Year 2012 is probably the last great year, at least it looks like that to me now. Extended list of masterpieces includes as many as 33 titles this time which is more than ever. But at the same time private stories more and more substitute epic stories, so I actually have trouble choosing one representing the year. Visual Novel Openings 2012 as usual. 

My list of masterpieces in 2012:

1. '&' - Sora no Mukou de Sakimasu you ni -
2. 1/2 Summer
3. Aete Mushi Suru Kimi to no Mirai ~Relay Broadcast~
4. Astelight Jourantan
5. Astraythem
6. Chuuning Lover
7. Dolphin Divers
8. Dracu-Riot!
9. Fata morgana no Yakata
10. Grisaia no Meikyuu
11. Gun Knight Girl
12. Gurenka
13. Hatsuyuki Sakura
14. Harumade, Kururu.
15. Kimi e Okuru, Sora no Hana
16. Kono Sekai no Mukou de
17. Kouyoku no Soleil -vii’s World-
18. Maji de Watashi ni Koishinasai! S
19. Namima no Kuni no Faust
20. Otome ga Tsumugu Koi no Canvas
21. Owaru Sekai to Birthday
22. Re:birth Colony -Lost Azurite-
23. Root Double -Before Crime * After Days-
24. Rose Guns Days
25. Sakura, Sakimashita.
26. Shinigami no Testament ~menuet of epistula~
27. SINCLIENT
28. Strawberry Feels
29. Tiny Dungeon ~Brave or Slave~
30. Tokyo Babel
31. Tsuisou no Augment
32. Tsukumo no Kanade ~Kaketsuki no Yasoukyoku~
33. Zero Infinity -Devil of Maxwell-

It does not have that huge of a meaning which one to chose, so I'll only give CG to show my preference.

And I guess I need to choose at least one game for review from 2012 and it will be Astelight Jourantan , hopefully the full trilogy.