Cupid Parasite

The OuterHavenScott Adams

Cupid Parasite was brought to the Nintendo Switch 5 years ago. Since then, it has been exclusive to that platform, unless you wanted to play it on its initial console, the PlayStation Portable. Now it is finally on PC! Game Name: Cupid Parasite Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC Reviewed On: PC…

WayTooManyGamesOliver Shellding

9/10

Romantic comedies take a lot of flack in the movie community, and yet they continue to fill theaters and generate blu-ray sales each and every season. The reason is that you don’t need to be innovative or drastically different as long as what you’re doing appeases the fanbase in the right way. When you look at visual novels that focus on romantic angles, there’s been this sort of overly dramatic focus in trying to break new ground and craft audacious scenarios. Fans like to look at Doki...

RPGFanAudra Bowling

88/100

Cupid Parasite is a lengthy game with a decent-sized common route and suitor-specific routes that tend to be just as long. Given that there are five suitors initially and a secret character route once you’ve completed the others, along with the various alternate outcomes you can uncover, there is quite a lot of replayabilty to be had here! The sheer amount of energy in the story, combined with a likable cast of characters and well-written developing romances, makes this a rom-com worth perusing if that happens to be your thing. If nothing else, Cupid Parasite certainly knows how to entertain…

Nintendo World ReportDonald Theriault

6.5/10

Now that a third of the game isn’t enough to make my inner English teacher want to have someone at the publisher see me after class, I think there’s a decent effort in Cupid Parasite. There’s still typos which I’m becoming more sensitive to, and the controls are a bit irritating if you’re trying to do anything beyond advancing text, but it’s a unique take on the legends of Cupid.

I haven’t played a visual novel that goes about its thing with quite so much glee in quite a long time. Comedy’s always hard to get right, especially when there’s an underlying subversive quality to it, but Cupid Parasite never falters. It tells a great story in there among the humour and backs it up with an impeccable style and verve. This is one of Otomate’s finest.