god toma needs to chill.

♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ Okay, let's try to be simple. This is one of the few OGs (otome game, like visual novel mostly for girls, not generalizing though) we'll find on Steam, sadly. Of the ones I played, it was easily one of the best ones. You'll have some (really) bizarre and strange stories (it deppends on which one of the characters' route you're playing and if you get the bad endings or not. YEEEES, the choices matter, of course), but aside that, I strongly recommend this for the OGs lovers. If you saw the anime version and liked it, why the hell didn't you buy it already? ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠

If you are female, I think you find this visual novel sweet. Even though it is bit cheesy. But if you are an guy most likely you will just find it cringy.

I have completed the game 100%: every bad ending, normal and good. Game comes up with options throughout the game leading to what kinda ending you will have. Some visual novels tend to lack options. I atleast find it more fun having impact and seeing how guys reactions to what you say.

My favourite of the guys were Kent, he is bit of akward which makes it kinda cute from an guy. You will follow routes or "worlds" in the game for each character, so it is not like you are being flirted by all of them. Guys vary in personality and I wouldn't call them too shallow. The main heroine you play as is obviously throughout the game pretty neutral. Once you have completed (normal ending is enough) the "common" guys routes you will unlock the one last guys route. Which is the most interesting of the bunch.

I watched the anime first and even that didn't spoil the fun - actually it enhanced it. Amnesia is very atmospheric, and each character's route is unique, slowly completing the puzzle that is the MC's mysterious predicament. The routes are not only unique, but also capable of getting the player emotionally involved with (almost) all characters' backstories. There are now quite a few otome games available for the Western market, most of them developed by westerners themselves and in English. However for those of us that really want to play Japanese Otome, the offerings are still very few. Amnesia does not dissapoint, it is excellent and what we all expect. A couple of things *are* missing, for me at least: 1) a little more darkness (the anime had me on the edge of my seat with some characters that were evidently innocent in the game playthrough); 2) a little bit more sexiness to the game. I guess the Western market is still a ways away from getting something more R-rated available for the female players. :( :( :( Are you reading, Sugar Beans? <3 Regardless of this, 100% recommend. And thank you to Idea Factory for localizing this title!

Everything Idea Factory touches, turns into gold! :)

Amnesia Memories is a visual novel otome game that you'll surely remember forever! There was never a dull moment for me when playing this game, theres countless things to explore and many ways to play the game. Also, with each route, there will be a good ending, a normal ending and a bad ending (Sometimes theres more than just one bad ending, so be prepared) Not going to lie, sometimes I feel like the normal endings are just as terrible as the bad endings; You should definately strive for the good endings in all routes though. There's four guy's routes in the beginning, but if you stay until the end you'll be able to enter a special world and get a true ending!
When I first started playing this game I was hopelessly obsessed, there's something like a magnetic attraction that charms and pulls you into all the little odds and ends of this game.. With each guy, there's different personality; you're bound to find the one you like. Within the four main routes, the heroine will experience different instances; some lovely, sympathetic, scary or even questionable.. Its all in how you want to interpret the many feelings of this game. Amnesia Memories is also a very humorous game, It's fun to see how things turn out in the end since choices really do matter.
Overall, Amnesia Memories is a gem of a game, don't miss out.. Solid 10/10. If you're still contemplating on buying this game, be sure to have one to multiple boxes of tissues close by, you might just cry a river. (It's better safe than sorry)

*Whistles* This game has become a favorite of mine so I've got a lot of good to say about it- it does have some down falls, of course, but I didn't find anything to be game ruining.

POSITIVES
-The visuals are really, really gorgeous. All the backgrounds are well made and the character models have a lot of detail. The character models in general are gorgeous, the clothes seem to have a marble-like texture and the eyes stand out. They even move from pose to pose during dialogue and blink.
-The music keeps getting stuck in my head and is pleasant to listen to, there are quite a few different tracks to suit the different moods and they're also very well done.
-All of the routes are very different from one another, so playing a new route isn't a 'oh, this again' experience excluding the prologue. I haven't played many otome aside from free to plays, but the routes here seem to be very unique. Never have I ever been locked in a dog cage by my boyfriend.
-Gosh, do I love the characters. Maybe they wont all be everyone's cup of tea specifically Toma but I found most the characters to be interesting and likeable.
-Voice acting!!! I do love me some voice acting and Amnesia has it, professional voice acting even! I didn't find that any of the voice actors got annoying throughout my play, though I did find some voice actors to be better than others. Waka's voice actor specifically shone to me despite him being a side-characer.
-There were a few mysterys here and there- heck, one of the routes is essentailly a murder mystery without the murder. I found them enjoyable enough and finding out things bit by bit feels like putting together a puzzle.
-You can name your character whatever you want, which is nice.
-Choices you've already picked are highlighted green when you play through again.

NEGATIVES
-As gorgeous as the character models are if they don't move for a while or if your making a tough desicion it feels like they're staring into your soul. Also the necks look a bit weird, specifically Shin's.
-The same music tracks are used throughout ALL of the routes, so some of the more common everyday songs can be a bit boring after a while.
-...Toma's route. Just. Toma's route. It can be very polarizing and off-putting, not mention how immoral it all is! I get some people are into that but honestly, Toma's the worst TuT
-Cheesy dialogue at times. I suppose that's common in otome though.
-Rina, as I called her, doesn't have a voice. Maybe it's just me who's disappointed by that, but I found it a bit off-putting.
-I experienced quite a bit of lag while playing, nothing game breaking but enough to make switching between screens and menus a bit irking.

TIPS (some spoilers? maybe?)
-Don't start with the diamond world. Any of the other three routes would be good to start with but I feel that the Dimond world gives away too much for the other worlds and is too polarizing for a first route.
-Save at the end of the prologue when you're offered the choice of which world you want to go to, it saves time when you want to start a new route.
-The 'S' button is the shortcut to skip dialogue you've already read, which is useful for trying to get different endings in routes you've already completed.
-If you really want to wrap up the story you have to get the good ends in all four worldswhich then unlocks the fifth world, Joker world.

Kent is best route, Toma's route can burn, Orion is practically my son at this point and poor Ukyo deserves all the cookies- Enjoy.

I can't deny that sometimes I get bored of it.
***If you don't like visual novels, no doubt you'll dislike this game.
As conversations, we are not SO active.
Everything is okay except those.


!!!!!!!![SPOILER ALERT]!!!!!!!!
Let's make a deal that Kent is the no#1 husbando.(NO SUFFERING, NO OTHER GIRLS, NO CAGES) And I need to confess that I was shocked in that cage scene, I mean Toma looked so naive and kind LOL.

You lose your memories because of a spirit and he helps you to regain it. He even gives you dating tips!
10/10

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Hey look, otome fans: it’s Amnesia in English on Steam! Those who have been desperately hoping for an English localization of Amnesia (and may even be veterans of the Not-So-Civil Dialoveable-Amnesiac War) will probably get this regardless of reviews. I may just be writing this for my own amusement, but hey, why not? Maybe there's someone on the fence.

...Or in a cage.

Like many of the Japanese games making their way to Steam now, Amnesia: Memories is a port. Unlike most Japanese Steam games’ ports, however, this is Amnesia’s English debut, alongside a simultaneous Vita release. The text is all translated into English with the Japanese voice acting intact. Fortunately, Amnesia makes a good transition from handheld to PC. Things that may seem like annoyances at first—such as being forced to left-click to progress the text—are easily overcome thanks to the ability to remap keys and controller support.

The game itself looks great in 1080p as well, with easily legible text, though close-ups of characters and backgrounds suffer from minor aliasing. While the character sprites and CGs are beautiful, the backgrounds seem like stock photographs and simple line drawings with your 12-year-old cousin’s favorite “Unicorn Diarrhea” Instagram filter applied. However, my BFF (who normally has good taste) calls them “stylized” and “appropriate” so it could just be my severe unicorn allergy speaking.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=506379697

Plus there are mini-games, so you get to beat your boyfriend(s) in air hockey and cackle maniacally at the first hint of their sad, sad anime boyfriend tears. Or if they beat you, Oh my god I was playing in windowed mode and I accidentally Skyped my mom when I meant to fling the puck back at you, okay, so get over yourself, Kent. There’s also Inexplicably Violent Rock-Paper-Scissors if you prefer. (I would’ve enjoyed seeing additional mini-games, such as Flowerpot-Dodging or Knee-the-Yandere-in-the-Groin, but I understand that this is a visual novel first and foremost.)

Amnesia is a traditional, story-focused visual novel without any stat-raising; endings are determined entirely by the series of choices you make and the parameters those choices affect. Exploring alternate realities and unraveling the mystery of your past(s) is an intriguing approach that takes precedence over the romance in most routes, and completing all five routes is necessary to reveal the full picture. I recommend seeking out the bad endings even if you’re normally averse to your boyfriends hating, stabbing, or dismembering you. Then again, I probably took too much fiendish delight in finding new ways to get what’s-her-face killed.

Each route begins with already well-established relationships, though our heroine has to relearn (and hopefully remember) the exact nature of those relationships over one month. Having amnesia’s rough—even when you regain consciousness and immediately find out you have a hot boyfriend. Ikki’s and Kent’s routes felt like the best introduction to Amnesia’s setting and made the parameters feel especially relevant to the story. There’s no common route at all, so the scenes and events in each guy’s route are unique.

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The love interests themselves were diverse and well-written, though how appealing the routes and characters themselves are likely comes down to personal preference. I absolutely loved one route, enjoyed two very much, plodded through another because I totally already knew whodunit, and then one I fdgsffdgguyuggyhuyghgyuyuyuygugujyguyuyyujuyyhgnugngnnggyhdfrtgdhftrsgfd

Sorry, I must have gotten dizzy after recovering a repressed memory.

If you’re expecting light, breezy romance, this isn’t your best bet, but the feeling that you’re one misstep away from a horrible fate is far stronger in some routes than others. Your adorable giant bug sidekick Orion serves as the game’s main source of comic relief and also doubles as the heroine’s personality, because she apparently lost hers with her memories. I’m not a fan of “blank slate” visual novel protagonists (probably because of my aforementioned rotten personality), and it was off-putting that the MC doesn’t speak, with Orion reacting, thinking, and narrating in her stead. Luckily, Orion is the best. THE BEST.

Even taking my (exaggerated) criticisms into account, I enjoyed Amnesia very much and am thrilled that it got such a fantastic English localization from Idea Factory International. It took me 47 hours total to complete all the routes with their many endings and they were hours very well spent. I hope this is the first of many Otomate releases on Steam and I’d love for Amnesia to help prove that there’s a market for Japanese otome games here.

One last thing—I forgot to make fun of the guys’ outfits, which made them look like they all rolled out of a Hot Topic going-out-of-business sale circa 1995 and woke up in a giant barrel full of rejected Final Fantasy characters’ belts decades later. There, my duty is now fulfilled; it is time for me to leave you. One day (probably today), you will forget ever reading this review…

Note: The publisher provided each volunteer beta tester—including me!—with a complimentary Steam copy of the game as a thank-you for testing. Beta testers weren’t asked to write reviews (only bug reports), so this review is all me, baby.