Re: Katawa Shoujo
I only gave this a chance because Mike Inel, a guy I watch and like on DA said he did the animation for it and gave it a nice review of sorts. I never play these types of games and I have to say that it's already AMAZING, regardless. I'm only about 6-10% done (And a couple hours in, I've heard some people playing it for 24 hours straight and not finishing.), not even past act 1 (You decide which girl you'll be with past act 1) and I love it.
Great characters, dialog is pretty funny, I haven't gotten bored of the art in the least. Basically, I'd highly recommend everybody try this. I'm enjoying it without even nearing the H content, didn't know there would be any but that should be a nice bonus. There are 6 main girls but for some reason, the pink haired girl isn't considered as a "path", maybe because she's like a part of Shizune, the glasses girl (You'll find out about it quickly). You really do kinda fall in love with the characters, the writers did a great job. I find myself wanting to know more about them like a real girl at times, obviously their personalities are exaggerated a bit to make for a good game, but you can still see some reality and truth in it. Like some other people said here already, it's a really fulfilling game that can be posted here for the later, h content which is great. I can bet that once you actually reach it, if that's your goal, you'll like the characters so much it'll be more enjoyable than random images.
Thinking of taking Rin path first, her sense of humor is great, and an artist.
Also, I lol'd so hard at "Give me a hand" Pretty amazing how much fanart there is already and it was just released, guess there was a demo earlier.
So to sum up, if you've never cared much for love/dating sims, etc, this just may be the rare exception to the rule for you as it has been for me, it's a really cute game with a ton of content, 20+ people worked on it for 5 years apparently.