Hatoful Boyfriend -Hatoful complete edition-

When I picked up this game, it was out of sheer novelty. What's the harm in a bit of silly fluff, right?

Wrong. I thought I would be spending my time laughing my head off at a completely absurd spoof game. Instead I became completely wrapped up in the story so completely I could not help but take it seriously at all times.

The amount of depth in this game is incredible.
Every detail has a place and will eventually make sense if you really think about it. This has some of the most incredible and thorough writing I have come across in a dating-sim period. This, from a dating-sim... about birds.

I laughed, cried, smiled, raged, bawwed, and clutched my pillow in sheer-terror (this is not an exaggeration). A full range of emotions that I would be hard-pressed to squeeze out of a $60 video game... in a $5 one about birds!

You have no idea what you are in for. I will never look at birds in the same way again.

Most definitely the best $5 I have ever spent on a game. Most definitely worth much more than that.

I will absolutely be picking up the next one.
This game has turned me from a skeptic into a believer. I hope that the writer of this game continues to produce more quality works like this one.

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this visual novel was like a storm story. because every route, has different story genre. Upon playing one route it was about friendship, and then other route suddenly became thriller story, ghost story, secret agent story, murder story, adventure story etc.
But yes, the jokes are funny and I had to apologize my roommate for laughing to hard (perhaps)
overall its a very sweet work worth trying
oh, and there's a bonus story that's very exciting!

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I want to know who told me this was a funny game about dating birds, because it isn't! Well... not only. It's a heartwrenching story that will make you laugh and cry, and search for a 100% completion, even if you aren't the type who usually tries all routes in a dating sim. You'll be tempted to pursue everyone to reveal the truth about this highly addictive and replayable game. The best 420 yen I've ever spent!

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You guys had no idea how hard I laughed during the introductory stage of the game. Seriously. But after awhile, you get used to the characters and your brain would somehow replace the birds with the human imagery of the characters, I don't how how, weird but true.

I couldn't expect a longer game of like 9 chapters like Hakuouki's Hijikata's route, but to me, this Otome game is worth a go. Wish it could be slightly longer, really, and show like their reunion or end story or epilogue, but sadly there wasn't. I can't complain, it was a decent game nonetheless.

The flow of the story is fairly simple, I won't spoil for you guys.

I was very very very skeptical about buying this game, and I still am wondering if I had somehow made the wrong choice, in buying this. The game's route is NOT SO STRAIGHTFORWARD, the branching is quite complicated to me, it ain't as clear cut as the choices you make really affects the others (except for elective classes), so a little bit shocked by that.

I am still laughing at some of the parts of the game, it is so hilarious, and a very mild typical teenage setting.

It's not like every other Otome game where every single guy falls and fawns over you like you're the only girl in the universe no, so it has that bonus, for a realistic set up, which is what I love, because you have to earn their attention.

Keep up the good work!

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Well, when I read about this game, the first thought that crossed my mind was: No way. And when I saw how many people have played this game I couldn't believe it.

So, why not me? And I downloaded the demo. I didn't play that long, just like 5 minutes when I decided to buy it. It was crazy, but really funny. I laughed really hard when I was playing.

So, do I recommend this? Yeah, of course I do. It has a deep story and at the same time it's really incredible. At first you'll be like: A PIGEON IS TALKING TO MEEEEE WEIRD WEIRD WEIRD. But then, it gets better. A lot better.

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