#i fucken love.........horror dating sims...........

[jabberwockprince]

heard there was an update for YB so i got around to play it and revamp my old ass Y/N <3

here's a little creature approaching you with ill intent! they're selfish, antagonistic and contrary on purpose. loves eating lemons and being the cryptid roommate who skitters around the apartment at 4 am

[guiltygearofficial]

Will there ever be a Guilty Gear dating sim

Yes! It’s called Guilty Gear XXX: Guilty of Love #Unloaded

We are in fact releasing a large dating sim after Guilty Gear Strive, featuring most of the franchises characters! It’ll be released in multiple sets, each containing routes of different characters! 

The CEO does not want our business plans discussed with the public until it is time, however, I do not care because I’m a true #Rebel. So here’s some of the Route Titles!

Volume 1: Ride The Fire (Feat. Sol Badguy)

Volume 2: Let’s wait till marriage (Feat. Ky Kiske)

Volume 3: Faust Fucks: The Fuckening (Feat. Faust)

Volume 4: Weekend at Johnnys(this one isn’t actually a dating sim route, you just help May and the other jellyfish pirates take care of Eddie while Zato is out for the weekend)

Volume 5: Heavenly Potemkin Buster (Feat. Potemkin)

Volume 6: Tch, already naruto? (Feat. Chipp)

Volume 7: Millia and the quest for some pants (Feat. Millia)

Volume 8: Please Do Not Romance Grandpa (Feat. Testament but not Kliff)

Volume 9: Cor Bloimey Missus, you've got some seriously marvellous breasts there innit (Feat. Axl, unfortunately)

Volume 10: Objective: Survive (Feat. Justice. This one isn’t a traditional dating sim route, but instead a survival horror one. I hope that you will appreciate this innovative gameplay decision!)

Volume 11: Oh Fuck We Forgot To Make A Zato Route (Feat. Dead Zato-One)

We hope that you’ll look forward to enjoying the Official Guilty Gear Dating Sim!

[sarsaparillia]

NEVER MIND I LIED I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE SUBVERSION OF THE OTOME GENRE THAT IS HATOFUL BOYFRIEND IS JUST SO FUCKING INTERESTING AND EVEN THOUGH I’VE PLAYED IT BEFORE I AM HAVING THOUGHTS IN THIS APARTMENT TONIGHT yes there are spoilers annie if u read this i will be Sad don’t ruin it for urself let the bird nonsense LIVE anyway:

so the thing is, you go into hatoful boyfriend expecting an otome. shit, sure, a weird otome, but there’re weird otome’s out there--- this wasn’t the first weird otome, and it definitely wasn’t the last i am looking at YOU, colonel sanders dating sim, do not think i have forgotten you, i will NEVER forget you, you haunt my waking nightmares and like, it is! it’s an otome! you date birds, but it’s still an otome!

so you play through the routes, and you laugh kind of high-pitched and manic because. yeah, it’s fucken weird. but it’s kind of fun! bright and colourful and also ridiculous, and the ridiculousness is actually kind of a draw. listen to me. the creepy doctor’s theme music is the dance of the sugarplum fairies, i could not make this shit up if i tried. and so you get to know the characters, and you’re having a great time! but then... suddenly... it’s not. suddenly it’s not an otome anymore.

suddenly it’s a horror story.

suddenly it’s a horror story about a pandemic. about, specifically, the aftermath of a pandemic.

and sure, the premise of H1N1 making birds grow giant brains is implausible on a lot of levels, but at least it’s original. i’ll give it points for panache and for balls, because an AAA studio could never, no i am not taking criticism at this time

and the thing is, if you’ve played all the routes--- this last one is a sudden, horrific bucket of cold water poured all over your head. because you know that something happened, to get the world where it is, but you don’t really know what. the MC is a bombastic, overly-friendly girl called hiyoko, and you get really, really fond of her! she’s straight-forward and loud and lives in a cave! what kind of nonsense, honestly! i love her! it’s made pretty clear that hiyoko is the only human at this school. the bird school. which is for birds.

and you go: you know what, whatever. i’m gonna roll with it.

but she dies violently, and then you get to be her best friend and company (a rock dove called ryouta; his boyfriend the haughty fantail dove sakuya; the boyfriend’s older brother yuuya who, for some inexplicable reason, constantly peppers his speech with bad french and who’s life goal is to fight evil whilst being sexy and suave, and that is a direct quote; and their teacher kazuaki, a deeply traumatized quail, among others. again. i COULD NOT MAKE THIS SHIT UP), and it is definitely not an otome, anymore. you are hiyoko’s best friend and you are going to solve her murder, so help you god!

so there’s this really neat flipside to the game as a whole, because now you’ve got a mystery on your hands, and a murder, and then the bodies start piling up. and you’re fucking INVESTED because you’ve played through all these routes and you NEED to know what happened because SO MUCH OF IT doesn’t make sense! there’s no reason behind it! you will cry about hiyoko! why the fuck are you crying about hiyoko, sara, oh my god!

but it does what mysteries so often struggle to do well: it keeps your attention.

and this doesn’t even cover it! i haven’t gone into two very separate political factions that are pulling the game back and forth over the fate of humanity. i haven’t gone into the reality-bending weirdness that is anghel. i haven’t gone into the ghost-bird. i haven’t gone into the fact that the sequel has a whole montage for magical girl pigeons and two abominations of nature who really like christmas. i haven’t even got into the fact that ryouta sometimes crossdresses! there’s just so much, okay! there is so so so much!

it’s not just an otome. it’s an experience. anyway, am i recommending bird school?

you’re absolutely fucking right i am, go play it

just so y’all know the last storyline is called Bad Boys Love like it’s a lot please