Life Simulation = You live some sort of life and pretend to be all strong and independent but all you really want is a nice boyfriend to depend on. Yeah okay, not all the games in this category are like that, just 90%. But it should be 100% because wooing bishies is fun! Advance warning: […]
Hanayaka nari Waga Ichizoku – Final roundup
Hmm, I wasn’t going to do this, but for the sake of closure… Besides, I’ve talked about the gameplay and the various routes I did, but I haven’t said much about my thoughts on Hanayaka nari Waga Ichizoku quality-wise, so here goes. In point form. Which always ends up longer than if I’d just written […]
Hanayaka nari Waga Ichizoku – Masashi GET!
*boing* I jumped from Isami’s arms straight into Masashi’s without looking back. When I watched the HanaIchi trailers years ago before the game came out, Masashi’s was the one route I swore I would never go on, but lo and behold, it’s my favorite. In fact, they’re all my favorite, depending on what I played […]
Hanayaka nari Waga Ichizoku – Gameplay
I have so many otome games on my To Play list that if I don’t start playing them soon I’ll soon be left with nothing but otome games to play. The sooner I start clearing them away, the better. First up: Hanayaka nari Waga Ichizoku, brought to you by Idea Factory and Vingt-et-Un Systems, the […]
Otome games with miscellaneous gameplay
Spinning off more otome games from the main list. ‘Miscellaneous gameplay’ is the catch-all term I use to cover borderline cases. Specifically: 1. Otome games with gameplay that doesn’t fit into other categories, e.g. quiz games, card games, misc mini-games (e.g. Hana Awase) 2. Otome games with gameplay I don’t quite know how to classify […]