Getter Love!! is a dating sim where a high school student and his friends are having a competition to see who will get a girlfriend first. Because of that and unlike other dating sim games you will have to face up to three human or CPU players to win the heart of the girl (or girls) you set your eyes on.
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this was pretty entertaining, basically a pure cross between dating vn and mario party type versus game where you have to confess your love first to the girl of choice. I only played like one through, so I can see the novelty wearing off fast, but in the moment-to-moment gameplay it seems like there's a good variety of special events and unexpected hindrances that can make it a bit fresh in multiplayer. It would be cool to see modern attempt at this concept
Definitely not as cracked as I was hoping "dating party game by hudson soft" to be, but still pretty interesting nonetheless! It basically takes the concepts of stat/affinity/time management used in dating sims and puts it in a (comparatively) short competitive environment. You and 3 other lucky bachelors have 14 days to court the girl of your liking, and the first person to successfully confess their love and be accepted by any girl wins the game. Each day is split into 3 distinct times of day, and you basically choose where you want to go for each time of the day. There are items that can be used to cause shenanigans between other players and ruin their dates. Players have to manage a general looks and stamina stat by spending time staying home to bathe/rest instead of chasing girls. It's a bit of a handful to learn at first but once a few turns settle in things make a solid amount of sense.
My only problems are really from the games pacing and the cast of girls. The girls are pretty swagless all things considered, and the game kinda just railroads you down a particular girl (usually the first that you happen to bump into) to stay competing with the other players, personal feelings be damned. In my party of 3 there wasn't any particular character that got any real reaction out of us, which is kinda problem when the girls themselves are supposed to be the emotional motivators yanno? Each girl also isn't the most balanced, as I completely threw the game by going after a girl that barely talked and didn't follow any specific schedule. The game also definitely drags on a bit, a day takes about 10-20 minutes which makes a full 14 day run take several hours. My group got pretty exhausted by the end of the first week... Due to the dating simulatory nature of it, everyone's gotta do a lot of reading, which isn't necessarily something that everyone is gonna have the same attention span for unfortunately. Unless this game randomizes every girls personalities for every playthrough, I feel like this game would also absolutely favor those that play it more frequently as the girls generally have the same schedules which allows you to predict where to go, giving first timers a huge disadvantage. Lastly, there's the stereotypical ugly girl that functions as an FOE to be avoided at all costs, and while the game SAYS she targets whoever is in first place, I was in dead last the whole game and was stuck with her for THREE different days.
Overall it was okay. Definitely not as peak as I was expecting it to be, but still an interesting curiosity. I didn't even know this game got a full fan translation recently which actually allowed me to play this with my non-japanese-literate friends which was rad. That being said, if you want a more simple and fun party game based on the premise of being the biggest chick magnet, Koi Wa Balance on the satellaview is the way to go (and also miraculously fan-translated to english!)
My only problems are really from the games pacing and the cast of girls. The girls are pretty swagless all things considered, and the game kinda just railroads you down a particular girl (usually the first that you happen to bump into) to stay competing with the other players, personal feelings be damned. In my party of 3 there wasn't any particular character that got any real reaction out of us, which is kinda problem when the girls themselves are supposed to be the emotional motivators yanno? Each girl also isn't the most balanced, as I completely threw the game by going after a girl that barely talked and didn't follow any specific schedule. The game also definitely drags on a bit, a day takes about 10-20 minutes which makes a full 14 day run take several hours. My group got pretty exhausted by the end of the first week... Due to the dating simulatory nature of it, everyone's gotta do a lot of reading, which isn't necessarily something that everyone is gonna have the same attention span for unfortunately. Unless this game randomizes every girls personalities for every playthrough, I feel like this game would also absolutely favor those that play it more frequently as the girls generally have the same schedules which allows you to predict where to go, giving first timers a huge disadvantage. Lastly, there's the stereotypical ugly girl that functions as an FOE to be avoided at all costs, and while the game SAYS she targets whoever is in first place, I was in dead last the whole game and was stuck with her for THREE different days.
Overall it was okay. Definitely not as peak as I was expecting it to be, but still an interesting curiosity. I didn't even know this game got a full fan translation recently which actually allowed me to play this with my non-japanese-literate friends which was rad. That being said, if you want a more simple and fun party game based on the premise of being the biggest chick magnet, Koi Wa Balance on the satellaview is the way to go (and also miraculously fan-translated to english!)
Who would've thought a dating sim party game from the developers of Mario Party would be this stupid/fun? Wait...
Seriously though, this really is what it sounds like so if you aren't into reading a bunch of text or doing a lot of the typical dating sim stuff, this game probably won't be for you but my friends and I had a blast. There are a few small mini games here and there but it really doesn't compare in that department to Mario Party. The fun comes from the dialogue and the silly scenarios that can happen, as well as some typical bs stuff you'd come to expect from a party game like this where you can screw over your friends.
Seriously though, this really is what it sounds like so if you aren't into reading a bunch of text or doing a lot of the typical dating sim stuff, this game probably won't be for you but my friends and I had a blast. There are a few small mini games here and there but it really doesn't compare in that department to Mario Party. The fun comes from the dialogue and the silly scenarios that can happen, as well as some typical bs stuff you'd come to expect from a party game like this where you can screw over your friends.