C-14 Dating Demo

Traveling to a different country is a unique experience, but it’s not always a pleasant one, depending on the country and the reason for your visit. Naturally, vacations usually take you to tourist-friendly locations that are designed to make you feel welcomed, but things are not as pink if you stray from the tourist path, or at least not all the time.

C-14 Dating is a dating sim and an interactive visual novel in which you play the role of Melissa Flores, a third-year anthropology student who goes on an internship in Belgium. The game is designed to blend romance with a bit of drama, and the graphics are good enough to really make you feel like you are visiting a different country. On the other hand, the whole thing is still a bit too shallow most of the time.

Melissa is a girl from California USA, which means that the trip to Belgium is quite a long one. Her interest does not stop at old bones and ancient civilizations, on the other hand, because this trip is also the perfect opportunity to make some friends, or maybe even find a romantic partner. Naturally, there are multiple options to choose from, and this whole chapter is left up to you.

As such, you can make choices along the way that decide with whom you end up with by the end of the game, and you can play the game multiple times if you want to make different choices. It’s not easy to make certain characters like you, but the dialog options are usually very straightforward, so you can pretty much figure out which option is going to get you into their good graces.

Since this is still a visual novel at core, you shouldn’t expect any interaction with the environment or the objects around you, given the fact that everything is static. However, the artwork is incredibly detailed and nicely designed, and you truly feel like you are in a different country sometimes. The soundtrack is decent as well, at least if it doesn’t get too repetitive along the way.

In the end, C-14 Dating provides you with multiple possible routes and love interests, so you can get many hours of game time out of it. Hence, it’s a real treat for the fans of the genre, and the artwork can make for great wallpapers as well.