This one’s also being fan-translated, albeit at a snail’s pace. :oops:
My Top 3 Favorites:
#1 - Kanon
#2 - Ever17
#3 - Ashita no Kimi to Autame Ni
Are you possibly that /jp/ anon that said she was translating it?
Yup. 
I also found the Eastern European derived school based setting of Gakuen Redux very refreshing and unique. With every second game Japanese game involving a school in some way, it’s a relief not having to read an OELVN work set there as well.
There’s some information about the controversy on Heisei Democracy . It’s a good game as it is, with great art and music, but if light had stuck to their original single route plan, it probably would have turned out a lot better.
I haven’t played nearly enough games to assemble a top 10, or even a top 5 list, but Clannad would be my No. 1 ranked game at the moment.
25, heh? Okay, let’s do it!
9-point games:
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[]Clover Heart’s,[/]
[]Eien no Aselia ~The Spirit of Eternity Sword~,[/]
[]Flutter of birds ~Toritachi no habataki~,[/]
[]Ikusa Megami 2 ~Ushinawareshi kioku no chinkon uta~,[/]
[]Kanon,[/]
[]Narcissu,[/]
[]Refrain Blue,[/]
[]Sakura Taisen 2,[/]
[]SCHOOLDAYS,[/]
[]Sister Princess ,[/]
[]ToHeart 2: X-Rated,[/]
[]Triangle Heart: Lyrical Toybox.[/][/list]All kinds of genre (though mostly romance) and gameplay (including S-RPG and RPG) here, but heh.