It's a combination of the characters being memorable, the writing and especially the amount of choices I think that really makes it stand out. I play a lot of visual novels and I keep finding myself thinking "Yearning did it better..."

I haven't played in a while and still keep thinking of this game, so that says a lot about its quality. Oddly, Dan(the guy I initially ignored on my first playthrough) comes to mind the most when I think about the game. His writing was especially memorable and well done.

Anyway, I think I'll give Jame's route one more try. That is one elusive man. I just wanted to post this since I keep comparing games I play to it. Thanks for that, lol.

Thank you! I'm glad and flattered that you enjoyed it so much.

Dan is my favorite route, for many reasons, even though he's not my favorite guy. (That's, fairly obviously, James.)

Just come out as soon as possible and spend time with James and he should be pretty straightforward.