1) I played on steam (Issendra) but I am more confortable on itchio (if I knew I would have buy it here XD) 2) obvious spoiler ahead !
Hi ! First of all, thank you for this game, I really enjoyed it so far, the story is more refreshing than it feels in the first place :p
But I didn’t finish Anja route yet, because the sex scene with him
(the first one I had in the torture room), really stepped me out of
the story. Don’t mistake me, I love BDSM, I love sex scenes, and
this one was really well writting, and erotic, on this matter I was
quite impressed. But, to me, it feels really out of character. I
couldn’t indulge myself on this scene because at the second Anja
became too dominant I was feeling something was really off. Before
this scene, everything is about being closer, more intimate with him.
Teasing never stop, but they touch eachother more, they call
eachother by name, they share intimate tought… When this scene
happens, it feels like suddenly the passion is rushing, uncontroled
desire flowing… and yet he is so much on control on this scene. When I was expecting something being really intimate, bringing them closer to eachother... On
the end, it doesn’t feel intimate at all, it doesn’t feel like
loosing your mind in a moment of weekness (for Anja at least), it
only feels like him wanted to play with her a bit for fun which feels
like a huge step back from the relationship they were creating at
this point of the story. He says afterward, she helps him releasing his frustration and yeah, it could explain the scene, but in the same time, it's seems odd someone inexperienced, who never show any interest on woman, take his frustration out this way, without real second thought. Without feeling or deep desire involve, and those feelings weren't readable for me in the scene.
It really feel to me the BDSM aspect of the
scene (him calling her his slave, ordering her around and stuff) came
from nowhere. I liked him teasing her by making her admitting her
desire, I think he is the kind of person afraid to loose control, and
so it didn’t surprised me he was quite dominant, but when it becomes
too much, it feels akward. (And once again, I am really fond of d/s
relationship so it’s not because it’s BDSM, it’s because it
feel not right in the context I didn’t liked it.) And MC reaction
feels akward too. She is as inexperienced, she stammers when she says
‘sex’ she never ever think about sex before this moment neither
about liking being dominated, but in this scene, suddenly she loves
being called a slave/human even so she fight against it before ?
And she says she love to be dominated ? The fact she slowly
become aroused was really well writen, but the fact she liked being
dominated really feel like coming from nowhere. Also himself definitely doesn't look like inexperienced. At everymoment it's like he knows exactly what he is doing and what he wants to do...
And after that, I was surprised, she just think back to the scenario. Like… she has sex in a really rough way in a torture chamber with someone – a demon - she still has an ambiguous relationship with and she doesn’t even think about it afterward ? It’s good she is not ashamed, but still, even I would spare a thought about it and I am a pervert. Even ‘yeah it was good, I don’t regret it’, or the contrary, or questioning the fact she indulged herself, or questioning his dominant behavor… And when they see eachother the day after that, it’s like nothing happen. I saw in a scene later, in the bedroom, she has a thought for it, but that’s all. She even says he is a macaron, hard in the outside, soft in the inside… but on this scene he only shows his hard side to her ? Since in the intimacy, he behaved exactly how he did on the first place with her, he didn’t show a more soft/romantic/caring side of him at all, on the contrary, that’s why it feels, like this scene was misplaced to me.
It was hard to me to put word on what I felt playing this moment, I hope it’s clear >.< Please, be assured I really enjoyed the game so far, I think the writting is great, the art too, (particularly love the unique artstyle of the CG in this matter). I also feel like this sex scene had a huge potential because clearly you know how to write erotic and that’s why I think it might be interesting to heard my thought about how this scene doesn’t seem to fit on the atmosphere/flow of the story. Because maybe it’s only a mater of perspective, maybe I am missing something about Anja’s feeling on this moment and maybe this wrong impression can be corrected by few sentences so players can understand better his way of thinking at this particular point !
Anyway, keep your good work, I will get back playing soon since I want to know how everything end.