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A list of a few otome games that I absolutely love~

My First Otome game, also I’ve played a lot of other voltage games so I’m not gonna add anymore to the list just take my word for it.

Seduce Me

I love these games right here. I’d do anything to ask Michaela Laws (The creator of the games) to make a three. Love the opening song lol.

Mystic Messenger

Luckily I already had no life when I played this game so the 3am chatrooms didn’t bother me too much. Opening is a banger lol.

Cinderella Phenomenon

I love this game, Waltz Is my bae and these other boi be so damn cute. Plus it has a pretty good story on top of that Highly recommended. Also the opening song slaps.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Isn’t technically a otome game but also yes it is fight me. Lol in all seriousness the dating sim elements are pretty nice and love these bois.

Obey Me

I… loved this game but unfortunately I do not play it anymore. Why? Well the grind to get to the next story just wasn’t fun anymore so yeah I do however realize that these bois have unique personalities and are cute. I just don’t have the patience.

Xoxo Droplets

This game here~ I love everything bout it except one thing the be friends with everyone mechanic. I honestly hate it and a younger me actually stopped playing it because of it the first time. It just wasn’t fun, now I know u can just cheat that away but then it gives you nothing to do but wait until the weekend to spend with ur asshole boi of choice. (Mines is Everett) I still recommend it tho I’m just impatient and easily bored.

Our Life: Beginnings and Always

This is one of the best damn otome games I played. It has many options to make your character feel like you and a sweet boi that I personally really like. It has a great nostalgic feel that made me wish I spent more time playing outside as a child, this game made me cry a few times and just made me want to give any kid I have a nice childhood like the one’s in this game. Plus the music is great very soothing.

Me: I don’t have a type

Also me:

Bonus Points if they have a bit of evil in him

out of all the games you played, which one would you recommend/is your favorite

Hihi, glad you asked ^^ my favourites are the following :

Stardew Valley - casual, quite relaxing and can play with friends. Good stress relief.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/413150/Stardew_Valley/

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Monster Prom - multiplayer AND single player visual novel with charming characters and good dev team, lots of cool updates.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/743450/Monster_Prom/

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Cinderella Phenomenon - it’s a free-to-play visual novel, but the quality and gameplay is phenomenal. Love the female protagonist, the fairytale twists and love interests. Very well-written and I’m surprised that this one still remains free with a lot of effort and love put into it.

https://dicesuki.itch.io/cinderella-phenomenon

https://store.steampowered.com/app/568770/Cinderella_Phenomenon__OtomeVisual_Novel/

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The Royal Trap / The Confines of The Crown - It’s not free to play but the intriguing storyline with lots of mysteries and twists that you wouldn’t expect is something that makes this visual novel really compelling. The array of characters and routes are also interesting but it depends on the player.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/356530/The_Confines_Of_The_Crown/

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Rock Robin - A free-to-play visual novel aka band management sim with lots of features and customizations to play around even after you finish a round. May not be for everyone but worth a try.

https://happybackwards.itch.io/rockrobin

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Mystic Messenger - I decided to choose a mobile otome game that I feel that every otome fan should try at least once. Recommended only if you have lots of free time because it can be quite demanding. Though if you’re extremely emotional, I would suggest playing this with friends or family.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Cheritz.MysticMessenger&hl=en

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mystic-messenger/id1116027365

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Helix Waltz - A  social romance sim mobile game but a good example of how a reworked game can be successful. This game recycle the original setting and characters from another discontinued RPG mobile game called Helix Horizon and succeeded in making it better. There’s a lot of features, stories and events in this game so you might feel overwhelm at first but it’s definitely entertaining. There will be characters you love and hate to interact with, but in a good way. And the music, clothes A+. Dev team has also been helpful, active and community-oriented.

https://www.facebook.com/HelixWaltz/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubj.waltz&hl=en

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/helix-waltz-dress-up-drama/id1375922291

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Maybe a bit bias and a little too early, but I’m gonna include this game since I followed this game’s development at itch.io for many years. It’s now on Steam Early Access :

World of Horror - horror atmospheric adventure game with dice-rolling and random generation experiences ( if you like Lovecraftian and Junji Ito, then I would highly recommend getting this game )

https://panstasz.itch.io/world-of-horror

https://store.steampowered.com/app/913740/WORLD_OF_HORROR/

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For me, I understand why she was cursed. I think it wasn’t really a punishment, but a maybe something more like wake up call and fresh new start. BUT I don’t understand why noone apologized to her. I mean, in almost al routes they don’t explain things to her and then they are suprised that she doesn’t know something. I would love for Lucette to have talk with Delora, about how in the end this curse didn’t hurt her, but how it wasn’t entirely helping.

Cinderella Phenomenon: Lucette Was Wrongfully Cursed

So, this might be a hot take on the game since Lucette is portrayed to be this rude person that needs to be taught “kindness” so she doesn’t become a “tyrant and cruel ruler”, at least that is what everyone expects her to be. At least in the game.

Lucette never once came across as a really rude or mean person to me. Maybe she was a bit blunt when the more polite thing to do would be to be quiet, but she didn’t actually do anything wrong.

Let’s start off with Lucette’s supposed “wrongdoings”. One thing that is brought up in the game is that she fired Annice. The characters say she was wrong to do such a thing, but that’s false. From Lucette’s perspective Annice tore the dress of one of her dolls and failed to do her job. So, she fired her, Annice didn’t correct that wrong assumption and inform Lucette it was actually a crow that tore it.

Delora knows Lucette thinks that Annice tore the dress, and fired her for it, but thinks Lucette is in the wrong for that. Realistically, if someone breaks (rips) the belongings of the Crown Princess, they would probably get a worse punishment than just being fired. And all Lucette did was fire some that she thought failed their job, so she wasn’t wrong for that. It was wrong for people to think she should just let it go when that’s the normal reaction for a noble.

Lucette was also seen as being in the wrong for not being nice to her new family, but that’s expecting way too much from her. The King barely ever spent time with her even when he finally had the opportunity and just brought in this entirely new family without warning. Then he expects Lucette to treat them with kindness even though he treats them with much more kindness than he has ever treated her with, from her perspective replacing her mother who did no wrong, and still barely gives her any emotional support or attention. She’s just expected to accept it. Most teenagers would get mad and be upset if something like this happened.

That’s not even touching on the fact that you can actively tell the King sees Lucette as a mini version of her mother and that’s probably why he’s neglecting his own child. But he’s never actually properly called out by anyone but Lucette. And he’s not the only one. Everyone always sees her mother before they see Lucette, and because of that they treat her horribly for something that she hasn’t even done. It’s normal for her not to want to interact with others when she knows they are constantly talking behind her back. She shouldn’t be expected to treat them kindly when they can’t treat her with any respect.

That’s the entire reason Delora curses her. Even with the year that she spends with Lucette, or just about, even after Lucette confesses all her troubles to her, she only ever sees Lucette as a mini version of her mother. She expects Lucette to be this super kind person when that’s not something anyone really has the right to ask of Lucette considering how most people treat her.

And it doesn’t help that no one ever told Lucette who her mother actually was. Most people just assumed she knew who she was and that’s why they acted so bothered when she defended her mother at times. Well, either assumed, expected, or acted like she knew. But there’s a good portion of the cast that should know that Lucette didn’t truly know who her mother was. The King and Delora in particular.

That’s not to say Lucette can’t be a tad too blunt or harsh to people that are kind to her. But considering how most people treat her, it’s no wonder she thinks people are just faking it to get at her.

It’s kinda like the whole thing with Emelaigne. Emelaigne did nothing wrong, but besides being blunt and a little harsher that absolutely necessary, Lucette did nothing wrong when interacting with her. Everyone kept pushing Emelaigne on to her, while they all talked behind her back about how Emelaigne would make a better Crown Princess. And the King, who no doubt heard this, did nothing to correct it or ease any potential worries Lucette might have. 

Then there’s the whole thing with Lucette’s childhood. Not touching on how Lucette’s mother emotionally manipulated and abused her as well as kept her isolated, people weren’t even kind to Lucette then. The one person that was, was Waltz. And Lucette didn’t remember him.

But from bits that we are shown, children did actively take advantage of Lucette when she was younger. They would call her cruel and pick on her when she didn’t do what they wanted. Which Lucette’s mother used to manipulate her.

Point being, no one ever gave Lucette a chance to be anyone but a mini version of her mother. They never saw Lucette. Which is why when Lucette didn’t act super sweet to them, they assumed the worse. The only one I can say actively gave her a chance to just be with the knowledge of who she was, was Rumpel who had lost his memories, Parfait, Emelaigne, Ophelia, Fritz, and Waltz. I’m not including Delora, because after being with Lucette for a year she should have realized Lucette was never a bad person. The King was just a horrible father. I’m also not including Karma, because even though his route was amazing, he outright admitted to planning on taking advantage of Lucette from the start and getting her to break his curse. Just not in the way it happened in his route.

Of course, with all this said, I still love the game to pieces. It has interesting lore and is well crafted. I understand they couldn’t make Lucette pure evil because she was the protagonist, but I just never felt like she deserved the punishment she got.