A couple of days ago I started a new otome called Cinderella Phenomenon... can I just ask how a game this good is free??
This game has one of the best uses of the typical fairytale tropes I think I’ve ever seen - instead of having the story be connected to the plot of a fairytale, or have characters representing the archetypes, or so on and so on, instead the fairytales are in-universe stories that became catalysts for war - and thus several curses connected to the tales were born through the power of one side of the battlefield (witches) that corrupted the original tale into a curse specifically designed to teach humans a lesson (and later just flat out make their life hell). The way they use this idea is just so refreshing that I can’t help but enjoy it from the get-go!
Also, the characters. All of them are really good so far (my favourite non-protagonist is probably Karma) but I have to talk about the protagonist. She’s ever so slightly like the MC of A Foretold Affair in that she’s meant to be a negative character at first but becomes much better by the end, but in this game she takes it to a whole new level. She’s cold, heartless and believes that anyone showing kindness to you is just manipulating you into getting something. She’s meant to be the definition of a horrible person, to the point where she gets cursed not for punishment, but to try and make her a better person (there’s further reading that I know but that’s because I read some spoilers so I’m not gonna say that). I haven’t played much so far but she’s certainly really interesting,
Also the art and the music. Just... yes.
And all this... for free?
This is one of my new favourite games for sure.