It depends on the game. I project myself onto the character in emotional scenes, but sometimes I take a step back and see her as just another character.
I love BL, but if I had to spend the rest of my life playing only one type of game, I'd choose otome games.
BL is the joy of watching a beautiful romance unfold.
Otome games let you self-insert and actually experience being loved by your favorite character.
If it's for the rest of my life, I'd...
Years after everyone else played it, I finally got around to playing Heartful Boyfriend. I thought I knew what kind of game it was, but it's even more surreal and profound than I imagined!
I love happy endings. I truly feel how deeply the moment of happiness that finally arrives after hitting rock bottom in a bad ending can be a salvation. It's precisely because it's a happy ending reached after countless choices that it fills my heart to the brim.