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I think the App Store should update in about 40 minutes, so we'll see how Shin Hayarigami turned out shortly, I guess.
I'd check it out myself but I've finally played the first hour of Chaos;Child in the past few days and I think it'd be weird to bounce between the two, hmm.
I'd check it out myself but I've finally played the first hour of Chaos;Child in the past few days and I think it'd be weird to bounce between the two, hmm.
I've been wondering if the comments about Moenovel's translation quality are overexaggerated. Apparently not :S.
The hell is this. Might be the worst translation I've seen. Why not just tell people to play it with VNR instead?
Yeah, I saw on their Twitter earlier that it was $3 which is... low? What was the Japanese price?
Ohhh, wait. Huh, somehow I hadn't seen this article before when looking into it, but now everything makes sense: it's episodic. This is just the first chapter.
EDIT: In that case, I'll bite and report back shortly how the intro looks.
EDIT2: Menus are horrible, and the game itself is... hmm. Better than expected, in that it's largely understandable? But extremely stilted and with a lot of immediately apparent errors, to the degree that I don't think I can play it.
Here's some screenshots from the few minutes I played. Though they're in order, I just kinda took random lines so the ones in the conversation between multiple characters are generally not directly sequential, if that makes sense.
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That does not look promising.
It's like they couldn't decide if they wanted bullet points or natural sentences, and then just gave up halfway through.
The weird thing is that the rest of the page is mostly readable.
Thank you for biting.
Unfortunately that looks really rough, so I doubt it'll be worth the time and money to read it.
At least the cat was cute ;-)
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Are there any plans at all for a better Shin Hayarigami translation? Need more translated horror VNs, but I can't justify playing that, at least not now.
Does anyone know if the Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru spoils the 2nd and 3rd Grisaia games, and if so to what degree?
I already own both Idol games, and wouldn't mind some more Michiru shenanigans, but I wont be able to justify picking up the 2nd and 3rd Grisaia games for a while.
Also, in case you haven't seen it already, there's currently a Kickstarter for the localization of the horror VN 'Neighbor' (VNDB):
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2098570429/bring-classic-horror-visual-novel-neighbor-to-the
It has already reached its funding goal and then some, and the release is scheduled for August.
I'm not sure I'll back it, but I'll certainly be keeping an eye on it going forward.
I already own both Idol games, and wouldn't mind some more Michiru shenanigans, but I wont be able to justify picking up the 2nd and 3rd Grisaia games for a while.
This tweet suggests that they are working on it:
Also, in case you haven't seen it already, there's currently a Kickstarter for the localization of the horror VN 'Neighbor' (VNDB):
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2098570429/bring-classic-horror-visual-novel-neighbor-to-the
It has already reached its funding goal and then some, and the release is scheduled for August.
I'm not sure I'll back it, but I'll certainly be keeping an eye on it going forward.
I just realized I never actually linked the article about Shin Hayarigami's chapters, oops.
It's here. 6 chapters, I'm assuming $3 each, so $18 total which would be a pretty good price. Hopefully they don't actually try to replicate the monthly pace for English... and along those lines, I hope them working to improve the translation means patching and not just improvements to the next chapter.
It's here. 6 chapters, I'm assuming $3 each, so $18 total which would be a pretty good price. Hopefully they don't actually try to replicate the monthly pace for English... and along those lines, I hope them working to improve the translation means patching and not just improvements to the next chapter.
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IndieGala is having another (mostly) VN bundle, including 9 VNs and 1 RPG for $4.49 (the price increases in 20 hours):
https://www.indiegala.com/indiegala-anime-heaven-steam-games-bundle
Crimson Gray is the only thing that stands out to me, though this bit of bad narration from Satellite did make me laugh:
https://www.indiegala.com/indiegala-anime-heaven-steam-games-bundle
- Carpe Diem: Reboot, rated 5.30 with 5 votes,
- Crimson Gray, rated 7.13 with 75 votes.
- Echoes of the Fey: The Fox's Trail, rated 7.20 with 5 votes.
- Eternal Lore, not a VN
- Final Theosis, no votes.
- Libra of the Vampire Princess: Lycoris & Aoi in The Promise PLUS Iris in Homeworld, rated 6.22 with 22 votes.
- On Earth As It Is In Heaven - A Kinetic Novel, rated 6.5 with 2 votes.
- Osozaki Late Blooming - First, rated 6.00 with 9 votes.
- Satellite, rated 3.75 with 4 votes.
- The Ghost of Joe Papp, no votes.
Crimson Gray is the only thing that stands out to me, though this bit of bad narration from Satellite did make me laugh:
Look, the game that was supposed to get a Vita port, then it didn't.
It's not even that. This is a fandisc for the game that was supposed to get a Vita port, but didn't.
Has anyone heard of a PSP game called "Diamond and The Sound of a Gun Shot"? I heard good things about it, but it seems no one ever asked for it in the west, which is pretty weird considering it was published by SCEJ. I thought first party game would gain more attention.
Yes, it's really good, better than some of games being ported over like Shin Hayarigami and Root Letter. I am surprised at how little known it is as well - literally only 7 votes on VNDB over four years.
I'm gonna give it a try some time in the future. The premise sounds cool. It's a shame current Sony probably wouldn't be interested in these kind of games now.
Awesome! Do note that the "gameplay" part is real-time like Danganronpa (without looping), so certain proficiency in Japanese is necessary.
I found a Chinese fan-translation patch. That wouldn't be a problem.
Translation Status Update March 18 from /r/visualnovels
Originally from /jp/ on 4chan
Fuwanovel version
Originally from /jp/ on 4chan
Fuwanovel version
The first link is broken. It should be Translation Status Update March 18 from /r/visualnovels
Somebody at the Reddit thread pointed out Love Duction, which has one of the craziest summaries I have seen:
I have no idea if it is any good, but that summary made me want to read it.
The screenshots are also quite special:
Full patch for Tsujidou-san no Jun'ai Road was released today
From what I've seen, most people say that it's pretty good
From what I've seen, most people say that it's pretty good
Just saw the new OP for Chuusotsu - 1st Graduation and... I liked it. Nothing special but it's nice imo.
Video is unlisted until it's put live for everyone to see so I'm refraining from linking it, but I'm sure someone else here backed this one and got to watch the new OP too, right?
Video is unlisted until it's put live for everyone to see so I'm refraining from linking it, but I'm sure someone else here backed this one and got to watch the new OP too, right?
I'm going to repeat my reddit comment here: This will probably release and get a fan translation before Mangagamer manages to put chapters 6-8 on Steam :(
I finished Remember11 a little bit ago. While I did have some issues with the ending at first, after discussing it with some people and going back and getting a bunch of alternate scenes and bad ends, I actually really liked it. I do think some of the info could've been more up front or straightforward, but even disregarding the ending, everything else was really engaging throughout.
Umineko no Naku Koro ni All-in-One Package announced
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OMG. I hope it is localized and for Switch or PS4.
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OMG. I hope it is localized and for Switch or PS4.
As much as I'd love more people to play Umineko, I would never expect a localization of a release like that. Even with 07thExpansion probably being easier to deal with than most companies due to their small size, it would still require dealing with them, Entergram, MangaGamer, and likely voice acting rights issues as well.
(plus only the original art is good, and I will not be swayed on this)
(plus only the original art is good, and I will not be swayed on this)
As much as I've grown to dislike all kinds of Switch port begging that goes on around here (and, well, everywhere else), I'd definitely happily take more VNs on it. Would actually finish them too when I could just lay in bed and play.
Probably time to look into getting a GPD Win.
Probably time to look into getting a GPD Win.
Now this is interesting. UpcomingClannad PS4 has English text.
Including the in-game encyclopedia and digital manual.
Even if this doesn't result in a localization at least English speaking players can still enjoy the game!
Including the in-game encyclopedia and digital manual.
Even if this doesn't result in a localization at least English speaking players can still enjoy the game!
Oh no, it wasn't really directed at you, more about the extreme internal conflict I felt when I simultaneously despised everyone who keeps saying "this would be perfect for the Switch!" and yet wanted to say it myself in this case.
Lol.
Oh might pick this up since I paid peanuts for the Steam version and never started it.
Wow, really? If that's the case I might need to import this...
As per the Spike Chunsoft leaks viaAmazon Canada, a localized 428: Shibuya Scramble coming to PS4 later in the summer.
That's been known for a year already. Was announced at SC's press conference in 2017. It's also coming to Steam.