The best Solmare game there is besides the original. – Seasons of Love / Shall we date? Review

I've played a lot of Solmare otomes, and I've been pretty critical of a number of them. (Wizardess Heart, in particular, I could rage about all day.) Yet Scarlet Fate came as close to getting a perfect score from me as it's possible to get; the only complaint I had was that the first five chapters are largely the same for every character, and the text fast forward speed is EXTREMELY slow compared to other games, so getting through those chapters with every character is tedious. This game has that same slow fast forward speed, but...in retrospect, having played all the other Solmare games I have? It doesn't matter. (Also, this game has a lot less repeated content anyway.) This game is so superlatively good compared to everything else Solmare has on offer that nothing so minor can bring down my score of it. Tomonori's getting a route, by ITSELF, would justify five stars. That Aterui gets a route as well, and that there's a bunch of content with the original five characters besides that, just immeasurably sweetens the deal. This game makes me laugh like a giddy schoolgirl, and I am a very jaded and critical otome player. People complaining about the price? I'm sorry you can't afford it, but this game is worth every penny charged. Your lack of funds is not the game's fault, and content this good deserves to be financed. The only reason your 'free' otomes can exist is because people make microtransactions in them, and because of games like this where people pay up front for content. The people making these games have to get paid from somewhere. Don't punish an amazing game with bad reviews simply because you think you're entitled to the creative works of other people for free. Review a game based on its content. You don't go on Yelp and leave bad reviews of a five-star restaurant simply because you can't afford to eat there. And let me tell you, as an otome connoisseur - if you have any money at all to spare toward actually supporting otomes/Solmare, this is the game that deserves it. Financially starve games like Wizardess Heart, and pour money into this. Show Solmare that we will gladly pay for true quality, and encourage them to put out more games as polished and enjoyable as this one. You won't be disappointed.
Review by Lymmea on Seasons of Love / Shall we date?.