User blog:Majijo.Soul/Guide to playing Arithmetic/Okko Games (Part 1)

I started playing otome games in March 2015, and since then have played every game Arithmetic/Okko has released. So, here is my first guide on how to play these games! First of all, this is my guide for old type games by Arithmetic/Okko. To explain that previous sentence, there are two different kinds of formats that Arithmetic/Okko uses. I call the one which has less special features the old type games. Anyway, here are the games that I will be explaining how to in this guide: Arabian Nights - Desert Heat Love, Arabian Nights Love Story, Bidding for Love, Contract Marriage, Love Legend of Sengoku, My Romantic Three Kingdoms, Office Lover, Starstruck Love, Sweet Scandal, and The Idol Dormitory. There are also the two BL games, Dear My Mononoke Sacrifice and Vampire Darling, that also follow the old type format.

The important terms in this guide are bolded for your convenience. Without further ado, lets get to the guide! Okay, so about the stories, the most important part of the game. The stories are read by going to your page from the main screen, and clicking the continue/go forward button. You can go through five sections of the story per day, using five story tickets. Every story has multiple chapters made up of many sections. The stories will be restored to five tickets, no matter if you read just one or all five. This happens every day at 4 AM Japan time, so just figure out which time that corresponds to for where you are living.

As you're reading, you'll notice that occasionally (usually once per five scenarios) you'll get to choose the narrator's response. This will sometimes be a response to a direct question, or a reaction to a certain situation. You can choose any of the three choices given. Depending on your choice, your affection/reputation ratings will go up by a certain number. The choices will either level the affection ratings up by 1, 3, or 5. The affection in the story represents your "love level", so to speak, with the character whose story you're currently going through. Read on to find out what purpose affection serves in the story.

So, picking an option while reading a story can level up your affection in a different way. But what are affection ratings good for? They can get you CGs, which are drawings of the character whose story you're reading, sometimes with the narrator. If you choose the options that levels up your affection more, you'll be able to get the good ending, which has different scenarios from the normal ending. I recommend using the walkthroughs found in character pages on this wiki. That way you will know which choices are correct. To check the your overall affection, just go to the menu and choose the button labeled affection ratings/reputation/etc.

Another thing important to the game is love points. These are different from affection points, but can be used to increase affection through gachas. A free gacha can be spun using love points and gives you a random item, which levels up your affection points. You can get to the free gacha by clicking on the bar with your number of logins, or the button labeled capsule. The free gacha also gives you clothes. This can be put onto your avatar, which is the picture represented on your page next to the stories button.

After getting a clothing item from the gacha, just click on change clothes to put it on. This will take you to your closet, where all the clothing you've gotten will be saved. You can put on a piece of clothing by clicking on the picture of it in your closet. If you have more than one of the same clothing item, it won't show up more than once. So, what are some other ways to get clothes? There are also paid gachas that can only be spun using platinum, which can only be bought with real cash. Platinum can also be used in the outfit shop to buy clothes, which you can get to from your closet. It also is used to purchase some extra scenarios that you'll have the option to buy when playing the story. The game routes can all be played without purchasing platinum. For that matter, it also isn't a requirement to get love points in the old type games.

Are there any other ways to get love points? Logging in every day is important if you want to gain love points. After seven consecutive log ins, you will get 500 love points. If you miss a day, you'll be back at day one. Another way to get love points is making friends. You can go to your friend page by clicking on Friend TOP on your main page. From there you can make and approve friend requests, though requests that have been sent to you will appear on your main page as well. You can make friends through the increase friends button, which will give you a list of fellow players and other search options.

After clicking on the avatar of another player, you'll see how to send messages and friend requests. Once you've made some friends, you can “dress” them up to gain 20 love points automatically. You can do this by either going to their page and clicking the button, or going to friends at the top of your friend page. Also, sending a message gives you 10 love points. You can't go over 50 friends, and that counts pending requests as well. To check pending requests and your own requests, use the buttons at the top of the friend page.

What other things are there to cover? Well, in some old type games, there are mini games which give you love points. They are found in Office Lover, Arabian Nights Love Story, and Sweet Scandal. Also, unlike in the new type games, you can change your story route whenever you want. Just go to the menu and select switch/change route. Also, there is a ranking of players by avatars in the old type game. It lists the top 50 players by number of avatars collected. To see the ranking, go to everyone's avatars in the menu.

That's it for my guide to old type games. Have fun playing!