I have started Togetsu Tohya which is the a sort of sequel to Tsukihime, more like Tsukihime 1.5 really. It takes on after a year in Tsukihime with Arcuied's Good Ending which kind of got me on surprise because its not the True Ending. But to make things flexible and none of the characters died in the Good Ending, I like it. The game centers around a day which is a dream that loops its self. Choosing different options will result in different outcomes naturally but what makes a spin on the normal visual novel or dating sim is that the choices will dramatically changes not the outcome but the day its self. For example the first option you get when you wake up is go to school or stay home. If you go to school, you go to school like its a normal day of school but if you choose to stay home, the day is now a holiday with no school. Because its all a dream, the choices will compensate with the environment. I might be making this more extravagant than it really is but its really interesting because you are repeating the same day but not. The other really cool thing is that certain choices will take on as if it took place after one of the other endings in Tsukihime. If you went the Akiha (your step sister) route in the first game, she transferred to your school to be closer to you but in all the other endings she didn't do that. But since you choose to got to school with her, she is now a enrolled student. But if you were to choose to leave her behind, she won't be enrolled. So in someways you can see a sequel to all the ending in Tsukihime without it not making sense with the exception of Ciel who got hosed because they ran out of time and budget for her short story (they straight up said that in the game). Last thing I will say is that the game is not about getting an ending with anyone which is something I haven't heard of in a visual novel with exception of Higurashi no Naka Ni and its sequel Umineko. So as you make it through the day, its like its own short story about the daily life of Tohno Shiki, the more times you repeat the day the more options become available. Eventually all the options will lead to the ending which you get out of the dream. When I read the premise of this game on Wikipedia, I was immediately turned off by it (also read that you have to redo the day at least 43 times) but after playing it I am really glad I didn't skip it. I am finding myself enjoying it more than Tsukihime which is surprising no shocking. Granted I've only done 11 days so far so I'll hold my tongue on which is better but not like anyone cares about visual novels.
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