How to play L@ve Once on Mac
Game summary
L@ve Once (read as "love at once") is a romance visual novel that tells the story of a boy called Shouji Takanashi (高梨 翔司) whose mother is a mermaid. He met mermaids as a small child but forgot about them. One day, his father passes away and not long after, two sisters, who happen to be mermaids as well, come to his place. Their names are Mei and Meru. Being a son of a mermaid, he can only fall in love once, as broken heart would be the end of him. With the help of Mei and Meru, he will hopefully be able to find his true love.
The game originated on PSP and is a light visual novel without any adult content. A year later the game was ported to PS3 with some changes and additional content under the title L@ve Once: Mermaid's Tears. Both platforms have limited edition releases which feature bonus content such as audio drama, artbook or soundtrack.
First released: Sep 2010
Play L@ve Once on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play L@ve Once on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.
Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.
Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).
L@ve Once installation steps for Mac
Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install L@ve Once like you would on any PC.
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