Tea time! We had tea at the Hilton West End. After landing, we took a train where we changed in the train bathroom to prepare for our first stop…
The rest of Europe was relatively relaxed, but getting into the UK takes some time. We flew from Copenhagen to London where security was almost as annoying as it is in the US. Her personality and path is hilarious.I visited England about 10 months ago, so it’s about time I talk about it. In addition to cute new backgrounds that contrast well against the stock-photo pigeons, the Steam release of Hatoful Boyfriend adds a new scene for the only female bird, Azami. As a self-proclaimed hunter-gatherer and the only human in the school, it’s fun to learn about her interests and personality as she interacts with the birds. Better yet, the protagonist is just as interesting as the birds she pursues. Surprisingly, it’s not awkward to date the birds. Hatoful Boyfriend doesn’t pass up on the stereotypical male roles of a dating sim - the shy guy, the playful bully, the best friend, and the popular guy, just to name a few - but it pushes its characters past their stereotypes and led me to care and sympathize with each bird’s story. However, the best part is the characters. The witty writing embraces Hatoful Boyfriend’s silly concept, using words such as “everybird” and “nobirdie,” and pokes fun at some birds’ real-world quirks, like the Fantail pigeon’s attraction to shiny things. However, once you begin to follow the path of a certain bird, the story becomes more focused. I bounced between so many events, it felt like time was passing by too quickly, which seemed like a wasted opportunity for me to get to know each of the birds better before deciding which to pursue. Though the writing is immensely enjoyable, the first term suffers from pacing issues. No matter your desired path, the beginning of each playthrough begins the same: You enter school, meet the datable birds, and rush through your first term. It was a bit annoying that it took me multiple playthroughs to find a benefit to leveling certain stats. Wisdom, vitality, and charisma can be leveled up on elective days and through random events, but it’s not immediately apparent how leveling them benefits you. Regrettably, the stats system misses that mark. While one click usually gets you through a sentence or two of dialogue, sometimes only one word or phrase appear with a click. Like most dating simulations, Hatoful Boyfriend is a visual novel and only requires mouse clicks to progress, but it creatively uses that very simple interaction to build suspense and add to the mood.
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I was intrigued by the potential for numerous endings shown in the gallery, and in mysterious documents in the archive that give little details about the world. This didn’t feel like a burden, because allusions to greater mysteries in other birds’ paths did a great job of encouraging me to replay it well over 10 times. To really complete it, however, requires you to replay multiple times in order to explore the alternate paths of the eight datable birds. If you don’t use the fast-forward button to skip through the text, Hatoful Boyfriend takes a little over an hour to play through. I was relieved I didn’t have to waste time with the first year of school, as the focus wasn’t on my human character’s entrance into the all-bird institution, but was instead on the in-depth stories and relationships she shared with her classmates. No, it doesn’t make any sense, but rolling with the absurdity of it is part of the fun. Your character is a feisty human starting her second year in the most elite all-bird high school, St.
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