Diversity Is Our Strength 
“Write what you know” is a popular piece of advice for authors and other creators. But what happens when your audience wants something that you don't know much about? Well, you have to tell your fans on Steam that, no, you can't add dating to your anime-themed tactical RPG because you and your team don't have the real-life “experience” needed to create such a system.
Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children is a tactical RPG that was released in 2020 and has remained fairly popular since then. It currently has over 8,000 positive reviews on Steam and a fairly active community. And while the game might look like a JRPG, it lacks one important feature seen in many of those games: A robust dating system. And according to the developers behind Troubleshooter, it's unlikely to get one in a future update.
As first reported by Gamesradar on June 11, a review for Troubleshooter on Steam praised the game for being more complex than X-COM and called it a “really good game.” However, the short review did include one negative note. “Only complaint is no waifu dating system,” said the reviewer. In response to this short review, Troubleshooter developer Dandylion replied and explained why this was the case:
“Dating system...It's a feature that a lot of people wanted, but my team members...have no experience with it, even in real life,” replied the developer, “Thanks for this review.”
Comments have been turned off for the review, but about 90 people have labeled the review and its reply as “Funny.” That's a bit rude, but maybe they are just laughing at the silly review and not the honest answer from the developers behind the game.
While I know some might immediately laugh at the situation, I do appreciate the honesty and transparency from Korean developer Dandylion. Dating is hard, it's maybe harder today than ever thanks to everyone being overworked, filled with anxiety, and terrified that your next minor mistake or blunder will end up on TikTok or Twitter.
So I don't laugh at Dandylion and its single devs. Instead, I hope they find happiness in the future. Oh, and maybe a modder who has been on a few dates can help add a dating system to Troubleshooter in the future. Then everyone wins.
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No dating in RPGs! Dating sims are their own genre! AAAAHHH
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Everything should be in RPGs. Strategy, base building, stealth, first person shooting, plumbing puzzles, petting animals, pissing, raping, collectables, multiplayer, and mounts.
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dating sims are deep build-focused RPGs, you make inscrutable choices to boost hidden statistics to drive your character on the path you desire
visual novels and turn-based RPGs are also the world's easiest genres to slop out so both have endless free garbage to peruse, therefore they are the exact same
"player-sexual" rpg romance is often pretty boring, something like certain fire emblems' lysenkoist eugenics programs are a bit more interesting
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WRPG romance guide: pick the sarcastic option every time.
JRPG romance: if you don't follow this flow chart exactly you will fail.
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!g*mers
They know their fanbase well
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If they did, they'd outsource it to the coomer modders over at LL
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!g*mers, why would he admit that? Why would he not just say, "We know dating systems are popular in this genre, but we decided it would be better to focus on the core gameplay and bring our fans a cohesive product, rather than try to cram as many disparate features into the game as possible. And if we ever do making a dating sim, we'll focus on the core gameplay in that as well."?
But no. This guy decided to out his whole team as virgins instead. If their social acumen is half as lacking as their boss's, I'm not surprised they can't get laid.
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this is what's known in the industry as a "Joke"
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But the article says they're Korean. Since when do Koreans know what jokes are?
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check this shit out
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Ever since they put peepee in your coke
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Romcoms written by the Hong Sisters are hilarious.
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As a longtime consoomer of weebshit, I can tell you that humor is not the bugmen's forte
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They have the greatest
interactions with their customers. Like they're always apologizing when things aren't perfect. Here's one from April where 
they're announcing a sequel:
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It makes headlines that's why
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All the dating sims are written by fat neurodivergent women who've never been on a date before, what's that guy talking about.
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Besides Persona what JRPGs have dating sim stuff? Y'all neighbors gay.
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Sakura Wars
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Sengoku Rance
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My persona 3 protagonist banged every chick and then died. Life was good for him.
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Skyrim
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Huniepop
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lmao look at this neighbors eyes right
before 
he decks her
He's like some robot
programmed to punch 
mouthy bitches
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Glass him for throwing a sucker punch (basically an abbo)
@Grue love sucking peepee
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I remember this game was very Korean. There
was one bit when two characters got into a protracted debate 
over what they should 
call each other because one was a few months older than the other. Anyway, here's the music 
which plays while your characters decide what ketchup 
to put on their burgers...
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When Isaac Asimov was asked
why he rarely had women 
in his stories, he explained that when he first 
started getting his science 
fiction 
published he'd never 
been on a date before. So incels 
shouldn't worry 
because everything worked out all right 
for him. Well at least until he got a blood 
transfusion tainted with HIV.
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Art is the chads dating ad,
was preaching a gospel
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Add dating sim pl0x
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I honestly don't understand how people are still playing Troubleshooter.
I only got 6 hours in before the grind became unbearable.
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The grind never
stops but the game becomes a lot more interesting 
over time with all of the different 
ways to put character 
and team builds together. The early stretch 
of that game is fricking 
brutal 
though.
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It gets really
good. The different 
characters, the ways you can use them together, the different 
ways you can make their build. As far as actual gameplay mechanics go it's way better 
than X-Com or anything 
else like it that I've played.
Just ignore
the story. It's some kind of totally incomprehensible manga 
weeb nonsense or something.
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@peepeehands blame women
@peepeehands love sucking peepee
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I'd be too busy peeling my wife and daughter off of which ever one of those boys got too close to either one of them to be worried about dealing with the boys myself. Wife does cross-fit and fight club and daughter is a preteen Spartan looking for a wolf to turn into a trophy. I'm the most dangerous one, but knowing that about myself also means that I'm the least likely of us three to throw down unnecessarily.
Snapshots:
https://kotaku.com/rpg-devs-cant-add-dating-system-review-troubleshooter-1851533522:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
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