There’s nothing wrong with playing otome games for “virtual boyfriends” or “fake anime boyfriends”. In fact, if you’ve been in the otome gaming community long enough, you’d know that it’s a reason that many people play them in the first place.
In the community, it’s known as “self-inserting”, in which you pretend that the heroine is you. So when the guys go on to confess their love to the heroine, tell her how much she means to them, shows her how much they love her, they are all doing and saying these things to you.
And while it may not sound like a big deal, it’s been the start of discussions for having diverse heroines. Many Japanese otome games, specifically mobile games that have been localized for the English market, usually feature a “faceless” heroine with brown hair (usually medium or long length) and fair skin. It’s always good to have diversity so that players can connect better with the characters, though most of the discussions are along the lines of, “She doesn’t look like me, so I can’t pretend it’s me.”
But I’m not one of those people. That’s not to say I haven’t tried it, because I have (and it didn’t work out for me for many reasons). And just as there are players who play otome games to self-insert, I’m not alone.
I have said it before, though I don’t recall where and how many times, but I’ll say it here. I do not play otome games because I want a fake anime boyfriend. I don’t play otome games because I want a boyfriend, either. I don’t play them because I want any kind of romantic relationship (right now, at least) whether it’s fake or real.
But while playing for some sort of romantic relationship of any kind or not isn’t a bad thing, I can’t go about freely telling people that I play otome games. It’s not because I’m ashamed of it. I’ve been interested in/playing otome games for about five years now, and it’s no secret here online or to my closest friends.
To give an idea as to why I keep my otome gaming hobby a secret, here’s something that actually happened when I told a friend about it:
I was playing Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side, and a friend had sat down with me during a break. The Tokimeki Memorial games are stat raisers, meaning that as you progress in the game, you need to raise certain stat points in several areas in order get the ending/endings that you want or need. And I don’t like stat raisers. So when my friend asked what I was doing, I told her I was playing an otome game. I explained to her what it is; it’s a game directed towards girls where the focus is usually to “romantically end up with a guy”. I also explained that there were “friend ends”, where the heroine doesn’t end up with a guy but instead gains a female friend instead. I explained the way the game is played, the types of stats that needed to be raised and the time management needed to get them, and that I was having trouble with the game even with a walkthrough because the walkthrough wasn’t very helpful in terms of telling me what I had to do, and it usually just told me what the end result of my stats needed to be.
Her reaction: “So, you date 2D anime guys?” while giving me a look like I was the weirdest thing she’d ever seen.
Needless to say, I never spoke about it to her again.
You see, while I was playing Tokimeki Memorial as a game to pass the time, she saw it as me trying to get into a romantic relationship with a guy. In a video game. On a Nintendo DS. This coming from someone who enjoys reading supernatural romance novels and is a huge anime fan, and she somehow couldn’t see what I was doing as anything other than me trying to seriously romance 2D people.
When I play otome games, I play them in the same way as I play any other genre of game. The same way as I watch any movie or TV show, or read any book or comic. I play otome games as entertainment.
I don’t play otome games expecting to fall in love with a guy or for the guys to fall in love with me. I play them more for the story. When I play an otome game, I am reading a story in the same way that I read a novel. I am reading a love story in the same way that I read a romance novel. These stories give me emotions like happiness and sadness in the same way that a movie or book will. When one of the guys expresses his love for the heroine, I don’t see it as him expressing his love to me.
Instead, I think, “This man loves this woman so much,” and I feel happy for them, just like I would for any type of media where two people fall in love with each other and are happy together.
As such, the most important aspect for me is the story. The story has to be good. The writing, pacing, and character development have to be good. Just like any game, book, movie, or TV show, if the writing is bland or mediocre, then I won’t like it. If the story development is too fast, then I won’t like it. If the character development is too fast or there isn’t any at all, then I won’t like it. It doesn’t matter how attractive the men are or how sexy the scenes with them are. A bad story is a bad story, bad writing is bad writing, and if the characters aren’t interesting or loveable enough to redeem it in some way, then I’ll kick it to the curb.
Again, there’s nothing wrong with playing otome games for “virtual boyfriends” or “fake anime boyfriends”. There’s nothing wrong with self-inserting or playing the games and seeing it as the guys interacting with you. I’m just disappointed that that’s the only type of portrayal the media is giving of the players. I have yet to see any mention in these articles of players just playing otome games because, well, they enjoy the type of set-up, story, and genre. Instead, the only “coverage” that otome games have apparently been getting here is that women are playing these games for “boyfriends”, and that’s not the case. Women aren’t the only ones playing otome games, and not everyone playing otome games are doing it for a romantic partner.
Because, believe it or not, there are people who just like otome games. That’s it.
(I wrote this after I read these two articles on Vogue.com and Broadly, but hadn’t had the time to post it. This is not a criticism or attack on such articles. I just felt like getting my thoughts out as someone who plays otome games for a different reason than what is said in the articles.)
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Hi there ! I know it’s pretty late, but I’m on the same boat as you when it comes to otome game, ever since the first time I’m playing otome game (Tokimemo GS day) I never use my real name or “self insert” to the heroine, I always see the heroine as her own character. Whenever I’m playing, it’s always because I enjoying the story and how both the heroine and the guy come from a stranger to lover not because I want a “fake boyfriend”. I actually have no qualm with anyone who “self insert” unless the person complaining about the heroine’s action or personality and shame her for clumsiness, naive, air headed, or anything like that. To be honest, If they really want “sassy, kick ass heroine”, they can play the amemix or even the voltage USA games, since we know these games are indeed made for the western market.
Oh, and speaking of amemix games, have you tried their games ? I actually have tried both of the games…and I don’t know whether because I’m quite “old fashioned” or you can even say prude even ^^; I didn’t really enjoyed the “explicit” content both on CG and story, especially for gangster in love, which most of the CGs are pretty explicit at least for me ^^; but then again I haven’t enjoyed any of voltage recent games except for samurai love ballad party.
Wow I’m sorry for the long post ! I just get little carried away ^^;
April 2, 2016 at 9:59 amHola! I’ve tried self-inserting and it was just… weird seeing my name in the game and making choices with outcomes that I wouldn’t do. Even if I did want to self-insert, there’s been too many times where the heroine will do or say something that I wouldn’t personally do or say. I can’t play otome games without seeing the heroine as her own character, and I enjoy it that way. I’m very disappointed that the only Western coverage that otome games have been getting is spreading the idea of “fake boyfriends” like it’s the only reason anyone is playing them, and I feel like it’s a slap to the face for anyone who honestly enjoys otome games for any reason other than that.
Yeah, the Amemix and Voltage USA games are definitely targeted towards the Western audience, so there’s an option for people who don’t want to play heroine’s in Voltage’s Japanese games. Ah, I haven’t tried Amemix yet. I’ve seen a few CG’s and I’m not impressed lol. I’m not a fan of explicit content, so I know most of what they give isn’t for me. I played White Lies & Sweet Nothings and, while I enjoyed how silly it was, my enjoyment would drop when anything suggestive (in Western terms) happened. That’s not really a criticism to the content type, but it’s just not for me. After seeing some of the CG’s, I’ve no doubt Amemix is the same kind of writing. Which is a shame because I was hoping I’d be able to enjoy Gangsters in Love at least, but bleh.
I’m enjoying SLB: P, too. I’m just a casual player, so I’m dreading when events come because I feel like it’ll just be difficult like the other PARTY games. It’d be nice if they were easy enough to full clear, but we know Voltage better than that >_______>
No worries! I still enjoy discussions ^^
April 4, 2016 at 12:51 amHello again, sorry If my question seems pretty weird but I just feel the need to ask you. As you can see, voltage already gave us warning that we can’t published / posting any CG from their party games , but there’s lot of users on tumblr that keep posting the CG (whether it’s from main story or event). I already send warning to most of the users but they only ignore my message…do you have any idea how to inform voltage about this ? It’s more better to sending ask to them via tumblr or send them email ? I know that this is a very sensitive issue especially what happened last week, but those users are really need to be informed by voltage itself, since I don’t want voltage to cancelled their game just because of few certain users that desperate for notes / followers and keep breaking the rules. I especially don’t want their samurai love ballad and my forged wedding party getting cancelled just because of this ;__;
April 23, 2016 at 3:33 amHola! No worries!
I would suggest either sending them an e-mail. I did once send an e-mail to let them know that a user was streaming their games, and they got back to me about it asking for more information about it. This happened long before the brouhaha from last week, but it might still be better to go through e-mail. You can still try going through Tumblr since they seem to answer asks faster that way, so it’s up to you.
Honestly, those players seriously need to stop posting CG’s. They do not own the games just because they bought them, and it’s ignorant for them to think that way. I would hate to see any game get cancelled just because someone was vying for attention on Tumblr, or anywhere else for that matter. If a message directly from Voltage is what they need in order to understand and stop, then so be it.
I’m actually enjoying Samurai Love Ballad: PARTY, so I would really hate to see that one stop getting English releases! ; ;
April 23, 2016 at 11:26 amHi, thank you so much for the reply ! I really appreciate it, I don’t know if you also often visiting the samurai love ballad tag on tumblr (I don’t blame you If you didn’t visit, there’s way too much spam lately…), you can find lot of users posting screenshots that spoil like 80% the route and If I’m not mistaken, one user decide to gave a link (I never check the link myself) that apparently post ALL THE CG from tenka app (the Japanese version) from all the main story and events…and I keep seeing some of CG from the Japanese version leaked to the tag -___-. I’m going to inform them the posts now, once again thank you so much !
I also appreciate that you didn’t 100% blame voltage for the whole mess last week, I get that it was way too suddenly and I disagree with lot of content that getting deleted (fanarts, some screenshots that didn’t spoil anything) but some people are way too harsh with voltage at that time, I trying to put my shoes onto voltage’s position and they probably just want most of their content (especially CG) to be untouched and not be posted freely onto the social media.
April 23, 2016 at 3:05 pmSorry for the late reply!
I don’t visit any of the main game tags on Tumblr. I haven’t been able to play much, and I’d rather avoid spoilers for the most part. And with the whole mess going on in the fandom, I’m sure all the tags are packed with spam and complaints ;;; Ugh, seriously, why do people find it so hard to not post spoilers in the main tag? And even posting CG’s, they should know better. Yeah, you should let Voltage know about those posts.
I guess I’m more understanding of Voltage’s side because I had already read their Terms of Use Agreement back when they first applied it in their games and I have a bit of understanding of Japanese copyright laws when it comes to sharing and fanart. I agree with you, I believe Voltage is just trying to do everything they can to protect their copyrights and intellectual property. They might not be going about it the right way or at the right times, but it’s still theirs.
April 28, 2016 at 10:38 pmHi again ! I know that one of my post is probably still hasn’t appeared yet ^^;; but do you have any idea why voltage decide to cancelled sleepless cinderella party ? especially since the Japanese version still have ongoing events and whatnot ^^; and once again the vocal minority group that decide to “”quit””” from voltage game decide to bashing voltage.again -__-. I’m not surprised if voltage think that SCP didn’t profitable and decide to allocating their resource to their other games…honestly If slb:p is getting cancelled I will getting upset too, but I try to understand voltage’s position, they are company that looking for profit not charity group. I just too tired seeing too much drama for a very small thing, I get that people are angry seeing their favorite game cancelled, but they’re way too overreact this time…which reminds me again that I never consider myself as part of the fandom…
May 2, 2016 at 10:15 amSorry about that! I haven’t had much time to look here, but your comments are up!
No idea. I can only assume that it wasn’t bringing in the numbers it needed for Voltage to keep it going. Ergh, I figured. If a game isn’t bringing in the necessary quota, then Voltage can’t keep supporting it. And since getting a job, I’ve come to realize that making a profit might not be the only thing that keeps a game going for Voltage. We don’t know what the numbers have to be. It could be how much profit the game is getting on a weekly basis, how many downloads a week it needs to get, how many purchases need to happen a week, how many new users start playing the game, how many players access it on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. There are a lot of variables that could affect how Voltage decides to put their resources on, and those same variables can tell Voltage which game is doing great and which one is declining. If they see a game not meeting the numbers it needs to, then Voltage has every right and reason to stop putting resources into it any further than just keeping it from dying (server costs, transaction support, customer support, etc.)
Same. I’ll be rather upset if SLB: P got cancelled, but I’m not going to blame Voltage for it. It’s the same for every type of media from books to movies, even outside of media like food. If it’s not meeting the numbers it needs to, then there’s no point for the company to keep supporting it. Heck, if I became a VN developer and realized that one of my ten games wasn’t doing well, of course I’d have to stop making new things for it. It wouldn’t be worth it, and it applies to having any number of games under your belt. I’m glad to have kept away from the fandom as I have. The only time I ever hear about things going on is usually when someone asks me about it and I have to go searching to figure out what happened.
May 4, 2016 at 9:10 pmThank you someone finally said it.
May 1, 2016 at 11:16 pmOf course I do! (Even if it is late aekjfWLGEjelh) I’ve always felt that the fandom jumps to conclusions too fast. I’ve seen some fans look at my Discontinued list (which reeeeeaaally needs to be updated) and see a game in the Japanese list, and then go off and start a commotion about how the English version of the game is cancelled when it isn’t. Voltage isn’t going to delete inactive accounts. Boycotting Voltage, regardless of how everyone feels, isn’t going to help bring more otome games to the Western market. Japan has different copyright and IP laws than the west, to the point that fanartists in Japan can get (and have been) threatened with being sued for posting fanart. Heck, Broccoli has even demanded that no one make doujin of their stuff anymore. The whole DMCA thing was a misunderstanding, so it’s a bit annoying to see people still looking at it as if it wasn’t as if Voltage had full intentions behind it.
It’s odd to hear that people older than me are acting that way. I’m just in my mid-twenties and I’m very understanding of the situation. At least Voltage tried to clear up the misunderstanding. Voltage, as a company, has to be vague in their law documents. It’ll be way too easy for them to make it detailed and for someone else to go, “Well, you didn’t say I couldn’t do this!” It’s how a lot of law documents and ToS agreements are, so why is Voltage the only one getting negativity for it? Iagree; if someone isn’t happy with Voltage, then they are free to go somewhere else for entertainment, but they don’t have to do it kicking and screaming.
I’ve read that even Pokemon was suing a fan for like $4,000 just for using two Pokemon characters on a birthday poster or something. Japanese laws are different from ours, and Voltage games are under Japan jurisdiction. It’s in the ToU and has been there for the longest time. Voltage has been very lenient towards their English fans compared to their Japanese fans to the point that it surprises fans in Japan how much we can get away with the things we do.
No worries! Rant away!
May 4, 2016 at 8:52 pmChances are that the moment something else happens that fans don’t agree with, regardless of whether or not it’s minor, people will be up in arms. Oh wow, that’s bad. I don’t look at the reports because I get confused by them easily, but thanks for telling me. 2LDK just came out recently, didn’t it? That’s surprising. I thought the series was really popular, so the social version would end up being successful? Not sure about Akuma because of what happened to the app version, but it doesn’t surprise me about it not doing so well. Ah, I don’t think I do either lol. It’s hard to keep track of them all ヽ(。_゜)ノ The only one with my attention at the moment in LOVE Scramble ;;;OTL
SLB: P’s event isn’t the only one without a CG. *coughSC:Pcough*. As someone who has seen just how difficult PARTY games can be, I’m not surprised at all. As long as the stories are enjoyable, that’s all that really matters for me. *BMPforGREE event flashbacks*
There have been otome game companies that have blocked foreigners from accessing their websites. A lot of companies forbid fanmade content from any kind of distribution. It’s one of the reasons why Japanese artists are so adamant that their work not be shared outside of their space. If they post fanart and the company threatens legal action unless the fanart gets taken down, it’s ridiculously difficult when someone else posts it on Tumblr and refuses to remove it. Ugh, sounds like someone just wanting a trojan horse to rant. A lot of Voltage’s “current problems” have been around since the beginning, but people are just now starting to make a huge fuss about them. Honestly, every time I see a post about “how bad Voltage has gotten”, it just sounds like the same things that have been going on since Voltage started localizing their games. I still don’t get it, but whatever I guess….
May 10, 2016 at 11:00 pmHi again ! I actually hasn’t visited the voltage tag since last week and it seems there’s lot of drama (again??) from what I heard from my friend -__-, it’s seems at this rate the fandom won’t be satisfied with anything, they always digging up small mistake and keep using the DMCA and ToS issue over and over again…I know this one user who bitching and whining to voltage about SCP, and blaming voltage over the cancellation…I didn’t know what happened to SCP, but If the game is indeed didn’t bring any profit especially compared to the Japanese version, then voltage has any right to suspend any update…I’m really sorry to say this, but it seems both bmp and scp fans are the most vocal when it comes to complaining and whining, I remember when voltage made a rule for all party games for not sharing any CG and once again the bmp fans are ragging hard and insulting voltage for suspending bmp party -____-…I love bmp, but honestly the fans are really annoy me so.hard. As for LDK, I just heard from my friend that it seems the game itself are little bit buggy ? and the avatar system is not little bit letdown compared to tenka and love palace ^^; but I’ve seen lot of people are playing this game…
Yeah, I’ve heard from my friend that play tenka, some of the events didn’t give us CG and I actually didn’t mind that, but of course some people are using this to bitching about voltage again -___- I also prefer well written event stories without CG instead of lackluster event stories that give us CG ^^; I actually still waiting for Mitsunari & Ieyasu main story instead of story event but oh well…
I agree with you, it seems people are become more and more entitled ever since bmp party cancellation up until the ToS and DMCA mess….I also end up blocking lot of users that pretty vocal despite not really playing any of voltage game anymore, voltage itself as a company is not perfect but I still gave them a credit since they’re one of the first otome games that officially translated to English (not the fan translated patch that apparently illegal…) I also hate when people keep bringing cybird (the company that have destined to love and midnight cinderella) and saying that cybird is more better than voltage for a biased reasons -__-, I get that cybird’s games are more money friendly, but I really can’t stomach their game at all and the dressing up avatar are not really that great (It just my opinion ^^;)
May 17, 2016 at 11:29 amOh geez. Honestly, I was thinking the same thing. It feels like people in the fandom won’t be satisfied unless they’re given full rights to do whatever they was with Voltage’s game and/or Voltage completes every single one of their games. Voltage has every right and reason to protect their IP, and people aren’t having it. Voltage has every right and reason to discontinue their games at any point in time, and people aren’t having it. About CG sharing, the ToS actually says we aren’t allowed to share CG’s, but no one listens to it because it’s “too vague”. (The line is: “you may not … exhibit, … distribute, … publish the Application or any of its components”, where CG’s fall under “components”). The fact that Voltage has given any kind of permissions to Western players to share CG’s or anything of the sort is already going beyond what the ToS allows, and people still complain about it. I highly doubt BMP: P was meant to last, so they aren’t just whining about spilt milk, they’re whining about spilt spoiled milk. They just need to accept that discontinuing a series is just a thing that happens. It’s a risk that any ongoing piece of media comes with. Voltage isn’t the first company to do it, and it definitely won’t be the last. Ouch, I would have thought LDK would have a working system like the others. Is it a new system? I was thinking it might be the next new English game to come out later this year. The next game looks like it’s a free game, so I thought LDK would be it. I guess we’ll see later this year….
I honestly don’t mind not having a CG as long as the story is entertaining, and SLB: P has been very good at that for me. I would very much rather have an enjoyable event story without a CG than a BMP social quality written event story with a CG. I do not want to go through that torture again. It looks like a new event is next, so we still have to wait a bit more for their Main Stories. Meanwhile, I’m waiting for the event with Shigezane and Hotoru asdjlgkjdlakgj
I think people are being entitled just for the sake of it. I know Japanese fans see us as being very much so, and it’s no question where they get that idea. Voltage never has been and never will be perfect, but they’re still a business. I’m sure that in a perfect world, they would do exactly as what everyone wants for them. But that isn’t the case. You’re right about Voltage being one of the first to legally bring over English-translated otome games. Honestly, I had a mild interest in otome games by the time I found out about Pirates in Love back in 2011, but it was what kickstarted my otome game hobby. I don’t doubt I wouldn’t have ended up liking otome games so much if Voltage never got here, but it definitely would have taken longer. And after the awful experience of playing two of NTT Solmare’s first English-translated games, I am very reluctant to try any other mobile otome game that isn’t from Voltage. I really want to try Cybird’s games, but something about them just rings “don’t do it”….
May 18, 2016 at 4:35 amIt honestly feels that way, with fans pretty much going “How dare Voltage not comply with my requests and demands!!”. Japanese fans will put their blogs on private so they don’t get DMCA from Voltage just for putting screenshots and CG’s, and, as far as I’ve seen, they’ve been very willing and understanding about it. And being the main target audience, of course they’d be surprised to see how much Voltage has let Western fans do. Yeah, BMP: P was weird about the recycled CG’s. I was willing to accept that they used CG’s from the app version, but it completely threw me off when they recycled future event CG’s. I highly doubt Voltage would have made brand new CG’s to replace those in new events, so my source and I came to the conclusion that it wasn’t meant to last. And you’re right, the avatar system was very different between GREE and PARTY. And since PARTY made it a point to make brand new events, fans would have expected even more. I don’t know why anyone is putting so much rage into Voltage cancelling games when they’re not the only game developers to do it, even as an otome game company. Even more so with social games. Hm, maybe? My source hasn’t said anything about Hana Yori Dango, but they also don’t pay much attention to Doubt, so it could still be either. It might still be too early too tell, but I just know it’s not a fantasy game.
BMP: P translations were awful. Considering that the social game stories got worse over time, I can’t imagine how much worse they would have been with BMP: P translations. I think the same translator/editor is working on SLB: P, and it’s a huge difference. Of course there’s still things that bother me like unnecessary added lines which are few enough that I barely even notice them, and misusing the phrase “once in a while” as “one and a while”. But honestly, I’m happier taking this than the crap BMP: P was giving us. SHIGEZANE IS THE BEST! It makes me so happy knowing that Masamune has someone like him around ;A; I haven’t played Kojuro yet, but from what I’ve seen, he’s really kind and understanding. He’s not at the top of my list, but I don’t doubt I’ll still enjoy his story~
That’s exactly what I mean. It’s no surprise why they think that. Hopefully something gets done about that SLB: P poster because Voltage has been more than very clear about that not being allowed. Otomate doesn’t even have a lot of good games coming out recently, so I can only see them being praised because they’re currently picking and choosing their bestselling games to localize. Which isn’t a bad thing for us, but it kind of gets annoying when people praise Otomate as being the greatest when it’s not. And yeah, I think Voltage is what really got otome games out there in a way that got more Western fans to notice otome games. I really don’t care about steamy writing, I just want a good story with good characters. Otherwise, there’s no point in me investing in it. OZMAFIA!! is probably the only current exception to that. I only bought it to show support for more localized non-mobile otome games. As much as I love Satoi’s art, I’m not sure I can bring myself to play the game ;;OTL
May 23, 2016 at 5:11 amthis just made my day :)
May 26, 2016 at 5:44 pmYou can’t blame Voltage for doing it when people have been posting full routes and CG’s on Tumblr, or anywhere else for that matter. Especially since it continued to happen even after Voltage posted a notice for players not to share anything from the game. Voltage might have allowed CG posting in the past to somehow make people post less CG’s, but who knows, it didn’t work anyways. I know that Voltage wouldn’t branch off BMP: P from LT and continue it for English players because it’s more like them to just put that money and effort into something else for us. I feel bad, too. Honestly, it’s not Voltage’s fault that GRFE failed overseas, and LT was only supposed to be a temporary thing because their main audience already has a social version. Really? Huh, I want to say I’m surprised, but BMP has been around for a long time already, so it doesn’t really surprise me that it’s losing traction. Especially compared to Love Ballad. I still haven’t gotten past the beginning of Mirror Princess, so I can’t say for sure how the story is like there ;;;OTL So am I! It might still be too early to tell, though. My source hasn’t heard a thing, and it isn’t scheduled to be released until later this year.
Oh gosh, I remember the BMP for GREE JP high school AU event. I read through Wilfred’s route and it was so offputting that the whole route made it seem like the heroine had a crush on Wilfred, but then the moment Claude shows any kind of kindness, she falls for him and Wilfred is completely forgotten. Like literally up until that point, she thought Claude was scary and all, but then he does a magic trick to cheer her up and she’s already kissing him and I just ヽ(。_゜)ノ It literally came out of nowhere…. Aslan D: Really, the moment I saw Aslan I knew he was going to be a sweetie, and that’s why I wanted to play him. Why did Voltage hire this writer!? It’s too different! Yeah, the little weird things in the writing in SLB: P aren’t too weird to the point that it just kicks you out of the story. I am so happy to see there isn’t needless swearing or jacking up of the translation like there was in BMP: P. Oh wow, really? Huh, I wonder why. They never said their ages in the game, right? I can’t imagine Kojuro would be older than his 30’s, but I guess he still fills in the “mature, older guy” thing. SHIGEZANE IS THE BEST. I will never stop saying that. He’s so sweet and he loves Masamune to death and he’s just overall great. Urgh I really do wish he got a route ; ;
Otomate stories has been very lacking for the last few years. Sure, they churn out a hit every now and then, but when you’re playing $60 for each game, it isn’t enjoyable at all. It’s like playing a weird version of Russian Roulette, except you lose more times than not. Especially when you’re importing, there aren’t many options to resell the games. Yeah, in OZMAFIA!! there’s a cheating mechanic and a prostitution-type ending. I would love to stream it so that I don’t have to play it alone, but the devs put restrictions on how much can be streamed, so I would rather not do it. I’ve seen like one or two players asking for donations, yeah. It’s so weird like, why spend money for someone else to play a game when you can use the money to play yourself? I’d feel bad/weird asking for donations just to play a F2P game. Dunno why anyone would want to pay for that, honestly.
May 27, 2016 at 1:15 pmHello ! sorry for bothering you (again) ^^; have you seen the newest
June 8, 2016 at 11:58 amannouncement on any party’s app ? basically you must agreeing with their
TOS before you can play the app, similar like their paid app from what
I’ve seen…I have yet to see people panicking like few months ago, but
there’s one user who already made a post regarding this and I didn’t
have any positive feeling about this…who knows the fandom will
freaking out again -___-. But honestly, I not surprised that they force
all the users to agree with their TOS, the amount of people who still
posting the CG (especially from samurai love ballad…) has been
increased since the April’s fiasco…I’ve seen like two users made a PSA
regarding that but most of the users didn’t care -___-, I still
remember when I sending an email to samurai love ballad customer service
about like five users on tumblr who keep posting CG and they said they
already filled the DMCA report…
Hi again!
I have. There’s really no reason to panic because, again, that’s been there since the very freakin beginning.
But oh nooo Voltage is making everyone read and agree to it first! How awful!1 /sarcasm
The fandom will freak out over every little thing now. People who still post full CG’s of paid games and any CG’s of PARTY games are the reason why Voltage needs to do this. It’s the fault of people in the fandom, but the fandom will quickly and easily turn blame and hate on Voltage for it.
I say keep reporting them. The more CG’s and routes that get posted, the more people will think it’s okay and do it, too. It’s not okay. And just because they claim not to have known they couldn’t do it doesn’t make it any less wrong.
June 13, 2016 at 5:47 pm