Computer games: dating simulator

Japanese games in the genre of dating simulator are closely related to romantic anime (Japanese animation). Usually, either the dating simulator is created based on the popular anime, or vice versa - if the dating simulator succeeds, the anime is removed from the audience by the computer game.

The goal of the player in the games of this genre is to successfully build a romantic relationship, this is subject to the whole plot of the game. Usually the plot of dating simulators is quite simple, and the action takes place in an educational institution (most often it's a school). Although there are also simulators in the genre of fantasy, where the girl first needs to be saved from the monster, and only then try to charm, if the very fact of salvation it was not enough.

Simulators dating are designed for both female and male audience, the age of players can also be different. From the features of the audience will depend on the gameplay and the plot. So, if the dating simulator is designed not for teenagers, but for players over 18 years of age, the game can also contain elements of eroticism. Naturally, such games are appropriately marked.

Differences between dating simulators for female and male audiences are expressed not only in who the player is supposed to tie relationships with guys or with girls. The characteristic difference between dating simulators for girls is the abundance of roses and other colors in gaming design (background, design elements). From the simulations of appointments, this technique has moved into a romantic anime.

Sometimes a dating simulator is confused with another genre of computer games, visual novel, which is also popular in Japan. But these two genres have certain differences. The gameplay of the visual novel is maximally simplified, and the player's participation is minimal. In fact, a visual novel is anime or manga with an interactive computer interface, all you need to do to the player is to choose one or another variant of the answer in the dialogue and observe the development of events.

A The dating simulator assumes a much greater degree of involving the player in the gameplay. It is somewhat like a role-playing game (RPG), inwhich the player has a set of key characteristics that they can develop ("pump"). That's only if in the familiar RPG is, for example, strength, agility, energy and endurance, then in the dating simulations such characteristics will serve as appearance, "sportiness", academic success, and so on.

Depending on what characteristics are "pumping" the hero, his chances will be to change his relationship with a certain girl (or a guy - if the hero is female). The characters of the opposite sex have their preferences and interests, so "pump" the characteristics you need depending on what kind of character you want to conquer.

As classic examples of dating simulators, you can name games Dokysei and True Love, issued in the first half of the nineties. In every game, a player can get carried away by different female characters, but his goal is to successfully implement a love line with one of them. In the game True Love win is considered a girl's acceptance of love, and the game Dokysei is an erotic dating simulator, so if successful, the player deals with the girl with love.

The main problem of dating simulatorsis that most of these games are developed in Japan, respectively, in Russian (and sometimes even in English) language to find them problematic. Well and legally to get them - too often a problem. but if you want, you can find on the Internet online dating simulations, which are flash games, and even dating sims for mobile phones. What-no, but an alternative.

Do not treat this genre of games biased: the dating simulator does not necessarily contain elements of eroticism or pornography, there are a lot of completely innocent games that will help you pass an hour or two.