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waterscrollOne of the feeeelings that Demon's Bond left me with was extreme sadness that I couldn't rescue Mitsunari and run off with him because it's not that kind of game. But then I realized: of course I can. I just had to move to a different game, that is ALL ABOUT saving Sengoku warlords and running off with them.
The premise: 21st century fashion designer is swept back into the warring states period, where she immediately saves Oda Nobunaga's life. She then very quickly meets a large number of different dateable guys, who all immediately flirt with her. They include many warlords and also a physics student who specializes in handwavium and who also went back in time. The prologue introduces you to a lot of people very quickly so there isn't time to really get to know any of them before picking a route. I was a little tempted to pick Oda Nobunaga because he's the one we spent the most time with in the prologue so maybe he was the one the game was pushing as the default choice. But, I know who I'm here for.
This version of Mitsunari is unfortunately not very much like the Demon's Bond version, but he seems interesting in his own way. He's kind, bookish, more than a little clueless, and tries to be respectful of the protagonist. I'm curious to see how the route goes. I'll probably start with the Romantic route first. So far the game is VERY SILLY but I understand the stories get good eventually.
I do not AT ALL like the game mechanics with the princess lessons and glam-offs. I am going to as much as possible just pay for a route with money and see how that works and how much it ends up costing. I spent $20 on in-game coins and if that doesn't get me through a route I'm going to be a little annoyed.
ETA: $20 is going to be nowhere near enough to just buy a route outright. Just to get all the premium stories is $27 for one route ($36 if I want both the dramatic and romantic routes). And that's *still* doing all the grind-y tasks to get through the route itself. Buying enough chapter tickets to just pay for the route would be an unrealistic $130 (for one route!) plus if I don't want to grind I'd need to buy enough potions and stuff to pass stat checks and I have no idea how much that would cost.
On the other hand the routes can be done for free if you're willing to read a little each day, do the (not unpleasant) grindy tasks and read the normal scenes instead of the premium scenes.
So I will have to figure out what is worth paying for, which looks like it will be complicated.
The premise: 21st century fashion designer is swept back into the warring states period, where she immediately saves Oda Nobunaga's life. She then very quickly meets a large number of different dateable guys, who all immediately flirt with her. They include many warlords and also a physics student who specializes in handwavium and who also went back in time. The prologue introduces you to a lot of people very quickly so there isn't time to really get to know any of them before picking a route. I was a little tempted to pick Oda Nobunaga because he's the one we spent the most time with in the prologue so maybe he was the one the game was pushing as the default choice. But, I know who I'm here for.
This version of Mitsunari is unfortunately not very much like the Demon's Bond version, but he seems interesting in his own way. He's kind, bookish, more than a little clueless, and tries to be respectful of the protagonist. I'm curious to see how the route goes. I'll probably start with the Romantic route first. So far the game is VERY SILLY but I understand the stories get good eventually.
I do not AT ALL like the game mechanics with the princess lessons and glam-offs. I am going to as much as possible just pay for a route with money and see how that works and how much it ends up costing. I spent $20 on in-game coins and if that doesn't get me through a route I'm going to be a little annoyed.
ETA: $20 is going to be nowhere near enough to just buy a route outright. Just to get all the premium stories is $27 for one route ($36 if I want both the dramatic and romantic routes). And that's *still* doing all the grind-y tasks to get through the route itself. Buying enough chapter tickets to just pay for the route would be an unrealistic $130 (for one route!) plus if I don't want to grind I'd need to buy enough potions and stuff to pass stat checks and I have no idea how much that would cost.
On the other hand the routes can be done for free if you're willing to read a little each day, do the (not unpleasant) grindy tasks and read the normal scenes instead of the premium scenes.
So I will have to figure out what is worth paying for, which looks like it will be complicated.
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Date: 2019-09-25 05:57 am (UTC)That's the trouble with these Hakuoki games, they get me attached to very specific versions of historical figures and none of the other historical RPF about those figures feels quite right. I hope this Mitsunari is fun anyway, and doesn't cost too much!
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Date: 2019-09-25 11:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-25 12:13 pm (UTC)It DOES. Though I'd be happier still if he was also a demon and/or vampire. Hakuoki has really spoiled me for other ninja dating games.
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Date: 2019-09-25 01:05 pm (UTC)Anyway, here's the physicist/ninja:
https://ikemensengoku.fandom.com/wiki/Sasuke_Sarutobi
ETA: And here's a trailer for his route:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_PTVD5m-XE
In routes where you're not dating him he's still a good friend from the beginning.
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Date: 2019-09-29 02:51 pm (UTC)Heh, I'll probably have to wait until I can prepare myself for the likely ratio of physics:ninja content not being what I'd prefer.