From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia True Love Story
True Love Story
Story 3 and Summer Days, which were released by Enter-
True Love Story (トゥルー・ラブストーリー) is a series brain.
of four dating sims[1] (as distinct from the similar but un-
related title True Love). True Love Story and True Love Sto- Main series
ry 2 were released by ASCII for the PlayStation. True Love • True Love Story (PS: 1996, re-released on 1998): Player
Story 3 and True Love Story: Summer Days, and yet... were re- is a high school student who can pursue 9 heroines.
leased by Enterbrain for the PlayStation 2. • True Love Story 2 (PS: 1999): Player can pursue 13
The True Love Story land are notable for their gekō (下 heroines, included his sister.
校), or walk-home system. When the player asks a girl • True Love Story 3 (PS2: 2001, re-released on 2003):
to walk home with him from school, the game enters Player can pursue 10 heroines, included his twin
a special conversation mode. In this mode, in addition sister.
to the usual long-term, strategic "love meter", the girl • True Love Story: Summer Days, and yet... (PS2: 2003, re-
you are conversing with has a short-term, tactical "heart- released on 2004): The only title of the series with an
throb meter" representing her level of immediate inter- anime adaptation.
est in the conversation with you. The player is given
the choice of approximately 30 topics of conversation to Fandiscs
choose from, and the heartthrob meter will increase or
• True Love Story ~Remember My Heart~ (PS: 1997):
decrease based on the appropriateness of his selections.
Fandisc for the original game featuring new
High heartthrob can then be leveraged to ask the girl out
heroines.
on a date, or simply to effect a permanent increase in her
• True Love Story Fandisc (PS: 1999): A short game
love meter.
featuring two new heroines; a pair of twin sisters.
Later True Love Story games added further complexity
to this system, such as a "combo" system measuring the
number of consecutive good choices of conversation top- References
ics. In large part because of this system, True Love Story is
[1] Note: Citation for dating sim is needed due to
one of the most gameplay-rich dating sims.
common confusion with the visual novel genre.
An OVA based on the True Love Story; Summer Days,
Since the official website calls it a "恋愛シミュレ
and yet... story was released in 2003. It was 3 episodes
ーションゲーム" (love simulation game), it is
long.
considered a true dating sim.
Games External links
There have been 6 installments in the True Love Story.
• (Japanese) Official site
All of them have been developed by ASCII except True
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Categories:
• ASCII games
• Dating sims
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