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What is the one feature you wish EVERY SINGLE otome game had?

someday i wish they made all sprites like 2.5D that they can move and feel more like an interactive play something like tokimeki girlside that when you touch a character they move and that stuff.... i remember see that and be impresive that how much they invert in that system *w*
 
I really wish more games kept voiced protagonists, like in Bustafellows, Jack Jeanne, or Norn9. Older games used to have fully voiced MCs, and it was actually super helpful for learning Japanese. These days, though, it feels like protagonist voices are getting removed more and more. I kind of miss that immersion.
 
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I realized something I really like - affection charts. I love to see the sprite change based on affection.
 
orionsbestie said:
I wish more otome games had the thing tokimeki memorial girl's side had where the characters could say the player's name HAHA it's quite lovely. Though ig that can be quite limited in a way too. I'd like a system like that but more flexible for more names I guess lmao. it's just a dream tho.
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I loved this feature too. In the older versions you could type out any name in kana and it would be voiced. I saw a video where someone named the MC "Mama" and all the characters were talking (voiced!) about how they loved Mama. Wholesome.
 
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Voiced MC. I really liked how Kisa was voiced in Jack Jeanne, not only her spoken lines, but thoughts too.
 
hana707 said:
I agree! I absolutely love voiced heroines!
For me otome is like watching a story unfold in front of me the same way when I'm reading manga or watching anime so I don't care much for self insert.
Also with the name thing yeah I don't like it when there just like "anata" to MC or there's a pause. When the heroine has a name theres also cute nicknames too so it makes the story at least to me richer.
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I share this opinion as well.
 
Skip to the next choice—maybe different developers have different technical capabilities. Some games still feel pretty slow even when you fast-forward at maximum speed.
 
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As a big fan of Voice Industry, I want more voiced default names and add heroines voices too, voiced thoughts too （ ; ; ）
 
User-friendly save/load screen and that's all!

I was quite disappointed when Olympia Soiree only allow us to overwrite save slots, not even delete or move save slots considering it was from popular publisher and released on Switch.
 
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I also like it when the MC's name gets called out, though the pauses can be really jarring.

I hope more otome games get a skip function—it'd make skipping repetitive storylines way faster.
 
I like voiced heroine, and a sprite. Just like bustafellows and norn9, I love to hear the mc and how the voice actress potray the mc.
 
It's hard to name just one feature, I have quite a few in mind that I wish every game had. As others have already mentioned: voiced mc, characters calling mc by her default name, flowcharts (especially for long games with many endings), love catch, and a skip to next choice button that doesn't lag lol. Two other features I wish were in every game are when the characters have blinking eyes and moving mouths, and also when we get the LI's POV so we know what he is thinking/feeling at certain and important moments in the game. I'm not sure if the second one is considered a feature that's being discussed here haha, but I decided to include it here anyways because it's something I've always loved in games.
 
- SAVE VOICED LINES
They are so rare but I love them!!

- like Toki Meki games where they pronounce various different names
Since I prefer to self-insert, I love this! Although there's no way most games would have this type of budget lol.
 
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Agreed on the default name! Nothing baffles me more than having to come up with a name for some character in god knows what setting! How do I know what would sound appropriate?! I don't want to spend hours on a name! I have more improtant things to do (romace the LIs lol)!
 
I'd love more voiced MCs and giving them a little side sprite. Would also like a proper skip to next choice
 
Bad endings that are fleshed out and have CGs.
A distinct protagonist with a portrait and a voiced name.
 
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1chi said:
Is this really true?.. 😭 All this time I thought the problem was me, not him, but now your words made me think.........
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I don't have any issue with your opinion; it's never a "problem" to have a preference! But I have to question the person who asserts this is a super common opinion -- I've never talked to anyone who dislikes him, and know at least one person who feels favoritism toward him. I feel totally indifferent to him personally; no love, no hate, no massive drop in opinion of a game if I see him listed. You shouldn't change your mind or anything, I just thought it was deeply weird to be spoken for so confidently.

To answer the OP though: I do wish more otomes had flowcharts. I think making them a standard feature would allow for more complex narratives. Episodio Alterniva in Piofiore 1926 was a really great example of an awesome flowchart implementation.

Voiced MCs are really nice, but I can't call them a must-have. I've actually only played one otome with this feature anyway (Bustafellows) but thought it was a wonderful addition; Teuta was so much more lively and memorable than most MCs because of it. But I feel like people have such strong opinions on how much personality an otome MC should have that giving her a voice will just be viewed as spending extra cash for things half your audience is going to get the ick about. (Plus, if they put in a high pitched VA, I would probably cry.)
 
johnotome said:
Personally, I wish every single otome game had a default canon name for the MC.

To add on to that though - I LOVE it when the voice actors say the MC's name if you use the canon name.

I don't know why but I really hate it when theres a pause where the MC name should be said.

What one feature do you absolutely wish every single otome game had?
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im the complete opposite, i hate default names (even in fanfiction), i just really like when games have a way to make it work and use petnames as a substitute, i think is really cute.

and about the question... i think i would like to always have customizable stuff lol AKjdisjdsid i love customizing, be it the mc or name or gender, the room we live or other stuff
 
I wish there were a portrait of the protagonist. Her expressions, which change depending on the situation, heighten the tension even further.
 
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- PC Games: Middle mouse button hides text box so you can look at the pretty CGs
- Controller-based games: Left trigger to rewind, Right trigger to Go forward!
 
Being able to skip then entire scene directly (or go to the next choice), it's a waste of time having to just speed through the text with the skip option
 
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