Sweetcore Brews - an otome game inspired by witchy sitcoms

Sweetcore Brews is quite a fun Otome/Yuri visual novel full of sweet little stories. Fitting of its name! You follow a witchy tea maker called Milly in a world full of cute and comedic stories - in chapter-like tales instead of a longer slow burn story. There are two romance options available. Firstly you have Kingsley the romanceable male, a more serious yet charming love interest. The other is Zero as the female romance option - the cheeky, more carefree of the two. Unlike a lot of Otome in the market, there is little buildup to the romance. It would definitely be preferred in most cases as I’d like to have time to warm up to the character and see the protagonists’ feelings grow and develop. However we’re thrown in pretty quickly to this smut-filled visual novel, giving my first con - the fact the romance starts almost instantly from strangers. That aside, there’s a whole bunch of chapters in this game. I’d not say a guide is really required since the choices are more linear, with the only “major” options being the more NSFW ones. The third response of each choice is often the most risque. Spice is something the market for this genre lacks, so I was pleasantly surprised and …

Waste of my money. The minigames involving letters and just filling in random spaces with nouns do absolutely nothing. Had to 100% to get something out of it don't buy it just play a free otome on your phone.

I almost skipped this game because the reviews are mixed. In the end I figured it wasn't too expensive, so if I didn't like it I'd just drop it and move on. Now I'm on episode 17 and honestly I'm enjoying it. The story is fun to follow, the art style looks great, the spice level is right where I like it. I know some people aren't into the mad lib style fill in the blanks but it has a quirkiness that keeps me engaged. Sometimes you just have to try things yourself, because what doesn't click for others might click for you. It's been worth it for me.

I completed Zero's route and will play Kingsley next! The episodic style really does give the "witchy sitcom" feel. There's plenty of hours of reading and the minigames are not hard imo. And you can skip the mad-libs/letter-writing ones I think. The story is pretty linear in the sense that there is only one ending in the route and the choices typically lead to the same outcome just with different dialogue, but I do appreciate the options of choices at all. I wish there were more sprites especially for characters like Olive. The voicelines are really amazing though and I like that I can customize the "homescreen." Zero as a character is very loveable, a fun-loving superstar butch that likes to tease. She's charming and fun to interact with and I appreciate how interactions with her deepen over time. There's definitely recurring plot points regarding Milly and Zero's relationship that getr followed up on. oh, and Milly as an MC is excellent. Adorable and with her own personality, she's easy to follow the story through while also being attractive in her own right. I like her writing, she's a bit impulsive/headstrong but also a lover through and through. The smut is also well writt…

this claims to be an otome and a dating sim... this claims to have adult content.. the emotional connection between kingsley and milly is..... whatever it is...is probably lust and curiosity (mostly on Kinglsey's end, it seems?) I don't know what the hell is Zero's problem, but I'm not touching that psychiatric disaster with a ten foot pole, and instead chose to interact with her as little as physically possible. the "spicy content" as it is called in-game is a little all over the place.. sometimes it's rather steamy, but most of the time, it's just a "burning gaze" and him "trailing a hand over her hip" over her clothes and the the scene is over and it's indistinguishable from the result of the other choices... and the "decorating your space" thing with the background/sprite/voice line... where do those show up? can't find 'em anywhere but in their own menus. oh! and somehow the cg's are a lower quality artwork than the sprites??? what? did they have to hit a deadline for the cg's and decided "♥♥♥♥ IT, GOOD ENOUGH!!" like... what? I bought this on sale thinking it would be sexy and enjoyable.... I was wrong... very wrong.

garbage with random words and poorly written story. The character design was nice-ish but the random ♥♥♥♥ thrown together was just bleh