Katawa Shoujo: Oh wait, never mind
Addendum to previous blowout post about Katawa Shoujo (You may want to read that first, as it all still holds true, really.)-
I went back to the game after writing that massive post and not 20 minutes of game time later there was a clumsily shoe-horned in adult scene. It tried to capitalise on an emotionally moving scene and fell a wee bit flat. The timing felt much like a lot of the adult scenes in a lot of Visual Novels do because it comes across to the reader that the author was suddenly accosted by devilish forces who demanded that the characters do the sideways shuffle because god dammit we have an 18+ rating on this game and we are going to earn it and so get more people to pick it up.
Its not so much the adult scene that grates, but the fact that it cheapened the stand alone emotional scene that was presented just previously – also the fact that I said out loud to myself “God, I hope they don’t stuff a H-Scene in here…. Dammit.”
Yes yes, I could turn on the “Hide adult content” option in the game, but dammit I wanted to give the writing some credit that it wouldn’t shoehorn in such elements at such daft times. Oh well, maybe this is an anomaly. I’m still only 5 hours 40 minutes in after all.
Edit: Oh wait, I think I spoke too soon again – It looks like the Trouser Tango event actually has implications in the storyline beyond “Hey dudes, Hent! Wheeeeee!” Thank goodness for that.
Still, I stand by my assertion that it was forced (I originally wrote “came out of no-where” here, but that is too strong), almost as if the author 1) needed a reason for an adult scene and 2) needed a massive event to move on to the next story beat and this was the way to achieve it.
Edit 2: Finished the route entirely to the happy ending. Yep, the adult scene feels forced for the two reasons above. Still enjoyed it though. On to the next route!
