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But I imagine that's par the course for this genre. Some choices are required with no hint that they are the approrpriate ones (Anghel boss battle). The route to each character is typically straight-forward, but a few require a combination of decisions that isn't always clearly outlined. It's a reunion of the most generic ideas in anime. Maid cafe, childhood friend, aristocratic student.

Their endings are usually interesting, but the trek to that destination is built on cookie-cutter personalities in a deriviative world. And I don't know why you'd expect different, given the marketing. The humor in seeing pigeon portraits wears off quickly when most of the characters are typical anime characters. With that incredibly long intro out of the way, I'll keep it simple: Hatoful has an interesting/quirky premise, but falls into typical anime archetypes. And I don't want to come off as the guy criticizing platformers because 'you jump too much' and get called out on it. I'm upfront about this because I'm going to criticize this game for aspects that may be endemic to the genre as a whole. Off the top of my head, I've played the three previously mentioned ones, the Hotel Dusk series, as well as Tokyo Ghost Hunters and.does Professor Layton count? I guess any game that uses portraits and still background images counts as a 'visual novel', to a point. I don't do visual novels (and neither does the majority of the West), aside from a few that have more game elements. This is where I'll readily admit that this just isn't my genre. Hatoful comprises choices dictating outcomes, and nothing more. Whereas Phoenix Wright, Danganronpa, and Zero Escape have substantial visual novel elements, they're coupled with exploration or puzzle elements. 'There is a lot going on.Hatoful is a straight visual novel in the strictest sense.

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The game will launch for Mac and Windows. Hatoful Boyfriend doesn't have a set release date, though Borrett says the team is looking to release in late July or the end of Summer. 'It's very out of left field, but that's a lot of this game for you,' he said. Borrett said that later in the game, characters engage in role-playing game boss fights with 'straight up HP bars' and stats. Many of my options were blocked off for the demo, but I was able to join the track team and break up a bird fight. 'It's going to be a niche thing, but there are people who love this sort of thing.'Дuring my time with the game, I clicked through dialogue and spent time bonding with different birds. 'We thought this would be the perfect opportunity to get it out to a wider audience,' Borrett said.

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He compared it to the Persona series or Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. The concept hooked Mediatonic immediately, the producer said. We found ourselves a little bit emotionally invested in a pigeon dating sim which becomes increasingly harder to justify to your friends and loved ones.' 'It's that funny hook that sucks you in, but there was this deeper story here. 'We've found a lot more depth to it as we played more of it, and that's what we liked,' Borrett said. Although the initial hook is pretty obvious (Date pigeons! Date doves!), associate producer Luke Borrett assured me there's more to the game than its premise might suggest. The game plays through a series of events each day that require you to manage your time and spread your affections accordingly. Like many dating sims, Hatoful Boyfriend sees your character attending school and forming relationships with her classmates. It's also the most bonkers game I've ever played. The game is a remake of the 2011 visual novel from Hato Moa, recently revived by Mediatonic and picked up for publish by Devolver Digital.

If the concept sounds familiar, that's because it is, sort of. I'm playing Mediatonic's Hatoful Boyfriend, a dating sim where you - a human girl - attend school and date an array of pigeons, doves and so forth. It's a heavy burden to carry, but I'm taking it well, as evidenced by my decision to start dating birds.

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