I started playing Psycho-Pass on PS4 and I'm in mid-chapter 2. Thing is, so far the experience was more that of reading a book than actually than playing a game. Does user interaction increase or it's more of the same? Thanks!
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Visual Novel Community Thread: No Auto Read Required
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It's a visual novel, so no. Unless you count the mini game that you can play outside the main story.
There are some VNs with gameplay, but most of them do not have any.
The Hotel Dusk games are hybrids if you even want to call them VNs at all. Stuff like Danganropna, Phoenix Wright, Zero Escape; they all have visual novel elements but aren't true visual novels as they have too much gameplay.
Most visual novels are limited to dialogue choices and nothing else for "gameplay". Some don't even have that and it's literally just clicking through text, which are called Kinectic Novels.
And for all these years I have been looking the wrong way :/
What do you call visual novels with too much gameplay? :D
By the way, Root Letter was perfection for me!
What do you call visual novels with too much gameplay? :D
By the way, Root Letter was perfection for me!
C;C has Abo Takeshi's music?
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK now I need to play it so bad
It probably was but I just didn't realize
don't know any of his work post-S;G actually, I mostly love his work on the Infinity series.
Stuff with gameplay beyond choices in them are adventure games.
Technically yes, but I don't see any harm in describing VN-heavy hybrids as VNs in daily usage
Eh, if the story is presented in visual novel format it's still a visual novel no matter how much gameplay is in there.
Would you classify Rose Guns Days by 07th Expansion as an adventure game?
I mean, I don't think it's a "problem". There's no real harm in calling anything a visual novel. I was just responding to the question of what to call games that are more gameplay oriented rather than being traditional visual novels.
There are a lot of "edge cases" no matter how you draw up the actual definition of a visual novel.
There's a new localization company in town, Nekonyansoft. They've got 5 titles lined up, with no crowdfunding plans.
Their press release: https://nekonyansoft.com/blog/2018-announcements
Article with more information about the games themselves: https://fuwanovel.net/2018/01/nekonyan-announcements/
I'm not super big on the titles they're bringing over, but more options is always good. Hopefully they take care with their translations and QA.
Their press release: https://nekonyansoft.com/blog/2018-announcements
Article with more information about the games themselves: https://fuwanovel.net/2018/01/nekonyan-announcements/
I'm not super big on the titles they're bringing over, but more options is always good. Hopefully they take care with their translations and QA.
Them's fighting words... but they're not wrong. (However, even companies like Frontwing have used KS... They just don't believe in us, I guess).
I feel the same way. Hopefully if all works out they'll localize more interesting titles in the future.
Given how volatile an industry this is, I really don't blame developers/publishers for wanting to cast a safety net. Believing in a product is well and good but I can stand lack of it if it's to protect the livelihood of their employees.
Titles they have so far seem to be bit boring/safe, I hope we'll see more interesting titles from them soon
Edit: But something tells me to not hold my breath on that front with a company called Nekonyansoft :P
We need a publisher that focuses on horror VNs. There's A LOT that don't even have a fan translation.
The problem really isn't Kickstarters.
It's horrible management of Kickstarters. There's already lots of announced licensed VNs that take years and years to be released, so that's unfortunately not unusual. But when it's a Kickstarter funded project you owe it to the backers to actually regulaely update them on what's happening, fulfill rewards, etc. If you're not prepared to do that you should not be running a Kickstarter. If you can't do that due to the restrictions of your deal with the developers you should not be running a Kickstarter.
It's horrible management of Kickstarters. There's already lots of announced licensed VNs that take years and years to be released, so that's unfortunately not unusual. But when it's a Kickstarter funded project you owe it to the backers to actually regulaely update them on what's happening, fulfill rewards, etc. If you're not prepared to do that you should not be running a Kickstarter. If you can't do that due to the restrictions of your deal with the developers you should not be running a Kickstarter.
I'm interested in Sanoba Witch because Yuzusoft art and Hello,good-bye because it sounds interesting. Rest will probably be a pass from me unless there's something special about them I'm missing.
Hope they do good work.
I completely understand where the developers are coming from, but if they feel this way, why continue to let companies use KS to fund localizing their games? I mean Neko could have been talking mainly with developers who do not allow KS to be the funding source so my question might not matter but I still find it interesting.
I'm new to VNs, playing through Fruit of Grisaia right now. I wasn't really into the common route until a few days before the individual routes started. I did Yumiko first, which I'm kind of regretting because she was most interesting to me, and am a little bit into the Amane route. In retrospect, I should have done them in the order the options arose because that matches my general interest in each route. Hopefully this one will pick up a bit.
Reading that back, it sounds mostly negative, but I overall am really enjoying it!
Reading that back, it sounds mostly negative, but I overall am really enjoying it!
Hoping the best for them. Some of the titles they're bringing over look pretty interesting.
If player intends to 100% the game, I always found it good habit to play the main heroine last because such routes are typically one given more focus quality-wise and content-wise.
Actually several VNs have intended "playthorugh order" but strangely don't lock routes behind specific endings to enforce it, which is why I always try to look up recommended route order first.
So it's apparently headed by the translator of SakuSaku and Hoshimemo. Which were low quality localizations, one for which Sekai Project even made a public apology for.
I take it back I hope they don't get hold of anything remotely interesting
PQube is localizing Song of Memories for PS4 and Switch. The Steam version seems to be getting an English version too, but not from PQube.
Oh, huh. Is that supposed to be any good? It's interesting to see a non-otome romance game get localized, but if it's not anything significant/well written I'm a little disappointed the effort isn't being directed elsewhere.
So it's funny.... Going through WAS –The Hourglass of Lepidoptera– right now (since it's not even on Steam and making the use of my Kickstarter...) and I was trying to think if this was the game that was based on "content tourism". Most of the game takes place in the slums of a town so I'm thinking "why would ANYONE want to use a setting like that to promote a town for tourism??" I check back at the Kickstarter page:
....such a beautiful city and yet all you go to show for it is a poor side of town where the seedy people live?? Really? First they rigged the customer reviews, and now I find out that they based their city on... that? What a weird doujin group :/
....such a beautiful city and yet all you go to show for it is a poor side of town where the seedy people live?? Really? First they rigged the customer reviews, and now I find out that they based their city on... that? What a weird doujin group :/
Indie Gala currently has a Yuri bundle for $9 containing
https://www.indiegala.com/indiegala-anime-yuri-steam-bundle
This is notable for KSotR alone, since that VN has not previously been discounted below $18.
But from what I gather the price will increase in 24 hours.
- Kindred Spirits on the Roof
- Kindred Spirits on the Roof Drama CD Vol.1
- Moekuri: Adorable + Tactical SRPG
- A Kiss For The Petals - Remembering How We Met
- Dead End Junction
https://www.indiegala.com/indiegala-anime-yuri-steam-bundle
This is notable for KSotR alone, since that VN has not previously been discounted below $18.
But from what I gather the price will increase in 24 hours.
Had been waiting on a good sale for Kindred Spirits, so that bundle was a pretty easy buy for me.