BOYFRIEND DUNGEON SEVEN SKIN
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HeвЂ™s the first person you go on a date with and you canвЂ™t avoid it. Eric is the villain in Boyfriend Dungeon.

If youвЂ™ve heard of this game, youвЂ™ve likely also heard about the backlash over its content warning and the stalking content. LetвЂ™s talk about the big olвЂ™ 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 вЂњMom,вЂќ giving me the option to not receive them. Also, the choices in starting gear for your characterвЂ™s noggin include a turban and a headscarf. I enjoyed switching up my characterвЂ™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.

BOYFRIEND DUNGEON SEVEN SKIN

You get to choose your characterвЂ™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.

BOYFRIEND DUNGEON SEVEN PLUS

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 isnвЂ™t a punishment for choosing the wrong dialogue option. He perfectly aligns with my own reading tastes.ДЄ flirtatious and mysterious dude who doesnвЂ™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 heвЂ™s so socially conscious and started a business focused on wealth distribution, but I found him kind of boring and the Г©pГ©e is my least favourite weapon to play with.ДЄmanda: IвЂ™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.ДЄmanda: Unlike Tara, I havenвЂ™t played Hades, and I know IвЂ™m missing out.

The game also encourages leveling up all of the weapons, because you can only go on dates with them each time theyвЂ™ve gone up a level.ItвЂ™s gentle and I appreciate that it encourages progress over perfection. You can use them to craft hats that can help you in the dunj, clothes to make you look cool, or gifts to give to your friends and/or paramours (depending on who you want to romance). Not only is there no penalty for dying, you take collected resources home with you. YouвЂ™re meant to go through the two dungeons multiple times.Fighting in the nightclub dunjД«oyfriend Dungeon reminds me of Hades in two ways: ThatвЂ™s right! YouвЂ™re going to find weapons who are also (usually) human and you can fight with them in the dunj! Or you can date them at places like the beach or a park! ItвЂ™s hella cute and IвЂ™ve already played it twice. When you get to the mall, you learn that Isaac is an Г©pГ©e, which is a fencing weapon. Your cousin, Jonah, sends you to the mall, which is also a dungeon, so you can meet his friend Isaac and fight your way out of there together. You play as the main character and everything is told from your perspective as you roll into Verona Beach to hang out for the summer and hopefully try dating for the first time. Tara: Boyfriend Dungeon is what youвЂ™d get if a dating sim and a dungeon crawler could make a beautiful video game baby together. IвЂ™ve been anxiously awaiting its release! And luckily, Amanda was into it too!ДЄmanda: I was blessed enough to back it on Kickstarter and got some cool limited edition swag. I started playing that evening and was totally hooked. I donвЂ™t really believe in signs, but by the third message, I was sold. A few weeks ago, three people sent me (Tara) a link for Boyfriend Dungeon in the Nintendo Store.

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