Recommendation: Lovestruck by Voltage Inc

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Picture chosen at random. There are plenty of more love interests, protagonists, and stories.
 

 

Platform: IOS, Android, Amazon Tablets 
Lovestruck is an English Otome game released by Voltage Inc, publisher of Love 365 for those who find the name familiar. As of December 5, 2018, there are a total of eleven stories, all with their own unique love interests and protagonists. 

It's a freemium game, meaning you can play for free but there are optional purchases in the form of "tickets" and "hearts"---hearts allow you to chose premium conversation choices that may or may not come with CGs, while tickets let you play more of the game without having to wait four hours for your free tickets to refill.

There are also LGBT love interests, currently in the form of nonbinary and lesbian love interests.

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Game of the Month: Hakuoki

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To introduce our members to different otome games, each month we'll be having a "Game of the Month." For this month I've chosen the Game of the Month, but for future months there will be a voting in which you simply name a game in the comments, and people reply with a +1 if they want it as the Game of the Month. If there's a tie, then I'll use a randomizer to choose who the winner is.

This month, the Game of the Month is HAKUOKI.

 

 

 

Hakuoki was chosen as the Game of the Month because it was one of the earlier otome games released in English for Handheld systems by Aksys,  back in 2012. It was for some people their first exposure to handheld otome gaming, and Aksys became pretty well known for their selection of otome games in the coming years. Also, Christmas is coming up so it's probably going to be on sale for us Steam players soon, which is another reason I chose it. Keep an eye out, everyone!

Hakuoki is an interesting example of an otome game. It's set in the Edo period (1603 to 1868) and its part tragedy, part horror, and mostly historical drama. However, there are some light-hearted moments too, so don't be scared like I was at first! The romance doesn't really come into play until Edo Blossom, so keep that in mind if you're after only lovey dovey scenes.

The game follows Chizuru, who goes to Kyoto to look for her missing father and comes across the Shinsengumi slaying what appears to be
demons.  They then keep her in their custody to keep what she saw a secret. The cast is diverse and there's a little bit of everything for everyone, from the stern Vice-Commander to the hot-blooded Captain. 

You can acquire Hakuoki either on the Aksys site, your local Amazon, hopefully your local game store, Android, iOS, or on Steam.