The best visual novels on PC. Romantic and erotic games for women Visual novels 18 on Russian PC

The plot in a computer game is at least as important as the gameplay and graphics. And if almost no attention is paid to gameplay and graphics, the plot takes on absolute importance. It is for this reason that people look for and buy visual novels, or visual novels - works of the gaming industry, which are called games only conventionally. Some of them also have point-and-click elements, so visual novels are perhaps closest to quests. But if in a classic quest there is a riddle, a secret at the center of the plot, then in a visual novel this is only the background, and most importantly - the characters and their relationships. Well, the main driver of the narrative is, of course, choice.

1. Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni

Often, popular anime series acquire not only spin-offs, but also visual novels. But “When Cicadas Cry” is one of those that is remembered for a long time and evokes very contradictory, but strong feelings.

Starting to play, it is difficult to imagine that behind this sweet and childishly naive story there is blood, fear and real madness, growing with each new plot twist. Moreover, it will not be possible to figure out what is really happening here right away - at first it may even seem that all these events are meaningless.

And they unfold in the village of Hinamizawa, where the main character moves with his parents. Gradually, not only the terrible secrets of the village will be revealed to him, but also the dark sides of his new friends.

2. Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell

“Makna Gramura and Fairy Bell” is a touching story about childhood, growing up and fantastic adventures. Makna is a little girl living in an orphanage. It seems that the only goal of the head of this orphanage is to poison the lives of his pupils, so the main character has a very hard time. But she has a faithful friend Sebiarno, together they easily survive even the most difficult moments, and, despite all the hardships and hardships, they manage to enjoy every new day.

But Makna will soon turn 10 years old, and this joyful event may become the most terrible in her life. The fact is that the shelter has a rule: only children under 10 years old can live in it, and if a family is not found for them, they will be turned into animals and sold.

Makna is afraid that this is exactly her future, but suddenly the girl meets the fairy Bell, who came to save her and take her to a fairyland. But with one condition.

3. Cateau

Cateau is a relaxing visual novel with a pleasant and stylish art style, offering a leisurely stroll through the streets of Paris and a new look at friendship.

And it all starts with the fact that one fine day you notice that your roommate is sad, seems sick, as if the spark of life has disappeared in her. As a true friend, you must find a way to help her, and it starts with one of her main interests - .

Go to the charming streets of Paris, meet truly different characters, communicate with cats, but remember that every choice you make has consequences and can radically change the outcome of this small but important adventure.

4. Grisaia: Phantom Trigger

Grisaia: Phantom Trigger is a visual novel series set in the world of the famous Grisaia franchise, with a completely new storyline and cast of characters.

The novella tells the story of students studying at Mihama Academy. Each of them has developed different fighting talents - some are great shooters, some are natural, and some are simply crazy and love destruction. Each character has its own story and its own complex character.

These young daredevils work for an agency called SORD. Armed to the teeth, they embark on dangerous and sometimes even suicidal operations. But all this, naturally, in the name of the common good.

5. VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a cyber-noir novella with an off-scale level of atmosphere. The action takes place in an unknown city and at an unknown time, presumably in the second half of the 21st century. Naturally, the world has changed a lot, but how much have people changed?

This is what you have to find out while working at the Valhalla bar. The main character is a barmaid named Jill. Every day she comes to work, pours drinks for visitors and listens to them, and the latter is not at all tiresome, but very interesting, because a variety of characters come to the bar. In your free time from work, together with Jill, you will arrange her apartment, read all sorts of blogs and surf the Internet, learning more and more about the world of the future.

6.Angels with Scaly Wings

Angels with Scaly Wings is a mixture of visual novel, action sim, and fantasy with . The idea of ​​creating something like this seems a little crazy, but in the end it turned out to be very original and interesting.

Humanity suffered a global catastrophe that claimed many lives and left the survivors with virtually no means of subsistence. As often happens, instead of uniting, overcoming difficulties together and restoring civilization, people divided into separate factions and began to quarrel with each other.

You have to fulfill the duties of an ambassador who was sent through a portal to a world inhabited by intelligent dragons, because only they have the technology that can save humanity from extinction.

7.Crystalline

The cute visual novel Crystalline tells the story of the adventures of a young man who accidentally finds himself in a fantasy world. It is inhabited by fantastic creatures, people with superpowers, and there is a feeling in the air that something important is about to happen.

Our hero will have to become part of this world and, together with its inhabitants, embark on adventures. Of course, it will not be complete without romance and good humor.

8. Nightshade

This novel will take the player back in time - to the Sengoku era, when power was decentralized and individual provinces fought with each other (Japanese game makers are very fond of this period of their history).

The main character is a shinobi girl who, together with her “colleagues,” begins her first task. Of course, everything did not go according to plan, our heroine realizes that friends can actually turn out to be enemies, and enemies can be potential allies. Now she will have to find out what is really going on, while at the same time adjusting her personal life.

9. CLANNAD

This game begins a galaxy of classic visual novels - tragedies or dramas that happen to ordinary Japanese schoolchildren in anime style. The first game on this list is the visual novel CLANNAD, which tells the story of troubled teenagers and their relationship with the cruel world around them.

This visual novel could get higher, but one thing prevents this - the obviously inflated price. The developers justified this by the fact that, firstly, they have one of the most interesting stories, and secondly, improved graphical characteristics. As you might guess, both points are at least subjective, if not controversial. The stories in other visual novels are on par with CLANNAD in terms of emotional impact, and the incredible graphics... aren't really needed in a visual novel, are they? This is, in fact, interactive, in which the drawing itself and its content are important, and not the resolution of the drawing.

10. SIMULACRA

This game has a rather unusual concept that could have given it a sixth or even fifth place finish, but it's too short for that. SIMULACRA is a visual novel designed entirely in the interface. According to the plot, you find the phone number of a certain girl who urgently needs help. Even if your mother taught you not to meddle in other people's lives, you will have to carefully rummage through your phone to find out the secret and beat the game.

If you have watched the series Black Mirror, then SIMULACRA will give you a similar feeling. You will have access to the most intimate things: call logs, correspondence in chat rooms and dating sites, photo and video collections, as well as a gallery of memes. To make it more realistic, the cutscenes were filmed in real locations with live actors.

11. Fatal Twelve

The main character of Fatal Twelve is an ordinary girl named Shishimai Rinka, who inherited a coffee shop from her grandmother. Everything in her life went as usual, until one day the irreparable happened - when Rinka was traveling on a train with her friend, an explosion occurred. The brave girl shielded her friend with her own body, and this noble act became the last in her life. Or not?

The gods gave Shishimai another chance. To be saved, she must understand the true reasons for her death, finish unfinished business and understand herself. In addition to our heroine, 11 more people participate in “Divine Selection”, among whom was that very friend of Shishimai. Would this girl do the same for Rinki? What lengths can participants go to to save their lives?

12.fault

Selfina is the princess of the country of Roozenheid, leading a life quite normal for girls of royal blood. Naturally, it would not be so interesting to watch if everything had not suddenly turned upside down. The kingdom was attacked and destroyed, but Selphine managed to escape, and the Royal Guard Ritona helped her in this.

The girls found themselves in a completely unfamiliar place, even the plants around seemed out of this world. The heroines do not understand what happened to their homeland, where they ended up, but they feel that something is wrong with this place. Together with them, you will have to find out what happened to Ruzenheid and whether Selphina and Ritona will be able to return home.

13. Doki Doki Literature Club

If we had nominations in our selections, this game would receive the titles “youngest” and “most sensational.” Doki Doki Literature Club is a visual novel that has captured even streamers who usually prefer action games. And people watch, despite the fact that the pictures with text are simply changing in front of them...

The secret is how exactly they change and what kind of texts they are. Doki Doki Literature Club is a game that knows how to surprise. Judging by the description, this is a second-rate visual novel about a high school student who seeks the attention of several girls. At first, the game seems exactly like that, but then something begins... Games with the mind and vision, breaking the “fourth wall,” existential provocations are just a small part of what DDLC blows the minds of unprepared players. Add to this the fact that it is also free! It seems that the developer's reward for his work is destroyed nerve cells. Doki Doki Literature Club is a game that plays you.

14. ACE Academy

15. Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-

This visual novel is one of the best explorations of human-robot relationships. To be more precise, a humanoid robot. More precisely, an indistinguishable robot named Lucy. At least this removes aesthetic issues, but all other dilemmas are proposed to be resolved by the players themselves. Judging by the title, the main problem of the situation is that Lucy, as an artificially created device, is short-lived...

The visual novel Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For- touched hundreds of players, and touched thousands at least a little. Of course, there is an opinion that especially impressionable people are drawn to visual novels, but this does not negate the fact that the emotional impact of this plot is great. The only thing that confuses some players is the straightforwardness of the story... which is felt even with multiple endings.

16. Everlasting Summer

Domestic works beautifully frame our top visual novels on PC - one from the end, the other from the beginning. Well, almost from the beginning: we cannot put “Endless Summer” in first place even if we wanted to, since it is occupied by a truly phenomenal game of this genre. However, second place is a great indicator of the quality of the game and its reverence. "Endless Summer" takes a sharp lead in the number of reviews compared to previous candidates... although it lags just as sharply behind the first place.

Perhaps, not counting some amateur little-known short stories, Everlasting Summer is the only one that takes place in a Soviet pioneer camp. Of course, summer camp is not such a unique phenomenon, it is found everywhere, but still, it is precisely the Soviet pioneer camp that has its own unique flavor. The main character gets there suddenly - this is his past life, where he strangely moved from the present. But who said that the past one is worse? New youth, new memories and sensations, and all around – beautiful Komsomol athletes in red ties! Do you want to return to the dull gray world?

17. STEINS;GATE

Of course, the topic of time travel could not escape the developers of visual novels. This is a real treasure trove of plots and scope for numerous and radically different endings! Especially when there are several main characters, and each of them is an individual with his own strengths, weaknesses and ambitions. Of course, interference in the course of time and the conflicts that arise in connection with this aggravate their relationships among themselves and with people from different eras.

Two factors prevent this visual novel from being ranked higher. Firstly, this is the price, because novellas of the same or even better quality can be purchased much cheaper. The market, of course, is the market, everyone comes up with those numbers that seem fair to him, but it’s still worth looking at the players and other projects. Secondly, the game is not localized into Russian, which, of course, is not an objective disadvantage, but still makes it difficult to get acquainted with it. In 9 cases out of 10, it’s still more pleasant to see a visual novel in Russian.

18. A Light in the Dark

If you are already tired of typical stories about the love experiences of Japanese schoolchildren, then A Light in the Dark will delight you with an unusual and dark story. It all begins in the best traditions of the detective genre - the main character, that is, you, is kidnapped by unknown people. Naturally, they did this not just for fun, but to get a substantial ransom from your rich parents.

The kidnappers turn out to be two pretty girls, but that doesn’t make it any easier. What to do? Try to put them to sleep and escape? Maybe it’s better not to anger them again and try to calmly wait until your parents pay for your release? Or should you still try to establish contact with the kidnappers and find out why they did this?

19. Amnesia: Memories

Imagine: you woke up in an incomprehensible place, you don’t remember who you are or where you are from, and then some guy with the strange name Orion appears and declares that he is a spirit from another world. And so begins Amnesia: Memories.

The main character will have to use the help of a mysterious alien to restore her memory bit by bit. First, she goes to the house where she lived, and then makes an appointment with a guy who was part of her old life. It turns out that there are five such guys, and the heroine has a difficult relationship with each of them, so she will also have to understand love affairs.

20. Danganronpa

Many visual novels take place entirely or partially in, but only in Danganronpa does the school become a prison in which students are forced to kill each other, but not in the manner of “,” but secretly, because this is the only way to gain freedom from the oppressor. The oppressor is not a terrorist or even a madman, but an evil Monokuma bear... and this is much worse than a crazy terrorist.

It would be very interesting to play as a character who is also trying to commit murder and get away with it (and school), but, alas, you get a positive hero. You have to challenge Monokuma and find out who is trying to gain freedom through inhumane means... and whether there is even a humane solution to this situation. It's a bit of a shame that such an interesting setting is overshadowed by simple art, although this could be a deliberate creative decision. Well, again, there is no Russian language.

21. Zero Escape

If your favorite pastime is going to quest rooms, then the Zero Escape series of novels is a good way to while away a couple of evenings. But if you don’t find a way out in real life, nothing bad will happen, but here you can lose your own life.

Some crazy person kidnapped several people and locked them in one room. Now they will have to look for a way out together, solve puzzles, and use all their knowledge and abilities to survive. But you shouldn’t unconditionally trust each of the kidnapped people, you don’t know who they really are.

22. Monster Prom

For many, school years were the most fun and carefree, but surviving adolescence is still a challenge. You, too, have probably often experienced self-doubt. Now imagine that you are soon having a graduation ceremony, which you must attend as a couple, otherwise your classmates will laugh. And also you! Although this is normal, everyone at your school is like that.

Monster Prom is an original and humorous date sim that you can play with friends. You'll be able to compete with three other players for popularity, and if you share your romantic feelings, be prepared for someone to try to steal your potential date to prom just for fun.

23. Cinders

It's no secret that many of the European fairy tales that we heard as children and were based on are actually adapted versions of rather dark stories. In the modern entertainment industry, this theme has long been exploited: for example, the TV series “Grimm” and “Scary Tales” draw their plots from there. However, there are not very many games like this; The most prominent representative can be called The Wolf Among Us.

There was a similar story among visual novels. Cinders is a dark, adult retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale. Of course, the fairy, the carriage, the slipper and the prince will not go anywhere, but the price of magic will be higher, and people will be more selfish. However, Cinderella herself is not simple, she does not need simple female happiness for nothing, but needs to take revenge on her enemies and self-realization. Whether she succeeds depends on your choices... more accurately, several hundred choices.

24. The Yawgh

If you had six weeks before an unknown monster invaded, what would you do? Certainly not the same as the heroes of the adventure game in the form of the visual novel The Yawgh. Simple but stylish graphics frame a fairly simple but replayable story in which you need to make a lot of choices. Yes, these are simple choices from two alternatives, and if you go through them without looking, you can beat the game in literally half an hour. Moreover, this is even funny, because then the ending is guaranteed to be unexpected.

However, if you give meaning to every decision, then each playthrough will be exciting and unique, and there are more such playthroughs than might seem at first glance. True, playing through all possible configurations is, at best, like collecting, and at worst, like nerddom.

25. Sixtieth Kilometer

The visual novel genre originated in Japan, so it is not surprising that 70 percent of visual novels are made in anime style. By the way, 70 percent of the gaming industry is in Japan itself - you can guess what. There are quite a few visual novels in any other style in percentage terms, but in absolute terms there are enough of them, and some of them made it into our selection. They may not be of the same quality as the best classic representatives, but if your eye gets tired of big-eyed and thin-faced anime guys and girls, then you can always turn to more realistic European novels.

In tenth place is not just the European, but the domestic visual novel Sixtieth Kilometer, which has unusually high popularity in. Most likely, due to the price being so low that it can be considered free (cheaper than a pie with potatoes). But this does not mean at all that we belittle its other advantages. More precisely, the main advantage is the plot, which is very interesting, and also carries the Russian cultural code. The graphics, although of secondary importance, are still too modest.

If in ordinary computer games characters interact with each other only during breaks between action scenes, then in visual novels they interact CONSTANTLY. Seriously, there is no way you can avoid it, you are literally forced to listen, respond and make choices. And thousands of players love it!

Recent months have brought a flood of scandals related to the sexualization of women in video games, some of which were frankly ridiculous, and some of which were self-evident, although they still provoked heated protest from some of the public. For me, the most exciting game for girls is the fighting game Devil May Cry of any edition. Dante is so hot that controlling him in a series of frantic combos for a woman is like watching the lithe vampire from Bloodrayne jump on her victims in the past, or playing Lara Croft for a man. All these things are, of course, very individual. I wondered if there were games where only men are eroticized, and the woman chooses. In other words, we are not talking about the beauty of the male body, which is a side effect in games, because the torsos and muscles of the heroes primarily symbolize strength. No, we are talking about games where men are objects that can be possessed, about an exclusively female adventure. All released games are suitable for female players, but one sector remains not covered for them. For men, there is a whole range of straightforward erotic games ranging from Sexy beach to a rapist simulator. For women, the situation is different - they are offered either creepy abstractions of sex in the Sims, or narrative branches of developing relationships with companions in role-playing games (say, Bioware). In RPGs, companions are not objects, but individuals, parts of the plot, so the comparison would be unfair.

Dante's new look has fans on edge.

The only nation I know of that makes romantic and erotic games for women is the Japanese. This is all the more surprising since Japan is an extremely conservative country in relation to both social and gender roles. This regimentation and conservatism has various enchanting side effects in the form of absurdist humor, unusual subcultures, exotic ways to relieve tension and, of course, porn culture - from panties (shots of girls' panties) to hentai.

The most harmless and beautiful relationship games for women are otome (visual novels and/or romantic dating simulators). A visual novel for girls is an interactive slideshow where the plot includes a romantic adventure between the main character and one of (or several, which is less common) a set of basic anime types of men who are equally ready to become her chosen one. A mysterious Byronic brunette, a cheerful boy, a shy half-child, and so on. men are integrated into the storyline (escape, schooling, fantasy plot, search for artifacts, war of kingdoms, etc.). The plots can be different - from detective or fantasy to everyday life, but the main character of the story is a girl who, in the course of the story, falls in love with someone. Romantic otome novels are sublime, serene, their world devoid of serious adversity, and they are mainly aimed at young girls who are capable of experiencing romantic interests with the help of imagination and the flimsy support of a series of pictures. However, if you are no longer a young girl, but have retained the ability to easily fly into reality with unicorns, princes and tragic love, then you will also like it. The plot is presented using text comments and is accompanied by static shots of the heroes, and the heroine can periodically make choices in order to captivate this or that handsome man. It all ends with a chaste kiss.

Of course, women who play otome also stream and post playthroughs on Youtube, and it's quite a spectacle. Comparing the passage of a horror game by a grimacing, cheerful man and the passage of "Dandelion" by an unknown girl is priceless. Having seen this, you can be sure that the world will not surprise you with anything. Here, . As you can see, games evoke genuine emotions, lol.

The key core here is the plot, because otome novels are, rather, not games, but interactive books, where the girl is given the opportunity to choose some branches of the plot. You can compare them to an interactive comic book. There are otomes that mock the canons of the genre, but in general they are similar to each other and cover the same sector as romantic television series. Some otome novels have a simple gameplay and economy - in order to win the right handsome man you need to work, work and work (Always remember me) and/or train various characteristics in the spirit of “creativity”, “discipline”, etc., in order to win a certain male character. This gameplay is monotonous and often completely kills the romance, but it can fuel the desire to finally end it and get the hero you need. Stat-based games are considerably more boring and less eventful than simple visual novels, but with the right combination of boring routines and the brilliance of rare flashes of plot, they can achieve nuclear effect. It can be difficult to get stat based otome heroes, but even a loss in this genre is framed as light sadness and expectation of something new. In other words, classic otomes are filled to the brim with cats and love. There is no eroticism in them, but due to the romantic tension, it definitely unfolds in the head of the girl playing. Otome captures the imagination and keeps it running for a while after the game is over.

Let's look at some easily accessible examples. I chose them because they are easy to install for beginners. "Yo-Djin-Bo" is an excellent example of a romantic visual novel (VN) that combines adventure with the ability to choose a romantic line with one of the gently competing heroes. In addition, the game is available in Russian, so it’s perfect for analysis.

VN is a small interactive book, which, for flavor, is equipped with music, images of the main characters and their voice acting with the voices of actors (seiyuu), making the characters more alive and impressive. "Yo-Djin-Bo" is entirely focused on girls and their experiences, the heroine is a girl from the modern world who finds herself in the body of a princess of the past. They are trying to kill the princess, and she is protected by a whole selection of attractive men from whom you can choose the one who will remain by your side until the very end. The heroes are as follows: 1) a handsome, effeminate womanizer, 2) a daredevil virgin, brave at heart, but not too diplomatic, 3) a handsome man who looks much younger than his years, 4) a courageous bodyguard older than the heroine, 5) an eccentric, lewd monk, 6) a contemptuous and a skinny bespectacled killer wrapped in bdsm straps. Most of the types are classic for both anime and romance novels, although they are usually limited to fewer options.

“Yo-Djin-Bo” is good because it makes fun of the canons of the genre right “in the frame”, making idiotic jokes, but at the same time honestly works out sublime dramatic romanticism, which even in such a frame touches. The individual lines of the characters are done very well, they are individual and interesting in their own way, although the "good" endings are over-sweetened. However, the same thing happens in romantic comedies on television.

From a romance perspective, the usual tropes at play are:

1) competition between men, the opportunity to choose.
You play as a girl who interests everyone in the company, they gently (or in the form of crude jokes) hint at this in conversations among themselves, creating excitement. Competition, fights between several men are a classic theme of successful (and not so successful) women's novels.

2) the experience of anticipation, daydreaming, which is triggered by an accidental fall into an embrace or the need to cling to a man during an escape.
In Yo-Djin-Bo, a number of these experiences are cleverly funny (and, by the way, completely excluding the male audience) - for example, when the princess thinks about the warm smell of a man's back while being carried by a bodyguard. But when done correctly, it still works.

3) the opportunity to choose a suitable “stereotype” for the development of relationships.
Everyone, no matter how much they deny it, has it. Or there may be several. Some girls like to seduce the innocent, some want to be caught in the snares of a ladies' man who has suddenly become a model of fidelity only to her, some are turned on by someone else's coldness, and some simply need to rehabilitate the bad guys, putting everything on the line. Any of these options is possible and well-developed. It turns out I like bespectacled killers:

4) the presence of risk and drama.
In Yo-Djin-Bo you can lose your bodyguards, you can die. It gets ridiculous - when everything is fine, for characters with whom no special troubles have happened, a thread is launched in the spirit of the capture of a princess by a terrorist, and so on. The plot cares about women - victory should not be insipid, although sometimes this happens to the detriment of common sense.

5) the experience of “erotic danger”.
In almost all of these games there are moments when the hero suddenly finds himself extremely close to the heroine, making the erotic threat palpable and desirable. This feeling is then reinforced by demonstrating the heroine’s train of thought. For example, in Yo-Djin-Bo, everyone pauses near the bathhouse, jokes for a long time about the possibility of sharing a bath with the princess, and then she washes alone, thinking about the fact that there are so many naked men nearby, oh, oh, no, I think she already blushing. In otome games, the number of times the heroine falls on a man, participates in nightmares, during which he can grab the heroine and pull her to himself, and so on, is innumerable.

7) stylish villains.
They want you dead, they are pompous and mean, but their cunning is attractive. In several endings of "Yo-Djin-Bo", the princess manages to influence even the villains with her beauty and courage.

Japanese otome VNs have one clear feature - as a rule, interest in several characters is not encouraged here, you must choose (and preferably immediately) one. Therefore, Western players accustomed to RPGs are often lost, wanting to chat and find out more about all the characters, and then losing. It is customary to go through the lines of several or all characters sequentially. This unlocks bonuses and makes hidden parts of the story clear.

If we talk about the sexualization of characters, then VMs affect three types of perception: some of the characters openly exploit their sexuality - we see Jin’s abs (the acquaintance itself begins with a conversation about nipples), Ittosai is almost naked, etc.; the other part is appearance (Bo is a bishounen, Yo is a young asexual boy), the third is classic “masculine” qualities that also evoke a response in women (reliability, courage, readiness for self-sacrifice, loyalty). In other words, the straightforward sexualization of the body is combined with personality traits. The hero becomes desirable not only because he is attractive, but also because he behaves correctly. Also, the very way the story is presented encourages fantasy. The main idea of ​​the approach is well understood here:

But this does not change the fact that the writers gave each character a great story. For example, during my research I spent several pleasant hours playing the game. In addition, visual novels are good for those who do not have serious gaming experience, because here you don’t need to do anything except select lines that trigger a certain branch of the story. Those. low barrier to entry.

Another good example of the genre is the novella (P)lanets: the life of normalcy has ended(you can also download it freely in English there). The novella is not very inventive, although it is nicely drawn, but the plot and dialogues in it are well developed. Also in the novella there is an unusually businesslike and sensible heroine, who is not inclined to overestimate someone else’s beauty or be too impressed by someone else’s rudeness. Most often, the otome heroine is shy, and this does not suit everyone.

A schoolgirl falls, hits her head, and acquires telepathic abilities. Just when she realizes that hearing people's thoughts is terrible, she is taken from her home by Kai, an unfriendly tsundere whose thoughts she cannot read. Kai, along with the friendly, cheerful Ryu and the shy, handsome Lukan, study at a special school for children with amazing abilities. The heroine will have to learn to block the ability to hear other people's thoughts, and at the same time make friends with the guys, unravel their secrets and fall in love with someone. In Planets, the school atmosphere, friendship, hope for the best are well conveyed, and all the boys are great guys with whom you want to always stay. Not for the sake of any finals, but simply as a pastime in a sunlit classroom.

As for romantic lines, (P)lanets: the life of normalcy has ended! you will need to choose almost immediately. Kai acts like a jerk, he is cold, abusive, lonely and has an unknown power that everyone around him is afraid of. Some women are not able to resist such a situation if the balance between “asshole”, “mysterious” and “smart/powerful” is correctly adjusted. He responds to all attempts at contact immediately - and in a completely different way than a romantic girl might expect. Planets is successful in that the main character reacts to everything adequately and with humor, without turning into a wuss. If you insist for a long time, Kai will open up, save you, all his powers, soul and body will belong to you, lalala. In this, games are much better than reality, where such types are not scoundrels with a heart of gold, but simply boring, unpleasant people. Anyway, Kai is great. His animosity is well written and winning through hardship is a lot of fun.

The other two characters are much more friendly and welcoming, they are ready to support you and are more open, so communicating with them is much easier. Lucan is the most popular guy in class, with long blond hair, piercings and a confused face. He himself does not seem to enjoy the waves of attention from the girls (who even organized his fan club) and is constantly trying to hide from them. Therefore, meeting the main character, who talks to him as if he were an ordinary person, almost immediately makes Lucan her friend. If in order for Kai to recognize you as a friend, you have to run around the entire game, then you don’t need to persuade Lukan. Shyness turns him into a child, which not everyone finds attractive, but Lucan also has an unexpected secret. Ryu laughs and has fun, but this superficiality also hides the drama.

Planets is a nice, light piece of music, similar in feel to Mamoru's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

As a game based on leveling up, consider Korean Dandelion: wishes brought to you.. This is an unusual dating simulator with beautiful art, many tragic endings and an unusual plot. At the same time, this is a diabolical, long juicer with monotonous gameplay, a tiny number of story scenes and the need for hours (!) to perform the same actions in order to pump up “femininity” or “knowledge of art”. I think the previous sentence comprehensively describes this type of game.

What role did Reiji play in this route? He served her a shit ton of alcohol:roll: And at the end he’s all like “i’ll comfort you...with my penis.” So they end up at his penthouse (lol?) and do it...and not even in a romantic way! He pushes her against the freaking glass for the whole world to see sigh. God damnit Tiaramode.

I'm a fan of hers. We need more bloggers like this in Russian.