There’s stats for the main character to work on (such as wisdom), which you can do via activities like studying, sport and music, but for the most part you’re probably going to wonder why developing stats is even important. The jarring inconsistencies in the plot add more to what was already a bizarre game. While it appears to be drama about dating male anime archetypes who just happen to be birds, it unexpectedly and dramatically ventures into the genres of fantasy, science fiction and even horror, but still maintaining the parody. The pigeon and bird related puns add a little to the otherwise cookie cutter dialogue. It’s amusing for what it is, and fully aware of how purposely bad its writing is.
As a romance adventure, Hatoful Boyfriend is tacky and cringe inducing it’s like all the tropes and plot devices of smutty Japanese romance novels parodied in generic fashion but with pigeons instead of androgynous anime men. There are numerous endings to unlock, and as you try different paths and spend time with different birds, the sheer absurdity and randomness of the plot and setting starts to unravel.
#Games like hatoful boyfriend simulator
It follows the conventions of a dating simulator where a limited amount of time is used to decide which suitor to give your undivided attention to, which eventually blossoms into a melodramatic romantic confession. Her home is a cave (it has a doorbell) and and it’s unclear why she is in this clearly mismatched society. The human protagonist is a hunter-gatherer living among birds. Speaking of which, did you know that doves reach sexual maturity within their first year? I figured that would be useful information to mention. It’s a reverse-harem dating adventure where you assume the role of the sole female human attending an all pigeon institute, and you’re caught in a love nest involving a cast of testosterone fueled male pigeons and other feathery friends. It’s quite simply a pigeon dating simulator, and I’m afraid to even imagine the thought and creative process behind all this. Hatoful Boyfriend is a visual novel through and through and so it’s basically a lot of stills, text and making choices along the way, but unlike conventional visual dating simulators, this one shows off feathers instead of skin. I am certain all of those votes were made ironically. In many cases what happens in Japan should stay in Japan, and I believe that it was the collective effort of neck-beard hipsters that allowed Hatoful Boyfriend to not only get translated, but somehow get enough interest and votes to make it through the Steam Greenlight process. Even from a country that gave us Cho Aniki, Hatoful Boyfriend is perhaps the most absurd idea to have ever turned into a video game. That’s how I feel about Hatoful Boyfriend, it’s a game that probably started out as a joke among friends that somehow grew into a fully realized product. When you have a running joke among friends, there’s always a situation where the joke has long run its course but no one is willing to put a stop to it because it’ll just make things awkward. The dating simulator that they ended up construing may have been bad, but at least they didn’t think that adding romantic pigeons into the mix was a good idea. From the outset they decide that creating a visual dating simulator is the best way to go because that is apparently the easiest type of video game to make. It tells the story of two socially inept young adults that have ill-thought dreams and ambitions to become video game developers, but without putting in the real effort or acquiring the necessary skills to do so.
#Games like hatoful boyfriend series
Let’s talk about an anime series called Welcome to the NHK.
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