{"id":5427,"date":"2021-11-02T19:49:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T10:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=5427"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:21:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:21:19","slug":"20211102-5427","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211102-5427\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovecraftian date sim Sucker for Love: First Date announced with a Japanese anime style trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211102-181023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-11-02 12:48 (JST)<br>Translated by. Ryuki Ishii<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Publisher DreadXP announced <strong><em>Sucker for Love: First Date<\/em><\/strong>, a \u201cLove\u201dcraftian date sim for PC (Steam). It is scheduled for release in December 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sucker for Love<\/em> was originally released as part of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1380390\/Dread_X_Collection_2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dread X Collection 2<\/a><\/em>, a collection of indie games made in 10 days with a given theme of \u201cLovecrafting.\u201d Apparently, the developer Akabaka is now expanding it into a full game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sucker for Love: First Date Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jj9Qr8yYAzA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In <em>Sucker for Love: First Date, <\/em>you play as a character obsessed with occult rituals, who manages to obtain the bright pink Necronomicon, the final item needed to perform a ritual that is supposed to \u201csummon the eldritch horror that has been haunting your dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, what came out of the ritual was a cute pink-haired, green-skinned, tentacle-mouthed girl named Ln&#8217;eta. \u201cShe agrees to a kiss, on the condition that you perform a few rituals from the book for her first.\u201d For some reason, you now have the ability to understand everything written on the Necronomicon. It\u2019s time to attempt dark sorcery and win Ln&#8217;eta\u2019s love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game consists of three chapters filled with \u201claughs, screams, and tears.\u201d According to the store description, \u201cEvery decision you make will significantly affect gameplay and determine which ending you arrive at.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can get a glimpse of the three Cthulhu-themed heroines, Ln&#8217;eta (Cthulhu), Estir (Hastur), and Nyanlathotep (Nyarlathotep) in the trailer above. Ln&#8217;eta seems like a sweet girl who will cheer you up when the rituals don\u2019t go well. Estir is a noble Hastur-like girl who wears a yellow cloak and hides her face with a mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nyanlathotep is a one-eyed Nyarlathotep-like girl wearing Egyptian-style attire. She has cat ears, which is in line with the wordplay of \u201cNyan\u201dlathotep. Nyan is a word used to describe cat sounds in Japanese, similar to \u201cmeow.\u201d She looks to be a mysterious type who sure talks like an outer god. All of the heroines are fully voiced and \u201cdateable.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The trailer also shows some text from the Necronomicon. One of the ritual preparations demands the enchanter to \u201cEnsure all possible light has been snuffed from the room.\u201d To be more specific, you have to \u201cDraw your curtains,\u201d \u201cTurn off your bedside lamp,\u201d and \u201cTurn off your overhead lights\u201d and then light redfire candles and put on the ritual necklace. When everything is ready, you chant the spell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game uses old-school Japanese anime-style visuals, but unfortunately, there is no mention of Japanese language support on the Steam store page at the moment. The trailer is made in an anime opening fashion, featuring a song with Japanese lyrics. Other texts used in the trailer are also in Japanese. However, there\u2019s a little disclaimer saying, \u201cNo one helped me make this trailer and I don\u2019t understand Japanese either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although there&#8217;s a language barrier, the developer clearly has its own thing going with this J-anime-inspired date sim that is sure to bring a delightful experience.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211102-181023-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Sucker for Love: First Date<\/em> can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211102-181023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> on Steam. It is scheduled to come out in December 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lovecraftian date sim Sucker for Love: First Date announced for Steam with a Japanese anime style trailer, in which the developer states &#8220;No one helped me make this trailer and I don\u2019t understand Japanese either.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[39,18],"class_list":["post-5427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lovecraftian date sim Sucker for Love: First Date announced with a Japanese anime style trailer - 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