($20 - Free Demo - From Hanako Games)
The main character - whose name you can choose - discovered that she had magic when she was thirteen. Given the 'Choice' she decided to go to a magic academy. At sixteen she leaves her normal life and joins a group of other magical students. Once at the academy she discovers magic, friendship and romance.
This was a really fun game. The only thing I wish was that you had more opportunities to use the magic spells that you learn in class. Basically the only time you get to use them freely is during the dungeon exams. You do have options at other times to use specific spells that the game deems might be useful - but, more often than not, you'd be better off not using them.
There's a total of five romances to the game and, as the Headmistress notes during one of her classes, gender and age make little difference in the magic world. The romance-able characters include a demon, a professor and two girls. And Donald. (Sorry. Couldn't resist. While I liked all the paths, I think Donald's was my personal favorite.)
As I said, I really liked all the paths and ultimately, all the characters too. Each of them were different than the next but all will seem kind of familiar to fans of the Harry Potter story. Except for maybe one of them - not sure who she was supposed to be an expy of.
But none of that detracted from the story and what a story it was. On your first play through, you might hear little things or experience random events that seem to have no part in the story. And then, the next path you play, you will realize that several of those tidbits become whole events if you're playing a different path. This is one game that I highly recommend playing all the paths for. They were all a lot of fun and so totally worth it.
There is an upcoming sequel to this game, about a guy in wolf hall (I think).
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