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Regarding the Doukyuusei remake:

There's a casual and classic mode. The casual mode has a calendar that shows when and where events are happening for each girl, and even lets you teleport to them. As a warning, casual mode absolutely DESTROYS the game design and feeling of playing Doukyuusei. I've played Doukyuusei 2 and Kakyuusei before so I know how these games are supposed to be played, and casual mode makes it a mess that plays super wrong.

As an example: You get the nurse's first event by walking into the infirmary. Makes sense. But you get the nurse's second event by walking into the infirmary again. In normal play, you would enter the infirmary, leave when done, then visit her again some other day and there's a natural passage of time. But if you're checking the event calendar, you'll walk inside, talk to her, leave, check the calendar, then walk right back in. This obvious wrecks the intended experience. But then her third event is you accidentally running into her on the stairs. In normal play this would happen by accident, obviously, you're walking around the school one day then bump into her without realizing she was there at all. In casual mode you warp to it after her second event so there's no actual accident/coincidence at all.

As another example: One of the MC's male friends blocks the protagonist when he leaves school for the first time and forces a conversation. In normal play this will almost undoubtedly happen on day 1 or 2, there's no missing it. But with the calendar you can warp around the map and miss this event for the entire game almost simply because you never actually need to move around yourself.

Basically it completely ruins how you're supposed to experience events naturally and gives everything an artificial feel. Now, this might be fine for some - I understand that missing content can be very nerve-wracking, and you may have a better time by using the calendar to ensure you see everything. This isn't me saying everyone should play classic mode. However, if you do play casual mode, be aware that it will be completely wrecking the game experience. It is not at all an equally good option or anything like that. It changes the core experience of Doukyuusei and makes it significantly lesser. So be aware of that.