this was the first otome I ever played and let me tell you I was fucking obsessed. Id like to play it again because I didnt do all the routes back then and to be honest I love zen so so so much I want to see him again my babygirl……… If you have lots of free time and a really bad sleep schedule its a great game to kill time :)
Zen best boy.
No te puedes ligar a la secretaria, pues pa que entonces la ponen como ruta pero solo de "amistad"? El resto de chavales me parecian unos muermos, era gracioso el hacker este del que babean muchas pero na mas, un juego de móvil con una intriga forzosa.
I'm putting this here to give everyone psychic damage
Played this in middle school. I don't know what else to say other than that.
Played this in middle school. I don't know what else to say other than that.
would be 5 stars if cheritz was not too cowardly to make a rika route
rika was better than every romanceable man in this
jumin nation rise up
este juego me arruinó el horario de sueño y mi vida en general, yoosung te amo
this game is a huge mess but gosh it's so charming. the story is insane but it will forever be in my heart. ofc not the best game ever and a lot of my love for it is held up by nostalgia LOL but anyways this game is lovely everyone is so charming in their own ways, and all of the chats are so cute and all characters are full of personality it's so good. gosh. the chats are well done, they all have their own unique way of talking plus the fact they all make typos and have really realistic emotions just makes you feel a connection with at least one of the characters. there's something for everyone here lol... oh jumin han (longingly)
idk why I'm forced to be a woman but yoosung was my goat for 2 years then I did saeran's route and good lord... holy shit... I've seen the light... ive seen god.... saeran I love you....saeran.......saeran...............
Played religiously when it released, got Yoosung's route, I tried playing again a few times but the timed chats are not possible (for me) anymore. I still think the story was great and it was mind-blowing
i'm a lesbian who's in love with a 2D man
This game is so iconic. Seven is a genetically engineered tumblr sexyman. They're my little funnies. Why is the Jaehee route not explicitly gay!
+ i got into it early so there wasn't that many paywalls/they were really bugged and easy to avoid. So keep in mind I didn't have any frustrations with that.
+ i got into it early so there wasn't that many paywalls/they were really bugged and easy to avoid. So keep in mind I didn't have any frustrations with that.
i love how iconic every route is, but i don't recommend it to people that love sleeping. it is needed to change your sleep schedule; if not, you'll get a bad and weird af ending
i should be financially compensated for playing this game
debere volver a poner 25 alarmas? asies, todo sea por jugar todas las rutas, si jugaste esto necesitas terapia o tenes 15 años y seguramente necesites terapia igual
La ruta de jumin es literalmente daddy issues, yo la juego siempre
La ruta de jumin es literalmente daddy issues, yo la juego siempre
wowow this is on this website?? im impressed. also this game had a grip on me so bad that all the flaws dont matter. 10/10 the thrill of this game affected my brain.
weird af i love this shit
i wish this game would remove itself from existence
played through the original good endings and then gave up
neat but not for someone who likes to sleep
neat but not for someone who likes to sleep
every otome should stop trying atp because this is peak and always will be
Eu tentei pegar o Zen mas peguei a rota do Yusuke 2 vezes
Eu devia ter pegado guia porque odeio esse viado que joga lol
Eu devia ter pegado guia porque odeio esse viado que joga lol
i played this in 6th grade and it ruined my sleep schedule but i don't regret it. this game definitely has its flaws but the characters are genuinely lovable and have depth to them. i was poor and hated the hourglass system so i'm pretty sure i downloaded a modded apk at some point so i could do 707 and jumin's routes (lmfao). also jaehee should be properly romanceable and it's a shame she isn't
This game will blow your mind
a gameplay é bem unica e divertidinha, personagens cativantes e a melhor rota obviamente é a do saeran
mid story. my friend got me to play it and i did jaehee's route then uninstalled the game. all the guys are boring or annoying and you have to be awake at absurd times to do some of the chats. jaehee is cool and the music is really good but that's all i like about this game.
also i forgot to add that having a gameplay mechanic that is intentionally designed to either a) impact your sleep schedule negatively or b) make you pay money is a horrendous design choice
also i forgot to add that having a gameplay mechanic that is intentionally designed to either a) impact your sleep schedule negatively or b) make you pay money is a horrendous design choice
This review is based on me... avoiding having to pay, so this review doesn't factor in pricing and paywalls.
This game is so neat. I genuinely love the concept, I love the art, I love the characters. The story is surprisingly dark for such an otherwise bright and fun game, and the twists and turns are engaging and interesting.
The translation is pretty good - it's a little goofy in places where certain jokes or figures of speech in Korean don't quite land the same in English - but there's nothing that doesn't make sense.
It's a time commitment for sure if you're playing it as intended; the game lasts for 11 real-life days, with chats triggering once every hour or two up to around 3AM, and unless you want to deprive yourself of sleep you will miss some. I don't play it this way because frankly I hate missing out on content, so I tend to run through routes all at once via my... evasion.
I'm still yet to play V and Saeran's routes, as well as all of the character-specific runs through of the DLC chapters, but from what I have completed:
Jaehee: My first route, and the one I'm most fond of. I love Jaehee - she's probably my favourite character from the game as a whole, and I think she's wildly underrated (I can't blame people, considering most of the people who play this are likely straight girls, but c'mon! At least for the content!). It's sweet, cozy, wholesome, and the least dark of all the routes; the main antagonist is literally capitalism. It's light on the romance and more implications and "gal-pal"ing in the main story thanks to censorship, but it's more explicitly romantic in the DLC episodes.
Yoosung: Yoosung is a sweet one, and the character I probably relate to most. I enjoyed his route by the end, but the first half of it can be pretty frustrating due to his repeated insistence on comparing you to Rika, calling you Rika, telling you he pictures you as looking like Rika, etc. Not exactly inducive to a good romance. He does get over it if you're on the right ending, though, which I was relieved by (that shit did feel pseudo-incestuous at times).
Zen: Zen is probably my least favourite of the main five characters, but I don't dislike him per se - I just find his habit of making everything about him and doing nothing but complaining in every single chat he's in exhausting (seriously, keep track of how many chat rooms he just comes into and complains in when you're not on his route). That said, his route was still sweet; he's very straight-forward and romantic, which is a nice change of pace from the more slow-burn options. The antagonist in his route pissed me off for very personal reasons, and she's pretty much cartoonishly evil, but I suppose there are people out there like that.
Jumin: My favourite of the Deep Story characters, but I'm not sure how I feel about his route itself. His bad endings can be pretty wack, and the first time I played through his route I was left with such an uncomfortable, cornered feeling - and that's with getting his good ending. It wasn't what I expected at all, and there were some truly questionable elements in it. I did eventually come to appreciate it for what it is, but if you have a history of any kind of abuse or non-consensual encounters etc. you should probably know what his romance entails before starting it.
Seven: This one is the fan-favourite, and I do see why, even though it doesn't quite click with me as much as it does for others. This is the most plot-heavy and relevant route, and there's a lot going on here; there's a reason most people say you should leave this one for last. I don't personally like the 'Seven is aware of your replays' theory (it makes me feel guilty!), but I suppose that's another reason to leave this one for last.
Favourite Male Character: Jumin
Favourite Female Character: Jaehee
First Character I Liked: Jaehee
Favourite Character Design: Jumin
Favourite OST: My Half is Unknown
Least Favourite Character: ECHO Girl
This game is so neat. I genuinely love the concept, I love the art, I love the characters. The story is surprisingly dark for such an otherwise bright and fun game, and the twists and turns are engaging and interesting.
The translation is pretty good - it's a little goofy in places where certain jokes or figures of speech in Korean don't quite land the same in English - but there's nothing that doesn't make sense.
It's a time commitment for sure if you're playing it as intended; the game lasts for 11 real-life days, with chats triggering once every hour or two up to around 3AM, and unless you want to deprive yourself of sleep you will miss some. I don't play it this way because frankly I hate missing out on content, so I tend to run through routes all at once via my... evasion.
I'm still yet to play V and Saeran's routes, as well as all of the character-specific runs through of the DLC chapters, but from what I have completed:
Jaehee: My first route, and the one I'm most fond of. I love Jaehee - she's probably my favourite character from the game as a whole, and I think she's wildly underrated (I can't blame people, considering most of the people who play this are likely straight girls, but c'mon! At least for the content!). It's sweet, cozy, wholesome, and the least dark of all the routes; the main antagonist is literally capitalism. It's light on the romance and more implications and "gal-pal"ing in the main story thanks to censorship, but it's more explicitly romantic in the DLC episodes.
Yoosung: Yoosung is a sweet one, and the character I probably relate to most. I enjoyed his route by the end, but the first half of it can be pretty frustrating due to his repeated insistence on comparing you to Rika, calling you Rika, telling you he pictures you as looking like Rika, etc. Not exactly inducive to a good romance. He does get over it if you're on the right ending, though, which I was relieved by (that shit did feel pseudo-incestuous at times).
Zen: Zen is probably my least favourite of the main five characters, but I don't dislike him per se - I just find his habit of making everything about him and doing nothing but complaining in every single chat he's in exhausting (seriously, keep track of how many chat rooms he just comes into and complains in when you're not on his route). That said, his route was still sweet; he's very straight-forward and romantic, which is a nice change of pace from the more slow-burn options. The antagonist in his route pissed me off for very personal reasons, and she's pretty much cartoonishly evil, but I suppose there are people out there like that.
Jumin: My favourite of the Deep Story characters, but I'm not sure how I feel about his route itself. His bad endings can be pretty wack, and the first time I played through his route I was left with such an uncomfortable, cornered feeling - and that's with getting his good ending. It wasn't what I expected at all, and there were some truly questionable elements in it. I did eventually come to appreciate it for what it is, but if you have a history of any kind of abuse or non-consensual encounters etc. you should probably know what his romance entails before starting it.
Seven: This one is the fan-favourite, and I do see why, even though it doesn't quite click with me as much as it does for others. This is the most plot-heavy and relevant route, and there's a lot going on here; there's a reason most people say you should leave this one for last. I don't personally like the 'Seven is aware of your replays' theory (it makes me feel guilty!), but I suppose that's another reason to leave this one for last.
Favourite Male Character: Jumin
Favourite Female Character: Jaehee
First Character I Liked: Jaehee
Favourite Character Design: Jumin
Favourite OST: My Half is Unknown
Least Favourite Character: ECHO Girl
I used to set alarms to wake up in the middle of the night so I wouldn’t miss the boys chats. Every route is absolutely iconic.
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Probably the best free-to-play Otome game to ever exist. Originally existing of 4 males and 1 female, you get 5 routes to choose from (later 2 more males), where it is divided again in normal mode (Zen, the model, Yoosung the gamer university student and Jaehee, the assistent of Jumin) and deep mode (Said Jumin, the CEO of a big company and 707 aka Luciel, a hacker, a meme, my husband). As mentioned, later the game would also have a DLC for 2 more characters named V (a blind photographer) and Saeran/Ray (uhm.. i kinda can't tell you about him tho hahah, thats a bit too deep into the story already)
The plot starts with a random person messaging you on a phone that was found. They urge you go to a certain adress to leave a message about said phone there. After we enter the appartment they told us to go to, the chat switches into a groupchat with the priorly mentioned 5 people present. After a bit of misstrust and back and forth, they get you to join their group called RFA. They tell you, they used to throw a party once a yearm but the person who used to organize this party passed away. But now you are here and its only 11 days away.. surely you can manage to arrange everything until then, right??
The game will give you chatlogs based on your irl time and after 4 days it will decide on a route based on who you talked to the most/who clicked with you the most. Depending on who you will get, the story will drastically differenciate. Not gonna tell you too much but i can say this much. From the original 5 routes, the route of 707 is the "true" route and the DLC routes will only make sense to you when you played his route sucessfully.
Played the route sucessfully? Correct, because over the course of day 5 to 10, you can have 3 different bad endings should you pick the wrong answers. Although this game is really cheerful at first, especially 707, those bad endings can even end in kidnapping or death, depending on the route you're playing.
All in all, it was really revolutionary when it released and i love all the characters very dearly, although i did not enjoy how they did the routes of the DLC characters, because in my opinion they deserved better than this.
The plot starts with a random person messaging you on a phone that was found. They urge you go to a certain adress to leave a message about said phone there. After we enter the appartment they told us to go to, the chat switches into a groupchat with the priorly mentioned 5 people present. After a bit of misstrust and back and forth, they get you to join their group called RFA. They tell you, they used to throw a party once a yearm but the person who used to organize this party passed away. But now you are here and its only 11 days away.. surely you can manage to arrange everything until then, right??
The game will give you chatlogs based on your irl time and after 4 days it will decide on a route based on who you talked to the most/who clicked with you the most. Depending on who you will get, the story will drastically differenciate. Not gonna tell you too much but i can say this much. From the original 5 routes, the route of 707 is the "true" route and the DLC routes will only make sense to you when you played his route sucessfully.
Played the route sucessfully? Correct, because over the course of day 5 to 10, you can have 3 different bad endings should you pick the wrong answers. Although this game is really cheerful at first, especially 707, those bad endings can even end in kidnapping or death, depending on the route you're playing.
All in all, it was really revolutionary when it released and i love all the characters very dearly, although i did not enjoy how they did the routes of the DLC characters, because in my opinion they deserved better than this.