Whenever I've seen it done so far, especially in books, it always falls flat. The enemies aren't truly enemies and the period between when they turn from enemies to lovers happens too quickly and unrealistically. I actually never played a route where I can actually say it was enemies to lovers...
Intent matters. The most recent parody game was a cash grab, even disregarding that some of the writers were romance VN/IF authors (This is about Date Everything). Even the ones I enjoyed I still scratch my head over. Even good intent doesn't translate to people unfamiliar with the genre so...
It depends how good the game was and how much I enjoyed the writing and routes. I won't complete certain routes if I know I won't like them based on the character introduction and certain personality traits.
It depends on the game. Sometimes I happen to pick my favorite on the first try and in that case, yes. But sometimes a game has routes that are all amazing and I cannot choose (or cannot choose between 2-3 of them).
I've noticed this too. I think it's because when people play a game and it has English audio they expect the VAs to speak naturally but instead a lot of VAs, professional or not, tend to mirror English Anime VA's voice acting which in turn is badly trying to emulate Japanese voice acting. The...
I found a mobile Otome by chance. It was randomly recommended to me on an app store (Ninja Love). As for what inspired me to click on it? I like romance and anime. I then found their other games and others by Voltage. After my purchases were wiped and I started playing VNs on PC/Vita/PSP my...
I feel I have no say in this because I personally quit mobile Otome games (and any other mobile VNs/ anything similar) a while ago (as in years). These companies can easily delete their games off of the apps stores, even one time purchases and that alone has kept me from playing many. Other than...
I always play the route I think I'll be the most intrigued by or any that were recommended to me. Starting from the worst sounds nice and I wish I could do that but unless a game I play heavily needs the use of a guide (for me), then I'll try to gather my own thoughts while playing with no prior...
A character who egregiously bullies the MC and the protagonist either never stands up for themself or is never given the option, ROs that are still not over their past partner, ROs that pair up with others if not on their route, cheating/flirty ROs (sometimes this goes hand in hand, do not even...
I mostly interact with ABO works that involves men. That's what I'm used to and don't deviate from that so I don't have any preferences for any women characters in that setting.
I don't like it but like it less when the MC is colored in but with no eyes and a full head of hair. If it has to be done then they should just be a gray thing in the shape of a person.
Yes. When I first found VNs I'd almost exclusively play through the routes of who I found the most handsome or mysterious-looking but now I actually look through what their personalities are like and appearance do not matter as much.
You might already know this but there are already ways to do that. No buttons, sadly. I heard it is possible to add one in when making a renpy game. You can look up a guide on how to delete saves and persistent data (when the game knows you've already played through something).
I'd argue that the way authors treat and write this competition in games is homophobic and biphobic too. The inclusion of these jealously plotlines has always felt off to me. And that even extends to the rival girls in these games too, except in that case its typically misogyny from either Otome...