

The truth is, there are already plenty of adult games out there pushing the envelope for what gaming can do for explicit content. But players looking for an exemplary adult gaming experience don’t need to wait for Subverse to catch up to its own hype.

Studio FOW has since tried assuaging fans’ fears, explaining that “experimental features” and “fringe kink content” are on the way. At most, players can speed up playback or hit a flashing button that says “cum.” “A new era in adult entertainment,” as the game’s Steam page puts it, this is not. That’s not really why we’re here, though.Īccording to the game’s product page on Steam, Subverse features “diverse sex scenes.” Yet as of the game’s early access launch, Subverse only offers boy-girl looping 3D animations with little interactivity. Sure, Subverse’s combat segments are fine, and its open-world galactic travel segments do mirror Mass Effect’s spacefaring mechanics. In a review for the Daily Dot, I wrote that the game doesn’t hold true to its own lofty ambitions. But Studio FOW’s initial offering underwhelms. In theory, Subverse sounds thrilling - adult games are an underserved market, and few titles within that world receive even a fraction of the same budget. Along the way, fans engage in a mixture of ground and space combat missions, read through voice-acted visual novel dialogue, and grind their way toward unlocking 3D sex scenes with their girl of choice. Players take on the role of a rogue Captain commanding an eclectic group of horny, well-endowed women against a puritanical religious government.

Late last month, Studio FOW released an early access version of Subverse, a multimillion dollar space opera best described as a Mass Effect porn parody with a dash of South Park and Know Your Meme.
