Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Oct 1, 2021

  "Sexual harassment the game"? I thought I'd be okayish with that. Not that sexual harassment isn't terrible, but I was thinking of the cliché thing "oh no I want him but I'm still pushing him away while he's pushing me further". Which is in there, too! But the first few chapters MC was constantly disliking everything that happened even in her thoughts, even though I always took the "positive" answers - no sign of "I actually want this" until much later. The most terrible thing? People (LIs) keep telling me I need to wear (more) makeup!?!?!?! WHAT That's so unbelievably rude and sexist and just spreading negative vibes! And I could never be with someone so shallow, telling me I HAVE to wear makeup, and then continuing to judge how well I did my makeup! The art is pretty good, but that's really it. Also, there's an obnoxious icon thingy flashing in the corner of the chat box. Constantly. As you can see, I haven't played it a lot. I only played 4 or 5 chapters of one route and I won't continue because I want to refund it. It was more than enough time to decide that I don't like this game.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 14, 2016

  Sexual harassment the game! Do you fantasize about your work ethic being called into question because you're "plain"? Want your boss to ask when was the last time you had sex? Have someone threaten to fire you for not wearing enough make-up? Have the CEO of your company tell you to "forget about it" when you report sexual harassment to him? Then this is the game for you.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 3, 2016

  Another otome from this developer who has clearly lost the desire to put out well-written, quality games. Again, their only saving grace is the art. Do not purchase this game at full price, for it is not worth the money.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 12, 2016

  Ignore my time on record, I played this on mobile before it came to Steam. This game is hilarious for all the wrong reasons. The premise is actually a decent one, but how they handle the relationships between you and these men is just beyond off-putting. I've never played a Japanese dating sim that didn't have a very dubcon feel, I expect that from their story telling style. However, this crosses that territory in to just plain creepiness and it feels totally unintentional. This game fails to understand how it comes across to a Western audience in particular. I played this game on mobile first and live blogged the entire thing and..the one thing that kept coming up was "are you sure this isn't secretly a horror game?". It would have succeeded far more as a thriller. I'm sorry but when you have three erotic scenes in one particular route and you're not even on a first name basis with the love interest by the end of the game, how am I supposed to take that? This entire office is INSANE. They are all crazy about you as if this were a frat house and they'd never actually encountered a woman before. Not only that but the way they ALL insult you and treat you as if your worth as a woman is limited to their cosmetics..it's baffling. With lines line "a goddess shouldn't ever have chapped lips, fix that" and "for someone who works for a cosmetic company you sure don't care about your appearance it's disapointing" and "I'm going to feed him like a pet, and train him to stay away from you." [in reference to a really sweet new guy wanting to have lunch with you], "Look at you using lip stick like a good girl!". Everyone in this story is emotionally abusive and manipulative. I expect that from our tsundere and glasses types, but literally, EVERYONE is like that in this story (even if they aren't a love interest). This game is baffling. Not as baffling as Secrets of Me--a game by this same company I really hope comes to Steam because you have to play it to believe it--but darn close. Nothing in this game is romantic or sweet. The only reason you should invest any money into it is a morbid curiosity of how deep the rabbit hole goes and how utterly psychotic everyone is. If you change your perception of the game and view it as a psychological thriller or a dark comedy or even a satire of this genre, you may enjoy it more, but as a romance novel it's laughably awful, insulting, and just degrading. If it were more self aware, maybe, but it clearly isn't.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 23, 2016

  Office lovers is, a very cheap and easy otome game. It hasn't got anything unique about it, but if you love these games I'd grab it on a sale. The story is mediocre at best, which is to be expected, like with porn it seems writing is hard once you involve anything remotely sexual. Enjoyable as is thought.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 26, 2016

  A lot of the negative reviews that I see here are because their preferences do not match the 'tone' of this particular game. TL;DR: You have to be the kind of person that 'likes these sort of characters'. I do, I love the game, totally worth it to me. *fangirls* Therefore, if you're not into 'these type of people' there's no way you're going to like this game. At all. <3 [b][u]UPDATE:[/u][/b] I had previously said that I was not sure if this game was worth the full price. I have now played [i]My Butler[/i] and [i]My Secret Pets![/i] so far as well (I have all but one of their games so I'll make my way through those as well), but anways. This is my favorite so far, each character has their own unique story line whereas the characters in the other two really don't. <3 So this game is [b]definitely worth it to me, even at full price[/b]. I mean it took me about three hours per route, which isn't too shabby. AGAIN, only if you're into that kind of thing. ^^ P.S. [i]My Secret Pets![/i] is awful, just awful. I'll be writing a review on that as soon as I can force myself to finish it... ANYWAYS, on to the review of THIS GAME. ^ - ^;;; - Yes, they're all crazy for you for some weird reason right off the bat. - Yes, they talk about how 'plain' you look but that's because you work for a cosmetics company and they therefore expect you to care more about your appearance (which actually makes sense to me). - Yes, it seems like you move ridiculously fast with each person, which can kind of be off putting, but you have to remember that it takes place over more than a couple of weeks. I gotta be honest though, it still made me feel kind of weird sometimes because of how quickly everything happened. - And yes, they're all kind of posessive, some more so than others (e.g. The whole stereotypical 'you're mine, other guys can't talk to or touch you'... which honestly kind of makes sense since all of the guys are super into you? Like, it's pretty obvious but of course the MC is dense etc etc.). But you know what? I'm totally into 'this kind of thing'. Yaaaaas. <3 Which means, I loved this game a lot! *--------*!!
• gamedeal user

  Jan 6, 2017

  I've played the prologue of this VN on mobile before. When I was going to buy the full game, the company released it on Steam. So, here I am. I hate to give this VN a thumbs down. It’s hard to find otome games in English, especially good ones. But wow, this one was… Insanely bad. The MC is the dumbest character ever created, I found myself cheering out for that one of the guys would be a psycho in disguise and would kill her off already. I think that her and her reactions were the worst thing about Office Lovers. The story disturbed me a little too; yeah, it’s a “forbidden romance” thing, I understand. But why the guys have to be so f*cking pushy and treat her like garbage? There’s always a jerk in these games, but not usually all the characters are like that?? I was expecting an average dating sim with cute guys, and I got a poorly written sexual harassment simulator instead. Yes, the art style is pretty, but that’s it! 0/10. This is my very first review that I literally give a game a total thumbs down. I don’t recommend this atrocity on a sale or even for free. But well, if you enjoy being treated like f*cking garbage and still keep chasing abusive pieces of sh*t because "you love them", this game might be for you.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 7, 2017

  Do you like to be sexually harassed by your boss and coworkers? Do you enjoy when men gaslight you and treat you like a low class citizen? Do you enjoy when a guy attempts to rape you before even confessing his love? THEN THIS GAME IS THE GAME FOR YOU! Unfortunately, I don't enjoy either of those things and this game was absolutely god awful. The heroine is either dumb, a masochist, or both because while she seems to deny their bullshit at first, she ends up just going along with it and ~falling in luv~ with these pick up artists. I know games are not real life, but this was so insulting and degrading I'd never recommend this to anyone.
• gamedeal user

  May 11, 2017

  I don't understand why this game is rated that badly! Cause of this I was sceptic at first in buying it and got surprised positive! I love that game! Played Mahiros route only so far (best end only and still need to finish the best end chapter) and take a look how long it took. Music is pretty nice, I love the Story and Character design. I can't complain at all! The lovey-dovey scenes could have last a bit longer in my opinion, but of course they could always be longer.*lol* Maybe now and then there is a grammar error, but I don't mind that. This happens and I am still able to read and understand the story without a problem, so no complain about that. Heart beating factor is high, I am not that fan of none voiced otome games, but I am happy I bought this game!
• gamedeal user

  Jun 27, 2017

  Well worth it especially for the sale price, I really enjoyed it only 2 things bothered me, one there is a cute blonde kohai that I really wish had a route, hes definitely into your MC and on the team but he has no route, also on some routes even after you get together with the guy the MC still addresses him by Mr.'Surname' like honey when your on a bed whispering sweet nothings you shouldn't address him like your boss..even if he is lmao. Besides that I thought the stories varied enough so it wasn't the same plot and words every route and each man had their own personality and though they had the same stereotypes as most Otome games the humor kept it fresh. I recommend it especially if you can get lucky like me for %80 off!.