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Im partially looking for good games I haven't tried yet that are preferably finished projects, or at least finished books. I prefer to have solid romance options, and I don't care for school settings. Im just too old at this point. It's hard to be in your 30s and read about school age kids and not think of them as well... kids.

But I also want to hear people's genuine opinions about games and what makes or breaks it for them. Im relatively new to IF but did grow up on cyoa goosebumps books when I was a kid.

You can list as much or as little as you want, but please keep it to valid criticisms where possible, or at least qualify why it makes your list. I'll comment mine below though right now I only have vastly overrated. I hope to find some gems.

Edit to include: im using the term overrated, but I mean that in a personal sense. Just about every work has it's audience which is why I'd ideally like to also hear your reasoning behind it.

And this honestly kind of applies to other IF games too. It really bugs me when the RO supposedly is interested / has feelings for MC, but then they high key flirt with other characters. In this case, it bugs me how much Ortega flirts with the puppet. At one point MC is even thinking to themselves about how Ortega never wanted to sleep with them but does want to sleep with puppet (even though MC caught the memory in Argents head teasing Ortega about his crush????)...and like that would literally make me not want to hang out with him? I mean I do love him but.....

Idk, maybe I'm wrong here. This might just be a pet peeve of mine, but it almost turned me off book one cause I was concerned this was going to be the cadence of RO routes. .....but I do love Ortega...but I hate that he does this.

Note: this was a rant please forgive the lack of coherence and ....proper punctuation. I just need ro talk about this with people.

This is my first time posting on this subreddit, so if I mess up then please correct me!

My guilty pleasure is dark romance media with some crazy obsession going on, and with the movie Obsession literally right about to come out, it's got me needing to see if there's any IFs with anything similar. It can be one route, or the whole game, I just want to see if there's anything like this so I can feed the demons in my head haha

For those that have played it, does anyone know how to win the second challenge in Infamous? Is choosing a particular route necessary? Or is it just canon that the mcs band can't win in Ch5

This theory has probably been made already, but Blake definitely wrote all of G’s music, right? Like that would explain so much. They went to the same music school growing up, they were super close, and now can’t stand each other. They were probably a singer/songwriter duo like MC/the Band, but once G got discovered, they left Blake out to dry.

This could explain why G’s so hostile, because they know if Blake does decide to ever come clean their career would be cooked. It also explains why Blake is so smug despite being a supposedly terrible lyricist. Speaking of lyrics, it would also give Blake’s songwriting an added layer. They’re actually a terrific lyricist, but they write shitty lyrics on purpose as a sort of Fuck You to G.

Furthermore, this would also tie into the Fame vs Integrity themes that have been so prevalent throughout the game. G and Blake are parallels to MC/Seven/The Band. We know MC will have the opportunity to go solo in the future and screw over their band. It will be up to the player if MC ends up like G, or if they choose a better way and stay true to their friends.

Admittedly this is all speculation and I could be completely wrong. I haven’t even played G or Blake’s routes either, this is just stuff I picked up from context clues. If there’s anything in their routes that does contradict this theory, feel free to let me know lol

I just got finished reading the demo of Apartment 502 and love the fact that my Mc could be from another country and have a second language. I have also played Noblesse Oblige though it wasn't what i was really looking for.

I would prefer if the game didn't focus on it but its mentioned during plot points when necessary. I'm willing to play any genre and games that aren't finished as well.

I know this is a very niche but i just had to ask.

Does anyone have any suggestions on games that offer enemies to lovers or a semi enemies to lovers vibe?

Besides Fallen hero you addicts!

Jk jk, we’ll pretend youre all sane at this point lol

But yes as the title says what's the best stories for relationships that feel real and you actually want to explore them?

Thanks :)