Best Friend Forever quickly won me over with its unique combination of dating sim, visual novel, and pet care simulator gameplay. While that isn’t so surprising considering the game includes an adorable Shiba Inu named Cheeseball as a mascot, I did come away surprised, after spending some time with it at PAX West 2019, at how instantly charming the rest of Best Friend Forever is.
Of course, that lovable pup Cheeseball is the star of the show, but Best Friend Forever’s funny, self-aware writing makes a lot of the non-Cheeseball moments just as charming. The set-up goes like this: fresh off a bus in the new city of Rainbow Bay, a few overly enthusiastic radio hosts turn my character onto a new dating app made for dog owners. The only problem…I don’t have a dog. Thankfully, after signing up via an amusing and somewhat intrusive Q&A, I quite quickly also find out about an adoption opportunity going on in town and am rapidly brought together with my faded new friend, Cheeseball.
Source: IGN.com Best Friend Forever Is the Dating Sim/Dog Care Simulator I Never Knew I Needed