Is it Love? Daryl

Is it Love? Daryl is a text adventure in the otome subgenre where you play a girl living a normal day in New York.

The first thing to do is name your character, whereupon you'll start learning details about her life through her thoughts and the things she says. The day starts as it usually does for the girl: she wakes up early, takes the dog out, and enjoys the beauty of the Big Apple. That said, something happens that forcefully shakes up her routine: a young driver nearly runs over her with his sports car. After that moment of shock, you'll have a conversation with the boy (where you choose all the interactions). This is one of the first guys you meet, but your romantic trajectory doesn't stop there.

During the story, you can pick the emotions roused in your character by each character's comments and her reactions and responses to them. This changes the plot, releasing chain reactions that lead to one ending or another. That said, one not very cool thing about Is it Love? Daryl is that to move forward in the story you need 'energy' – which runs out in the first chapter. If you want to keep reading, you've got to buy energy with real money.

Is it Love? Daryl is a fun otome with some surprisingly rich dialogue and literary value, which lets you help spend a good amount of time making decisions and building your own plot.