Categoria: my life

Hello everyone!

Autumn is coming, but somehow my mood is up lately! This summer was too hot, it’s been a living hell for almost 4 long months, I was waiting for rain like desperate. How is the weather where you live?

Recently, there was a big news in the otome games world: Sony has decided to stop the production of PsVita, which means this console will be officially dead in a few months.

Well, this is not surprising.

If we pretend to ignore how it failed in the western market, we must consider it’s pretty old now and it couldn’t just exist forever. Consoles change and improve, it’s a matter of fact!

I still remember when people were worried or pissed off, when otoge moved from PSP to PsVita; but it’s something we can’t avoid, let’s embrace it.

We already know Otomate is moving to Switch, but what are other companies going to do?

Iwasaki made a twitter poll, asking us to choose how we prefer to play Rejet games in the future.

There were 3 options: Switch, PC and mobile.

I answered Switch, even if I don’t plan on buying it soon: I can’t imagine myself playing games only on PC and mobile was obviously not an option for me.

I wish I could answer Ps4, but I guess it didn’t stand a chance and they ignored it from the start.

Have you voted on that poll too? What did you choose?

In the end, Switch won the poll, followed by PC.

I’m glad mobage came last, but still many people voted for it… too many people, it’s almost scary.

A future when the otoge console market dies may happen in a near future, I hope at that time I won’t be into this hobby anymore, cause it would be a huge pain for me, I’m not even lying!

I hoped Iwasaki would tell us something about it almost immediately, just to let us know what they are going to do with their future releases, but they decided to hold an announcement event in about 2 weeks instead.

I guess we just have to wait and see, I’m trying to keep my expectations low, but I still hope to hear good news: I’ve always loved Rejet games and it would be really disappointing if they just decide to go for mobage. My gaming life would feel empty!

On other news, after Piofiore there’s only one PsVita game left to order for me (or so it seems, so far), which is Shiro Kuro Alice FD.

I guess it’s finally time to take a proper look at my backlog, since I’m going to play all or some of those games in the next months!

I often joke about it, saying it’s terrible or neverending, so I’d like to show every game to you and hear your opinion. I’m sure most of the players are in a similar situation!

Let’s look only at the PsVita stuff, cause I’m too slow with my PC and PSP games, it may took ages before I actually get myself to start one of them. Yeah, I’m a bad person.

• Re:Viced: old but good, or so I’ve read.

• Hana Oboro: historical stuff with good art, it may end up enjoyable.

• Yunohana Spring Cherishing Time: the first game was cute, I hope this will be nice too.

• Tierblade Fragments of Memory: I’ve already played most of it, but it was boring and I wasn’t in the mood to complete it.

• Nil Admirari FD: I loved the first game, I’m excited for this!

• Shinobi koi utsutsu FD: I’ve already played half of it and it wasn’t that great, let’s see when I’m in the mood to complete it.

• Piofiore: this is the game I’m looking forward to playing the most, I can’t wait! It could be my game of the year, I feel it.

• Charade Maniacs: all those characters are kinda worrying, but I have good hopes.

• Bad Apple Wars: I don’t expect too much, but it was cheap, so… yeah.

• Norn9 Last Era: I’m so late for this, I’ll try my best to play it soon.

• Kurenai no homura Sanada Ninpou Chou: basically an Hakuouki copy-cat, but let’s see if it’s enjoyable.

• Code realize shirogane no kiseki: I’m getting a bit tired of this series, but I love Saint Germain so I had to get this.

• Usotsuki Shangri La: Rejet stuff is always welcomed in my life.

• Hyakka Yakou: probably not that good, but we’ll see.

• Vamwolf cross: I admit it, I bought this just because it was cheap (about 1200 yen), but I haven’t great expectations.

• Utsusemi no meguri: sexy oni trash, why not?

Since I’m almost done with Collar Malice Unlimited, I think I’ll complete Tierblade first: there’s not much left, it’s better if I end it now while I still remember where I stopped. But going for something older doesn’t seem like a bad idea too.

What do you think of my backlog? How is yours?

Please, tell me I’m not the worst!

I’ve been playing otome games for about 5 years now: I’ve seen many changes, both in consoles (from PSP, to PsVita and now to Switch), in games (anyone noticed how there used to be way more Cero B years ago? Now the most common rating is Cero C, while Cero D is not that rare as it used to be) and even my personal preferences are different from the old days.

When I started, I used to enjoy way more school themes: I wasn’t interested in deep plots, I just wanted to date my good looking boys and hear their cheesy words.

After 5, 10 or even more otome games, I got really bored of those basic scenario, when ikemen fell in love with a generic heroine and nothing else happens, besides dates and fluff.

I started paying more attention to the plot and to the character development; at the same time, I started developing an interest in dark and creepy settings, with tragic themes.

Sometimes I wonder: if I’d replay now those games I used to love, would I still enjoy them?

I would like to try, but part of me is also kinda scared: if I had to find out that those games which get me into this genre were trash, I admit I’d feel kinda sad.

Maybe it’s better if I just enjoy the good memories I have, instead of ruining them with a cruel reality.

Playing otome games has become way easier lately, since there are many localisations: it’s something that seemed impossible to achieve years ago, when I was basically forced to learn Japanese, if I wanted to enjoy this hobby. I’m still glad I did anyway, at least I’ve learned the language! Memorizing kanji was hell, and it still is, but it’s also a nice challenge.

In 5 years, I’ve seen many people come and go, many blogs open and close: it really gives me the realization of the time passing by, even if it feels sad.

When a blog closes, mostly if it’s an important one I’ve always read, it almost feels like the end of an era. I can feel that something is changing, in this small world.

When a person stops playing or simply disappears from twitter, I can’t help but wonder what happened: what are they doing now? Are they happier? Have they found something better?

Who knows. People change, it’s normal.

I would lie, if I’d say that I’ve never thought about dropping otome games: I love them, but sometimes playing started to feel like some kind of chore.

I’ve seen many friends suffering from this problem, I guess it happens when playing every day becomes an habit.

It happened to me last year, around september, but then Otomate Party and my Japan trip managed to get back my gaming mood. And now? I’m not excited about games as I used to be, but I can say honestly that I’m not going to give up this hobby soon.

But who knows, life is a mystery.

Tell me about you, how long have you been playing games? Have your tastes changed?

Hello everyone!

A month ago, I asked you if I should write about myself here, or if it would be better opening another blog; ALL of you answered that this is the perfect place, so… here I am again!

Well, nothing interesting happened lately, but I was in the mood for sharing my latest opinions and recent events.

Since I have more free time lately, I’m starting to read a lot.

I’ve always loved reading, but I was usually kinda slow in the past years (I completed about a book every month), but now I’m finding myself enjoying this hobby way more.

I used to be a great Agatha Christie fan when I was younger and I’m appreciating again those books: I’ve been to the library a few days ago and borrowed a lot, I’m going to be busy for a long time!

It’s been 2 months since I started studying Finnish and I finally see some progress: when I read songs’ lyrics, I can understand a few words and sometimes I can grasp the general meaning of simple sentences.

I feel really proud of myself, Finnish is literally another universe from my mother tongue and I thought it would be impossible to learn on my own!

I hope this gives some positive energy to those of you who are struggling to learn a language (probably japanese, since you’re here): nothing is impossible, if you put your hard work and passion in it, every single day.

After Ikemen Sengoku, I’ve decided to try Rear Pheles.

I know, it’s a kusoge and I shouldn’t even have bought it, but you know I’m a Do-M and I can’t resist cheap otoge; wasting money and time is secretly my best talent, you know?

I’m struggling a lot with the awful minigame and I was on the verge of dropping it many times already… but I’ll do my best to complete at least one route and bring you some kind of review.

On happiest news, my boyfriend will be on holiday next week and he volunteered to watch otoge anime adaptations and write his troll reviews as usual!

I’m thinking about different kind of challenges or experiments, like making him guess a character’s personality or something about the plot of a game… I’m not sure yet, but I’d like to bring something new with his help, it may turn out being funny.

My next review is going to be kinda far away, but you can expect a lot of updates soon… let me know if you have suggestions!