disappointing. i would only recommend this to those who have played memories off 1, 2, and 3 before this. not because of the connections (they are once again minor, easter eggs more than anything), but because this game doesnt really offer anything on its own. it is better than the complete disaster of memories off 3, but it has many of its own problems so i cant fully recommend it.
this game cannot help but get in its own way. very disappointing.
inori's normal route is a waste of time. it starts promising but then quickly stalls and repeats itself over and over, never going anywhere until true route which you must unlock first. it feels like a placeholder and could be 1/5 its total length.
yukari route is probably the best this game has to offer. i see what they were going for, and to that end yukari is well established - the problem is isshuu and inori. their developments make absolutely no sense, especially after playing inori route. the story they were trying to tell requires all 3 leads to have proper motivations, but only yukari does, so it falls flat. her normal ending is better than her good ending. disappointing. also, who the hell is kikuna?
miyabi route is decent, not a whole lot to say as the story is kind of boring. if she wasnt best girl there really wouldnt be anything here. also, the same exact problem as with yukari route happens in miyabi route as well, except this time it feels way more forced and out of left field. lazy writing. miyabi route has no real proper ending either, it just stops. lame.
karin route is boring, the plot points arent interesting and all involve non (worst and ugliest girl in the entire memories off series) and the butchered fake flanderised kanata. the ending is forced, completely tacked on just to give a second climax for god knows why. disappointed.
they destroyed kanata by the way, completely butchered her. she went from possibly the best girl in the whole series to a joke of bargain bin knock off disaster. they got a different voice actress who doesnt understand her character AT ALL + made her too rude even though she should be softer and more comfortable after omoide ni kawaru kimi + made her ugly and gave her bolt-ons + they make her of all people drive like a maniac even though that is a shizuru/koyomi joke. also why on earth is she still driving? also where is shougo!? who is this imposter!?!?!? her tattoo is missing so its probably an imposter.
non rote = skimmed, she is ugly and annoying, her route is boring and stupid, i don't care about her insane trauma. weird ugly garbage character. once again proves my rule that megane is always worst girl + megane is a character archetype, not a design choice. 0/10
sayorin route = whatever, i guess its nice that they added it, i just really dont like sayorin. i guess the ending is nice, and i like how short it is, but, who cares, ultimately. ♥♥♥♥ maguro, that retarded ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
inori true is once again waaaay too long, yet it is probably shorter than sayorin route. too much reiterating the same thing over and over and over, then FINALLY the player gets some answers. it is a nice story in the end, inori is a very sweet girl, there just isnt enough there and what IS there is just too transparent. they dangle it in your face all game as some elaborate mystery but in the end it doesnt really amount to all that much. its like 2 or 3 scenes, the payoff isnt there. tobi is ok in his role, its just funny how he is literally only in the game to say one thing. kind of dumb if you think about it. if they cut all the useless rehashing it would be much better, but then it wouldn't be a true route, would it?
some audio bugs, sounds play at max volume for a split second before lowering to your set volume like all other memories off games before this and probably following as well (WHY!?)
also some songs (important ones) in the OST are played on the SFX track or something because they play extremely quiet. no, im not turning the SFX up because the sounds are all mixed waaay too loud. (WHY!?)
skip doesnt skip some things (WHY!?) etc.. etc.., who cares.. if you are still reading this, buy the game.
