I did deduct 1 point from concept for that, but that’s just my personal taste.
Getting the route and ending that you want is really the only challenge in playing a visual novel, so removing that, by forcing you to select the route before you even play the game, significantly lowers the “gameplay” value by eliminating any sense of challenge from the game.
In a country overflowing with every dating simulator game both imaginable and unimaginable it can be hard to carve a niche.
Although the story has some issues it does touch upon ideas about fatherhood and responsibility within its silly and charming exterior.
Since You can buy Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator from Steam for £10.99You and your daughter, Amanda, have moved to the quiet seaside town of Maple Bay where after attending a friendly neighborhood BBQ everyone you meet is a single hot daddy, what a surprise!
If you’ve got an ear to the ground of internet and gaming culture (which isn’t hard, considering how often those two grounds intersect and overlap) you might be tangentially familiar with DREAM DADDY: A DADDY DATING SIMULATOR and how it’s quickly becoming one of the most popular games on Steam.
The title explains all you’d want to know about the game; it’s a dating simulator, built specifically around the concept of dads dating other dads.
It’s not just low budget games taking this approach lately either, many Idea Factory titles such as Norn9 Var Commons and Amnesia also take this approach.
Wizardess Heart does spice up the gameplay a bit by having 2 endings per each route, a “normal ending” and a “good ending”, and you must make correct choices to max your love score while playing to reach the good ending.After meeting all the dads, Amanda helps you join Dadbook, a social media platform where you can look at all the dads profiles and send them messages, let the dating commence.Each day you can message one of the dads and ask them the hangout and go on bro-brunches On these dates you get to know the other dad better, and through choosing different dialogue options can decide how successful the date it.Even though it’s a girl I used my own name on the recommendation of my therapist who said “it’s an important step towards self-realization,” whatever that means. Steven-chan, there’s a girl Ruri in the same class as you, I think you two will get along.” Excited with this prospect on my new day at school, I headed down the hallway to meet my new friend. This time I managed to avoid killing the fluffy animal and got to the classroom where Ruri was waiting. You might think that’s a lame cop-out by the author of this game, but then again maybe that’s just how butterflies are.However, on the way I stepped on some dog-raccoon-fox type thing. After some awkward introductions, Ruri transformed into an , a blue butterfly endemic to Japan and Korea. “I’m an orurishijimi.” However, Ruri didn’t respond well to it. They make you faint the second you profess your love to them.After three dates with a particular dad, the story ending is decided depending on your date scores.