They're not popular lmao it's a niche inside of a niche. Unless you're talking about popular Chinese games which have a lot of capital backing them up so success is guaranteed...
It used to bother me at the beginning but now I understand the logistics of making this all work so I don't fault them now. I appreciate the simplicity for what it is.
As closer to reality as possible tbh, I don't know why but fantasy just bores me. Well, making real life scenarios sound appealing is part of the challenge for the writer in a way.
I always use the predetermined name as I love it when the LIs say it out loud. It's just as exciting to me as if they'd be saying my own name so I don't think this is because I don't self-insert.
No, I'd better prefer to use my time to read actual stuff that I have in my backlog and a lot of the times joke vns are just a disguise to sell contempt for the medium to the original target audience. Actual parodies would be made with love for the medium by someone who's very knowledgeable...
I just think that then that's not an otome game anymore. It'd be just a romance game and that's okay. Otome isn't a label that should be pasted on anything even remotely related to romance. Let's not treat it as a buzzword...
I don't think the music is the issue for me, it'd say it's rather bad sound design or mad mixing (be it for general ambient sounds that loop weirdly or that of the voices where they all seem to be set at different volumes)
Yeah, it's one of the reasons I don't play these kinds of games. If I pay for something I want to know I own it. And I also like the stories I read to have a proper ending, otherwise the overall journey ends up feeling kinda aimless to me.
Ignore the FOMO, I'd say it's better to be PC only for these games but that's just my opinion as a working adult who has limited time for gaming nowadays. The expense doesn't feel justifiable especially when I already have a normal switch and I don't plan on getting the switch 2.
If someone isn't willing to spend time of their life learning the craft necessary to produce the art they want to make, then I'm not willing to spend time of my life looking at it or engaging with it. It's as simple as that.