Current Events > I played and completed my first 'dating sim' game

(+) Yeah! (+)

Aside from the unrealistic premise of six beautiful woman being attracted to a guy who's broke and unemployed, I actually really enjoyed it. But now I'm incredibly sad because my storyline with Xiao Lu has ended ;_; I knew she was the one for me from the moment we first interacted. She was the only one who didn't have a lavish job, but still offered to pay my rent so I wouldn't be homeless ;_; She also has the most adorable smile. I did anything I could to please her, even if it meant climbing a fence into restricted grounds just to get a better view of a meteor shower. I would do anything for her!!

Ok, I probably shouldn't be playing these kinds of games. I get emotionally attached too easily.

Play Tokimeki Memorial on the Ps1

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/cdf41f3b.jpg

Play Leisure Suit Larry if you want a more realistic dating sim.

I played through two of them.

One ~Kagayaku Kisetsu E~ (This is a game made by the creators of Air/Kanon/Clannad before they became Visual Arts Key. Air was the summer game, Kanon was the winter game, Clannad was the spring game, and this was the autumn game) .... It was a story about a guy who was pretty much fading out of the world's existence and your goal was to make one of these 6 girls fall in love with you so much that her attraction to you binds you to the world. As the game goes on, you notice people forgetting you even exist, so it's interesting to see taking the right paths to find out if they grew fond enough to love you. One of the most memorable events was walking across a street where your love is walking by you, unknowing it is you, then turning around and hugging you and crying into your back. .... Played through 3/6 of the scenarios. I should go back and play the other 3.

The other game was....... so fucking dark and won't say the title for obvious reasons. It was about a girl who joined a psychic cult because this cult killed her mother and she wanted to know why. She met two other girls on route she became friends with. She later found that this cult kidnapped and imprisoned women into three chambers. A, B, and C. (She, the girl you are, is sent to A. Your friends are sent to B and C) Women in chamber A were treated as standard. They had their own rooms, went to daily psychic harnessing events and more. You later find out the girls in B and C experience ...... extremely ..... uhh. Bad things I don't want to say.

I just want to say the premise of the game to that point was amazing.... but why they had to add that shit was beyond me. It was fascinating as shit until you actually break into chambers B and C and take a wrong path or two. They actually teased a re-make of this game about two years ago. I was actually hoping it was a real remake but without these elements but it was just an April Fools gag.

I'd recommend Doki Doki Literature Club Plus, but try to not look too much into it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjKZG9HYP7U

It's great for spooky season.

You can't go in completely blind, because the game straight up gives you a content warning before you start a new game, but the reveal is so much sweeter if you know as little as possible going in.

CountCorvinus posted...

I'd recommend Doki Doki Literature Club Plus, but try to not look too much into it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjKZG9HYP7U

It's great for spooky season.

You can't go in completely blind, because the game straight up gives you a content warning before you start a new game, but the reveal is so much sweeter if you know as little as possible going in.

I haven't played it, but I've already heard about "the thing" about that game. Might still be worth playing though.

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This topic made me remember Hatoful Boyfriend.

what a trip
Oh and there's one out there where you can date tanks. Yes, tanks... like M4, T-34, thing one of the IS series tanks is present too if you like really like Stalin.

VideoboysaysCube posted...

I haven't played it, but I've already heard about "the thing" about that game. Might still be worth playing though.

Definitely. I first played it early this year. When I first heard about it years ago and read what the story was about, I was intrigued by the concept, but I wasn't quite convinced enough to spend money on it. Then earlier this year I heard the Plus version was for free temporarily on Epic, so I got it.

I was so hooked that I got into DDLC mods as well (and I was surprised to see that there is still an active DDLC fan community out there with literally hundreds of mods with stories of pretty much any kind.
And it was then when I learned that the base version of DDLC was available for free all along.

Do note that the game's warnings should be taken seriously, even if you already know some things about the story beforehand. If you're easily shocked or prone to depression, it's honestly better to not play it.

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