Update: Played the demo and I love that irritating man sm T_T and I fear I think I favor this MC over the previous one! Maybe it's just the sassier dynamic this time. Regardless, I'm loving it!
Also, not sure if I'm doing smth wrong but just to lyk if you say Duke's your favorite character it'll still act like you chose Roy. Sorry if I'm the one doing smth wrong or if you already addressed it!
I don’t remember what Abel said that made me want to try his romance, but I played his route on the Halloween spinoff (after being a stubborn Cain loyalist) and Abel was so sweet I made a whole new account to romance him!
… and now my manifesto about Cain being the absolute sweetest needs revision because I actually think Abel outdoes him. Especially in the latest chapter, the last few lines had me on the floor!
I was supposed to go to bed early to fix my sleep schedule and thought one last itch.io check would be fine but NO! Chthonic Chrome updated, what am I supposed to do, just go to bed??? I think not and I will be playing posthaste.
I also think it's hilarious that sometimes other game devs will do monthly devlogs and I'm happy to diligently check for updates but sometimes on a random Thursday y'all will go, "oh btw here's a full game glhf <3" Y'all are icons for that.
In the 30 days or so in between updates, I keep replaying through the Cain content because he's so husband-coded lol Idk how the literal killer is (in my opinion) the most doting, but I could write a whole dissertation the fact that he is. Sometimes it's more overt, but he can also be surprisingly low-key about his care and I adore him. And now for my lovestruck gushing about Cain:
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In 'A Gunshot,' when Cain gets picked up and he's like 'no, grab her first,' buddy, you're so injured please worry about yourself. But then the player gets the chance to immediately ask about his wellbeing in return and Gius is like 'y'all need to worry about yourselves.' It's just so sweet! Mutual worrying T_T They're out here inventing romance!
The final scene in the Halloween extra??? Crazy romantic tension, and he's still checking up on the player to make sure you're comfortable?? Green flag! Green flag! Green flag with bloodstains but still green!
Don't get me started on the New Year's final scene with him, I had to get up off my bed, lest my squealing and kicking disturb my neighbors. The whole extra ending right there was DIABOLICAL (I say lovingly).
And I guess most recently, "You didn't think I'd actually let you fall, did you?" EXCUSE ME??? I'm so sorry, other romance options, while y'all are interesting and I love y'all's screentime, the husband position has been filled. Buddy has a PhD in Husbandology, where he graduated at the top of his class and is now the best in his field. Y'all's characterization is so consistent that I knew there was no way he'd let us fall (also this is a romance game, so letting us fall would give me the ick lol but that's a different point). I feel kinda bad that I'm not really giving the other romance options the time of day, but they have steep competition!!
In short, so I don't accidentally write an essay, Cain best boy, I love this game, and I'm on pins and needles waiting for the next chapter to come out, after which I will write another long rant about how Cain is one of the best husbands to ever husband.
Try it! Try it! Try iiiiitttt!!! I'm not really a superhero romance kinda girlie so I kept skipping over this but I kept seeing insistence that it's such a great game, so I was like, "Ok, let's try." And I ADORED this game. It's up there in my favorites even among longer games. Binary Star (or moreso the person under the mask) is a very compelling character and they had me at hello tbh.
If you like an interesting and complex love interest (as opposed to a perfect superman, the people's prince/princess type), this is the game for you. And it's an excellent read, even if you don't end up falling for any of the romance options.
Unum and how sweet he is during his route really took me by surprise! I knew I was gonna be obsessed with Nulla right off the bat, but Unum really came out of nowhere and endeared himself to me. He's very boyfriend (and hopefully husband) That said...
NULLA MY BELOVED!!! (Don't be mad at me for liking Unum, you're still #1! T_T)
I loved this game! I particularly like Nikolai, not because he's mean, but because he has so much depth to his character and it's pretty easy to tell that he's subject to growth. He's really interesting as a character and I'd love to see more.
I also really like the protagonist's reactions because I think some games tend to overdo reactions to the point where it's more out of place than anything. Anyway! Great job on this game and I'm excited to play more! =)
Hi! I keep getting this bug towards the end of the game, typically before the King's announcement, but there have been other instances. It happened most frequently on Sofia's route (possibly bc I've been skipping?), but I've only tried one other besides that.
Update: It happens every time I'm supposed to get an ending.
I just started the game and I am totally in love with Lucette's character. She's cold and mean, but not enough to be totally put off as the person playing her. It's easy to connect her traits back to what she's been through. She really holds the theme of solitude and how isolation can really hurt a person. And yet, she's not totally stone cold and she's obviously human, whereas some games have an ice queen that is a boring, mean robot. Her inferiority complex comes to light and it's easy to understand why she feels so threatened, as she feels as if no one really cares about her, so it's not like she's rude to her step-sibling just for fun. It's hard to be nice to people you feel replaced by. Great job on her! (I remember being like that at one point so she's easy to relate to, also!)
