Virtual Valerie 2 (VV2) is the game that follows Virtual Valerie (1990) in Mike Saenz’s videography. Like Saenz’s other games, VV2 allows players to have sexual relations with a female character. The most notable distinctions from VV1 and MacPlaymate are the graphics, which employ a form of primitive 3D, as well as the gameplay. As in the other games, a “Panic” button allows for quick exit from the game in case of involuntary interruption in the real world or the need to hide one’s screen (at work, for example).
Description
While it remains a point-and-click game, the gameplay is slightly different: the player, in a first-person shooter (FPS) view, moves between three rooms where different scenes take place. Targets appear on Valerie’s body (in most cases, on her breasts and genitals). To score points, the player must click on these targets and drag a floating hand over them, which then begins to caress Valerie. After a few moments, the hand must be moved to a new target, and the process repeated until the virtual character reaches orgasm: the screen shakes, movements speed up, and the “Climax” button flashes wildly… The scene ends and transitions to the next. Once all the scenes in a room are completed, players return to the room selection menu.
While it is possible to skip scenes using a dedicated button, the objective of the game remains to bring Valerie to orgasm. The process is therefore highly mechanical and repetitive.
“I don’t know. I think you have to be a really boring lover to get her to cum. That’s the way it was designed.”—Mike Saenz, in “A Conversation with Mike Saenz,” by Laura Grindstaff & Julie Palsmeier. https://nideffer.net/proj/SPEED/1.2/saenz.html
One secret level proves more “interesting”: in line with its creator’s intention to appeal to a broader audience (reference), Valerie engages in lesbian sex with a partner and even develops a penis that she can fellate herself. It should be noted that the game nonetheless remains trapped within a framework of sexist and heteronormative representations.
