Hatoful Boyfriend

Hatoful Boyfriend is a unique experience, one that goes well beyond its bonkers concept and intentionally strange visual presentation. I was expecting to simply giggle at a nonsensical game in which I tried to woo feathered men, and what I received instead was wholly and wonderfully unexpected.

Hatoful Boyfriend is exactly what it professes to be, and little more than that. The reality of a pigeon dating sim is infinitely less entertaining than the idea, but it nevertheless has its...

Hatoful Boyfriend isn't what you'd expect. It's not what you'd expect from a visual novel, not what you'd expect from Japanese otome (literally "girl game"), and not what you'd expect from a dating sim. If you happen to be familiar with any of those. But...

Hatoful Boyfriend began life as a joke and ended as one. Calling it bad is not going to offend anyone, because that’s exactly what it wanted to be. Even among the most outlandish visual novels, Hatoful Boyfriend at least succeeds at being one of the most bizarre things to come out of the genre.

Hatoful Boyfriend makes fun of the dating simulator genre by turning it on its head, making it weird and outrageous. The witty dialogue and absolutely bonkers scenarios are genuinely fun to discover, and the handful of different storylines make repeated playthroughs worthwhile. It's not groundbreaking material, but it's laughable — in a good, entertaining way.

Alright: May be slightly above average or simply inoffensive. Fans of the genre should enjoy them a bit, but a fair few will be left unfulfilled....

A one-of-a-kind glimpse into the world of anthropomorphic-animal Japanese otome, Hatoful Boyfriend is surprisingly...

So, . Yeah. Way to go proving those Japanese gaming stereotypes right Japan!Here, I’ll translate the title. That should be enough to give you an idea of the crack-tacular adventure you’re going to embark upon if you play this free, recently translated...