Favourite Route/Love Interest?

[purple&green2023]

As the title suggests. Which route did you enjoy the most and which of the Love Interests is your favourite?

Plot wise, Golden Ending is the best. It perfectly gives a satisfying conclusion to Cryus' story and help fix the main underlying issues in their society. Also all of the main cast shines in their own way.

Love Interest/Route wise It's a tie between Ines' and Adage. I guess it's due to 2 things the 1st: It answered the question on who killed Cyrus' parents and why. We got to see that sweet justice in Ines' route with Cyrus there being very engaging. Also I loved the romance in both routes, I also have a special love for Yune's route. It's the route where we see Yune as a person. I enjoyed it despite it's flaws I just wished his route was more romantic, I think it would have benefited in being longer

Character wise: Yune, Ulrik, and Ines' are my favourite. I just love that bratty little tsundere, his banter with Cyrus is fun. Ines' is a noble, strong and awkward character which I loved. He is very similar to Cyrus even at love. I liked their chemistry. Yune was a big surprise. I really found Yune interesting as a character, especially seeing how being an immortal has impacted his morality in a way in how he at times treat people, I enjoyed his banter with Cyrus, I liked seeing the more childish, petulant, teasing part in him, I loved seeing him acting more like a human, more selfless as his route passes by thanks to Cryus' influence. Basically I really love Yune's character.

[mariaofthedesert]

My favorite guy was probably Ines. I liked how kind and serious he was, but I wish he wasn't so clueless when it comes to love. Adage was weird but I sort of did like him. Least favorite: Probably Eltcreed, I just don't like this kind of men.

[✚ Mariel ✚]

I've only done Ulrik and Eltcreed so far. I like Eltcreed as a person, but as a romantic he's too diabetic for me XD

Ulrik had the other problem, I thought his tsundere act was just an act initially, because it was so over the top, it surprised me in a bad way when I realized he was being legit, no one behaves like that unless they're deliberately being a joker and I ended up finding him to be completely immersion killing, even though I did like his story

[tsukihime]

name of the game should've been "all the other trash besides Ines" so much character imbalance there, I wanted to punch every other guy -besides golden haired baby Ines, at least once.
such a shame there's no saving for Fin in PC ver it seems... still couldn't finish the all play through tho, but it breaks my heart to not being able to reach him.

[LadyLicionda]

I think the only interesting route would be a potential Sachsen's route. All the other characters are pretty cliché and I didn't really love any of them. They were not even complex enough to make me want to have a crash on them. On the other side, Sachsen's present personality and background would make a much more interesting and captivating charachter. To be honest, he was the only reason I purchased this game when I saw him on the cover, but I was really disappointed when I found out he was only a side character.

[Kurozora Konoi]

This is an old topic, but well, an interesting one so I'll give my opinion.

Keep in mind though - one of my favorite characters is Fin, and at the moment I'm writing, we're still more than one day before the release of his route, so yeah - the DLC may change the order.
With that being said though...

My order from favorite to least liked (both the character and the route) are:
Ulrik - Ines - Adage - Yune - Eltcreed. And if I had to put the Grand Ending Route in the list, it would be between Adage and Yune.


If you want a more detailed opinion:

- Ulrik and Ines are the routes I truly love. Ulrik was my favorite character from the get go. I kind of didn't expect to like Fin just as much as him, since he isn't my type usually. And Ines was another surprise. I didn't care about him at the beginning, but I fell in love while doing the route. Ulrik on the other hand was exactly what I expected (meaning: awesome).

- Adage and the Grand Ending are the middleground routes. I like them a lot, but I don't become crazy when replaying either. I enjoy the drama in Adage's route. It's depressing, but very satisfying. And the Grand Ending is a perfect ending on first glance, but if you think about it, each individual character's love ending (best ending of the respective routes) is the best one for them. It's just more selective, since you can get that true perfect ending only for the romanced character. Still very satisfying though. Loved that Sachs got a good ending there - doesn't happen often. At best, his situation doesn't change, in most endings.
Also, the ending to this route is, in my opinion, a Fin ending too. Sure, it isn't a romantic route for him, but the ending is promising for a relationship in the future.

- Yune and Elt. Well, these are the bottom of the pile routes. Yune is okay, and his endings are great... and really, his route is very interesting too... But I'm more interested about the overall lore of the world and the consequences on the world depending on the ending, rather than Yune himself as a person, and that's not a good sign when romancing a character. The thing I cared most about in this route was the fact that in the dual "second best" endings, Fin could be saved and go back to the Heights and work with Cyrus, or at least see her often, depending on the selected ending. Again, not a good sign, since it has nothing to do with the romanced character. Elt is worse though. I like the guy. I really like him... as a friend. I love him as support and ally in Ulrik's route. But maaan, romancing him was a chore. It's a bit sad since he's the "main love interest". Well, I usually don't like the main anyway, so nothing new here. But still even my personal opinions put aside, I think he's very... well... for the lack of a better world, random. As in, he's a random character. His route is mostly useful to get some insight about his and Ulrik's past, so you know more things when doing Ulrik's route. On a positive note though, Sachs can get a good ending on this route too, and that's always welcome!


But again... Fin may alter the order. He'll probably be in the same tier as Ulrik and Ines, or skyrocket above everyone.
The epilogues also coming with the same DLC may add some flavor too - it'll help with the endings less charged in romance like Yune's, or in the ones where the love interest still hasn't finished "healing" in the main route, like Adage.

By the way, did you know doing the routes that stem from the Prisonner Route (I think both are necessary to get everything, but at least Adage is) you unlock new scenes with Fin during the Common and Prisonner Route (not the individual routes for Adage and Ines - only the content up until entering one route or the other). So it's good to replay from start till the end of the common Prisonner Route once you're done with Ines and Adage.

I talk about Sachs a lot, but as opposed to other people, I do not long for a route for him. I think he and Cyrus lack chemistry. So I'm happy when he has a good ending, but a route... eh... I would play if it existed, but I don't need it.

EDIT: yep! Fin's route is a blast!
Very sparse as far as information go, both about the world lore and the case, but so so great romance wise. Also, if you mind details and think about what you're seeing, it adds a lot to Sachsen's character.
Definitely my favorite character, and his route places along Ulrik and Ines.