A Hand in the Darkness by Ertal Games is a BL Otome. For those of you who were going to open a new window to look that up, let me save you a click: it's a visual romance novel but with boys kissing boys. The game is available on Steam and from the developer's itch.io site. The developer (a solo project, props and respect) writes in both English and Spanish, and while you might expect my major complaint to be about the translation quality, it's not. The game features three different love interests to pursue (and of course, get Steam achievements). There's Damian, the rich rake who is unexpectedly mature; Rick, the smart one whose path I haven't finished yet; and Monty. My problem with the game - which I enjoyed in all other respects - is Monty. The stalker. The controlling boyfriend who has no redeeming properties and causes a bizarre switch in the main character's behavior that I found both baffling and unpleasant. Never have I rushed through a charac
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