Forgotten Memories relates a brief tale of a man who wakes up in a hospital with no memories, to be told that he is wealthy, owns a large estate, does not need to work, and has three pretty young women working there who look after the day to day needs of both himself and the property. So.. a single young man's fantasy scenario, basically.

The player follows him over the course of a few days from his initial reaction of “I'm not surprised” (huh?) at his situation, to engaging with each of the women in their jobs as chief maid, cook and gardener. Choices offered allow him to help each, all, or a combination of two of them in their duties, giving him the chance to get to know them a little, over again.

After a couple of days, it becomes apparent that two of the women have been involved in a heated dispute, from which we learn the totally unsurprising news that all three of them are in love with him and are in competition with one another for his affections – which opens up new options for the player to decide which, if any, of the three he will seek to become intimate with … or whether he's the sort of total jerk who will see nothing amiss in getting his end away with all of them, irrespective of the impact this has on the feelings of the others.

- I found no bugs, the game runs smoothly.
- Plenty of save slots and if you miss a caption, there is a rollback feature. Further to this, if you roll back several captions, you can roll forward again to the current one.
- Artistic merit clearly on display, with plenty of attractive graphics including weather change and day/night cycle in one location.
- Animated scenes for those who want to watch the intimate moments, which are well done for what they are.

- No skip feature for previously read text when visiting it in a new run, which feels all the more odd when taking into account the roll forward facility after rolling back.
- The story is, at best, extremely thin; at worst, the epitome of a generic immature man's fantasy of no personal baggage and no responsibilities, with several attractive ladies at his beck and call for sex.
- The introduction and epilogues are simply a few small paragraphs of text on a plain background.

This was a strange decision to offer such a game for curator review to a group called Otome Lovers!
I can see how this type of offering might hold some appeal to the unattached teen male market, and as such it bears noting that members of this section of the market might find some value here, especially if they buy it for the animated sex scenes which feature a fully naked cartoon woman riding an excited male member; though those people should also bear in mind that there is no gallery in-game, so to experience these repeatedly would require saving at every choice.

For the rest of us, the game will not offer any real depth of story. We do, in one scenario, learn how the main character lost his memory, but learn nothing about him whatsoever throughout, even if he recovers it at the end. From a female perspective, I got nothing out of seeing this through at all, it is clearly not aimed at a female readership, and therefore, cannot possibly recommend it as a viable option for fans of the otome genre.

In addition to this, the pricing decision feels wayward. Considering the other game I saw over the last few days (The Gods of the Red Planet) provided significantly more entertainment also of a higher quality at a price of £2.49, to find that this one is being sold at £6.69 – which is 268% more - renders the content on offer irreconcilable with the value assigned.

If you're desperate for a completely unchallenging male-gaze sex-based story which won't tie you down for more than an hour or so, keep tabs on this and wait for a sale. Otherwise, I'm afraid, this will not even begin to scratch an itch.

Key was provided by Pie Games to Otome Lovers for review purposes.

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