Visual novels can be a real-time sink for many who aren’t avid readers. Having to scour through text and making the right choices to get your “perfect” girl can challenge even the most patient gamers. Dokyusei: Bangin’ Summer does something we’ve only seen in some visual novels of the modern age and that is an easy “flag jump” feature. From the click of the in-game menu button, players can see all of the lovely girls in Dokyusei: Bangin’ Summer—more on that in a second—and see how to best woo their gentle hearts.

What’s great is that rather than having to wait for every event to occur or having to scour the retro-game mini map to find the location, you can just hit the event of your choice and ensure you get closer to your dream girl. Honestly, for some who really hate having to try everything to get a girl in a VN and/or having to spend hours reloading save files to find an ideal route, Dokyusei: Bangin’ Summer saves you the hassle and makes sure you get where you want to go with who as fast as possible!

Okay, raise your hand if you’ve played a dating sim or VN that just lacks a bevy of great women to fall in love with? Sadly, it happens in many VNs where you end up only really loving one or two of the main girls and not caring if the rest leave the game forever. Dokyusei: Bangin’ Summer seems to know what guys want in a dating sim/VN and has not just a few girls to choose from but a party load! There are nearly 15 girls to choose from and the choices range from the runner girl Misa Tanaka to the already has a boyfriend but can’t be wooed away from him Natsuko Masaki to the teacher with huge oppai Yoshiko Serizawa. We just named a few girls but honestly, we’ve struggled with which girl’s route we want to see in Dokyusei: Bangin’ Summer and are still trying to see them all! Plus with the adult DLC pack added, you get to see these girls in ways we can’t just say since we do have some younger readers out there.

There are a lot and we mean a lot of menu options and buttons to click in Dokyusei: Bangin’ Summer. Maybe a bit too much if we’re being honest. There are at least several menu buttons, different buttons to change the level of text speech, and even more buttons that we honestly rarely ever used. Dokyusei: Bangin’ Summer gives players the freedom to make sure their dating sim/VN playthrough is as simple as humanly possible but it can be a bit overwhelming at first and might seem like too much was implemented for no reason. Maybe this is the older VN fans in us speaking but a few buttons goes a long way developers.

The stories in Dokyusei: Bangin’ Summer are pretty overly simple and most are pretty predictable. That being said, this is an adult VN/dating sim so here’s the main question you need to pose to yourself before diving into Dokyusei: Bangin’ Summer. What are your main goals and aspirations for this game? Are you here for ecchi/adult scenes or here for a loving romance tale that will have you in tears by the end? Dokyusei: Bangin’ Summer we think is made to kind of cater to both audiences as some of the stories can be a bit drama-filled but ultimately this is meant to be more adult orientated than story focused. Go into Dokyusei: Bangin’ Summer not expecting an “If My Heart Had Wings” experience—which is a phenomenal VN—but a more simple story of a guy just trying to get some girls before his school life comes to an end.