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Money Jar and Illusion of Choice

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.

Afficher davantage

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You Are Going To Have So Much Success In 2018 (pass it on)

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reblog for good things to happen to you

the universe will listen

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So yesterday I got my own response back in regards to Guard Me Sherlock being…. how do I even put it with an email like this?

Shelved?

Hiatus?

We don’t know if they will revive it or not.  In other games Shall We Date has shelved them because they found that they were out of what they considered possible routes.  Where in Guard Me Sherlock we only had Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, James Moriarty, Mycroft Holmes, and an older Mikah Hudson.

Leaving us with the possibilities of Sebastian Moran, George Lestrade, Jack Stillman, Jeremy Cassel, and Hercule Poirot (depending on where they are with copyright) unexplored. 

I really don’t want to hold onto hope, but I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t even a small dash of hope in my heart.  However I’m choosing to ignore it because it’s less painful to assume the game is dead instead of waiting. 

Now I’m posting this on my otome blog instead of my Guard Me Sherlock specific blog because of what this news means for me. I had fallen behind in stuff for a Mystic Messenger theme week and had all intentions of writing and queuing things this weekend.  However instead I found myself quiet sad and depressed. 

Yes it’s a game, but I’m sure we all know the power these games have for us.  They can comfort us while we’re down, and inspire us to create and write or to live differently if we resonate with the message of the story enough. 

I’m still going to try and get a handle over my writing and scheduled posting to be more regular… but this was a strange blow to me.

Keep reading

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Wrote this on my otome in general blog.

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New otome friends

Hello I’m looking for some new otome games blogs to follow !

Anyone playing and posting about voltage, shall we date, cybird and others ?

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What do you guys think about the new swd game We the girls+ ?

Is it worth downloading?

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Anyone ?

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Has Guard me Sherlock ! been discontinued?

It’s been a pretty long time since the new event or route.

I’d be really sad because this is one the the best Shall we date games…

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I just emailed them about this !

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They answered my email but not my question.

“We appreciate receiving your question; please be assured it will be passed along and may be used to improve future services.”

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Has Guard me Sherlock ! been discontinued?

It’s been a pretty long time since the new event or route.

I’d be really sad because this is one the the best Shall we date games…

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I just emailed them about this !

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What do you guys think about the new swd game We the girls+ ?

Is it worth downloading?

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Has Guard me Sherlock ! been discontinued?

It’s been a pretty long time since the new event or route.

I’d be really sad because this is one the the best Shall we date games...

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Like or reblog if you've played any of Voltage Inc. games

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So many

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raise your hand if you’ve ever sold your wallet, your savings and your soul to these fine, voltage men.

me:

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🙋🏼

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Tag time : Alphabet tag !

YAY ! I love these things, thank you for tagging me @voltagemarveliceprincess

Age: 23

Birthplace: Near Paris

Current time: 9:25 pm

Drink you had last: Water (if it doesn’t count, then it’s coffee)

Easiest person to talk to: The beautiful @dreamy-cynic

Favorite song: Shape of you - Ed Sheeran (at the moment)

Grossest memory: The other day, someone peed in the train (on my way to work). When I started to really be disturbed by the smell I saw that it even came under my shoes...(then, i went in the next carriage)  Yep, that was another bad day.

Horror yes or no: I’d rather not

In love? Nope

Jealous of people? Sometimes, although I don’t like feeling that way and try not to, it happens.

Killed someone? What ?!No

Love at first sight or should i walk past again?

Middle name: Philippine

Number of siblings:  1 brother

One wish: Get a new job

Person i called last: My mom

Question you’re always asked: “How are you ?”

Reason to smile: otome games, sunny days, hanging out with friends… 

Song you last heard : The Chain - Fleetwood Mac

Time you woke up: 7 am

Underwear color: White with black flowers (you really needed to know that ?)

Vacation: I hope I’ll travel in august, don’t know where yet

Worst habit: Being too shy (brings me problems at work)

Xrays: For medical reasons, yes

Your favorite food: Strawberries

Tagging anyone else who wants to do this! Please do, I want to get to know you people.

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Do you realize the ammount of money Voltage could make if they just gave us Shigezane’s main route?

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Guys, we’ve come too far.

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😂

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shoujo manga character: what is this... feeling in my chest?

me: not this shit again