Recent content by Xyer

Amnesia, like many users here, was my first proper otome game. Played it when the English translation was published, since back then my Japanese language comprehension was basically non-existent damn it's already been 11 years since the English edition of Amnesia ... I haven't played it in ages...

I personally do not like faceless protagonists. I understand the logic behind it, but it still looks awkward and the differences in detail between the FMC and the LIs is not something appealing to look at imho. Though there haven't been much otoge with faceless FMCs in recent times? I guess...

LIs based on historical people are interesting not because of who they were, but how the writer/team behind the game portrays them. It gives a bit of an insight on how they see or wish the one(s) they wrote about were seen by others... or just take a peak at how some cultures see certain people...

I wrote something to about the cultural differences between the Japanese otomege audience vs the International one in this corner of the forum just few days ago, but since @koko36 summarized it better than I could have rn, I'll just repost the relevant part: So I'll respond by saying how I...

Like most people here, I don't self-insert so I prefer FMCs with a set story and personality. I wouldn't turn away from playing an otomege if the MC has the personality of a doormat (can it can also turn funny in a way), but the LIs have to make up for it, otherwise it's not worth playing imo...

Does anybody here ever read Maruki Bunge novels? (for those interested, she's the writer of many of Marine Heart bl vns, Koibito Yuugi and other stuff for Aromarie) I've recently finished "ふたご～緋牡丹と白百合～" by her and I thought that it was a missed oppurtunity as I got more into the plot than the...