Another cool game, brought to you by Peach Princess and Will Japan, developed by Sweet Basil.
Official Description
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You are Minoru Sasazuka, a handsome 19 year old Japanese boy who is on a ski trip with his family and some friends. The story starts when your parents leave the scene for a "second honey moon", leaving you with your younger sister Honami and your childhood friends Kyoka the Tomboy and her more stylish older sister Kasumi.
Alone at the ski lodge, Minoru experiences strange "memories" that develop the story of this game: Finding the missing links that trigger his strange memories, which seems to revolve around past experiences with Kyoka, Shizuka - a sweet servant at the ski lodge and a flower - the Snow Drop.
This hentai game is in English, based on a story text interface where just click on next actions for the story to continue. Each choice will (of course) affect the ending. Some are good endings, some are bad endings and there are a lot of endings! Fortunately, this game also includes lots of slots for save games, in case you would like to find out alternative choices for the story line.
The story (7/10)
The story in this game is not so bad - the background you're given allows many possibilities and you can't really foretell what's going to happen. Occasionally, you're given hints, although only by finishing a game once you will understand most of the clues you're given during the game. This background, which suggests a simple setting, actually includes much more, especially the childhood mystery which needs to be revealed while you're enjoying your time with the girls.
The characters (8/10)
There are five beautiful girls to pick from and you, the lucky guy. While the girls feel a bit cliche'd (for example, a shy, but smart sister) , the background they're given makes them rather unique, and much is said about them through descriptions of previous events. A generic sweetheat looks much better when you know she's your previous girlfriend.
a way to warm up
One of the problems is that finding out all about your beloved pretty much leads you to the bad ending, so you're forced to skip some details about her. Yet, that's not hard to fix - with a flexible saving system you can pretty much try all the choices, even if that hurts the consistency of the story a bit.
The art (10/10)
Honestly, I love the art of this game. Snowy themes, pretty characters (even minor ones, like the pair you meet only once in a game), lots of details and nice matches of colours. Well, maybe the faces are a bit "angled", but hey - they're still pretty~
Tell me that this doesn't look good
The sound (?)
Not bad, even good, but not something I'd remember for long. The opening song is quite nice, although don't play it too loud.
The content (6/10)
Now this is the part of the game which is most annoying. You aren't allowed to make ANY wrong choices during the first few days of the game, and since they don't follow any particular pattern, you're bound to lose many times by the fourth day. You can even fail to get any hentai. I had to use a guide to get to the endings, and that seriously annoyed me. I mean, while you're tricked to think that you can choose, you're forced to make certain choices, and that makes the play linear.
If you somehow manage to reach the fourth day, you finally can act as you wish, more or less. Then, you can choose the girl you like and decide how the story ends. While it's way too late for such choices, it's still better than no choices at all.
This game really hard to play without a guide - better use one and don't waste your nerves failing to get a good ending for the 8th time.
Overall (8/10)
While this game had all the qualities to be perfect, the way you're forced to act makes it less enjoyable to play. Still, I would advise you to try and experience this beautiful winter sory at least once.