bit disappointed with Hooked On You
i do get that you guys have made this based on, like... popular demand. that you sexed up the killers a bit and made 'em hotter, and then made a dating sim where you can date them.
but like...
do you really have to berate me so much for being into trapper?
i like bigger men. i think they're really hot. confidence is a huge plus (and lack thereof is a huge minus - so wraith doesn't really do it for me) and i'm not really into women.
the whole time on the huntress route, for example, it was just constantly assumed that i was horny, and ogling her. the game was super encouraging of this and was constantly ribbing me for being hot for huntress (i'm not, but whatever, it's hooked on you). she'd openly talk about her big sexy body just like trapper does and the game would lean into it as early as throwing the volleyball back to her. that is fine, all that is fine, it's a visual novel dating sim starring a fictional murderer, who cares. but when it comes to trapper, the game was almost degrading me for it. constantly pointing out how terrible he is as a person (you wrote him like that). how every time he shows himself off it makes people feel bad because they have to look at his big "ugly" body, and how being into huge, confident men makes me personally a terrible person, because how on earth could i justify liking trapper?
and then with the other killers you get a more respectful fade to black in the end, it's still tongue in cheek with the narrator being shy about it, but with trapper the narrator's just there constantly being like "oh it's disgusting, oh i can't watch. oh jesus. this is gross. i'm just going to leave you two to it". like, hello?
i'm not expecting an apology or even any response at all but damn, it sure feels like ######### to have the only other male option be a guy who is so shy that any time he flirts with me he then has to add like eight disclaimers afterwards. no offense if you're into that, but i just get less than nothing out of it. it's such a huge turnoff to me it's not even funny and it's either this or being berated. you recognise the position this puts me in, right?
again, i get it's largely a joke game. but come on. with everyone else it feels like "it's funny you guys even got horny for these murderers in the first place" nudge nudge wink wink good-natured ribbing, with trapper you go straight into "you are really vile and gross" and kinda don't let up for the whole route. even though you wrote him like that? and then everyone else has an actually horny outfit reveal in the end, his just comes off like a big joke. like the only way trapper's story could be bearable to a normal person is if his reveal is a punchline, so therefore, i'm not a normal person for choosing him and being upset that this is what i got. noone else's sprite comes off like a big joke, just his. and especially not the huntress ahegao you get with the very cum-like drool and sweat. i'm not trying to come after people who liked huntress, i'm just saying - i see you get that and i'm happy for you, wish i could be into girls but i can't, and i'm just wishing i got something too. the ken doll bulges don't do it for me because they're not drawn to be hot, nor do they compare to the plethora of boobs available. guys, i'm a freelance artist for a living and most of what i draw is hot dudes, please just get me to work on the next one. i promise i'll fix the bulges and not raise the game's rating.
anyway, if hooked on you has plans to continue i'd really like the male killers to be treated a little better, because ultimately it just comes off as "you're gross for liking him". and it makes me not want to like him. and i should want to like him! but here we are.
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honestly i didn't know what to expect. i knew the game would be at least somewhat comedic but i wasn't expecting the joke to be, basically, me. and not even because i find the killers hot and wanted to play the dating sim because of that - it's because i find the "wrong" killer hot. if i were into any of the other three, i wouldn't really be having this experience at all.
i fully understand the need to be semi detached about it, but the fact that they made a dating sim at all means that people now know "they made a dbd dating sim". the nuance is lost immediately, so why not write it in a way that takes itself (not to mention their fans) just a little bit more seriously?
the twist is neat as hell, though. i'm at least looking forward to finishing it (just gotta finish my spirit playthrough). after that, yeah, i don't see any reason to go back to this. it's not that i want hardcore porn or anything, i just want something that actually feels a little more inclusive and fulfilling, and i cannot believe i can get it from Dream Daddy before i can get it from Behaviour "David King Is Gay Because We Want To Be More LGBT Inclusive" Interactive.
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