High School Life vs HuniePop
High School Life
High School Life is an interactive story game that might be a bit simplistic. Instead of having a deep and well-hashed-out story, the most you'll be doing in this game is dressing up to meet and flirt with boys, and hopefully, you'll get a date to the school dance, be it Homecoming, Sadie Hawkins, Winter Formal, Valentine’s Day or the actual Prom. You don't get to spend a lot of time in the actual high school setting though, despite being a game titled as "High School Life".The characters in the game aren't very well-designed either. The boys in the game seem to look especially flat-faced and honestly, a bit on the ugly side of things. The "texting a friend" feature is pretty interesting but it would have been nice to have some sort of interaction with your BFF at school, where again, being a high-schooler, you should be spending most of your time at.
High School Life is a pretty shallow version of an interactive story game and hence, is a poor alternative to games like Episodes or Choices, but it might still be enjoyable for some players who like something simple.
HuniePop
HuniePop is a rather different adult "dating" simulation game containing some forms of hentai (again, NSFW!). Its gameplay is partly RPG where you get to interact with the hot anime girls in the game through messages, some of which can be pretty hilarious. The other part of the game is filled with entertaining match-3 puzzles that are surprisingly challenging - you need to play these puzzles to increase your affection level with the anime ladies in the game. The last part of the game is its dating sim aspect, where you need to buy gifts and send them to the correct girl who will like the said gift. Build up your affection level and you might be able to get them to accept you as their boyfriend.Interestingly, the game even allows you to customize the appearance of the eight girls (each with different personalities) that you can date and unlock more varieties of outfits and hairstyles. And of course, being an adult game, you can expect some pretty steamy scenes involving these anime babes.
HuniePop is also featured in a visual novel-style which will appeal to most anime-loving guys. So, if you're into anime girls, this might be a game that'll interest you.