Dating Sims
 

Has anyone ever played any dating simulations? I've played a couple anime ones that I downloaded from the internet, but I really want one for PS2...

From what I'm told, there not so much "dating sims" as choose which cartoon girl you wanna click to undress. Lowest of the low IMO.. Its like.. worse than sex dolls because your not even paying for it/being with it physically..

Theres also these things called "people" that you can interact with but I hear you have to that thing called "going outside" which I'm afraid of because everyone will reject me due to my lack of social skills.. its a vicious circle.

/emo

And some of the games get the silly pixelpr0n elements removed and become relatively well-done anime series. Shuffle, for example.

*watches a few Youtubes provided by the publisher*

...euh...heh...oops? :o

Shuffle is awesome :D I wanted to cosplay one of the ladies because the uniform is so cute... I didn't wanna be associated with a hentaipornish game though so I'm glad it's an anime series :D

Just don't cosplay as Kaede. You may make some of the more devoted male fans squeamish.

On second thought...cosplay as Kaede. :)

Dare i ask..?

Kaede is the main female character of the series, and she's very devoted to the main male character. As the series goes on, it becomes more clear why she thinks that way. More important to making sense of my response is how she acted before having a complete change of behaviour.

In short, she was a homicidal lunatic that blamed the main character for the death of her mother and did a whole range of very painful things to the main male character growing up.

sounds like great entertainment :p

i have played and i really enjoyed it. and its cool cause u can get into serious realtionships in the game and it so cool

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Oh dear...

Just needs some explaining, it may not be what you think (?)

lightly?

why not take a risk to date a real person? by the time you realize your pathetic for watching pixels on a screen date youll have run out of time for a real opportunity

sorry if this hurts. but think of it as advice, go into the real world and take a chance, dont be scared of getting hurt. its better than sitting around watching fake people take fake chances

Don't go asuming that everyone who has played a dating game is a complete outcast in society. Perhaps some play out of curiosity? I sure did and decided to played 3 dating otome (targeted for females) games to see what the deal was:

Otometeki Koi Kakumei: Love Revo!! for the PC - actually pretty addicting
Meine Liebe for the GBA - I'm a fan of the manga and anime so I enjoyed playing the game
Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side for the NDS - played bits and pieces of it and it looks pretty good

I'm definitely not an outcast. I date real people, go out during the weekends and have fun (since weekdays are dedicated to homework/studying), etc. Sure, there are people who prefer solely dating sims rather than human interaction but they are others who play for the stories or for curiousity's sake.

o sorry if i made it seem that way. if my 'advice' doesnt apply to you than simply disregard it. it was meant to be an upper for all those downers out there

Well, Persona 4 has some Dating sims element, that's what I heard. But other than that, I think there's really not much dating sims out there that are not hentai.

Well techniclly they are dating sims, but their lovely technical name is Visual Novel. I've played plenty of them. To many to name here for that fact. Though I will name some good one's that I've played and like a lot!

• Clannad
• Little Busters!
• Planitarin

All these are made by the same company, Key. Ever heard of them? Amazing Visual Novels I must say! Key is just amazing...I bow down to them. I actually have a Visual Novel maker program and have my own in the process of being made it's called Daioryie [Diary]. Story and the art is both by me^^

By the way, all three I named are all ages Visual Novels and not Hentai's. Planitarin is a Kinetic Novel. Which means that no choices are made in which the ending can be altered in anyway.

I'm done ranting now...

haha i used to be obessed with dating sim games
on newgrounds online
i havent seen any on consoles ¬_¬

...You obviously play video games. What's the difference between your video games and their dating video games?
The fact is that they're both video games and if you're going to call a certain type of game a waste of time and "pathetic" than you would have to call them all that. I'm not saying that they are, I'm just trying too show you a different perspective, entertainment is entertainment.

that's so true :)

actually, i dont play video games-.- so you "obviously" need to stop assuming what im like. and there IS a difference between action entertainment, and 'love' entertainment. its stupid to lump everything in one category

It's really not his fault to assume that you play video games because you have sephirot as you screen name, sig and avatar. He is a video game character. Dating Sims are video game and they are made for the purpose of entertainment, not all video games are "action". Dating sims ifalls under the category of "life simulation", like the sims and the Harvest Moon series.

I'm sorry if I offended you. I assumed because you have a video game character in your avatar and signature. All I'm saying is that you are doing the same thing whether or not you're playing an action game or dating game, pressing buttons and staring at a screen. That doesn't mean you're grouping them all together in one group, they are separate genres indeed. Regardless, calling someone pathetic because they are staring at screen and pressing buttons, it doesn't matter if it's a dating game or not, they're doing the same thing you would if you were playing an action game.

well i said this earlier so ill say it again

I love dating sims
I am currently playing I'm Going To Serve You 4

Hm, there's many, but they're usually imported. It's hard to find a translated one, you know, unless you understand Japanese writing :3 :glasses: The coolest ones are for PSP, I believe, because I think they have the most H~ Just don't go looking for H Dating Sims for a DS, haha XDD I'm currently looking for a Dating Sims called Kimi ga Nozomu eien, but it's really hard to find >< They made an anime out of it, but the game is way better, with a better ending:smokingbear: