Which game completely changed your standards?

[ynnaliaa]

Whether it was the story, the romance, the LIs, or even the writing, what game made you think "okay, this is what I want from an otome game now"? And what did it do so well that other games started feeling different afterward?

 

[star light]

*Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side* was the first otome game I ever played, and it remains the best one.
Even after playing other otome games, I still find myself wanting to go back and play *Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side*.
I think that is because it has left such a deep impression on my heart.

 

[Daisy Magnus229]

I don't know if this counts as standard, but because my first otome game was Starry Sky, I always think it's best to split the LIs up when there are more than 6.

However, when I played Norn9, my mindset evolved to, 'Oh, I can handle 9 LIs in one game.' I think a large cast works well as long as there is more than one heroine to vary their characteristics and balance out the number of LIs.

 

[qcqq]

At first, it was my Bai Yueguang DRAMAtical Murder, which opened a new world for me to play bl games for the first time. The monster of the subsequent game memory also gave me new insights in the plot.

 

[Sayorin]

I think tokimeki,mystic messenger, even if tempest etc. has game mechanic which I like.I get bored reading all the time.It is better when it has immersive mini games.

 

[raccoonNiko]

Blackish House 100%. The game was so long that it took me almost 2 months to complete, but I never got bored and started every single route with so much enthusiasm. It doesn't even have a super elaborate story, but the characters and everything else are so well-written that it just keeps you hooked the whole time. Now I long for more games that could give me just as many or even more hours of gameplay (´ . ω . `)