Pfft What is this?

aka Story Jar by NTT Solmare and Love Choice by Otome Romance (former Voltage Inc.) Since I haven’t been around much the last few weeks and because I got an ask about it I decided to look at these new ways to “enjoy” Otome games. I already vented about Money-… I mean Love Jar yesterday, and while Voltage isn’t quite as hardcode (yet) it still should be talked about.

I’ll start with Masquerade Kiss, Otome Romance (former Voltage Inc.)’s new game which introduces Love Choice as a way to read Main Stories. Apparently the only way for future releases. Though it doesn’t matter much where I start since both of these new “systems” have a lot in common. This is how the Love 365 app greets you currently.

FOR FREE OMG. However as you know nothing in life is free, if you look closely you’ll see “Use hearts to read without wait times ♪”. So literally in the same breath they tell you that this new system is shit. We’ll take a more in-depth look at those wait times later because they play a big role for this entire new system, including the situation in Story Jar. To put the second part into words that aren’t sugar coated “Use money to deepen your affection! If you want to see CG’s and get a satisfactory ending you had better open that wallet of yours cause those are behind a paywall♪“. Otome Romance (former Voltage Inc.) is trying to be charming about this but the bottom line is: without money you get the short end of the stick. Which isn’t all bad or uncommon. They are a company so obviously they have to make money. But they’ve come up with quite a cunning way to do just that.

CELEBRATION! NOW OR NEVER! READ THE WHOLE STORY WITHOUT WAITING!!! WHAT A NEW AND REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPT?! HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE? Yes. That’s the old system we’ve had until now. Where you pay 4€ once and own the entire thing to read at your own pace and revisit as often as you’d like. I honestly couldn’t help but scoff when this screen showed up as I was playing. 

Which brought me to my first question. Why don’t they simply let us consumers choose between buying the entire thing and this “f2p” version? It’s the same simple answer for all questions related to this topic:  💰 💰 💰

The elaborate explanation is that obviously no one would touch this “f2p” version unless they’re forced to. As stated above stories used to be 4€. However Love Choice is much more expensive.

This part made me especially sick. They know exactly that for a lot of us Otoge is something we use to treat ourselves. These sugar coated words “special” “exciting outcomes” “spicy ending” aim exactly for that. You’re already here, surely you don’t want to miss this super special spicy scintillating sexy breathtaking ending.

However that’s not even the worst part yet. One choice costs 5 hearts which is not too bad right? Too good to be true almost, which is exactly what’s happening here. As you progress the amount of hearts needed steadily increases. The biggest amount one choice costs is 26 hearts.

That singular choice plus CG costs almost as much as an entire route with all CG’s etc. used to cost (400 Coins).

Granted as you can see above you “only” need 12 points to get the super special spicy scintillating sexy breathtaking ending. Which means you don’t always have to select the ~special choice~. However the amount of points you get per special choice is different each time (ranging from 1pt to 3pts), there’s no other way to earn them. So unless you use a Walkthrough you’re grasping at straws. Like here, you’ll get a CG sure but only 1pt. In theory a choice with 3pts is more lucrative but who knows when one of those might show up.

Ultimately guessing whether the money you’ve invested so far will be enough to get you that desired ending might be more thrilling than Eisuke 2.0 trying to shove his tongue into your mouth.

I cannot stress this enough I feel so cheated by voltage or Otome romance, whatever they changed to. I have been buying there games since they first started being translated in English. (Along with Solmare) And the one thing I was really hoping they wouldn’t do, they’re doing.

I absolutely HATE pay choices or the sorts. I’ve tried it so many times and I have to stop myself from trying anymore and hoping that it will get better. I accepted it a first with Masquerade Kiss because I thought it was a one title thing. Then the new title came out today and it is also pay per choice for the limited time. This is ridiculous I was so happy to keep the old voltage and everything it had. I would’ve even been okay with another dollar or two added per story. But the fact that they are doing it this way makes me so sad and angry.

Also another blow to the face is that if you have the VIP pass well good luck cause it’s no gonna do nothing. It doesn’t even count towards hearts, it only counts for paid stories.

Sorry for the rant but I’ve been so frustrated at voltage and originaly solmare for doing things like this. I just feel really disheartened to be a Otome fan right now. I went to Japan for a holiday and went to the otomate cafe twice just because it was so well done and fun. Also the amount of merch and games made me so happy. (And also made me want to learn to read Japanese)

Looks like now I really should give up on Otome games because the future looks bleak if this is how it’s going.

💍🍰🐜”No… I usually do the killing in my dreams”🐜🍰💍

.

.

SURPRISE! I realized I had the materials to do a quick Katherine costest last night! This really makes me want to cosplay her in the future though it is obvious that Erica Anderson is the best girl in Catherine. I honestly can’t wait for Catherine Full Body.

.

.

Miss you all, I always loved my blog I created for my OTP and my loving followers!

Keep pet me

This always makes me happy, because the source video shows that the shark actually wanted this. It experienced it once and then kept coming back for more petting.

(also, because i’ve seen comments about this: the shark is able to breathe while still, not all species need to be in motion to pass water through their gills. If you look closely, you can see its gills pumping)

I would very much like if more people would pet sharks and be good to them instead of trying to hurt them please

Sharks are very lovely and should get pettings like these more :)

MythBusters did an episode on how to survive a shark attack and a shark’s nose is so sensitive that a gentle tap is all you need to drive it away. The guy sat on the ocean floor with a bucket of chum and didn’t get attacked once, when hungry sharks swam up he’d give them a boop on the nose and they’d swim away. So if the shark is friendly, pet the snoot. If the shark is dangerous, boop the snoot. Either way, no one dies. 

Boop the snoot

Watch if you want to understand why the current Anime Industry is what it is

I told you, Star. Just a few inches more!

[FANART ]VIXX♡WIZARD

Twitter♡

how the heck did this show

That had great characters

interesting characters who dealt with difficulties, prejudice, and fear

a show that had a great plot

that contained  love and friendship

a show that could get dark but managed to say light-hearted and funny

that also managed to complement the original series

how oh how did it become this