If you’ve ever looked at a dagger and thought “Phwoar. Combining the romancing with the gameplay of a conventional top-down dungeon crawler, it’s a refreshing take that quite literally lets you date your weapons, in between all the hack-and-slashing. “Finding unique ways to convey that surrealness can be a great way to set your story apart from that don’t tap into the mundane eccentricities of life.”Īnother dating sim unafraid to combine life’s mundanity with an oddball take on love’s pursuit is the aptly-titled Boyfriend Dungeon. “Dating, and hell, life itself, can be surreal sometimes,” posits Dogman. In addition to each phone’s specific personality traits, however, it’s the Blackadder-esque humor and the overall surrealist vibe that offers up a zanier dating experience than is traditional.
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From Hatoful Boyfriend’s sentient pigeons to the Dead by Daylightserial killers seen in last year’s Hooked on You, no species, object, or monster is seemingly off-limits when it comes to finding love in a video game.ĭialtown follows the typical dating simulator formula of presenting players with a set number of romanceable characters, having them make choices, and selecting different dialogue options to affect the final outcome of the story.
These games emphasize text-heavy decision-making and dialogue options in favor of action but affecting the outcome of which potential partner you end up with can be just as engaging.īut what happens if human-on-human relationships are suddenly done away with in favor of wooing supernatural candidates? The basic tenants of getting to know potential suitors remain the same, sure, but a breed of supernatural dating sims is on the rise. No style of game captures these sentiments better than the aptly named dating simulators, called as such because they let players form romantic relationships with fascinating digital characters (each with their own set personalities, responses, and preferences) in a similar way they would real-life suitors. Modern dating is scary, surprising, and oftentimes a bit bizarre. This article appears in the new issue of DEN OF GEEK magazine.
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