How To Date A Magical Girl!

the artstyle is super cute, also WE all love Rei

I really love this game! The characters are all so interesting and have good backstories. I do have a few issues, though, mainly with the ending and the non-existent differences between which protagonist appearance you pick. Spoilers below. The ending is super predictable and on the same level as “dark” cartoon theories. The main character was in a coma, because of course they were. Magical stuff can’t REALLY exist, right? It just seems like a lazy way to wrap up what was an interesting murder mystery. The other issue I’ve found is that the dialogue doesn’t change when you pick a female protagonist over a male. Not a big deal, right… as long as one of the characters routes doesn’t have her NOT trusting men. Rei’s route was the first time I really actually noticed the issue. My character was female, and when Rei said she usually only liked girls, the protagonist thought “must not be into me then.” When the protagonist… was a girl. It just didn’t really work and kind of took me out of the route. Minor nitpick, but I also am getting so annoyed at how the arcade works. It’s super gambly, which makes sense since it’s an arcade, but when you’ve run out of gifts to give whichever girl you’re romancing that give more than 1 affection, it’s super annoying when their special arcade item just doesn’t show up. Especially since you can only give one gift a day, and after you give all the gifts the girl likes, they only give 1 affection from then on. Despite these issues, I actually really like the story and characters that are presented here. It’s not spectacular, sure, but it’s a solid story (up until the ending). I would recommend it for people who liked Doki Doki Literature Club or just visual novels/dating sims in general, since, even after the darker stuff starts to happen, you’re still able to actively engage with the romance.

有卡 有成就 没中文 如何与魔法少女相恋 倘若有幸进入顶尖魔法少女学园就读，你会结交挚友、研习魔法，还是向可爱的魔法少女展开追求？ 你的魔法天赋微乎其微，却意外被录取。虽不明缘由，但这正是结识少女们的良机。仅有一年时间证明自身资质，你需要兼顾学业与恋爱追求，方能顺利留下。 课余时光随心安排，逛街购物、参与辩论社团、兼职打工，或是漫步观景放松身心，一切由你抉择。 在倾心之人逐渐动心之际，你会发觉学园处处暗藏异样。 阴霾笼罩整片校园，看似无忧无虑的学生背后，还隐藏着不为人知的秘密。 提示：游戏部分画面惊悚压抑，所有角色年龄均年满 18 周岁。 游戏特色 多名性格迥异的魔法少女，随心选择心仪对象攻略 自由支配空闲时间，学习法术、炼制药剂或是休闲度日 邀约约会、赠送礼物，逐步提升好感度 近四十张精美插画，角色拥有多款造型服饰 专属原创游戏配乐 内置日历系统，定期解锁特色事件 炼金玩法，收集素材调配合成 游玩时长约 10 至 15 小时，拥有多结局设定

The first time I played this, I torrented it without knowing anything about it except the name and some cute artwork. I thought it was just a random romance visual novel, so the horror twist came completely out of nowhere and genuinely captivated me. It’s a shame you can’t really have that experience anymore without running into spoilers on Steam, but I bought it anyway because I really liked it.

The characters are very stereotypical and shallow. Most of the time, the dialogues are cringe, to say the least. The constant humor based on teasing each other becomes tiresome after a while. Even though I struggled with most of the game, for some reason I liked it more than I should have. The graphics are very nice. The ending surprised me and was cool.

Eh... it's ok.

蛮无聊的视觉小说，被恐怖向魔法少女视觉小说吸引，只能说cg的冲击力，远远比不上我第一次看到角色立绘时的感受。这个故事本身就是个毫无深度的反转故事，在最后揭露其实 [spoiler] 这个世界是为了昏迷病人量身定做的幻觉，一切都是假的，谋杀，你的女友都是臆想出来的。[/spoiler] 只能说很烂，且剧情走向很好猜，我在序章切换的界面就猜了个七七八八，一看结尾果然是[spoiler] 车祸昏迷 [/spoiler] 。这种反转故事本来就更适合短篇，而制作组很明显没有能力写好一个长篇恐怖故事，也同样没能力写一个及格的gal，所以最后只能得到一个不伦不类的半成品。 制作组为了可玩性加了很无聊且拖沓的养成，导致游戏节奏更加的缓慢，同时日常和角色约会剧情都很水，好多都是无关紧要为了解锁地点（好多地点还没啥用）和跳养成天数的剧情（暑假为了不让你天天点养成，每周都编点无聊剧情让你把工作日跳过。还有主角在大事件发生之后就一下睡好几天。），但是既然如此为何不把一个学期压缩成半个学期，让角色在暑假时迎来结尾呢？因为拖得长，本可以通过连环死亡事件创造的压迫感基本上完全消失，并且每个角色的对话都很生硬，使得气氛更加割裂。 那要是就把它来当gal玩呢？那就更没得比了。先不提角色立绘的质量，就光那单薄的人物塑造和生硬的对话就能看出其质量。每个角色都是很经典的套路角色，比如调皮的青梅，完美的学生会长，运动系假小子等等。就光是按照这种角色的常见套路写一套剧情就好了，但是因为制作组能力不足，就感觉角色性格七零八落的，再加上为了体现黑[strike]深[/strike]残的剧情，又故作聪明的给每个人加了个反转背景故事，使得角色们更加的四不像。举个例子：假小子的80好感度剧情会突然告诉你，她小时候[spoiler] 被一个恋童癖下药，因为它喜欢病弱女孩，直到对方被抓了才发现。然后几年后恋童癖出狱，在夜晚闯入她的房间想要掐死她，但是被假小子反杀。而遇到主角的时候假小子其实想要轻生 [/spoiler] 我看到这里就一脸问号，感觉这个设定莫名其妙，完全是为了黑[strike]深[/strike]残硬加进去的。还有主角的青梅在80的好感度剧情里 [spoiler] 把她母亲杀了，然后这事情就这样结束了，后续的约会也完全没提。也完全没有说处理尸体的事情。[/spoiler] 制作组你不是想要骗玩家这是真实世界吗，这种重要剧情就这样戛然而止？ 还有这个游戏明面上是可以选择主人公性别，但即使选了女主，也会觉得自己选的是男主。因为剧情完全是从男主人公视角出发的，只是把人称代词模糊化了。而且不少小地方完全没改，比如跟狗说话，对方还是会叫你Sir，而不是Ma'am。更别提你的好朋友了，天天叫你bro和man。 总之并不建议原价入，不过即使是打折也需要掂量一下，自己要不要浪费约5-7小时的时间来看一个剧情勉强及格的视觉小说。3/10 PS: 买之前一定要看一眼角色立绘的画风，要是接受不了还是别买了。

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Un visual novel correct, le classique harem où il faut gagner des points d'affections pour gagner les faveurs des filles. L'aspect horreur est très raisonnable. Je spoile un peu : [spoiler]Il y a un twist à la fin qui finalement rend tout le parcours du personnage inutile. Un peu frustrant, soyez prévenus[/spoiler] Notre personnage est très passif. C'est normal dans un visual novel de suivre l'histoire, mais la narration est un peu frustrante à mon gout, j'aurais aimé plus d’héroïsme. Surtout quand il tombe en arret maladie pendant 1 semaine après chaque événement horrifique, empêchant de réaliser le farm d'affection quotidien! Le jeu reste un bon divertissement si on aime le genre, et je vais le recommencer pour optimiser mon affection et débloquer toutes les voies!

Brilliant and graphic. I also like how much strategy is involved in order to achieve different outcomes.