Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
Sucker for Love: Date to Die For | |
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Release | April 23, 2024 |
Genre(s) | Dating sim |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Sucker for Love: Date to Die For is a
Gameplay
The game is set in a large, ever-changing Japanese-style house in the town of Sacramen-cho. The player, upon finding Rhok'zan, must explore the house in an adventure game manner to find materials and perform occult rituals while avoiding death at the hands of murderous cultists, some encounters of which are portrayed as optional jump scares. The main character, Stardust, may also flirt with Rhok'zan, but the game can be played without anything sexually suggestive. Stardust is portrayed as asexual, and can use a spray bottle to ward off Rhok'zan's attempts to invoke lust.[3]
Plot
The main character, Stardust, investigates mysterious disappearances in her hometown, Sacramen-cho. Finding herself kidnapped, she has no choice but to use the cultists'
Development
Stardust was made asexual to contrast with Rhok'zan, a goddess of lust and fertility. Thus, despite Rhok'zan's temptations, she is solely focused on her investigation. The idea of a black protagonist was inspired by
Reception
Elijah Gonzalez of
Ryuichi Matsumoto of 4Gamer.net expressed interest in the game, but wrote that it was strange that a game with an anime introduction and inspirations did not have Japanese-language support, noting it was targeted at Western anime fans. He suggested that Japanese players try it despite this, in the hope that the developer would consider adding a Japanese localization.[7]
Post-release, Rebecca Jones of VG247 called it "a stylish and well-written visual novel" that stood out from others, while balancing a horror and love story.[3] Kara Phillips of PC Gamer also recommended the game, describing the gameplay as unnerving, and Rhok'zan as a heavily likeable character.[8]
References
- ^ "Sucker for Love: Date to Die For". Metacritic. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- ^ "Save 10% on Sucker for Love: Date to die for on Steam". Steam. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ a b Jones, Rebecca (2024-04-23). "Sucker for Love: Date to Die For review - '90s anime-inspired romantic horror keeps things short and sweet". VG247. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ a b James, Allisa (2023-02-21). "This Lovecraftian dating-sim defies the bigoted tropes of its past". TechRadar. Archived from the original on 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- ^ Gonzalez, Elijah (2023-03-30). "The Best Games We Saw At PAX East 2023". Paste Magazine. Archived from the original on 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- ^ Castle, Katharine; Jones, Rebecca (2023-01-06). "RPS' 101 most anticipated PC games of 2023". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- ^ Matsumoto, Ryuichi (2023-05-07). "クトゥルフ系の恋愛シム「Sucker for Love: Date to Die For」,Steamでデモ版を公開中". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
- ^ Philips, Kara (2024-04-23). "I have become obsessed with a goat in Lovecraftian dating sim Sucker for Love: Date to Die For". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2024-04-28.