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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2012, 05:45:10 am »
I have read a few. Mostly Key's novels.

Kanon
Clannad
Little Buster
Aselia the Eternal
Da Capo

Currently reading Rewrite. It long, even longer than Clannad, so im going at it bit at a time.

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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2012, 05:56:37 am »
Oh, well I figured you'd be okay with ero stuff since you said you liked eroge~ But there's a good chance you'll become emotionally involved with the characters. It's that kind of story.

Geh. I don't want to get sobby over my computer. ;~;
I remember playing Narcissu the first time and I was fine...
I was testing a translating rig when I played it the second time and for some reason it felt 10x more sad...;~;


Btw, all of you key fans have great taste. I love you all. :D

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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2012, 02:17:43 pm »
And Hatoful Boyfriend...isn't that the one about pigeons?

Nobirdie understands my love for that game.

I heard the H-scenes added to the character development/overall experience, so I figured I'd just let them be. But now I really wanna see the "censorship" lol

The text was all there, only on a black background, and the non-text H scenes were replaced by, like, croissants and other foods.

Haha totally forgot about  Hatoful Boyfriend. I must play for Nageki's sake.

Nageki was my favourite, along with most of the fanbase, I'm sure. I admit, I only played it at first because I thought it was a ridiculously hilarious idea, and then I got attached the characters... It was all very sad.
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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2012, 02:44:01 pm »
I'm a big fan of Steins;Gate, but that's about it for this genre.

I can't take eroge seriously since it's sometimes well-written (or terribly written) literature laced in smut. I had to pretty much skip every ero scene in Cross Channel just to get through it... awkward and unnecessary.
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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2012, 05:50:12 pm »
I'm a big fan of Steins;Gate, but that's about it for this genre.

I can't take eroge seriously since it's sometimes well-written (or terribly written) literature laced in smut. I had to pretty much skip every ero scene in Cross Channel just to get through it... awkward and unnecessary.

Well I know what you mean, sometimes it feels like it's ero just so it will sell better.
But if it's completely ero with no plot and such then you should know what you're getting into in the first place and it's not so bad.

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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2012, 07:20:18 pm »
But if it's completely ero with no plot

They're called "nukige", not "eroge".

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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #21 on: February 12, 2012, 10:02:58 pm »
Wheel Country, Sunflower Girl.
(Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shōjo)

Has a great theme, a tiny heavy on the H-scenes though, but the story is nice.

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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2012, 12:32:17 am »
I'm a big fan of Steins;Gate, but that's about it for this genre.
I've been meaning to pick up those ones still. I may give the first game a whirl, since there's a Platinum Hits of it now.
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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2012, 12:44:26 am »
There is a translation patch for the iOS version of Steins;Gate, so I've just been reading it on my iPad whenever I have spare time.

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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #24 on: February 13, 2012, 11:31:22 am »
Years ago i'v read Yukisakura, because it was basically the only one i could buy in a language i understand and that seemed interesting.

After watching Amagami SS recently i tried once again to find some VNs, since i don't have a book i'm reading currently and i like to read in my bed for a while before sleeping. Thats when i found out Clannad and Kanon were VNs (i had often heard the animes were really good) and that Clannad is a non-ero-bishojou VN and that fan translations exist. I downloaded it, read it for a bit and then ordered the game.

Some further searching also resulted in fan translations of Kanon and Little Busters so i bought those 2 games as well and i have a running english Version of Kanon installed.

But still, currently i'm reading Clannad. First i played it without any guide and ended up in Fuuko's storyline, bad ending, that was really harsh. In the bad ending Tomoya goes to School with Fuuko to celebrate, he wakes up the next morning and doesn't remember anything. He then visits the sick Nagisa and then the game is over. Now i'm reading it with a guide, completed Fuuko's Arc and i'm now after the last choice in Kyou's arc. Poor Ryou, i wonder when and how Tomoya will muste the courage to tell her he actually loves Kyou instead of her. Every evening i read for about an hour on my laptop while lying in my bed before sleeping ;)

Btw: in a few days an english version of Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom will be released on the PSP. And it seems there will be an official english release of School Days

I'm looking forward to the moment my japanese is good enough to be able to read stuff like that, i'd like to give Amagami a go. And of course Im@s and there are also some books (like the later Slayers light novels)
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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #25 on: February 13, 2012, 09:45:13 pm »
Oh the Kanon fan translation is quite excellent. ^^
I didn't know Little Busters was finished though. I must go buy it.

Do they have Ecstacy patched too?

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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #26 on: February 14, 2012, 01:09:20 am »
honestly i don't know. I'v just seen the patch somewhere, but didn't download it yet since it'll take quite a while until i get to play it. But probably it's better if i do it tomorrow, who knows what will happen in the future and if i already have it i won't have to worry.

Btw: Finished Kyou's arc in Clannad just now. Poor Ryou, but fortunately she took it quite well and got a new boyfriend.

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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #27 on: February 14, 2012, 01:49:48 am »
honestly i don't know. I'v just seen the patch somewhere, but didn't download it yet since it'll take quite a while until i get to play it. But probably it's better if i do it tomorrow, who knows what will happen in the future and if i already have it i won't have to worry.

Btw: Finished Kyou's arc in Clannad just now. Poor Ryou, but fortunately she took it quite well and got a new boyfriend.

Definitely play Kappei's arc after that... although emotional towards the end, it has some pretty hilarious moments.

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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #28 on: March 06, 2012, 05:43:12 pm »
Me... well, i suppose i can be called an eroge/VN lover. My history goes all the way up to things like Kindan, Snow Drop and Kana Imouto (got Three Sisters' Story and some other old titles but never really played them). Out of that mound, i absolutely adore Kana Imouto, Planetarian, and Narcissu. I cried at the first two, and was badly shaken by the third. Of course, I also liked Katawa Shoujo and is totally on Team EmiRin.

For anyone looking for a left-field surprise, may i recommend Broken Hearted? Like KS it's quite controversial (more so on the time of release, arguably), but the matter is handled reasonably well. It has quite a simplistic interface (very basic and quite an unpolished Renpy), graphics (lotsa stock photos), and music (MIDI goodness), but the writing is reasonably good.

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Re: Visual novels
« Reply #29 on: March 06, 2012, 08:55:01 pm »
I got myself into VNs last year in summer. VNs for women, to be specialized (Otome Games).

I played a lot of those Otome Games and still playing! x3 I'm really biased to them... *looks at all the games*

These are all the VNs / Otome Games, I played up until now or still playing:
AMNESIA (PSP)
BEYOND THE FUTURE -FIX THE TIME ARROWS- (PSP / PS3) <- still playing....
Gekka Ryouran ROMANCE (PSP)
Lucian Bee's RESURRECTION SUPERNOVA (PS2 / PSP)
Renai Banchou (PSP)
Starry Sky Series (for PSP, not PC)
STORM LOVER (PSP)
STORM LOVER Natsu Koi!! (PSP)
Uta no Prince-sama (PSP)
Uta no Prince-sama Music (PSP)

Games, I'm going to play, are these (when they arrive! 8D):
AMNESIA LATER (PSP)
Lucian Bee's EVIL VIOLET (PS2 / PSP)
Lucian Bee's JUSTICE YELLOW (PS2 / PSP)
Renai Banchou 2: MidnightLesson!!! (PSP) <- Have it already, will play it soon
Zettai Meikyuu Grimm: Nanatsu no Kagi to Rakuen no Otome (PSP) <- Have it already, will play it soon

Oops, that's now a long post.... Sorry for that! 8D *hides in a corner*
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