Difference between revisions of "Dating Sim"
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<big>HISTORY OF THE GENRE</big> | <big>HISTORY OF THE GENRE</big> | ||
| − | The most basic definition of the dating sim is a game where the protagonist must choose between multiple potential romantic partners and attempt to woo them. | + | <br>The most basic definition of the dating sim is a game where the protagonist must choose between multiple potential romantic partners and attempt to woo them. |
| − | -mostly Japanese, examples of Western dating sims? | + | <br>-mostly Japanese, examples of Western dating sims? |
| − | -started off in late 1980s, growth to modern day. | + | <br>-started off in late 1980s, growth to modern day. |
| − | -aspects of dating sims in other games, Modern games have optional "social link" features, where you can build up relationships between supporting characters granting different benefits. For example: in Fire Emblem: Awakening, pairing up two units in battle improves their relationship, which can grant "rank" upgrades in the Social menu. A higher social rank means that characters will give each other better benefits (higher dodge rate and higher attack skill, for example), with the S rank as the highest. Through cut-scenes, their relationships improve as the characters climb up ranks, culminating in S rank, which is only unlockable with two characters of the opposite sex and enables them to marry. | + | <br>-aspects of dating sims in other games, Modern games have optional "social link" features, where you can build up relationships between supporting characters granting different benefits. For example: in Fire Emblem: Awakening, pairing up two units in battle improves their relationship, which can grant "rank" upgrades in the Social menu. A higher social rank means that characters will give each other better benefits (higher dodge rate and higher attack skill, for example), with the S rank as the highest. Through cut-scenes, their relationships improve as the characters climb up ranks, culminating in S rank, which is only unlockable with two characters of the opposite sex and enables them to marry. |
Because of the fact that they're relatively easy to make, dating sims have been created by many indie designers and are hosted on websites such as Newgrounds. Newgrounds has two main dating sim pages: an all ages one and a page for adult games, found under the "Adult Features" collection instead of the "Games" tab. The adult games page is easily more popular, with some games reaching views in the millions. With titles such as "AchingDreams2 Hentai Game," "Meet'N'Fuck Road Trip," and "Orgasm Girl," it's pretty obvious what sort of direction these games are heading into.<ref>http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/datingsims</ref> | Because of the fact that they're relatively easy to make, dating sims have been created by many indie designers and are hosted on websites such as Newgrounds. Newgrounds has two main dating sim pages: an all ages one and a page for adult games, found under the "Adult Features" collection instead of the "Games" tab. The adult games page is easily more popular, with some games reaching views in the millions. With titles such as "AchingDreams2 Hentai Game," "Meet'N'Fuck Road Trip," and "Orgasm Girl," it's pretty obvious what sort of direction these games are heading into.<ref>http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/datingsims</ref> | ||
<big>EXAMPLES OF THE GENRE</big> | <big>EXAMPLES OF THE GENRE</big> | ||
| − | '''Hatoful Boyfriend:''' parody of the dating sim genre, you date pigeons, Popularized by a Let's Play on the website Quarter to Three, Hatoful Boyfriend took the Internet by storm, as shown by a massive amount of fanart and fanblogs on sites such as Tumblr and Pixiv, and helped bring dating sims back into the public consciousness.<ref>http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?67529-Hatoful-Boyfriend-A-dating-game-about-pigeons</ref> | + | <br>'''Hatoful Boyfriend:''' parody of the dating sim genre, you date pigeons, Popularized by a Let's Play on the website Quarter to Three, Hatoful Boyfriend took the Internet by storm, as shown by a massive amount of fanart and fanblogs on sites such as Tumblr and Pixiv, and helped bring dating sims back into the public consciousness.<ref>http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?67529-Hatoful-Boyfriend-A-dating-game-about-pigeons</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:47, 26 February 2014
HISTORY OF THE GENRE
The most basic definition of the dating sim is a game where the protagonist must choose between multiple potential romantic partners and attempt to woo them.
-mostly Japanese, examples of Western dating sims?
-started off in late 1980s, growth to modern day.
-aspects of dating sims in other games, Modern games have optional "social link" features, where you can build up relationships between supporting characters granting different benefits. For example: in Fire Emblem: Awakening, pairing up two units in battle improves their relationship, which can grant "rank" upgrades in the Social menu. A higher social rank means that characters will give each other better benefits (higher dodge rate and higher attack skill, for example), with the S rank as the highest. Through cut-scenes, their relationships improve as the characters climb up ranks, culminating in S rank, which is only unlockable with two characters of the opposite sex and enables them to marry.
Because of the fact that they're relatively easy to make, dating sims have been created by many indie designers and are hosted on websites such as Newgrounds. Newgrounds has two main dating sim pages: an all ages one and a page for adult games, found under the "Adult Features" collection instead of the "Games" tab. The adult games page is easily more popular, with some games reaching views in the millions. With titles such as "AchingDreams2 Hentai Game," "Meet'N'Fuck Road Trip," and "Orgasm Girl," it's pretty obvious what sort of direction these games are heading into.[1]
EXAMPLES OF THE GENRE
Hatoful Boyfriend: parody of the dating sim genre, you date pigeons, Popularized by a Let's Play on the website Quarter to Three, Hatoful Boyfriend took the Internet by storm, as shown by a massive amount of fanart and fanblogs on sites such as Tumblr and Pixiv, and helped bring dating sims back into the public consciousness.[2]
