Nurse Love Syndrome

The art and music's nice, though the dialog is very longwinded. some of the conversations just go on for way too long. At least it's very gay.

I originally played the sequel, Nurse Love Addiction first before I knew about this one, so I came in with good expectations as it was enjoyable. That's why it's sad to say I felt very let down by this game. For the price and how much content there is, I don't think it's worth it. I was left feeling almost empty after every route, especially with the good endings. There is way too much build up and not enough conclusion and it ends up feeling underdeveloped with no climax. The characters personalities seem to fall flat as soon as the main character gets into a relationship with them, it doesn't feel rewarding at all. I also feel the main character is inconsistent at times, and I can't get a grasp on her or really feel connected. The bad endings were more interesting than the good endings, which in my opinion is not a good sign, especially since they are shorter. I'm not saying this game is bad, to me it's very in the middle and didn't leave much of an impression. Overall I would reccomend reading its sequel, Nurse Love Addiction, first. They aren't connected but in the same universe.

I feel like yuri visual novels that aren't kinetic or have more than two heroines are pretty rare. The only ones that come to mind besides this one are Nurse Love Addiction and Yumeutsutsu. Unfortunately most of the routes aren't good. They're either "fine" or boring. There is only one good route which I'll talk more about later. So there are six heroines. Three of them are the main routes, and the other three are side routes that were added after it was remastered. The main routes are significantly longer and they have their own epilogues. Like you think you're done, you got an ending, this is the epilogue, but nope, there's a bit more after that. Then after the credits there is still one more scene left. The side routes don't have those. MAIN ROUTES Sayuri: Best girl. More on her later :) I want to get the others out of the way first. Hatsumi: It's fine, I liked her, but considering this is the most plot-relevant route (it's the one that explains what's going on in the story, I recommend doing it last), I ultimately found it a bit underwhelming. Nagisa: This one was disappointing. She was the one I was initially interested in. I liked her in other people's routes but I didn't like the direction they took in her own route. SIDE ROUTES Mayuki: I thought she was pretty interesting. It's hard to talk about her as she's a bit of a walking spoiler. One thing I didn't like was her ending and the ending CG. But out of the three side routes, hers was the best. Ami: Even if I ignore her age (she's still a high school student, the protagonist has just finished college/nursing school, go figure), her route in general was just boring. She felt more like a little sister. Yasuko: The best way I can explain her is that she's an unlikable version of Yumeutsutsu's Nana. If you've never played that VN, basically, Yasuko is very teasing/mischievous, but whenever she's "serious" I felt that she was just a jerk. Nana was also a very teasing character but her serious side was more so her being mature and having a lot of social awareness. I never felt that Nana was being a jerk. I was gonna put a ranking here then I realized my ranking is the same as the order of who I've talked about lol. Anyway. About Sayuri. She's harsh to you at first. Bit of a tsundere but I hesitate on just calling her that because she really changes a lot later on. Her character development was very well-written. I really loved how she slowly mellows out as her route goes on. Her bad ending was also one of the most well-written bad ending I've ever encountered in a visual novel. Most bad endings tend to be shock-value things from my experience but hers was great. Is Sayuri's route good enough that you should buy this just for her? I would say yes, but on a discount. If I were to compare her with Yumeutsutsu's Nana and Saki (which IMO is that VN's great routes), she would be in the first place. Her route is just that good. Sayuri's route is obviously a 10/10 but overall, I'd give this visual novel a 7/10.