Similarly, it was often tricky to figure out what direct effects the various choices would have. i keep expecting her secret past to be that she just got back after serving a couple of tours in ‘nam. i cant be the only one that thought that uguu waifu looks super derpy in the vast majority of her memory loss cgs, right? the ending ones after she gets her memories back are fine, but the ones before there have this thousand yard stare going on in so many of them. The tendency to play the game the “correct” way came through most clearly when I played Kent’s route, as there really isn’t any kind of mystery there so it was almost more or less a straight romance storyline. It almost reminded me of the old Sierra/Lucasarts adventure games where you’d know what you needed to do, but damned if you could ever figure out the game’s method of doing that. The correct approach to anything is to try to figure out which dialogue choice will enable you to hold hands with bishies. That’s completely the wrong approach to take, of course, since this is an otome game. “What I assumed I should do” is look for clues and whatnot, since I am in a mystery that I am trying to solve. That also said, Shin’s route also most clearly showed the disconnect between what the game wants you to do and what I was assuming I should do. Here even scenes like going to work have a goal, in this case “I’m going to work to see if anyone knows anything, and also the suspense of seeing if I can fake it till I make it with my memory loss” and not “Okay, I went to work and made some food and delivered it and that took 6 hours and now it is time to go home”. I’m also (being forced to) play Norn9 right now and it’s a huge contrast where for hours of playtime at a time all I’m seeing happen is characters doing chores. This gave a clear goal to accomplish in the route and also helped to cut through a lot of the cruft that constantly wastes time in visuals novels. Shin’s route probably used the amnesia concept the most effectively in that you’re trying to solve the mystery of who tried to kill you right before you lost your memories. I played Shin’s route first, entirely because it was first in the list of choices and not, sadly because he is ~mai husbando~ (do not claim). not a pierced mipple, but the actual mantitty itself is pierced! Bug”) is in your head and whatnot so yeah, he really does know what you’re feeling but it’s still kind of silly. Yeah yeah I know, Orion (who I will frequently refer to as “Mr. It’s like the platonic ideal of mansplaining, since while “I’m a gynecologist and you’re lecturing me on periods”-esque mansplaining is pretty solid, this is the most blatant of all in that they even tell you what all of your feelings and mental states are, like “You’re tired after a long day” kind of stuff. The game sometimes is able to sidestep this sometimes through some careful phrasing in the dialogue, but there are still a lot of instances where you get mainsplained to in a way that’s pretty funny. The second thing that you will realize in Amnesia (the first of course being that you are now the proud owner of a shota tulpa) is that the nameless protagonist (who I will refer to as “Uguu Waifu”, as “ Titty Monster” was too long-moar liek Amnesia: Mammaries amirite) doesn’t talk directly (you still pick dialogue choices, but that’s it) until she gets her memories back at the end of each route. If you’re like me, you’ll also spend the whole time reading this humming along to the anime song that wasn’t in the game while you constantly mumble “Hmm? Mmm…” to yourself. So without any further adieu, the first (of hopefully not many) of my otome game reviews. While it can’t compare to my favorite otome games like Masu Efekuto 2 or Doragon Eiji, I figured I’d buy it (read: be forced to buy it) during one of those routine 99.99% off sales that Steam has all the time. Thanks to the incessant oinking of my fellow mesubutas (what up grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrlfriends?), Amnesia: Shota Tulpa Chronicles has been released on Steam. Also for the most part, it’s non spoiler but it does contain CGs from the game. If you dare to read his review (aka making fun of the game) please follow after the jump! If the reactions from my readers aren’t too horrifying, then maybe I’ll have him write up a review for the Norn 9 Aksys port that I’m forcing him to play. And well since we used to blog anime together I figured why not have him review it? Although after reading his thoughts, I think I might have made a grave mistake ಠ_ಠ. So since Amnesia was licensed in English by Idea Factory and released on Steam, once it came on sale for like 90% off I finally convinced Kent my husband to buy and play it.
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