![]() the default pronouns being she/her despite the inclusion of neutral pronouns The DLC helps in this regard, just a bit) the customization options (which seemed to either lean largely toward the feminine side in aesthetic, or when they were more masculine, often lacked the same character that the more feminine options had, leaving very few options that balanced the line between "not aesthetically interesting to me" and "too feminine for my taste". It was originally an A-, because while I could still tell that the player was intended to be a woman, for the most part it was largely through minor things such as: Note that this grade does not reflect on my overall feelings of the game itself-I can really love a game and still give it a low score-it only reflects my feelings on it's success in the inclusivity department. Rarely, I may even give games an S score if they go out of their way for inclusivity. I knock the score down for all the times my "gay immersion" is broken, and by different amounts depending on severity. My criteria is simple: if I can play through a VN multiple times as a man without ever once feeling like I'm playing the game in a way that the writers did not intend me to, it will get a perfect A+ score. This is often a source of dysphoria for me, since I also happen to be trans. as a bi man who enjoys VNs, i often find myself in situations where a VN will allow me to choose he/him pronouns, but it's often still quite painfully obvious from the way the games are written that the writers intended for the player to be a straight woman. that is to say-when it comes to VNs that allow you to be gay, i like to give them a grade based on how seamlessly i can be gay. I could talk about my general thoughts, which are largely positive, but i want to focus this review on what i call the "gay immersion rating". i spent so long playing that over and over, leaving poor grim neglected. the premise is fun, the chat-app style interface was creatively done, and grim is a great character. My review, from a gay VN enjoyer's perspective:Ī great game makes me think of scorpy socpens' "maybe ill never die becuse am special" tweet.
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