Cleared Koihime Musou. After some bad experiences in the past, I honestly wasn't expecting to enjoy a visual novel this much... Really really good stuff, with a good dose of feels in the ending.
I dunno about all those Sakura games that never saw releases outside of Japan, but Sakura Taisen 5 (AKA Sakura Wars: So ong My Love) is a rather good game AND is not a visual novel, strictly speaking...
And Hiss, I do not underestimate VNs. It's just that, as mentioned, I had a couple of very bad experiences in the past, that really caused my interest for the genre to cool down. Thankfully, Koihime has now reignited it