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Is the first route important for your overall perception of the otome?

Superrr, if i dont like the first route i chose im probably not going to do the others. I lose motivation quite easily😓
 
Definitely! I'd say the first route can set the vibe of what may await me for the rest of the game, especially if there's a recommended route order due to how the narrative unfolds
 
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Yes, because I want to play the first route that interests me, but if there's a recommended order in a guide, I'll follow that instead.
 
I'm sorry to any Benkei lover here but I learned my lesson from having his route as my first in Birushana. His route was really uninteresting and felt like a drag for me to do, now it's been a year and I haven't touched Birushana again. Now I always go for the li I'm most interested in as my first so I won't feel pushed out of interest from a game early again.
 
I have a bad habit of doing the route of the character I'm most interested in first, so after I'm finished i usually lose interest in the other routes
 
I feel like first route should be mystery and connect with another second route to make players more curious about the game. Instead of boring some lazy story, they should give have hints or suspicious characters that its back of your mind and bothering you. I think the first route should be like that.
 
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Yes, it's important.
If there's a recommended order for playing the game, I follow it.
Sometimes I save the character I'm most interested in for last.
 
Not necessarily. It depends on what the issue with the route is - if I can tell I'm just not vibing with the LI, then I'll just drop that route and jump into another. If it's something with the writing, like the pacing or the voice, then yeah.
 
I'm the same, and I hate that for a lot of otome the story only really gets interesting/starts to make sense on the last route/towards the end of the game.
I played Amnesia Memories not too long ago and honestly the story is kind of uncompelling until you do Ukyo's route. But is it really a good game if you have to play it 5 times for it to get good?