How To Date A Magical Girl! Reviews

i wish magical girls were real but i guess they never will be, huh?

I quite enjoyed this for the most part! I love the magical girl theme, the art is very cute and I love the music. I also liked the setting, world-building and characters. The story is mostly wholesome and funny but includes awesome mystery and thriller/horror aspects, though I wish that the writing had more tension during certain scenes, as well as more build-up and focus on the horror. Additionally some of the writing about the characters feels too random, since some information randomly gets revealed in their routes and then never becomes relevant in any way. While the ending gets frequently criticized I actually liked the twist and (bad) endings a lot! I just wish that there was more content after the twist's reveal. In my view, the game's main problem is the fact that despite having a thrilling and interesting concept, the devs didn't fully manage to execute it without flaws, especially due to the shifts between casual slice-of-life and serious/terrifying scenes. I believe it would've been easier to manage if the story's atmosphere just fully shifted after scary stuff began to happen instead of continuously switching between genres which made some of the lore appear rather superficial. However the horror scenes are really well done, in my opinion! Certain CGs in combination with visual and sound effects, together with those text sections are really eerie and atmospheric, I enjoyed them a lot. I wish the sections with the psychological horror were more thorough. Overall the writing and delivery aren't perfect but I found the game entertaining and enjoyable regardless!