The first "half" of the game is heavily inspired by tokimeki memorial, almost the same mechanics but simplified (I don't know if it was made by the same team in Konami). The other "half" is a real-time dating sim with you girlfriend. The game is simple in its mechanics but the charm lies in the fact that the girls are really deep as characters, they are not some dere things that just goes by her archetypes, sometimes they seem like real humans, with complicated layers, a rare thing in dating sims (at least the ones that I played). The well written characters made the experience 100% more enjoyable to me, and the idea to make a real-time gameplay is brilliant, even if it could get better. Now this is my favorite dating sim.

PS: I would love to play the 3DS version but I don't understand japanese.

We got ourselves a project diva-like with a TON of very bizarrely picked anime. I went through the effort of watching every show that is represented in this game before playing and I will admit that was probably a more interesting experience than the game itself. Not really a lot of variety in songs its usually just the OP and ED for each show, and theres a few collectible statues and voice messages you can get from every character. This game got me to watch tesagure bukatsu mono and mikakunin de shinkoukei which were based and shit like no-rin, vividred, and arpeggio make good AMQ fodder against my friends, so I can't complain. thank you miracle girls, very cool

The very first Visual Novel that i have ever played, and perhaps even the game that turned me into the filthy degenerate that i am today.

This game is burned into my memory, for all the wrong reasons. But i won't get ahead of myself, so let me take you back to a story of my childhood, to see where all of this started.

It was the summer of 2009. I was 13 years old, enjoying the school break just like every other kid. Most of my days were spend playing on my Xbox 360 or PS2. But i would always look forward to the evening. Why, you might ask? Well, i had the bad habit of secretely sneaking into my dad's computer room after dinner. After all, on his work computer, i had access to the internet, so i could download and play anything that i ever wanted! I sat down on his comfy chair, turned on the PC and googled just about anything that would come up in my mind. That was always the highlight of my day. So during one of these special evenings, i came across a website that had links for anime games. I had no idea what i was getting myself into, but i couldn't wait to play, so i downloaded the first one that i came across. That game was Shuffle.

It all started out fairly innocent. The story revolves around our protaganist Tsuchimi Rin, your average high-schooler that is surrounded by a cast of colourful girls that are all secretely in love with him. It's a typical dating sim premise, however, there is a twist: He somehow gets himself thrown into a situation where he is forced to marry either the princess of the God realm or the Demon realm. Of course, it's up to you who you want to end up with, and most of the girls in the story have their own routes and endings. I had a lot of fun during the first couple of hours. The game is fully voiced, has some beautiful artwork and very catchy music that gets stuck in your head.

After a certain point, i ended up with Kaede, Rin's childhood friend. It was wholesome and funny, and i had a great time! However, nothing could prepare me for what was about to happen. Rin accidentely walked into Kaede while she was showering, and she slipped and fell right between his legs! Oopsie! What i saw right after that is still burned into my memory, even to this day.
Her face was right in front of his crotch, and she pulled down his pants to reveal his massive, erected penis. What did silly Kaede do next? She put that nasty thing in her mouth! She started sucking him off relentlessly, and i could hear every slurp and moan sound coming from my dad's computer speakers. I was absolutely disgusted, terrified and intrigued and i could not take my eyes away from the screen. Sweat started dripping from my face, i was excited and i kept going because i had to see what would happen next. That was my first introduction to sex as a thirtreen year old. It has only gone downhill ever since.

The next day, i would tell all my friends from school about this dating game that has a cute anime girl that sucks penises.
They would all come to my house and of course, i made sure to create a seperate save file right before the scene so that everyone could witness it in it's full glory. Needless to say, i was hooked on the VN, and played it for the next week so that i could see the sex scenes of every girl. The story was surprisingly good too, and there were many moments that i can still look back at fondly. It gave me a taste of what these visual novels are like, and i still play them now.

However, not every story has a happy ending. What i forgot to mention is that while this work computer was indeed owned by my father, it was also our shared family computer. My mother would occasionely check everything that was installed on the PC, because she knew that i would download things from the internet. Even though Shuffle was hidden in my secret folder, she found out about it eventually. She started up the game, went to the load section of the main menu and she saw countless of save files with thumbnails of underaged highschool girls getting fucked in multiple holes. She was furious and IMMEDIATELY went to my room. I couldn't come up with a good excuse in time, so i pretended that i had no idea what it was. Somehow, she believed me. Of course, there is only one other suspect in the house, so in the end, my father was the one that got all the blame. My mom was disgusted by him and wanted him out of her sight. My parents got divorced seven months after that.

Shuffle is a game i will never forget.

the combat is neat.
everything else sucks.
the voice acting is bad.
the dialogue is bad.
the story is bad.
the open world is empty.