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What is a man? A miserable pile of smooches!<\/h2>

It might be Valentine\u2019s Day, but we\u2019re going to have to wait a bit longer for that love blood to hit the water. The Deep End Games and 2124 Publishing has announced that Romancelvania<\/i>, their unholy cross-breed of Metroidvania and dating sim, will be hitting the bedsheets March 7, 2023.<\/p>

Romancelvania<\/i> introduces us to a Dracula whose confidence is still laid up after a savage beating at the hands of the Van Helsing clan. Their lover left them, their minions don\u2019t respect them, and evil just doesn\u2019t have the same appeal anymore. Death gets fed up with this pity party and sets Dracula up with their own dating show. It\u2019s time to choose from 12 \u201clucky\u201d singles and help the dark lord (or lady) get their mojo back. Peer pressure is the proven way to turn a spark into a flame.<\/p>

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Gameplay is a clever combination of gated exploration and choice-driven dialogue. You\u2019re given the option to choose a body type, and the dating options cover whatever it is you\u2019re into, whether you\u2019re more a Medusa or werewolf kind of person. The whole affair is fully voiced, which is an appreciated bit of extra effort.<\/p>

It feels like simultaneously forever and not that long ago that I played the demo<\/a> and came away impressed but skeptical. The whole concept seems like it will be extremely difficult to get right, given the amount of player agency available and the two disparate genres that are trying to be married. However, nothing about the demo implied that The Deep End Games is in over the depth, so provided the rest of the game matches the bar set by the earlier peek we got, then we\u2019re in for a real treat.<\/p>

Romancelvania<\/i> is out on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC<\/a> on March 7.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":346423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1866,581,478,19112,19116,128,20256,21827],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":17,"display_name":"Zoey Handley","user_login":"Adzuken","user_nicename":"adzuken"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRomancelvania brings the vampire smooching March 7 – Destructoid<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Romancelvania is the unholy mash-up of Metroidvania and dating sim. 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