I read it's fully playable on ps3pc, I'm thinking of trying it out because I just don't want to keep dealing with the jet engine of my PS3
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I read it's fully playable on ps3pc, I'm thinking of trying it out because I just don't want to keep dealing with the jet engine of my PS3
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maybe I'll give it a shot one day then
For some context, I contacted Spike Chunsoft PR when this was announced and asked if DaSH was also 2020, to which they told me yes. So it's officially 2020 as far as we know.
That's good to know, thanks for clarifying.
...and still no release date for Totono.
To be honest, based on my experiences with at least half of the PR team of Spike Chunsoft at that time, I wouldn't put too much stock in that confirmation...
Bit of a weird one, but best android phone for VNs?
Leaning towards a Sony, but the tall and thin thing is a little offputting.
Leaning towards a Sony, but the tall and thin thing is a little offputting.
Are you planning to stream them from your computer? If so, the bigger screen the better. I don't remember the last time that I played a VN that let you increase the font size, sadly.
Adabana Odd Tales seems to be region blocked in Europe, but not in Brazil or NA, their website also seems to be blocked if you try to access it from Europe
I'm glad Aniplex decided to specifically fuck me over, I hope they didn't do a mistake and they end up region locking ATRI as well.
I moved away from manga and anime due to licensing/region locking and moved to VN and light novels, I literally only play VN and RPG, seeing Aniplex entering the market with this shit is a nightmare for me.
A new visual novel released recently called The End of an Actress. It seemed like a somewhat serious effort and tries to tell a pretty good romance story, and I like the art style. Picked it up for $9 on Steam.
Looking briefly at their other two games, they definitely aren't my style, but this one seems more what I might want from a VN, so I'm hopeful. I'm not into VN erotica but it seems they have it limited to a specific part of the story.
So far, the writing seems pretty good, and the art and music are good too. I'll give more impressions after I play it a bit longer.
Looking briefly at their other two games, they definitely aren't my style, but this one seems more what I might want from a VN, so I'm hopeful. I'm not into VN erotica but it seems they have it limited to a specific part of the story.
So far, the writing seems pretty good, and the art and music are good too. I'll give more impressions after I play it a bit longer.
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Oh cool, a new ebi hime game. I'm not usually a fan of the art in her games but she has some decent writing skills, which puts her way above pretty much anyone else in the EVN scene imo.
With Aokana being yet again modified for consoles and/or the West, are there actually any recent / upcoming VNs in Japan that don't have H content cut for that?
I actually don't mind losing this as long as it doesn't negatively affect the story, especially when it's borderline Loli stuff - having made the mistake to look up the cut content on Grisaia or Maitetsu, these VNs definitely felt much better without.
I actually don't mind losing this as long as it doesn't negatively affect the story, especially when it's borderline Loli stuff - having made the mistake to look up the cut content on Grisaia or Maitetsu, these VNs definitely felt much better without.
I mean, shouldn't it be expected that the console release in any region have the H content cut? It's not like Japan doesn't do it. I also haven't read anything of further cuts for the west on this.
Of course and that wasn't meant as some kind of rhetorical or sarcastic question, but honest curiosity: Are there any recent and reasonably important (so to speak) VNs around in Japan with a female-centric cast and yet do not have some mandatory porn scenes squeezed in?
I associate otome with romance, i.e. nothing more explicit than kissing or holding hands... I actually have a hard time imagining an otome with hardcore screwing displayed, though I guess something like Nekopara might qualify?
So let me rephrase my question a bit and say VNs with a female-centric cast, but no , yet not predominantly otome-base story.
Flowers.
Also JAST just finally confirmed the third game! There's no date but they opened pre-orders.
How recent? There is S;G, R07's stuff, Uchikoshi's stuff. Or pretty much any console release of any game, really.
I wouldn't say otome have a "female-centric cast"? They are basically reverse harems.
In these days where I had to wait a lot, surrounded by either bad or worrisome news, I finished the last two routes of the Fruit of Grisaia, Michiru's Route and Sakaki's Route (which felt shorter than the others, but in my opinion has the best pace among all of them).
As conclusion of my first experience with this visual novel, I found it really good. I loved the psychological introspection of the characters. All of them feel real people, with their difficult past or problems, who tries the hardest to change their situation. Of course, this applied for each girl in her own route, while Yuuji has different kinds of development depending on the route. I liked how fragments of his past are scattered through the routes, too (with the exception of Michiru's Route, which is a sort of outlier in this sence). He is an atypical main character, after all, but perfectly suits the cast of five girls in Mihama Academy.
I admit that it is difficult for me to establish which is the best route, among the five. The reason is that I found all of them compelling. Yumiko is perhaps the girl I liked the most, the flashback's description in Amane's Route was amazingly vivid, the last part of Michiru's Route,
was so strong, Sachi's personality and Makina's troubles in her family were analyzed so in deep.
Besides, I found the VN so descriptive. I admin I marked down some verbs, adjectives and constructs which appeared multiple times in the VN and I could reuse in my writing. So I combined business with pleasure, too.
Now I think I will start with the After Stories of the Labyrinth of Grisaia, before going to the Grand Route (which, as far as I understood, is partially both in Labyrinth and Eden of Grisaia). I wonder how this Grand Route will be structured: I am intrigued but at the same time scared by the possible outcomes. Nevertheless, the moment where I will start that route seems quite far.
As conclusion of my first experience with this visual novel, I found it really good. I loved the psychological introspection of the characters. All of them feel real people, with their difficult past or problems, who tries the hardest to change their situation. Of course, this applied for each girl in her own route, while Yuuji has different kinds of development depending on the route. I liked how fragments of his past are scattered through the routes, too (with the exception of Michiru's Route, which is a sort of outlier in this sence). He is an atypical main character, after all, but perfectly suits the cast of five girls in Mihama Academy.
I admit that it is difficult for me to establish which is the best route, among the five. The reason is that I found all of them compelling. Yumiko is perhaps the girl I liked the most, the flashback's description in Amane's Route was amazingly vivid, the last part of Michiru's Route,
when she was buried alive
Besides, I found the VN so descriptive. I admin I marked down some verbs, adjectives and constructs which appeared multiple times in the VN and I could reuse in my writing. So I combined business with pleasure, too.
Now I think I will start with the After Stories of the Labyrinth of Grisaia, before going to the Grand Route (which, as far as I understood, is partially both in Labyrinth and Eden of Grisaia). I wonder how this Grand Route will be structured: I am intrigued but at the same time scared by the possible outcomes. Nevertheless, the moment where I will start that route seems quite far.
I think we may still be having trouble following the question, sorry. Maybe someone else answered correctly and it's just me, but I feel like we haven't. Out of these (or none of them), do you mean...
1. Has many women in the cast (possibly for the player to romance), or...
2. The intended players are women.
And...
1. There's no romance at all, or...
2. There's serious romance (beyond just "kissing or holding hands"), but there's no porn/H content to be cut.
Cause I can't tell which way you mean on either aspect.
EDIT: Or maybe it's the initial console question that's confusing things. I think maybe you were actually asking just for examples of any recent popular/notable VNs of any genre that have come out on PC but had no H scenes, regardless of whether they were ported later? In which case I sorta feel like the current answer is "some doujin/indie games that had to start only on PC", as a lot of games now just start as console(/handheld in the past) releases anyway.
EDIT2: whoops sorta edited a lot to fix typos in the edit, RIP
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Nekopara isn't otome, otome is a game aimed at a female audience generally having the main character being a girl and developing a relationship with other male characters.
Otome with screwing does exist and it is stuff like Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome and Fxxx Me Royally! although it is currently an underserved market in the west. Iirc also in Japan otome games became popular on android/phones so they tend to be more sfw compared to their counterpart aimed at a male audience but 18+ otomes exist in Japan just as exist 18+ stuff of pretty much everything.
Thanks to everyone for the answers and explanations, though it's obvious I didn't manage to get my core question across, which might be too specific to properly convey for someone who isn't a native English speaker (which in this case would be me). And I misused otome somewhat, despite actually knowing it's the "one girl, many guys" subgenre.
So... since it's not really important after all, I'll give it a last try based on actzual examples and if that still isn't working, we can all move on, heh.
I wasn't thinking about VNs liks Steins;Gate, AI: The Somnkum Files, Zero Escape or Danganronpa in that regard, as they are more focused on other things (Sci Fi, Escape Room stuff, detective work) where interpersonal relationships are also framed by that - in these VNs, sex basically doesn't fit in, I feel, so it's not there. And despite having a cast of horny characters, Our World is Ended also fits in that list.
On the other hand, I've recently read YU-NO, Grisaia and Maitetsu, which all have a bigger focus on relationships (and are a bit harem-y) in their console version, i.e. mostly sex-free, but obviously the originals had many H scenes (including some very obvious pre-teen characters) and Aokana seemingly has as well. And this is what I was trying to figure out: Are somehow all VNs that somewhat follow the same formula of the mentioned games released in Japan with H content because that's some sort of "it just has to be that way or nobody would buy it"?
Well, that probably again was way too complicated and confusing, I guess :)
So... since it's not really important after all, I'll give it a last try based on actzual examples and if that still isn't working, we can all move on, heh.
I wasn't thinking about VNs liks Steins;Gate, AI: The Somnkum Files, Zero Escape or Danganronpa in that regard, as they are more focused on other things (Sci Fi, Escape Room stuff, detective work) where interpersonal relationships are also framed by that - in these VNs, sex basically doesn't fit in, I feel, so it's not there. And despite having a cast of horny characters, Our World is Ended also fits in that list.
On the other hand, I've recently read YU-NO, Grisaia and Maitetsu, which all have a bigger focus on relationships (and are a bit harem-y) in their console version, i.e. mostly sex-free, but obviously the originals had many H scenes (including some very obvious pre-teen characters) and Aokana seemingly has as well. And this is what I was trying to figure out: Are somehow all VNs that somewhat follow the same formula of the mentioned games released in Japan with H content because that's some sort of "it just has to be that way or nobody would buy it"?
Well, that probably again was way too complicated and confusing, I guess :)
I don't understand. Are you saying it won't be available in EU, but will in South Africa and Australia?
I've finally started playing Umineko: When They Cry, and the first episode already immediately gives off a better impression than Higurashi (which I liked, even if I got really tired of the slice-of-life comedy at the beginning of every episode and found the actual explanation for what was happening less compelling than the mystery itself.) So, because I want you all to laugh at how far off I likely am, I'ma post my public predictions now so there's a record for when everything I end up saying is totally wrong. Keep in mind I've managed to keep myself almost entirely spoiler free, so any resemblance to what actually happens is entirely coincidence or my good fortune.
Just a heads up, there are some fairly major spoilers for Higurashi in these predictions. You'll have to excuse me for wanting to make a direct comparison, but the basic setup and conclusion to the first episode feels very similar to Higurashi and it's from the same people.
Just a heads up, there are some fairly major spoilers for Higurashi in these predictions. You'll have to excuse me for wanting to make a direct comparison, but the basic setup and conclusion to the first episode feels very similar to Higurashi and it's from the same people.
Predictions:
1. Witches are real in the same way the curse of Oyashiro-sama was "real"
2. Each episode in the "question" arc is going to start with a different 6 people getting murdered at the start, which will change how the series of events plays out
3. It's not going to be a parasitic infection, but there's going to be some anime-ass explanation for anything weird that the characters see.
4. At some point the game is going to do the same hard swerve as Higurashi and reveal Battler isn't the true protagonist
5. Secret Tunnels (?)
6. There will be some supernatural stuff, but the actual "mystery" will be loosely explained by human means
7. Ryukishi07 is going to play my expectations from finishing Higurashi against me.
8. (longshot) Battler is the real witch. This is my moonshot, asspull prediction
1. Witches are real in the same way the curse of Oyashiro-sama was "real"
2. Each episode in the "question" arc is going to start with a different 6 people getting murdered at the start, which will change how the series of events plays out
3. It's not going to be a parasitic infection, but there's going to be some anime-ass explanation for anything weird that the characters see.
4. At some point the game is going to do the same hard swerve as Higurashi and reveal Battler isn't the true protagonist
5. Secret Tunnels (?)
6. There will be some supernatural stuff, but the actual "mystery" will be loosely explained by human means
7. Ryukishi07 is going to play my expectations from finishing Higurashi against me.
8. (longshot) Battler is the real witch. This is my moonshot, asspull prediction
Finished Raging Loop the other day. What a ride! I can see why the ending is polarising but I personally enjoyed it. I also appreciated that it didn't need a guide to play through, everything was logical and if you got stuck the in-game hints were more than enough to progress.
Yes, as things stand now it's blocked in EU and available in NA, Brazil, South Africa, Australia
I hope you enjoy it! Please feel free to update with some impressions/predictions as you go, as this is already fun to see...
Ah, I also finished that recently and enjoyed it a lot. I keep meaning to post something in the OT about my final thoughts but haven't gotten around to it; I also found the later stuff to be really interesting in an unexpected way, even if I can see why people may reject some of it. Well, there's some stuff I still feel pretty weirded out by the handling of, but it could definitely be worse and I don't think that's really what others were upset by specifically...
I also wish it was a liiiiittle less linear but it was definitely nice to never get stuck. And it at least does make sense that you don't jump around making little choices as much as it's supposed to be entire loops, after all! Just kinda sets up incorrect expectations with the immediate tutorial about keys at the start + how the chart looks, maybe? Hmm.
Yeah, there is also Rewrite by Key although there is no official western release for that one, I think?
Nope, hasn't been any news on the KS for a while, either.
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Something I forgot was even going to be a thing...
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Sekai Games on Twitter
“As we are getting closer to the date reveal, we wanted to share some details on the CE of CLANNAD. Since this is the first Western physical console release, we wanted to rewrite history so to speak and make the first print edition available. So the CE is modeled to reflect this!”
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When did they even become sekai games lmaoSomething I forgot was even going to be a thing...
Sekai Games on Twitter
“As we are getting closer to the date reveal, we wanted to share some details on the CE of CLANNAD. Since this is the first Western physical console release, we wanted to rewrite history so to speak and make the first print edition available. So the CE is modeled to reflect this!”
I think the Games branch is for their console releases. Didn't even realize that Project retweeted it from Games.
Raging Loop was definitely very enjoyable, even though I didn't particularly care for the ending and thought it was about 20% too long.
vndb says "Short (2 - 10 hours)", have heard people say about 5 hours long
eh, $18/£14 for a five hour game seems ok?
unless you are in Japan where it seems to be 7000 yen ~$60, I know they are used to paying a lot for VNs over there but what a ripoff!
I personally think it's a tad too high, but the production values seem to be pretty great, so I guess it balances out quite nicely