Sucker for Love: First Date stands out as one of the best RPG/Simulation titles in recent memory.
90
Verdict
98%
Steam
75
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (98% positive from 2.9K reviews)
Compelling narrative and story
Standout indie gem
No significant drawbacks reported
Sucker for Love: First Date is a parodic dating sim and horror-themed visual novel developed by indie developer Joseph "Akabaka" Hunter, and published by DreadXP. It was released on January 20, 2022, for Windows and December 19, 2022, for Nintendo Switch. The game revolves around a young man who obtains a pink version of the Necronomicon, and begins performing rituals to summon moe anthropomorphic beings from the Cthulhu Mythos, such as Ln'eta, a female version of Cthulhu, sacrificing his body parts and ultimately threatening the world with annihilation. The game received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised its writing, voice acting and artwork, but criticized its short length, glitches, and low emphasis on romance for a dating sim. A sequel further exploring the Cthulhu Mythos, Sucker for Love: Date to Die For, was announced later in 2022.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 7d ago
100%'d it. Genuinely pretty fun. It's a good satire of goofy shoujo romance tropes, but the romance options are elder gods. This one has three and the horror aspect is actually done quite well. But it's still a lot of fun
Played this a while ago and its amazing, Bought the next game after I beat this. The story is great, the art is amazing, and when it gets scary it got a scream out of me. I don't regret buying this and I even got all endings. The only thing that I didn't like was the DAMN King in Yellow but she isn't my type lmao thats just me but even her story was funny and cute to match the rest of the game. AUNTY NYAN NYAN WAS AMAZING and her story really stuck out to me, no spoilers you gotta play and if you have you know why.
Yes. It's a fun game, and has great jokes. My only pain point atm is my game keeps crashing on Tape 3, so I had to watch the endings. [spoiler]Let me ask the tall cat mommy to step on me.[/spoiler]
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