Omg guys, I have to admit something. Okay? Ready? Are you listening~?
I LOVE OTOME GAMES!
Okay so if you're not a weeb- (Or if you are one but you're not into girly stuff)
An Otome game is a game that was designed with the desires and interests of young girls/women in mind. Which is why the Japanese word for young ladies is used.
Otome games are primarily dating simulators, which I LOVE. TO DEATH.
I got hooked on Otome games ever since I started playing the Shall We Date? series on my mom's iPhone 4. Mobile Otome games were the cutest things ever! But you know what's so unfair? THEY SHUT DOWN THE SERVERS FOR ALL THE SHALL WE DATE? GAMES! So now I can't even play it for nostalgia's sake. And I def can't redownload it on my mom's old phone. That thing won't even turn on...
But more importantly! Why do I like Otome games?
Uh, duh? I'm a hopeless romantic? I like the romance genre, a lot??? I'm actually super girly, which is weird because my friends are always surprised when I show that I like dress-up games or dating games for girls. I guess it's because I have no sense of manners? But still, I am a woman. Again, a really girly one, so it's okay if you're a lady and don't care about romance at all! I would never judge you for that~! Hugs for the ladies! ^^
But really, there's something just so teeth rottingly sweet about seeing people find their true love. It's not always about self-inserting into the protagonist's life or simping over the cute love interests. Sometimes I just really ship the people together, or I get a giddy feeling seeing a person realize how warm life can be when you share it with someone you love!
It makes me feel... complete. I think that love is something that everyone should feel, even the people that I can't stand. ^v^
Does anyone want any Otome game recs? I know more about the PS Vita games than any other console, so ask away~!
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NathanDarkson984
I will be fair here and say that: I have, not even once when my parents gave me a GameCube, a PowerMac G4, and a Sony Vaio computer running Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux 8.04, have ever played a single Otome/Dating sim games (like actual real ones. I have zero idea if DDLC even counts despite it being a subverted parody in a dark twist).
Though the pain you’re sharing about old games that were on the ye olden days of the iPhone 4 is so fucking real because WHAT DO YOU MEAN I JUST MISSED OUT ON WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY KINO TO YOU?! D: GODDAMNIT WHY CAN’T I HAVE THAT SIMILAR WHIMISICAL FUN AND JOY?!?!
Also the sentiment about love. You’re preaching to the choir, even to an emo-boy sitting in his room listening to Alt Rock, and sometimes some Flawed Mangoes while laying in his own bed. Love is something people should really feel and experience. (Though I understand if there’s some that have their reasons as to why they want to be the lone wolf.) Sometimes, I wonder if I’ll ever get that feeling again, it’s been roughly 4/5/6 years since... I think I’ve lost count...
Also recommend me some games! I wanna try them out!! >:0