Sucker For Love: First Date - 5 Beginner Tips

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If you’re looking for something novel to play, the new lovecraft inspired ‘eldritch being dating sim’ Sucker For Love: First Date by indie developer Akabaka is sure to satisfy that craving. With a retro anime aesthetic and three unique dating sim chapters based around different Lovecraft-inspired monster girls, this bizarre but mildly charming game is sure to keep you engaged throughout.

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Despite having a fairly standard style of gameplay for a visual novel, Sucker For Love: First Date also includes a variety of surprising and unique mechanics that require the player to think carefully before they act so that they don’t accidentally get a bad ending. If you want to make sure your courtship of these incomprehensible beings goes smoothly, you’ll want to follow these five handy tips.

At the beginning of the game, you’ll receive a ‘malibu pink’ version of the Necronomicon, a tome used for summoning otherworldly creatures. Much of the game’s interactions will be based on following instructions and reading from this particular book to perform rituals.

For each ritual you have to perform, the book will provide a highly specific set of instructions. Be sure to read these slowly and carefully, as some sentences written inside feel designed to catch you out with their specificity.

If a particular ritual tells you to not do something, be sure to not mindlessly click around and accidentally do what it tells you not to! This kind of play will result in receiving a bad ending, which will result in having to re-do some scenes, which is always frustrating in this type of game.

In line with the advice about reading carefully, it’s also important to not read the incantations at the