Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance

Such an amazing game, I love the plot and the many many choices to be whoever you want. Highly recommended

Not a romance game, but a political thriller. Its inspiration is clearly the court of Henry VIII, with the MC someone like Anne Boleyn. Its technically three games packed as one, wich leads to a bit of railroading at the end of the first part, but that way you can play the triology without having to switch games. Choices are well labeled and impactfull, there even are a few bad or not-bad but early endings. However, the game is hard. So far, out of ten playthroughs i have neither archived the golden ending or a good ending. That i dont mind this one bit, because even the bad and bittersweet endings work quite well shows that the storytelling is very well done.

Overall I enjoyed this Choice of Games entry. It is billed as a 'romance', but is really about power and intrigue. I love the power and intrigue part, but if you come into the game wanting romance there really aren't any good choices...especially if you play as a male protagonist. I found it much easier to complete the game as a conniving, female than as a romance seeking male. Also, I didn't feel as though my choice to be a heterosexual male was respected by the authors as I was still presented with strange homosexual relationship options out of the blue with people I thought were just friends. It is a good game, but somewhat flawed, but the courtly politics and intrigue were on-point. I give this game a 7 out of 10.

Good stuff

You can be gay and romance a dashing (and vengeful) King/Queen which really should be enough to recommend it on, but one of the sad endings where my character survived but lost their beloved had me crying and I'm still emotional over it now so 10/10 would rec and also cry over again. (If royalty and loyalty *aren't* two of your favourite things in stories, you can totally turn on your royal lover too if you want.) (And the Monarch cheating on you depends entirely on your own choices and is hardly out of left field considering the game literally starts with you stealing them from their spouse. Mine was so in love with me he didn't cheat and didn't believe any of the fabricated rumours I had either :'))

False illusion of choice, game ends instantly no matter your skills if you make the choice the author dislikes.