Every time I see this game come up on the updates page, for a brief moment, my brain goes, "Oh! A futa game?!" Then I look at the genre tags and quickly remember I've done this to myself before. Somehow the phrase "her little secret" just screams "she has a penis" to me.
Anyhoo! So, I finally got curious enough to come on in and read the game description to find out what her secret is, only to discover that the MC is a young inexperienced MAN looking for romance! The "her" in the title isn't even the MC of the game, and it's a game with a multitude of love interests, none of whom are, apparently, central enough to single them out in the game description. At this point, I was very perplexed.
Unless a game seriously has no real story or plot beyond "they do sexy stuff, because somebody bought a pizza," than "porn game" isn't actually a genre of story. X is just a rating. So, with an MC who sounds like basically 95% of all dating sim MC's and no idea who the "main girl" is, or even if there is one, I basically know nothing about this game, other than what specific tags it has. Both the title and the description have left me with nothing to go on as to whether I would enjoy this game or not. I have no specific reason to choose this game over any of the other games I pass by on the site. Except that I now have a growing curiosity about why the game is called Her Little Secret.
Is this "the proverbial her," like, "all women have something they won't tell you that's the key to winning their heart?"
Or is there a specific her with a specific secret? If so, what general kind of secret are we talking about?
Is she the daughter of a crime boss, or on the run from criminals?
Was she adopted and turns out to be your long lost twin sister?
Is she some kind of monster girl, like a vampire, or a werewolf, or a tax attorney?
Or is it a "secret" like, "I really wanted to say no to going to that stupid tupperware party this weekend for her bestie, because her bestie's husband drives me insane, but she does this thing with her tongue that can make me agree to anything!"
I don't have to know the secret if finding out is the point of the story, but give me some idea what kind of story it is!
So, I went to the last page of the forum, and from what I gather, Sola is probably the "her" in the title, and the secret is either something about her traumatic past, maybe the trauma itself or that her reaction to the trauma might seem atypical or unexpected, OR that she is continuing to be bullied and traumatized by some shadowey group of seemingly unstoppable scoundrels. So the game is ... a psychological melodrama / unexpected hero action/adventure?
... yeah, I still feel like I have no idea what kind of game this is, or if I would enjoy playing it.
So, I looked at some of the reviews, except, I wasn't gonna read the one that starts with "MAJOR SPOILERS" in bold red text, because if I am gonna play it, then I don't want to know THAT much about it. From reading the other reviews, what I have learned is: there's a wide variety of opinions regarding the basic writing quality, most of the tags/fetishes are optional, the plot goes in some specific direction that some people may not like, and it's a sandbox game.
So, again, I've learned basically nothing. After the title, the tags, the description, a few of the most recent comments, and the reviews, I have absolutely no idea what this game is about, what genre of story it is, or whether or not I would enjoy it. My only motivation to play this game is to find out what the heck it is and why it's called Her Little Secret.
I just wanted to point that out.
That said, I have not yet decided whether or not I'm gonna play it, but it won't be tonight. I'm exhausted.