Would you rather have a terrible plot with amazing chemistry or an amazing plot with zero chemistry?

[mentaik2]

Would you rather play an otome game with an incredibly well-written story, interesting characters, and amazing plot twists, but absolutely ZERO romantic chemistry between the heroine and the LIs?

OR

A game with a completely ridiculous plot, questionable writing, and a story that barely makes sense, but the romantic chemistry is SO good that you can't stop playing?

Personally, I feel like chemistry can carry a lot, but there's definitely a limit to how much bad writing I can tolerate...

Which one would you choose?

 

[thetigerlily]

I would prefer chemistry although i never played a game where the couple was amazing and the plot was awful

 

[aetherism]

definitely chemistry! i think it could make the game charming in its own way it'd be interesting either way

 

[vivi:3]

Team chemistry all the way! (〃▽〃) A nonsensical plot is whatever as long as the dynamic between the leads is electric !

 

[ichigomilk]

I'd also prefer chemistry! Although the plot is important, for me romance is more important in otome games. If the chemistry is bad then I'd probably ending up feeling disappointed and wondered if I actually played an otome game lol. That's why I'm more ok with the plot being bad or taking a backseat if it means the chemistry between the MC and the LIs is amazing.

 

[SmallEagle]

Oof, that's hard, but I'll have to go for the story. Although I tend to play otomes for the romance, I think I would be more motivated to finish a game for the story than just relying on the chemistry.

 

[john_anime]

This kind of reminds me of "would you want unlimited video games but no video games?" Lol

I guess I'd have to chose legendary romance with a shitty plot. If the chemistry is good enough, it'll probably balance out the horrible story telling. Thought you are right, if the plot is tooo wild then maybe not