DEVELOPER: Sunseeker Games
PUBLISHER: Sunseeker Games, Ratalaika Games
GENRE: Casual, Indie
RELEASE DATE on PC/Steam: September 16, 2021
RELEASE DATE on November 22, 2024 – on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S & X.
Ratalaika has offered me the chance to look at this visual novel in exchange for my opinion.
In this game, the main character (you) awakens in the cabin of a small private airplane. You are immediately coached into performing in the role of a main love interest in a reality television dating show.
Through all the disorientation and confusion, you learn that if a soul mate has not been chosen within the allotted time frame, you face execution!
Well, hell. With no memories of where you were, might as well embrace where you’re going. Let’s hope enough eyeballs are captured along the way to ensure your continued existence. Bad ratings equal death, too!
Each lovely lady places her delightful quirks on display, from the studious bookworm
to the gamer girl enthusiast.
(I appreciate this brief reference to an absolute joy. I will post my attempt at Hatoful Boyfriend cosplay* below.)
As the storyline of each is chased to its end, the deep shadows of this reality television production are gradually illuminated.
I enjoyed discovering the different roles each contestant held and how their individual personalities appear in the central threads of this tale. As with all engaging entertainment, I felt like it ended too soon.
TW: Attempted murder, emotional manipulation
*the attempted Hatoful Boyfriend cosplay mentioned above.