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  • The new Dezyred game is $50

After tons of feedback telling them their prices were too high, they raised them again. Of course, they use a credits system so most users won't notice. They've had to put their older games on permanent discount so who knows how many people they're actually getting to pay for this. You can sub to 3 different VR sites for a month at that price.

To be clear, for that $50, you get the following.

  • 4-5 sex scenes that you can only view in their proprietary app that crashes frequently. There is no way to download the scenes or view them offline. If they remove the game for whatever reason or the site shuts down tomorrow, you're out of luck.
  • 15 minutes of a very thin choose-your-own-adventure "game" between the sex scenes.
  • A few dozen achievements that don't do anything.

I was so excited for the idea of someone doing LifeSelector in VR but they're already shit the bed. Please, someone else get into this field and give them some competition.

Their earlier games weren’t bad. It’s a frustrating thing to use as I always found myself facing the wrong way and there was no real way to re-centre the view. The sex scenes don’t allow you to make use of the playa app controls to tilt the camera either.

That being said, the stories were ok and there were a ton of sex scenes in them if you played your cards right.

The spy story with Maddy May was the last one I bought and it was terrible. Only about three sex scenes and they weren’t good ones. The story was incredibly frustrating too. Just one bad answer in a conversation (which often wasn’t an obviously bad answer) and you go right back to the beginning of the game. It was literally just trial and error by the end and it took so long to get back where you were.

I didn’t buy the last one as, again, it hardly had any sex in it and, from what I saw on their forum, was equally frustrating to play, plus it had no anal scenes. I’ve no intention of buying this new one either unless I hear it’s massively improved.

Like others, I think VR is the perfect vehicle for these interactive life selector type things but Dezyred haven’t perfected it thus far.

6 months later

The whole credits system can be a bit sneaky. It's not cool that they had to put their older games on permanent discount just to get more players. $50 for limited sex scenes in a crash-prone app that you can't even download or view offline? And there's the risk of losing everything if the game or site disappears? Yeah, that doesn't sound worth it to me either. The choose-your-own-adventure part seems pretty thin, with achievements that don't really mean much. It would be awesome if someone else entered the VR field and brought some healthy competition. More options are always a good thing, right? By the way, I'm new here on the forum, so it's really nice to meet you all! By the way, have you ever tried any legit games that pay real money instantly? That could be an interesting alternative, and who doesn't love earning while having fun? Just a thought.

    MaximillianBenton And there's the risk of losing everything if the game or site disappears?

    It's almost guaranteed that you lose it all if the game or site disappears. After all, you are paying to unlock scenes that you don't own and can't download or backup.

      I heard of Dezyred, but never tried it. For some competition, you can check XPlayVR. It seems that may be the same choose your own adventure type video... and I guess here on SexLikeReal, they have BYOJ (Build-Your-Own-Journey) where I think you can build your own videos like this

      https://www.sexlikereal.com/user/interactive

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        It's hard to get a sense for how involved the XPlayVR stuff is, but judging from the trailers, they're implementing some hand tracking stuff that the others aren't. The scenes themselves still seem fairly basic.

        Dezyred unfortunately doesn't really have any competition in this space, which is why they can get away with charging so much. Their games involve walking around locations, finding items, choosing dialogue. It's neat but there just isn't enough of it to justify the price. If they were asking for half of what they are, it would be far easier to recommend.

        The BYOJ stuff can't really compare because "story" is a dirty word to studios apparently and there's only so much you can do splicing together a bunch of unrelated scenes.

            petergriff the first couple of Dezyred games were pretty decent albeit not the easiest things to use. After that they just got really lazy. The amount of sex went down and it became incredibly long winded and frustrating to get there. One wrong answer and you’re screwed and have to start over which sometimes means going through a load of story repeatedly. You used to be able to rescue a conversation in those early games but not now and it’s not always very clear what the right answer should be, it just becomes trial and error.

            Like you, I wish another studio like Life Selector would come in and give it a go. This type of thing is made for VR if done right. Dezyred are just not doing it right.

              metichemsi I'm well aware. The quickest way for them to fix the loophole is for everyone to start talking about it, so that's why I haven't brought it up.

                  metichemsi

                  There is a middle ground between "this product is overpriced for what is offered" and "hey everyone, you can just steal it".

                  Ideally, they just make it more affordable so I can feel like I've gotten my money's worth so they can improve and make more of it.

                      petergriff All true, I hope that I didn't come across as attacking, I was just merely questioning why you would post about it being overpriced if you were already aware of that "issue"

                      I've redacted my previous message to your earlier point as you can see 😆

                      I also love the idea of what they have been going for and appreciate the execution. I did originally spend a bit of money on it until I realized what was happening. Most of their releases in general have been lackluster in my opinion and I have since deleted all of their content quite frankly. Even with that, I still dont watch or decided to keep any of it. I would rather spend a little more for sites like SLR or other subscriptions and get my fill of my favorite sites with much better content well worth the payment.

                        I think right now they can charge whatever they'd like since there's no other existing content like it. Not a fan of the credits system personally (sounds like no one really is), though for a flat fee for ALL the content I'd probably be more willing to make the investment.

                        I imagine there will be some more competition in the coming years though, particularly if the Quest 3 has even close to the same impact as Q2 did on the market as a whole.

                          After reading this thread yesterday, I thought I would try it. Bought and played the Lexi Luna and Leana Lovings one.
                          I paid around 30 dollars for that game but there are others that are a bit cheaper.

                          I think for what I paid its good value for money there were plenty of scenes and they give you some bonus ones from their library so all in all I think I got like 8 scenes for 30 bucks, which works out a bit cheaper if you are in the UK(approx £25)

                          For me though, you gotta be a a fan of the girls you are buying into and if that is the case then its good value for money as it would seem pointless having like 9 scenes of a girl you aren't into. I loved the fact that both Lexi and Leana had hot outfits on and there was plenty of walking around with heels on, which I love seeing in VR.

                          I really like Lexi a lot but haven't really been that into Leana but I found her quite desirable once she starts acting and her hair wasn't too curly. I like Leana a lot in the look she has for the VRSPY scene we have here.

                          I don't understand why in so many standard VR scenes the women kick the heels off straight away given that when you first look at a woman with clothes on your eyes are probably gonna be drawn to their ass and all the much better if they have heels on. I notice in 2d porn there are plenty of scenes where the performers keep their heels on throughout the scene.

                          I have had a look through the others and am contemplating the Ana Foxx one cos she is beautiful. I was thinking they should get Lily Lou who is a cute, dirty and a hot little actress in my view and their format would show off her entire talents much better. I also thought Kiki Klout would be great in stepmom roles and is another one I find really hot when she is dressed up in her tight fitting dresses that show off her curves really well.

                          5 months later

                          justsomedude101 There any chance of SLR making an attempt here in the future? It seemed like it was a thought with the build your own adventure feature that got added. If it isn't being considered could I ask what the hurdles are that are preventing you guys from taking it on?

                              rustynailinabucket9 There any chance of SLR making an attempt here in the future? It seemed like it was a thought with the build your own adventure feature that got added. If it isn't being considered could I ask what the hurdles are that are preventing you guys from taking it on?

                              Long-term I think it's something we may consider, but right now we have a number of priorities that we're focusing on: AI Passthrough, fixing the Shorts feature, improving BYOJ, etc.

                              So we just don't currently have the bandwidth to work on something like this. Not to say we never will.

                                  I remember when I made this thread and I was then able to talk to someone that worked on some of the older Dezyred games. The production cost and time is insane. The first game they put out apparently took years to make. It's part of why their prices are so high and why they had to scale down the games. Anyone else wanting to get into the same space would be taking on a huge risk.

                                  Any of the risk/innovation from SLR comes from the tech side, not the content. They have one director left doing non-pass-through, and good luck getting him to do anything outside of the one formula scene he likes making. They'd essentially have to build a whole team from the ground up to do this kind of stuff.

                                  I think it's safe to say we're probably years away from someone else trying this, and I don't expect Dezyred itself to last that long.

                                      petergriff Im surprised it's that much effort. The dezyred experience seems mostly to just be a couple of videos with a UI that lets you pick starts spots in the videos like SLR already has. Just dezyred doesnt let you fast forward/rewind or pick specific times to watch on a bar. Choice selection seems like a fairly simple UI in the dialogue portions and poking things around the environment is similar. I could see it requiring a bit more acting from the models as its not just a single straight scene and some more setup as you need the 360 camera pictures to walk around the house in.

                                      Honestly what they have looks slapped together and half baked. Did their dev team have any coding experience?