You saw the title and thought "wow, what a gooner" didn't you? Can't blame ya, bought this game with that in mind after all, and yet what made me stay were not the H scenes (will not deny that they're pretty good 'tho), but the animated sprites were nice and the small little rural Japanese town depicted in Summer Memories is frankly beautiful. While the mini games (and all the h scenes) are controlled with the left and right mouse buttons, their contexts are pretty fun. Solving simplistic math problems, washing the dishes, fishing, doing some track & field training and even some kid's cardgame called Menko (not played as a normal TCG, mind you)
To use a real historical setting and place and mix a bit of dark fantasy into a game is something that I absolutely love and when you use such an amazing art style, I mean, this is one of the most good looking games I have ever played but man, I have some gripes with this game. First of all, this is not a RPG but an isometric view action-adventure game that relies heavily on stealth in some levels (first gripe) that do not let you to stealthly subdue your enemies, has a camera control that it takes a while to get used to (second gripe) where you move it around with your mouse scrool wheel and a combat that might seem deep and methodical at first, but you just gotta take a swing, move back, take a swing, back and repeat that until the enemy is dead (third gripe) and some of them seems to not have stamina restrictions while you do (fourth gripe). If you can get past those points above, you're gonna have some great fun with this game, otherwise stay away.
