Can Routes be Played in Any Order?

[BigMassiveGiantWall]

Can I play all the scenarios in any order I want, or do I have to complete some to unlock others?

[DPM JaMaN]

Mostly you can play them in any order, but there is a recommended order for some additional scenes and stuff. Refer to one of the walkthroughs in the guides section or from other sources.

[BigMassiveGiantWall]

Thanks.

[Ginji23]

A couple of lights can only be attained by doing one scenario before another, so be aware of that.

[BigMassiveGiantWall]

@Ginji23
So after I've completed every route in the random order that I discovered them in, I should just replay all of them like an insane person and I'll get some light orbs that I didn't get the first time I played them?

[DPM JaMaN]

No, you just use a guide as I said. It's a huge game, blind playthrough might take hundreds of hours.

[BigMassiveGiantWall]

I have too much pride to use a walkthrough on a game where you just need to click through dialouge. I'd rather just miss one or two routes than to use a walkthrough.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

[DPM JaMaN]

You don't understand, this game is famous for its true ending, which is very hard to achieve without the guide. So I'd recommend ignoring your pride and enjoy the game instead of being frustrated and forced to replay same thing over and over again. Be smart, not prideful.

[The Loli Otaku]

you just need to do Minase's right before Tomoyo's and then Fuko, Toshio and Nagisa's route in that order. You also get some extra scenes from doing Fuko's route before Tomoyo's so It wouldn't be a bad idea slipping her's in between and then do Toshi and Nagisa's afterwards

[BigMassiveGiantWall]

Originally posted by DPM JaMaN:

You don't understand, this game is famous for its true ending, which is very hard to achieve without the guide. So I'd recommend ignoring your pride and enjoy the game instead of being frustrated and forced to replay same thing over and over again. Be smart, not prideful.

Thank you for the recommendation.
IMO, it's bad game design to make it so ridiculously hard that everybody needs a walkthrough.

[Casus Belli]

I guess I'll just go watch the anime then.

[Marik]

Originally posted by The Loli Otaku:

you just need to do Minase's right before Tomoyo's and then Fuko, Toshio and Nagisa's route in that order. You also get some extra scenes from doing Fuko's route before Tomoyo's so It wouldn't be a bad idea slipping her's in between and then do Toshi and Nagisa's afterwards

It's Misae... MISAEEEE...!

[Kuzu]

Originally posted by Marik B.:

Originally posted by The Loli Otaku:

you just need to do Minase's right before Tomoyo's and then Fuko, Toshio and Nagisa's route in that order. You also get some extra scenes from doing Fuko's route before Tomoyo's so It wouldn't be a bad idea slipping her's in between and then do Toshi and Nagisa's afterwards

It's Misae... MISAEEEE...!

[anders]

Originally posted by Ginji23:

A couple of lights can only be attained by doing one scenario before another, so be aware of that.

I would like to do a couple of "honest" runs of the game, see what kind of trouble I get myself in, before running through a walkthrough to get the full shebang.

All I'd have to do then is to replay some stories later, right? Or does the story lock some parts away for future playthroughs if you play them in the wrong order?