Piofiore. I only finished one route (Dante), and just couldn't force myself to finish the rest ":)
First, I can't say anything about MC (who just sits in one place, while occasionally trying to talk to Dante or run away).
Second, near the end it just felt like a mess to me, with things...
I wish there were more female routes in otome. I feel like adding female in usual MC "harem" group (especially if there is a long common route) makes dynamic between characters more interesting (like in Mystic Messenger).
I personally prefer romantic routes with female characters, since I alsio...
Claude's Dark route, because I liked the way I felt sick and disturbed reading it (feeling bad for the MC, but being very interested in how even worse it can get). It was a strange, but very memorable mix ":D
I don't mind it, I often pick non-binary option if it's possible!
The only downside for me that I often noticed when playing is that MC is usually faceless and doesn't have visual appearance (gods i love seeing MC on CG).
Amnesia that happens in the middle of story, where MC forgets everything about LI, and then it magically cures itself. It's just feels like rereading the same story with the only change that LI cares about MC now.
I'm totally okay when the game makes it clear that the choice doesn't matter, like in Over RequiemZ. Otherwise, I usually don't even try finding which choice is important and which is not and just check guides.
I have otome-ish feeling from games with romance mechanics.
Some popular titles:
- Dragon Age and Mass Effect series
- Persona 3 Portable (other persona games romances are good too, it's sad they don't add female protagonists anymore)
- Divinity Original Sin 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 (Baldur's Gate...