Sweet Fuse

Well, today I started playing Sweet Fuse with the sound on after playing a tiny bit of it yesterday whilst I was out in public. At first I wasn't too sure about this game, but now I can say that I like it quite a lot!

I'm only on the 2nd Stage of the game so far, so I haven't actually entered anyone's route yet. I dunno when the common route actually branches either. There are five love interests and one secret one. I don't know who the secret character is though and how you unlock him. So far I like all of the love interests, but I think that one of them is a bit too old for Saki (The MC) since he looks like he's fifty or something and she's still in secondary school. Personality-wise, they're all quite diverse. I can't remember most of their names yet, but you've got the nerdy-gaming-shut-in one, the boy band singer, the tough guy, the older man, the mysterious crystal ball person and the cop. It's super easy to get affection points for them. I decided that first I was gonna go for Meoshi, the gamer one, because I was interested in him before I even got the game and I normally just play my favourite one first.

Normally I don't really care much about whether the MC's a blank slate or not, because I self insert, but I really do like Saki. She has the best personality out of every otome MC I've played as so far. She's not shy and she doesn't let anybody push her around. There's this feature that pops up throughout the story (I forgot what it's called, sorry) where you have to make her think and find details that can help her solve puzzles. The first time I did one I got it right, but the second time I got it wrong twice and it led me to a bad ending where they all die, meaning that you have to be good at this mini game to actually make it through the story without using a walkthrough. I do enjoy otome games that are actually slightly challenging.

The art and the music are both really nice. The drawings are slightly different and more cartoony to your typical otome, but I think it fits the story really well. Not everybody's drawn to be perfect and really attractive like most other games too, which is interesting. The backing music is really video-gamey and sometimes you can actually hear people singing random stuff in English instead just instrumental pieces all the time.

The game is really great so far. I'm glad I bought it instead of Hatoful Boyfriend. Tomorrow I might have even played far enough to get onto a route! See you all later!