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Oh yeah, I forgot about Psychedelica, have seen it mentioned and been meaning to play it but haven't gotten a chance to. I will say, though, if you're not just looking for a yandere fix, I do think Nightshade is quite a good game. The plot is actually good, all of the voice acting is fantastic, and the characters generally well-written (plus endearing side characters!) I enjoyed pretty much all the routes, either for the character or for the plot, often both. And while the yandere in Nightshade is not that extreme, they built a surprisingly good and sympathetic rationale for why he acts the way he does.

FYI, I've been playing through 7'scarlet and while the yandere is a bit more extreme and -almost- there, he doesn't quite make it for me. The bad end is bad in a different way sadly. Still gonna finish the rest of the game for the plot and completionist's sake. I've heard Monochrome Heaven has a yandere so I'll add that to my list at some point, too. Oh, and since you do have a Vita, I'll recommend Period Cube to you because it sounds like that has gotten some thumbs up's yandere-wise. Enjoy!

Melancholy Marionette3 years ago

I wasn't really all that enthralled by Black Butterfly, but I've heard I'm more likely to enjoy Ashen Hawk, haha. I just didn't really feel much for any of the characters in BB >.<

That's good that Nightshade is solid overall :3 I had heard quite a few people say they enjoyed every route, which seems to be a rare thing in otome, haha, so they must have done something right with it :D And I love it when yandere characters have a good reason behind why they are the way they are, so I'd probably love that route :3 It's been aaaaages since I played one where I genuinely enjoyed reading all the routes. I found finishing Collar x Malice quite painful cos I left the two characters I was least interested in until last, and their routes were even more boring than I anticipated >.<

I've not got 7'scarlet with it being a slightly newer title and my usual lack of disposable income, haha. Is it worth buying in a sale do you think? Not that I could even afford it then xD I'm not overly keen on the art either. "The bad end is bad in a different way sadly." That makes me curious, haha, but I guess I better not seek out spoilers in case I play it someday.

I've heard a lot of good stuff about Steam Prison, which I also don't have. I hadn't even heard of Monochrome Heaven, so that goes to show how far behind I am on keeping up with content >.<

I did quite enjoy Period Cube actually :3 It's been quite a while since I played it, and I can't remember whose route I enjoyed the most. If I'm remembering correctly, it wasn't who I thought would be my favourite (pretty sure it was a non-yandere)! MC was a bit annoying for me to self-insert with cos I've played plenty of MMOs xD

I think the Vita titles I own but haven't gotten around to playing yet are Code Realize + Norn9. The other stuff I haven't played yet in my backlog is on PC, which consists of Nightshade, Ashen Hawk, the new revamped Hakuoki games, BWS, Bad Medicine (though the English patch doesn't cover all routes and I was really bored with it anyway, haha), and a bunch of indie otome. I never did see past the base content of Mystic Messenger either! Just because the app became too large for my crappy phone to be able to download any updates >.< I had a founders pack for that with a physical box of stuff + lots of whatever the currency was for progression, and I don't have a clue what my account info I used would have been :(

Have an awesome weekend! :3

pomegranian3 years ago (4 edits)

I'm having a stretch of free time right now so I'm just cramming in so many otomes :x

Oh boy, if you weren't enthralled by Black Butterfly, then I feel like 7'scarlet is going to be a real slog. To be brutally honest, 7'scarlet feels like more of a mystery VN with romance shoehorned in and ends up not doing either of them super well. To be fair, the mystery aspect is kinda interesting and the last 2 routes start to kinda make up for things so could be worth getting on sale. I found the MC irritating since she was often so stupid and running headlong into clear danger. Anyway, suffice to say, playing Black Butterfly afterward was such a breath of fresh air to me in comparison. Aw, too bad you didn't really feel much for any of the BB characters, I enjoyed the two cinnamon roll characters. And I actually liked how they did the childhood friend/first love trope with Natsuki and acknowledged how (SPOILER if others are reading: even in the endings where he dies, that it's not that easy for the MC to just get over him since she did love him). Also, the yandere BB is definitely better than the one in 7'scarlet, no question. And I probably worded "The bad end is bad in a different way sadly" a little misleadingly, it's really not exciting so please don't read into that too much, haha.

I think this is some recency bias from the string of specific games I've just played but what is with these yanderes who are the flirty/super cheerful and/or younger types and then turn out to be yandere? Like, I feel like I vaguely remember maybe the first generation yanderes were all the overprotective onii-chan types so now they're overcompensating in the opposite direction or something? Although maybe I really just want some more lower register yandere voices in my ear xD like going back to something closer to your Kuro. The flirty/cheerful/younger types tend to be higher pitched so even when they go "dangerously low," it's just not quite the same.

Might see if I can cram in Ashen Hawk next although I hope it doesn't have too many more childhood friends/connected in childhood because I'm starting to get a little burnt out from that trope from playing 7'scarlet and BB back to back, haha (there is literally only one route in 7'scarlet where the LI has the normal reaction of...not remembering MC from a single interaction they had when they were like 4 /facepalm). Ah, I had heard good things about Collar x Malice but I don't have a Switch either orz. I'm pretty much confined to PC only right now but someday! Hadn't even heard of Steam Prison yet but it's available on PC (yay!) so I'll throw that in my list too. I also never got to do Ray's route in Mystic Messenger, alas, since I stopped after the base game pretty much too (needed too many hourglasses). Sounds like you have a pretty good collection in your backlog, I'll swing by for an update if I get through Ashen Hawk in case it helps you reorganize your priorities xD Happy weekend to you too!

Edit: Finished Ashen Hawk - I really enjoyed the MC (crossdressing as a guy and acts as a guy means we actually get scenes where the MC is not just a damsel in distress!) I'd say there was one ending that struck me as actually yandere. It's too bad there aren't really "bad endings" in Psychedelica because there would have been a lot of potential for that here. In short, Psychedelica again proves itself to be more of a tragic/philosophical sort of game (not a bad thing!) along the same vein as Black Butterfly. They do push a "true LI" a little harder than BB, though, which I tend to have mixed feelings about and I thought BB overall felt a bit more cohesive all said and done. I thought AH could have been great as just a standalone medieval setting game instead of feeling like they forced the Psychedelica aspect of it somewhat. Anyway, the MC in AH is definitely better, the setting feels fresh, the romance at times was a little eh for me, and the yandere itch was kinda scratched in just one ending but the game overall is enjoyable enough to overlook those other parts.

Melancholy Marionette3 years ago

I could really do with working on my backlog at some point, but any time I try and play stuff, my brain beats me up about it and tells me I should be doing work T_T

Oh dear, maybe I shouldn't get 7'scarlet then xD I mean, I didn't mind the overall story in Black Butterfly, and I was intrigued by the mystery elements, but I'm just not a fan of the childhood friends trope in general. Sooo, if the mystery elements in 7'scarlet are decent, I might like it :3 But then it sounds like it is very heavily about childhood friendship again after what you said further down in your message, haha. As for MC, oh dear, I'm kinda used to stupid ones at this point so I can generally handle most of em, as long as they're not as pathetic as the MC from Diabolik Lovers, haha.

What you said in your BB spoiler was something I did really like about the game :3 I hadn't seen that before in anything, and it was quite touching. I sorta started seeing her as someone I was guiding more than inserting into since she had those sorts of feelings, which may well be why I didn't care so much for most of the cast. Not that that's a bad thing cos I did think they're story was both sweet and heartbreaking. To the point that I almost didn't care about the rest of the content once I'd seen that x3

If 7'scarlet's yandere is inferior to BB's though, then, hmm >.< haha.

Yeah, I mean, I'm not the biggest fan of those yandere types you mentioned where they're pretty flirty/cheerful + youthful types. I would take Tei over those any day xD I'm not so keen on the shota ones regardless of general personality really, but I'll still read em and enjoy some of em. I know what ya mean about how it seems like there might be some overcompemsating going on, haha. I'm generally happy with most types of voices, but you don't really seem to get deeper/lower voices in otome in general >.< I would like to see more diversity in that department. I can't remember the name of the drama CD, but there was this one I heard a long time ago (not yandere-related) where the seiyuu had one of the deepest, most spine-tingling voices I've ever heard in a Japanese drama CD before xD It was insane, and I've never really heard any voices of that type since in otome games or drama CDs. I'll have to try and find out what the dude's name was! I know what ya mean though :3 and I adore it when characters do go dangerously low, as you put it :D the bigger the difference when that happens, the better. I like it when it gets to the point that I actually have to freeze playing the game for a sec cos it's just caused me some minor brain death x3

I think I probably ruined CxM for myself really. I should have loved it since I love police stories, and I did really love 2 of the routes. I should have played the ones I figured I wouldn't be into first instead of saving them until last >.< It meant that I really enjoyed the game in the beginning when playing through the routes that interested me, and then the rest just fell flat.

Glad to hear that about the MC in AH :D That sounds like she'd be super fun to play as actually! Pushing a true LI harder than BB gives me mixed feelings too though cos I already felt it was pushed a tiny bit too hard in BB, haha, to the point that it booted me out of being able to self-insert x3 I'll take more of the tragic/philosophicalness though, haha. It's interesting that you say the yandere itch was only somewhat scratched in one ending though cos I'm sure people recommended it to me for yandere content >.< I think perhaps most people just prefer the softer yandere types so maybe they're easier to please than me, I Dunno xD Whereas your tastes seem to be more similar to mine, haha.

For a fun PC series, if you've not played em already, I highly recommend the Dot Kareshi games :3 There is some yandere content in there, but it's very soft. I just found all the routes a lot of fun to play through, some are just hilarious, others adorable, but they're all pretty short. It's been a while since I played em but I think they need English patches (which were easy to install and pretty decent.) Probably one of the most amusing series' I've ever played though!

Hope you have fun with whatever you go for next :D I don't know which to go with next still when I do start one eventually, haha.

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