What Otome/BL game would you NEVER recommend? And why?

[lyn99999]

Personally i haven't played any game that left me a bad impression, but I'm curious to know if there's any I should avoid (⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)

 

[judahslove]

It's pretty hard to found one but the only one that came to my mind is probably brother conflicts..? As someone who played both the pink and blue versions on psp i can understand why some ppl disliked the game..the synopsis is literally just abt the heroine getting a new family with 13 step brothers going from 10 to 31 year old if i remember correctly, the characters are all pretty cliché from the stereotypical tsundere to the cross dressing older brother…the whole thing of flirting and dating step brothers may have made uncomfortable alot of ppl and i see why…in general the game is okay-ish ( i just don't know why they added a 10yo to the story welp ) but it would be the one i wont be recommending to everyone xDD

 

[lunitawish]

Personally, I don't like and feel uncomfortable with otome games that involve kidnapping or worse. I feel the exact same way about BL. it seems like there are just too many stories centered around abuse
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[ninnikuryona]

Personally, I don't like and feel uncomfortable with otome games that involve kidnapping or worse. I feel the exact same way about BL. it seems like there are just too many stories centered around abuse
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oof. im afraid that if you decide to never read bl with abuse, youll have literally nothing left to read at all........ its a harsh world out there...............

 

[lambdadelta]

hmm a game i'd never ever ever recommend to anyone is kinda difficult to pin down bc there are people capable of tolerating (or even enjoying?) things that are dealbreakers to you and vice versa, what makes something good or bad is often kind of subjective

maybe something widely disliked or clearly unfinished despite being sold as a full game?

 

[End8less]

The long answer is it heavily depends on what constitutes as "never recommend", for example Sanzen Sekai Yuugi has really pretty art, good character designs and a good presentation, but one of the LI is the protagonists brother and it has a scene with explicit sexual violence which would knock it off many people's to play list. Even games everyone agrees are in poor quality could have something you enjoy in them even if it's just laughs, there might be a flower blooming in the trashfire.

The short answer is any otome Gacha game, fuuuuuuck that you can go buy one trillion games with what they wring from you, just look at the fanart and the doujins and RUN.

 

[satory]

People usually recommend things they liked, so I probably will never recommend anything I didn't enjoy myself. Only if I'm 100% sure that the other person will like it, but even in this case it's still better to choose other games to talk about

 

[Akumo]

Diabolik Lovers
The love interests are handsome, but as characters, they're unpleasant to deal with. The MC is an absolute nightmare; I wanted to slap myself in the face while playing this otome just to make sure I wasn't in a fever dream.

 

[rorudesu]

R-rated games in general *coughs* joke aside.

I usually drop games early if they don't click, so I mostly remember the ones I loved. Since tastes are subjective, those wasn't for me could be for others! With that the only games I'd truly hesitate to recommend are ones with serious issues outside the game itself.

Though if I had to pick one despite those reasons, it'd probably be Getsuei no Kusari? It has an incredible script and is one of the few games I've fully completed. That said, it portrays human flaws and crowd dynamic of closed communities in a very raw way. Some scenes especially those 'responsible' adults ostracizing protagonists (村八分) were pretty tough to read, so it might require a bit of emotional preparation. ( ˊᵕˋ ; )

 

[luvsubaru]

Jooubachi No Oubou, and I speak from personal experience

Last year I decided to play some 18+ otome games and send a kind of "review" via email to my friend (as far as I know they only play yuri visual novels) and well... they were horrified by some events in the game.

I also think they've probably played worse, but Jooubachi No Oubou was something new...

I don't think the game is that bad, but for me it has heavy content that many people wouldn't want to continue playing. This is for those who like really dark content.

 

[orionsbestie]

I think it depends on what the person I'm recommending things to is like? I wouldn't recommend Diabolik Lovers or Piofiore to someone who has very hard limits on dub/non-con and morally questionable heroes and heroines, for example, or Code:Realize to someone who wants to play a casual romance because that long common route is anything but casual material imo ngl

 

[moçoroca de abacate]

I always recommend games based on a person's taste, so I can't think of a game I would NEVER recommend
but I think maybe "chou no doku" and "yoshiwara hingabana" fit a little into that category? I love both of these games, but I hardly and rarely recommend these games because they're not for everyone due to certain bad endings and routes.

 

[totallyamanda]

i'd never not recommend a game to someone full-stop. ˙˚ଘo(∗ ❛ั ᵕ ❛ั )੭່˙
i would however advise against certain titles if it has some divisive themes or elements that could be triggering if that's what i know about the person or that's what they're asking.

it's really a personal decision to like or dislike a game so my preferences are not your preferences, so games are the same way. (⁀ ᗢ ⁀)

besides, it's a trial by fire to experience some terrible games to be able to complain about it later that everyone should experience in their lives.
who am i to take that away from them? (❛◡˂̵ ̑̑✧)

 

[Rawamabuk3020]

Diabolik Lovers
Los personajes con los que se puede tener una relación amorosa son guapos, pero como personajes, es desagradable tratar con ellos. La protagonista es una auténtica pesadilla; me dieron ganas de darme una bofetada mientras jugaba a este otome solo para asegurarme de que no estaba soñando.

Así es, incluso vi el anime, y ninguno de los chicos parece buena persona para el protagonista, independientemente de su pasado xd

 

[troian]

I came here thinking about Diabolik Lovers too lmao
It really has a bad rep, and i think the anime only made things worse

 

[Lilia]

Objectively? Any otome/BL gacha for obvious reasons.

 

[NoveiaVonGeorgia]

Objectively? Any otome/BL gacha for obvious reasons.

I agree, i once spent a lot on these till I realize that my accumulated expense are better off buying actual full otome games and artbooks.

 

[lyn99999]

I came here thinking about Diabolik Lovers too lmao
It really has a bad rep, and i think the anime only made things worse

Lmaoo I'm surprised by the amount of ppl saying how bad Diabolik lovers is!! Thank god I've never listened to the ppl that kept telling me to play it T T

 

[fr4pp3cinn]

I agree with the gacha otoge/BL games tbh

For games with heavier themes, I wouldn't be inclined to recommend them unless I know the person is interested or comfortable with stuff like that, but I can see situations where I could recommend it to someone. Gacha on the other hand just seems very predatory, and since the content is related to the cards you get, it's hard to know if certain types of content are in the game or not, and they often have underdeveloped relationships as well

 

[lanying]

Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze and 時計仕掛けのアポカリプス.Actually, this is getting personal - I'm irrationally convinced that I can't recommend these two games to anyone.I've seen a ton of great reviews for both of these games elsewhere, but my personal experience with them was really terrible.While they're not that bad either, out of selfishness I wouldn't recommend them to anyone.The former has a really poor decryption system and very little content.The plot of the latter one was really boring to me.I've always loved the idea of saving the world and time loops.But this movie has both of those elements, yet I found it incredibly boring, and I couldn't think of a single good thing about it.The positive reviews from others and my own negative experience only made it worse for me.So I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

 

[Hyacinth004]

I'm a pretty chill reader and would recommend game under the sun, except for the ARCANA. My god, the moment MC turns their head its like the LIs lost all rational thoughts and start to pounce on each other, even LIs who just declared his undying love for MC thru every timeline last route. First time it happen I was so nauseous mate ToT

 

[ninnikuryona]

I'm a pretty chill reader and would recommend game under the sun, except for the ARCANA. My god, the moment MC turns their head its like the LIs lost all rational thoughts and start to pounce on each other, even LIs who just declared his undying love for MC thru every timeline last route. First time it happen I was so nauseous mate ToT

very typical for amare lol
or any western game really

 

[Hyacinth004]

very typical for amare lol
or any western game really

Yea, it was my first experience with western stuff. tbh this genre grows on me with time, But this game in particular has some good writing and really hooked me up so the moment the thing happens I'm like:"Omg what the helly, burn that w/ fire ToT

 

[blackflag]

I despise Amnesia, that game series is so awful, and the localization of it is also awful, Dont play it in english.

 

[deusatsukihime]

I'm surprised no one has recommended Diabolik Lovers... I can understand if we're talking about the anime—I wouldn't recommend it either. Honestly, the anime did the game a disservice, especially for people who discovered the game through the anime. I honestly don't think the game is bad. Maybe it's more about how the protagonist reacts in such a submissive way? Anyway... a game I wouldn't recommend... hmm... it's hard to think of one right now. I've played so many!