What Is Love? Anime Visual Novel Vol. 1

This is only half a game, at best. In addition, it's poorly translated, and in several places refers to the main character as "Player Name" because something is off in the programming. If I knew what I was in for, I certainly wouldn't have paid for it.

I will gladly recommend this game. Here you can explore well-written, complex story, very slice-of-life-style. Sometimes nostalgic, sometimes funny and sometimes awkward (but in a positive way) and disturbing. The story is rather slow-paced, but still the way it's written keeps you interested. Complex descriptions (veeery poetic sometimes) of presented world are often interwined with funny thoughts of a main character – a typical stereotype of gen Z or Millenial teenager. The way he tries to explain reality gives you a smile on your face in many situations. The game is full of funny anegdotes and references as well as quite a lot of visual and descriptional fanservice which tease you during the events presented in the game. As for NPC's who are main romanceable characters – they are designed well. For the first time it seems like some kind of mystery is hidden beneath them, but the longer you play, the more they may open before you letting you know their complicated histories and...

What is love Anime Visual Novel Vol. 1 is a very awkward and disjointed mess that I'd be hard pressed to recommend to anyone due to how poorly it's structured. It feels like watching a collection of awkwardly written 2 minute shorts with no transitions or proper flow between scenes so you really don't get to see the protagonist digest and reflect on events nor do you get a feel for how much time is passing between each scene which is very tedious to read. Generally I'd like to finish a game or at a minimum put in a good 6 or so hours before writing a review but the writing makes it very hard for me to enjoy this, which is a shame because going off the description and trailers this did seem like an interesting game. Maybe I'll try getting back into it some other time and updating this review but for the time being I cannot recommend this game.

The game is incomplete, I'm a moron

Fun game, a bit vexed about the many cliff hangers though.

What is Love? Was the game which first introduced me to visual novels and got me interested in them as a wider genre. Arty is on par with games like Doki Doki and even better, even though it's probably the studio's first title. As a game, it provided a very enjoyable and unique experience despite a slow expository start, and I felt it was ultimately worth my time. I am looking forward to the sequel and hope to add a storyline with Emiko Mother ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) in the continuation.

Until I see a part 2 or even some updates then this is not really recommended. I worry because I can not even load the dev's website anymore. So I imagine this will be left undone. If that is the case all that awaits you here are cliffhangers. Which is a shame because this has some potential. The animations of movement do help to add a little more life to some dialogue. So that is a nice design decision. The character designs and general art are fine. There are some deep moments which can resonate with high school experiences and the difficulty of processing changes. You do get to know the characters and their problems. It is fitting that many are struggling as most of us do in those years. The MC is sometimes capable and sometimes feels like a buffoon which is also not bad considering he's a teen too. The humor is okay and the devs at least got me to smile a handful of times. However it all sorts of goes nowhere as of now. There is lots of buildup for characters but you always jum...

This game is long and loads of fun! Its like a normal visual novel with a lot more choices.

Never played such games before but it turns out it is my new favorite genre. Must say that the characters, story (so far) and visuals are just WOW. It somehow reminds my one of my beloved harem anime: Love Hina. Can't wait to pet the cat ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

I thought this will be small game for one night, but it turned out far bigger for potentially 40+ hours of content + kawaii girls, awesome arts, mad story, strongly recommended!