8/10
The game is completely different before and after the girl becomes your girlfriend. The feeling of flirting around with girls who have all sorts of animations while feeling embarrassed is further enhanced by the amount of care they put into the game and it all comes together as an incredible experience. If you don’t mind the trouble and can keep playing the game, the number of things you can do with the girl is immense and you can go on forever. And considering how it is possible for the player to personalize the girl, the number of available characters is quite reasonable.
9/10
The “friend” part can basically be described as a love simulation. There’s no fatigue meter in the game so it plays quite smoothly and comfortably. But, the real main part of the game is still the “lover” part. The link with real world time and the immense number of events leave me speechless. The slightly reluctant kiss had me completely absorbed in the game next thing I knew. The difference between the character modeling and the illustrations can be made up for by the character animations and voice.
7/10
The real game starts after becoming lovers. It kinda makes me happy how a casual comment can make the girl try to change herself to fit your own tastes. There are two types of modes to the game, so you can date the girl at your own pace. Special events don’t happen everyday, the key to enjoying the game is to treat it like she’s a real girlfriend and enjoy a normal everyday life with her.
8/10
It’s feels quite new how the main game actually only starts after you start dating the girl you like. The girls’ gestures are cute and it’s a big plus with the large variety in what they can say and in the large amount of events available in the game. It’s really good how the girl will slowly change her character and her appearance to fit your tastes. I wish there was more variation in the types of mail conversations you can have with her and the kind of chats you can have with her, but that might be asking for too much.
Love Plus got 32/40 in Famitsu which traditionally doesn’t give high scores for galge! Even Dream C Club only got 24/40.
Also Konami has been updating their project to make all Japanese men Love Plus and they have posted news clips which report stuff like how they found proof that Tokugawa Ieyasu was giving out copies of Love Plus to raise the morale of his troops.
They actually hired real professional newscasters for these videos. Konami is really hardcore serious about this.
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Love Plus News 8/25
Love Plus News 8/26
