To put it bluntly, I found Lover Pretend a meandering bore. Considering the many difficulties behind the scenes and the way it changed hands in terms of writers numerous times, it’s perhaps not a surprise that the story turned out as poor as it did, and equally no surprise that the title as a whole is not exactly a resounding success.
Lover Pretend2021
Lover Pretend
2021 Aksys Games76Good
Playtime
ModerateTypically 20 hours
Playable on
Available on
- $49.99
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Details
- Launch
- March 25, 2021
- Developer
- Design Factory
- Publisher
- Aksys Games
- Genres
Overview
Lights, camera, action! A hilarious comedy about the entertainment industry and the colorful characters that populate it.
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Reception
Press77
Good- Metacritic77from 7 reviews
- OpenCritic78from 6 reviews
Lover Pretend is another enjoyable otome VN on the Nintendo Switch.
Between Pokemon Scarlet / Violet and this, I really hope I don't have any games in the future that could be great but that I have to start docking for egregious issues. A bad ending to a story isn't as bad as game-spanning tech issues, but the end result ends up being the same; a game worth recommending, but with some major caveats. Especially when...
Lover Pretend is a great Otome game full of romance, with a fantastic film industry setting that you won't be able to put down.
After being disappointed with Paradox Paradigm I am thrilled that Lover Pretend was a big bounce back to form, both in my perception of Otomate, and the localiser, Aksys. While the first impression is that this one is going to make incest a core theme and that’s going to be simply plain unpleasant for (almost) anyone, the good news is that it soon settles...