Love Plus

Paca Plus Review

The game I played this time is Paca Plus, known as the “alpaca Love Plus.” Actually, I first saw this game a long, long, long time ago on Acfun—its promo video, which is really just the game’s OP. Various anime news portals picked it up and wrote about it, and plenty of them got it wrong. Like saying the boyfriend is an alpaca, plus slapping on the “hardcore” label every other sentence. So yesterday, while I was bored and browsing foreign sites, I found a download for this game, and it had an English patch too, so I grabbed it and played. Then I noticed the installer seems to be some Visual Studio packaging thing, and it force-installs .NET Framework 4.0 or it won’t run. The engine is weird too—feels like it’s built from VB.net forms or something, judging by the jagged font edges. Well, apart from that, the rest is fine. After finishing it, I’m angry at all the sloppy write-ups online. In an era where even Memories Off has to play the split-personality card, and supposedly pure-love titles need 18+ content to sell to horny gentlemen, this is the most pure-love game I’ve ever played. “If I turned into an alpaca someday, would you still love me?” The story is pretty fun and gets you thinking. About love—do you love the person, or do you love how they look?