As promised, I’ll try to keep my blog alive from now on, even when I’m not posting reviews!
I’ve asked my friends on twitter for suggestions and the most voted option was “write whatever you want”, so…. here I am, answering a few questions!
1- VERY FIRST VIDEOGAME
Let’s keep it otome game related: Brothers conflict passion pink. I guess it’s not a mystery anymore, I’ve talked about it plenty of times!
2- YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER
The first who comes to my mind, whenever I read this kind of question, is Amnesia’s Ikki.
He was one of the first characters I really loved and he always has a special place in my heart.
3- A GAME THAT IS UNDERRATED
There are many, I guess I’d go for an old one: Princess Arthur.
All I read were bad reviews, but I enjoyed it a lot: I liked the heroine, the characters and also the plot; I even got emotional and cried for the side characters, which is really rare for me.
4- YOUR GUILTY PLEASURE GAME
Diabolik lovers. Judge me if you want, but I still can’t drop this series.
5- GAME CHARACTER YOU FEEL MOST LIKE (OR WISH YOU WERE)
Wait, these are 2 different questions!!
I wish I was elegant and lovely as Glass Heart Princess Kyoko, but I’m more like Trigger Kiss Futaba; sometimes people can’t understand my humor, I’m sarcastic and a bit cynical. I swear I’m not a bad person anyway, I’m just…. not ordinary and a bit difficult to approach!
6- MOST ANNOYING CHARACTER
How can I choose only one? There are too many, sometimes even among main characters.
Let’s say Diabolik Lovers Cordelia, every time she appeared on the screen I was like “are you still alive, you bitch?!”
7- FAVORITE GAME COUPLE
Kyoko and Shinnosuke from Glass heart princess, they were born to be together; a dreamy couple!
8- BEST SOUNDTRACK
I loved Reine des Fleurs BGM, the music in that game was stunning.
9- SADDEST SCENE
I don’t want to spoil, but… THAT Kokuchou Psychedelica scene. The Kagiha one, I’m sure you know what I mean. I cried a lot!
10- BEST GAMEPLAY
Otome games have similar gameplay, but some are more complicated than others; I usually don’t like mini games, unless they are related to the plot like the utapri ones.
I can tell you for sure 2 gameplays I hated: Brothers conflict and Wand of fortune.
Those systems were so annoying!
11- GAMING SYSTEM OF CHOICE
Well, otome games have similar systems too; but I can tell I hate timed choices, if I’m not mentally prepared I end up missing them and having to load from the last save, it gets on my nerves!
12- A GAME EVERYONE SHOULD PLAY
Black wolves saga: great plot, great characters, it’s a masterpiece for me.
Also, I think it’s good for people who think otome games are just fluffy stuff aimed at little girls; let them try this, they’ll regret it for life!
13- A GAME YOU’VE PLAYED MORE THAN 5 TIMES
None! I don’t even have time to replay, sadly… I think I’ve played twice a few Brothers conflict route tho, before entering otoge hell and having a neverending backlog; if I remember correctly, I’ve replayed Kaname, Fuuto and Tsubaki.
14- CURRENT WALLPAPER
15- POST A SCREENSHOT FROM A GAME YOU’RE PLAYING RIGHT NOW
16- GAME WITH THE BEST CUT SCENES
Well, otoge don’t have cut scenes, so I’ll just talk about 2 moments that deserve a mention:
- BWS: this game has so many unforgettable scenes, I don’t even know where to start; let’s talk about Julian, when he reveals his “true personality”. I don’t want to spoil, but there was a shocking and unexpected scene, which really stuck in my mind. I’ve never realized Hosoya Yoshimasa was such a great seiyuu until I heard him change his voice while begging “please, praise me”. That broken voice is really something every otome game player should hear.
- 7’scarlet: before playing, I didn’t know there were cinematic scenes and it was an amazing experience! it’s rare to see animations in otome games, and those few seconds in the beginning were really perfect to make me immersed in the mood of the game.
17- FAVOURITE ANTAGONIST
Collar Malice… “Adonis”. Let’s call “it” like that, to avoid spoilers. I really had no clue until I reached the end, I was almost shocked… best antagonist ever!
18- FAVOURITE PROTAGONIST
Code Realize Cardia. It was nice to see her growing and becoming confident and strong.
Futaba from Trigger kiss was funny too, she really voiced my thoughts… it’s the first time I completely agree with an heroine’s reactions!
19- PICTURE OF A GAME SETTING YOU WISH YOU LIVED IN
Period Cube. It may be dangerous, but it’s beautiful!
20- FAVOURITE GENRE
If we talk about otoge, I prefer dark themes, deep plot and mystery.
You can tell just by reading my “top 10 recommended games”, fluffy stuff is not for me!
21- BEST STORY
Wow this is really hard, there are a few with a great plot!
I think my favourite is Black wolves saga, because it’s the only otoge which made me ignore the romantic part: I was completely absorbed by the plot and by the character’s psychology, it didn’t even felt like an otoge at all. As the story progressed, I was captured by their amazing personalities and I just wanted to know more!
It made me suffer so much, but it was worth it.
22- A SEQUEL THAT DISAPPOINTED YOU
Kamiaso infinite.
I enjoyed the first game, it wasn’t great but still good; sadly, the sequel was kusoge level: short routes, no real plot and everything happened so fast, it didn’t make sense.
An example of terrible writing which destroys a story with good potential.
23- BEST ART STYLE
I appreciate many artists, but Satoi is my favourite. When I see her art, it’s an istant buy for me!
24- FAVOURITE CLASSIC TITLE
I guess Amnesia is a classic now? I’ve seen the anime even before knowing otome game existed and it’s a series I’ve always loved, it’s special to me.
25- A GAME ON YOUR LIST TO PLAY
ONLY ONE?
I’d go for Yunohana spring then, I want to play it soon! it looks funny, I need something brighter because I’ve been playing too much of my usual depressing and creepy stuff lately.
26- BEST VOICE ACTING
The first name which comes to my mind, is Kaji Yuuki voicing Kanato.
It’s really difficult to act such a disturbed character: he has to change tone rapidly when Kanato’s mood change for no reason, cry randomly, scream like crazy… it must be challenging!
27- MOST EPIC SCENE
How can I answer this without spoiling?! Let’s just say, Hijikata’s ending in Hakuoki…. when the meaning of the name “Hakouki” is explained.
28- FAVOURITE DEVELOPER
Rejet.
Sometimes I hate them, sometimes I love them… sometimes they disappoint me, as it happened on the last streaming. But I still have hopes, maybe they’ll come back with a new epic game next year!
29- A GAME YOU WERE SURPRISED YOU LIKED
7’scarlet! I didn’t even buy it at first, I’ve just became curious after reading my friend’s tweets and decided to see if I was really missing something…. I WAS! I didn’t expect to love it so much, but it was an amazing journey, totally worth playing.
30- FAVOURITE GAME OF ALL TIME
Can I just answer with 2 titles?
Black wolves saga and Kokuchou no psychedelica.
Don’t ask me to choose, they are both masterpieces to me!
I’m finally done answering all the questions, it took me a few days, but it was fun!
I hope my answers were interesting enough, I’ll probably try something similar in the future!
Mahlenneth
Very nice 😀
I want to do this one day too. But I didn’t play many otoges yet.
Maybe I can answer about BL and otome games xD
Same for me: 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12.
otomeland
Do you like Glass heart princess?? it’s such a sweet and funny game, I’m sad it didn’t get a psvita port with more content!
I’d buy anything with Shinnosuke!
Mahlenneth
I love Glass Heart Princess 😀 it’ sone of my fav otoges
True!! I wanted a Vita port too