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Visual Novel Community Thread: No Auto Read Required
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it could probably rank as my favorite VN of all time even if it looked worse than Higurashi's original sprites
I'll likely do the same, I'm hoping I can actually get a copy. No purchase limits isn't helping with that.
Depends on who you ask, there's a user on r/VN that always shows up in any Frutibat related threads and claims they make terrible translations.
Is said user a reliable source though, where for reliable I mean he/she can read japanese to a decent level to make comparisons? Or are we talking about people getting mad at honorifcs being removed or for spelling names with a romanization that they "don't like"?
I find it hard to believe since they make use of freelancers such as Conjueror (seabed, miniature garden, seven days, enigma) and garejei (chuusotsu, seabed) as well so it would be weird that all the titles under their umbrella are consistently badly translated.
That's true. It was surprisingly fun and a lot more lenient than Sengoku Rance.
Am I wrong, or the localization of the Switch version had not still been announced?
It's the first time Spike Chunsoft talked about the Switch port in the West.
They have set the Vita editions to two copies per customer now, so at least there's a fighting chance now.
Though I still find it very annoying they're not doing a regular pre-order period for a game hyped as a big original release from them - yet another reason why I really dislike LRG.
Finally! I know the anime is airing right now too, I wonder how it is?
Purchase limit for Vita helps for sure, makes sense why Vita isn't preorder. Would make sense for PS4 to be preorder, guessing they have more insight on how many will sell.
Haven't played it myself, but I can tell you that the original game stays on top of a Japanese VN / eroge rating site for over 10 years.
But it is an eroge in its origin, and from what I heard, many people here will not like some of these content because they are problematic.
Edit: not saying one should like them. What I am saying is that people may put off playing the whole game because of some elements in the story, which is understandable yet unfortunate.
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Anyone here cares character songs? VAs having good voice does not necessarily mean they are good singers, but some of them can really sing. Here are two previews from Ryuusei World Actor.
Sung by Hanasaki Kokomi. VNDB says this VA has not worked on anything before but I think she is too good to be a completely newbie. Maybe this is a new alias of another VA or an alias of someone who usually works in SFW area but also not too famous.
Sung by Yui Kusuhara, one of my favorite eroge VAs. She also worked on the SFW realm with another name "Mai Ishihara". She has a distinctive voice so very easy to recognize. The song itself is interesting. Her character, Chiffon, is a poor swordsman so the first half of the lyrics is describing her dire situation. Being in Japan alone with little cash, I can totally relate to these lyrics lol.
Sung by Hanasaki Kokomi. VNDB says this VA has not worked on anything before but I think she is too good to be a completely newbie. Maybe this is a new alias of another VA or an alias of someone who usually works in SFW area but also not too famous.
Sung by Yui Kusuhara, one of my favorite eroge VAs. She also worked on the SFW realm with another name "Mai Ishihara". She has a distinctive voice so very easy to recognize. The song itself is interesting. Her character, Chiffon, is a poor swordsman so the first half of the lyrics is describing her dire situation. Being in Japan alone with little cash, I can totally relate to these lyrics lol.
Vita carts are very limited, so they only have so many to sell. They can't do preorders like that.
Prototype suddenly became the strongest competitor in the console market.
If you notice, they're all titles localized by Sekai Project. Sekai Project must've given up on the console market and made a deal with Prototype for the english scripts.
While that's a valid point, I wonder why there's not setting the limit to one per customer in that case. A few people potentially saving on postage shouldn't take priority over maximing everyone's chances to get the game. Which I understand probably isn't what they think.
Oh shit, the new demo of Ryuusei World Actor is out. Should I play it and write another post with over 1000 words, or just wait for the final game in July? Decisions, decisions.
Anyway, it is literally Kinugasa overload in these two days as the latest volume of Classroom of the Elite will be released tomorrow. So excited to read it.
And someone in the west has to start translating his works (I mean legally). They are deserved to be read by people other than those in Japan and China.
Edit: Done. I skimmed through it and spent 7 hours on the new portion. Not writing a huge post but it balances some of the stuff really well but there is one particular weird section. There are also some hilarious moments even though the overall atmosphere is dark and heavy. Anyway, I am more than satisfied. Going to read through the whole thing again slowly when the release date is close.
Anyway, it is literally Kinugasa overload in these two days as the latest volume of Classroom of the Elite will be released tomorrow. So excited to read it.
And someone in the west has to start translating his works (I mean legally). They are deserved to be read by people other than those in Japan and China.
Edit: Done. I skimmed through it and spent 7 hours on the new portion. Not writing a huge post but it balances some of the stuff really well but there is one particular weird section. There are also some hilarious moments even though the overall atmosphere is dark and heavy. Anyway, I am more than satisfied. Going to read through the whole thing again slowly when the release date is close.
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The Chinese crowd-funding crossed over $50k in a day. Don't lose to us, westerners.
Semi-cross posting
I just finished the Muv-Luv trilogy after powering through all three. Oh boy what a ride.
Extra: Alright, I see what this is...
Unlimited: Wait, now Aliens? Alright? This is all pretty confusing though
Alternative: Okay what the FUCK is going on
Amazing production quality I gotta say.
With the exception of... THAT scene. Those who've played it I'm sure know what I'm referring to. That was... unnecessary I feel like, at least visualizing it. Felt very tacky/cheap. What does everyone else think of that scene?
I've been really getting into VNs, having read a couple really good ones the last few months (including Grisaia no Kajitsu which was hilarious, and G-senjou no Maou / Devil on G-string which was fantastic as well)
I just finished the Muv-Luv trilogy after powering through all three. Oh boy what a ride.
Extra: Alright, I see what this is...
Unlimited: Wait, now Aliens? Alright? This is all pretty confusing though
Alternative: Okay what the FUCK is going on
Amazing production quality I gotta say.
With the exception of... THAT scene. Those who've played it I'm sure know what I'm referring to. That was... unnecessary I feel like, at least visualizing it. Felt very tacky/cheap. What does everyone else think of that scene?
I've been really getting into VNs, having read a couple really good ones the last few months (including Grisaia no Kajitsu which was hilarious, and G-senjou no Maou / Devil on G-string which was fantastic as well)
I don't know, to me you could be talking about a lot of scene in Muv Luv lol (I know which one you really mean.)
Not in Europe, from what I can see. Which isn't really that unexpected, but still sucks and makes getting the pyhsical release kind of mandatory (and probably stressful, yay).
Not bad, though this seems like it'll at least still take quite a while. And of course there's still the question if Germany will be left out due to the USK, though that's not even mandatory for digital releases here. Ah well, keeping my fingers crossed for Friday...
In the last week, I started to play Fate/Stay Night, after reading so many good opinions about it and after its popularity recently increased with the anime adaptation and the mobile game, even not released in Europe. I thought it would have been mostly a visual novel about battles, but actually all the first part is more about slice-of-life than battles themselves and the story seems overall intriguing. Some possibile plot twists seem obvious
but I suppose there will be many surprises and I will try to avoid spoilers as much as possible during these months (that is how much it will take me to play it, since I am playing at the moment no more than 30 minutes per day).
I am also interested in understanding how the three routes are actually built - are they completely independent, or something more similar to Steins;Gate 0?
such as Sakura's brother being Shirou's enemy during the war
I am also interested in understanding how the three routes are actually built - are they completely independent, or something more similar to Steins;Gate 0?
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It's a linear progression, you need to complete Fate to unlock Unlimited Blade Works, and once you're done with the 2nd route, Heaven's Feel unlocks.
You can still download the apk for android, in case you have iOS (like me) you can make a NA account (I put in the address of a mcdonald in Alaska) to download the game, and then swap back to your original acc, it'll still update normally. We have an OT for the game in case (which is also being used as the de-facto thread for everything Fate)
Also a bit more On-Topic in case you like chuuni stuff I would also suggest stuff like Dies Irae, gahkthun of the golden lightning, sorcery jokers or tokyo babel, there are also Cho Dengeki Stryker and Shadows of Pygmalion but I haven't read those I only know they are action oriented.
But they are alternative stories, am I right? Is it known if one of the three is the actual "true route" or "true ending"?
Thanks for notifying me about this thread as the OT for Fate, basically. After I finish the VN, I will give a try to the mobile game (I have Android and I can easily download the APK), even though I always dropped all mobile games.. Then maybe I will ask in that thread other things about anime etc (for instance, in my country in June they will air a film at the theaters, but I think I will skip it because I won't have reached the third route at that point).
Since it seems you know about the VN in general, do you have any suggestion about how playing it? Is it ok to avoiding all bad endings? I am following a spoiler-free guide to do all the correct choices, since it will be quite a long game I would like to save some time of course.
they are three different timelines/ways the HGW develops, there isn't really a true ending, they're all canon, but they introduce and explore different characters, each route reveals more info and lore regarding the events surrounding the HGW
edit: I think it's fine if you avoid the bad endings but they still reveal some interesting bits that make more sense as you keep playing the VN, however I remember some of those being lengthy so if you feel like they are a hindrance you can drop them, up to you tbh.
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I've usually only listened to character songs from anime, and not eroge because the one I play just so happen to not have any.
That's also one of the upsides of an eroge getting an anime, they then tend to get drama CDs and character albums.
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On a sidenote, it's not really a game, but more a pre-order bonus that was a recent get.
I managed to track down a sealed copy of Rance VI's bonus disc at not an insane price. Found it even cheaper than opened copies which is why I was able to get it.
Essentially it allows for Satsu from "Daiakuji" to join which is really neat. I might play through the whole game again. It's the perfect excuse to do so since it's one of the best entries in the series. Also it must have been a relief for them that they didn't have to do addition ero CGs, because Rance canonically isn't into loli.
I see the word already got out ahead of an official announcement, so figured I might as well pop in to confirm it - we've signed on as co-publishers for "The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart", and will be mainly helping with PR and English user support. As part of that, we're currently running our own QA on the game as well. It's a really fun game and I hope we'll be able to make the release go more smoothly.
We got involved very late in the process and as such our direct involvement with the contents is limited (the translation was already finished and game was basically ready to release when we became involved), but I can say that it was already supposed to release by now but we convinced Harukaze to delay it a little to allow more time for testing and fixes. We're still on a tight schedule, and moreover not directly able to make any changes. We can only report issues and suggest fixes to the developer, but we're doing everything we can to improve the quality ahead of the release (and afterwards too).
There will be a demo out soon, and we'll pass on the feedback from that to the developer as well. I hope you'll enjoy it!
Worth mentioning that, according to Novectacle and the tweet linked below, it does come with both A Requiem for Innocence, and Reincarnation - as well as 'additional short stories'. I'm just hoping Reincarnation comes to Steam also.