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Recently, the unusual strip pinball game, Pinup Ball (which I have been watching for sometime now) has been finally released - after a year's delay, even.
However, there has been a fair amount of criticism towards the game so far, with about 1/3rd of the reviews being negative. The game is in early access still, though, so that might be one reason why. I posted a longer message about all this on the Facebook page, so here's the link:
[https://www.facebook.com/gamingonlinux/posts/2931516930248234](https://www.facebook.com/gamingonlinux/posts/2931516930248234)
Basically, I think the game may be too tame to draw much attention, and that's limiting its userbase.
Here's the link to Steam (as it's NSFW, you need to be logged in to see this):
[Pinup Ball on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/904900/Pinup_Ball__Sexy_Strip_Pinball/)
And, my review:
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198078806215/recommended/904900?snr=1_5_9__402
In another review (in a reply), another user was arguing that the game is just a gimmick, with the nudity. Well, I think that's the case, but it's not a bad gimmick, really. I don't think there's anything wrong with the concept itself, but the execution needs some work.
And ultimately, the overwhelming majority are not going to buy this game for its gameplay... The vast majority of people are going to buy it for a game that offers eye candy first, and a compelling game second.
I have loads of "sexy" games on my Sony PlayStation 4 Pro and you know what, the only ones I (primarily) play for the gameplay are the Dead or Alive "beach" games and the (regular) Dead or Alive games (true story!)... The rest of my "sexy" are games that I play once or twice for the eye candy, and then I never play them again or only play them again when I'm especially bored.
If this game wants to sell a few more copies, they're going to need to turn up the quality massively and if they decide they want to offer actual nudity, they might need to consider [another store that permits this](https://www.gog.com/game/leisure_suit_larry_magna_cum_laude_uncut_and_uncensored)...
Either way, the point remains - people usually buy these games for the "fan service" - not the gameplay - and they're going to need an awful lot more "fan service", by the look of things.