Hatoful Boyfriend - the most insane game in the world...

Foxhound38 · 27-05-2012 8:44pm #1

It's essentially one of those Japanese Dating Sims (strange enough in itself) but you're the only human and your potential suiters are all pigeons...

You read that right...

The #1 entry on this cracked.com article goes into more detail on the insanity...

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johnny_ultimate · 27-05-2012 8:47pm

Played through it a few months ago.

Was killed by ninja pigeon assassins

It's a satirical masterpiece.

Paparazzo · 27-05-2012 8:48pm

I remember reading before about a japanese game where the object was to rub up against women on a busy subway train without them noticing?
Wonder if people get a trill out of these games, or is it sort of a joke to try and come up with the weirdest?

Foxhound38 · 27-05-2012 8:52pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Played through it a few months ago.
Was killed by ninja pigeon assassins

It's a satirical masterpiece.

Is it confirmed satire? With other games on that list including such works as "Spot the Hermaphrodite", one would wonder!

Retr0gamer · 27-05-2012 9:00pm

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Is it confirmed satire? With other games on that list including such works as "Spot the Hermaphrodite", one would wonder!

If you'd play it you'd know, the game is hilarious and was never meant to be taken seriously.

megaten · 27-05-2012 9:35pm

I've heard great things about it.

K.O.Kiki · 27-05-2012 11:50pm

Paparazzo wrote: »

I remember reading before about a japanese game where the object was to rub up against women on a busy subway train without them noticing?
Wonder if people get a trill out of these games, or is it sort of a joke to try and come up with the weirdest?

That series is for thrills.
Look up the sad phenomenon of "chikan" to see how bad Japan can be. :rolleyes:

Foxhound38 · 28-05-2012 2:28am

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

That series is for thrills.
Look up the sad phenomenon of "chikan" to see how bad Japan can be. :rolleyes:

Never underestimate Japan - the rabbithole just keeps getting deeper...

Ha, there's a reason I didn't immediately identify this as satire!

johnny_ultimate · 06-09-2014 2:00am

A new version of this game has been released - new translation, graphical overhaul (higher def pigeons!), more content etc... etc....

It remains one of the strangest, funniest games ever made - a truly insane piece of satirical genius that offers a fun deconstruction of a specific genre while also telling a weird and wonderful story of its own.

Steam, GOG, whatever: this is the best pigeon dating simulator you'll play this year, and not only because it's the only one you'll play this year, although that's also true.