[PS4] Root Letter (2016)

How:
Found on some youtube game review channel.
Notes:
I got 2 out of 5 endings.
Pros:
- Very nice graphics and compelling story
- The Phoenix Wright-like questioning part is fun
- Relaxing gameplay
Cons:
- Hardly any actual gameplay at all, freedom of movement and action is reduced to zero
- Max-mode is just trial and error
- As is often the case with visual novels, the protagonist is not a very likable person

You get to see 7 actual dishes from the city of Matsue.

[PC98] Venus - ヴィーナス (1994)

How:
Read about the game from the True Love review on Hardcoregaming101.
Ending:
I finished the game with 3 out of 4 girls without walkthrough in one go.
Pros:
- Very nice character pixel graphics, fitting very well with the backgrounds
- Generally fitting music
- Many endings (each ending is an AV recorded by the main character for his almost bankrupt company)
Cons:
- Gameplay is very simplistic, just set a date and go there
- Very few places to visit
- Very few events
- House items have descriptions but no use at all

[PC] Jurassic Heart (2013)

How:
Read about it somewhere, possibly some indie gaming site.
Endings:
Got the good, normal and terrible endings (all endings).
Cool tip:
Play with "Iqtu - Dinosaur Document" looping in the background! Download here. You can listen below.
Pros:
- Very nice, smooth graphics
- Cool, humorous idea and setting
Cons:
- Too short
- No music

[PC] True Love (1995)

How:
Came to know of it while chatting with my brother and got a downloaded version directly from him.
Note:
The English translation is the official Windows port.
Endings:
I got the Remi ending on my own and then saw all the others at once by following a walkthrough.
Pros:
- Mostly nice pixel graphics for both backgrounds and characters
- Some nice endings
- Some unexpected routes (e.g. saving a girl drowning in the ocean)
- Grinding skills can be rewarding
- There is a cameo of Akane from the game Venus
Cons:
- Music can get very repetitive
- Some typos
- Some continuity bugs
- A few ugly character drawing, few background scenes (most of them are just recolored)
- Very dumb, clichéd setting
- Unlikable main character
- Unrealistic dialogues

This character here is 茜 from Venus (1994).

[PC] Juniper's Knot (2012)

How:
Got to this via Dischan's website after having played the demo of Cradle Song. Got to Cradle Song by googling for some visual novels I guess.

Pros:
- Nice, enthralling story and good execution
- Very nice drawings
Cons:
- Music could have been better

[PC] .heartbeats (2012)

Pros:
- Smart idea of having four heartbeats corresponding to four characters and the beat reflecting player choices
Cons:
- Tries to be sad and so on
- Could have worked better with better music and better graphics in general (although minimal, graphics such as fonts could be made better)

[PC] Don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story (2011)

How:
Having enjoyed Digital: A Love Story quite a bit, I've been watching Christine Love's personal webpage waiting for some new game to come out, and it eventually did.

Pros:
- Long-lived, enticing, well-written
- Beautiful characters and backgrounds
- Nice, fitting music
- Love the messaging system
- Characters change their clothes!
- Ingame choices are important to how things evolve (my impression at least), and are not randomly posed
Cons:
- Music doesn't loop properly
- Event drawings (like the kiss scene) clash with the beautiful art
- Christine Love doesn't answer my messages

[PC] Dusk ~A Moonlight Romance~ (2011)

Pros:
- Nice drawings and nice graphic style
- Fitting music
- Interesting (if clichéd) plot
Cons:
- Just the first chapter, also smells like the following chapters will never get made
- No choices or gameplay whatsoever

[PC] deIz (2011)

Pros:
- Very nice art
- Nice characters and dialogues
- All the endings are pretty interesting and some are sexy
Cons:
- No music or sounds at all

[PC] [text] - A Summer Story (2009)

Pros:
- Nice backgrounds
- Very fluent
- Makes you want to explore the alternative endings
Cons:
- No background music
- Finding all the endings is very hard (with no reason)
- The idea of a mystery boy on the other side of the phone is very nice, but thrown away. Why not make a longer, better game with it?
- Very short

[PC] My Magical Cosplay Cafe (2011)

How:
Found on SakeVisual website after playing Ripples.

Pros:
- Nice drawings
- One very catchy song
- Nice for some light, easy-going gaming
- Nine different endings
Cons:
- Just a few scenes with heterogeneous graphics
- Way too much self-referential and smartass
- Starts well but ends up being silly, as if the developers quickly fed up

[PC] Ripples (2008)

Pros:
- Nice art and colors
- Fitting music
- A very pleasant short story
Cons:
- Some audio glitches
- Not a game

[PC] Digital: A Love Story (2010)

Pros:
- Very innovative
- Incredibly immersive
- The story runs smoothly and manages to surprise despite the (intentionally so) obsolete interface
Cons:
- Messages are received only upon (any) user action
- Full-screen mode would have been nice for a total immersion

[Browser] Air Pressure (2010)

How:

Came up on Adventuregamers.com monthly free adventures feature.

Pro:
- Visual novel breve e carina per chi è digiuno del genere
- Musica e stile grafico stanno bene insieme
- Diversi path che conducono a 3 finali
Contro:
- Leigh poteva essere fatta un po' meglio o per lo meno integrata meglio con gli sfondi
- Supercorto