like erotic horror even if it's not "sexy"). I do find absolutely huge sexual characteristics turn me away. Whether it's breasts the size of torsos or cocks bigger than forearms. The game has to be amazing for me to get past that kind of fetish.
Red flags : 1) incest (sister/mother, not cousin/stepsister). This is a huge issue in today's context (thanks to CS and Visa/Mastercard). So, probably better to avoid altogether in order to avoid being delisted/banned. For me, it's more an "orange" flag : don't like but won't prevent me from reading the VN and/or enjoying it... I may still concentrate on the other LI. So red flag is linked to current context around AVN censorship. 2) Free (unprovoked) Violence Violence for violence is a no go... Violence against a bully or a "big villain" is clearly OK... 3) Gay sex Simply not into that... 4) Trans or Futanari I consider that "transwomen" are still men so see point 3 : gay sex. Futanari is borderline but gives me the same feel. 5) Scat Just find it gross... I'm not very keen on humiliation, incest, rape or pregnant sex but they are more "orange" flags than "redflags" for me.
Humiliation, pregnant sex, male gay, masochism / sadism, and scat / waterworks are the biggest red flags for me. Oh, I also don't enjoy shota and don't understand the appeal of traps. I don't particularly like BDSM or ugly bastards either, but if the build-up is good I can enjoy them.
Just put a variable to skip X_content. Or let the player decide to skip. Nobody is force to watch.
Комментарии нам иллюстрируют то, что фетиш, штука крайне индивидуальная и если автор хочет таким образом собрать статистку того, чего ему следует в игре обходить стороной, то имхо, никакой объективной картины в этих комментариях он не получит. Поэтому, на мой взгляд, надо дать возможность игроку обходить вообще все фетиши, если они ему не подходят. При этом, такой подход создаст и другую сторону - появится возможность привнесения любых фетишей) Лично я хотел бы видеть в игре вуайеризм, копрофилию, мочеиспускание и волосатых девушек!
Автор собирает статистику чтобы понять, чего следует избегать. Ибо да, конечно все индивидуально, но есть определенные вещи которые неприятны большему кол-ву людей чем другие. И если например я их введу то это сразу ударит по моему карману (за сам факт). И мочеиспускание в их числе кстати.
What I dislike most ("red flag fetish") is when a good-looking woman is corrupted by a fat and disgusting old man. If that type of content is shown it should be avoidable, please. In contrast, I prefer to give the FMC agency to decide with whom to get together. Ideally with men who are realistically higher in status. AVNs that embrace realistic hypergamy and all the social pitfalls that surround it are a "green flag fetish" for me, so to speak.
A strong-willed woman is crushed by power and eventually subjugated and corrupted by cheating or fluting.
Ah, sorry, didn't see this for now....but yeah, what is one man's gold is another man's trash when it comes to fetishes. For myself, I am nauseated by foot stuff and anal and, as we've discussed on here before, forced lesbian content, and probably scat stuff. Now, I don't mind the game having these things, so long as I can avoid them in my playthrough.
well my red flags are gay and lesbo stuff, but the the biggest one for me is actually isn't story related but the mobile phone stuff! crikey that triggers me for some reason.
Honestly the OLD and FAT trope where a hot girl like Emma would even be interested is crazy to me and the over used BBC as well, we get it they supposedly have the biggest tools on the planet its over played. I don't really mind most other things really in this type of game even preg but if you put preg then it would damage the story timeline and would end the game prematurely
I guess the usual things no game needs. Scat, urine, futa, trans, gay, feminisation of male MC and BDSM.
When a girl goes for someone whose actions indicate he is an asshole, but the author puts in a sentence that tries to make him seem desireable.
But women like the bad guys, because they find them exciting.
I hope that pregnancy and gay themes can at least be excluded by default and do not affect a possible gallery of scenes dedicated to them. To unlock them and complete the game, I would still have to play it at least once.
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Fétichisme : pas mon truc il y a beaucoup mieux
timid/low self esteem Futa just fall to depravity already!
La soumission complète c'est à dire le BDSM et l'esclavage que peut subir une femme comme un homme. Je suis d'accord pour une soumission créée par le désir, l'envie ou l'adultère mais pas dans la douleur extrême et le rabaissement total de la personne
In terms of what ruins a game? Interracial/BBC. Not because I mind seeing black people in a game at all, but when certain humans in a game are just there to be fetishized, cartoonish, badly written fuckbeasts, then it tends to follow that OTHER characters also have terrible writing and dialogue. "OMG honey why are you taking that big black daddy cock into your pristine white varginer??? It will ruin yuor uterius for my pure white cock but also I think I am starting at to like it!" "Yes dear I like the black man person's cock more than your white married cock" "Biiitch shut up take my cock I like rap" and so forth.
It's been an interesting road since I first started playing AVNs, and I think I investigated more than I expected, but there have been fetishes that I have found as not interested, and I avoid/block the games that feature them. NTR/NTS. While the sexual activity may be interesting itself, the scenario kills any enjoyment. I'm not wired that way at all. Scat. Just a no. Watersports...maybe once. Corruption/humiliation. When the whole game is about turning the MC (usually femaie) into a mindless pleasure drone. Even light humiliation content quickly wears out its welcome if it keeps recurring. BDSM. Even if the MC (male) is not on the receiving end, anything more than a light touch quickly sours me on the AVN. BDS/MDS. Really? C'mon. Generally, I believe I'm like most consumers and try to put myself in the MC's shoes (if male). Seeing foot-longs everywhere is just ridiculous and breaks the suspension of disbelief. Also, having known people with members maybe 8" long, they frequently ran into issues where they caused pain and/or bleeding with their partners if they tried to go all in. Their partners never got "stretched out" even after frequent intercourse. The story can mitigate this to some extent, but if there is no opt out (i.e., Fetish Locator) I'll pass it by.
Yeah the really large dicks thing ruins immersion, big dicks are fair enough but within reason not guys walking around with horse dicks in their pants
What I don’t like is slow burn blue balling games, also no rape scenes and if it has to be in the game atleast let us skip it, no mandatory hubby wife sex scenes either, make them skippable especially if the wife is ignoring him and cheating on him why the hell would she just decide to have sex with him?
No rape content. First of all, it's strictly forbidden by the platform, and second, it's a personal red flag for me.
Pregnancy, scat, urine, futa , gay,humiliation
Other non-starters for me: ghosts, goblins, rpgm, sandbox, Japanese anime games, incest, femdom.
three kinks that are off for me are: underage, femdom and futa. Just to be brief
Cucks. I like the taboo of cheating. The moral corruption of a girl betraying her BF/husband behind his back. But if the BF/husband enjoy it, it kills it for me.
Agree with this.
peeing, NTR, pussy assed cuck (cuck by an actual kinky MAN is kinda ok, if you know what I mean), humiliation, oversized dick/tit's
If you can skip certain fetishes or have the choice then I'm pretty much fine with anything. What I don't like is when it starts with sharing, NTR, NTS. That's a reason for me to uninstall. Ohh gay too. I know it's VN but sandbox isn't for me either. There are a few good ones on the market but as a rule it's not my thing, especially not when you have to do the same thing 10 times to collect points so you can progress in the story.
My game killer is sharing. I don't like share or telling the partner. Cheating is what I enjoy with the risk of being caught if the females acts at the wrong time and place.
Girl getting passed around like a blunt. You know, like she’s the town bicycle everyone gets a ride on? It just feels lazy. It should be an option in an ntr game, but it shouldn’t be mandatory. If players only want her to be with one guy/bull, that should be a valid path, not something blocked by a dumb point system that only unlocks content if she sleeps with more dudes. Also, solo path gives more room to explore the relationship and build more meaningful development. NTR games that just default to passing the girl around get stale real fast. But of course, this is just my opinion.
scat is no go
Red flag for foot fetishism, water play, pregnant women, futa/trans, feces, animals, extreme BDSM.
I do not like cuckolding. Too many of these games show a husband who enjoys seeing his wife with other men and encourages it. It is very uncommon and to me it is not an intriguing story line. A cheating wife is more common and is more exciting to see for me.
I believe some sort of tension between characters - domination / submission / ntr adds flavor to them game and keeps it interesting. Personally, My red flags are vanilla sex and cheating. I don’t prefer games where female MCs become willing sluts and actively cheat on their partner. I don’t follow such games. But I understand not everyone might agree with me. So, you do what you think is best in your opinion, Novel
I like nonconsensual sex also like strippers doing a private dance
Humiliation is a definite no-no. Really not into the black, 'muh dick', bull trope. Not going to get on my soapbox over this but, please. Just drop it. It's boring and annoying. Average todger is 5-6 inches long. Average fanny is 5-6 inches deep. Prefer NTS to NTR and cheating unless it's a female protag. Sounds daft I know and I'm not sure I can explain it. Not into water sports. Teenagers that look too young to be able to piss in the pot. If the character is 18+, for fuck's sake, make them look 18+. Not into impossibly huge tits. Some devs seem to be able to make it work but as a general rule. Corruption games. I love 'em but the fact that a decently intelligent girl starts putting herself about does not kill brain cells. Other than that, there's not much that makes me want to uninstall a game, but as has already been said (UrsaMajor98), if you're going to include it in the game, give me a choice. And, more importantly than anything else, please give me a decent story. An unending stream of gratuitous sex is not a story.
https://i.postimg.cc/mgcrvmDh/1.png Is this normal?
My red flags are: vore, gore, scat and some extreme bloody BDSM 😱.
I will follow a game with a great story first and foremost. But what can push me away are 4 things 1) the racist portrayal of black men as only a BBC 2) necrophilia 3) portraying the male mc as clueless, dumb , tiny cock and unable to stand up to a person trying to steal their wife 4) blackmail All of what I listed are what I consider a devs easy button to move a story without really working on the story
I think it's best to always give the option to choose the path. different fetishes
Absolutely, but sometimes certain things are complete deal-breakers for some people.
I am pretty open minded. I would say anything of a sexual nature done without good reason or where it is uncalled for. A good story is most important to me - one that makes you think and reflect on the choices made. After all it's all happening in the real world, and so we need to understand it to make better choices ourselves.
might sound crazy but, its romance for me, fuck outta here with all that vanilla shit
Then it's probably better if you don't play our games 😅 I rarely say this, but honestly, I will end up disappointing you sooner or later 😄 You're better off following someone else, really 😉 I'm not offended, honestly — you're absolutely entitled to your opinion 😄 It's just kind of funny to get a comment like that, considering my reputation as a developer 😅🎮
I don’t think I have any real red flags. With that being said I would prefer an option when it comes to fetishes that are more…out there? For lack of a better term. Granted that’s more work for the dev team. I enjoy games and stories with a whole bunch of kinks. This play through I may not was FemDom, next play though maybe I give it a shot. One thing I really don’t like, is why make characters always have such massive dicks? Most women are quite happy with ‘average’ because it’s the motion of the ocean, not the size of the wave that will get the job done. And the men are always jacked. Why not have a male MC with a dad bod? Sorry. Kind of ranted there
You're right, if they give them a penis of 30 or 40 centimeters or more if they're black, they lose interest in me.
To me, BDSM it's unbearable
I agree completely. But I would say most things are fine if they are able to be skipped. Either as its person locked or if you can choose to leave it out as the player.
Any domination, sadism, masochism. But generally, poorly done graphics, inane dialog. My prejudice is that if a guy can't write dialog, neither can he write a story worth reading. Sometimes I will play a game only if I can see that the story is exceptional, like incest and harem games. I think you are well in the clear on all counts.
Podophilia, humiliation, masochism, golden shower.
Incest, Loli, Rape are my main red flags. I refuse to play a game that includes them.
Red Flag - Feet and foot worship. No issue with it when it's an option. We all like what we like. It's a hard no when the game forces it on you. Best case I'm spamming 'skip' until I'm past it. Worst case I'm quittint the game
I'm not really big on the whole humiliation thing, not Emma doing it to Tyler or someone else humiliating and degrading her, it's just a big turn off
Red Flag - none
لو اهتمت بكل كلمه يقولها الناس لن تستطيع الابداع والتميز انت مميز حينما يكتب قصه فلم يكون شخص واحد هو صاحب الابداع اما ان كان غير ذلك..... أتمنى ان تفهم لا تتغير انت المبدع استمر
شكرًا لتعليقاتكم.
Red flag - female domination lol, personally Im ok with every fetish, but when I see female domination is not my thing
Red Flag - Abuse in Form of Blackmail or violence. No Consensual but forced interacrions
