Hoshizora no Memoria: Should I complete all routes?

[BobJones2]

Are all the routines interconnected, such as the former revealing important information or is plot relevant for the latter routes? I ask cuz in visual novels, I always tend to just play the main heroine's route since I really don't have the time to complete all the routes; however, this game requires you play all the other heroine's routes before Yume's is unlock. I was thinking I'm just gonna skip through all the other heroine's route if they're all pretty independent of each other.

[Nosebleed]

As you finish the girls' routes, Yume starts randomly appearing throughout the game (she appears more often the more routes you complete) until eventually (when you complete all routes) you can go after her.

 

I don't believe any of the routes really give you a crazy ton of information about Yume so I believe you should be fine if you skip them if all you want is the Yume ending.

[XReaper]

dont really get your question, but yes,you should play through ALL of the routes to understand everything the story has to offer, including the little mare troll route @the end. even if you might dislike some of the females, their routes arent very similar & they provide you (reader) with lots of different informations like the mc´s past, family issues etc.

[Nosebleed]

dont really get your question, but yes,you should play through ALL of the routes to understand everything the story has to offer, including the little mare troll route @the end

While I agree he should experience all the game has to offer, none of the routes really provide you with useful insight regarding Yume.

Maybe Asuho a little, but she appears again in Yume's route and does the same thing she did in her route so it's still obsolete.

 

So you don't really need to know what the other routes have to understand Yume's route.

 

I do think the game loses a lot of charm if you just head straight to Yume's route, though. But objectively speaking, you can skip all the routes and go for Yume.

[Chuee]

If you only care about the main route then at least read Chinami, Komomo, and Kosame. Most of the information they tell you in Asuho and Aoi's routes don't have anything to do with the main storyline. 

[Yuuko]

You should definitely play Mare's route. Nothing wins lolis

[TexasDice]

It is forbidden to write down the true heroine's name.

 

The sentence for spoiling is death.

 

And yes, read it all.

[Eclipsed]

Hoshimemo would be a 7/10 if I only read main heroine route, but yeah whatever floats your boat; you don't really need info from the other routes to understand the main one.

[Chuee]

Hoshimemo would be a 7/10 if I only read main heroine route, but yeah whatever floats your boat; you don't really need info from the other routes to understand the main one.

 

A lot of the stuff presented in Chinami's route is essential to fully understand the story and setting regarding the main heroine. Kosame and Komomo's are important because they give you info on whatever-the-fuck Mare and Komomo are, I forgot the Japanese word used. Asuho's doesn't reveal anything and Isuzu's only reveals something really insignificant about You's father. Also revealing Yume's name doesn't really spoil anything in the game. They just don't reveal it until you've gotten into her route. 

[TexasDice]

So, in other words it doesn't spoil anything, except for that one thing that is revealed later on in the story? 

[Chuee]

So, in other words it doesn't spoil anything, except for that one thing that is revealed later on in the story? 

 

It's revealed later but it doesn't actually spoil anything that happens regarding her. 

[Eclipsed]

Yeah, i'd consider the name being a minor spoiler. Not anything gamebreaking or massive.

 

I'd still refrain from outright saying her name though

[Zantax]

(...) I always tend to just play the main heroine's route (...)

Despite of how some people may say Mare is the main heroine, not Yuki, and because she have scenes in all routes you need to read them all

[Kenshin_sama]

As you finish the girls' routes, Yume starts randomly appearing throughout the game (she appears more often the more routes you complete) until eventually (when you complete all routes) you can go after her.

 

I don't believe any of the routes really give you a crazy ton of information about Yume so I believe you should be fine if you skip them if all you want is the Yume ending.

That's probably the most annoying part about this game. You don't necessarily need to read their routes for the true route, but they all have a minor significance to the storyline and characters. And while you could complete the true route without that knowledge, it won't have the same level of immersion that it would otherwise. If you add on to the fact that every side route except Chinami's is poorly written, you end up having to make a chore out of reading them. I feel that the gains far outweigh the losses if you do decide to read them though, the final route is superb. Since I usually rate VNs based on my experience with every heroine route, I ended up giving this a 5.1 overall, but the true route by itself was an 8.5 to me.

[Chuee]

If you add on to the fact that every side route except Chinami's is poorly written, 

 

To be fair Chinami's route was poorly written too. Or at least the romance part of it. 

[Kenshin_sama]

Well, yeah, Chinami x You doesn't work out well at all, but I meant from a writing standpoint. It adds more understanding to the protagonist and delivers some well-rounded family drama. That's not to say I'd call it a good route, but it isn't nearly bad enough for me to call it poorly written.

[Soulless Watcher]

To be honest the only routes I was satisfied with, were the ones you start out with. All the unlockable routes just felt like they were lacking something.

[Eclipsed]

Bob, if you really can only afford to read one and only one route (ideally you'd read them all for reasons people said above), then just go with whatever heroine interests you the most after you complete the common route.

 

Komomo best girl

[Kenshin_sama]

I honestly thought Yume's route was kinda rushed and meh, but to each their own.

I didn't notice anything wrong with the pacing. Then again, I tend to not notice pacing issues unless they're blatantly bad. I've never heard anyone complain about it being rushed though.

 

Komomo best girl

I'm more of a Kosame guy. She's adorable.

 

[douggle]

Are all the routines interconnected, such as the former revealing important information or is plot relevant for the latter routes? I ask cuz in visual novels, I always tend to just play the main heroine's route since I really don't have the time to complete all the routes; however, this game requires you play all the other heroine's routes before Yume's is unlock. I was thinking I'm just gonna skip through all the other heroine's route if they're all pretty independent of each other.

to fully complete it yes you need to do all routes.

[Chuee]

Asuho and Aoi's route almost pissed me off with how stupid the drama that was being shoved in my face was. 

 

"Waaaaah I didn't know Nihongo so I have no friends. Since I have no friends I'm going to treat people who want to be my friend like SHIT"

 

Oh, and Yume's route was easily the best. It may have been a little rushed, but honestly not a lot of the content in it could have been dragged out without ruining it. 

[douggle]

Asuho and Aoi's route almost pissed me off with how stupid the drama that was being shoved in my face was. 

 

"Waaaaah I didn't know Nihongo so I have no friends. Since I have no friends I'm going to treat people who want to be my friend like SHIT"

 

Oh, and Yume's route was easily the best. It may have been a little rushed, but honestly not a lot of the content in it could have been dragged out without ruining it. 

I dunno I thought their routes were alright other than that, Asuho is my 2nd favorite heroine behind Mare

[Chuee]

I dunno I thought their routes were alright other than that, Asuho is my 2nd favorite heroine behind Mare

 

Oh don't get me wrong, I really liked Asuho which was the only reason I was able to stand her route. The drama in it was so ridiculous I couldn't bring myself to believe that someone could even believe something that stupid even if they lacked self-confidence. 

[douggle]

Oh don't get me wrong, I really liked Asuho which was the only reason I was able to stand her route. The drama in it was so ridiculous I couldn't bring myself to believe that someone could even believe something that stupid even if they lacked self-confidence. 

I dont disagree with the drama, it was pointless but I mean it was just one portion of what was otherwise a great route.

[BobJones2]

Alright, thnx for the input. From what I gather from what you guys have said, the other routes don't really contribute to the enjoyment of Yume's route but some of them do reveal some things about the world of the story. As it stands, I'll just skip to Yume's route. I'll probably come back and complete Chinami's route if it does reveal important information on Yume and her route, even if she does annoy me. I'll probably complete Mare's route too since its apparently really short and kinda part of Yume's route anyways. I might come back to complete the first 3 heroine if I have time.

 

I don't really pick routes base on favorite heroine, never really cared much about that stuff. Its irrelevant who I want anways, what matters is who the MC wants and he seems to be REALLY obssessed with Yume. Also, what I want is to see the story that has objectively had the most development put into it, which is usually the main heroine's route. I know not all games are as obivous as "Clannad" or "G-Senjou no Maou" so different people will have different opinions on this but the main heroine is the safest bet. The vibe I'm getting from the game right now is that Yume is the main story and the others are just side-stories to sidetrack you. Regardless, I still want to see the game's main presented story and it would feel wholly incomplete if I don't find out what has become of that cute little loli.

 

And sorry for spoiling her name. I guess I just instinctively thought that anyone who is interested in playing this game would had done enough basic research to learn of her name so the thought of spoiler never really occured to me.