Horny Anime Bartending Simulator
I didn't finish VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action. The game simply wasn't for me. The music is the only thing I liked about the game. It's a cool concept, each time you open the bar, you load 12 songs into the jukebox and they're all pretty decent.
I couldn't finish this game because the writing completely irked me; it is extremely horny. The character that most embodies this is Dorothy. Dorothy is a sex robot and talks about sex in a way that I found off putting. There are several mentions of dildos, faking orgasms, big tits, filling up all the holes, etc. On paper it's at least reasonable for a lonely person to strike up these conversations with a bartender at a dive bar. The problem is most of the girls in the game, including Dorothy look UNDERAGE. Of course the game rationalizes this under the guise of "It's cyperpunk, yall, people can mod themselves to whatever they want".
The actual bartending is a useless distraction. It's a puzzle game where the solution is already spelled out for you and all you need to do is execute. There are a few occasions where patrons will ask for something vague and you will need to figure out what to serve them, but whether you serve the right/wrong drink doesn't seem to make much difference.
I find The Red Strings Club a better alternative to VA-11 Hall-A. It's not exactly a game of the year contender, but it packs a bigger punch, in a more condensed narrative without the excessive adolescent sex jokes.
