RPG Maker Let's Play - How Do I Love Thee - Game Critique
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Hey everyone! In this RPG Maker Let's Play, we look at the dating sim called "How Do I Love Thee" by mathmaster74, a game with a good concept that needs quite a bit of work to be what it wants to be.
The premise is fine, and something we can get behind: It's a reverse harem dating sim with shades of The Bachelorette. You play as a princess (whom you create) and sift through twelve different men to find the one you you will marry. King Daddy-Pants has given you 31 days. Also, there's a Time Fairy.
However, the execution of this game is where everything falls apart, and it's either lackluster, extremely rote, or downright cumbersome. There's no life to the princess other than the trope of the young woman who wants to marry for love. There's no room for emotional connection to the player, or growth for the character. She's simply a blank slate for the player to project themselves onto to enjoy the harem of men.
And speaking of the men... wow. Most of them are annoying, some of them are sleazy, and some of the situations are, um, kinda throwing up the red flags (the constable... hmmm). There are only two men in the game that we think are worth a salt - Armund the Inventor and Bram the Hunter. Everyone else is kinda... well, it's choosing the least offensive person.
To improve this game, we recommend : (1) The character creator needs a complete face lift, which we address in the video. (2) The personality of the princess herself needs to define and refine according to the choices made and the men she is interested in dating. (3) The initial dialogue choices are limited in scope, and evolve as the game goes on. And finally... (4) The real-time element goes away completely, as the Time Fairy makes it irrelevant. Let the Inn be the time changer.. You can do this any way you want, just give the player complete control over time, not Tinkerbell's cousin.
What do you all think? What are ways that you all think the developer can improve this game and make it the best it can be? Let us know in the comments section below!
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