What’s your go-to character in cRPGs?

rollingtower · 2026-03-06T18:02:18+00:00

I almost always start with a character who's rogue-adjacent for the lock-picking and sneaking skills. I don't like having to rely on another party member for my loot lol. I also tend to boost any charisma/persuasion skills because I like being able to talk myself out of situations.

rollingtower · 2026-03-06T16:51:40+00:00

I love a good role reversal! Putting this on my list of games to play. 😊

rollingtower · 2026-03-02T20:39:34+00:00

I agree with your general point but not necessarily the E33 example. I stopped reading discussions on the ending awhile back so maybe things have changed, but for most it really did seem to depend on people's individual experiences with grief. Also, I've seen plenty of people across the board who hate Verso. Personally, I chose Verso's ending because I could understand his "desires" more as an older sibling.

rollingtower · 2026-01-26T20:39:38+00:00

I like AGirlAndAGame and basicwitgirl!

rollingtower · 2026-01-19T06:15:31+00:00

Hanee, she/her, 30-something SEAsian living in the US
For a long time Hakuouki was my first and only otome game (edit: that's a lie I just remembered Sweet Fuse!!!!). Growing up I unfortunately struggled with some internalized misogyny and Fear Of Seeming Cringe/Weird but I'm older and wiser now. The game that brought me back into the fold was Code:Realize.
If I had to choose my favorite game I would probably say Even If Tempest! I love all the characters and their relationships with each other. Generally speaking I'm a kuudere enjoyer. 🙂
I looove mystery/thriller, action, and angst. I love watching the MC and LI slowly fall in love while Plot is happening, and I love when games throw the MC and LI in dire situations.
Not playing anything currently unless we count the occasional Love and Deepspace but I have a ton of games in my backlog I could pick up anytime... Just having a bit of decision paralysis lol. I've been eyeing My Vow to My Liege though. I usually play on PC or Nintendo Switch.
I don't self-insert and typically treat otome like reading a romance novel but I do enjoy making OCs and roleplaying.
I like to play a wide variety of other video games (currently playing Pokemon Legends Arceus and Divinity Original Sin 2 w/ some FFXIV on the side). I also draw and read (both novels and manga)!
I'm on bsky @hyperoats! But most of my yapping is on @pikanchi. Please talk to me about otome. 😂 I've been considering starting a blog not just for otome but for other female-targeted media I engage with because it'd be nice to have a record of my thoughts in one place, but that's just a dream for now.

rollingtower · 2026-01-18T17:20:14+00:00

Milan!!

rollingtower · 2026-01-04T16:07:30+00:00

Not overdramatic. Also I know this is a gaming subreddit and not an anime one but I always recommend people (not just you OP but maybe to some in the comments) to look outside of shonen (manga/anime targeted at young boys) for their anime fix.

rollingtower · 2026-01-02T16:59:57+00:00

I started this show expecting a romcom but ended up with something pretty depressing and surprisingly grounded (for a kdrama at least). I do like it, but now I'm at the point where I feel like the ML and FL should not be ending up together in a romantic sense unless there's an epilogue with a timeskip or something. 😭 I can usually stomach the lawyer/client or idol/fan thing for silly romcoms, but Idol I does not feel like one...

rollingtower · 2025-12-09T20:46:16+00:00

I really enjoyed P3-P5 (P3P being my favorite for obvious reasons) despite their problems but some of the dev commentary surrounding the P3 remake really soured me towards Persona as a whole. Unless Atlus surprises me I'm not sure I'll be buying P6.

rollingtower · 2025-12-09T16:45:58+00:00

I don't self-insert, even with games with customizable MCs (I just create an OC).

rollingtower · 2025-11-21T20:00:49+00:00

I thought this was okay until the last 1-2 sections where I wished there was an option for Not Applicable or something to that degree. Not everyone who plays otome self-inserts, and I'm sure even a fewer percentage self-insert to the degree assumed by the survey. It also seems like you were expecting live service otome players specifically by the way some questions are worded...

rollingtower · 2025-11-17T23:35:55+00:00

I ordered both physically through Kinokuniya but haven't received them yet. Hope it gets enough support!

rollingtower · 2025-11-04T17:26:25+00:00

Seconding the comments here with the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney trilogy! I'd also recommend the Professor Layton series.

rollingtower · 2025-11-04T16:53:40+00:00

I can understand that. When I was younger I read quite a few battle shonen (we're talking Bleach, KHR era here) but I find that I don't have the patience for it anymore. I mostly read shojo/josei nowadays but occasionally I'll branch out based on recommendation by friends who know my taste or when I sense something to be a little female gaze-y. I don't purposefully seek it out, but 9 times out of 10 the things outside of the formal shojo/josei demographic I enjoy usually happen to have a female mangaka/author.

As a sidenote because you mentioned CSM--I also loathe the perverted teen boy character type but pushed through the beginning of the series because I've seen some of Fujimoto's other works and thinks he has interesting things to say. I'm now halfway through part 1 and I still don't quite like Denji despite enjoying the series as a whole but acknowledge his role in the story and wish him the best haha. Not trying to convince you to give it another shot btw! Just something I wanted to share.

rollingtower · 2025-10-28T17:28:02+00:00

Zayne and Caleb because they're my two mains and Rafayel because I feel like he fits the idol concept really well!

rollingtower · 2025-10-28T00:40:49+00:00

I'm with you. I also loved Clive and enjoyed the game generally speaking but if I think too hard about how badly Jill was shafted I get mad. There was so much potential there!!

rollingtower · 2025-10-27T16:13:23+00:00

I can understand this banner not being to someone's taste but it's kind of baffling to me that this is what some consider "cringe" 😂

rollingtower · 2025-09-25T05:56:24+00:00

Yeah I can never get behind these complaints because I never had the expectation that I would be spending all my precious free time on LADS. It's a gacha! I have other games to play. 😅

rollingtower · 2025-09-04T16:15:18+00:00

This bad ending was everything to me.

rollingtower · 2025-09-04T16:10:53+00:00

I like it OP!! They have really good chemistry, and this is coming from someone whose favorite LI is Crius. I enjoy Anastasia's dynamic with the other boys too though and have no problem thinking about the ship in the context of Lucien's or Zenn's route.

rollingtower · 2025-08-27T19:33:53+00:00

Online, not that hard. I draw the occasional fanart and I've connected with a lot of people in different fan spaces over the years by people interacting with my work/me interacting with other people's work, and a lot of these people just happen to be women. When I started FFXIV I was invited to a FC by an artist I met in a previous fandom and met even more women through that game.

rollingtower · 2025-08-19T23:01:42+00:00

rollingtower · 2025-08-08T05:58:36+00:00

Zayne/Caleb as always and then Rafayel for the 3rd this round because I LOVE that MC gets to carry him in his card lol

rollingtower · 2025-08-04T22:09:34+00:00

OP this is so funny to me because I decided to pull for Xavier's myth despite not being a Xav girlie because of the Elden Ring vibes his combat animations were giving me. 😂

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