I wonder why none of the ones you mentioned were translated or ones like them, why the attempt was not at least made with one game of that nature. Though is LMM a chance at this type of game, from the demo it seems like it might be is it?
As to those current in release, it seems even to varying degrees the following three games are setting a trend of games with at least some dark aspects. Gibo, Jewel Knights, Slave Pageant all seem to be moves drastically away from any type of romantic love, though I guess one can argue that there is some sense of love in the games by the end even if it is not “romantic love”.
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In this case I am thinking that any game where you start by raping the girl, as in all of the three aforementioned games, who later falls in love with you or forgives you since she already loved you, is not romantic love, sounds more like cheesy soap opera love to me, the one you rape at first ends up loving you or forgiving you because she already loved you.
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[This message has been edited by SCDawg (edited 07-20-2004).]