So I found an AMAZING otome game a few weeks ago and I honestly cannot keep quiet about it!
So this is the game I'm referring to;
I am so hooked on this game that I took a break from WoW and GoW hourly to check my progress.
Now normally I would just post the walkthrough on my other blog Lovely Heart and be done with it but OH MY WORD, I felt like it deserved a reactions posting. If you are looking for the walkthrough for this game I'll have it posted in a few days :)
Let me start off by saying that this game is not for the faint of heart, it requires you to check every few hours for a new chatroom and if you miss one you have to use 5 hourglasses to be able to read it.
Next I would like to say that you should never, NEVER EVER do Seven's story line first or even second, you will seriously regret it. Personally I would do Jaehee (I only went through hers to get Zen's missing photos), Yoosung, Zen, Jumin, and then Seven LAST. To even access Jumin's and Seven's story lines you have to use 80 hourglasses. Jumin's and Seven's are more plot based than the rest so really you don't want to do theirs first otherwise you'll go through the other three and the story won't seem as interesting.
At this point I think it's fair to mention that I'm one of those people that gets emotionally attached to characters in books and/or games. I will physically feel my heart pound with suspense, or my skin/heart will hurt when it's sad. (Don't know if anyone else has that happen, but if a writer can achieve that then you know it's good XD ) Man did this game mess with my feelings, OH THE FEELS!
The writers made sure that this game was
SUPER immersive. You get calls from the characters (beautifully done by
some top notch voice actors), emails from guests, private messages
between characters, chat rooms, and a facebook like home page for each
character. I was very impressed with the entire set up. Like every other
game you have the boyish type (Yoosung), the cold-shouldered type
(Jumin), playboy type (Zen), and the what-the-crap type (Seven).
I personally did Zen's route first because I knew I would love his
character most, and I LOVED it. I mean seriously who wouldn't love this
face?? <-- His character is very much a playboy who is secretly a knight in shining armor (who rides a glorious motorcycle!) I digress. I adored his story line and from the second phone call I was hooked.
Zen's route is very sweet and loving and I found myself smiling at my phone constantly. I was heartbroken when I got to the end and realized that was it, thankfully the DLC was released two days later and I happily jumped back down the rabbit hole that is the otome otaku mind. I won't go into it much more because spoilers suck for everyone.
I was so emotionally invested in Zen's character that I had to wait about a week before I could go through another route, and even then I still couldn't listen to Zen's calls and I had to "Max Speed" through his conversations during the first 4 days.
Completely opposite to Zen's route Seven is very... odd, cute and lovable, but still odd. There were so many times I just wanted to jump through the screen and punch him in the face. I really and truly loved his route but I was on an emotional roller coaster the entire time, there were even tears.
I had a harder time with this route because it jerked you all over the place and just when you thought you knew the character, the game was like "NOPE" and smacked you in the face like you were Robin in a Batman comic. I think going from Zen to Seven was the biggest problem, so I repeat, DON'T DO IT! Leave Seven for last that way you're not left curled up in a ball on your couch feeling empty and hallow with 4 more routes to go through.
All in all I LOVED this game and its soundtrack. That's all I am capable of posting about this without giving anything away.
Until next time!
-Ren
