Havenless- Thriller Otome Game 12+

Better than Dangerous Fellows

After mistaking Dangerous Fellows for this game, I found Havenless. Compared to the game Dangerous fellows, Havenless is the stronger of the two. The creators definitely put more love and care into the development. Less typos, the dialogue feels natural compared to DF. The love interests (3 men and 1 woman) have more depth here than in DangerousFellows as well. They’re all very likeable. The setting of DF did focus on high school students, so the game’s writing felt juvenile. The chapters here are more independent beings and less one dimensional. The art, menu, sound effects, music are nice. The menu and functions are practically identical to DF. (Same developers?) Story-wise, there are some interesting and dark twists presented. But nothing too groundbreaking if you have watched the show the Walking Dead.

It’s a decent zombie apocalypse visual novel game. My only critiques are the selection and diversity of some specific sound effects and music. . At one point, a character was getting something from a pocket or holding someone’s hand and it sounded like a rustled chip bag. Odd choice. Sometimes the background music shifts too suddenly.

I wish they could have added some quick response choices or actions with positive or negative consequences. It would make this otome stand out and far more immersive. Feels strange that a game involving zombies doesn’t have that.

It’s a fun game to try if you have time to kill.

A Little Disappointed

Honestly, I was kind of hoping the Mc was a man who could date men and women, or at least you could choose the gender of the mc... such as make them male, female, or non-binary but there are no games out there besides two that I know of made by the same company that do that. I am a transgender man who likes both men and women so I was kind of hoping the Mc was a male. But I have a feeling that they’re a female. I mean, I gave the Mc my name (Jon) so it feels a little better but I still was hoping the Mc was a man. Maybe be more diverse? Let the player choose what their character’s gender is? That honestly might bring in some more people. Some more money for you when they buy more gems during the game like people do. Just saying that’d be nice. The player choosing their gender? I mean the Mc looks like they’re a guy but I had a feeling that I saw the obvious that they’re a girl. I may be wrong, but it is just what I saw. Also why ask “Is that your real name” when I said my name was Jon, maybe refrain from doing that? Believe it or not, some guys want to do dating Sims to date men and women, might want to be more open minded about that.

Overall, pretty good game and story so far, just needs a bit more open minded ideas. Thank you for reading if you did, and I hope you have a fantastical day/night! 😊

Developer Response ,

Hello, this is Lucydream.
Thank you for enjoying Havenless.
And we really appreciate for your suggestion.
Since Lucydream mainly produces games that target women, the gender of the game's MC (player) is basically set to female.
We are making games based on interesting stories, so we think men will be able to enjoy Lucydream's game too. However, the art that goes into the game cannot be changed once it has been decided, so it is only a matter of determining the gender of the characters and applying it to the game.
We have not yet implemented the function to change the appearance of all characters in the game after the player has determined the gender of the character. Later, if we could make a function that could change all the genders of the game characters, we would definitely try to put that function into the game.
Also, you can set the name of the main character as you like. However, once you name the protagonist, you cannot change the name until the end of the round, so you double check to make sure you write the exact name you want.
Even if you set your name to'Jessica', the game will ask you the same 'Are you sure this is your name?'.
We hope you keep enjoying our game, if you have any further questions, please email us to 'Setting-Contact us' in the game.
Thank you.

Amazing!

I pre-ordered this game a few days ago and it just came out a few hours ago, I’m already loving it!

The main character is likable (prob one of my favorites compared to a lot of the more boring mc’s), the love interests are charming, the side-characters do their job (become dislikable/likable and helping move the plot forward), and the plot in itself is engaging and intriguing. The currency of this game (in this case: gems) is quite cheap compared to other otome games I’ve played which I really like. Each chapter is about three-ish minutes long but really it depends on how fast you can read and how long it takes you to make a decision. I haven't had a problem with it yet but if I do then I’ll update this review later on.

So far, I think it's an amazing game so if you’ve got time to spend during the day/night then I’d recommend this game!