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Collar x Malice: Common Route 1
Nov. 24th, 2021 08:52 pmMasterlist
An Otomate dating sim (currently on special on the Switch store!) about a Japanese policewoman who gets tangled up in a Strange Mystery about a Weird Terrorist Group.
I was a bit iffy on the premise but got the impression it was so bizarre it wouldn't feel very connected to real police and terrorism, and that's certainly been the case so far (for me as an Australian, at least, I imagine it's different for Japanese players). Also it seems...sort of anti-violence? In a very violent way? I haven't been playing that long, we'll see where it goes. It does involve a quarantine, which is a bit surreal.
I'm enjoying it so far, at least. The title and aesthetic made me think the love interests might be on the Nasty Boys end of Otomate's spectrum but they're not too bad. I was under the mistaken impression it was set in some parallel world but it's just modern day plus Weirdly Philosophical Terrorists (who are Japanese, with no apparent religious/ethnic etc motivation) and some truly ridiculous government decisions.
I was going to add pictures but getting them from the Switch is effort and looking up pictures online gives me spoilery looking stuff, so. None for now! (EDIT: am adding them as I go later on)
Content note: Me speculating on possible upcoming consent issues, but none have actually come up yet.
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An Otomate dating sim (currently on special on the Switch store!) about a Japanese policewoman who gets tangled up in a Strange Mystery about a Weird Terrorist Group.
I was a bit iffy on the premise but got the impression it was so bizarre it wouldn't feel very connected to real police and terrorism, and that's certainly been the case so far (for me as an Australian, at least, I imagine it's different for Japanese players). Also it seems...sort of anti-violence? In a very violent way? I haven't been playing that long, we'll see where it goes. It does involve a quarantine, which is a bit surreal.
I'm enjoying it so far, at least. The title and aesthetic made me think the love interests might be on the Nasty Boys end of Otomate's spectrum but they're not too bad. I was under the mistaken impression it was set in some parallel world but it's just modern day plus Weirdly Philosophical Terrorists (who are Japanese, with no apparent religious/ethnic etc motivation) and some truly ridiculous government decisions.
I was going to add pictures but getting them from the Switch is effort and looking up pictures online gives me spoilery looking stuff, so. None for now! (EDIT: am adding them as I go later on)
Content note: Me speculating on possible upcoming consent issues, but none have actually come up yet.
Spoilery Reactions:
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