Magical Diary: Damien's Line

Magical Diary

Meet four of your potential dates!

Costs money (I don't know how much--a friend got it for me as a gift for my birthday. MY FRIENDS HELP ME WITH MY HABIT! Thanks Ann!), but can be played on Mac, Linux, PC.

So I saw that Ann had sent me this game, and I didn't really look into it, and I opened it up and was like "this looks like it's going to be short" but nope, this game is goddamn intense. I started at like 11AM, I finished up about 7PM, that's how hardcore this damn game is. BUT I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

I think my honest-to-god favorite part of this whole damn game is that you can create your own character. Here's how the character creation screen starts out:

OH SHIT SON A CHARACTER CREATION SCREEN WUT WUT

So you don't have many choices. Also, there was a glitch on my desktop (normally I do shit on my laptop or iphone when possible) where I couldn't backspace. But after much fidgeting about I finally got things sorted and...

well, I still couldn't backspace. And I misspelled my characters surname. So it ended up being the weirdest fucking name ever but:

LO AND BEHOLD OUR HEROINE EVERYONE.

MaryGinny SuePresecott. I was too lazy to recreate her after that point. So we continued on. I quickly began to emulate Ginny after a Moros I played once (look don't ask, it's a tabletop roleplaying thing similar to Dungeons and Dragons and you don't want to get me started.) So in this game, you play for literally a whole two semesters--a full year of schooling from September to the end of May!

During this time, literally EVERYTHING YOU DO CAN EFFECT EVERYTHING. You go to class on one day you may encounter someone but if you don't go to that class that day then you won't meet them that day and so a later thing may not be triggered and AAAH IT'S SUPER FUCKING INTENSE

So on to the important part: since my character I based MaryGinny SuePresecott on liked teh bad boiz she went after the baddest of dem boiz:

This is as hot and heavy as it gets, really. I mean, in picture form.

Damien Ramsey. Resident demon. Except at first in your romance he's like LOL NO I AM NOT A DEMON I WAS A CHANGELING C BORN TO MORTAL PARENTS BUT THEN SOMEONE SWITCHED ME OUT

And you're like "oh you poor babby" and he's like "NO ONE LIKES ME EVERYONE IS SO MEAN"

and meanwhile everyone around you is like "okay maybe stay away from the demon guy??? like this doesn't seem to be a good idea????"

But lo, you are all knowing MaryGinny SuePrescott and you are like NO FUCK YA'LL I'M DATING THE PURPLE MAN

So then one day later on in your relationship he sends you a note and is like "come meet me in the gym," and you show up and he's like "I've discovered the truth! I'm about to die unless I can get someone to give up my soul. Seems like I won't go on afterward." And you're like "Well, whatever, have my soul then." And he's like "You sure?" and you're like "Yeah." And he covers you with sigils and you cut yourself and then...

he's like "HAHAHA YOU FELL INTO MY TRAP MORTAL NOW I WILL DEVOUR YOUR SOUL AND REIGN ETERNALLY TO BRING HELL TO THIS EARTH! HAHAHAHAHA! SUUCKEEER!"

You think I'm fucking kidding.

So you wake up the next day to your roommates Ellen and Virginia being like "Fucking told you so, man. Demons."  So you go to the gym and use a magic spell (sense spirits or something who gives a fuck) to talk to spirits and see what happened and turns out the headmaster hadn't saved you like you were told and that he'd just gotten upset and yelling at himself and punching things. But the headmaster was like "Uh, you're the one who entered in to a contract with a demon sweetheart, there's nothing I can really do to stop that. Maybe don't just go saying SURE YOU CAN HAVE MY SOUL to everyone????"

So I was like "Whatevs."   And then you got a random note that was like "yo meet me baby" and so you meet him and he was like "I LOVE YOU AND I HATE YOU AND I WANT TO DEVOUR YOU AND I WANT TO BE AROUND YOU FOREVER!" and you're like "I love you too I guess." And then you part because you're near school grounds and people might kill him.

Then for a week you get some super fucking creepy love notes.  Like "I WANT TO PULL THE FLESH OFF YOU AND LICK YOUR BLOOD FROM YOUR WOUNDS AND MAKE LOVE TO YOU!!!"

check out our sexiness
and my sexy ass tiara bitches

 Or like "BABY PLEASE SAY YOU'LL LOVE ME FOREVER!! WANT ME TO MURDER THE WORLD FOR YOU SO WE CAN GO LIVE IN MY DEMON CASTLE???" and the last one is like "hey prom is coming up right i wanna go with you talk to the headmaster plz also here's a sexy ring."

So you're like "no" and put the ring on anyway, and you go to prom alone and you get annoyed and go out for a breather early, and he showed up and is like "BABY I LOVE YOU LET'S DANCE" and you're like "k" and he bites you and sucks your soul a bit and you're like (I just imagine MaryGinny at this point being dry and eye rolling about all this fucking shit) "You promised not to hurt me you know," and he was like "LOOK OKAY that promise was just for that day that promise is no longer valid seriously you need to fucking learn about demon contracts jesus christ" and then you dance and he's like "I'LL FIND YOU MY SWEET AND MAYBE I'LL KEEP YOUR PARENTS ALIVE SINCE THEY'RE MORTALS OR THEY CAN JOIN MY CULT :D :D"

The end.

Yeah. Literally. The end.

i dress how i wanna

SCORES

Each of the below categories is on a scale of 0 to 10 (0 being the worst, 10 being amazing). Thus the max total for a game is 40 points. "Rating" involves me giving a 0-10 rating depending on how NSFW the game is. 0 would mean it's so chaste there's nothing of the sort that would be even...remotely ...touchable. Or whatever. 10 would mean there's some hardcore raunchy sex. "Rating" is not calculated into the overall score.

NSFW Rating: 5: Eeehh. I'm honestly really wibbly on this rating. They discuss sex. MaryGinny tells Damien she's not ready, and he says that's fine. And then, in several of the classes they discuss sex too -- the headmaster talks about safe sex, noting it's fine to have relationships, just take care of yourself and talk to her if you need help getting protection. There's discussion of androgyny and intersexuality and genders and it's all treated rather well, and you can romance guys or girls (and demon changeling dudes as well obviously).  So I'm rating it on lack of sexual content, though the discussions are WELL DONE as far as dating sim games go. So take that for what you will? Would I say they're flawless? Never. But incredibly well done.

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Graphics: 6: Nnngh, most of the graphics are kind of awful, I won't lie. But there's a sort of charm to them that I appreciate? I mean, sure, all the faces look exactly the same, but it makes up for it by letting me make my own character.

Gameplay: 10: I fucking loved playing this game. I liked figuring out how to balance my stress levels with my school levels. I liked the little dungeon mini games where you had to sort out what magic would be best. It was fucking fun. Like, seriously, the magic system was fun -- sure it wasn't often used, but it WAS fun. It was a breath of fresh air.

Story: 10:  For all my laughter at it above, it really did pull me in because it seemed like everything I did mattered, and all the characters had their own stories and lives going on that I may or may not be involved in. I loved it.

Fun: 10: INCREDIBLY fun.

Overall: 36 / 40 --A-.