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Visual Novel Steam Sale (3/3 - 3/6) - Ace Attorney, Umineko, Danganronpa, Zero Escape, AI: The Somnium Files, The Silver Case, and more
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Man oh man. I recommend AI: The Somnium Files, Clannad, Steins;Gate, Valhalla, Danganronpa, 999, ALL OF THEM
Chaos;Child is hands down one of my favorite all-time VNs. Really enjoyed it, although I'll admit that if you can play Chaos;Head beforehand (which only has a buggy PC patch + port to newer engine that can be applied to , I'd recommend doing so. Familiarity with the first game enhanced my enjoyment of the story quite significantly.
Info for purchasing and patching Chaos;Head:
If you do decide to play Chaos;Head, you can purchase a digital copy on DLSite for 3300 yen, and then apply Di-Patch 2.5 and Chaotic;Head to it, so that it runs correctly on modern PCs.
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Oh hey this one is on sale too. I had seen it before and it looks really neat.
I appreciate that, but comics/animation and games (especially visual novels) already have a huge problem with characters that are stated to be adults but drawn to look underage, and I'm not currently interested in exploring the nuances of that while it's such a common issue still. And I'm not remotely interested in Danganronpa either.
Japanese games like that are often designated Adventure or ADV rather than visual novel. Searching Steam you can also select the visual novel tag and then select additional tags to narrow it down.
I don't know if there's a specific term for that, but if you see kinetic novel or kinetic VN in a description, that's the opposite of what you're looking for, i.e. no interactivity.
Do you think Steins Gate is worth, even if I never watched the anime? Is there any gameplay involved?
Steins;Gate is really good and totally worth it, though there's almost no gameplay. You could start with either the VN or the anime, the anime is a fantastic adaptation of the VN.
It's really good despite that! Great visuals, music, writing and production quality otherwise. Also very meaty.
I'm a few hours into 428 myself, so I feel somewhat confident in explaining the appeal without broaching spoilers.
In a typical VN, the protagonist has a lot of power in where the story goes, as they're the only one that can truly make choices. When they do this, some plot points can fall by the wayside, and who knows what happens to characters who aren't the focus of the route you're on, but it's a fun time and the games don't typically worry about this.
In 428, there are five protagonists who each have the power of a typical protagonist.
Chaos ensues.
They accidentally screw both themselves and other people over in various bad endings that you have to guide them out of, all whilst a lot of other weird things are happening. Shibuya *Scramble* is very apt lol.
I would recommend the console versions instead, those have an extra scenario.
You can't go wrong though, it's one of the best VNs.
Has anyone played Raging Loop or yuppie psycho? How are they?
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/597760/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/648100/
It's on my wishlist, I'll probably check it out at some point but I love voice acting, downloading the PS3 patch for Umineko to add voice acting made it so much better imo
Raging Loop is a really good mystery VN, most directly comparable to games like Umineko and Higurashi. There ARE decisions to make but there's not many routes and they have an enforced playing order so it mostly functions as a very linear game regardless. It probably has one of the most unique protagonists too it's by far one of the best VNs released in the last year.
Oh. The PC version don't have that extra scenario as a planned download or anything like that?
Bought Nurse Love Syndrome (I hope it's just as batshit crazy as Addiction), Pygmalion of Overlapping Shadows, and Fatal Twelve.
Give me Yuri Mangagamer, I will devour ALL of it!
Give me Yuri Mangagamer, I will devour ALL of it!
This game is so good and it's super cheap. Please give it a go. It's a bunch of short scenarios but it's well written and has some very interesting points about life and mortality. It's pretty damn funny too.
Heaven Will be Mine, the best VN on Steam, is on sale:
Most of Ebi-Hime's work is also on sale - Rituals in the Dark is especially good
And Heart of the Woods is another overlooked recent release:
Most of Ebi-Hime's work is also on sale - Rituals in the Dark is especially good
And Heart of the Woods is another overlooked recent release:
Oh, has anyone played this? Could you share some impressions maybe? I like a good detective story, but this one's apparently quite gory which is making me a little unsure. I didn't love that about Chaos Child.
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KnS is good, but is very, very gory, like you said. I would also say it plays with emotions heavily, I found myself pretty drained after playing BUT I felt like it was also very worth it. It's an interesting setting (post WW2 Japan), there's cool mechanics like investigating as well. One of my favorite mechanics is the notebook system, the MC keeps a notebook and with every new addition in the story you can check up and be up-to-date with the story.
There's also sex, but it's really all over the place and easily skippable (what I did, I'm not there for it). You could take the game and remove all the sex scenes and nothing of value would be lost, I feel like it's just a product of the time it was produced.
It's possible, but not in the near future. There was a third party involved in its development which causes licensing issues.
The House in Fata Morgana is on sale too.
The best VN I've ever played, please don't miss out on this one.
Other good choices are Umineko as many other people already mentioned and 428:Shibuya Scramble.
The best VN I've ever played, please don't miss out on this one.
Other good choices are Umineko as many other people already mentioned and 428:Shibuya Scramble.
Thanks for sharing your impressions! I think I'll hold off at least for now. It sounds like something I'd really have to be in the right mood for to enjoy.
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This is a good post. I highly recommend Heaven Will Be Mine and Heart of the Woods for yuri/sapphic VN fans.
Was pretty disappointed by Raging Loop. Bland cast and super bad true ending.
Chaos;Child is about 30 hours too long (it's 50ish total), but there are some really fab sequences in it. I dunno if I'd recommend it overall, but/shrug.
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I had bought Shibuya 428 a while ago but only got around to playing it recently. It is most definitely pretty amazing.
Yeah I think it'd be at least a bit more palatable if it didn't have so much pointless stuff in it. SG has some of that too, but it didn't seem as bad and at least front loaded. The plot also just went off the rails in a way that seemed so cheap.
Yes it doesn't shy away from the gore in places, I'd say it's not overly loaded with them either though. It's not really a "Fun" VN but if you're looking for something a more serious and more grounded revolving around a detective MC give it a go. In my top 10 adult VNs, that title theme is pure bliss.
A shame the other Innocent Grey titles were barred from steam.
I'm about to finish Ghost Trick for the first time on iPad so I feel like this sale came at the perfect time.
I'm definitely interested in 428: Shibuya Scramble so I'll be getting that.
One thing I am torn about though is whether to get the Ace Attorney trilogy on Steam or iPad. Performance for Ghost Trick on my iPad Pro wasn't the best. It wasn't a deal breaker but it'd be annoying if there were similar problems in the Ace Attorney games on iPad. But the portability of the game is really nice. On the other hand, I'd like to see more Ace Attorney games on Steam so I want to support this platform. Has anyone tried both platforms and have a clear preference?
I'm definitely interested in 428: Shibuya Scramble so I'll be getting that.
One thing I am torn about though is whether to get the Ace Attorney trilogy on Steam or iPad. Performance for Ghost Trick on my iPad Pro wasn't the best. It wasn't a deal breaker but it'd be annoying if there were similar problems in the Ace Attorney games on iPad. But the portability of the game is really nice. On the other hand, I'd like to see more Ace Attorney games on Steam so I want to support this platform. Has anyone tried both platforms and have a clear preference?
I'll just get S;G + S;G0. I think it's very likely I will enjoy those since I already like the anime. If I do end up enjoying the VNs, I'll be more interested in the other VNs by the same developer. Right now it's too much of a leap for me to buy the C;C VN because I like the S;G anime. Doesn't help that the VN isn't universally loved.
This won't work as well on unreliable connections out of your home, but you can try remote play from Steam to iPad. I do it all the time to play VNs on PS Vita. It works quite well for VNs in particular because the extra input latency isn't an issue.