Today I'm going to talk a little about dating hot fictional men. Like I always do.
The game in question is Mystic Messenger, a mobile game released in July 2016 developed by a South Korean company called Cheritz. It's a really popular game at the moment (...inside it's demographic audience...) which adds an interesting twist to the world of otome games.
First, let me tell you a little about otome games in general. Otome games are mainly targeted at female gamers and most of the games are developed in Japan. They often include several good-looking male characters which you can have an in-game love story with. Of course these games have a main plot too, but seriously, most of the people play these games just to bask in the admiration of fictional men.
The main plot of Mystic Messenger (spoiler free) is that when you start the game, your character is connected to a chat room with a person called "Unknown". Due to a series of events, you end up in another chat room, which is used by an organization called R.F.A. Your character ends up joining that organization and that's where the fun begins.
Mystic Messenger is a really fresh and interesting game. Usually in these sort of games you interact with the character face-to-face, just like in visual novels. In Mystic Messenger, you interact with characters via in-app text messages. It's like a social media platform for a group of fictional characters. This is only my opinion, but texting with the characters gives them more personality than in most otome games. The way the characters use emoticons, the way they type, the topics they discuss about... It's like you're getting a lot more personal touch of the characters than usually. It's a really fun experience.
I also think it's a very narrative game, since it relies heavily on text. I picked this one when we had to discuss narrative games in last week's lesson. Of course you have to do some things, like send a couple of e-mails and pick dialogue options that please the guy you're going after, but otherwise there isn't much game mechanics. Just sit back, relax and enjoy the conversations.
At the moment I'm in the middle of my second playthrough. The first one ended miserably in a bad end after 5 minutes of playing. So yeah, I don't actually know the whole plot or how my first MM romance will turn out to be! I feel like I picked the wrong guy though, but since I've wasted almost a week on him already I might as well see this through and then go for another guy next time. I think there's also an option to date a girl, but because I haven't gone through her route, I don't know for sure. That would be awesome though. Romance between girl characters is rare in these sort of games, since they usually only focus on dating male characters.
I found this game from my go-to social media, Twitter, a couple of weeks back when people suddenly started talking about it. At the moment there are several Twitter accounts dedicated just for memes of this game! There's also quite a lot of fanart available. If you want to be part of a community that's very active right now, I recommend giving this game a try! You can download it from Google Play or App Store and it's free with in-game purchases (in case you want to buy in-game things, the game won't force you to buy anything). I hope someone tries it out! (There's nothing wrong with admiring fictional men and their cheesy pick-up lines, just do it.)
Exceptionally happy thoughts,
Oona
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