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You’ll get like 5 minutes with a character and then the game wants you to commit to spending real money. Like I don’t even know this character and they expect me to spend money so my character will wear an expensive dress instead of a basic dress just so a romantic interest will like me more? Why would I spend money for poor character development??? Plus I hardly know this character, how would I know if I want to commit to them now??

I feel like games should charge for routes instead of choices. Plus make it so you can earn with ads. Watching ads still generates income. There is a magic number out there for money to free interaction that would make it profitable. Plus it stops people from actively uninstalling due to greed. I know I’ve straight up uninstalled games after seeing the costs and practices.

I don’t spend money on a game unless I feel like it has already earned that amount.

My issue with mobile Otome games (and sometimes otome games in general) is I feel like they missed the mark for what I’m looking for.

-Either there isn’t a character I feel drawn to and they all kind of are blah to me (tired of the evil/mean = personality)
-They use some sort of currency to a greedy extent that makes it so you don’t actually have a choice in front of you, but a paid and free option. I don’t mind if something has currency but when it is impossible to earn currency, and things are expensive it makes me want to spend/earn less.
-If there is combat/gameplay it feels tedious instead.

One mobile game I actually really like was Arcana Twilight. The gameplay was interesting enough and I liked the characters enough to get invested. However it didn’t feel like it had much support and later on the grind to get through the main story was incredibly long. (In order to move on I would do all the new levels only to have to grind on past levels for enough experience for my account to go up a few levels. I feel like I shouldn’t have to grind that much, levels should give enough experience to only need maybe 1 more account level to continue the story).

I also tried Tears of Themis which seemed interesting at first, but it felt like the mechanics inspired from Ace Attorney wasn’t done well, and the combat had no substance to it. I also felt a disconnect from the cast, so the other downsides made it harder to play until I felt more investment.

The most I played through was Mystic Messenger years ago. It was cute for the time, but when I had completed the routes I was ready to move on. Most of the characters I felt were interesting actually lost my interest in their routes most of the time. I remember being specifically disappointed with Jumin’s route.

I also don’t like the calls feature some games have, as I usually have no volume on my phone. If they also have text so I’m not forced to listen I don’t mind, but I feel like I don’t need that level of immersion that some others may enjoy.

I feel like I have a love hate relationship with otome games at this point haha

This! I’ve always had super friendly interactions with Genshin co-op, even when searching through the co-op tab rather than looking online (aside from one kid I had to kick because I was not going to buy them a welkin lol). The only time I’ve come across problematic behavior is through social media. It’s also very popular so of course on twitter and reddit there is going to be a large loud volume of immature people, but that’s most games. In game people are usually good.

I feel like if your someone who enjoys smaller corners of reddit, it might feel odd until you find a place on here. Because there is a higher chance what you enjoy isn’t on here yet, or it might not have enough traffic yet.

More than anything I’m tired of the men vs women approach. I’ve had men make me feel shitty, and other women. Being a bad person is not exclusive to gender and it’s ridiculous to think that gender works like a hivemind.

I suppose I grew up being interested in neutral interests (or didn’t care about the stereotypes of an interest) so I felt like people were more individual than the gender they have.

I feel like the world is starting to point out the grossness of those jokes/situations, but there are still areas of the world that are behind. As I’m not trans, I won’t notice the more subtle pokes that aren’t appropriate, but as a human the blatant jabs don’t make me feel comfortable.

A lot of the media we consume is morally grey, so unless things don’t go too far I’ll just take it as distasteful influence. But if something continues to bother me I’ll look for something else to fill my time.

The fact that Persona isn’t really getting better, and also has such a poor stance on female protagonists does leave me feeling a little icky. I really like the overall bonding of friends in the games, but it’s awkward when they include inappropriate jokes that just kind of ruin the tone (they aren’t even funny so idk what the point is in having them).

Also it’s annoying the way they think they have to redesign a whole game to have a female character. Just open up the romance prospects and switch the pronouns when needed, maybe add extra lines depending on the gender’s involved. They say it’s too much work to add a female protag in a basically self insert game, yet we have so many examples of it working out (Fire Emblem, Genshin, Honkai Star Rail, etc.).

Overall I think it’s really gross, but experiencing the poor examples of women have me a bit jaded and has effected my tolerance for what I dislike. So I endure a bit until I say it’s time to focus on something else.