There are two types of eroge…
The term “eroge” is an abbreviation for “erotic game”. One would naturally expect eroge to be “games with erotic content”. Essentially by definition, an eroge MUST have erotic/adult/hentai/sexual/non-work-safe content. And thus it is most mind boggling when eroge can be easily divided into two major categories:
1. those that have gameplay, and
2. those that do NOT have gameplay.
To make matters worse, type 2 floods approximately 95% of the eroge market. That’s right, about every 19 out of 20 eroge have no real gameplay. They are the novel games and ADV games, sometimes also referred to as the “read and click” games.
Don’t get me wrong. There are a good number of nice ADV and novel eroge titles out there. The problem is that ADV/novel titles are so easy to make, just about every dog and their grandmother can produce a mediocre title. Just put together one eager no-name artist for the CG, one wanna-be writer for scenario, no game developer necessary, and you are more than half-way set to join several hundred other eroge companies that wallow in obscurity. Hire someone to make a decent opening movie with nice music that does not reflect whatsoever on the quality of your ADV game, and you can boost first week sales by quite a bit.
The masses of just-another-read’n'click titles makes it hard to notice or find the good ADV/novel titles. Heck, there are probably more than 365 ADV/novel titles released each year for the past 5 years or so.
Sigh, the eroge industry seriously needs more “game” developers.
