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YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story is the visual novel medium in its purest form. Will Shinichi choose Miyuki, the beautiful queen bee of the school, or the endearingly awkward misfit Aoi? With art by Tsuji Santa, these beautifully rendered romances will stay with you forever.

What works
  • Unique and emotionally impactful story
  • Complex narrative with multiple endings
  • Strong psychological horror and meta elements
  • Beautiful art and soundtrack
  • Encourages blind playthrough for full experience
Things to keep in mind
  • Slow start and some tedious segments
  • Censored steam version lacks important content
  • Replay can be mentally taxing
  • Some players find characters or dialogue annoying
  • Adult patch required for full story context

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YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Status. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Why this game works

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