1/11/2024 0 Comments Hatoful boyfriendHatoful's biggest accomplishments are firstly how on-point it is as a satire of the dating sim genre, and secondly its ability to convince the player that, despite all the niggling hints and pieces that don’t quite fit, that’s all it is-a dating sim. It’s also worth noting that the name Hatoful Boyfriend is a bit of wordplay in Japanese: it can be read as either “Heartful Boyfriend” or “Hurtful Boyfriend.” Both have a darker side which only becomes apparent with the game’s secret route, unlocked after completing all the others, called the Bad Boys Love ending (or should it be Bad Birds?). After that, regardless of what options the player picks, they’re stuck talking to (and romancing) a bird.īut don’t let the pink hearts and pastel color palettes fool you there are deeper things at work in Hatoful Boyfriend and St. Hiyoko’s acquaintances are all birds of the dove family (such as a fantail pigeon, a rock quail, a mourning dove), but through “advanced visualisation software,” players have the option to see them as anime-esque boys during a CG for their first meeting. Her potential love interests all fall into usual dating sim tropes: the childhood friend, the kind teacher, the ladykiller, the haughty rich kid. Pigeonation’s, the world’s premier school for gifted birds. Oh yeah, did I mention Hiyoko attends an all-birds school? Because she does-she's the first ever human student at St. So unsurprisingly, when I heard that Hatoful Boyfriend was getting an English translation, I jumped on it.įor the uninitiated, Hatoful Boyfriend is a high school dating sim, where players take on the role of Hiyoko Tosaka as she pursues any one of eight of her classmates. Reviews // 14th Oct 2014 - 8 years ago // By Ruth Krabacher Hatoful Boyfriend Reviewįull disclosure, I’m a huge sucker for visual novels-the weirder the better.
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