DATING OF THE FUTURE

A distant future visual novel with a vibrant art style and lots of polish! Would highly reccomend to fans of sci-fi settings, charming characters, and hot robots.

Calling Dating Of The Future a porn game would be undermining everything that it does, but at the same time It wants you to call it a porn game. It wants you to grapple with the potential of what visual novels with porn scenes can be. And I think that is an impressive feat on its own because it sells Every. Single. Second. Of. It. Dating Of The Future is a visual novel where you play as Vee on her quest to get her friends to ♥♥♥♥ for porn shoots. Sounds simple, the cast that is offered ranges from the cutesy catgirl to some of the most intimidating office worker known to Vdroid kind. And delving into their personal lives and the role Vee plays in their personal affairs as either a shoulder to cry and confide with or as a personal body host. In the shortest words possible: The messiest group of lesbians youll have some pleasure reading through. With their pasts and presents or even their interactions with eachother (especially after the main 3 routes). And seeing how Vee carries herself through them is entertaining as she is more than just a player insert. Which impresses me because so many porn protagonists feel they need to be blank slates. But not Vee, shes not rowdy or loud but shes firm on her likes, dislikes even her clowny fashion sense (except the banana bread part, thats all you LOL). Its honestly a fresh of breathe air to not seem to be the one having the "action". Not to mention all the world building the game offers. You want a glossary? Its got a glossary. so if you're ever lost its right there. I especially love how the glossary is slowly drip fed throughout the first playthrough. It doesnt become overbearing from the VERY FIRST MENTION, which is a feat for something offers more text to read. If anything, I hope more visual novels offer more glossaries in the future. The world though is what I can best explain as a post-cyberpunk world. When humanity is no longer in the picture with very finnicky concepts of government and authority is established. Its kind of humbling to be seen done. Its very easy to fall back into "society but just advanced" with cyberpunk aesthetics but DTF has shown that its possible to have a peaceful world with that same aesthetic. It makes me hope more people will follow suit for the potential it offers with cool technology without the heavy military/corporate visage that is very common. Its funny because I actually don't find the porn scenes be the strongest part of the game. If i had to rate them they're a very solid 6 out of 10, maybe 7. And if you're looking for a porn game with good scenes, you probably find one up your alley somewhere on steam or else where. HOWEVER, if you're like me, with a HUUUGGGGEEEE ROM:2064 hole in your heart and looking for your next Cyberpunk visual novel to obsess over and enjoy. I would recommend Dating Of The Future to you 10000000000%. Dating Of The Future is a needle in the haystack that is Steam's visual novel market and especially the porn market. It is a trailblazer waiting to be lit and should be in every person's library. Please Buy This Game.

THIS GAME HAS NO BUSINESS BEING THIS WELL WRITTEN. I LOVE IT AND WILL RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE THINKING OF TRYING IT.

It's a complex mystery with in-depth characters. Oh, and a few really good h-scenes. Come for the art, stay for the actual writing.

En lançant DtF, je m'attendais à un petit VN sympa sans prétention. Et j'ai découvert un récit transfem très réaliste et qui sait aller assez profond dans certains sujets. C'était très touchant et je suis contente d'avoir prit le temps de jouer à ce super VN

“Visual Novels where you play as a femme-presenting robot with a gock on a futuristic earth” is my favourite genre of games. Does this game have erotic content? Yes it does! They are still images, though. But this game is way more than a gallery of pictures to flog the log. There is a LOT of text in this game, the fact that the protagonist voice is like typing in a keyboard is not a coincidence. You’ll read about things like “How does pornography affect the society where it is produced”, “How discovering an unusual kink within yourself may hurt you” and “How not growing from events in the past may hurt you and others around you”. Also, they show you how other people might use dating apps, so you can actually not feel bad about not being swiped right. The artistic direction is definitely made by someone who loves woman in their various shapes and sizes. The music is quite alright, doesn’t get in the way, and most of the sound effects fit where they are placed. As for actual gameplay, it is a visual novel without any quick-time events or anything like that, you can play this while enjoying a cup of your favourite beverage. So, TL;DR: If you are someone interested in ladies for things other than their body, you might enjoy this game. If you have played “Hardcoded” you’ll like this game. If you have played something like “Futa ♥♥♥♥♥ Femboys” this is not a game for you.

What a bizarre and exasperating visual novel. I'm fascinated by avant-garde and outsider art, the conflict between different eras of feminist theory, fantasy role-play communities in spaces like Second Life, and thoughtful, sex-positive games and media. So I think I fall into the target demographic here. But even for me this was an almost comically infuriating experience. Cases in point: Despite being marketed as a gooner game, this is absolutely not something that's going to get many folks' engines revving. The H scenes between yuri/futa sex robots in the far future (where all the roboys at, btw?) are very short and extremely few and far between. Nor is this a dating sim. There are a few dialog options available once in awhile, but most seem irrelevant to the story; you do have a bevy of potential partners, but choices are mostly illusory. So, say you're open-minded and you have come to terms with the bait and switch. The pixel-ish character design and UI are chef's kiss, and you're up for a good old-fashioned VN. But nothing will prepare you for the pretentious, mind-numbing tedium of 80% of the character dialog. It's hard to clearly express how Geowaffle's mix of context-free lore dumps, future jargon small-talk, therapy-speak and the seemingly ENDLESS discussions revolving around the minutiae of preparing, serving and eating food and drinks will chip away at your soul while you wait for something - anything - meaningful to happen in the story. I found myself clicking the mouse button faster and faster just to get through it all. At about 6 hours in, I was starting to giggle disturbingly to myself, the same way I do when watching a Neil Breen or Tommy Wiseau film. This is obviously a passion project - and not necessarily a vanity one - but for a game full of provocative ideas, there is absolutely no consideration to be accessible to a general audience. The boredom was starting to lead to a sick kind of anticipation - how long could this low stakes, queer-coded, neurospicy, foodporn obsessed VN go on? However, in the last hours of the game something that more traditionally resembled narrative tension began to emerge, as did some interesting media critique involving porn's role in society, consent and kink-shaming. The last bits got a little creative with narrative mechanics as well, and something resembling cohesive messaging reared it's head. The ending I got was just fine. As you can tell I have a fondness for this strange little VN BUT, I do have a few actual complaints. The whole subway system that connects scenes is mostly pointless, since you're always being funneled towards certain story beats and predecided locations. Some of the muted, blurry backgrounds are just kind of...not pretty to look at. Some of the stories you get involved in are poorly explained and just plain drag (Minnie's bee mystery is a real snooze). And for an adult game that specifically brings up acceptance of consensual non-consent fantasies, race play and d/s predilections, it is curiously too reticent to actually depict them (for fear of triggering the player?). The verdict: Yes, the game plays like one horny, nerdy, neurodivergent media studies major's public exploration of their own sexual kinks and polyamorous feelings. It is very self-indulgent and weird. But it's definitely capital "A" "Art", a one of a kind experience, and worth the extreme patience required to roll credits.

Beautiful, beautiful game. In terms of the art, the story, the ost, AND the characters. The sex is also great, of course. Truly a 10/10 game for me