While the story is your typical Japanese anime style and occasionally would make me feel "meh" here and there, it is nevertheless one of the best otome games I've played so far (the other one is Collar X Malice)

This is by far the best otome game i have played, there is more than just handsome guys in the game

Seriously the best otome / visual novel game I've played (in English), yet

This was refreshing for me after having played with heroines that had the potential to do things, to act for themselves, and did nothing

Probably the best otome game I've played, and I absolutely loved Hakuouki (it was also the first one I played)

Definitely the best otome game I've ever played, highly recommend, great romance, story, voice acting, artwork, characters, in a beautiful steam punk style!

Recommended play order

Impey's story is largely unrelated to the others, as far as I can remember, so I recommend playing that one first

I felt like I was being hit with a ton of bricks while playing through his route