This was a really great game! I thoroughly enjoyed it, even after several replays. The writing was spot on, and flowed quite logically. The foreshadowing was very well-executed and just enough for me to guess which one was Alistair from the first playthrough even when playing a neutral path (possibly because I've played a female healer who was also a GM in an MMO, so I identified Oda and Fiona pretty quickly). The choices too were pretty challenging and interesting, and for most of them the consequences appeared fairly soon after the choice, so that was good. Admittedly, I didn't see how the clothes affected people (except for Derek's slinky dress), so that was not obvious to me until I read through the walkthrough.
About the only complaint I would have is that the first scene (just before Alistair interrupts) should have shown the health indicator for Rui as fairly low, rather than maxed out. It was a bit weird to see Fiona and Alistair talking about how dangerous the battle would have been for Rui when she had full health and mana/energy.
Art was great. I was impressed by the sheer variety of sprites and dynamic poses - even of the game characters. (Rui's mad expression was hilarious the first time I saw it.) CGs were excellent... I was a bit put off by the first CG of Travis, but his ending pose was my favourite of all, whereas I was heavily impressed by Derek's first CG, especially the glance he flashed and the change of music. The music was very good at setting the mood.
Character-wise, it was consistent and thorough.
They're all interesting archetypes of a sort that would appeal to girls - Travis represents Responsiblity and Integrity (you may not always like him, but you know you can trust him), Derek represents Fun and Need-for-a-Saviour (there's some fun in the flirtatious pursuit or being the only one who shows care for the misunderstood bad boy), and Shiro represents Comfort and Security (he'll never hurt you, and always support you gently). Personally, I thought Shiro was actually the scariest of the three... inviting you into his room all alone? Going behind your back to threaten Derek secretly? I liked Travis the best, obviously, because I'm a sucker for responsibility. Anyway, they're all entertaining and with enough depth to make them all interesting.
It was great fun to play, and I'm looking forward to your next project!
-Dizzy-
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(likewise, I haven't got his ending yet so I don't know whether it's Derek's middle name or something like that, but 'Alistair' sounds like an oddly realistic name to give a fantasy character you're playing - but maybe that's just me. 
T_T I was on tooaya's account and I really wanted to join the 'create Oda' contest, but I cannot draw too well. [sad considering I'm trying to make my own VN by myself...] I didn't think the track pants would be thing that Travis likes...I thought that was more of a Derek thing. XD; Oh well. I fail at fashion.
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