Lengray
Quarter 2 2024
As Dusk Falls Game Pass
Assassin's Creed Steam
The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales Game Pass
Cat Quest II Steam
Eiyuden Chronicles: Rising Steam
Hakuoki - Memories of the Shinsengumi 3DS
Heroes of Ruin 3DS
Jusant Game Pass
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series PC
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Switch
Return to Grace Game Pass
Soccer Story Game Pass
Terraformers: First Steps on Mars Steam
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong Steam
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Oh no, a shame Return to Grace was disappointing. I still want to check it out, but I think I should temper my expectations a bit.

Lengray

You’re right to try it for yourself. Maybe I’m just not the right crowd for this game. I love walking sims as long as the atmosphere pulls me in and this one didn’t.

Amitte

I love when straight men play Hakuoki <3

Seriously though, I don’t know if it was your first otome game or not; either way, it’s a damn good choice. It’s what I’ve thought of as the otome game to mention if I ever wanted to get a guy interested ever since I played it myself. Assuming you prefer playing VNs on 3DS, it’s a shame there aren’t more of them… not a single other English otome game in sight.

Lengray

Yes, it was my first otome VN. While the 3DS is my all-time favorite handheld system, I’ve mostly played VNs on Steam.
The good thing about Hakuoki is that the protagonist doesn’t chase after the guys (I would have felt uncomfortable) but rather waits for them to make a move. The romance can easily be overlooked without spoiling the story.

Amitte

the protagonist doesn’t chase after the guys (I would have felt uncomfortable)

Well… I don’t know where that idea came from… the most common stereotype about otome games (from people who don’t really play them) I’ve heard is, “all the guys assert dominance over the main character, therefore it’s not realistic”, which is just plain wrong.

The romance can easily be overlooked without spoiling the story.

…so much so that the Steam version apparently includes the option to turn it off (I’ve been trying to confirm this with people who played it, but I’m still not clear enough on it). It’d be my go-to suggestion for guys to play exactly because of its historical setting (no route being too identical to any other is also a huge plus), but at the end of the day, to me it’s still got to be an otome game.

Arbiter Libera

Strong disagree on Swansong, and this is coming from someone who likes V:tM, but that could mainly be because I think it ended up in this weird spot where being an RPG hybrid just resulted in routes being locked from you based on character build choices rather than adding to the game.

Lengray

And it’s perfectly fine to disagree. I saw the grayed-out choice as opportunities to replay the game in a different way. Once I realized there was no way of doing everything, I just rolled with what the game had to offer. Besides, I was reading Dark Prince, the first V:tM novel published, at the same time which may have had a beneficial effect on my Swansong experience.

Vasharal

Really love the overall look of this. Compact, simple, straight to the point. Really inspired to do something similar in the future.

Lengray

Thanks. I slightly updated my template since your comment in March. I guess I wasn’t satisfied even though I said I was :)

Vasharal

Improvements are always nice. I’ve got to check and look at the changes. I always though you put a lot of work on them.