I think it would be worthwhile to make a case for an Ignore function. It would finally allow those who don't like these titles/games to ignore them and move on, instead of constantly seeing them advertised on the main, sales, and news pages, which makes them feel compelled to spam the review section, attack others on the forum who can enjoy them, and are interested in discussing them with others of a like mind. Assuming there were such a function, and someone still feels compelled to turn to the forum to complain about them being here, to go on to verbally attack and demean others who do like this type of game - which they have all the right in the world to, can swiftly be dealt with by moderators.

One of the few things I liked about St. Elswhere is the ability to ignore titles I know I would not like or be able to enjoy and hence never going to buy them. My current GOG ignore list, which I'm using uBlock Origin to block items, holds almost 1768 titles of all genres. The advantage is that during a sale, I don't have to desperately try and temporarily hide titles with limited amounts of tags. Frankly speaking, I don't like the tag system very much because using it risks hiding items I may very well be interested in. That's where the ability to hide individual titles comes in handy. While I don't care for Sticky Business because freedom of expression and creativity have been artificially limited, I do like Kindred Spirits, A Year of Springs, and others. Problem: Both are tagged LGBTQ+, and both would no longer be displayed using the tag system. It's either a broad-stroke solution to the risk of hiding items of interest or being bothered by constantly seeing everything all the time, without the ability to narrow down the selection, to discover games/VN to buy.

The bottom line is that as long as there is no Ignore function, there will always be fruitless discussions about preference or attacks dealt out left and right to make someone else's day miserable just because they wish to talk about games/VN/NSFW/LGBTQ+/Sports games.

As I remember a German proverb saying: "Steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein," meaning to say, there is yet hope that GOG will move, and as a consequence of it, will notice a sharp rise in sales because it will become infinitely easier to discover titles someone may like, rather than losing interest because it takes too long to browse past the better part of 20 pages to find something new and of interest. Maybe then you will have the necessary safe space for discussions about those titles, instead of feeling the need to defend against attacks, because ultimately, that's what the news topic and forum in genreral are here for. A space to discuss anything, as long as forum rules and regulations are not broken, without constantly being attacked or threatened, or downvoted to oblivion, because someone else dislikes what you like or think or feel.

Them standards usually come down to "I don't like it, must obviously be Shovelware".

At least they call it 'high'. Other s might disagree.

Saying that a every game with certain content is bad is pure nonsense, just as not all games about cars are good, not all games with boobs are bad.

Currently quite the opposite is the case. Sales for these games seem to be more than ok, GOG would otherwise remove them like the movies. Seems like they made it easier to discover Kagura game for Kagura fans :D

I'm all for a ignore option however, that would really be helpful in many aspects.

It isn't about the boobs, it's about the qualification of the artistry on display and not using stock assets; showing that even a modicum of effort was spent.

Though yes, the ability to filter the store as much as the Data Grid View can, would be a nice step 1.

I don't like the Kagura games as well and I have not a high opinion of them. But then again I also don't like three scratches on white paint, while others call it art.
It's not about standards, it's about personal taste.

Hentai anime/manga fans may see something in these pics that I don't.

And even if it's crap, there are still people who like and buy it.

When it comes to music we usually all agree, that everyone has his own taste. While some think that all Trash Metal is in fact trash, others live for it.
Why can't it be the same for visuals?

Yet the Stock argument only comes out when the Boobies come out. But keep telling yourself it's about Standards.

Yeah my bad was answering while tabbing out during WOW downtime.
Let me fix that.
Me thinks we is of the same opinion.

Haha, I bet!

In my mind, it's neigh impossible not to discover any; they are the biggest publisher of such titles for the western market. Astonishingly, their catalogue appears to be rather limited in terms of titles they could sell, from companies such as MangaGamer, Denpa, and others they have a contract with.

Also, you know perfectly well that I was talking about all titles in GOG's shop and not trying to make it easier to discover any of theirs to improve their sales figures! :p

That's where the tag-system does work, even though with mixed results. If it were more granular, it would help. I don't know if a custom-tag system would improve it in a meaningful way. On the other hand, it would deepen customer engagement and also increase the chance of making a sale.

More options, more customer satisfaction, more sales—it's dead simple. ;)

Thought so :)

Of course :)

The tag system is quite garbage. Searching for 2D and finding Tomb Raider but not when looking for games with female protagonists ... meh. Also by far not all hentai anime games are marked as such. On the other hand there are some adult games that - apart from eastereggs maybe - have not even nudity in them. The term "NSFW" should be replaced anyway. My boss also doesn't like me to play shooters or mine sweeper.

Some GOG empliyee claimed that the tags get imported from some public internet database. I have a hard time to believe that. Usually such a mess gets corrected at some point, so the tags are consistent. And "great soundtrack"? I haven't seen that tag outside GOG anywhere (I don't deny the possibility that it can exist, but I have never seen it).

And some people don't need to defend their kinks in public, doing what they want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.

If there's no attackers, there's no reson to defend anything. If we could all just do what you said without people coming in telling us that it's bad, that would be a dream come true. *sigh*

Humans gonna human.
And most of us live in Societies were sex has been a taboo and bad bad for generations, that only recently shifted.
Some still live in such Societies.
Add to that people that pixels = real life.long way.

Steam uses it.

Any recommendations? I've heard some fairly positive things about House Party, but it's still at the usual 50%. I sort of have the feeling that adult games are a bit undeveloped compared to other vide game genres.