Introduction

• This document is meant to record my thoughts on visual novels I’ve played recently. I’ll write as things come to mind, so it might seem a bit disorganized.
• The games on this list are visual novels in a broad sense, including Galgames, text ADVs, and other text-based games.
• This is purely subjective scoring. I’ll only write about what I personally found to be exceptionally good/bad about a game.
• Despite being purely subjective, I’ll explain my basic principles when scoring:
  • When scoring, I try to focus on the game’s greatest “strengths,” because I believe people play games to experience things they can’t find in other works.
  • However, if a weakness is so severe that it significantly impacts the gameplay experience, I will point it out and deduct points.
  • Furthermore, some works I might say have no particular flaws, but this doesn’t mean they’re perfect. The difficulty of telling a simple story well is completely different from telling a complex story well.
• Works with an asterisk (*) left a deep impression on me in some aspect (in a positive way). This is unrelated to the score.

Main Content

• 8~10 Points
  • White Album 2: 10*
  • Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective: 10*
  • Full Metal Daemon Muramasa: 9*
  • Steins;Gate: 9*
  • 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim: 9*
  • Umineko When They Cry — Question Arcs: 8.5*
  • Fate/Stay Night: 8.5
  • You and Me and Her: A Love Story: 8*
  • Mahoutsukai no Yoru (Witch on the Holy Night): 8
• 0~8 Points
  • Rewrite+: 7.5*/10
  • Air: 7*
  • Senren Banka: 7.5
  • WHITE ALBUM: Memories like Falling Snow: 7
  • Ever17: 6*
  • ATRI -My Dear Moments-: 6
  • Muv-Luv Alternative: 6
  • Clannad: 5

Others

• Currently playing/will play in the future: 428: Shibuya Scramble, Umineko When They Cry, Baldr Sky.