Seeking Best Romance VN's I've Played (list)

[Cigzag]

Not sure if a thread like this already exists or not, but here is a list of my very favorite VN's that have actual good romance with depth and progression in them.

I encourage anyone reading this to leave a list of their favorite romance VN's too. Most of these VN's also have an obvious ''main'' LI, for those like me who prefer more focused romance's.

The List:
A Mother's Love
The DeLuca Family
Intertwined
Summer's Gone
Halfway House
Chasing Sunsets
Hillside
Melody
Acting Lessons
Leap Of Faith
University of Problems
A.O.A Academy

There are probably more out there that I have forgotten, so please feel free to add any. I have tried to exclude games that have been abandoned or games that throw the MC around too many girls at a time without fleshing any of them out enough for you to give a toss, or the girls don't care about you being unfaithful to them (harems in other words). Also going to leave a fun little poll too

 

[Cigzag]

If you're interested then maybe try these:
Price of Power
The Intoxicating Flavor
Most of the games with good character arcs have already been mentioned by you though.

Thanks for leaving your suggestions! I am actually in the progress of playing both of those VN's as we speak! They are both good so far, but I neglected to add them to my list as I haven't finished them yet

 

[Droid Productions]

Love of Magic's definitely a romance story with a strong primary LI; the central arc of the 3 books is the love between MC and Emily. Arthurian Urban Fantasy, Harry Dresden meets Persona.

 

[Cigzag]

Love of Magic's definitely a romance story with a strong primary LI; the central arc of the 3 books is the love between MC and Emily. Arthurian Urban Fantasy, Harry Dresden meets Persona.
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I have played this one actually but recall getting put off by it's sandbox elements, however now knowing that it has a strong primary LI, I will have to revisit and give it another shot! Thanks for the suggestion

Edit: Just realized you are the developer, I mean absolutely no offence when saying I was put off by the sandbox elements. This is not a problem with your game but more of a personal preference of mine. Going to give it another go! Cheers and keep up the good work with your game, best of luck

 

[Droid Productions]

I have played this one actually but recall getting put off by it's sandbox elements, however now knowing that it has a strong primary LI, I will have to revisit and give it another shot! Thanks for the suggestion

Grind is entirely optional; there's a built in cheat system (Ctrl+J to activate), where you can give yourself money and stats.

 

[Cigzag]

Grind is entirely optional; there's a built in cheat system (Ctrl+J to activate), where you can give yourself money and stats.

Hiya, edited my original reply after realizing you are the developer

 

[Simpy]

Lancester boarding house
Intertwined
Triangle
Haley's story
Intoxicating flavor
Halfway house
Summers gone (although mc is still depressed over summer)
Allison fall of apple
Wvm
My new Family (harem route is amazing)
A.O.A academy
Being a Dik

 

[brichouse]

Re: the poll -- my answer would be "It depends on how well it's written." Slow burns are okay - and sometimes great - if they're done well, but can also slip into "This is boring/frustrating/bad" territory easily.

 

[Cigzag]

Re: the poll -- my answer would be "It depends on how well it's written." Slow burns are okay - and sometimes great - if they're done well, but can also slip into "This is boring/frustrating/bad" territory easily.

I definitely agree. It's all in how it is written, mostly. I do tend to prefer slower burning stuff over the rushed ''wam bam thank you mam'' though.

- however, there can also be a ''too long'' to slow burns as well where interest gets lost because it takes too long or they just put a bunch of weird filler content in to inorganically prolong it. It all comes down to the writers skill to pull it off. A well done slow burn to me is one that fleshes out the love interest, and builds up a good amount of tension in the relationship before the ''outcome'' occurs.

Summer's Gone has a good example of this, with Bella's path in particular. That game is a very fine example of the kind of slow burn I enjoy. Also Hana's route in Pale Carnations is quite a slow burn too and I am really enjoying it.