If you’ve heard of this game, you’ve likely also heard about the backlash over its content warning and the stalking content. Let’s talk about the big ol’ elephant in the digital room. Given how many LGBTQ people have fraught parental relationships, this felt sensitive and thoughtful. Finally, I was pleasantly surprised by a message at the beginning of the game, asking me if I wanted to receive messages from a character called “Mom,” giving me the option to not receive them. Also, the choices in starting gear for your character’s noggin include a turban and a headscarf. I enjoyed switching up my character’s gender as I progressed and seeing all the other characters roll with it, because it validates how fluid gender can be for people like me. Even better, you can change any of these as often as you like.
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You get to choose your character’s name, pronouns (she/her, they/them, he/him), eye shape, skin colour, hairstyle, and hair colour. Tara: My favourite aspect of Boyfriend Dungeon is its inclusive approach to character creation.
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In terms of romance plus weapon play style, Valeria was the easiest for me to get into and I loved wielding her as a dagger. Like Tara, I loved Seven and found him to be the biggest challenge to win him over, though all the dating aspects are kind of easy and there isn’t a punishment for choosing the wrong dialogue option. He perfectly aligns with my own reading tastes.Ī flirtatious and mysterious dude who doesn’t wear a shirt. There are a lot of archetypes and tropes associated with each romanceable character, which I think will really appeal to romance readers. I wanted to like Isaac, especially since he’s so socially conscious and started a business focused on wealth distribution, but I found him kind of boring and the épée is my least favourite weapon to play with.Īmanda: I’m definitely with Tara in that Isaac was a little boring. My favourites are Seven, a K-pop star who talks about living with depression and shapeshifts into a light sabre Valeria, a street artist with a hard edge who turns into a stabby dagger and Rowan, a sweet and dark nonbinary person who will make you tea and shifts into a vicious scythe. Some of the dateable characters worked better for me than others. However, I do love a dungeon crawler where different aspects are randomly generated to keep things spicy! Layouts of dungeons will change each time you load in, as well as the number of enemies, collectable locations, etc. I found it a compelling incentive, since this is also how we get the bulk of the narrative content.Īmanda: Unlike Tara, I haven’t played Hades, and I know I’m missing out.