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Would you play a Bloodborne dating sim

  • Yes

    Votes: 241 56.2%
  • No

    Votes: 188 43.8%

  • Total voters
    429
Oct 25, 2017
21,442
Sweden
Ah, Bloodborne. Much has been said about the Loveraft influences on this game. However, I haven't seen the harem anime influences discussed as much. Pretty much every female character is an anime trope, pandering to some fetish or other.

To start with, we have Eileen. She is the older lady who knows what she wants.

Fake Iosefska is for the masochists. If she gets ahold of you, she will do terrible things to your body

The Doll is the quintessential subservient anime woman stereoptype, who will always serve the Hunter according to their needs. As shown in the Childhood's Beginning she has a nurturing side. Perfect for the pampered spoiled man who wants their girlfriend to also act as their mother.

As a working lady, Arianna doesn't have time to pine over the Hunter. She has enough weirdos she has to deal with in her job, thank you very much and will leave the main character to their own devices. Though inquiring minds might wonder how she ends up giving birth to a tentacle baby. I am sure fan material covers what happened there in excruciating detail.

The other lady who will reject any attempts at advances from the main character is Annalise, Queen of the Vilebloods. Patiently, and politely, she will repeatedly reject any marriage proposal. A hunter must know their place, and Annalise is so high above their station, she can only be admired from afar.

Nuns have been an object of fetishization for a long time, but Adella adds a twist to that trope by also being a yandere. The Hunterbelongs to her and not to anyone else. If anyone gets too close to her mark, she doesn't hesitate to murder her competition. In the end, she will even attack the Hunter herself, so that no one else can get them. That way, she ensures she will never have to leave the Hunter's side.

Vicar Amelia is the antropmorphic dog girl. She's basically the Bloodborne version of Inugami Korone. This one is for the Sonic fans.

As a bonus, the game also features the pervert best friend. Gehrman is a toxic incel. He stocks PUA literature in his personal library, and when he was rejected by Lady Maria, he took it so badly he personally created a sex doll in her image.
 
Dec 6, 2017
10,988
US
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bombermouse

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,056
I too have developed an irrational desire to play 90s dating sims after watching Tim Roger's Tokimeki Memorial review. I just wish I knew japanese or had his eyes so I could see, I need to see. I need more eyes.
 
Nov 8, 2017
6,313
Stockholm, Sweden
I have been reading robert jordan's wheel of time series, now that's a proper harem anime, every girl is super hot and fits the anime dere girl archetypes, the protagonist is a whiny unlikeable prick that has everyone instantly fall madly in love with him for literally no reason at all.

Wheel of time is a harem anime and rand al thor is keitarō urashima.

This has been my grand thesis, you are all very welcome.
 

Zetta

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
7,631
This only turns into a yes when you add Ebrietas otherwise its a big nope.
 

Morrigan

Spear of the Metal Church
Member
Oct 24, 2017
34,315
I am warning the thread not to go too far here.

If this Certain Thing I'm Thinking Of gets posted, I'm locking it instantly.

What is this thing, you may wonder? You'll never know. Unless you post it, that is.
 
Dec 14, 2017
1,351
Your mind cannot be changed OP because it has been granted eyes and sees the truth. If anything, we must change the mind of everyone who voted 'No'.

Also, Saint Adeline being excluded from these important discussions.
 

TheNexus

Brand Marketing Specialist
Verified
Oct 25, 2017
571
What about Gratia? I thought everybody was into tall, Amazonian women around here?
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IIFloodyII

Member
Oct 26, 2017
23,963
I am warning the thread not to go too far here.

If this Certain Thing I'm Thinking Of gets posted, I'm locking it instantly.

What is this thing, you may wonder? You'll never know. Unless you post it, that is.
How badly will I regret jumping down that rabbithole? Because I do like weird Bloodborne lore, because it's just all levels of fucked up, but last time I jumped down weird Bloodborne lore/theory rabbitholes I discovered the whole Gehrman is probably Orphan's dad thing and it's just never been the same.