If you happened to be able to play the games as well as loved such anime genres like 'AIR' and 'Clannad' [especially its 'After-Story' mode], then go ahead and play this - 3-8 hours later and you'll get completely drowned by a pool your own tears! Otherwise, stay clear... I, for one, couldn't handle the emotional stress the game had to offer, thus I had to temporarily 'stop' the mid-playthrough - I simply can't stop my tears bleeding out my eyes for 2 days, straight after playing it right after It was released [I think] around 2004...
Those Key product are well played on shaking players emotion, for example like you've said AIR and CLANNAD A.S, KudWafter (even its ero-contained), and yes i love how they write the story, the song, the music, that worth for people to buy the original games for higher price on Steam, or directly buy the physical disc
Well, depends on what your 'taste' really is - in fact, I seldom recommend any VN games due to this... Though, if you want to read something as 'sad' as this, most of 'Key'-produced VNs (such as this) are for you. 'Leaf' VNs are commonly known for their 'heavy-romance' (such as 'Tears to Tiara'), or you may want a slice 'heavy romance/dark past' twist (like 'Private Nurse'), anything from 'Angel Smile'... The only one 'producer' I know personally is 'Mille Feuille' - mainly because I was once worked as 'outside-help' there, briefly helping on their flagship 'Mahou Shoujo Sae'-series... Aside from all these, I can't really recommend anything reasonably...
you will not regret it
I, for one, couldn't handle the emotional stress the game had to offer, thus I had to temporarily 'stop' the mid-playthrough - I simply can't stop my tears bleeding out my eyes for 2 days, straight after playing it right after It was released [I think] around 2004...
Though, if you want to read something as 'sad' as this, most of 'Key'-produced VNs (such as this) are for you. 'Leaf' VNs are commonly known for their 'heavy-romance' (such as 'Tears to Tiara'), or you may want a slice 'heavy romance/dark past' twist (like 'Private Nurse'), anything from 'Angel Smile'...
The only one 'producer' I know personally is 'Mille Feuille' - mainly because I was once worked as 'outside-help' there, briefly helping on their flagship 'Mahou Shoujo Sae'-series...
Aside from all these, I can't really recommend anything reasonably...
The rest is dead