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Magical Diary: Horse Hall (2012)

Hanako Games

Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.38 from 66 ratings

415 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 192 backlogged · 15 wish listed

How long? Main story 6h · 100% 15h (from 4 logged playthroughs)

You have been invited to attend a magical school. You can make new friends, learn spells, face exams, run for class office, and try to find a date for the May Day Ball.
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Details

Developers
Hanako Games
Publishers
Hanako Games
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Visual Novel
Themes
Fantasy, Romance
Steam
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Release dates

  • May 31, 2012 (North_America) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • May 31, 2012 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
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Rating distribution

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3 stars
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thewritingj

Review thewritingj 4/5 · Jun 4, 2016

This dating sim is adorable and sweet. I replayed it to go through numerous different romantic avenues, and each one had surprises in the plotline. It's a very cute, very diverse game with nice art. The magic school element is repetitive and boring (as most of those "daily activity" type elements are in dating sims), but overall this is an …

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This dating sim is adorable and sweet. I replayed it to go through numerous different romantic avenues, and each one had surprises in the plotline. It's a very cute, very diverse game with nice art. The magic school element is repetitive and boring (as most of those "daily activity" type elements are in dating sims), but overall this is an A+ game I'd recommend to anyone looking for a dating sim that's a little less porny and more thoughtful.

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FredLobster

Review FredLobster 3/5 · Feb 4, 2013

On the surface, Magical Diary appears to be a Harry Potter knock-off with a girl set as the protagonist. Once you come of age, you are whisked off to an academy for budding witches and warlocks to learn the thaumaturgic arts, making friends and butting heads with classmates and professors all along the way. Fortunately, it's also an oddity you …

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On the surface, Magical Diary appears to be a Harry Potter knock-off with a girl set as the protagonist. Once you come of age, you are whisked off to an academy for budding witches and warlocks to learn the thaumaturgic arts, making friends and butting heads with classmates and professors all along the way. Fortunately, it's also an oddity you don't get to see every day: a well-written dating sim with a serious focus on liberal social reform, alternative life styles, MAGIC!!!, and (strangely enough) American small town pride, topped off with a dash of inexplicable dungeon crawl exploration and problem solving. While its originality, charming writing style, and replay value to get all the endings make it a distinct success, the dungeon exploration sections seem half-hearted and the game occasionally ends with a thud that makes you wonder where the next 3 years of high school are hiding. All the same, it's a unique experience well worth the price of admission.

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