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tmgs is responsible for me thinking too hard about "wouldn't it be fun to make a game where you experience what it's like to be a video game character as another character is the protagonist trying to date you" but it's entirely because i assumed the love interests would give you their phone numbers at high enough affection so i just worked on my stats until one guy started asking my heroine out and i realized he was the protagonist to my heroine's love interest
lol that's really funny, but a totally reasonable assumption? like, it's way more normal (though significantly less fun) to get a phone number from the actual person than like, your weird little brother who stalks high school guys as a hobby or something lol.
but it's a really cute little info mechanic and i kinda love it just because it's funny~
it's cool to imagine turning the tables and not playing as the pursuer character! the concept kinda reminds me of this project:
which is on my to-play list, but it's a genre twist where the mc doesn't want to date, so it's one of those "not quite dating sim" twist games.
personally, i like seeing variety in characters and in different games, so having a game where you're the one pursued sounds like a neat change of pace! (it kinda also reminds me of Hamefura lol since Kata is so unaware and all the active flirting is done by the harem 😭~ now that i think about it, that's kind of a trope i adore. loving harem pursues oblivious or uninterested girl lol)
i also love genre subversions and unique twists (especially when they're made by someone who truly loves the genre), so your idea sounds super cool!! that would be such a cute story!!! i'd love to hear more about it or play the game if you make it someday!
my favourite fun fact is just that like. the handicraft club almost never lets you meet a love interest or best friend so the main reason people play it is just because, if you stick with the handicraft club for three years, there's a unique scene where you head out on the runway in a wedding dress and your love interest blushes madly over it lmao.
ohmygod???? that's literally so cute omg i'm 100% gonna have to play for that scene at some point~ it's super cool that there's hidden scenes like that omg
i'm already so excited about replaying this game and i'm still on my first route lmao
tmgs is so fun like you can have COMPLETELY different experiences across playthroughs based on who you did and didn't meet. you can be bffs with sudo run 1 and just NEVER MEET HER run 2. you can get into a love triangle one run or just completely avoid it by not meeting anyone next time. one guy can be the bane of your existence one run but you can hide from him the next time
also like!!! the cool thing is that there are conversations between characters you know or times when characters will comment on what job and/or club you're in or how you do at them. it's soooo cool
yeah it seems really cool with all the random events!
I'm kinda hoping to avoid the love triangle thing in my first run, but I did run into an event with Kijyou and Fuji together at the mall so that may lead to something later... As of right now he's the only guy I've put any time into, but if that fails I honestly won't be disappointed to just go all in on the tennis club and hanging out with Sudo instead lol~
It's really neat how much there is to explore! I kinda love having so many options and needing to strategize to succeed rather than just picking dialogue options (like, I love the VN format too of course, but this is super cool, and feels more gameplay-oriented lol)
OH yeah i forgot . if u want to pick up tmgs then you have to check with the info character to know the love interests + friends' birthdays and phone numbers. my first playthrough i didn't know so i just stumbled into a guy being the one pursuing my heroine lmaooo
oh cool thank you! i really appreciate the tips!! :) I'm super curious now lol, so i downloaded a rom of the first game today and I'm gonna try to play a little of it! :)
heyhey random question, have u ever played our life or tokimemo girls side?
i haven't! but i've heard/seen a little bit about both? I don't know very much about them other than the basics though. they both look pretty cool based on what I do know~
any recs on interesting LIs or which ones to start with when checking them out?
i'm playing persona 5 with the fem!joker mod because i am weird about games where the protag is a guy (would be a LONG rant to explain) but romancing ryuji is reminding me of how much i love ryuji lmao.
side note: i'm not in the fandom but i'm still aware that akechi/joker is the most popular ship but it's really funny to me because. my only experiences with persona 5 are this streamer's playthrough (he called ryuji best girl and always declared his love for ryuji but didn't even notice akechi was gay) and my own playthrough (romanced ryuji before even meeting akechi). as far as i'm concerned akechi is always pining for a protag who is Not Interested and Already Dating Ryuji
omg ok SO! I love Ryuji, that is my favorite guy <3 -- P5 is a game where I chose my fave early and it just never changed for the whole game. Love him lol <3
I played royal on switch, so no mods for me, but the fem joker one definitely looks cool! I would have loved to romance Ryuji as part of the game lol. I chose not to have Joker date anyone in my playthrough just bc it didn't feel natural to me.
Joker/Akechi is a great ship narratively, just because character foils are like that sometimes lmao, and I do really like it, but!! I definitely love Pegoryu too <3 -- The two ships kinda serve different purposes imo -- Ryuji is the cute boyfriend that Joker gets to have a sweet and happy relationship with, and Akechi is the guy he's undeniably intertwined with in an obsessive, dramatic, and kinda tragic way, which is a dynamic that I honestly can't get enough of lol. So I love both for different reasons.
Also I highly recommend playing the FemC route in P3 Portable if you haven't already! It's a great way to experience the story, and she has some great social links (Saori, my beloved 😭💖).
i wanted to reread hamefura since u mentioned it and was struck with the agony. keith is almost singlehandedly responsible for me making a "would be my favourite if he wasn't the heroine's brother" list and his existence brings me both pain and suffering
yEAH this exactly omg.
I haven't personally read the novels or the manga yet, so I'm anime-only for right now and idk if anything is different when reading it, but I totally loved Keith at first! I still kinda do tbh?
He was so adorable in the flashback episodes, like it makes you just want to hug the little guy lol. And then in general he's got both a personality and a design that I love!! And the difference between him and his og Fortune Lover counterpart is so fun to think about?? Unfortunately, he is Not an eligible LI in my eyes. The pain and suffering is real lol, he could be so great if he got over that sister complex 💔
also this might be a little late but i read your thing on being an aromatic playing dating sims and ended up nodding and going "so true" the entire time. like yeah holy shit that's EXACTLY how i feel! my favourite otome games are those with a protag with her own personality, because the appeal is watching over the couple from a third party perspective, not trying to be the protag.
(this is how they ended up with like 30 ocs for the tokimeki memorial girls side series)
omg yeah! I'm glad to hear you can relate lol. I love love love a protag with a well-established personality <3 -- My personal top picks have got to be Katarina Hamefura & Teuta Bustafellows. It's fun to see how the mc's personality meshes with the different LI, and I like picking out a "best match" of each game based on chemistry with the heroine. :)
I think that's why I tend to struggle to get into some of the indie titles that have completely customizable mcs lol. It's a different style to get used to.
Though!! I did play a route of Killer Chat after you mentioned it yesterday! (Ronin's route - it felt like a natural 1st pick story-wise lol) And I really appreciate that the game has a default name because that's always my biggest struggle when making up an oc protag lol. I liked customizing Maya's sprite and playing as them because I do feel like their dedication to their writing and enthusiasm for lying about being a serial killer are pretty good defining character traits. I'll probably change her a little bit with each route I play lol. It's a great game, thanks for reminding me about it!!
i am so immediately head over heels for killer chat who does not love love interests who can and will kill you. god
I've played a little bit of that one!! It's been a while, and I don't think I ever finished a route because life got super busy around the time I started playing it, but I really like the characters and the concept!! i think the whole design of the game is so cool
Fr the murderous love interests are great lol - I think I was halfway through Angel's route?? I'll have to start over when I pick it up again, my memory is so bad 😭
hi have u played the transmasc reunion otome. do you want to.
i haven't, but i do want to! it's been on my list for a while lol, but i just remembered it when i saw you were posting about it - it looks really good!
thank you for reminding me to actually join the otome jam on itch lmao
no problem lol! i reblogged the post so i'd remember to go play some of the entries once they're posted, so i'm excited to see what everyone makes. :) it's super cool that you're joining!!
ohmygod YEAH for real!! i just finished it!
this was so cuteee~ gonna think about it forever now
ur icon made me look up my fave hamefura fic and reread, thank u. have u read dlc: the noble lady's kindness btw
omg i haven't but i absolutely will!! that looks super interesting, thank you for the rec!!!
i love marikata they make me insane 😭
ur icon made me look up my fave hamefura fic and reread, thank u. have u read dlc: the noble lady's kindness btw
omg i haven't but i absolutely will!! that looks super interesting, thank you for the rec!!!
i love marikata they make me insane 😭
hiiiii (followed u bc u seemed cool and liked otomes too and never thought i'd be followed back)
hey hey!! i followed back because you seemed cool too! :) ((and also because the series mentioned in your pinned post looks like something i'd like to check out lol))
Me too! I love that anime. I watched the first season twice lol. Because the first season was so funny!
it was!!! when i first watched it i was hooked after the first episode and binged the whole thing in a couple days lol
Out of curiosity, did you ever watch My Next Life As A Villainess the anime? Or did you only play the game?
I love the anime, and that's the main reason I decided to play the game! :)
It's been about 2 years I think since I watched it, and I only picked up the game recently. I don't know if I would love the game as much as I do if I hadn't already been familiar with the story and characters lol. I kind of want to rewatch it sometime soon and maybe start reading the light novels when I have the money to buy them :)
What did you think of lover pretend?? I kind of wanna pick it up but I'm scared I'm not gonna like it lol (゜゜;)
I haven't completely finished Lover Pretend, but I enjoy it every time I pick it up! For me it's a good game for when I need a break from the more dramatic or violent plots I play most of the time, but it's sometimes harder to stay invested in it if I have another game I'm more interested in because there's not a ton of action to it. I tend to categorize otomes based on the movie genres I feel they emulate (ie: Cupid Parasite is like a RomCom, Bustafellows is more like an action movie, etc), so I would describe Lover Pretend as a typical romance drama with a film-making theme. I think that whether you like it or not mainly depends on whether you like that sort of romance drama and whether the guys interest you or not.
I picked it out because the fake-dating gimmick is one of my favorite tropes, and in the two routes I've played it's been a fun addition. There's little gameplay segments where you have to pick the right answers in time to lie to people about your relationship, so that's fun.
As for the boys, Kazuma's route is one of the only childhood friend routes I've enjoyed in all the otomes I've played, and Makino was my immediate favorite because he's a really sweet and super adorable weirdo lol. I'm planning on playing Sena's route next, but I'm not 100% sold on Nishijima or the not-so-secret route character yet.
Overall it's a pretty sweet game for what it is, and it's a nice feel-good game for when I want to enjoy a cute romance, but it's not the kind of game that 100% demands your attention with crazy plot-twists and action.
I hope this helps! It can be kinda irritating to buy a game and end up not liking it. I tend to only get games I'm not sure of when they're on sale so that I at least didn't pay full price if I don't like it, y'know? If you do end up playing it, I'd love to hear your thoughts! :)
Omg i had no idea they were even considering making a second one, that's cool!! I'd love to see another similar story from the same writers. I loved how the character stories all connected too, it's a really well-formed narrative! And yeah, it's not super close to ZE in a lot of ways, but I think the main point of comparison for me was the way it uses the fact that it's a video game to creatively tell its narrative. Like, using the save & sound on/off buttons in the menu to get past certain parts and realizing at the end that you could do that because you, the player, are a ghost interfering with the story who has otherworldly powers?? Amazing!! So that part reminded me a lot of both the dual screens in 999 and the flowchart's story relevance in VLR.
hi i was checking your backloggd and you have excellent taste!!! 👀❤️ we have so many games in common, i followed you for otome only but you even played paranormasight, i didn't know there was anyone around me who played it!! fghkfhgk
Omg yes I loved Paranormasight!!!
I played it back in February and I could hardly put it down! The story was so interesting and I love love love when games get creative with how they mix the gameplay and narrative elements. It reminded me a lot of Zero Escape actually, so that could be part of why I like it so much lol. It's cool to see someone else who played it! :)
As much as I love otome, I've actually been a mystery game fan for a lot longer lol so I play a lot in that genre and I love to talk about those games too!
hi i was checking your backloggd and you have excellent taste!!! 👀❤️ we have so many games in common, i followed you for otome only but you even played paranormasight, i didn't know there was anyone around me who played it!! fghkfhgk
Omg yes I loved Paranormasight!!!
I played it back in February and I could hardly put it down! The story was so interesting and I love love love when games get creative with how they mix the gameplay and narrative elements. It reminded me a lot of Zero Escape actually, so that could be part of why I like it so much lol. It's cool to see someone else who played it! :)
As much as I love otome, I've actually been a mystery game fan for a lot longer lol so I play a lot in that genre and I love to talk about those games too!
otome gamers who dont actually like men Unite (i'm a lesbian lol)
yesssssss hello!!!!! :)
lesbian otome gamers🤝aro otome gamers
do you have a cloaca just curious
uhhhhhhhhh one way to find out huh ????
god damn this peacock up in here CHEATIN' cheatin
i told the world i’m single now. mind ya business !!!!!!!!!!!!
happy new year happy new year why you got yo dms sayin "ric's boyfriend" if u got a girl....
yeah mind ya business