Animal Lover

그녀는 애니멀 러버, 나는 어치브먼트 러버. 가이드에 있는 100% 도전과제를 참조하면 40분이 채 안 돼서 도전과제 전부 딸 수 있네요. 어차피 한글 지원도 없는 비주얼 노벨 게임이니, 빠르게 뽑아 먹고 다른 게임하러 가는 게 스팀을 대하는 우리들의 현명한 자세일 것입니다.

Here's what Animal Lover is based on: feminism and people who support transgender people are evil. Feminists are angry women who have been hurt by men, and most of them have developed an extreme victimhood complex that leads them to lash out at perfectly normal, kind-hearted men who would never do anything wrong. I loved the premise written about on the blurb, I loved most of the story, but by the time it got to the ending finale, the villain made it clear that she violently hates men, to the point of abusing them, because a man broke her heart ~500 years ago, and not only did she NEVER get over it, she accuses the five guys of manipulating the MC into "fighting a battle that isn't even yours" (paraphrased, I can't remember the direct quote). She assumes that the only reason anyone could possibly want to show basic human decency to the guys is because the MC "obviously" has the hots for one of them. Because in her world, the only reason one could possibly have for not violently hating men is because one wants to bone them. The villain really is a "feminazi", as Charlie put it--a complete and total strawman of the 'evil feminist' who hates men, and frankly it was very hard to get over. She isn't contrasted against more reasonable feminists to show that she's just an extreme end--in the world of Animal Lover, there's only a binary option: either you're not a feminist at all, or you're an evil witch who abuses men because that's, apparently, what feminism is all about. Adding in the fact that her blog description includes pronouns, and the MC is clearly uncomfortable about this and says only "I'll explain it later" when Frankie questions it... Including pronouns is something that transgender people and allies of the transgender community do. And this is painted as bad, and another bad thing that the evil feminist does. So all in all, the whole game was a gruelling eight hours of "FEMINISM BAD. TRANS PEOPLE BAD. FEMINISM = ABUSE. FEMINISM BAD." I loved the boys, I loved the basic idea, but seeing people like me blown up into a caricature of hatred and evil.... To say nothing of how the REAL WORLD RELIGION Wicca is portrayed and routinely described as "fake".... I felt horrible playing this game, and I continue to feel horrible for having supported it with my own money. I played through to the end of one route, hoping beyond hope that there would be a light at the end of the tunnel, but it just kept turning the knife. Oh and one other thing that ought to be mentioned: MAJOR TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR SELF HARM AND SUICIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of the main love interests LITERALLY KILLS HIMSELF. He gets better because magic, but one of the guys COMMITS SUICIDE DURING THE COURSE OF THE GAME. That's not something that people should just stumble into unprepared.

Its a good Visual Novel + Dating Simulator Rom Com. I would recommend buy it at sale. I must confess I played this game after seeing someone having all achievements in 1.6 hours. I thought it would be an easy fast run to a perfect game. [i]Boy was I wrong![/i] A Neo-feminist witch named Aadara has cursed 5 boys to be animals - A Dog, Cat, Hamster, Bear, Duck and so on. 4 of them are sexy hunks. Edmund is a Prince from past, over 100 years ago. Charlie a Financial techno geek turned to animal 1 year ago. Kyle used to be an Asian origin rebel punk 30 years ago. he still is but time has moved past him. They only had one thing in common They either pissed Aadara off in personal behavour or were perceived as sexist by her. Lucy, a college studying intern with a doctor comes across all 5 and they return to human form coming in contact with her. However this is temporary as they will be back to being animals soon. The Story takes 5 paths where Lucy must choose one guy and this creates a separate romantic dating track, before they again finally get together to confront Aadara to free the guys from the curse permanently. This leads to 7 endings where she either pairs up as a couple with one of the 5 guys or is left alone moving on while coming to terms with the crazy events talking to her best friend Katy. The story had potential. There is little of romance and dating actually. There is more of the guys renting an apartment and coming to terms with their ordeal trapped as animals as they sympathize, fight, bicker, argue with and accept each other. Some dialogues are funny, some arguments witty. Like Prince Edmund supports Monarchy, and he cannot believe Internet exists that one can find all the world in a PC. Or Kyle who cannot believe films can be downloaded virtually from air now. The romantic choice based detour lasts barely one chapter. Its rushed and brief. There are too many dialogues to read, Not fun for people with reading glasses. Of all guys, Kyle who was a cat had most strongest and darkest backstory. A critical ending with him is marked as 'Canon' ending. Rest guys story was not handled with that much depth. My personal observation is Multiple Endings and sub-plots based on choice is fine. BUT Achievements should be kept generic and not assigned to some choices that divert or can be missed. Replaying a lengthy text based Visual Novel is not everyone's cup of tea. The art was nice. The game is either too long [in terms of characters and choices] or too short [Relationships between so many people cannot be crammed in one episode]. The game should have been fleshed out a little more in depth and maybe should have been done in 2 shorter parts not exceeding 2 hours. I liked the debates between the guys, but overall the game did not move me much like Fox Hime series. I guess some people did get moved. Personally I thought the game was OK lacking soul. At least the game did not have the girl gasping in sexual orgasmic moan when laughing or talking like many of those other games. Most achievements are unmissable BUT I hate the fact that some are triggered by choices you make. You can check an achievement Guide to know which are standard and which are optionally unlocked. The game allows many save slots so my suggestion is watch out for these Checkpoints I list below and save them so you can revisit it and unlock alternate Achievements if you miss any. It beats re-playing full game. I lack patience to replay lengthy VNs. I actually wish Visual Novels with Multiple Endings should have some standard achievements not choice based. A checkpoint in this game is when you get options on screen and you choose an event or dialogue reaction. These choices trigger some achievements or you miss some So here goes: 1. When they go to Zoo to Free Charlie, a bear. Frankie must lie he is not afraid for achievement: [b][i]Threw Frankie Under The Bus[/i][/b] 2. When Lucy goes on and on about signing note with incorrect 'Thank' [instead of Thank You] it comes to choice 'Fix It [No Achievement] and Leave as is triggers achievement [b][i]Additional Thanks Pending[/i][/b]. 3. Alone Time chapter where you choose to go out with a guy - save choices screen. Choose Miguel, go grocery Store for: [b][i]No Dinner 'Til Brooklyn[/i][/b] 4. You must avoid Kyle chapter when choosing a guy to unlock [b][i]Learned The Truth The Hard Way[/i][/b] you need avoid allowing them to confess their dark pasts earlier. When confronting Aadara in Last Chapter, [b]SPOILER ALERT:[/b] [spoiler]Not running off with Spell book leads to less exciting finish but learnt Truth Hard way Achievement (Depends on if you Forgive Kyle or Don't, Wish to be with him or Don't. one of those)[/spoiler] 5. You get this achievement [b][i]Learned The Truth The Easy Way[/i][/b] when they open up to you about their wrongdoings before climax. I found going Kyle's way unlocked it when he opened up. 6. When Edmund insists you take a side in Anarchy vs Monarch debate against Kyle, save checkpoint and take turns choosing both options each choice unlocks an Achievement but does not change story flow at all. 7. There comes a choice [b][i]Deal[/i][/b] (No Achievement) or No Deal See? When 2 boys argue in apartment later. No deal see? Unlocks [b][i]See?[/i][/b] 8. Truth or Dare in Bathtub. Save from first checkpoint to Replay. Play Dare with Miguel & Frankie, ask them [when prompted] to remove their shorts. This gets a different achievement. Or choose Truth all along that goes against Kyle asking for Dare everytime and getting to [b][i]Ha Ha Fck You Kyle[/i][/b] Achievement. Accept all beers offered at any point both ways to get another achievement [b][i]Party Girl[/i][/b] 9. When they first email Aadara, Save checkpoints on which boy's suggestions you need to club an email message. Ones not hinting at any personal anger or frustration of the boys is best. A confusing set of statements joined from boys suggestions needed to Confuse Aadara for an achievement. Replay suggestions till you unlock [b][i]Not Sure How To Respond[/i][/b]. 10. Agree with Charlie in a debate that Piracy is wrong. That triggers an optional achievement. Supporting Piracy gives no achievement. These are the Key points where Optional Achievements kick in. I REPEAT AGAIN A VISUAL NOVEL ENEDS PATIENCE AND IS NOT EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA! CARD FARMERS JUST PLAY THE GAME AS FARMING WILL TAKE 10 HOURS. You may actually end the game earlier. Achievement Hunters sorry but even with an auto mouse clicker, you won't get 100% easy due to choices and paths [You will get 100% BUT not as easy as some VNs these days]. You will need grind 3-5 hours with story and choices.

I’m really not sure what to think about [i][b]Animal Lover[/b][/i]! The plot itself sounded interesting as it was something a bit different so I really hoped it would show potential. Sadly, I was left feeling like the execution was lacking. The story starts off well and is full of humour, however, that disappears over time and by the end, I wasn’t finding anything funny anymore. It even got to a point where I felt as if the whole story was being dragged out with needless filler. The ending is very anticlimactic. One thing that bugged me very much throughout the game was how the MC found all of the guys in a perfect order – as in from the ones cursed the longest to the most recent. It felt like far too much of a coincidence that just wouldn’t sit quietly. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2000475679 The whole script could do with another proofread as there are numerous mistakes throughout the whole thing; at one point, the MC is seen as speaking when it’s clearly supposed to be just a description. I really didn’t understand why every character spoke as if they were a typical [i]valley girl[/i] either; the unnecessary use of the word [i]like[/i] constantly seemed really out of place, especially for some of the guys that had been cursed the longest. It might have made more sense if it were just the MC. This could also be the reason why I felt like none of the characters had a really strong personality – they all seemed to just... mush together. The [i]villain’s[/i] character just felt hollow. I had this overwhelming feeling she was literally there just to be ‘the bad guy’ for no reason whatsoever and that's it... She also appears to be an extreme feminist. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2001484500 One of the things I did like was that the guys were always around. I feel that in a lot of otomes where there are a big group of people in the common route, that once you are on a guy's route, everyone else either just disappears completely or takes a major back seat and let’s be real – that's just weird. Their decision to have no background music at all during certain scenes also felt really weird. I can only guess it was supposed to help with the atmosphere but the dead silence was more uncomfortable than anything. I really don’t know what it was about this game but it just didn’t absorb me into it. I often become drawn in and sympathetic to the characters in visual novels but this one just kept me feeling distant at all times which isn’t usually a good sign for something you read and are supposed to get engrossed in. So, like I said, an interesting sounding plot – poor execution sadly! I’m very glad I bought this when it had a 90% off sale as I don’t think it’s worth the full price! [h1][quote]𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33853800/]𝐎𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐢'𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞[/url] 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐑𝐏𝐆 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬[/quote][/h1]

EHHHHhhhh i wanted to like it but man the writing felt? painfully? progressive? like in your face constantly, which i don't at all mind tackling issues but when it's distracting- it is... the characters all kind of blended in with each-other, personality wise? like this air about them they didn't feel like individuals to a certain extent i was looking forward to finally getting this game in my VN collection but i'm disappointed i don't want to discredit and undermine the author/team's hard work but iiiiiit bore me playing felt like a chore to push through just to peep if anything gets interesting a plus is that the artwork is stellar! the cartoony feel is very cute and the CGs are lovely not the VN for me BUT! some others might love it

a long and good Visual Novel. can recommend it. lots of answer otpions. the price of the game is a bit to high but in offer for like -50% alright. all achievements work.

Middling to okay effort on the story, but the narrative is too slow to start and then far too restrictive. You get A or B from each possible. Guess I just wanted to dive in more with the characters and world building - especially in a fantasy-esque game.

A visual novel which while it was a lot less weirder than I expected still had its weird moments. While the story wasn’t too bad I still lost the interest in it about half way through.

Cute game! Somehow I loved EVERY single one of the love interests, which is incredibly rare in dating sims. The story is good, the writing is Amazing--the characters speak like actual real people would while still managing to be funny or realistically sad when the situation calls for it--but the game falls flat on the romance aspect, and it could've been fleshed out way more. The romance feels fairly sudden, even for a short VN, and it feels like more could have been done there. One another gripe I have is that one of the love interests has a conflict focused mostly around his sexuality, which is kind of a bummer, but he's overall a pretty good LI still. Overall recommend it. It's short and sweet and the writing is worth your money.

[H1]Cringe, chaos, and complex characters: this one's not for the faint of fluff.[/H1] Animal Lover is what happens when you impulse-buy an otome game and end up deep in a rabbit hole of time-travel, curses, awkward flirting, and… very loud feminism. Took me about 6.5 hours for a first playthrough and around 8 hours total to get all achievements, though I only unlocked 4 out of 7 endings in that time. And no, I'm still not sure what I played. The game’s premise is offbeat from the start (no spoilers, but yes, it involves animals and yes, it gets weird), but it leans fully into its bizarre energy. The writing is funny and surprisingly sharp, with moments of real emotional depth. Each love interest has a distinct backstory and worldview, largely shaped by the century they were yoinked from, and their dynamic with the modern-day MC creates genuinely thoughtful clashes, especially around gender roles and expectations. The main character is a big plus: not your usual self-insert but a woman with opinions, sarcasm, and the spine to stand her ground. It’s refreshing. The romance pacing is decent, and the narrative even finds room to treat heavy subjects like grief, homophobia, and identity with care. Now for the flipside: awkward, cringey moments abound, and not the cute kind. You’ll likely flinch more than once, and not from emotional resonance. There’s no background music, which makes some scenes feel painfully long, and the UI is barebones. Achievements aren’t tied to endings, so if you’re hunting full content completion, check a guide early. Also, let’s talk tone: this game is very overtly feminist, to the point where it can feel more like a manifesto than a visual novel. If you’re not here for long discussions on patriarchal structures (and sometimes preachy dialogue), this might not be your jam. And unfortunately, there are no content warnings, despite mentions of suicide, harassment, and mental health crises (a notable oversight). Still, there’s something compelling beneath the chaos. If you're a seasoned otome fan and in the mood for something very different, it might be worth it on sale. But if you’re new to the genre or looking for a feel-good romance? This ain’t it, chief. [quote]If you enjoyed this review, please check out my curator page to find more : [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45639970-Ele%2527s-Little-Recommendation-Corner/]Ele's Little Recommendation Corner[/url]![/quote]