WTF? This game is awful! I didn't come here for a plot that actually gets better as it goes along, characters worth caring about, and a mystery to solve that isn't obvious from the first minute! How the hell am I supposed to get any sleep when there's more than a couple of hours of game play, hmmmm? Not all of these girls are the same cartoon balloon boob body style either, so that when you get to one who is hugely endowed it's actually interesting instead of boring, WTF is up with that? Variety for different people? Pfffft!
Seriously - this one took me by surprise and I'm hooked. All of the factors mentioned sarcastically above plus the girls. ALL have their appeal but it comes down to Pixie because.....well .... Pixie, and Kana because of the dance after taking her to the festival, plus she's just so sweet.
one thing on a personal side I will never be able to take one of the children to the Artifact. I am a parent IRL and when I (reluctantly) did it and then visited and she said "I miss you and mommy" I went back to my save and didn't take her. I can't even bring myself to abandon a game child.