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Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator (2017)

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Daddy kink is very real, but online it’s reached certified meme status. Teens tweet “fuck me, daddy” to the Pope. Brands join in on the fun. Daddy is sort of synonymous with fuckable in this, the year of our lord 2017.And now, there’s Dream Daddy — a game custom-built to satisfy the internet’s unquenchable thirst for memes taken to their logical extreme. In this case, that extreme is a dating sim where you can play a dad who dates other dads. And the most surprising thing about it is that it isn’t a joke at all.In Dream Daddy, you play a customizeable single dad who’s moving to a cul-de-sac in the city of Maple Bay. This new neighborhood is entirely populated by dads, and they are dads who want to date you. There are seven romanceable fathers in total, hitting on a broad variety of archetypes. Whether you’re after a sweet coffee-shop hipster, or a dangerous (or is he just misunderstood?) gruff stranger, you’ll find a man who hits the spot for you.a game custom-built to satisfy the internet’s unquenchable thirst for memesThe danger with Dream Daddy was that it could’ve been a goof on queer players. The game could easily have had nothing more to say than “The internet thinks dads dating dads is hot, and that’s hilarious.”Instead what developer (and popular YouTube channel) Game Grumps delivered is a game that actually fleshes out its characters, treats their problems with respect and is genuinely funny to boot. Dream Daddy isn’t just the same “fuck me, Daddy,” joke over and over. It’s a genuinely competent dating sim geared to welcome a queer audience.The writers chose to gently lampoon dad culture, instead of making the existence of gay dads the butt of the joke. In an early part of the game, my character met another dad at the park, and we began to talk about our daughters. The screen blinked, tinny chiptunes began playing, and I found myself in a Pokémon-esque minigame. The goal? Destroy the other dad’s HP by bragging about how freaking awesome my daughter is. Powerful items included her childhood drawings, and her super effective good grades.If you’re expecting a game whose end-all and be-all is fucking hot dads, Dream Daddy somehow… isn’t that. Your character’s relationship with his daughter, Amanda, is the beating heart of the game.As a senior in high school, Amanda is going through a lot: college applications, friendship struggles, the quest for her own independence. Your partner — Amanda’s mother or father, your choice — has died before the game starts, and you’re both mourning that loss. It’s pretty clear that something else is up with Amanda too, and lot of your choices will be about how to treat her. Are you a patient Dad who can break through her prickly teenage shell and help her get through the hell that is high school? Or do you default to callous — if well-intentioned — jokes when she’s upset?As I said, Dream Daddy isn’t just about dating. It’s about dadding, too.The other dads are also universally going through some shit, and Dream
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Source: https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/10/16092084/dream-daddy-game-review

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