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No. 473144
Previous threads:
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>>>/m/104102#2
>>>/m/192885Discuss any otome game-related topics here and please tag your spoilers.
What is an otome game?
>An otome game is a romance-focused game within the wider genre "joseimuke", meaning female-targeted games, and feature unlockable illustrated images known as CGs. The player character in otome games is always a female protagonist and can make choices to pursue male love interests over the course of the story. Otome games, or "otoge" for short, are most often text-based visual novels, but they can also be stat-raisers, rhythm games, or JRPGs.Possible Discussion topics
>Otome game news>What are your most memorable otome game moments?>What got you into otome games?>What is your all-time favorite otome game or character and why?>What are you currently playing and what's your impression on it so far?>Which otome games are you looking forward to playing?>Which otome games do you want to be localized?>What is your opinion on the current state of otome game localization?>What do you want to see more of in otome games?>Do you prefer PC, console, or mobile otome games and why?>Do you prefer more story-heavy or more romance-heavy games and why?>What are your favorite tropes in otome games?>What are your thoughts on OEL otome games? Are there any that you liked, disliked, or are wanting to play?Resources
>VNDB otome game tag: https://vndb.org/g542>Otome Game spreadsheet sorted by Japanese language difficulty for learners: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1frGAK7JBEb6YwHKQK-u7HHFjGXPV-aABsFDN0luiHpM/edit#gid=399911934>List of otome games available in English (note: includes Japanese, OEL, and amare games): https://www.englishotomegames.net/list No. 473222
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>>473219LOLing at that ENGRISH.
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>>473217I bought this from DLsite exactly a year ago and never got around to it. Time to finally check it out.
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>>473237Please post screenshots!
Didn't know that DLsite had the 'Submissive Man' tag.
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Guys, I'm currently playing Olympia Soiree (I'm on Tokisada's route rn and already finished Riku's) and I tried to find this info everywhere but I can't. Is Akasa's or Himuka's route longer than the other ones? I thought Riku's route was actually really quickly paced.
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"yuri with extra steps" being passed off as an otome game
No. 473367
>>473169nightshade has a
yandere>>473328i really doubt it is possible to have arms that thin and tits that large, i'm very thin and my tits aren't even half that size. Oh well, slutty catboy
No. 473372
>>473366kek this reminded me of the 'let men also be protagonists of otoges' discussion people were having with LADS the other day
promoting your VN with a transman MC on a otoge board shows how they really feel about them
No. 473383
>>473144Oh my god thank you for linking the original thread anon, thought I was going crazy for years thinking there was another thread we had but it wasnt appearing on my catalog
>>473310How are you finding it anon? I paused the game halfway since I couldnt get immersed into the world and I didnt really enjoy Olympia herself, even though I'm fine with other otomate mcs
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>>473144What are your thoughts on Tears of Themis nonas?
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>>473366Even worse, it's "T4T" which means the protagonist is apparently a troon and the LI is a fakeboi. Gendieshit aside, charging $3.99 for a 7k word long VN is a fucking joke.
No. 473459
>>473446holy shit. this fucker completely omitted that fact in the otomegames post, saying in the comments that "don't worry MC is a woman!!!" so nevermind.
Well, it's a straight relationship, at least this person was truthful about
that… lol.
wonder how many minds would change if they found out about this but this is reddit we're talking about.
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>>473374oh, that makes sense, thx, nonna! i tried looking it up and got a huge spoiler about himuka's route by accident so i was scared in trying to look more
>>473383i'm liking it!! it's not really my favorite otoge and i totally understand not being able to get totally immersed in the world because lowkey the color class system is just convoluted and dumb. i hate when they do this in general actually - introduce themes in the game to put in the most basic social commentary in the world and then we have to spend hours on end having to see the characters come to the unprecedented conclusion that omg racism is bad!!!11!1
with riku's route i felt like there was also an issue of olympia falling in love too fast?? like
she watches him dance once and eat a sandwhich and suddenly she's head over heels in love with him so it sort of fails the "enemies to lovers"-lite arc that it's supposed to be. however, when they get together it's super cute, specially the scenes where olympia teases riku, it's adorable how easy it is for him to blush/get embarassed so my main complaint is that there wasn't more of that teasing in his route
i also really liked that, in riku's route, shura is portrayed in a really nuanced manner? she's opposed to olympia marrying riku because it's a threat to the power of the blue clan (bc olympia can only bear children who are of the color white, and the blue clan needs more "blue" children who can wield batsu since its the main source of their social standing) and she's sort of a bitch to olympia but she's also someone who has to deal with both being a leader of a primary color class and being a woman at the same time, so she's both an enemy to olympia, trying to get in her way, and also trying to improve the social standing of other women in the island, making a new school so that they can actually learn. i thought that was an interesting conflict and i like that shura ends up wielding to olympia without turning into a full fledged villain bc i was afraid she would just be the designated bitch older woman of the castwith tokisada i'm still not done but the pacing is a lot better imo maybe bc they start out as very believable friends in the prologue and there's more scenes of them together. i'm not that into him tho i dont mind the young looking boys but eh the constant "onee-san" is annoying. himuka's and akasa's routes are the one i'm most excited to play
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It's pretty based tbh, hime rakuen.
No. 473718
>>473626Yes. Can lick their buttholes and play with their assholes too.
>>473678It's for women like me at least.
>>473708This made me laugh so hard, thanks
nonny. Yeah I don't get this, if you have a fetish that's not your typical normie vanilla stuff or uwu M piggu cage rape = that's for moids.
I don't get it.
No. 473744
>>473742They just enjoys getting their assses played by their girl, doesn't make them faggots. They're the M piggus for once and get off by getting humiliated and treated like onnaholes.
If it was yaoi they'd fuck each other in the ass.
No. 473837
>>473442i got too busy to play when it released and then was never able to catch up, but in general it shares the same issue that i have with LADS and other similar games: i hate that romantic progression is stuck on character cards and do not affect the main story
that makes it so the relationship's growth feels confusing and you could be marrying a character in a card and going back to treating them ambiguously in the main story
i like the gameplay and mistery aspect tho and vyn and marius are my favorites but all of the LIs are cool
No. 473957
>>473217The protagonist's loli-ish design put me off at first, but if there's no reversal and the CGs are good, I'm willing to give it a try.
>>473264Yes, it's a great tag, but I'm pretty sure you won't find it under the advanced search options, at least not on the English site. I discovered it by accident when I happened to look at the tags of an audio work.
>>473366>and your boyfriend blushes when you pat him on the head!What's the fucking point if "he" is just a woman? It pisses me off greatly when TIFs act as if it's anything revolutionary for a female who's pretending to be male to do stereotypically feminine things. Yeah, I want more cute blushing boys in my otome alright, MALE ones. Is this just another case of "becoming the boyfriend"?
No. 473964
>>473742There are non-fujos in Japan who actually don't like butt stuff in their female seme media or get
triggered if something reminds them of yaoi (they'll go "don't mix up onnaseme and BL reeee"), but it's just their personal preference and there are others who do like it. They disagree with each other about these things, but they don't go accusing other women of being male for being into weird shit like you did here
>>473678Besides, for the millionth time, it's just fantasy, and these fictional men don't have to think like real moids who might be closeted faggots in real life, so if the author says they're 100% heterosexual, they are, because they're not real.
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>Year 2085, anon is still jamming to Jack Jeanne songs
I cant wait for the sequel game even though its probably still a long way away
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I would recommend playing older games before the gendie brainrot truly took over. When I was younger I played many flash based games that looked simple but had god tier writing compared to today's slop. Let me namedrop some creators whose works I enjoyed. (picrel is from Saccharine: A Misleading Sim Date)
>AmiraloShe used to make dark, often tragic stories that had morally complex characters. Most of her older stuff was flash based but she did release one game on itch.io in recent years (it's a bit gorey and horror-like despite the otome category, though). I highly rec Reverie, where adabanas grow and saccharine if you're ok playing games on flash (I explained how here
>>>/m/411496)
https://amiralo.newgrounds.com/https://amiralo.itch.io/ityh-a-horror-otome
>ROSEVERTEI've been playing her games since 2010ish and her style has changed a bit over time. In the beginning she used to make more psychological and less fluffy games that took more risks and I liked, but in the recent years she has moved to more wholesome cute games like her "how to …." series (because of market demand probably). I think she is originally JP based.
https://roseverte.net/en/games.html
>Hanako GamesHanako's game studio is kind of a wild card, I remember liking a few while finding others (some of the new ones where probably collaborated with others) garbage. But I think Magical Diary: Horse Hall is really worth playing, it was ahead of its time. Fatal Hearts and Date Warp were fun in their own way (the character designs are kinda amateurish but the stories make up for them imo)The royal trap is good but I remember gendies reeing at how the game handled one character's parental abuse backstory, kek. Iirc the game didn't call that character trans at all, but gendies appropriated him
https://www.hanakogames.com/
>WinterwolvesUsed to make otomes with a very western feel but nowadays have more coomery designs I don't like. At least it seems like the games are still mostly female oriented. Out of the early games I remember playing the Heileen series, the stories were politically incorrect in a way today's games could never. Loren the amazon princess was set in a matriarchial society which was fun, and you could play the game in sexualized mode where both men and women dressed very scantily lmaoo. The flower shop games were also fun, but the first one wasn't otome (it had a male mc whom you could woo in the otome sequel).
https://www.winterwolves.com/pc_games.php
>ZeivaI played X-note and Area-X by Zeiva which were equal parts mystery and otome. Their art is always very clean and unique, and the stories tend to be serious and tragic (I'm still salty over Dragon Essence's sad ending). But they have also made some parody otomes like Other age 1,2 and Cliché.
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>>473796Sorry, forgot to reply to the
nonnie. Anyway this gives me an excuse to post even more recs.
Various games where mc is pretty gutsy
>a2 ~a due~>The Rose of Segunda>Yrsa Major (more of a kinetic novel)>Cinders (cinderella retelling, art detailed but slightly odd proportions)>The Deep Unknown (like a shounen adventure with mermans but otome)Miscellaneous recs:
>RE: Alistair (my first ever otome, very polished for a free game)>Locked heart (same creator as Cinderella phenomeon, cutesy art but pretty solid story) >Halloween Otome (and maybe other stuff by Synokoria but I haven't gone through them myself yet)>Summer found me (only reccing because of Seth, I love him)>Please Don't Hate Christmas (single LI, rare yandere boy that I liked, nice twists)>Crimson Spires (very nice voice acting and interesting setting but some route writing was crap, true route ruins everything)>Changeling (I found it interesting because I love fantasy and appreciated the worldbuilding a lot, but the art can give uncanny valley sometimes. Also I only played one route so can't speak for all routes)>Dawn of the Inverted Soul (more like a horror with marginal otome elements, amateur art but complex and interesting plot, had massive number of dead ends that I enjoyed, lol)>>474214Thanks
nonnie! Happy to see another Amiralo fan out in the wild. Have you played What’s Your Name? Amiralo did the art for it, and while it had a different writer and wasn't god tier psychological midnfuck for me like old Amiralo games were, it was still pretty good.
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>>474313Yves Kloss from Ikemen Prince
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>>473366Was looking through last year's otome jam entries and nonnies, it can get so much worse
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>>474179Just got to the yandere route (saved it for second to last). I was picrel when
Kuroyuki started his bullshit manipulation after saving Enju and thoroughly enjoyed the whole route.
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>>473796Backstage Pass and Date Warp
>>474303Why would anyone get mad at you for noticing an obvious archetype?
>why do I feel like there's an archetype of *an effeminate male in some otome games?Because there is. You new?
No. 476059
>>475467NTA but I feel like maybe she didn't want to point it out for fear of
triggering the weird fujoyume gay-husbando-straight-husbando samsara infight. Luckily /m/ seems to be a lot more chill when it comes to nonas who are that flavor of rabid kek.
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Why did this shit
>>>/m/465130 already get a manga adaption? Absolutely disgusting
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>hoping and praying that we by some miracle ever get a tmgs4 translation
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Look at the rating KEK
I've never seen such a low rating on DLsite garumani before.
>>476235There's a group working on it and the project is still active, they'll probably release it this year. I think they're on GBAtemp.
>>476234Manga like this one is just proof that the genre is getting worse and worse. It doesn't necessarily mean that the potential readers were asking for it, just look at the ratings. I think they were just trying to chase a shitty trend that can be seen in TL manga these days. Speaking of which, TL manga artists have to follow certain cucked guidelines most of the time, it's likely that whoever is in charge at Pure Wool told the artist to draw the most moidgaze piece of crap imaginable.
The ones that do enjoy smut this graphic have been psyopped by pornsick anime and hentai, naturally.
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Im in love
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Can prospective otome devs/writers use this thread to get opinions on whenever a certain story/character idea would be good or interesting for their target audience, or is the game dev thread a better place for it?
R/otomegames would probably be a better place to ask as well but that subreddit is kind of a shithole and I respect my fellow nonnies opinions more. My game is also kinda niche and dead dove do not eat in concept the MC doesn't get abused by the LI's though, don't worry, so I'm not really making it with reddit normies in mind.
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>>477350>>477365Thank you for your input, nonnas! My question is how receptive would otome audience be to an LI that's a
cannibal, would that be an immediate turn off for you? His route is probably the most
toxic one because it's focused on the LI wanting to morally corrupt the MC, there isn't a weird maledom aspect to it though, he's actually kind of a masochist.
>>477385Well it's a historical, dark fantasy so it needs some dark themes. I'm honestly a little afraid of coming across as edgy and tryhard but scrotes get to have their schizo, gorey, waifu VN's, so I don't see why women shouldn't get to have that as well!
The LI's aren't really
abusive because the MC is a knight/mercenary (depends on the route) and pretty capable, it also doesn't really make sense for their personalities. One of them is a deeply religious, borderline Christian anarchist "everyone is equal under God" type, the other is a really repressed and high-strung autist that measures himself buy a strict code of conduct (knighthood and all that). And the third one is admittedly kinda emotionally
abusive because he's a manipulative asshole and a compulsive liar but the MC eventually puts two and two together and calls him out on it, he wouldn't hurt the MC though because she's the only person he really feels a kinship with because of plot reasons.
He's the cannibal one, truly the worst boy.It's actually mostly a story that's loosely based on the historical Bohemian Wars and the apocalyptic parts of the Book of Revelation, most of the themes center about religion too. I even went as far to name the main, cannon LI "Huss" after the historical figure Jan Huss kek. No. 477548
>>477447I really like your idea nonna! My advice is to go for it regardless of what others think. You'll always get your audience. It's your story and you should write whatever you want. I think it'd be better asking stuff like the pacing or writing of certain things like how to insert them etc. instead of "is this ok for you" bc you'll always find people who aren't into it, mixed opinions. And honestly just write whatever the hell you want, and ignore "that's for moids". I know a shiton of women who enjoy eroge but hide it bc they're named as degenerates/moid taste. The secret is to enjoy something and make it for you even if you weren’t the target audience. I love seeing moids seething for examples, now that their eroge mcs aren't ugly but instead sexy and have vas bc women joined their hobby kek.
Avoid posting on Twitter or reddit for opinions at all costs, because the first thing that they're going to ask you is if your mc will be gender choice, if there will be any queer lis or if you include any black/fat/trans LIs in. Just be careful nona and good luck. You can ask ebihime too if it's not your first otome project for dev advice.
No. 477562
>>477447While it doesn't sound like something that totally panders to me, I would try it anyway. I'm tired of dark romances typically involving the MC being physically abused so I'm more interested because you aren't going that route.
>>477561I would, just as long as they aren't full on beast/anthro looking. Not my thing.
No. 477569
>>477447> My question is how receptive would otome audience be to an LI that's a cannibalNona, no joke, I browse the
cannibalism tag on VNDB at least a few times a year trying to find new games I might've missed
(I like the trope for its horror elements; I'm not weird lol). I am your VN's target audience. Also worth noting there's a pretty popular OELVN otome with that as a major theme, too, and that hasn't impeded its popularity at all, so I don't think I'm alone in this.
>Well it's a historical, dark fantasy so it needs some dark themes. I'm honestly a little afraid of coming across as edgy and tryhard but scrotes get to have their schizo, gorey, waifu VN's, so I don't see why women shouldn't get to have that as well! I'd personally enjoy this. There needs to be more dark and plot-centered otome games overall. It feels like, in a lot of communities, what passes as 'dark' in the otome world is different from typical VNs or BL games. It's sad because I genuinely think there's an audience for this type of thing. I'm 100% on board with this, and 2/3 of the LIs sound like my exact thing. Out of curiosity, how long would you anticipate it being? It sounds like an ambitious project, so I'd assume pretty lengthy? Also, with regard to the
apocalyptic thing, are you planning on a tragic ending?
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>>477567Scales are okay as long as there's still some skin/they don't obscure the face. Hooves are okay, I guess. I draw the line at anything that fucks too much with basic human form (so like a human face/torso/arms/legs). I think Sidon from BOTW is as far into the furry side as I can go, and he's an extreme case.
No. 477681
>>477561>does that sound retardedDon't even ask that question. Moid-oriented eroge has hundreds of extremely retarded games. Otome needs as much variety as it can get. Go and make your retarded (but fun) concept a reality.
You'll always find an audience, no matter how small. And to answer your question, monster boys aren't that strange of a concept. Female terophiles and exophiles aren't rare. I would play your game just for the sake of trying something new and interesting.
>>477612I agree with
>>477658 about harpies, but I don't have a problem with centaurs (I think they're cool, and as far as attractiveness goes, I only focus on the upper half which is entirely human).
>>477601>Scales are okay as long as there's still some skin/they don't obscure the face.I agree. There can be some scales on the face in a cool pattern, as long as the face is still clearly human.
Sidon is cute, by the way. I always thought Zora Link in MM was cute, too.
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>>477586>monsumuneMonster Musume is what monster girls are called in Japanese. There's Monmusu Quest (eroge), Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou (manga/anime), and other works that have "monster musume" in the title.
The only monsterboy series I can think of right now is that fujobait manga/anime about the merman, Orenchi no Furo Jijou.
No. 477776
>>477561Depends on what kind of monsters. I don't want anything too disfigured/weird like Monster Musume. And I don't want furryshit either.
>>477612>centaursBestiality is disgusting.
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>>477778>Then you don't want monsters at all? I want humanoid monster, like forest spirit guys with funny antlers or green plant guys who photosynthesise. I don't want any horse dick or multiple spider legs.
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>>477782Humanoid monsters for me as well. I'm basically ok with anything that can be cosplayed by adding extra parts like beast ears/horns/tails/skin texture (for snake/dragon etc), but not the ones that replace a significant part of the human body altogether (so no naga/centaurs). I can probably tolerate sfw mermaids because of being brainwashed by disney since childhood by just treating the tail like a dress, but if it's nsfw and the character has some weird fishlike genitals then hard no.
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why do people defend taisho x alice's localization?
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>>477864Fucking kek. I still remember the E2 localization before it got redone. The Pencil one is miles better, but definitely made me cringe at times.
I sort of agree about Hakuouki though. I haven't played Birushana yet but the Hakuouki localization I played would cut out big chunks of the original JP dialogue. It became so glaring that I wondered if they rushed it or something.
No. 477913
>>477805nta, but I agree with her.
Even if the game isn't R18, I'm still gonna want to fantasize if I like the character. No chaste aromantic shit.
So for me, they have to be sexually compatible.
No. 477927
>>477864I know this was brought up in previous threads but God kakuretsu is both inescapable and incredibly annoying
>>477920I will absolutely play any otome with a naga in it regardless of quality, I am starved for male naga content.
No. 477962
>>477920I mean most monster girls are just humans with weird head accessories. There's the option of giving the character a human form they can change into at will. You see this a lot with mermaid stories. Also I've actually seen r18 naga otome audio content
with two dicks.
No. 478012
>>477927>>477931she caped for moids when they first started seething over LADS by saying "we're all equally degenerate!"
combined with the weird terminally online typing style and constant comments defending every criticism regarding anything I'm surprised there aren't more people complaining about her
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>>477864Lost all respect for that translator after playing slow damage. Haven't played txa yet, but is it THAT bad nonas kek. I am going to use textractor to play it.
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>>478014>is it THAT bad nonas kekIt's… well, it's certainly one way to translate a VN. There was another character who randomly got turned British, too, if I recall. If Slow Damage's TL bothered you, I'd be shocked if this one didn't.
>>478012>she caped for moids when they first started seething over LADS by saying "we're all equally degenerate!"I must've missed this, although it's not at all surprising considering that one stupid post she made about that R18 otome protagonist with the ridiculous proportions.
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>>478259I am shocked that they don't see how the games for men portray women in humiliating poses and outfits 1000000000000 times more than an otome game ever would lol
No. 478377
>>478116I think I'm just gonna wait for Lite, I don't really play AAA or Nintendo titles anymore so the $80 price tag on games doesn't affect me. Unfortunately most commercial otome releases have been Switch exclusives for a while.
If they start to region lock the eShop or something then maybe I'd reconsider
No. 478633
>>478602Come on, anon, this is an imageboard
Vid is the opening for TAKUYO's DistortedCode, to be released on July 17th
No. 479000
>>478998These are just excuses that the writers give because they're cowards to just pull it.
Chou no doku pulled it just fine? And it has very good ratings too.
No. 479003
>>478998NTA, Nesso is half related to Fiona by the same father, but in the psvita version they go "haha we're not blood related teehee".
In chou no doku the incest wasn't censored in the all psp, psvita and switch versions. So it might be the company's decision and not Nintendos/Sonys. Or might have to do with the age rating that they're aiming. Can't do incest in a pegi 15+ game.
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>sweet clown mentioned
He is so perfect.
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>>479634I've only played the PC version, so I can't help you with the Switch vs PC thing. The game itself is very, very divisive. I've seen people hate it, but I personally thought it was great. It's unhinged, so if you like otome games where wild stuff happens, it's for you. I found it funny, but I see why people hate it. There's also a true ending
that completely changes the genre and turns it into a legitimately high-stakes story. No. 479658
>>479638>unhinged stuff That's why I want to play it tbh haha. I wish that they're not censored in the switch version. But I'd rather sacrifice voice acting than unhinged based content.
Can you spoil some notable unhinged examples nona, I don't mind spoilers.
No. 479695
>>479646Not that anon either but I didn't like it for the MC either. From memory, she's probably one of the worst female leads ever in otome when it comes to sheer retardation and that's saying much. It also had unavoidable NTR where the guys would cuck each other over the MC. Sometimes it's okay but I thought the entire thing was tasteless and poorly executed in Ozmafia.
But hey, if you're into a mildly entertaining shitshow and you don't mind the glaring flaws, it does an okay job. Kyrie is funny as fuck.
No. 479697
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AYRT to both of you and apologies in advance for the long post.
>>479658It's been a while, but off the top of my head:
>The entire plot is centered around fairytale-themed gang violence. Despite this fact, the MC has absolutely no self-preservation instincts. It's not the regular "uwu I'm so innocent and naive" type; this girl acts like she has a death wish at times. This is semi-justified by the fact that she's a brick-and-mortar tower brought to life and thus doesn't understand most of the world.>A lot of the editing choices are just plain weird. There's a particular jingle that plays at every fucking scene transition. There are also really weird cuts just in the middle of the story; some would call it a 'pacing issue.' I would not call it that because I thought it was funny. >There are cheating options where the MC can just cheat on her boyfriend in the middle of a normal route and start dating one of his friends/coworkers.>There's a route where the MC starts going to a brothel and hiring male prostitutes. The owner of this brothel is the local priest who also moonlights as a pimp. This pimp/priest is also Dorian Gray from the Oscar Wilde novella. Also, in one of the endings, you, the player, get to rename him. I won't explain how or why, but this entire route had me staring at my screen in disbelief.>In the true route, the story completely abandons its initial premise and turns into a battle royale where all of the characters start trying to kill each other. Three of the side characters form a literal suicide pact at one point. I really cannot do this part justice but it was the highlight of the game for me.This is far from an extensive list, but the entire game felt like a fever dream. I kind of look at it like a trashy romcom or something? I didn't just enjoy it for comedic reasons; the true route was so legitimately good in a way that a lot of otomes I've played don't manage. For me, I'd rather read something interesting and funny with some rough patches than something that's good on a technical level but dull.
>>479646From what I've seen, it's because there's two particular routes that get weirdly dark/kind of depressing, which people don't like for understandable reasons. One of them is explicitly written to be fucking insane and you have to go out of your way to get it; the other one is one of the side route guys being a unique brand of awful. Additionally, people hate the cheating mechanic, even though there's a non-cheating route for every boy. Like you said, the MC also has an IQ slightly below room temperature. There's actually a lore reason for her stupidity, and she's written TO BE stupid, so it didn't bother me. It's not as though she's making these dumbass decisions and nobody's calling her out on it. It's also written in a humorous way, so I felt like I was in on the joke rather than it being poor writing. I like dumpster fires, though, so when people say they hate it, I don't blame them.
No. 479718
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>>473169Nona, idk if you’re still here, but Bewitching Sinners is excellent! I like that you could choose to play as either a girl or a guy (for yaoi fujo purposes) and there were different CGs for both of them. The art is really well done and each LI has an interesting and unique route. I also liked the item crafting system and the different missions. Arshem was my favorite LI, but Quill was a close second, and I think the dev is working on an expanded DLC where you will be able to romance
Ivar, which I am looking forward to
because he’s sexy and evil. I highly recommend!
No. 479991
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Hakuoki SSL is getting an english release
No. 480142
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>>479998Dinosaur, insect, mermen, plant boys, second slime since I like those.
You can also try an eldritch approach or take inspo from alien cases. I also feel like manticores are underutilized.
No. 480187
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>>479718Ntayrt but I played the demo of be and it looked beautiful, especially the comic style narration parts were fabulous. However I got annoyed by the very tiktok style speech patterns for some characters ("bitches and bros and nonbinary hoes" how telling that only men get to avoid being called slurs). The worldbuilding and lore was overall interesting so I haven't taken it off my list, but I need to ask a few questions before I try it.
>Is the speech pattern any different in the main game or should I brace myself for more tiktok memes?>Is there any gender bs? I'm very picky about this and will drop a game at the slightest whiff of the LIs they/them'ing an npc.>Does the main game have sex scenes? Or do I need to get the dlcs for some horizontal action? No. 480222
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>>480219This one, according to the /blog/ rec chart.
Hatsukare☆Ren'ai Debut Sengen! (はつカレっ☆恋愛デビュー宣言!)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xqq9kvh5qE9qWtGnATRQwo_jJ5Lwq5hRAViXfiqzPoE/view?gid=1#gid=1But really, any all-ages otome game set in school will do. Personal rec is TMGS. You could try this one too (私こそが学園の女王様), it's free, and you can either download it, or play it on your browser on PC or mobile, although it's not voiced. Links in the game's page:
https://note.com/alen/n/n1c5b86a7cf9f No. 480223
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>>480219Oh wait, there's a spreadsheet specifically for what you're asking in the OP kek. Read it.
No. 480552
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>>480540None that are translated. If you mean R18, they're even rarer.
Most of these are all-ages or R15 at most:
https://l-onnnazeme.com/category/game/Most of these only have a tiny amount of femdom:
https://vndb.org/v?cfil=&f=0280UJ1280Qk80X0t&fil=&rfil=&s=24wPicrel is Tsubasa no Oka no Hime: A Red and Blue Moon -Finite Loop-. I almost never see anyone talk about it. The writing seems meh according to some reviews, but the artwork is gorgeous and the protag seems like a Gigastacy.
https://vndb.org/v2990Also, read the thread, another R18 femdom game was already discussed.
>>473217 No. 480557
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>>480552Keep in mind that the "English" version of Hime no Rakuen/Princess Paradise is machine-translated, so the translation is atrocious and doesn't count.
Here's a few more SFW games.
https://novelgame.jp/games/index?tag=女攻め No. 480558
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>>480557Here's a couple more.
https://elog.tokyo/tagcloud/%E5%A5%B3%E6%94%BB%E3%82%81_1.htmlJust google 女攻め 乙女ゲー and add r18 if you want explicit games.
No. 480681
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>>480568I would also like to know what about it is crazy. I love batshit insane games, and I had zero interest in this until you said that.
>>480677Have you ever played Beastmaster and Prince? It might be too outdated of a title, but I thought it was cute and fun. I usually prefer sad and edgy shit, but I had a great time because of how silly it was. The Vita version is Japanese-only.
No. 480713
>>480187AYRT
> tiktok speechunfortunately, the cringe tiktok meme-isms do continue,
especially for Quill’s route, he’s basically a stereotypical sassy gay man trope but it’s tolerable imo. Outside of his route, the cringe is negligible.
>gendie stuffyou can choose themlet pronouns for MC, but that’s as far as it interferes in the story. All the other characters/LIs are normal guys or girls. If there are themlet NPCs, I don’t remember them and they weren’t important. However, there are some minimal typos/mixed up pronouns where sometimes girl MC is referred to as he/him on accident (you know it’s a typo because in the same sentence, female pronouns are also used).
>sex in gameThere is some mildly steamy content in the main game, kissing, fondling and the like, but the characters never get fully nude. From what I remember, you can have sex with your LI, but all the sex scenes are fade to black. To me, the male MC has somewhat more racy CGs and dialogue options than female MC.
I think it’s because BS originally started as a BL webtoon and female MC was added later on, but idk for sure If you want explicit sex and nude scenes in game, you’ll need to get the Harlots DLC, but I wouldn’t do that until after you play through the original and see if you like it.
The game definitely has its faults, but for the most part, it’s a fun time and the MC isn’t a complete moron. I hope this helps you decide nona!
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>>480713Ayrt Thank you for the info
nonnie! That helps a lot. I'll save the game for a holiday or something and skip Quill.
Speaking of English language otome devs, anyone here a fan of ENDYSIS's games? I really like dark otome with a slightly twisted story, and her games fulfilled my very specific needs (after a very long time since my Amiralo loving days). I'm waiting for the full version of snow white ashes with bated breath and I sincerely pray the writing stays as raw and real as it was in the demo, something about the way the mc of SWA is so flawed and angry is just chef's kiss
https://endysis.itch.io/ No. 480782
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>>480763Have fun! For what it's worth, the duck was my favorite boy.
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Homicipher dev is working on a new R18 game but not female oriented this time. Yet it looks so yume pov kek.
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I thought it was posted here too, but wasn't in the end.
BlackishHouse coming out on switch. If you have a pc though, better play it there. They'll probably have to censor stuff.
No. 482135
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Nonas can you shill her for me? She is a very liked heroine in the otome community from what I saw. Why is that? I don't mind spoilers. Also saw a spoiler that she's not a virgin and has experience which is a first in an all ages otome,to me at least.
No. 482315
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>>482135I absolutely love Yurika, she is basically the star of the whole game even though the story technically is more about Alice than her. Girl doesn't take anyone's shit and can do literally anything she puts her mind to lol. The LIs are scared of her cuz she teases them so much, kek. Alice in particular - she follows him wherever she goes and pins him down if she needs to, she will say whatever she thinks and does whatever she wants without any concerns.
She's still a kind person, but my favourite part of her was her major flaw that she was more self centred than the game would let on. Cuz she seems so perfect, but she will subtly persuade people to make them do what is needed for her goals. Hell the story itself is wild but I can't talk about that cuz MAJOR spoiler
BTW I played the jp version and recommend everyone to play it as well. I originally started with the English version but the tl was BAD like downright awful, see picrel from previous thread. The actual story of the game can be very heavy at times and even there localizers just fucking had to throw in jokes. Also they made yurika too casual, in JP the best part about her shitting on people was that she did it politely. She was relatively less ruined compared to the guys though, they made ookami so horny for no reason and named him Wolfie, turned Kaguya British and gave Alice 4chan incel tier language like dickless beta cuck, never forgive
No. 482718
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Thinking of starting Yoshiwara higanbana because of him. How is his route nonas?
No. 483166
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>>479991Not gonna pay for anything Switch ever.
No. 484491
>>484460>>484183I was too vague in my post, sorry. I mean mainly the heroines that are nameless and maybe you don't see too much of them physically, but they still have their own values and personality in their dialogue. They can feel like a self-insert yet sometimes like a separate character, if that makes sense.
I saw an argument the other day about whether the "correct" way to play otome is to self-insert or ship with the heroine. I never thought about it much until I saw that.
No. 484587
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https://tiermaker.com/create/tokimeki-memorial-girls-side--4th-heart-1578534Technically belongs in the tier maker thread too but w/e. This one includes 4th heart, which I haven't had the chance to play.
It's pretty clear who my types are kek. No. 484614
>>484549I do because I don't have a switch and I use an emulator, when I play a switch game. Not very proud, I'd have preferred to support the company instead tbh. But now that the prices increased like that it's impossible for me.
I prefer pc otome games and I hope otome companies start porting them there.
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How is your fave Olympia Soiree LI looking in the sequel art nonas?
No. 484752
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>>484750samefag but my two darlings just look so beautiful
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>>484873KEK. It's just the lighting I think, but darker skinned LIs losing their melanin later the in game not a first lol. Really like them tbh, find them very sexy.
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Over Requiemz gets so much art, I'm super interested and accidentally spoiled myself a bit on Dorothy's route CGs
>>484752ARGH Himuka looks so cute here
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>>484893I think when I saw the Dorothy route CGs there were a good 8-10 of them I haven't seen before, so that's probablyyy why they put out so many CGs
No. 485153
>>484985I've long since given up on those two games releasing. Rejet have been hyping up some event happening in a week and if they dont announce something new during that then they're written off in my books tbh, what an incompetent waste of a company. I'm probably huffing copium but I do hope the absurd switch game prices leads to a shift over to more PC otome? Though I know JP players love the handheld aspect to it and I dont think the steam deck is very popular in Japan.
>>485019Are you planning on buying it upon release?
No. 485624
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>>484752Tokisada looks so cute! I just noticed his hair is much more shorter now lol.
No. 485727
>>473217Gave this a play, the engrish does ruin it a bit but the MC is
goated.
Not into catboys or fingering boy ass, but MC breaking in the pride of the blonde was the highlight.
No. 485739
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>>485732Great tool! I rec this one!
https://www.tumblr.com/readermishok/187989765907/scarlet-fate-fragments-of-the-past?source=shareStacy ported the whole thing + including the fd on pc, applied the mobage tl, added the va acting back + hired an artist to draw sprites for the mc. There's an apk for it too btw!
Everytime I try to mention this game port on otome plebbit, they report me for piracy the plebs!! It's so underrated and because no one googles shit nowadays and technology illiteracy doesn't help too, so no one knows about it or that it has eng tl!
No. 485746
>>485744Sorry for samefagging again, but language is not original but language that smth is translated. Original language is. So you need to add in the +
And some pc ports are done by Russian stacies, they port switch otome games on pc but Russian only. ;-;
(no emoticons) No. 485822
>>485739The protagonist's sprites are gorgeous and look so extremely close to the original art style, it's impressive. However, keep in mind that this fanport is fucking HUGE. I'm talking about the file size.
>they report me for piracy the plebs!!Pathetic. Fuck Reddit.
>>485732>Is vndb an actually good resource to find otome games for PC?Why wouldn't it be? Yes, it's updated pretty frequently, although there are some extremely obscure indie Japanese otome VNs from sites like Freem! that aren't being added. Maybe I should do that.
Anyway, everyone should use VNDB by default for things like basic info, voice actors, translations (official or fan patches), recs, etc.
No. 486381
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Currently playing that April Fools Nekopara game, it was free and has easy enough language to practice with JP. I'm progressing slowly for that reason but its pretty nice so far, makes me wish there was an R18 version like the original Nekopara games though…
No. 487042
>>487039Those are really rare. If you can read JP then there is one in Brothers Conflict, the japanese is very simple so don't let that stop you. Just use a guide since the system can be annoying.
Also not otome and you prob already know this one but in P3P you can romance Ken
No. 487338
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Masato nonnies it's happening.
No. 487342
>>487338Also announced a BWS port, Dialovers Dark Fate & Lunatic Parade port, new DL character songs, and a new drama cd IP
Nothing about Dorico unfortunately but I hope this stream was the first step to Rejet's revival
No. 487344
>>487042>>487145>Brothers ConflictThanks, I'll check it out.
>>487095It's enough if he at least looks the part, though I'd prefer for him to act the part, too. Actually being of according age is the cherry on top, but I don't require it, as that would likely narrow down the selection too much.