Game of True Love (2025)

no incest. dont worry.

i love the FL in other big dramas as supporting actress like Go Ahead, Royal Feast, As Beautiful As You. this is the first time i watch her as main lead (eventhough i know this drama is not her 1st time as main character). she nailed it. as expected.

the ML is a great actor. i love his acting so much. but im not really familiar with him before. this is the first proper drama of him as main lead that i watch (only watch him in cuts and edits before)

the plot is good. the love game between the two is *chefkiss. but the family tree, i mean, familiES treeS are messed up. at first you are his son, suddenly you are not. she is your sibling, and later she is not.. but suddenly she is your sibling again (facepalm). the SFL is the half sibling, then she is suddenly not. the SML is half sibling of this and suddenly he is to that. so messed up lmao.

but dont worry, no incest in this drama. almost, but the plot twist said nope.

overall, rewatch worthy and recommended.

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Another Dog Blood Drama

The trailer made me slightly excited only for it to be one of the most trope-y dramas to ever exist. This is clearly a story about FL trying to regain her position in her family's company after ML essentially takes over, but ML turns out to be the main character that outsmarts everyone time and time again. FL disappears into the wallpaper, being more bluster than brains and having the maturity of a high schooler.

This is like the third drama I've watched from Fan Zhi Xin and it always feels like a fever dream. This drama like a number of his other ones are uploaded on to Youtube by Youku and the comments are always praising how great of an actor he is. But when I watch his dramas, he plays the same character every single time. It's always some OP ML who's in a position of power (CEO, General, Young Master) with a love-hate relationship with FL and a hint of revenge. Weirdly enough, the dramas always are misogynistic flavored - the ML is always the sole main character and the FL is a ditzy character (immature, powerless, etc.) I kind of wonder if the same scriptwriter is the one writing his dramas. There's no way he's able to continue getting roles that are 90% similar to each other. The audience doesn't care I guess because they're more concerned with his kissing and bed scenes, hence the premises/character identities are important.

TLDR: Plot was every trope thrown together: friends to enemies, enemies to lovers, adopted sibling to lovers, high school love, inheritance fight, battling your father's conniving mistress who is the same age as you, switched at birth, secret identities, contract marriage, marriage of convenience, and pseudo incest. Acting was subpar and not subtle at all.

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Beautiful cast but the mood is tense

The drama started out well with the strong cast, very photogenic and had great chemistry.
The mood between the couple is quite tense at the beginning. Everyone is having their own agenda.
Like many couples in the real world, the main couple is always so proud. They love each other but must pretend that they don't. This game, while playing with their feelings, is quite fun.

Xu Nuo has a fire burning lamp on her bed stand literally signaling her burning desire to win. Her jealousy is cute.
Shen Jia He always cares about Xu Nuo , he's very protective of her but she always gives him an attitude due to past misunderstandings. They eventually confessed their true feelings and everything was good again.

The thing about this drama is there are many forced kisses, it's easy to understand because it's a remake of a slap kissed Thai drama. Fan Zhi Xin suffered quite a bit of slaps to the point that he needs to ice his cheek.

The story took a bad turn after episode 33. I suffered with the couple and wasn't able to recover fully after this.
Overall, it's still worth a watch if you're a fan of the cast.


This is the summary of the their love game. It contain spoilers so don't read it if you don't want to know exactly what happened.



As Shen Jia He softens around episode 6, he started saying: "I can do anything for you." Xu Nuo started pressuring him with "Do you love me? Do this for me." Fan Zhi Xin is very good with these emotional scenes.

Episode 7 is the turning point for the couple emotionally. The outfit she wears in the morning made it so funny. She's still so proud at this point.

By episode 9, they're still playing with each other's feelings.

By episode 10, both are trying to cope with each other's lies but reach breaking point by episode 11. Love without trust can't last. That’s the lesson XN’s mom taught her.

After he saved her in episode 12, Xu Nuo started to change in episode 13. She tried to seduce him and it’s fun to watch.

Episode 14 is when he retreats slightly...but found his answer from the answering book. It said to trust your first instinct. If you're too greedy, you'll lose everything. He decided to pick her and cleared their misunderstandings.

Episode 15 is when he says he loves her, only her and leave it up to her to give him an answer. Her true feelings were revealed when she thought he was in danger.

I'll try to update the game progress up until episode 33 :)

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