
Likewise, Olivia can feel like an “all purpose person” called in when a route needs a friend/potential love interest/enemy.After Katie and Jesse follow up on some stuff from last week, the hosts discuss a video game controversy involving anthropomorphic weapons, and Katie interviews Meghan Murphy, who has been banned from major platforms for saying things like "men cannot become women. You go for about half of the game with a permanently pinned message from him with no updates until a certain point. Then, with your cousin’s “mission” complete, it feels like you’re ghosted. Jesse is an active presence in your life, until it seems like a certain point. So you’ll constantly get texts from these people (or the cat’s owner), get chances to make and give gifts to them, and visit locations for visual novel-style dates/hangouts.īut as great as the writing is for the routes, there are times when Boyfriend Dungeon feels like it does something of a disservice to its NPCs. And if romance is for you, you can choose to be friends with people and every weapon-person (and cat) will respect that. (And unlike the Persona series, people won’t get mad at you for it.) Which means you can complete everything the first go around. You can complete everyone’s storyline in a single run.

Even the one I didn’t initially like, Sunder, grew on me to the point that I put him in the friendzone, then dragged him out of it because his route is so fascinating. Every character you can pursue has a fantastic storyline. Which means the strongest parts are, well, the “boyfriend” part of Boyfriend Dungeon.

(The Kickstarter also resulted in an additional man and woman being funded, but neither are in the game yet.) At launch, you can fight alongside three men, one woman, two non-binary partners, and a cat. And as you wield them, you’ll also form friendships and romantic relationships with them. Your goal is to meet people, learn to dive into and survive dungeons, and become a Wielder for people who happen to be able to turn into weapons. Jesse just moved in with his partner Samantha, so his old apartment is open for the entire period for you to use. To help broaden your horizons, you, your mom, and your cousin Jesse decided you’d visit Verona Beach for the summer. While there are certain things about Boyfriend Dungeon that left me annoyed or frustrated, I also couldn’t get enough of playing it.īoyfriend Dungeon begins with you as an inexperienced person who hasn’t really formed any close ties with anyone.

I'm BEING stalked and harassed.' and have been warning everyone I know that the game puts you in some kinda gross situations. then I played it and I was like 'This isn't references to stalking and harassment. If it can also leave me wanting to discuss its primary characters with anyone else I know who’s also played it and marathon-play it until I beat it, those are added bonuses. I'm glad, I watched Wanderbot and bought the game from seeing the first episode and the dungeon gameplay. The user claims the game’s content warnings, which mention stalking and unwanted advances specifically.

One of the things that I believe is the mark of a fascinating game is the ability to inspire strong feelings about it. Boyfriend Dungeon, hotly anticipated since its announcement in 2017.
