GrapeCity Con

So, this isn't otome game related, but I wanted to do coverage of my local towns con anyways :P

[Otome Game Review] Cupid [16+]

Just in time for Valentines day, a visual novel about that mischievous angel of love! This game doesn't SHOW any details of body parts, but it's still very much not safe for work, so I'll be warning for that ahead of time. It also have very bloody disturbing parts, and pretty much anything people find unnerving is in here somewhere (mentions of rape, abuse, suicide, etc) What a lovely game to play on Valentines Day, right? Also, this game isn't really something I'd consider too much of an otome. Romance is there, yes, but it feels like it's in it's own category or maybe I'm just talking out of my ass

The interesting thing about this game is that you, the player, do not take the role of the main character. Instead, you take the role of a voice inside her head called 'Mother' That guides her by either being a super abusive bitch or a slightly less abusive mother that actually shows a semblance of caring for her daughter.

[Otome Game Review] Seduce Me the Otome

Getting Seduced by Incubi? Why does this sound familiar...

Repetitive titles for the win!!!

Ahem, this is an otome game I've had my eyes on for awhile now but never got around to actually playing it until around November, and I was pretty slow even then X,D I think it's the art style that caught me off. The anatomy's fine for the most part but the faces looked really bad at certain points! The main thing that kept me going was the voice acting. In fact, it's what got me interested in it. Seiyuus nice, but I always had a fondness for english voice actors and would like more otome games to get an english dub (outside of anime versions that usually will get dubbed....) And I've always wanted to be a voice actor and did some amateur fandubbing myself so I really appreciate the effort they put into this game.

It's a bit ironic that in October I was playing an otome game (Cute Demon Crashers) about Incubus and a Succubus and here I am in February reviewing another game with about the same setting.  They may have a lot of the same choices in it, but Seduce Me and Cute Demon Crashers are very different in tone and what they mean to accomplish. Seduce Me is more of a forbidden love story with deep lore while Cute Demon Crashers is more of a nukige, I'd actually compare Seduce Me's Plot more to DiabolikLovers with a dash of Shin Megami Tensei thrown into the mix. Looks like Incubi are becoming the new Vampires in the world of otome...

Review Plans for February - March

Taking it a bit easy on my wallet these months, as I'm planning only free game reviews. Being free usually means it's short and this also helps give me some more time to play through other side otomes casually. That doesn't mean I'm not buying otome games this month, but they're all in Japanese and I'm not the best at Japanese so I don't want to mess with that, so they're only for private enjoyment.

Anyways
Planned games:

Seduce Me The Otome
Cupid
A Troll's Fairy Tale

I've already played a route in Seduce Me, but the others I havn't touched, just have them downloaded on my computer so far.  As for imports, I'll be getting Diabolik Lovers, Vita Edition, Cause I want to see whats so hyped up about it. I'm prepared for the inevitable disappointment like when I played Hakuoki. Other than that I'm really interested in CollarxMalice, just wish they'd announce the script writer already. My friends are telling me to play Norn9, and since it got translated expect a review of it... sometime this year probably.

[Otome Game Review and Reccomendations] A Knight's Devotion

Stabbed through the heart-- and you're to blame.

Back at it with another Voltage app review! This game is a lot older than 10 Days With My Devil though, like... I think it came out before Love Letter from Theif X old. It's also pretty much been abandoned by Voltage, so you don't have to worry about more sub stories and that coming out! Alltogether I think this app comes to cost $45 if you want all the routes and their epilogues and sequels. A blessing seeing as I spent over 100 on 10dwmd! Yeah, I have no life. This app also doesn't connect to the Sweet Cafe but I don't play enough voltage apps to really care about Sweets Cafe in the first place!! But that might be a turn off for Voltage enthusiasts?? Then again, if you're a voltage enthusiast you've probably already played this game 3 years ago huh!!

You play as a Princess (Who I named Yoshi. Thinking on it now, Peach would have been a better name, huh?)  that was raised most of their life as a commoner in a small village, unaware that she's actually royalty! One day a bunch of guys that look like Ku Klux members except in black, not white sheets, come and try to kidnap you. A bunch of hot (?) guys along with your childhood friend save you and tell you you are the princess of Rapier kingdom and that you must return home! But there are troubles ahead seeing as Gladius Kingdom wants the Royal Family dead, and now that you have been revealed, GOTTA WATCH YO BACK. So then you choose who you want to be your protector and live the runaway life to your castle wooo!

[DLC Overview and Recommendations] Hakuoki: Stories of the Shinsengumi

So as some might know by now, there is a shit ton of DLC for Hakuoki: Stories of the Shinsengumi on the PSN. When I got into the Stories segment I was honestly getting curious and looked up any overviews of the DLC online to see if they're good or not. Surprisingly, no one seemed to care about the DLC. Maybe because it's PS3 this version didn't have as huge of a userbase or what? I managed to find a person on youtube that uploaded all of the story DLC's online at least, but I decided might as well just throw my money at Aksys for the story DLC because while I did buy the game, I bought it from someone on Amazon, so I figured might as well give them some direct money for Hakuoki and wound up spending a TON more than I did on the actual full game lol. Anyways, here;s an Overview on the DLC which is basically me telling you whether buying each DLC is worth it or not. I won't be listing the free DLC as it's free so I don't see why anyone would care and just Download them themselves? Yeah lol.

[Otome Game Review] Hakuoki: ~Stories of the Shinsengumi~

Ever wanted to date real life history figures? Have I got a game for you.

Stories of the Shinsengumi is a port of the original game (Demon of the Fleeting Blossom) along with a previously not localized fandisk (Zuisouroku) It also includes some Memory scenarios from the 3DS remake of Demon of the Fleeting Blossom but apparently most of that is DLC so LOL. Not only are you getting one game, you're getting two games and a shit ton of content. This PS3 game is an otome beast. Or at least... it would have been. Skip to final thoughts to avoid spoilers.