Insight and Debate?
This game is awesome and caused some debate which we’ll cover at a later date! Curious well, here’s a little taste of the debate between the differences between Otome, dating sims, visual novels, eroge (erotic games), galge (gal games), and Otoge (otome games). Eris thinks Hustle cat is a dating sim where as I the great and magnificent Sunflower thinks it’s an Otome. Either way we both think it is a fun game to play!
We played a route on Twitch, which was so much fun voice Acting and playing with friends! I had completed all routes before hand which unlocks a possible hidden route “Graves route” and that’s so happen the route Eris was hoping for and got lucky. We spin a wheel from who ever is voice acting or sometimes even the chat gets to choose what we should answer when questions pop up, so to get the route Eris wanted was quite fortunate when competing with the rest of us!
We both enjoyed the story, settings, quirky characters and the dynamic between them. Eris wishes there were a more diverse story between the routes but I liked depending on what you choose would change who you would end up with. The story takes place where the MC is a slob living with your aunt and decide to get a job. You don’t get to choose the name so you are stuck with Avery Grey but you get to decide gender (him, her, or they) long or short hair and between 3 different skin tones. Avery Grey decides to go for a walk and sees a help wanted poster at a cat Cafe (A Cat’s Paw). Avery applies for the job in the strangest interview ever, gets the job, signs a bunch a paperwork and becomes cursed… always read the fine print! In this modern setting, turns out there is magic and all your fellow employees can turn into cats and can only have human form while in the Cafe. Along the way you find out that magic is based on what affinity you have, and since Avery is a slob they have an affinity for trash. Shenanigans ensue depending on your choices will determine who’s ending you get.
Hustle Cat Love Interests
Mason- Quiet tough girl that changes into an orange tabby. She’s employed as the cook so she aways working in the back and she likes it this way. Going down her route she will become a fire mage.
Finley- Fun and cutesy girl, who is incharge of the social media of the Cat’s Paw and changes into the famous internet sensation Jelly Donut, a adorable calico cat that balances a donut on her head! Down her route she can use voice magic, similar to Hayse, but hers is base off internet terms, like “Block” or “Report.”
Hayes- Anxious, shy, adorable nerd who perfers to be in his siamese cat form on cat duty making sure thier not on the stairs or miss behaving. Down his route you find out he can use voice magic and the effects are dependent on the conviction of his poems.
Landry- Is a very friendly laid back big guy who works in the front of the Cafe as a waiter and a handy man fixing/making cat trees. I fine it amusing that he changes into a Maine coon ( a really big cat) since he is such a tall guy. Down his route you fine out that his magic is kinda special because he is known as an “adept,” which means his magic is not based on his personality but he is born with lightning magic.
Reese- Rude, snarky, and smug guy who works in the front and turn into a Japanese Bobtail cat. He’s the only witch to start off with besides Graves in the Cafe. While trying to follow in his father’s footsteps trying to copy his drawing magic, he needs step out of his shadow and discover his own magic. Going down his route he discovers his affinity for transportation magic by using a seam ripper to make portals.
Graves- His is a hidden route that only unlocks when you complete the other routes above. This eccentric and dramatic owner of the Cat’s Paw can turn into a black cat with heterochromia. He has affinity for metal magic and also cat magic.
Inside Otome Heaven 