#im literally the worst at management minigames

[kamuro-junrenka]

FINALLY.... AFTER 155 HOURS PLAYING... I UNLOCKED ERI............

[butchedyke]

1-25 GO FOR IT

THANK YOU I OWE YOU MY LIFE

1: Which dad did you romance first? If you have not romanced a dad yet, which one would you want to romance?

i romanced damien first!

2: Favorite dad?

BOBERT THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

3: Least favorite dad?

brian :( i want to like him but i don’t really like the rivalry dynamic and his personality just.. isn’t my type also the end of his third date felt really forced to me but that’s just my onion

4: Dad that surprised you the most?

mr cuck mcfuck himself, joseph christiansen

5: Dad that grew on you the most?

robert small who i 100% would die for, i went into the game expecting him to be my worst or second worst dad bc the whole Bad Boy™ trope isn’t my thing but i’m so in love with him

6: Any dad(s) that is (are) your type?

bobert’s sense of humour and general existential despair and Tragic Backstory™ get me, also craig because my dick is constantly hard for friends to lovers tropes and also he’s Soft while being a big buff bf??? which i love??? even if i’m not into the whole fitness shtick i just love the concept of big buff softies????? aLSO mat is so gentle and sweet which is my usual Type for characters but he’s beaten out by a few other dads and idk why. damien’s also got a lot going for him i love my gentle goth bf???? he’s so passionate and also loves animals bc he’s literally an angel???? i’m also weak for hugo getting so excited about wrestling and just generally being a fuckign dork. i’m also inexplicably drawn to joseph and i hate myself for it???? i just wanna help him he’s a sweetie and i won’t accept that he’s nothing more than a cheating scumbag????

basically where i’m going with this is that all the dads except brian whoops have elements of my type even if none of them fit it Fully and i’m waiting for the ending where i can date all of them at once

7: Any dad that you aspire to be more like?

*looks at craig* god i wish that were me

8: Favorite date?

probably a tie between robert’s second date and craig’s third?

9:Favorite series of dates?

i’m sure it’s a complete surprise to everyone here that the answer is bobert’s dates

10: Any date(s) that you completely messed up?

my first run i fucked up mat’s route and got the bad ending bc i screwed up his minigame on the first date fml also i slept with robert on my first run which automatically fucks up his dates ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i butchered the penguin minigame and the gargoyle minigame on my first run as well, and craig’s second date but i still managed to get each of their good ends so i can’t have done too badly? those were all accidents but i have also done a run where i fucked up as much as possible on everyone’s dates when i was trying to unlock amanda’s bad ending before the patch came out rip

11: Any date(s) that you completely aced?

at this point i’ve gotten s on all the dates at various points because i’ve played like 8 times lmao i can’t remember which ones i got s scores on my first run tho

12: Any date in the game that you would want to go on?

joseph’s yacht hugo’s trivia date tbh, i’m lactose intolerant but would eat the fuck out of the cheese anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  also i’m weak for fair dates albeit not in the context of brian’s route tbh

13: Favorite child?

three way tie between amanda, river, and val tbh

14: Favorite side character?

spin/tour/quizzmaster quinn is so relatable honestly but i do also love pablo and my wife mary who deserves to be very far away from her terrible marriage (does this question include the dogs because if so disregard my previous answer bc it’s a tie between all the dogs) (including carl)

15: Favorite minigame?

before the whittling minigame patch? probably the fishing minigame (i had my candy crush phase rip)

after the whittling minigame patch? the whittling minigame (every time robert compliments my whittling i gain like 5 years to my life my skin is clear my crops are growing my family is thriving and i am in love)

16: Least favorite minigame?

probably either the golfing one because i can’t fuckign get the 18 holes achievement and there is absolutely no need for it to be that fuckin hard or the penguin one which i butchered on my first run and just generally don’t have fun with

17: Favorite dad pun?

just the fact that dadsona’s ska band was called the skammunist manifesto gets me every fuckin time

18: Name of your Dad-sona(s)?

hoo boy well most of them have just had the mcdad surname because im lazy as shit but my first dad was ryan, i’ve had two with the default dad mcdad, i’ve had Shit Bad (first attempt at amanda’s bad ending pre-patch), goku (second attempt pre-patch), chad (post-patch attempt where i successfully got the achievement, noah, and i feel like i’m missing one? not sure tho

19: Did you make your Dad-sona a physical reflection of yourself?

the closest was noah who was basically my ideal self but not a reflection of me as i am

20: Did you see any of yourself in the personality of your Dad-sona?

i felt slightly attacked in my first run because dadsona is basically just me but slightly cooler and a dad like? the underlying communist tendencies? the inability to socialise or generally look after himself? the undying love for amanda? dadsona is basically me and i love him

21: Would you actually parent like your Dad-sona?

if we’re talking my various dadsonas who were great to amanda and gave her space and were just generally good dads then i like to think so? i don’t want to get too deep here but i’m scared of being like my mum so i’d try to be the best and coolest parent possible

22: Would you consider your Dad-sona a "good dad"?

my dadsonas that were good to amanda with every option- absolutely. even when i was going for her bad end i wouldn’t exactly call him a bad parent, just... not good like he obviously cared and that’s clear even in amanda’s bad ending he just did a shitty job of showing it by being too overbearing and strict

23: How much time have you logged into the game?

i’m at 35 currently which obviously doesn’t include the time i’ve spent datamining rip (it would be more if i didn’t have uni and work and a general tendency to sometimes just not do shit even when i really want to bc i just can’t make my body do things)

24: Any particular moment(s) that resonated with,impacted, or affected you?

robert;s third date when he opens up to you and cries makes me cry every time i love him so much i just want him to be happy and healthy

also

this shit what the fuck craig this gives me some real fuckin emotions i lvoe craig cahn with everything i have

25: Did the game live up to, transcend, or fall short of your expectations?

transcended tbh, i expected to play it a bit and be like “cool that was a good fun experience lets do that again some time” i didn’t expect quite the quality of representation- i definitely wasn’t expecting a trans dad or option for the player character and it honestly makes me so happy? seeing characters like me in video games, especially a gay dating sim? where none of the characters bring it up, no one questions damien or dadsona, there’s so much more to their characters than just being trans and i’m so fucking happy??? i love the writing and the minigames and just the general vibe of the game and no one’s fetishised and it went well beyond my expectations and i’m glad to have a mostly wholesome queer dating sim that i love with my whole heart. that being said, it’s obviously not flawless and yes, i’m pissed about joseph’s endings for a multitude of reasons which i’ve already made a handful of posts about (if anyone wants to know more hmu because i have plenty of opinions on the matter. bUT a misguided ending choice wrt joseph absolutely does not negate how amazing the rest of the game is and i 100% recommend it