I've also played and love them all, but I'd have to say that my favourite is visual novels - I love seeing the plots and great storylines, and I like the characters a lot more when you get to see them interacting and working together and responding to plots rather than just seeing odd cutscenes of them now and then. And the gameplay sections are a pain to replay - I was playing TokiMemo recently and already by the third play through I was tired of having to do all the stat raising again, before I'd even gotten 1/4 of the endings! Visual novels where you can just hit 'skip all unread' and wait are a lot more fun!
Pecora - 11 years ago
I love Harvest Moon, Tokimeki, and definitely visual novels (I have made quite a few) and I agree they all have nice qualities to them. Maybe you could have an open world (though one that isn't huge) with a plot that does move along with your actions based on your interactions with the bachelors? And you can have plot-related dates, events, etc.
I've also played and love them all, but I'd have to say that my favourite is visual novels - I love seeing the plots and great storylines, and I like the characters a lot more when you get to see them interacting and working together and responding to plots rather than just seeing odd cutscenes of them now and then. And the gameplay sections are a pain to replay - I was playing TokiMemo recently and already by the third play through I was tired of having to do all the stat raising again, before I'd even gotten 1/4 of the endings! Visual novels where you can just hit 'skip all unread' and wait are a lot more fun!
I love Harvest Moon, Tokimeki, and definitely visual novels (I have made quite a few) and I agree they all have nice qualities to them. Maybe you could have an open world (though one that isn't huge) with a plot that does move along with your actions based on your interactions with the bachelors? And you can have plot-related dates, events, etc.