VN General Thread

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Last thread: >>10298653

What are you playing? What are you looking forward to? What have you finished? You know the drill.

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I do not play VNs because I enjoy actual literature, nerds.

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Playing Demonbane. Still too early to judge it fairly. Waiting for the day someone will translate Extravaganza or anything by Black Cyc.

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>>10326319
>>>/lit/

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I really need to get back into the VN scene.
Any suggestions?

I suppose I'm one of those lame secondaries who only reads english ones. Prefer dark and edgey ones like Nitro+ and stuff. Mostly supernatural, though stuff like G-Senjou no Maou is fine too. And blah. Don't even know if this thread works that way.

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So this game is out in March and they don't even have an artist yet?

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>>10326325
If you haven't read Kara no Shoujo, give it a try. The /vg/ thread would be able to help you better, though. I don't even know what's been translated lately.

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>>10326325
Twinkle Crusaders has supernatural stuff and is very dark and edgy.

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>>10326306
Could you please do that? I mentioned earlier, I'm not a reliable host, so if someone could take over the responsibility of torrenting it, it would be of great help.

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>>10326450
This is true and correct.

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Oh Sanae. Why are you always so awesome?

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I can't seem to grasp /jp/'s general opinion on raiL-soft VNs. Some people have likened them to the closest things VNs have become to literature while others dispute their kamige status. Can someone who's read them give me their opinion on each of the titles? I'd just like to know so I can justify the intense study required to read one.

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>>10326450
But its not translated

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Finished Shouko's route in Sinsemilla, definitely the best I've read till now, even if her ending 2 dragged on a bit. Both ndings were well done, unlike with Iroha which was probably the worst of the bunch, not much happened in her route.
Now to Sakuya's route and sinsemilla next. The tennyo's story that's being unlocked is also getting interesting too.

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Is there a VN that features realistic BDSM? Like the manga Nana to Kaoru.

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>>10326472
I uploaded the game here.
http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=390417

I didn't include the drama CDs because I couldn't figure out what to do with them. Daemon Tools couldn't mount the CDs, and the DVD mounted but wouldn't play.

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ส็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็(ಠ益ಠส็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็)

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>>10326616
Don't know what you mean with "realistic", but Love Bind is pretty much like Nana to Kaoru.

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>>10326616
Nana to Kaoru is not realistic BDSM.

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>>10326889
Realistic as in kind of like how Saimin Yuugi took a more realistic approach to hypnotism and not just snap my fingers and now fuck me type of deal that most hypnotism games are.

So the type of BDSM game I'm looking for would be something along the lines of where you follow the basic rules like having a safety word and what not and you'd start off light and slowly move up to more humiliation and hardcore stuff.

>>10326899
Thanks, I'll check this one out.

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>>10326939
>So the type of BDSM game I'm looking for would be something along the lines of where you follow the basic rules like having a safety word

That would be the main area where I would say Nana to Kaoru is not realistic. For example the part where she's tied up and he blindfolds, gags her, put that's thing over her mouth and nose, and plugs her ears, with no safety signal. If you do shit like that in real life people can get hurt or die.

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>>10326973
It's been a while so I don't remember the details but I do remember there was this one chapter where Nana did say the safety word and the MC stopped and went home.

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>>10326989
You'd think he'd untie the poor girl first

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>>10326989
Okay, but there are other parts where there is no safe word or signal. You especially cannot do that if a person is gagged.

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>>10326450
Princess Witches would be the better recommendation. Not that either of them are translated. And not that you need a translation for Twinkle Crusaders either.

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Sharnoth spoilers(?) below
When Moran talks about her body, she says it was made by a first-rate false body technician from Kadath who could even control Inganock technology.
Does anyone have idea if it's the same guy who made body for Ruaha in Sekien no Inganock.
Also, is there a fucking map of what is where? I can imagine where is London and that "small country in Far East" is Japan but where the fuck is Inganock and Kadath?

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>>10327066
Kadath is a different world and a portal opened between our world and that one.

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>>10327091
Is Inganock located within Kadath then?

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>>10327128
Yes, just like Valusia, that world has animal people too.

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>>10327137
I see. They do explain it in the novels at any point? So far I have read Inganock and I'm almost at the end of Sharnoth and in Sharnoth they started throwing Inganock references left and right.

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I played Edelweiss for about 2 or 3 hours now and still no sex scene. what?

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>>10327146
Either in celenaria or in some webnovel, either way the reference is clear if you've read lovecraft, sharnoth even uses the green stones to reach the palace of the dark king, which is as blatant as it gets.

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>>10327171
I see. I have not read Lovecraft so that might be why I didn't get it. I should have started Valusia with my poor Japanese before reading Inganock and Sharnoth because they were in English instead. I'll just finish Sharnoth now and try Valusia. Thanks for explaining though.

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>>10327194
If you want a good layout of the setting in kadath, go for celenaria.

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Are there any negative repercussions/missables if you choose to skip the minigames in Celenaria?

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>>10327211
I see, there is also one more thing I've noticed with a HUGE delay. Mary has been seeing a STRANGE MASK at the edge of her vision. Is that the same thing Gii was seeing? If so then what the fuck?

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>>10327227
Finish Sharnoth for that. There are callbacks, references in expression and the like, but it's not a direct reference now.

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>>10326311
Fuck off, Setsuna is pure.

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>>10327260
The triangle is composed of a manipulative bitch, an asshole and a selfish whore, nothing wrong with that.

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>>10327270
This. Truth.

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Finally got around to starting WA2, but don't worry I don't plan to use this thread for tweeting updates on my progress as seems to be the trend with people playing it.

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>>10327260
What kind of pure maiden would lust after a dick so badly that she'd betray her supposed best friend?

Now that I think about it, this goes for both Setsuna and Kazusa. The only pure girl in this game is Mari, who incidentally is also the best girl.

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>>10327504
Then what the fuck is this post then?

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WHT GAME IS DAT OP?

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>>10327504
Thanks, I'm tired of everyone doing that.

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I started playing Sona-Nyl. What is the point of this part. What does choosing a paragraph do?

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Anyone has a 100% save for sharnoth fvr? The save for normal version seems to be crashing the game for me, do I miss anything particulary interesting without seeing those additional CGs?

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Playing Raizin7
It's a space opera doujin eroge.

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>>10327961
You play as a fat bald guy? How is the story and gameplay?

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>>10327974
You can play as anyone, literally.
I haven't played the actual space conquering part yet, I'm too busy seducing and raping everyone.

Pic related: some girl I raped telling her husband what happened.

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>>10328057
The husband went ahead and killed me. ;_;

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>>10328070
So h-scenes aren't connected with conquering territory like most other games? How does this work?

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>>10328070
That a lifebar above your character? Did you have to play some sort of minigame for the fight?

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新作エロゲを買いませんか？ (2013年01月版)
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm19768238

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What is the definitive changelist for Itsusora PS2? On a scale of 1 to Ayakashibito to Himawari level, how much additional content, cgs, etc was added? Do the new routes uncover any more information on the core plot? Also, the VNDB tag says it adds a route for Meme and Non, but the back of the box only says Meme.

I liked this game way more than I should. The dialogue and narrative when shit hit the fan was stellar, the name games and consistent themes with game exclusive vocabulary loaded with implicit meaning, so on. This really isn't my favorite game, but it definitely is up there with one of the most fresh and novel ones I've played. However, the thing that's killing me is the complete lack of battle CGs. The dialogue in those scenes are so fucking intense, but being backed with sprites and shitty splattered on effects, while not diminishing how awesome it is, certainly doesn't make it any more memorable than the face value of the text. I really regret that. Hence why I'm thinking about switching to the PS2 version now that I'm halfway through the 3rd (Konome's in my case) route.

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>>10326579
I don't know of any enthusiasts who have read every rail(&?Liar)soft title..

I think Ixrec has read at least most of them, so perhaps you're better off asking him directly.

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>>10327227
What this guy said: >>10327237
but if you absolutely must now, no, almost definitely not. You'll see exactly what the strange mask is as the story continues.

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>>10327559
You have to choose the one that fits in best with the rest of the story/article. You'll know you've got the right one when you don't get laughed at after choosing.

It's like the "hear the voices" part of Inganock, and will become clear as you go on.

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>>10327219
You'll be missing out on a lot of fun.
The "mini game" in Celenaria is actually pretty big and consists of flying around exploring the world for yourself. At least for me it was a great experience.
Besides that, you'll just be missing a few unimportant extra CGs as usual

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>>10328672
Ok, I might actually play it then, thanks.

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Fuck this game, fuck it in the ass. Aiyuko no Eustia is the game btw.

I hate when games bait you emotionally and then make you choose right then and there. It feels like every game just tries to evoke an emotion from me and manipulate me into playing routes I don't want to play.

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>>10329809
Maybe you should stick to moemoe romantic comedies, anon.

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>>10329809
I hate it too, especially when I've decided to go straight for a single possible route.

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Fuck this game, fuck its writer, stop chastising me for picking up a heroine who wasn't your main mary sue.
I don't give a shit if you were forced to write other routes by contract, if you force me to 5 minute unskippable scene were the main heroine cries after realize this won't be her route trying to make me feel like a kitten strangler all I will feel will be rage and contempt.
And Chisato is a terrible heroine, a selfish bitch with some kind of trauma she couldn't get over because oh she's so sweet and frail on the inside doh fucking oh oh, go take a walk on a minefield.
Wasn't forcing me the first time to go throught such a boring stereotype enough ?

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>>10329907
Do Satsuki's route, almost no Chisato. the only route she creates decent drama is MIfuyu I think.

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>>10329915
Yeah, might as well second this, I felt that was the most decent route too. You might want to play Michiru for comedy purposes though.

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>>10329907
So is that why people always shit on koichoco? I really like the art but I stayed away because everyone kept hating on it.

Anyone know if いますぐお兄ちゃんに妹だっていいたい！was any good? Again I like the art but playing a game for only the art is the first step of playing a game you won't like.

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>>10329928
I like Chisato, but it's obvious why people don't and she's an annoyance in every route that isn't hers, save for Mifuyu where she works to create a proper love triangle instead of a WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME I'M MAIN HEROINE.

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>>10329928
From my experience, the common route is boring, like you really could hardly give a shit about it.
Yeah let's save our club from being removed, it's not like we're a group of degenerates just eating away the school budget doing basically nothing but eating sweets, surely this is a worthy cause.

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>>10329928
pretty much
first playthrough forces main heroine on you and even on the other routes she's just passive aggressive about your heroine, half-assed theme that can't decide whether it wants to be about eating or politics and where a guy with a nonomohe mask is supposed to be taken as a serious villain, then in the last route it turns pretty fucking serious business

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>>10329934
>>10329938
>>10329949
what about the imouto game then?

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>>10329809
Agreed.
The first VN which did this to me was YMK. After that I quit playing VNs and I understood that I need something heartwarming and light.

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>While August tends to focus on somewhat outlandish designs for their typically school based settings I lost a lot of faith in them after the train wreck that was Eustia and now this only makes things worse. Considering the weaknesses of August writing and plots which were shown in spades during their previous two games I have to question why they would go with such a weak plot this time. The biggest problem aside from the writing itself, is how the setting and story together make up one giant deus ex machina factory.

Monthly dose.

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>>10330031
whose terrible taste was that?

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>>10330067
Zen's.

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>>10330031
That guy completely hates anime/eroge in general and I have no idea what he's doing there really.

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>>10330031
Of the games they've reviewed I'm curious about offline girl, I downloaded the trial and all but I have no hope on it being uploaded any time soon after release.

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>>10330079
I figured. He is such a goddamn dick.

>>10330081
I think they need someone to be the goofy one that likes shitty game elements/is a pedophile and one who doesn't like anything.

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>>10330082
It looks like a good doujin game, yeah.
Seeing the few reviews in egs, it looks promising.

Talking about doujin games, this one was released today
http://www.dlsite.com/home/work/=/product_id/RJ108740.html

It looks good, I'm currently downloading the trial.

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>>10330081
He likes shitty games that are completely generic.
He doesn't seem to know anything about eroge, though.

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The problem is that he is the only one who does an extensive preview in english like this

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>>10330104
Why would you need it if you know japanese?

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>>10330107
Not the anon you replied to, but do you or anyone else know a similar Japanese blog that lists "big releases" of the month like they do? It's more useful to get all the info from one place instead of having to follow each studio's releases yourself.

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>>10330099
I don't think he even knows what sort of game it is that he's talking about half of the time. Seems like he just looks at the cover and/or read a brief summary and base things off that.

Also to be more on topic, do you guys have any recommendations for doujin rpgs? 18+ or not, I've already been through most of the Alicesoft/Eushully/Softhouse/Dual Tail etc games of interest so I've recently been cycling through doujin rpgs when not reading any eroge. Needless to say, they're pretty hit or miss, エリスとアルテミス and more recently エルフの守護者 was pretty enjoyable though.

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>>10329994
no one played it then I assume?

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>>10330130
There's some guy named ketsuage that does a monthly releases video on youtube, it's pretty thorough as it also lists doujin and all ages releases last I checked (some months ago).
Or you can just check the release calendar on getchu or your retailer of choice where you have plot blurb, characters, sample cgs and possibly op and trial downloads for each game.

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Quick Question, JP. I have recently gotten into Visual Novels and I have to wonder. Do you all actually know moonrunes, or do you play VN's for the pictures?

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>>10330140
We play it for the pictures and then discuss about the said pictures.

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>>10330144
I don't know. It just seems strange to not understand what is going on in games that are normally so involved around a deep plot and making choices.

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>>10330031
Funny as it really don't differ that much from the other thread's commentaries, about both.

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>>10330137
Man, you're not very bright.
>>10330137
A VN with that kind of title being all-ages basically makes me angry.

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>>10330140
I make up my own story based on whats on screen

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>>10330152
Funny that the general opinion of Eustia is the opposite of "train wreck"

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>>10330144
Who did the art for this?

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>>10330140
I play eroge for the coding. I open up the files with appropriate tools, delete all the japanese and then stare at the code. Sometimes I boot the game to see how it all comes together but I won't go further than the options screen.

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I'm really liking the trial of その光その翼 so far.
The vocabulary level is very high and the writing is kind of Mareni like so far, that is kind of surprising for a doujin game.
The story seems pretty interesting too.
Also fuck yeah Cthulhu

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Also the protagonist looks delicious (but it's a boy)

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>>10330140
I just install them for the desktop shortcuts and to have space taken up on my hard drives

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>>10330167
For the last chapter, is. Majority of the archive's praises is even me defending that ending.

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>>10330198
eroge shortcut otaku

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>>10330200
do you even know what a train wreck is? Even people who criticize parts of it mostly praise the other parts

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>>10330230
Well, that's why "the opinion For the last chapter" as a set. Thought the final part of Eustia being considered a trainwreck isn't that distant from Zen's stupid criticizes.
Meant more for Toshokan, anyway.

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>>10330200
>>10330313
Maybe there's something bogus with my english today, but I really don't even get what you're trying to say

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>>10330313
>>10330200
First of all, please go learn some basic English grammar before posting here. Secondly, Toshokan isn't even out yet and the trial hints fuck all at the real plot of the game, assuming there is one.

On another note, I'm now absolutely convinced that Zen or whatever the fuck the guy's name is does not know Japanese and plays using ATLAS and Google translate.

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are there plans for sequel vns?

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>>10330798
I don't think so, it was just meant to advertise the novel.

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Finished the trial of その光その翼, or more accurately I read half of it and speedread the rest.
For one the trial is 800kb which is pretty huge and basically bigger than most doujin game out there.

Anyways for the good, the art is pretty great and the amount of tachi-e is huge, with a lot of variations for most of them. You can really see the artist did his best, especially since more than 20 characters appear in the trial alone.
The writing is also pretty nice all around, but especially solid when the narration turns 3rd person.
The setting is also pretty interesting, mixing a hospital, an ainu village, an futuristic underground city and a sci-fi lab. The story itself has a lot of references to the Cthulhu mythos.

For the bad, like I wrote above the text is good but really, really tenacious.
Basically despite the fact that the trial is 800kb long, nothing much happened except world building.
The interactions last forever and you really have a sense that the writer run in circle, I'd welcome it if the interactions were Oretsuba/Grisaia level but they are not.

Well that's where you can see that it's a doujin game, which is too bad since there are some really good scenes that can be found here and there, especially the end of the trial was really nice.
But I would recommend to see if the shit really hits the fan in an interesting way during the main game.

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>>10330875
Also the writer supposedly worked on it for 10 years so that should explain the length, there is a good chance the story will turn interesting so I'll still buy the main game.

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>>10330875
That protagonist is pretty cute. In a non-homo way, I mean.

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>>10330899
Homo.

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>>10330144
that blue haired girl with the red string is fucking hot. Whats she like?

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>>10330885
Where do you usually buy games from? Do you buy all of your games?

>>10330899
He's very cute. I'd read it but it's probably too much for my level right now.

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>>10330964
The game is Justy x Nasty, why don't you read it and find out? Oh wait, you can't.

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>>10330875
>>10330885
Just checked the developers' BBS, where they said the trial covers about half of the game. The game looks potentially interesting to me, might check the trial out at some point though I'm not terribly familiar with the Cthulhu mythos myself

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Yoshiko being main heroine-like

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>>10331141
Did her breasts get smaller?

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>>10331141
>>>/reddit/

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>>10331164
Her tachie don't really show her that stacked, I wouldn't have guessed she has the second biggest breast size

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>tachie
Stop being such a fucking weeaboo and just call them sprites like a sane person.

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>>10331239
Please do not bully.

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>>10331334
I love you anon.

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Which Nitroplus protagonist would you fuck?

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>>10331412
I'm not a homo or anything, but I think I liked Takumi a little too much when I played C;H.
I'm just saying, if I one day turned into a girl, I might want to suck it. Hypothetically.

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>>10331412
I was going to say Sakura from Axanael, but that would be taking the easy way out. Instead, I'll go with Romeo.

He has such strong arms...

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>>10331412
Minato Kageaki. No homo of course.

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>>10331434
He was the only good part of that game.

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>>10331479
Yeah, and I really liked his VA's performance. Probably one of my favorites now that I think about it.

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>>10331593
*Sinsemilla

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Can anyone give me their opinion on Tasogare no Sinsemeilla? I like small town settings and mythology, but I swear I've seen a lot of posts here talking about how it is pretty boring.

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>>10331593
I'm reading it now, doing the true end. I liked it more than I expected, but I can understand how people can find it boring.
The routes definitely have shit going on and tend to be consistent with each other, showing different sides of the plot, so it's been good in those regards, I also like the mythology since it has tennyos, hagoromos and nues.

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>>10331593
It's heavy on slow-paced sections, but I enjoyed it quite a lot. The atmosphere and scenery are nice, especially if you're a total fag for rural Japan like I am.

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>>10330144
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>>10330198
wait a minute, so i have been wasting 8 hours each day learning Japanese for the sole purpose of playing VNs and discuss it with you anons in the VN threads and all you say is this? If this is what you do when playing VNs then what's the point of me learning the language when all of you do this instead? I though you anons knew Japanese.... what the fuck.

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>>10331412
Franco Il Nero

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>>10331593
it's pretty good but very low-paced. You might get bored during those parts where nothing happens.

But still it was a good read. I'd recommend it if you have enough time.

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>>10331637
Most people here use Atlus or Translation Aggregator if they even bother to read the story part of games.

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>>10331650
slow-paced I mean...

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>>10326311
Recently played through all heroine routes of Refrain. Key magic and Power of Love everywhere.
Did the two chapters of MGQ and am now busy with Sengoku Rance.
I seem to have a lot of time on my hands.

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>>10331637
You are incredibly dense, aren't you?

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>>10331654
This isn't hongfire anon.

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>>10331722
Woah we have entered undecipherable layers of irony

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>>10331722
the fact that's it's the fifth time over multiple threads he says he's wasting his time learning japanese while we just machine translate should have tipped you off as to what kind of poster he is

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>>10331760
Is he the same person who was whining about wanting to read Itaike na Kanojo? It feels weird to recognize people's posts.

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>>10331769
Isn't that game fairly simple?

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>>10331769
Pretty easy to recognize the posts around here

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>>10331791
One of the simplest I've read.

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>>10331791
It is, though it was kind of slangy if I remember right. Still, I shouldn't think it would take more than a couple of months of study before you could get through it with a dictionary.

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>>10331593
The game is fairly relaxing and is an easy read. It also has a god tier imouto. The problem is that you have to read through all the other heroines routes first before you can go to the true route which can become quite a slog.

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How am I supposed to know how to get the other chaos;head endings?


also why the fuck can't he get up?

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>>10331865
Nice and simple

http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/952182-chaoshead/faqs/61850

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>>10331637
then why dont you try in a japanese site anon?

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>>10331654
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>>10331832
ok so let me get this straight, in a VN thread you anons play your VNs with tool translations, by just looking at images, make your own story on what's based on the screen, without knowing any Japanese, and then discuss about it on here, am i correct?

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>>10331948
Yes.

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>>10331948
Yep.

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>>10331948
Yes. But before you try learning Japanese yourself, you should try learning some analytical English and reading comprehension first.

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>>10331948
Jesus Christ just give up already. You clearly want to.

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>>10331948
Correct. The reason we can have in-depth plot discussions is because we all happen to make up the same story to go with the pictures.

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>>10331966
give up on what? learning Japanese?

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How does the Grisaia series compare to Oretsuba as a charage?

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>>10331974
Our brains absorbs the whole sea.

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>>10331974
Our brain absorbs the whole sea.

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>>10331948
it's a lot easier than you think

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>>10331974
Great minds think alike

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>>10332522
Not well. Not even remotely close to as good. The gags in it are pretty funny, and the characters are adorable, but each individual routes are totally spaced in quality (personally, I think Amane and Makina had the best ones). However, Oretsuba is a consistent, whole package, with great dialogue, incredible interactions, and irresistible characters. They are hardly comparable, but if you limit it to the charage genre, Oretsuba is in a whole different dimension.

Grisaia is still pretty good, and definitely way better than average though, I'd recommend playing it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10332833
Well, considering grisaia as a "charage" is a little off considering the last 2/3 of the series have a straight-forward plot

Also the banter / humor in grisaia is basically the best I've read in an eroge, so if OreTsuba is better on that front I guess I really need to read it now

[Anonymous No.]

>>10331412
Kageaki of course

[Anonymous No.]

>>10332913
Tastes will vary in terms of humor, it's just that the whole character part of charage is better in Oretsuba in every regard, including the male sub characters. I don't remember which one had me laughing harder honestly.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10331863
Not exactly, i did the imouto route first.
The true route Shinsemilla is more like ~After Story~

Also, if you're a sucker for imoutos, lolis and rural japan i reccomend Monobeno. It's getting a fandisk with after stories soon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333306
My dick was very sore from playing Monobeno. I wish there were more VNs that feature a "serious" story that also had a shit ton of h-scenes.

[Anonymous No.]

I feel a little bit bad for being the millionth guy to talk about this game like >>10327504 pointed out, so I'll keep it to myself after this post.

Setsuna True or Kazusa True first? Just got done with Kazusa normal. And was actually totally satisfied by the contents and outcome, so I'm really 50/50 here

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333373
I just finished Kazusa's true route and found it to be extremely thematically dissatisfying. So I'd say do that first and save Setsuna's for last since I've read it's the "good" ending.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333379
Setsuna's coda ending is really awful. They do a thematic 180 and take forever to build to a completely uninteresting ending. Kazusa true is pretty much what the whole game was leading up to

[Anonymous No.]

so i just finished playing おたマ! ～おたく仲間はちっこいマニア～. I completed the routes, CG and everything else. Do i get a secret route/heroine or something or is that all?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333364
>I wish there were more VNs that feature a "serious" story that also had a shit ton of h-scenes.
There's a decent number of them though they can be hard to find since things tend to be marketed as nukige or non-nukige. EGS has a POV for it (http://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/povlist.php?pov_id=110)) but it's not too helpful since a lot of the games listed are just scenarioge that have decent ero.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333364
France Shoujo.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333391
I haven't played Setsuna's coda route so I can't comment on that but...

>Kazusa true is pretty much what the whole game was leading up to

What? I'm more a Kazusa man myself but the whole route was kind of boring and can be basically summed up as Haruki finding out Youko has cancer -> Him getting shit on by everyone -> Him and Kazusa leaving. There's no surprises here. Besides that, I felt like the characters didn't grow at all. Haruki never gets over his high school crush and basically does the same thing he did 5 years ago. Kazusa still can't live like a normal human being and clings to Haruki. And Setsuna still can't forget either of them. CC was about moving on from the past and this conclusion is definitely not the one the game was building towards.

[Anonymous No.]

KShanontrice is back.
The PV looks interesting enough

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333432
The art looks like it's stuck back in 2007.

[Anonymous No.]

How does Kara no Shoujo compare to Cartagra? I ask this because I didn't really like the latter, too many random ero scenes, too much focus on Rin, the outcome was a bit too predictable. I'm glad it was short though, since the mystery content was appropriately concise, although I loved the hell out of Nana, the characters overall were good, and the diverse bad endings were pretty awesome.

However, I hear about Kara no Shoujo way more, and then there's all this hype for the sequel, but I'm not too familiar with Innocent Grey. Is it worth looking into, or should I skip it since I wasn't too hot on Cartagra?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333417
WA2 is a true love game. It's about ridiculously durable emotions that exceed common sense.

CC was about Haruki suppressing his feelings and settling for what he can have. He completely pushes Kazusa out of his mind for the entire Setsuna route.

Coda is about him finally, finally managing to stand up to all the people who pushed him toward the "reasonable" choice, and managing to choose the one thing he really wanted no matter what the cost. Being the guy who didn't want to hurt anyone got him into the mess in the first place - so it's completely thematically fitting that he breaks out of it by hurting literally everybody.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333466
Well, you hear about Kara no Shoujo more because of the sole virtue that it's been translated. To be honest, it's pretty damn similar to Cartagra. Ero still comes out of nowhere and outcome is still predictible, albeit less so in Kara no Shoujo. KnS pretty much has the same strengths and weaknesses as Cartagra, so if that wasn't your cup of tea I'd stay away.
>>10332833
So Grisaia is just a good VN rather than a kamige like I've been told?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333466
>although I loved the hell out of Nana
my niggah
batshit imoutos are the best.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333494
>So Grisaia is just a good VN rather than a kamige like I've been told?

Basically everything the main guy wrote (Amane, Makina, Yuuji Past in Meikyuu) has been really damn good.

The issue is the side writers who are less consistent and in some cases outright crazy.

I haven't met anyone who didn't enjoy the game a lot, but I don't think it's taut and focused enough to earn that label.

[Anonymous No.]

Are there any good VNs that don't have romance plots? I've never played one because I assume you're just trying to find your waifu in it or something, and that doesn't really interest me.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333494
It definitely isn't a kamige, just flat out. I really don't want to discourage you from playing it since it's still a good game, it's more that you shouldn't go into it with expectations that it'll hold up to Oretsuba. Also, like >>10332913 pointed out, Grisaia has a major core plot, whereas Oretsuba's core plot (don't read this if you haven't played it) is totally centered around giving the personalities their own closure, before the personal development/thematic combination of Youji. Which is still extremely related to the characters and Oretsuba being a charage. However, I'll comment that I didn't play Meikyuu all the way through, and iirc Rakuen's core is going to be written by Amane's writer, so the value in playing the whole series might change this March.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333494
It definitely isn't a kamige, just flat out, but it really is a solid 7-8.5ish/10 and worth playing if you have the time. I really don't want to discourage you from playing it since it's still a good game, it's more that you shouldn't go into it with expectations that it'll hold up to Oretsuba. I think trying to compare the two is flat out unfair to begin with as well. Also, like >>10332913 pointed out, Grisaia has a major core plot, whereas Oretsuba's core plot (don't read this if you haven't played it) is totally centered around giving the personalities their own closure, before the personal development/thematic combination of Youji. Which is still extremely related to the characters and Oretsuba being a charage. However, I'll comment that I didn't play Meikyuu all the way through, and iirc Rakuen's core is going to be written by Amane's writer, so the value in playing the whole series might change this March.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333528
Any VN has romance up to some point, but you'd be interested in Liarsoft and Nitroplus stuff.

[Anonymous No.]

Okay, all this talk about Oretsuba is getting me interested.
Should I read the prelude before the main and then the afterstory?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333528
Nitroplus. Some Cs Ware. In some games (like Utawarerumono and Rance) with gameplay, the romance is minor and not horribly relevant. There's plenty of good games where romance nonsense is totally insignificant though.

But, if it's a normal eroge, usually there has to be some reason for the ero, and that often correlates with some sort of romance, even if temporary, generally. Which kind of pisses me off because I hate how so many scenario focused games are divided into character routes instead of just "routes".

Like Dies Irae, the romantic component in anything but Marie's route didn't mean shit but giving the protagonist someone to fight for, and to consolidate material relevant to the circumstances surrounding that character into one section. I wish that games would move away from that, since not linking the protagonist to a single character doesn't force romantic content where it isn't at all necessary. Though getting rid of that traditional structure, might mean getting rid of the ero, which kind of eliminates the eroge aspect (whether that's a bad thing or not, is debatable. I personally like ero scenes when they aren't out of place and terribly drawn. The ero aspect really does seem to be holding back the medium though, imo)

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333528
The Gyakuten Saiban (Ace Attourney) series comes to mind. There are some older ones from the '90s as well, but really it's a mostly a medium for romance stories (which I actually think is kind of a shame because the VN format would work well for a variety of types of fiction).

There are a lot, however, where "finding your waifu" is far from the point. You might find things like Soukou Akki Muramasa, Dies irae, or Subarashiki Hibi interesting, for example.

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>>10333549

Anything specific? I just googled and looked at some random titles and they seem to be mostly eroge, which is pretty much the opposite of what I'm looking for.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10331974
>>10332668
Sure is amazing how it almost makes it seem like we can read Japanese.

>>10333519
Pretty much this, while some of the routes were pretty great you also had some routes which... weren't so great to say the least. But overall it's one of the better stories out there and it's definitely worth a read.

Speaking of which I'm contemplating on whether or not I should go out of my way to reread it before Rakuen comes out, I read it when it came out so its been a while already.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333560
Play Prelude period, then the core game play R for the Ai route, which was excellent, but also because two of the H-Scenes in that game were really, really bad and unnecessary. The other H-Scenes were fine, normal stuff though, so if you want the original content, play the original up to the end of Naru's route and then switch to R for the rest of the game and you won't be missing anything except for the second of those two H scenes. If you liked the game, which means you liked the characters as well probably, and you will, play Afterstory, which is just more slice of life and interactions.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333582
Ero is the cancer killing eroge!

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333583
If you haven't noticed, you always have a female partner in that series. Plus it's technically not a VN, but ADV.

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>>10333472
I think we have very different interpretations of what this game is about.

He doesn't "settle" for Setsuna. For a while I thought that too, but after playing through all the other girl's routes I think it's very clear that he really does like her and cares deeply for her. He's not with her just because "it's the right thing to do." He doesn't feel guilty because he's doing something that's deemed bad society, he feels guilty because he's hurting someone he loves. He never made the "reasonable" choice, otherwise he wouldn't have fucked Kazusa. It's because of this that the story would be better if he finally did get around to make the reasonable choice.

Setsuna's CC route was about them both moving on from their feelings from high school. Haruki moves on from his past mistakes and goes on to establish a stable life around him. Setsuna finally forgives him and accepts that she's not the only woman in his life and that he probably will never forget about Kazusa. From what I've read so far, coda seems to be a test of their convictions. It's like, okay, you say you've moved on, and now you have to prove it.

It was also very clear during Kazusa's true route that he had many reservations about making the choice that he did. A large reason why he did it was because Youko had cancer and wouldn't be able support Kazusa anymore. That part alone makes your "true love" story thing a bit bogus.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333592
I don't understand why there's so many people with an allergy to ero. Only in the cases of where they intend to play it in public I can understand why.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333594
>If you haven't noticed, you always have a female partner in that series.
And? There's no romance to speak of.

>Plus it's technically not a VN, but ADV.
Oh god, not this again.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333599
Again though, since I haven't read Setsuna's coda route, my interpretation is subject to change.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333589
I really hate it when choosing the "right version" of a game already is so hard that it makes it complicated to start

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333592
I think it would be nice if more games had ero separate from the plot, and just unlocked by going through the main game.

I mean, I like ero sometimes, but if I'm reading a plot-focused game I almost never want to read it when it comes up anyway.

>>10333600
Probably the feeling that the ero is controlling the setting and plot of the game. Which of course, isn't really true, but since more ero is associated with nukige and shitty plots, it gives the impression that ero is what is making the plots bad rather than bad writers making the plots bad.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333600
I play all my eroge on the local public library's computers. Well, I did, until they got the police involved. Now I have to go to the one in the next town over, it's really rough.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333599
"Setsuna's CC route was about them both moving on from their feelings from high school?"

Your entire interpretation of the game sort of falls apart there. If Haruki had "moved on" from his feelings for Kazusa, coda would never have happened. He never even faced up to them, just kept them lurking under the surface. That's the whole point. Like, you can choose to believe otherwise, but coda's existence means that the author of the game felt otherwise.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333589
Where can I find this R version? It's not on Nyaa.
Also, the prelude torrents are dead.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333621
It's on the worksafe nyaa.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333621
It's uploaded here: www.mediafire.com/?phr2oi4bt9hw8

I'll upload prelude tomorrow (going to bed now) if you can't find it, but it should be somewhere.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333614
That makes sense. Though I honestly feel that it depends on how well the writer blends the ero into the story. Liarsoft seems to handle this decently while on the other hand the ero in Propeller games for an example tend to be horribly out of place at times.

>>10333615
My condolences.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333585
Inganock and the rest of the Steampunk series, plus the titles mentioned by >>10333583

Begin by Saya no Uta.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333617
I never said he stopped having feelings for her. You can move on with your life and still think about someone. See the ending to 5cm per second. What he did in Setsuna's CC route was to accept the fact that he liked Kazusa and stopped that from weighing him down in finally building a new life, with he girl that he loves. It's very clear that he loves both girls with which one he loves more fluctuating like a fucking sine/cosine graph. Like when he's with Setsuna and he still thinks about Kazusa, as the epilogue to Kazusa's true end shows, he still thinks about Setsuna while he's with Kazusa. Even after 2 years, he still isn't able to talk about Setsuna which shows how he hasn't really gotten over HER.

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>>10333614
>Which of course, isn't really true, but since more ero is associated with nukige and shitty plots, it gives the impression that ero is what is making the plots bad rather than bad writers making the plots bad.
While nukige obviously aren't going to have as great of plots most of the time, since that's not their point, it's not like all nukige are poorly written or anything. The good:bad ratio probably isn't that much different than other eroge.

Anyways, people who don't like romance and ero should stick with any of the many entertainment mediums not targeted at lonely Japanese nerds. Why do you people even want to play eroge?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333748

Well I wanted to play a VN just because I don't really read much Japanese so I wanted to practice a bit, I didn't realise it was pretty much entirely romance/ero. I guess it doesn't really suit me.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333748
I don't like romance but there can still be a well-written dicking in your story.
I don't think it's the ero that's the problem either.
I think it's how fucking lazy the ero is done, at least it is for me.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333764
Manga is your friend if you just want to "practice" Japanese.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333877

Yeah, I don't really like manga either so I considered giving this a try.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333885
How can you not like an entire medium? What do you like then?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333889

Japanese cinema circa 1930-1985, of things that may be specific to this board anyway...

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333659
Not the other guy but him still thinking about Setsuna at the end of Kazusa's route doesn't mean he is still in love with her, it's just that guilt is a big part of it. Even if Setsuna was to reappear in front of him he wouldn't choose her since he already made his choice, which is what Coda is all about, him finally being able to choose rather than being forced to follow the flow.

I agree with the other guy that Kazusa true is the only viable ending if you consider everything that happened and the personalities of everyone involved. Kazusa normal could work too.
Setsuna true is cute but doesn't really feel like it belongs in the same game.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333589
R supposedly has a lot of censored stuff, not only the ero but also some dirty jokes and drug references.
So playing the original game is probably better, and R only for Ai

[Anonymous No.]

>>10333546
>>10333519
I guess I'm the only guy who feels that whoever wrote Sachi's route did a far better job than the guy that did Makina and Amane's. Not to say I didn't enjoy Makina and Amane's routes, since Makina's is my joint 2nd favourite of them all, but Amane's was a bit lacking after the flashback sequence.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10334500
Sachi's route was enjoyable though a bit predictable in some areas for me. I'm not sure whether or not it's because Sachi is one of my favorite characters in the story though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10334500
The writing in Sachi's route is definitely weaker than in Makina/Amane, noticeably so.
But that route had a nice plot, albeit a bit "typical" compared to the others well blowing a school isn't very typical I'll admit

[Anonymous No.]

I don't really know what to think about the guy who wrote Makina and Amane's routes. The first was rather awesome and set the par a bit too high for me but on the other hand Angelic Howl really wasn't my cup of tea. How it was going to end was too obvious from the start and even after that the last chapters' drama/action felt really contrived.

I like his writing style but the actual plot twists sometimes feel rather asspully or otherwise far-fetched. Especially so after Oslo's introduction in Meikyuu and ( Rakuen trial spoilers) human computers / cloning programs in the trial. Or perhaps both of those end up being red herring.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10334500
Yeah, Sachi's route is the best for me. It actually made me cry, same with Michiru's route.

Yumiko's route was the worst. It ruined Makina's route by turning CIRS into a joke.

[Anonymous No.]

Makina's route was the best for me but I also loved Angelic Howl.
It was predicable of course since you knew how it would eventually end up but I loved Kazuki, her reasoning (she is pretty much one of the best genius character I've seen in eroge), her duo with Amane, the deterioration of the situation portrayed little by little and the overall narration of the entire thing.
Amane's route also had an amazing ending.

But I also like the routes of Sachi and even Michiru so yeah, only Yumiko's route felt a bit weak but even her route had a few good scenes.

[Anonymous No.]

since there's a Grisaia mood going on just chiming in to say man, this scene was awesome

[Anonymous No.]

Talking about the Steampunk series:

Are the webnovels still online? Or were there only two for Celenaria?

http://www.liar.co.jp/cele_webnovel.html

[Anonymous No.]

>>10335168
They are all available for the rest of the series, so I'd say it only has two.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10335168
The new WAB looks neat, not to mention it's done together with n+, shame it's only a novel, though I don't know how カルシェール is written.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10335197
Unless she wants to tweak the name like she did for Gahkthun, it's Kara-Shehr

[Anonymous No.]

>>10335229
Can't blame her, there's no way the VAs would say how it's supposed to be pronounced.
Thanks for the translation, the city of dead really fits the setting.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10332664
It's so bizarre seeing vagina written out in katakana like that.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10335253
>there's no way the VAs would say how it's supposed to be pronounced.
Well, unlike English or other languages it's not like you can go wrong with pronouncing katakana. It's probably more marketing reasons (simpler is easier to remember and all that)

[Anonymous No.]

>>10334372
Did it? I had no idea, I only played Ai's route in it. Thanks for letting me know though, I won't recommend it for anything more than that then.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10335329

[Anonymous No.]

>>10335448
well, now I kind of want to read Grisaia

[Anonymous No.]

Here's a weird question - Did anyone ever play Anonono by SpiritSpeak, back in the day? (The demo was translated.)

I just found the whole idea of the game incredibly sweet (Getting a second chance at high school) and the art was really cute. The sex scenes feel kind of jarring, but the class rep in that game is the best girl.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10334363
I feel like we're reading different games. It was stated very explicitly in Kazusa's true route that he would end up choosing Setsuna over Kazusa in the end, which is why he had to run away to Vienna.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10334363
>>10333599
>>10333472
>>10333391
>>10333379
Thanks guys, after glancing at the non spoiler parts of your conversation, I decided I'll do Setsuna first.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10335514
No he didn't say that, or rather he didn't mean it that way.
That route as a whole was about reason vs emotion, that what he meant. He said that if he was to stay in Japan he would have stay with Setsuna because it was the right thing to do. Basically he had every reasons to stay with Setsuna yet, going for Kazusa wasn't something a normal person would do, that's why Kazusa's mother said that Haruki was scary, because he had the potential to say fuck to normality and go for the "worse" choice. If he had stayed in Japan his social pressure would have pushed him toward Setsuna like countless time in the past.

Reread the last scene with Takeya for example, Haruki say he was actually happy because he finally had a reason to choose Kazusa, even if he admit it's simply sophism since he just wants to be with her. Basically he didn't choose Kazusa due to her problems, he could choose her due to her problems.

The whole the right thing to do vs what you want to do, social pressure and stuff is one of the main theme of White Album 2 and one of the reason Kazusa true really fits the most as the ending.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10335542
Thanks for ruining the thread for me.

[Anonymous No.]

Don't you just LOVE japanese gods?

[Anonymous No.]

Someone play this? http://vndb.org/v21

[Anonymous No.]

>>10335515
I've actually been meaning to play it for quite a while, but I couldn't find it on PD, nyaa, or anime-sharing, where did you get it from?

[Anonymous No.]

So uh, sorry if I'm intruding a little bit on the thread but, can someone give me some recommendation(s) on a VN that doesn't overuse uncommon vocab too much?

My vocab is at a JLPT2 level so around 6000 words. Grammar wouldn't be a problem.

[Anonymous No.]

Finished Scarlett - it was short and snappy. I can't help but feel some of the bits are too convenient, and I get why some said it has a hollywood feel. Must say I did like the fact they didn't blow it all out of proportion with all guns blazing scenes, after all it is about intelligence, not mafias.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10335646
It's mostly the story about mc and Touko, the girl has some serious shyness issues and is constantly depressed because of this side of her character.
On the other side mc Tokinori is your tough cold guy, who doesn't give a shit about anything and is costantly trying to act edgy and cool.
The common route start as him and Touko become sex friends out of convenience, mc wanted someone to fuck and Touko enjoyed feeling needed during sex.
After that it depends on the player where the story goes.

[Anonymous No.]

The best girls never have a route. So vexing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10336314
The best girl do have a route in this game though

[Anonymous No.]

>>10336182
Not the guy who originally asked, but would you say it's worth playing? Sounds like a lot of drama potential.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10336454
Look at that 2D, man. Shame these games will never be translated to English and that I'm learning another language.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10336546
Not the guy who originally answered, but I thought it was decent. It's a fairly gloomy portrayal of high school and teenage problems that you don't see often in eroge nowadays. I kind of wish the routes had been longer and more developed, though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10336708
Not any of those guys, but would you say that the protagonist got some good development? I like those types of stories the most.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10336708
NIce, I'll definitely check that out. I've been looking for more gloomy sol eroge. I'm still trying to find more gloomy eroge where you feel sympathy/pity for the MC, whether it be because he gets rejected or just treated like shit. It's not often I get that tugging feeling at my heart when a MC gets rejected

[Anonymous No.]

>>10336454
I always find it funny that the Japanese seems to think foreigners can never understand concepts like Wabi/Sabi/Mono no Aware.

[Anonymous No.]

Anyone here tried this game? http://vndb.org/v284

It has a relatively high rating on erogamescape for a nukige.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10336182
thx

[Anonymous No.]

>>10335448
How pure.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm interested in VNs as a storytelling medium, but I'm having trouble finding one. What I'm mainly looking for:

- Great visuals is a must
- Interesting setting (i.e. not a highschool)
- good music a plus
- no sexual content required / don't care either way
- must be in English

Help me out? Or at least point me in the right direction?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10338601
Planetscape Tournament with a widescreen mod.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10338604
Looks interesting, but I was thinking of something with less gameplay elements.

I was looking at Steins;Gate, but it doesn't look like the Windows English translation is released yet.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10338601
Must be in english is the most limiting factor, but you might want to try Inganock, Sharnoth, Kamidori, Utawarerumono, Sengoku Rance, Eustia (only partially translated so far)

[Anonymous No.]

>>10338601
>I'm interested in VNs as a storytelling medium
Kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10338604
>Planetscape Tournament
is that a fighting game between planets?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10338629
Thank you, I'll look into those. I figured that would be the most limiting factor but I'm not going to learn another language just for this.

>>10338627
It would be helpful to know why I should kill myself.

[Anonymous No.]

Are there really any differences between the regular majikoi on pc and majikoi R on the ps3, on walkhorugh sites I keep seeing some extra endings listed I don't see for the original, am I missing something here? I thought it was a straight port.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10337404
I really like the opening by ur@n it has, that's all I know from the game.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10338639
>It would be helpful to know why I should kill myself.
Because I don't want there to be even more "ero is holding back eroge, the medium could be so much more" plebians in these threads.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10338670
Oh, well, thanks for the explanation, I was really curious as to what I did wrong/what you're so asshurt about. I'm not going to be sticking around these threads, I just wanted some recommendations.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10338685
That's good. Not him, but maybe /vg/ VN General would help you, ask them for some.

[Anonymous No.]

are this VNs threads for Japanese speakers only? I'm asking this since /vg/ has VN threads also, but in english.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10338719
Yes. the /vg/ vn thread is for people who are really fucking interested in listening to someone talk about how Saya no Uta gave you the feels for the 100th time

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>>10338719
The /vg/ thread is specifically for translated VNs, while we mostly discuss untranslated titles here.

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>>10338719
As long as you don't behave like a newfag we don't give a shit about the language you read VNs in.

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>>10338719
No, not really. You can discuss anything as long as it's not an OELVN.
The reason why I mentioned /vg/ is that people with his taste would hang around there more.

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Now that August added an ero scene sample for Sayumi, I'm looking forward to Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai.

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>>10338640
anybody know?

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>>10338761
If the walkthrough has more material chances are that, astonishing I know, there's more material.
How hard is it to check on the official site anyways?

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>>10338817
because the official site doesn't have any information on anything extra other then the mahjong game, nothing noted on any new content in the actual VN

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>>10338745
You're telling me. I also jumped for joy when I saw Miyu got an H scene too.

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What were everyone's favorite VNs from last year? I really enjoyed 月に寄りそう乙女の作法 and JQV but I probably missed a lot of worthwhile releases due to not paying much attention for new releases, especially in the last few months.

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>>10338919
JQV > Grisaia = Namima = Harukuru > TsuriOtsu = Root Double = GKG = Mahoyo
Something like this, obviously I still have to read Gahkthun

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>>10338828
I vaguely remember on the sofmap page, them mentioning it had something like 3 times the amount of content. Go check the page on various stores.

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>>10338919
My top 3 from last year are:
はるまで、くるる。
月に寄りそう乙女の作法
黄雷のガクトゥーン

I also liked Re:birth colony -Lost azurite- because I like sci-fi but it might not appeal as much to people who don't like that genre.

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>>10338828
I vaguely remember on the sofmap page, them mentioning it had something like 3 times the amount of content. Go check the page on various stores

Speaking of stores, MLA:TE is getting a Famitsu DX Pack over at ebten, with a tapestry and a bath poster. It's got some screenshots that I've never seen before either. Refreshing to see that the first thing they showed off was the robots, but it wasn't reassuring to see that every CG could be brought back to something that happened in the anime (none of the pictures appear to be book exclusive stuff that wasn't ever covered) so I'm getting to be a bit concerned.

Though I say that, of course, I'm going to buy it regardless due to a lack of Mecha in my ero/galge.

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>>10338919
My favorites from 2012 are はるまで、くるる。 and 終わる世界とバースデイ. They are actually the only ones that I finished. It's a shame that I don't play more.

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>>10338919
Namima no Kuni no Faust is still my favourite from 2012, but I didn't check out many releases.
Harumade and JQV are definitely on my list to read soon.

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>>10338919
I'm drawing a big blank between May and September. I don't think I have played a single game from those months at all.

For 2012, mine would be HaruKuru, Rakuen and Dies Irae. I haven't played many big names this year though (i.e. JQV and stuffs)

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>>10339039
ONly games I played from those months were LS's Steampunk fandisk and owaru sekai. I enjyed them both a lot.

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>>10339044
Also zero infinity, forghot it came out on september.

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>>10338919
I might be the only one but I really enjoyed Aerial, FF even in its raped state and ofcourse Grisaia, for more gameplay oriented titles I had good fun with Arterial and VBF

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I really miss harukuru. I want to live there forever and ever with the girls.

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>>10339063
Go to sleep, Metarail.

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>>10339060
Be careful with the carnation, Harumi is a psycho killer and you aren't the MC.

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>>10339063
About FF, since I reead the trial and recently downloaded it again to do a route, are all the routes worth readijng or they are all the same with heroine of your choice?

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>>10339039
May had JQV and Kono Oozora;
June had Namima no Kuni no Faust
July had Rewrite HF, Furuiro Meikyuu Rondo and Owaru Sekai to Birthday
August had Tokyo Babel, Naka no Hito and Dies AA
September had Zero Infinity, SINCLIENT and Re:birth colony

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>>10339063
Aerial was relatively okay as long as you didn't think too deeply into the entire story and just treated it as some sort of hollywood movie.

>>10339060
I'm not sure if I want to live with the girls but I'm looking forward to Sumikko's next work. Hopefully they won't disappoint after the expectation bar they set with Harukuru

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>>10339082
>Natsu kumo Yururu
Seems like a spiritual sequel. I hope they pull a completely different thing instead of genre shifting again.

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I just finished Saya no Uta, Little Busters and Naricissu 2nd.

can anyone reccomend me anymore depressing, bittersweet VNs?

The one to make me feel the most would be Higurashi Maekashi-hen, the one with Shion, shit was sad as fuck.

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>>10339069
Never read all of the routes due to losing my saves when my HDD broke, but considering how it went the routes are most likely same with just heroine related portions in the second half.

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>>10339109
White Album 2

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>>10338919
Da Capo 3, Milky Holmes 2, Tsukioto (only Luna's route), Hatsuyuki Sakura.

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>>10339114
Okay, then I'll flip a coin between Caren and Libra, probably Libra.

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>>10339152
Meant Cris instead of Caren, anyway.

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Best thread
http://may.2chan.net/b/res/166171332.htm

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bump limit would hit whit the next post

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new thread
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