Secrets of Me

The reason my playtime is so long is because this was a pain to read through. DON'T BUY.

I enjoyed the game greatly. Very odd at the beginning, but gradually it became interesting and highly amusing. Though I recommend only purchasing during a sale since the scenery is blurry and the art isn't the absolute best.

I went into this game expecting to not like it and I was pretty pleasently surprised. The subject matter of this game is definitely not for everyone as it has to do with stalking and cheating and body issues. The characters were surprisingly well thought-out and likeable, some more than others. There were a few translation/grammar issues but it wasn't enough to take away any enjoyment of the game. This is definitely a more funny and somewhat light-hearted otome game, I found myself snorting at some of the situations the MC got herself in.

我爱龙之介！！！！！简直是小天使！一股清流！！ 然后是瑞树，各线都有出场，哆啦A梦般的存在 巡的线有点夸张了。。。医生的还算正常

还行，不过三观有点炸裂，攻略对象都是有女朋友的，建议在不开心的时候玩，看到那些崩掉的cg会忍不住笑出来的，这些cg真是别有一番风味，使我看到cg时忘记了一切不开心的琐事

A very unique otome / visual novel. I played it just because it was so amusing and different than any other game I'd come across (don't generally get to play a stalker). It was full of laughs at least for me, and was quite enjoyable as a whole.

Dobrá visual novela, která si jakoby ze všech visual novel dělá legraci. Velice příjemná záležitost, která mě nutila k zamyšlení, co je vlastně normální.

I liked the storyline I've played so far, but goes a bit too long without much in the way of options with only two choices per chapter which is why I've been slow to go through more than one character so far

Honestly, I finished this a pretty long time ago and bought it only because it was in a really cheap bundle with at least a dozen other games. I want to say that it's honestly not too bad if you read it with your expectations on the ground, like my review for Pub Encounter, but it just too far removed from my preferences that I just... hated the 10 hours I spent on this. :) I only finished it to complete the achievements and get it over with, so I can forget it and never have to think about it again. I read some of the other reviews before, so I played this hoping it would be a bad otome I can laugh at when I'm bored, BUT everything about it just stresses me out. The amount of secondhand embarrassment I would get from looking at their interactions, the ridiculousness and outlandishness of the entire scenario playing out, everything just....doesn't help their case at all. There is nothing I can find redeemable about this game.

I've seen some divided opinions on this game and I think it comes down to two things. 1. How seriously you're taking the game and its story/themes 2. Your sense of humor This is not a deep story of two human beings organically growing to understand and respect one another as partners. It's a romantic comedy that cheerfully parodies and parades common tropes of the genre. No one in this story reacts realistically to the stalking - not the victims or the perpetrators. It's all played for comic effect; no harm, no foul. If you don't appreciate that in a story, then no worries, it just isn't your thing. Other than that, it's just a matter of whether or not the jokes actually click with you. The MC is oblivious and scheming at the same time, with juuust enough self-awareness not to embarrass herself (most of the time) and get into trouble. She is "innocent" in some unusual ways, to the point where she seems to think of "beautiful people" as an upper caste of society, as well as being ignorant of many dating norms in some pretty hilarious ways. Personally, THIS. KILLED. ME. OH MY GOD. I DIED IN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES GUYS. I CAN'T EVEN. This is one of the greatest games on Steam. Oh my god. It kills me. The MC starts out in the prologue with lines like "...this insignificant pain [from the surgery] means nothing before my invincible beauty!" "Yay! In other words, I'm smoking hot!" "Haah... I wish I could change my personality to be as beautiful as I am on the outside..." AND THIS IS JUST IN THE PROLOGUE. The combination of complete ignorance of the real world (she really seems to believe being beautiful will make everything awesome, but also sort of just shrugs and moves on when it doesn't) and the self-awareness is like nothing I've ever seen. A private detective goes "you should stalk your bf to fix your love problems" and she just! Takes this advice at face value! And DOES IT! AND HER BF IS ACTUALLY CHEATING ON HER! It only gets more wacky and coincidental and absurd from there. Some people won't like it, period - some people will. There's definitely romance/attraction between the characters in every route, and the MC is just delightful throughout. I had an absolute blast with it, 100% recommend - provided the writing is your kinda thing.