Kinda of a mix, I self insert and usually use my IRL nickname but because the MCs have their own story and personality it feels more like Im "acting" lol, I like it because I try to visualise how it would be like to live the Heroine life, even before the main story etc
I always do the first route playthrought blind, because I try to avoid spoilers to the max I usually do a bit of research on which route is recomended to do first to avoid spoilers for the other routes. I find that even the playtroughts that are quite straightfoward end up "spoiling" the story...
omg I'm so happy, usually there is not much for otome game players T.T, and It seems really active with a bunch of reviews. No more making choices based on only 7 reviews on VNDB, thank you!