How to play Date A Live: Ren Dystopia on Mac

Game summary

This game features a new original story, together with a new original game character named Ren (蓮). The seventh Spirit, Natsumi, is also confirmed to appear in the game.
First released: Sep 2020

Play Date A Live: Ren Dystopia on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Date A Live: Ren Dystopia on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Date A Live: Ren Dystopia installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Date A Live: Ren Dystopia like you would on any PC.
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🕹 Editor's notes

Date A Live Ren Dystopia is a single-player mode fantasy game where you have to play as a player that dates other women. The only difference is that these women are powerful spirits harmful to the world.

Compile Heart developed and published this game in Japan with new gameplay, giving the fans something to look forward to. The game allows you to choose from 10 different women to romance. The new addition in Date A Live Ren Dystopia is a heroine called Rie Takahashi (Ren).

It was originally supposed to be released in mid-2019, but several issues with the publishers saw it experience a delay. This game is based on the Date A Live light novel series.

Plot

Date A Live Ren Dystopia revolves around a male character called Shido. He wakes up suddenly one early morning and finds a woman teasing him. That girl is Natsumi, who is only wearing her underwear.

After the morning scene with Natsumi gets over, Shido goes out of his room, giving us a look at all the girls in his house. The girls can be seen hanging out at Shido’s house.

You are not only meant to solve the game’s mystery, but you can pass each level only after successfully courting a girl. The idea is to make them fall in love with you and kiss you, as that is the only way to seal the spirits of these girls. 

Gameplay

The gameplay for Date A Live Ren Dystopia revolves around the interaction between Shido and the other female characters. When the game starts, the animation and backdrop of the story are shown.

The female characters in the game are also shown one after the other before the game starts for the players to see. The plot of the story changes according to the choices of the players.

It is a choice-based game, and the end target is to seal as many spirits as possible to save the world.