Bside: Desktop Mate

I started playing this to create a virtual character and accidentally played for 5 hours. I created a character and stumbled through the menus, and was about to finish up..until I figures out how the weird AI/auto-generated chat system worked. I'm not usually a fan of this type of thing. The chat system creates role playing response messages based on 'suggestions' either by preset or custom prompts. This can be useful to generate quick witted responses that you don't have to think to deeply about...or the chat system doesn't understand the prompt and you end up having a wild conversation about fish flavoured coffees. About 2 hours in, I was accidentally being friendly with 2 other players and with another arguing/throwing minor insults. The game seems to work well if you give it mildly specific, short prompts in the custom field such as: 'make a joke about ''' scene in twilight/harry potter' or 'dance like a cat/vampire' or 'threaten to tickle his bunny ears'. You aren't always required to engage for the game to continue a conversation. Having it auto-generate makes it far safer, as you can interact and play without worrying about something truly terrible showing up in the chat. A few topics are quite suggestive or on the edge, but I haven't come across any bad words or really aggressive talk as you'd receive in open chats which keep it light-hearted and fun. My wildest was my character telling someone they would look better without their robes, unprompted (oh god no). It did have my character saying some very flirtacious things without ANY prompts or unrelated prompts which can worry you about the receivers reaction. I enjoyed creating my own character. Quite limiting options at the beginning but you have every colour to choose from a personalised pallette, and you can unlock more hairstyles/clothes with coins (not just premium currency as in the other reviews). Hopefully they will add additional characterisation options over time. Tip for other players: It is hard to interact with a character if they are standing in the same space as another. Make your character fulfill a personal 'action' (take a selfie / sneeze) to find a new space to stand, or you may get left out of conversations and interactions. I did enjoy playing and played far longer than expected. The Devs could probably need to give the chat a full sweep through again and trial more user friendly responses to prompts, but if you don't mind some old-school 2000's level internet craziness it's worth a try.