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On the Sliding Scale Of Cynicism Vs. Idealism, I like to think of myself as being idyllically cynical. (Patreon, Ko-Fi.)

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Let's say you could only date one... · 3:49pm Jul 21st, 2017

From left to right:

Robert
Damien
Craig
Joseph
Mat
Hugo
Brian

Choose.

My only previous 'dating simulator' was Katawa Shoujo, so I've now left behind age & gender. My current potential dating pool, however, has picked up several limbs.

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Which among them have vaginas?

I mean, generally speaking, this is mostly "hay which race do you like".

Oh, also, you only named seven of them, but there are eight to choose from?

:trollestia:

Guess I would go for Craig and Mat based on looks alone.

...was there a bunch of amputees in that previous game? Or are we counting kid limbs now.

The big guy with the red beard. He reminds of Volstagg (before he got forced to become the War Thor).

none of the above, cuzz im not gay

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I'm 100% certain that when it comes to dating consideration, Craig's daughter (River) is way underage. You don't get much more underage without going back into the womb.

As for the genitalia question... two of my favorite YouTube personalities financially backed its creation (along with providing some voice acting grunts here and there), which gave me a little incentive to both have some hopes of quality and take a chance on the product. On the other hand, they also recently put up a video tour of their offices, which led me to discover that they're financially worth about 1,000,000,000 times more than I am (rounding up) and that did sort of make me wince about giving them any part of my Steam balance...

But that doesn't really answer your query. The probable answer for the adults is 'none', but it's probably not guaranteed.

For my part, I'm playing this for the purpose of story. It doesn't matter what I'm personally attracted to. Once I turn on the game, I'm working out what my character might want.

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In the ideal, it's not about what you want: it's about what your character might desire. This especially applies for the writers: in creating any degree of romance, you may be trying to deal with the emotions and attractions of those who are completely different than you in who they ultimately want to be with. In fact, around here, that's almost a guarantee -- unless you happen to be directly and sexually interested in small pastel-hued equines. You don't have to be attracted to males in order to play a dating simulator about that situation: you just have to be willing to explore that mindset for a few hours.

(When dealing with the dice-slingers among us, the other option is to tell me that every PC you ever created is an incarnation of your true desires. Good luck finding your ideal elf.)

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For Katawa Shoujo, Rin was born without arms (she has shoulders and two tiny stumps), and Emi's legs stop just below her knees: double amputation after a car accident.

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You don't get much more underage without going back into the womb.

buck's sake Estee stop being such a tease :raritydespair:

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Ohh ok. Thanks for the info.

Well, before seeing that image I thought that I was a straight male.

After, I've come to the conclusion that the "male" part is correct, but the "straight" needs some work.

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After playing through the pre-first-choice chapter, I wound up being torn between him and Mat for my first dads'-night-out. It helps that they both have adorable, personable daughters, because I also wound up just about outright rejecting Hugo and Damien: in their cases, being around the fathers means having to deal with their rotten sons. One of those kids happily sent me on a wild parent-teacher conference chase all over the school, and the other believes smoking at the age of thirteen is an ideal rebellion move. I'm not having that living with my college-bound daughter!

Brian, I guess. He looks kinda like a lumberjack.

Plus, we could braid each other's beards, and I think that would be fun.

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You're close. Turns out he's a general contractor.

Brian tickles me something fierce, not sure why though.

It's probably the beard.

It's totally the beard.

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Same guy for the same reasons. Pulse we could sing the lumber jack song.

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So what we're learning here is that when dealing with the brony/pegasister community, finding facial fur hair attractive may have already been partially built in.

Brian. He's the only one with a good crop of facial hair, and the only one giving a really open, big smile.

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Honestly, Brian just looks to be the most approachable to me. Like you could go up to the guy and a few minutes later be casually talking about shows we both like while taking shots at a dartboard.

He's CUDDLY.

I remember, back in the 1960s, girls (including my sisters), used to debate "which Beatle would you date?". Guys, not so much.

Still, I'd play -if I had clue -ING one " Who ARE these guys?".

Joesph's smooth recovery was amazing.

Mat's cute. I dig the kinda hip casual nerd look. And apparently he has a sweet little girl, and my daughter's always wanted a sister.

I'm not sure I want to date any of them, but I'd like to kill Robert and take his place and outfit. Is there a setting for that?

Whichever one Daniel Avidan does the grunts/voiceover for. Done and done.

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He's the only one that looks remotely friendly! Everypony else is smirking or sneering like a jackass.

also why is one a vampire

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No, not Mat. Look into his gentle soulful eyes. Brian looks like he'd want to talk to me about football.

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In my mind, Mat is saying in an incredibly gay-effeminate voice, "I'm not thpeaking to yoooou, girlfriend." :duck:

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Actually, in Brian's case, he walked up to me and within a minute, we were playing Pokemon. Generation One. Game Boy. With our daughters as the 'mons.

I'm not joking.

Meeting Brian triggers, for lack of a better term, a brag-off. You talk about Amanda's achievements, he goes on and on about Daisy's, and just how much each child has done is measured in damage to your HP. Graphically, this plays out as an old-fashioned Pokemon battle. However, you can't switch out your daughter. You only have one daughter.

There are times when this game is weird.

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I haven't really investigated all the paths yet, but Robert's game designer nickname is Bad Dad. There might be a way.

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Which turns out to be -- Robert.

It may be worth mentioning that while you get to design your PC dad from scratch, one of the clothing options is the Danny Sexbang costume. You can also go with Dan's hair. In fact, it's probably possible to fully recreate both Grumps, and cobbling a Barry together might not be impossible.

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So far, Mat has mostly wanted to talk about music. Or ramble about music. Mat has a hard time knowing when to stop talking -- and is fully aware he has that problem, with no idea how to fix it.

Incidentally, your PC used to be in a ska band.

My only previous 'dating simulator' was Katawa Shoujo, so I've now left behind age & gender. My current potential dating pool, however, has picked up several limbs.

In prior to the recommending of Hatoful Boyfriend. (I can only do so second-hand, myself. Watched a picture-and-text playthrough.)

I haven't played any dating sims. The closest I've come (outside of that one tiny bit of Super Paper Mario) is in Little King's Story, a Wii game with a core mechanic that's much like Pikmin, in that you have a central character that you control, and a crowd of units that you send a few feet (or possibly centimeters?) away to do something context-sensitive. When you defeat the Onii King, you rescue a princess, who becomes your wife. Then you go out and defeat other kings and rescue princesses from each one of them, and they become your wives, too. Each one has a different sidequest, ranging from "not bad at all" to "more frustrating than it has any right to be"; they're all optional, but you get a different sweet scene with each one. Shortly before the final boss fights, the princesses all serve you divorce papers, and you have to decide which one to keep, and this one goes with you into space(?). ...Honestly, there's practically no real "dating" even in that aspect of the game, so...

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also why is one a vampire

Damien is heavily into the Goth lifestyle. You first see him in a Hot Topic ripoff, complaining about how he ordered an outfit with Victorian styling and received something which is, horror of horrors, clearly Edwardian. Or vice-versa.

He appears to live next door to Joseph, who's a Christian youth pastor. I'm honestly not certain who I feel sorrier for in that scenario.

It's kind of hard to tell from that picture, but does Hugo style his hair in a "man-bun?" If he does that is an automatic last place.

I also might be concerned about Robert's alcohol problem. Having a glass of scotch outside of a bar or your home is something of a red flag.

Context for the clueless?
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Craig is a spitting image of one of my brothers and Brian. if he was a skinhead with some garish "'Murica, F:yay:k YEAH!" type tattoos, would resemble "Brick", one of my co-workers. Joseph looks like fan interpretations of Cecil from Welcome to Night Vale.

You always date pigeons

Damien is the best meme vampire but Manly Badass Hero is going for his route in his lets play so if I end up buying the game, as a second choice, I'd pick Mat.

I...this raises so many questions...:pinkiecrazy:

Either Robert or Damien, I guess.

I'd go for Robert, Mat, and Hugo.

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Basically the same thing.

So what we're learning here is that when dealing with the brony/pegasister community, finding facial fur hair attractive may have already been partially built in.

I think that's one of those things that's obvious in hindsight.

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He's the only one that looks remotely friendly! Everypony else is smirking or sneering like a jackass.

And he's got a glorious beard. Beards are hawt.


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No, not Mat. Look into his gentle soulful eyes. Brian looks like he'd want to talk to me about football.

I could talk football while we're braiding each other's beards.

Sorry, too busy hugging Remy to consider a new husbando. Brian looks like a nice guy, though.

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