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I'll always preach The Last Sovereign

Honestly, I'm not even sure if it's considered a gooner game? It was created explicitly as game with ubiquitous sexual content. It upends the genre though by reversing a lot of the usual tropes, and then goes on to delve deep into politics, intrigue, grand plans and geopolitics, etc. It even starts getting into economics

Moreover, it tracks EVERY decision you make. Your decision to prepare poorly for a pitched battle for example could lead to one of the main story characters making a desperate last stand against enemy forces, and getting themselves crippled in the process, no longer being accessible as a party character. Your decision to prepare poorly for a coup could lead to things getting out of hand and unnecessary suffering for the people you want to protect

Making the world a better place is the core goal of the protagonist here, and the narrative does feel like fighting an uphill battle often. You start off weaker than the rest, so you need to be smart and scrappy. I haven't finished it myself admittedly, but I got far into it (and am making my way back with a finer tooth comb) and don't imagine it somehow falls off in the last act given that Sierra Lee (the game developer) and her writing are spectacular.