Romance, Poly or Harem?
But is the Adult content aimed at being a monogamous committed relationship ending with ONE love interest (Romance), or a romantic ending with anyone you wish independent of each other (Polyamorous), or can you bring all 9 love interests in to a collective, all aware of each other (Harem)?
If the adult content and relationships are romance focused, and the end game pathway is towards that, for that element of the game... is that a hard locked and gated system... ergo, beginning with one pathway erodes, or even immediately locks out (or dead ends any already begun) another?
I do not want to seem some kind of crass misogynistic chauvinist pig, but my major qualm with almost ALL of the AVNs I have played which go the Romance path in relation to the adult content, is they expect you make uniformed decisions based on a few emotional moments.... and... well... to be blunt... expect you to buy the Cow, without tasting the Milk, if you will. Whilst I am down with the old saying 'If you want the milk, buy the cow".... my position when there are multiple cows to buy, I expect to taste the milk of each, at least once, but preferably couple of times each before I make that purchase :P
So many Romance AVNs which are basically 'Have and adventure, find your soulmate by the end' type deals for the most part.... expect you pick that soulmate off only the interpersonal interactions, emotional and cerebral ones...but if you pick a soulmate without knowing what she goes like whilst screaming your name, calling you Daddy, as she's getting tenderised by the savagest slap-f*cking hate sex she's ever had, leading to the ultimate chokegasm that makes her cumtarded for a month....then I think you'd be a schmuck. In fact, that kind of failure of due diligence IS WHY DIVORCE RATES ARE SO HIGH :p
So if I am getting down to jump in to a Romance AVN, at the very least, I like to know I will have plenty of experience with all aspects of the potential love interests, including considerable carnal experience, before I choose her and that end pathway.