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So as it turns out I didn't FINISH a visual novel in a year (last finished 31 January 2013). Since then I only played 2 routes of Rewrite, 1 route of Hatsukoi, started playing common of some VNs and never got back to them even though they seem nice (like Shinikiss etc, some of the 2013 released projects). Quick summary why I didn't finish some of the examples from above as it will help to understand the requirements I have for a VN. Rewrite: I played 2 routes and started common for 3rd, BUT there is SO MANY CHOICES AND MINIGAMES that the skipping of common and getting to the next route takes so long that it just bored me to quit. Sure there are few "extra" scenes that I didn't have the first time but those are not often that funny or entertaining as the remainder of the common route, especially because I don't know where exactly in the common I am. And most of the time is just watching quickly flashing images. Hatsukoi: This time the choices are pretty bad. There is also tons of them but I even got it wrong on my first playthrough that I had to use Japanese walkthrough to get into the correct route. I started playing the second route but I didn't want to alt tab all the time to look what choice I need to select while images flash through my eyes. Shinikiss: I liked the beginning but I didn't LOVE it, it was interesting but not as entertaining to hook me up to so much, It seemed pretty slow paced to me, maybe its the way the characters speak. Same with some other VNs. Yet it was possible to hook me up so much to a game before, with Hoshimemo I was supposed to go to sleep but then I ended up playing 6 hours because there was constantly some mystery happening, some characters being introduced, some comedy. Same goes for rewrite, the first time playing that game I even said that Rewrite has the best common route of any game. But unlike Rewrite, in Hoshimemo there is like 4 total choices so skipping to the next route was really quick, the choices are straightforward, you literally cannot make mistake there. So with that said, these are my requirements: Required traits: - Voiced heroines, protagonist is preferred to be left unvoiced and side characters can be unvoiced but I want main heroines to have voice. - English translation in a good state - Very catchy common route that will hook me up from the start, even before the Opening, something like Hoshimemo, Rewrite, even Flyable Heart - Low amount of choices, about 0.5 choices per hour (for example Hoshimemo first few playthroughs require 6 choices while the common route is more than 12 hours long - less then 1 choice per 2 hours) - Easy choices to understand what girl I'm going for - Happy endings that don't have tricky choices, even better if there are no bad endings - Moe looking characters like in Hoshimemo, Rewrite and such, not necessarily lolis or pettan, just cute like Komomo for example (who has large boobs but I still like her very much) - Awesome personality of characters that separates them from each other, again for example like Komomo xD - Good protagonist that I can immerse with - Great story overall, making me want to play so much to find out the truth behind some mystery - Good music fitting the situations and reinforcing the feelings of them - Focused on love and friendship so romancing like in Hoshimemo or bromancing (not to be confused with yaoi) like in Little Busters, all hail Masato xD Preferred traits: - A loli with a route, can be just one of them, if its the true route it might be even better - Good looking interface like menus and anti-aliasing, you look at that all the time so it needs to look nice, take Rewrite for example, awesome interface - Comedy scenarios, it should be serious at parts but funny at others - True end with happy ending - Mystery that makes me want to continue playing the game, nearly required but maybe there is something else that can replace the mystery - H-scenes with good production, yes I put it only in preferred and not required as I am willing to try a non H if all the other required traits match Unwanted traits: - Gameplay that would only distract me from the actual story - Pure horror story that uses some monstrosities and such - Gore or too much blood (pools of blood), if someone gets stabbed or something it should be fine - Too much violence that is not comical (like battle system of Little Busters is fun and so like that it is fine) - Yandere heroine, I don't like violence so I don't like yandere either xD - Yaoi in any form whether it be H or non-H - Trap heroine, that's the worst xD - Other weird stuff like tentacle rape or weird monsters in sexual acts ____________________________________ Ok, that should be all, now go crazy and recommend me... all the... one game that fits these traits (with luck there will be at least one)