Magical Diary: Grabiner'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.

This time around I played it on my Mac (upon realizing you could play it on Mac) and things went much better in character creation:

Check Checkit.

I NO LONGER HAVE TO START MY NAME WITH MARY SUE YAY. So meet Avery Johnson. I'm also going to cheat with her, because god damnit there's a python console so I'm going to use it so to see some alternate things I otherwise didn't well manage.

But mostly she's going to be focusing on black magic.

Before I go on, I realized I never actually showed pictures of your roommates Virginia and Ellen:

They're both actually sport (because you're in the Horse Hall).
Virginia on left, Ellen on right.

 And on that note, since I remembered this round, I want to show how this game is better than 99% of dating Sims. Presented without further comment:

Do you see that? Not only is this dating sim telling you that enthusiastic consent is a must, but it's also going into gender issues. This is officially one of my favorite dating sims ever now. And that's not going into the stuff I've otherwise heard about -- like that if you date Virginia (who I will get to when I do that playthrough), she lets you know that she is asexual and THAT'S TOTALLY COOL

Like seriously. In a world of dating games where it's like "OH LET ME GET YOUR BAG FOR YOU ARE WOMAN AND WEAK" and "LOL PERIOD JOKES," this is absolutely fucking beautiful.

Anyway so, on to the actual point of this. DATING! Professor Grabiner:

Yeah. He's your Professor. But like..it's...less weird then you think it would be? Like, god, I feel weird saying that, but I honestly have to say that of all the lines I've done so far (Three: haven't yet talked/written about Donald's) this is my favorite, because it's a slow developing thing. And I like those.

Also, I have a thing for older grumpy guys. What can I say?

This is how you win dates.

So to date Grabby you have to first be a treasurer. And one day, on your way to do your duties, you come across this:

DATING!

whereupon you get the choice to charge in and save him or find help. If you select to charge in, you end up married to Grabby. (Because the monster can't hurt him because he's of the Grabiner blood and you charge in so the monster can hurt you and so Professor Potsdam charges in and says you're engaged so to fool the demon you have to actually become married).

The wedding is hysterical:

Uhh, I know I'm being pretty unexciting about this but I got a ton of photos.

OKAY SO BASICALLY YOU GET MARRIED, GRABINER IS PISSED. You go through your classes, no one finds out except Minnie Cochran the class president because you needed a witness aside from Potsdam. You and Grabiner slowly talk to each other a little bit and slowly grow to open up a bit to each other, and it takes a lot of time and a lot of effort.

The day after your marriage!

You end up having to send yourself a valentine:

trolololol

And there's one moment pretty subtle at one point, where -- after all this time, you've been calling him sir and Mister Grabiner, and he's been calling you Miss [your last name, in my case Johnson], and then this happens:

And when this happened I stopped rapidly hitting my space key.

And I squealed, because it was literally the first time he'd said my first name and it was fucking THRILLING. And he goes on to say you no longer have to call him sir:

like I seriously got so delighted here.

Also, this made me laugh:

BUT LONG STORY SHORT.

I love Grabiner's story line. It was incredibly well done, it was pretty damn classy, and I appreciated how it went about everything.

And finally in the end, your character calls Grabiner out on his bullshit, and notes she's grown to care for him, he admits similarly, the marriage stays on though you guys plan on taking things very slow.

Honestly, the only disappointing moment is that this is
just a palette swap of every other kiss in this game.

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. Copying my Damien line rating: I'm honestly really wibbly on this rating. They discuss sex. 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 -- I DON'T CARE IF THIS WAS AN A- I LOVED THIS LINE A++++

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-.

don't take it personally babe, it just ain't your story

Don't Take it Personally Babe

Meet your students!

For free, for Mac, Linux, or PC.

And honestly? Not a dating Sim. Definitely not one at all. I downloaded it thinking it was but it wasn't. As usual, spoilers. Blah blah blah.

You play Mr. Rook, a new teacher at a highschool who is taking over English Literature after another teacher falls ill. Once you're introduced to your position, you're also introduced to a program that allows you to read private messages and "AmieConnect" posts on your students walls -- doing what you'd think of as invading their privacy in order to stop bullying etc.

The first Amieconnect post you'll ever see.

And the thing is--it game generally does a good job of making you feel like you're invading the privacy of all these kids. You worry and fret about it. You worry about what you're going to say (because if you say something at points they'll know you're listening in, right?) You have to decide when to step in and when to say something because sometimes your kids get into bitter fights--and in one case, a kid commits suicide.

Well, she seems to -- it's all a big prank from your students who know well and good that you're spying on them, but all she really did was move away to a new school and no one thought to notify you of this.

Check out your fine ass head of purple hair.

Honestly, the story as really compelling. There's lots of stuff for Mr. Rook to do completely terribly wrong. He can decide not to wait around. He can get into an affair with one student (which I avoided by being firm and sidestepping every possibility of it happening thank god -- I'm not sure what happens if you go that route.) You get a chance to buy liquor for one of your kids.

Your kids come to you for advice, asking you things that you may not necessarily be prepared to chat about.

What to do about a boy who likes you.

In the end, I ended up getting a gay (well, a bisexual and gay) couple together, a lesbian couple back together, got the class jerk to stop being such, and realized that one girl did not in fact commit suicide. Which, y'know, I feel that's a pretty good playthrough, all things considered.

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: 7: There's talk of cock-sucking between students. There's a picture of a naked student (if you know Kendell's middle name). I'm not really sure how far the having-an-affair with a student can go but if it's treated as well as everything else does, you'll feel creepy for doing it. Over all, though, it's not so bad, but just a warning for those things.

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Graphics: 8: Meh. Some of the graphics are kind of bad--I won't lie. Faces are a bit weird now and again and the one CG I got of Akira and Nolan was weirdly proportioned. But it wasn't so bad I was taken out of the story.

Gameplay: 10: Normal "select what your character does" VN with only two choices now and again, but these choices seemed to honestly affect how Rook's health was and changed things in the game. That, combined with just...like, the messaging system that you can read felt really personal and good.

Story: 10:  Quite well done, in my opinion.

Fun: 10: I had a lot of fun sorting this one out!

Overall: 38 / 40 --A.

My Forged Wedding: Yuta Line

My Forged Wedding

I don't think I've ever seen this drawing anywhere
in the game.

Available for iPhone and probably iPad??? I mean, I just own an iphone so I'm mostly assuming here. Cost's $3.99 currently to play each line, though you can do the beginning for free.

So my first play through of My Forged Wedding, I did not realize it took place in Japan (since most romance sims either take place in like FICTIONAL NEVERWHERE or a pirate ship [on that note, PIRATES IN LOVE, COMING TO BE REVIEWED SOON!]) so I named my character Abigail Hawthorne.

So Miss Hawthorne is a woman who was born and raised in Kyushu and never left it. yep. I'm totally sure she was. That sounds like a woman from Japan. Especially Kyushu, which is stereotyped to be very stubborn and conservative.

Anyway, meet Yuta:

Lookat dat ickle baby face.

He's the shota of our group of boys to select, but when I presented my friends with a selection of the ones I'd be willing to date (not involving glassy-eyed Ren who is conceivably on drugs OR my uncle because GOD DAMNIT I DON'T WANT TO FUCK MY UNCLE) and someone immediatley latched on to the description of "easily jealous comedian."

So on that note, Yuta is a comedian. Also, in a lot of his pictures he looks like he's maybe 12. Fortunately, in many of them he doesn't.

Also he has really fucking stupid hair.

I have no idea what he's doing here. "Mm yeah baby.
I got my shirt all unbuttoned for you girl. How about we
talk about my hair while staring at the city scape."

The reason Abigail (or [insert player name here]) has to live with Yuta and pretend to be his wife is...Yuta's a member of a manzai, serving as the boke. That's, translated for all of you people who wasn't a teenage fan of shoujo manga, a comedy duo, with the boke being the funny/doofy guy (the tsuokkomi being the straight man). And one night he was drunk, and on the way home Abigail tripped and he caught her. The paparazzi caught it on tape and ZOMG THIS MEANS THEY HAVE TO LIVE TOGETHER TO FILM A SHOW.

Because Japan's treatment of its television stars is kind of bizarre but adorable.

So you move in with Yuta because you and he are going to film a television show where he's the poor boyfriend dealing with a mean angry wife who yells at him and demands he do everything. And to film a show you thus have to live together so that you can act better. Or something.

Yuta appreciates me you guys.

Abigail needs to keep a job though because even though the Angry Wife show is super duper popular according to the director, you're not making any money from it. Does Japan have labor unions or labor laws? Because if so, I think it's about time one of my choices became "stomp to one and get my money I am very much owed" or something. Hell, even Yuta who is not only the star of the show BUT ALSO eventually ends up super famous and popular with his tsukkomi can't seem to make any money.

Also, I won't go into the sexism behind the whole ANGRY WIFE LOL THAT GUY IS SUCH A PUSSY FOR HAVING AN ANGRY WIFE I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU I WISH YOUR WIFE WAS JUST A STAY AT HOME GOODY GOODY.

That is a story for another day and for someone more eloquent than me.

Then again, this is a game where your super sexy uncle (ugh I'm going to have to do that line eventually aren't I. IT WOULDN'T BE SO BAD IF HE DIDN'T LOOK DOOFY. Also, I think I'd like that line more if they just embraced it for what it was. I'm like that a lot  -- I like things when they embrace what they are, but the game keeps doing that "He's not REALLY my UNCLE!" thing and I'm like "JUST FUCKING SAY HE'S YOUR UNCLE." Sorry. Tangent.)

Anyway, in the end everything works out. Yuta goes on to become famous. And he eventually comes back to your uncle's bar where you're then working (despite your uncle being a CEO of a telecommunications company, he obviously must own a bar that you work at that also only caters to your uncles six best friends from elementary school OKAY LOOK DATING SIMS DON'T HAVE THE BEST PLOTS), gets down on one knee, and notes he'd like to make his forged wedding to you real.

The end blah blah blah.

If they don't have babies I'm murdering something.

My face has to be about the size of the palm of my hand.
Seriously. Look how small my fucking face is under my thumb.

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: 4: You do kiss a lot on the balcony (which I approved of) at the end of the game, and he grasps you and there's a moment where you snuggle near each other in bed, but otherwise the hottest and heaviest it gets is eating hot pot around a table.

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Graphics: 8: Honestly, there wasn't a single graphic thing that made me twitch. Sure, it's no graphical wonder (which is what I keep a 10 for) but it was good--even pretty sometimes. Marked down just a bit because of the tiny face.

Gameplay: 6: To be honest, it's a visual novel. When you get them, you get what you pay for -- a lot of text to read and the occasional choice. This is better than, say, A Prince's Proposal for while you only get two choices, they're quite different and have notable differences good/bad when you choose them. There's not much in the way of strategy, but again. You get what you pay for with a vn.

Story: 8: (Eeeh, there were some big plot holes or things that confused me. Those might just be cultural differences. Honestly, though, I can see where girls would enjoy this route (unlike Edward's route in a Prince's Proposal. FUCKING EDWARD UGH). It just wasn't for me, but others out there would probably enjoy it a hell of a lot.

Fun: 9: Honestly, while I didn't squeal at this route, there were a few moments where I got super excited (or at times pissed) at something that happened, so y'know what, it was pretty fun and pretty well written.

Overall: 31 / 40 - C+

also, he proposes to you on a balcony. Did I mention that?

Re: Alistair ++: Derek Line

Re: Alistair ++

Title screen.Third time now.

A game for PC/Mac, and more importantly FREE!!!!

Also, check out my Shiro and Travis line reviews!

So this round we finally go after Alistair himself--Derek!

Uh. Sorry if that was spoilers? SPOILERS.
I totally noted spoilers in time.

 I know that I could actually get pictures of these CGs without the text, but that would require some sort of modicum with effort beyond me actually playing and enjoying the game and as of right now, since this is just a random blog I made after my friends commented on how I should make a blog and stop ranting to them about my dating sims, I don't know if I really have that much of an effort in me. Maybe down the line?

mmm baby yeah talk to me about wishin' wells

Derek looks like a fucking doofus. Like, I'm sorry--I know he's supposed to be the quirky popular basketball player, and everyone can dress and look how they want, but Derek looks like a doofus.  Am I just old? Is it a thing to wear like...long sleeved button up shirts with Pac Sun style shark tooth necklaces and weird hoody vests with a popped collar now? And have a pink-purple streak in your pony-tailed hair? Like? Is that's what is popular now?

Because if so I always knew the 90s would return in force.

I can verify that getting hit on the head with a basketball
can make you dizzy. IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU!!!!!

So Derek is the titular Alistair (That's sort of the whole plot of the game, so you might want to sort that out yourself. It's kind of weird in that if you pick him as the obvious Alistair in either other game line he becomes a malicious manipulative dick but if you go out of your way to romance him he's suddenly like AW BABY I AM SO SORRY MMM LEMME GIVE YOU SOME LOVIN' YEAH MOMMA but whatever). He's got parental problems (as does every other dude, but then again this is high school).

But other than that, Derek was probably my favorite route. Like, he has the most touchy-feely moments, and he's probably got the most adorable attitude. He's also the one you can tell from the beginning actually likes you. The others will sort of like...put their chins on your shoulders or whatever, but Derek is the one that will actually sort of stumble out I LIKE YOU OKAY (or well, he'll stumble out I--I--l--) and also holds you and shit, and has you eat ice cream he's licked etc.

Of course he never kisses you on the lips. So, whatevs.

So over all, I really enjoyed this. In all honesty, I'd probably rate him #1, then...I don't know. I mean Shiro had that weird/dumb "lol I love you cooking me food" ending when Merui had never indicated any propensity to cook (AND IN FACT IN OTHER GAME LINES GOES "LOL COOKING IS FOR LAMEOS") JOFIjeaiojgoa

I love dating Sims.

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: 4: Re: Alistair ++ never actually even comes close to mentioning sex as a probability. However, Derek will pick you up and smoochie smoochie and hug you, which is about as close as you're going to get in this one, I think.

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Graphics: 8:  The graphics in this line are probably the best of the three. And by graphics I mean CGs.

Gameplay: 7: Normal "select what your character does and stat up" process. It's easy to sort out what the boys like (Derek is POPULAR and PLAYS BASKETBALL so he likes SOCIAL NETWORKING THE MOST hint hint ;) ;) ), etc, but it is honestly a simple little game I can appreciate. It's not trying to be more than it is.

Story: 9:  The story wasn't mindblowing by any means, but again--it wasn't trying to be more than it is. It was a cute story about a bet and a girl balancing her life. I appreciate this.

Fun: 10: I honestly had a lot of fun with this one. It was simple, straightforward.

Overall: 34 / 40 -- B.

Re: Alistair ++: Travis Line

Re: Alistair ++

Title screen. Shuttup, I'm allowed a boring caption now
and again.

A game for PC/Mac, and more importantly FREE!!!!

Also, check out my Shiro (and coming soon Derek) line reviews. 

So, here's Travis:

Cause every girl needs cornered now and again?

Round two. Since I sorted out who Alistair was last time (SPOILER ALERT????? It's Derek. Oh noes.) I decided I'd save doucheboy for last and went with Travis this round. He likes Uh, computer networking or whatever and intelligence, so I focused on those two things and bought vidja games for him and all that good stuff.

I was so confused at this point because I thought we were
playing a computer game. But no, fake DS.

The game IS pretty short. Like, second round I finished it in maybe thirty-forty minutes. Admittedly, I also sorted out where the skip button was. Everyone should be proud of me--normally I'm terrible at sorting those things out.

Anyway, Travis wasn't so bad. Well, at least not until the end--he's funny, honestly has some intelligent quips that made me smirk. I mean, none of his CGs were all inspiring, and you don't even get a friggin' kiss like you do in Shiro's line.

But I did mention that he's honestly not bad until the end. Why does he suddenly become bad in the end? Well, allow me to show you:

All he needs is a fedora. And a sword.

Travis becomes an MRA. He calls you my lady. Tells you not to trip. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S NOT COOL.

Yes, I'm probably stereotyping here. But you know what? It's a dating Sim. ALL YOUR MEN ARE STEREOTYPES.

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: 2: Re: Alistair ++ never actually even comes close to mentioning sex as a probability. Travis' line doesn't even have any remotely NSFW moments. Like, the closest you even get to kissing is at one point where Travis looks at your lips. 

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Graphics: 6: I won't lie--Travis's face is really weird some times. Otherwise, they're not bad!

Gameplay: 7: Normal "select what your character does and stat up" process. It's easy to sort out what the boys like, etc, but it is honestly a simple little game I can appreciate. It's not trying to be more than it is.

Story: 9:  The story wasn't mindblowing by any means, but again--it wasn't trying to be more than it is. It was a cute story about a bet and a girl balancing her life. I appreciate this.

Fun: 10: I honestly had a lot of fun with this one. It was simple, straightforward.

Overall: 32 / 40 -- A B-.