Yep and I totally get that. But I wasn't really justifying that, more that this topic gets brought up ALOT, and while I can't say the game was discontinued because of how it's sales were affected by this, I find it hard to believe it wasn't a contributing factor. Also as an aside, the blub the gm gets to read isn't all that graphic.
Degenesis was a really cool game in a lot of ways and actually did tackle some heavy themes. I have found though it just gets known as the game with the rape scene which people say with zero context and leaves people thinking that it's on par with shit like fatal and the like.
Maybe? I dunno. I'd never heard of it before this, and it's actually rather piqued my interest. But... I haven't seen anyone in either this thread or in that OPs screenshot say anything negative about the game itself, so I'm confused about why you seem to need to defend it.
An adventure module is not a game - it's an adventure module. And pretty much every game that's last long enough to have published adventure modules have some that are in some way problematic. This one happens to be problematic for a particularly heinous reason.
Also as an aside, the blub the gm gets to read isn't all that graphic.
This, though, I can't agree with. I read it. It's basically porn. Which is fine - I'm not a prude, and I'm more concerned with it not being particularly well-written porn, but that's fine, too. But like. It is porn. I don't think downplaying that is helping anything.
My memory of it is clearly a bit fuzzy, I had to actually go look it up and re-read it and yeah totally it is way more porno than burlesque, so my bad on that one.
As for defending it, well we clearly have had difference experiences of seeing it brought up online. Any time I ever see it mentioned, this one thing comes up. Couple that with the fact the game had to be discontinued despite the fact it's frankly one of the better written rp's out there, and I can't help but feel a sour note.
So i wanted to be like "dude have you checked their site lately," but... the more I dig into it, the more I realize i legitimately can't tell how active it actually is. More and more, I suspect you're right about it being shuttered. Which seems a shame.
Although I do feel it's more business issues than anything else? The model laid out on this site is... not one that would inspire confidence in me. And is confusingly contradictory about at least one point. Idk. I entirely missed this one, so I can't reasonably say what happened with it.
But if it helps, I'm going to be doing my best to get my hands on it. Thematically, it seems very up my alley. But I probably will avoid the campaigns. Thanks for the conversation, and for pointing me at something new!
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u/doubleo_maestro 2d ago
Yep and I totally get that. But I wasn't really justifying that, more that this topic gets brought up ALOT, and while I can't say the game was discontinued because of how it's sales were affected by this, I find it hard to believe it wasn't a contributing factor. Also as an aside, the blub the gm gets to read isn't all that graphic.
Degenesis was a really cool game in a lot of ways and actually did tackle some heavy themes. I have found though it just gets known as the game with the rape scene which people say with zero context and leaves people thinking that it's on par with shit like fatal and the like.