Winer Memories v1.08 is a direct sequel to Summer Memories from the experienced group Dojin Otome. The game follows the story from its predecessor, having many recurring characters and gameplay mechanics. Fans of the previous game will certainly find many similarities here and some slightly different mechanics. But overall it is a very faithful sequel. In Winter memories you are the young precocious protagonist, again visiting your aunt and cousins in the countryside. Your objective is to enjoy your winter vacation with your family and explore the city riddled with mini games, interactable characters and many obtuse secrets, while managing your character money, stamina, experience and so forth. Again, the game is vast and heartwarming, possessing many positive aspects in the regards of mechanics, gameplay, music, and writing. The game manages to mix gameplay and the content flawlessly, offering you fun minigames regarding the genre of the game and also having the classic specific scenes if you reached a certain value or completed a specific task, many of those hidden. By the end you can graciously start a new game plus, carrying all your progress to a new game, since the winter vacation is a timed period. Unfortunately this game has the same core problem the previous one had, the art is just plain ugly. I gave it a pass in the first game because it was a new installment with many new, creative mechanics. But now, it is something that the player can not overlook twice. After all the gameplay your reward is some ugly scenes. You'll notice how the proportions are weird, especially the head to neck. Hands, arms and chests are strange, off putting, and the genitals and fluids are simply terrible. Having to face this quality of drawing after so many grinding and great pixel visuals takes you right out of the game. I don't understand why Dojin didn't invest heavily into a more polished drawing like other similar games, but because of it, despite how good this game is in every other aspect, art-wise it's far from great. I recommend Winter Memories and understand it is a good game, but it is not without its faults in key aspects.