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How did Gun knight girl turn out in the end?

>>10261030
Pretty nicely.
I like the text, the lines are pretty short but everything is quite snappy and flow well.
The characters are all likable and interesting and the plot has shown some good signs so far.
I didn't have the time to finish a route yet, the game seems pretty massive too, but I'm where the shit started to hit the fan in Mashiro's route and everything is really interesting.
Not OP so I don't know if he has a finished a route but it's delivering for me so far.

>>10261055
Looks nice, but my main concern is the plot. I have time till I finish what I just started anyway, so I hope to see some comments here.

>>10211231

>>>/vg/

In an average moege, how long is the common route? I'm sick of spending 20+ hours being forced into pointless interactions with other characters, while the girl I like barely shows up at all.

VNs are for nerds.

>>10261163
Depends a lot on the game and your reading speed (personally, eroges tend to take me way longer than what most people on EGS report, I don't mind it because I like to listen most of the voices and stuff), the script szies on TLwiki are probably the best way to estimate a game's length assuming your game happens to be in their list.

>>10261055 >I like the text, the lines are pretty short but everything is quite snappy and flow well. Are you me? >>10261030 >>10261064 Anyway, I finished Mashiro's route and am doing Renka's as we speak. It's been decent so far with some potential that it's yet to take advantage of. Mashiro's route was okay, but a bit too run of the mill for my liking. There were a couple of moments where things could've really picked up but didn't, and I get the feeling this is going to be the case with the other two routes that are available from the start as well. I'm not liking Ayato as a protagonist either. He's great in the common route and comedy segments, but once you get into a route his blandness and, more worryingly, the inconsistency with which he's written are huge drawbacks. It's like the writer switches his behaviour and motives every time he wants to quicken or lower the pace of the story. It's really jarring to read. That said though, I don't want to sound too negative because I am enjoying the game a lot so far. The common route was great. Here's hoping the rest of it delivers.

>>10261172
It's the same for me. Feels like I haven't gotten any faster compared to when I started out. Reading never felt slow, but I always end up taking much longer than I expect. I also tend to get lost on scenes with automatic text.
There's probably nothing I can do besides keep on reading, I guess.

>>10261055
>I like the text, the lines are pretty short but everything is quite snappy and flow well.
Are you me?

>>10261030
>>10261064
Anyway, I finished Mashiro's route and am doing Renka's as we speak. It's been decent so far with some potential that it's yet to take advantage of.
Mashiro's route was okay, but a bit too run of the mill for my liking. There were a couple of moments where things could've really picked up but didn't, and I get the feeling this is going to be the case with the other two routes that are available from the start as well.
I'm not liking Ayato as a protagonist either. He's great in the common route and comedy segments, but once you get into a route his blandness and, more worryingly, the inconsistency with which he's written are huge drawbacks. It's like the writer switches his behaviour and motives every time he wants to quicken or lower the pace of the story. It's really jarring to read.
That said though, I don't want to sound too negative because I am enjoying the game a lot so far. The common route was great. Here's hoping the rest of it delivers.

the fuck did I just see/watch/?
My fucking sides

>>10261259
Well the quality of the text is always important for me so I'm the type who notice these kind of things, it was also more apparent since I'm reading Suigetsu 2 concurrently that is made of huge lines that never end.

And yeah Ayato has been kind of annoying since the route started but I guess he had to be like this seeing the setting, hopefully the plot and he will go somewhere, would be annoying if he would just end up being a bland bystander.

Putting in this dummy choice was such an asshole move for people who like Kazusa.

>>10260837
>Oh Shiro, i want more eroges with your art!
Agreed. Somehow his art manages to be soothing, adorable, and erotic all at the same time.

>Also, Tsugumi route made me cum buckets.
Just started hers after finishing Kikka yesterday. She's too cute.

Also, holy shit, Mika wants to fuck so bad. Her route ought to be fun.

Apparently Skype doesn't exist in Japan. Nor does the internet.

Just finished Angelic Howl in Grisaia. That just changed my entire opinion on the VN, wow.

So I have nothing to read/watch/do, and I want to try a new VN.

I hear this one is fun but, what are /jp/'s thoughts about it?

Should I give it a try?

>>10262742
Yeah Koisora is nice, pretty long too so it should take you a while

>>>/vg/

Fuck off, VNfags.

>>10262756
>>>/b/

>>10262742
Why are girls on toilets so cute?

>>10262720
Yeah man, that's good shit. I'd say it's the best thing in Grisaia.

>>10262742
Kayoko is fucking broken in Twinkle Crusaders.

So I played Kamidori about a year back or so, breeded with some mudgirls and whatnot, and dropped the game since better things to do. However, I tried to c+p the files from one comp to another since first comp exploded. I know it was stupid, but most importantly, I have the save files. The game tells me whenever I try to install the English patch that it's already installed, and I can't even check because when the game starts up, it's just one black screen (though I can click the menu since I hear hear it and shit). Long story short, how the fuck do you uninstall Kamidori, since al the like four uninstall applications don't do shit, and neither does the one in the game disc?

Can anyone advise? I really don't want to play Witch's House or anything else. Just marathoned some Sharin no Kuni and G Senjou... need some nice mudsecks to cheer me up.

>>10261016
what's the name of this VN?

>>10261267
link?

>>10263489
No, she's not.
Chelsea and Feena are.

>>10263521
My recommendation is to put everything you have in one easily accessible file (if it isn't already), and just delete all of it. That excludes your save files if you want to keep those, but make sure beforehand that the save files will run if you need to get new patches or whatever when you re-download/install. This is what I had to do when I got a patch for Touhou DoD that messed up the Festival Expansion. Just put everything together and got rid of it, then started from scratch.

>>10263567
Read the first reply.

もういいや

I still need to decide on my christmas nukige

>>10263586
Chelsea: Has stupidly high defense, yes, but that's countered by dark/knockback attacks and she's super-susceptible to Temari's Lovely Rabbit Dancing. Her EX attacks are decent though, since one literally makes her a meat shield.

Feena: Somewhat the reverse of Chelsea. Weak defense, stronger offense, and the ability to freeze EX gauge is damn useful. Wouldn't call her broken though, since she needs another teammate that can use EX Purify-type moves to help her keep the EX gauge down (like Ria, Azel, or Hime).

Kayoko: Hands down the fastest speed in the game, and both of her EX attacks are powerful. I think even the makers admitted that she was too good.

Overall, the most broken SBX characters are Lullshare, Masaki, and Kayoko, IMO. Maou Synn, Illear, and Berserk Bylous are up there as well.

I should work on a tier list...

Just so everyone who might be interested is aware, I uploaded a torrent for WEE episodes 1 & 2 as one of my Christmas releases this year. You can grab it on Nyaa here - http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=386860

Enjoy~

Just so everyone who might be interested is aware, I uploaded a torrent for WEE episodes 1 & 2 as one of my Christmas releases this year.
You can grab it on Nyaa here - http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=386860

Enjoy~

>>10264110
Untill they dont relase a Vs Player patch.
I think this doesn't really matter (Not that much).

I really want to play this game agaisnt humans.
Vs CPU tends to be easy and kinda boring after a while.

>>10264285
Yeah, netplay would be nice.

Until then, though... PSP Starlit Brave may have to do.

>>10263573
It's Kikaijikake no Eve.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm202083

>>10264431
wait it was actually used as promo for the game? and then they put in the actual game as joke for shit and gigles?

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>>10264459
Well relationship drama is especially suited for relatively normal people since it's realistic

Best route for WA2?

Hey /jp/ how do I start? and why?

>>10264568
美少女万華鏡２ because if you just want to fap you might as well do it to pretty looking cg

>>10264568
Delete Boob Wars.

What did I just start reading?

Here's the Pandora no Yume FD
http://www.sendspace.com/file/w44kn2
http://www.sendspace.com/file/0f57qc
http://www.sendspace.com/file/9pcu8n
http://www.sendspace.com/file/y7yqoz
http://www.sendspace.com/file/2a6qes

Speaking of hard-to-get fandisks, I can upload モエてん if anyone wants it

>>10264644
>Speaking of hard-to-get fandisks, I can upload モエてん if anyone wants it
Yes, please. I've been looking for that, and it seems to have disappeared from the Internet.

>>10264644
I'm interested in Moeten as well, Moekasu was pretty good.

>>10264644
I would also appreciate it if you could upload it.

>>10264644
Me too. Really enjoyed SubaHibi so I'm also interested in their earlier stuff.

So, the year has almost ended.
What did you guys like this year?

>>10264721
I've mostly been catching up to my backlog but out of this year's releases Amantes Amentes is shaping up to being my favorite title, though I don't know if it should count.

Honorable mention goes to Phenomeno for giving my horror dosage and I think Root Double was also a worthwhile read even though it turns quite boring and predictable during the last (and the longest) route. Mixed feelings about Grisaia no Meikyuu but I suppose it's a fan disc first, sequel second.

Haven't really delved into nukige that much but I had plenty of fun with Kanotsuku2, especially with the various SM and NTR scenes.

>>10264721

Konosora, otomekoi, furuirondo, zero infinity, root double, tokyo babel, grisaia meikyuu, harukuru in no particular order. Also did some old vn from past years.

>>10264721
Weak year for me, not a single 80+ title(*), and I largely just played older stuff since I wasn't interested in many games to begin with. My picks would probably be

- Astelight Jourantan (+ the C82 book and presumably the upcoming Denkigai book)
- Kono Oozora ni, Tsubasa wo Hirogete
- Mahoutsukai no Yoru

(*) except possibly Gun Knight Girl which I just started

>>10264721
My top pics for they year would go probably to Grisaia no meikyuu, gakhtun, zero infinity and JQV, with a special mention to amantes amentes, I liked the additional material.
Harukuru and owaru sekai to birthday were pleasant surprises too.

Moeten (this took a good month to download from share)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ew3y0r
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5uamba

Pandora FD manual
http://www.sendspace.com/file/h3uory

>>10264721
Well I'm really bored so I'll do a summary month by month of what I read/liked.
Sorry for the blog posts.

January:
Bunny Black 2: Not a bad sequel but I didn't like the change to the gameplay, the characters/writing in general were a bit more fun though.

Majikoi S: The heroines after are mostly made of ero, most of the new side characters are paper-thin and the old heroines are far more boring than in the first game.
The soundtrack is really awesome though and I liked Koyuki's route, mostly because Seiso was cool.

>>10264928
February:
Hatsuyuki Sakura: The good things about it were the heroines, I liked Sakura and Aya and the last route.
The game suffers from really under-narrated so I didn't really feel anything from the so-called crying scenes but it's not too bad overall.

Shinigami no Testament: Chuuni game, far better than its predecessor Bloody Rondo but it's still pretty average.
What it does well is have routes that are completely different and really show the different sides of the setting, but like most titles of its genre it suffer from endless school scenes. The fights aren't too bad so that's a plus.

Grisaia no Meikyuu: Well I'm a Grisaia fag so I'll be a bit biased but I loved it. Caprice is my favorite part of Grisaia so far and I had a lot of fun with the After of Michiru, Amane and Makina, professor Dave was god tier too.
It's just a fandisk though, and Caprice is a just a prologue to the main story so...

Rance Quest Magnum: Best Rance since 6 for me but I'm not the biggest fan of Sengoku. Magnum actually adds a story to Quest, the gameplay is more smooth and it's overall very fun to play through.

Kaminoyu: I consider this one a bit underrated.The art is very perplexing at first glance with the bodies that look there were made by Clamp but I got used to it quickly.
It's a bit overnarrated too with a protagonist who has a lot of inner thoughts but the writing is good and flow well.
The final product is very nice, one of the best charage of the year.

Ore wa Shoujo mangaka: PSP only. Similar to Kaminoyu it's a bit underrated. A very funny title that flow nicely and has some great heroines, Hisui was really cute

>>10264930
March:
Material Brave: It's shit, don't play it. Or at least wait for the new version

Root Double: In a way it's the anti-Ever17. Personally I found the first/middle part very fun even if I had a few problems with it. The last part though (that took like half of the game) was mostly focused on the past of the characters and dragged a bit.
Unlike the Infinity games Root Double didn't try to build itself around a twist and by the end it really feels like you know all the characters inside out but the game is probably not as memorable as it could have been, still pretty good all around.

Eiyuu*Senki: The gameplay kind of seem fun during the Asia part but gets pretty draggy and simple aftward, the writing is pretty horrible. Since I actually finished it there is probably something about it that make it good but I wouldn't be able to tell you what it is.

&: New Hino though the direction was by some other guy. The writing is high tier all around so it's a very fun read, it also has a simple theme of youth that is quite engaging.
But to ennumerate the problems I had with it: the plot/setting aren't developed enough, the romances with the heroines feel more than lackluster, the side characters and even some heroines feel very underdeveloped/used in general, most of the indivdual routes were poor. I liked the route of Yae (the character herself is pretty bad and creepy) and Urara though.
Urara as a character and route is certainly high tier and & is worth readin just for her.

Dracu-riot: Not much to say about it other than Noble Work was better and Nicola and her magical breasts were cute.

>>10264934
April:
Mahoyo: A bit hard to talk about it since it's Type-Moon. What I'll say is that it has a really nice mood, created not only by the amazing production values and soundtrack but also by the novel-like writing. The game isn't too long but the story feel complete, it also has a lot of foreshadowings and references to the Nasuverse which is nice for the fans.
To be a bit less nice, I'll say I found Aoko barely tolerable during most of the game, the writing itself felt refined but not very interesting to read and that despite the short span of the story the pacing was a bit off at time. Everything about the story is also very simple and straigthforward but that's to be expected. A good introduction to the setting.
Soukoku no Arterial: The gameplay is interesting but it's limited to the first playthrough only, the story/writing are better than Kamidori but still bad and Mirai was cute. Well overall I liked Kamidori better.
Monobeno: Very pretty and atmospheric. The setting is interesting but not that well used, the pacing isn't bad but the writing doesn't make the game too engaging and it suffered from unreasonable pov change during the last route that just made everything too repetitive.
Demonion: Quite a good gameplay eroge. It suffers from being either too hard or too easy but the gameplay is very engaging. This one is underrated too
Harukuru: One of the best eroge of the year. Prologue is 20 sex scenes thrown to your face so most people would believe it is a nukige but passed this everything get really interesting.
The writing is fun to read and flow well, the characters are all nice, the game even manages to hit all the good spots and be emotional in a good way.
VenusBlood Frontier: It felt like a remake of Empire but I can't say I liked the plot/characters as much. The gameplay is much better though with a nice difficulty curve and some freedom. It also has a fucking awesome soundtrack that is never mentioned for some reason.

>>10264942
Sorry, I forgot the spaces there

May;
JQV: Well it's simply the best eroge of the year for me, at least if you don't count Amantes. A hommage (or you could say rip-off) to Cross Channel and Saihate no Ima, that mix a great settings, characters and writing. Not much to say other than you should read it if you liked one of the titles above. Well to be a bit more objective, I thought the ending could have been a bit stronger, or rather it kind of paled compared to the previous climax or the resolution of Cross Channel.

Kono Oozora ni: A nice coming of age story with a very calming mood. The writing isn't too bad either, at least during the common part and the routes of Kotori/Amane. It's the kind of title that is nice to do little by little.

Kyonyuu Fantasy 2: This one I haven't finished yet but it's by a writer I appreciate. Rather than a sequel it feels more like a retake on the first game. A nice fantasy title with some political intrigues and a lot of breasts.

Joker: Only worth reading for 10 minutes to marvel/laugh at the writing.

>>10264948
June:

Futsuno Fantasy: The best part of the game is the now legendary trial. The game kind of lost its charm after Squeenix raped it but it still wasn't too bad. I'd recommend trying to find the first trial for a good laugh.

Namima no Kuni no Faust: Another great eroge that is very underrated for some reason. It's basically Sharin no Kuni x Spice & Wolf so get in here and read it already.
To talk about it a bit more, I'd say that despite the setting/story that seem hard to shallow, the game manages to make everything easily understandable yet complex enough to be interesting, it has also a very nice pacing. A very engaging eroge, definitely one of the best of the year

Anyone here know where I can get 羊の方舟? I've been looking for sometime now and I cant seem to find it.

>>10264964
I made this torrent back when I got it from pd:
http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=171369
If you're pacient enough you can still get it. I'll be reseeding for a bit the next few days.

>>10264965
Thank you very much!

>>10264961
July
Owaru Sekai to Birthday: Still have to finish it, last I did was Mika's route so others people could talk about it better than I can

Furuiro Meikyuu Rondo: A title that was probably too ambitious for its writers. The gameplay takes a bit to get used to and the game is buggy as hell with one bug in particular that fuck up your savedata, forcing you to do everything back from the beginning.
But the plot isn't bad at all, the characters are nice, Saki in particular is great. The ending part though is very confusing, mostly because the writer failed at really bringing its point across.
A good effort for that team, also you'll learn lots of tea jargon reading it.

Aerial: An eroge that could have been awesome but that failed hard due to the writer. Well a lot has been said about it before so I won't over it again.

>>10264974
August

Sakura, Sakimashita: Only did one route. The setting is nice but the whole thing is pretty boring and lack charm.

Tokyo Babel: Nice chuuni-ge, the setting/overall design of the game make it seem almost parody like, which isn't helped since the game has a lot of humor but it manages to be pretty badass when it must.
It's not Ayakashibito level of awesome but it's a good title by this writer, better than Bullet Butler at least

Naka no Hito nado Inai: Nice common part with some good moe and humor, the individual routes are a bit more jarring but Ayano's route wasn't bad.

And Dies Irae but well

>>10264993
September

Zero Infinity: Another chuuni-ge. This one was obviously influenced by Dies Irae, well it's basically a science DI.
It's nicely paced and the routes go crescendo in intensity, there is a lot of fights and match-ups and the powerlevel goes very high.
It's overnarrated though which slow down the pace, especially the protagonist has a lot of inner thoughts and you've to hear about his philosophy a lot.
I also thought that the final conflict was too generic bad guys vs good guys with the protagonists who always have the moral upground. It's something that Dies Irae managed not to do but ZI felt into it, due to this it felt a bit "shonen".
Still nice for people who like chuuni and DI.

Pure Girl: I'm not big into nukige and the likes but this one was pretty funny.

Tsukumo no Kanade: Art is great but it feels like it was written by a 10 years old

SINCLIENT: Bourne in Japan. Nice if you turn your brain off and take it like a hollywood flick. Watch everyone be an Agent double/triple

Re:birth colony: Nice setting and I liked the mood, the writing isn't bad either. But the pacing gets very slow passed half of the common part so it's not for people who easily lose their attention.

>>10265045
October

TsuriOtsu: My favorite thing about it is the prologue that is incredibly well written in a style that is completely different compared to the rest of the game. But the main game is pretty good too, especially due to the main heroine Luna who is a very memorable character to say the least.
A lot of time is spent on talking about fashion, dress-making in the like but surprisingly it never bored me.
The prologue + Luna's route make for one of the best charage of the year, the route of Ursule wasn't bad too.

Chuning Lover: The common part was kind of funny, like most eroge of its genre the routes fail though

Ryuusei no Arcadia: Incredibly boring.

>>10265062
November

Nothing. I tried Alicetale and WItch Garden, both were boring as fuck.

December

Haven't finished a title yet but I'll say that Gun Knight Girl has the potential to be in the top 5 of the year if the routes of Tamaki and Sayoko deliver.
Suigetsu 2 isn't bad either but its text is a bit dense for no reason and Koyoi, who is one of the 2 major heroine, is toddler level.
Also there is Perseus for people who want a nice looking nukige

I'm probably missing a lot of titles since I'm not big on the nukige/moege but I should have cited most of the interesting scenario-ge of the year.
Except Dangan Ronpa 2, I should get to it and do it soon.

ALICETALE: The writing was boring as hell, dropped after one hour

Do you really need this many VN General Threads? In my opinion it's just wasting space on the front page that could be used for better threads.

And YES, I CAN READ JAPANESE.

>>10265102
I know right?

Clearly it's this low quality thread that is clogging up the board when we could be having more quality conversation as in this image of the top of the board right now.

>>10265102
So what you're saying is you want less VN general threads to make room for more quality threads like those at the top of the board right now?

>>10265117
That example of yours is also a waste of space. Just because there's other trash around doesn't mean you can ignore your own trash.

>>10265117
Yes.

>>10265102
epic

just epic

that's an epic troll d00d

>>10265117
I liked how you totally fucked up earlier when you posted that without screencap and all.

Also, didn't you say you were going to stop browsing /jp/? I'd worry if they picked someone like you as Janitor.

>>10265145
Did I say that?

I've said that I don't browse it as much as I used to but I never got mad and said I'm leaving or anything. Also, I'm around more than you think, just not using my trip usually. I tend to only use this in idol threads these days.

>>10265152
I never noticed because I had your faget ass filtered before I wiped my entire HDD intentionally. You did say the 4chan thing a long time ago without thinking in IRC, probably in one of your drunk endeavours.

For a trip user in one of the most autistic boards, you're quite that forgettable.

>>10265102

>>10265157
Which channel was this exactly? I barely talk on IRC and I doubt I ever said I'd leave 4chan altogether since I've never quit /tg/ even though I'm not on there often. Also, please don't make the thread about your anger at me, I sometimes just forget to remove my trip before posting in certain threads. Don't bully, anon-san.

I would usually have dropped my trip by now, but, since I've posted already and in the interests of staying on topic, I'm wondering, is Subarashiki Hibi worth reading if I liked Moekan? I just noticed that Moekasu features characters from Tsui no Sora.

>>10265180
A fox can't eat grapes nor will try to. They cause vomiting, kidney damage, and hypercalcemia.

They eat blueberries instead.

>>10265194

How the fuck do you know, fag? you fuck foxes or something?! yea fuckin owned don't come back here if you don't want to be SERVED again.

>>10265200
Easy to Google. Learn Google Fu.

http://www.thepetfox.net/2010/08/what-not-to-feed-fox.html

Would be cuter and useful to own a Fox than you. Owned.

Since there are many haters of best threads I think fortyan needs /vn/

>>10265180
Foxes don't like grapes in real life. That image is retarded.

>>10265238
Agreed, I used to think an additional board was unnecessary and giving a victory to these derailing buttarsed individuals but it's almost begging for it now.

Many dumb-nut tears to be shred if it happened.

>>10265180
>>10265244
It's more like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrbgfMVlROc

>>10265238
I agree. In fact I think moot should create a board for VNs and Touhou alone, free from the riff raff now clogging up this place. We left the old country to get away from them but now they have followed us here so it's time for an even newer, more elitist, more niche board.

Maybe we could call it Japan/General?

>>10265289
I kept hoping the whole beginning of her route they'd do a christmas cake joke. I wasn't disappointed.

>>10265244
it's called a fable you autist

>>10265319
One of my university professors criticises some proverbs because they don't make sense from physiological point of view. Is he an autist as well as this anon?

>>10265297
She looks like the best girl.
is there other older women like her you can go with or even older women?

The last part of the route I kept for last turns out to be completely dumb and shitty, dammit.
I hate it when games leave a bad aftertaste like that, especially after they've been rather good up to that point.
Now there's still some sort of final route which I'm only about 50% through, but so far it seems to be even worse.
They could've done so well if they'd just left this as a good charage with humour (which 3 of the 4 routes were) instead of trying to finish their thin story.
At least I can finally go on to the next game now.

>>10265289
Do you actually work with her together at the same job? because that would be awesome. how long is her route? is it just her and you together at a apartment? If so im really gonna like this game. is the whole second part of white album 2 when every body is older? how long is it compared to the first part? unless you are only high school kids in the frist part for a bit of it and its just all 20s and older throughout the game, which is awesome.

>>10265458
does he*

Is there any VN where the protag is a loser that don't manage to fuck any heroin and all the sex scenes are from his imagination?

>>10265563
You're just gunning for a bad real live joke, aren't you?

>>10265394
raising trivial objections is a hallmark of being unable to see the forest for the trees (a common trait in autism)

but it's more often just a smartass trying to be cute

just pat, nod and smile

>>10265563
C;H

>>10265563
What would you look for in a VN like that? How would that be enjoyable at all?

not attacking, just curious

>>10265458
>>10265391
Anybody? pleaseeee

>>10265664
See: >>10265599

>>10265458
Why do you like older women so much, milf autist-kun? Do you have a mother complex or something?

>>10265444
Well shit, this was actually next to play on my backlog and I was hoping they wouldn't go to deep into the silly-sounding premise. Now my motivation has been lowered, please take responsibility.

>>10265862
I'm sorry.
If you just stop reading Nanaho's route somewhere in the middle (by the end of winter break) and imagine a simple "happy ever after" like in the other routes it's a really fun game.

>>10265563
Sayonara wo Oshiete.

Any other games that make use of depth of field? It doesn't seem like it'd be that hard to do so I'm kind of surprised we're still mostly stuck with mostly 2D positioning of sprites.

>>10265951
Not true.

>>10264721
For me it'd probably be Futsuno Fantasy. It's a great parody that had be laughing from beginning to end. There wasn't a single character that I hated and I absolutely loved the soundtrack. In addition, Kadowaki Mai and Gotou Mai voicing Hisui and Chris respectively was enough for me to jump onto it. The character designs were pretty hot too even if the H scenes were average. It may have been raped by Square Enix but it will always hold a special place in my heart.

Can an anon explain why only one group is allowed to translate a visual novel? The Himawari translation has been cockblocked by Moogy for almost three years. Not to mention that the Baldr Sky translation has been stalled for upwards of six months, and no one has been allowed to step in because its been "claimed". Honestly, it seems a bit circlejerky to me.

>>10265951
False.

Does /jp/ consider Sayonara wo Oshiete to be kamige? I do

>>10266186
It IS circlejerky. Translations are literally all about e-peen after all. Beside the occasional "I want to get better at Japanese, tee hee".

>>10266186
Sanarara is missing for years too.

I think it's more like, if I get it I would have SUPPOSEDLY asked for permission to the original creators...good luck with that, and then if you try to steal it they'll call the intertubes police to help them Cease and Desist you.

キモメンでも巨根ならスクールカーストの頂点に立てる！？～学園一のモテ
カワ集団に種付けしまくり！夢の学園ハーレム！

Having the time of my life as well

>>10266061
>>10266186
By 'heroine' I did mean the main girls, not taking the nurse into account.

>>10266132
I probably will not play this game ever again after how badly Squeenix raped it. Do you mind spoiling the part after Jake was revealed to be the Demon King (around the part where the trial ends)?

>>10266310
What exactly did Square Enix do?

>>10266331
All the RPG references were asked to be removed by Squeenix (or was it Nintendo?), which really tunes down the entertainment factor of this game.

>>10266186
Nobody wants to spend months and months of their time replicating someone else's work. Simple as that

You can call it a "circlejerk," but so is anime fansubbing, and competition exists there. It's just a product of the amount of work involved

>>10266223

Thats the best overlay for translations i've ever seen. It makes my alt tabbing into ITH and agregated translator look pitiful by comparison.

What are you using?

>>10264721
I realise I'm half a decade late on Dies Irae but it's what I enjoyed most this year the PSP version was technically a 2012 release so I feel that it's a valid answer.

>>10266371
Japan doesn't even have parody protection laws?

>Nobody wants to spend months and months of their time replicating someone else's work. Simple as that

Each individual translation is an original piece of work. You aren't "replicating" anything. The problem is that once one translation comes out, no one would bother reading another one even if it's better. Thus, there'd be no one to suck the 2nd translator's e-peen so there's no motivation.

>>10264906
Much appreciated. I've never gotten Share to work and no one on PD seems to have it.

>>10262750
Alright, giving it a shot right now!
Thanks.

>>10266398

Annot Player

Grab the updater from here http://code.google.com/p/annot-player/downloads/list

Run it and it'll install everything. Use the Visual novel reader if you want it to look like mine.

>>10264644
Anon here who's been asking for it lately.
I love you man, really appreciate this!

>>10266475
Those "translations" are just atrocious.

>>10266489

I know. But they're making my sides move on their own.

ボクはゆっくりとズボンを脱ぎ始める。
I begin to take off pants slowly.

Just started playing this. Still in the common route but it's pretty good so far.

Interesting plot, awesome characters and most importantly, hilarious dialogue.

I sure do love me some comedy in my VNs.

>>10266425
Is "e-peen" supposed to be insulting?

Without an audience to read a patch, there's not exactly a reason to make one. I mean, you could be reading other games instead of writing a long translation no one will appreciate or enjoy.

In any case, your argument isn't relevant to the Baldr Sky example.

>>10265458
>>10265391
could anybody answer these questions for white album 2 please?

Did they ever translate that PS3 Umineko port? I feel like it's time to re-read that, now that the last act is done and dusted.

>>10266562
I figure translators are either really kind people or they have really huge egos and want to be praised for their work. It's a huge task so they must be getting some sort of mental reward out of it.

I personally translated things in the past mostly for the former reason, but when it comes to anything requiring a decent amount of effort, I couldn't do it because I just don't like people quite that much.

>>10266534
no one cares what games you play

>>10266592
There are some translators who might genuinely want to deliver and share a product with others who can't read it themselves.

>>10266607
This is why I translated things way back but I could never finish anything too big.

People like Ixrec must really love people or something.

>>10266607
But the english visual novel community is terrible, why would they do such a thing. Haven't they ever read a thread on /vg/ or hongfire?

>>10266056
Newer versions of rUGP are designed to dynamically resize sprites as the move in relation to the foreground of the screen, I believe.

>>10266617
I think Ixrec's stance is questionable. His whole voting thing a few years back is exactly the opposite of wanting to bring a product he loves to the general masses.

Why did he choose to translate Cross Channel?

>>10266626
The western community who reads only Japanese stuff is even more terrible.

>>10266489

It might be worth looking into making TA change its background to look like that one. Though I just generally use windowed mode and put TA underneath the window.

>>10266186
>no one has been allowed to step in because its been "claimed"
Are you a translator? Have at it. No one's gonna beat down your door and stop you from working on it. People just want to get as many VNs translated as possible, so they don't work on VNs that other people might finish. If you feel like doing a competing Baldr Sky translation, go ahead.

>>10266658
In general all western fanbases of eastern things, whether they're consuming them translated or untranslated, are pretty terrible. Take that VN general on /jp/ for example, now there's a bunch of autists if I've ever seen some.

>>10266671
Looks like the only solution to fight my frustration is to stop reading anything on the net altogether.

>>10261016
test

>>10266310
Everyone is shocked and stunned that Jay/Jade is the Maou. Chris is the only one that's able to function and act. Jade single-handedly handles the party. While doing so Jade shouts at Hisui and wakes her up from her moment of sadness and asks her if she wants to save the world. She says yes and Jade finally feels relieved that she's back to hero he knows her to be. Everyone counter attacks and Jade is slowly pushed back until hes finally beaten by Hisui. As Jade is dying, he and Hisui have a heartful talk and he states that even though he hates the world, he had fun traveling with them.

Cue Futsuno Fantasy 2
Jade is alive and well. It's explained that the story that the Maou was defeated by the hero's party is true so he's only socially dead. Jade also lost all his Maou powers but is still considered the Maou by his closest followers. Jade then chooses to travel with whichever heroine he chooses until the Goddess declares that she will destroy the world and then everyone gathers again and goes on to try and save the world. Chris knocks Jade out unbeknownst to Hisui and Caren as they leave the castle town and the Maou castle is overrun. After a while it's revealed that the Goddess is controlling Hisui and Caren and uses them to try and kill Jade but he manages to overcome them and they regain their senses in the end.

It's later revealed that Jade is not from their world and was summoned to the world by the previous Maou and Jade's "father." It's also the reason he can tsukkomi so much. Libra, Green, and Aquareef are also not from their world. More things about Jade, Libra, and the Goddess' intentions are revealed as Jade goes around to try and regain his powers and more.

>>10266679
Sometimes I actually consider doing that since I hate reading bad things about things I like, like if someone started trash talking your little sister, but you were too afraid to defend her since he was a 190 cm black man and you were a skinny white nerd. But then I realized that I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't whine about trivial things in VNs on jaypee.

Going through gunknight girl, pretty nice going so far. Haven't really move to any particular routes yet. Again I wish the OP video aren't so full of spoilers, seemingly spoil important plot devices so early. In some ways I wish for nonsensical ones, like a certain anime which had a cheery OP while the series was about utter revenge slaughter of schoo kids by school kids.

>>10266697
>Again I wish the OP video aren't so full of spoilers,
Yeah, that always annoys me.

>>10266697
Every openings should be like the one of Carnival that has nothing to do with the game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LltsKJK6Mo

All the focus on the cop in the op still make me laugh considering what happens to her in the game

>>10266562
>Is "e-peen" supposed to be insulting?

If you view it as insulting, I'm not going to argue with you. I'm just saying that's the way it works, kind of like saying that investment bankers do whatever the hell they do for the money. It's not a "pure" motive but whatever gets you up in the morning, right?

My point is that a VN translation is a race to the finish line and whoever finishes first gets their cock sucked and all other contestants get nothing, hence they "wasted" their efforts. If you know someone is already translating something, then it becomes a gamble as to whether you can finish before the other guy. Therefore, you'd want to translate something no one else has touched yet.

I don't think that's all there is to it, of course. Another main reason would be that there just aren't enough people out there with the skills and free time and more importantly, interest, to take on something like Baldr Sky.

>>10266697
>I wish the OP video aren't so full of spoilers
I'm still wondering what Midori no Umi's staff was smoking when making the game's intro.

>>10266734
The same shit they were smoking when writing and reading the script?

>>10266718
>My point is that a VN translation is a race to the finish line and whoever finishes first gets their cock sucked

People's motivations differ and are generally more complicated than this. It may be the most understandable reason to you, but that doesn't mean it's the only one that exists. If you actually tried to translate something, you'd realize that the attention:work ratio is actually not so great.

It's a little uncharitable to jump to hostile, generalized conclusions about people.

>>10266685
>>10266310
Found the video. Cheers, Anon.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm18110945

>>10264906
Big thanks!

remember when this thread was about eroge and not all the tangentially related surrounding shit?

>>10266783

What are you even arguing about anymore? The question was why doesn't anyone start another Baldr Sky translation and I provided two relevant factors. As a matter of fact, your posts even support my argument:

>>10266384
>Nobody wants to spend months and months of their time replicating someone else's work. Simple as that

>>10266562
>Without an audience to read a patch, there's not exactly a reason to make one. I mean, you could be reading other games instead of writing a long translation no one will appreciate or enjoy.

Also, I do in fact translate shit, but that doesn't have to do with anything. This will be the last post in this long train of off-topic stupid.

>>10266880
We were never in disagreement about the original question. I was suggesting that your spin on the reasons people translate was more hostile than it needed to be.

>>10266880
>why doesn't anyone start another Baldr Sky translation
Because it's long as fuck and no one else wants to do it. Same reason so many other good games have no projects.

Just finished ALICETALE.
The character designs are really nice to look at, but overall the game is average to below-average, and the writing is terrible.

Also, the best girl doesn't even have a proper route, which is one of the most annoying about certain eroge.

I just recently finished Aqua After. That was a really nice fan disk. Rather both Himawari and Aqua After felt very very complete, since it lived out and narrated all of its motifs, and were just plain heartwarming despite every ending involving some sort of misfortune. I'd rate it as one of my favorite sci-fi eroge of all time easily, the additional material in the fan book for the PSP release was interesting too.

I didn't see the Cosmos card coming either. If there's one thing I regret, is that she didn't have a route, even though the Aqua After ending was a very curtain pull for her. With the whole =Aqua thing. Thinking back to how one of the first parts of the original was about the two rabbits on the moon, the level of thematic consistency was really notable.

I remember reading about how there could have been an Aries or Asuka after. Given that they talked about so many alternate futures in episode one of AA, I'd have loved to see some of those come to life. I wonder what the author will produce next.

>>10267518
Nice to see that another Himawari fag has appeared.
Goo stated recently that he had started to work on a new project, finally.
Well he has finished porting Himawari in every formats ever, took his time

Also by chance I noticed that the main theme of Aqua After composed by dai had been uploaded to youtube, since it's a good occasion I'll post the link here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b71wMsiJQ8Q

Is there a list of Dos and pc engine VNs somewhere?

>>10267518
I am the #1 English-speaking Himawari fan(TM) - even bought the Komorebi and Kagerou novels - but I still haven't played Aqua After yet. Should probably get on that, but I wanted to replay Himawari first and I don't have enough time.

>>10267596
I thought Goo was doing the writing for a manga or something? It's nice to hear that he's working on a new project, anyway.

isn't the new material brave actually just a fan disc? wheres the proof that its a completely remade game?

>>10267518
>>10267596

Hoping it won't be as much as dark as Himawari is. Too many messed up characters, Souichiro, Akari, and Daigo. Akira seem very normal compared to them. Well he is, he just got that strange grin and misunderstanding. Oh don't forget that stupid agent who got a taste of Daigo's wife (forgot her name) and infected himself with Luna Virus, got on the rigged shuttle and died with everyone. Even Aoi was sneering at him.

I would liked it better if Asuka route is the canon one even without touching Luna Virus at all, since Youichi turning into Akira and humanity might finally escaped earth.

Though I don't really understand the necessity of escaping earth.

Aqua After seems like just another Goo's means to mess with Aqua yet again. Poor girl.

Though I wonder what will happen next that Asahi lives and Cosmos got no qualms on destroying humanity.

>>10268476
Both novels included within the PSP game. Komorebi just shows how much messed up Akari is and how poor the other girl I forgot her name is.

>>10268561
Every single fucking thing they've been posting about the changes and additions they're making to it for the past two months?

>>10268689
maybe its a sequel, think dream club zero it's not the same game remade but rather a new game with an improved system.

Cutest character of the year

Well, based on this latest preview, if nothing else, the TE VN should have excellent production values.

>>10269306
I'm on the edge if I should get it or no, all the spin offs so far were at least decent (except chronicles 00 maybe) so it should be good, but I still have this uneasy feeling since the only experience I have with total eclipse has been the short 10 minutes demo and the terrible anime.

Finished the first 3 routes in Gun Knight Girl.
I think it's pretty clearly a game that can only be judged after seeing the last route considering all the foreshadowings and unresolved stuffs even after all these routes but I'll say a few things.
First the routes aren't too bad but it does feel like they ended just when they could have become interesting.
The protagonist himself is also pretty annoying, he doesn't grow up, it doesn't feel like he has any relevance and he overall talk a lot but doesn't act at all, he isn't a great thinker either.
He is pretty good during the comedy moments though so that kind of save him but the game would have really benefited of some pov changes.

I like all the heroines so far, Shino is my favorite, Nanamin was surprising to say the least she is really fucked up, Mashiro is cute all around

>>10269494
Hopefully that means a route for the sister

http://blog.alicesoft.com/haniwayami/

And finished Hinata's route in Suigetsu 2 too.
Well I don't know if I'll do the other routes, maybe do Saki and call it a day.
I really thought it could be good but I guess there is a reason nobody talk about it in Japan.
The main problem of Suigetsu 2 is that it focuses on the wrong things, basically the setting is nice and the whole plot really could have been interesting.
But Hinata's route had the protagonist running in circle for half of the route, the romance is half-assed as hell and the ero sudden as fuck.

The battles are pretty half-assed too, there was only like 2 in the routes so it's clearly not a focus, Hinata herself started as an annoying tsundere at the beginning and she didn't really evolve from there.
Maybe if the game focused less on the irrelevant side characters and more on actually developing her and the plot.
Saki was cool though so I'll do her route, considering her place in the plot it should be interesting and the good thing is that I won't have to do Koyoi's route and feel like a huge pedo.

>>10269809
My thoughts exactly and I still haven't finished it. Saki was good I agree, but the SoL is terrible.

So it's finally happening...
and why an R-15 version, Circus? Why?!

>>10269871
It's not on Getchu so hoax?

What's the best place on the internet to buy VNs (preferably translated)? I want to quit my career as a pirate.

>>10269937
http://www.relentlessness.com/blog/2011/11/a-guide-to-importing-japanese-merchandise-part-3c-video-g
ame-shop-guide/

>>10269929
Nvm it's on Getchu now.

Gannaitoga^ru shokai han is being translated?

>>10269871
Is that not good? r-15 means more sex?

http://www.new-akiba.com/archives/2012/12/_flight_diaryop.html
Who HYPED here?

Can anyone tell me if it's worth finishing more than one route in Kusari, I finished Tamaki's and I didn't really like it, so I'm just wondering if any of the other routes are better or something.

>>10270149
I never actually got around to trying the main game. Was it worthwhile?

>>10270237
It's a nice charage, good production values.

>>10269871
Does this actually contain the full game this time?

>>10269478

First 3 routes? So the last route only opens up after those 3 gets done? As for the MC, I agree, and it didn't help it's done on purpose with his best mate kentarou to inject in the much needed thinking on many occasions. Would've been nicer if they bounce off thinking off each other.

>>10270308
Doing the first 3 routes, Mashiro, Shino and Renka, unlock Tamaki.
Finishing Tamaki unlock Sayako

>>10270351
>Tamaki route

I thought it was kidding with the suggestions here and there, guess I am a little surprised by this.

Finally. Who don't want to reinstall os (or do another acrobatic moves) just to read a minori's game, there are solution. See post in anime-sharing forum:
http://www.anime-sharing.com/forum/torrents-47/5-%5B121221%5D-%5Bminori%5D-夏空のペルセウス-
シンプル版-soundtrack-bgm-music-wallpaper-%5Bh-game%5D-%5Bkeygen-installcrack%5D-99745/index7.h
tml#post694510

>>10270407
>soundtrack packed with disc images
>uploading packed images in torrents at all

>>10269779
I'm just wondering, why did they bother requiring decoding of the script for that if everyone can see the function they use to do it?

>>10270675
That's a first a WAB title has ever been this high, if memory serves. Usually they take the ninth or tenth spot.

OwaSekai was rather unremarkable overall save for the end, but Japan seems to like it for some reason. Must be Ili alone.

>>10270675
Didn't know VB was already so famous.

>>10270675

Why can't they just run this engrish through google translate? Is there a subset of japan that expects the engrish?

>>10270675
Seeing Irotoridori no Hikari in the 90's makes my autism react.
Mainly because Sekai bored me so much I really can't get the drive to read it, but I hate missing highly rated stuffs

>>10270715
Well, I didn't play it or read reviews of it but it's a fandisc. The rating is probably heavily skewed because only people who enjoyed the original would play it. Unless it's a "fandisc" like Ruitomo's or Himawari's

That one eroge_expert_1750_eroge_read think Hikari is the best title of the year too.
http://taptos3.blog.fc2.com/

Finished the anti -Coup d'État route in 百機夜行. I really liked this game a lot, if they do a sequel with some gameplay improvements and a better narrative this could be something amazing.

>>10271202
Is the ero linear as in you'll get all the scenes automatically or do you have to choose which heroine to see scenes of or things like that?

>>10271216
As long as you talk to everyone between missions you should get them all. Except for the route exclusive ones of course.

I'm not sure if I'm reading this correctly. Did she just put tea in a bag for him and tell him to eat it at home?

How on earth do you put tea in a bag?

>>10271320

Drinks in a bag is not odd, you can get milk in bags.

>>10271320
Wait a minute, it was cake all along. Why would you say tea when you mean cake? Is this woman stupid?

>>10271336

see http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/07/snapshots-from-singapore-the-to-go-bag.html

Also before paper cartoons, alcohols were also sold in bags.

>>10271355

There are things called teacakes. Could it have meant one of those?

WAIT WAIT WAIT
Amane is a lesbian?

>>10271445
probably need some context I'm talking about meikyuu

>>10271445
I don't see how given how much she likes the dick.

>>10271445
She isn't a lesbian, just gay for Kazuki.

>>10271519
isn't that what defines a lesbian, does she even like yuuji CAN YOU EVEN GET A HAPPY END WITH HER?

>>10271693
what? did you not play kajitsu? she has the happiest of all ends ;_;

>>10271772
Fuck that route why did it have to go that far in the future? ;_;

>>10271772
well after playing meikyuu I saw how much fuck all that mattered

>>10271862
Her after story is really consequent with her route. She's still a heavy depressed wreck who doesn't believe she should be forgiven and everything is fine.

>>10271869
that doesn't make it right, that whole scene ruined my day and now I don't even feel like playing rakuen

What's up with the patch for ボクの彼女はガテン系? Why is it almost as big as the game itself?

>>10271883
you do realize professor dave h-scenes aren't canon right

>>10271994
still ruined my day

Fuck yeah, Taimanin Asagi 3 is out.

>>10270090
R-15 means Restricted to ages 15 and above.
Most likely won't have any sex scenes at all.

>>10269871
This one is the 18+ edition.

Look a the 18禁 tag.

Just finished Sekka's route in KimiSora. Somehow, I marathoned through all of it in a single session, and I'm glad I did. I liked it quite a lot.

The first ending was bittersweet. Sekka passed on happily and found peace, although it means she and the protagonist have to separate. The reason for the bullying will probably destroy some people's willing suspension of disbelief, but it did accomplish it's mission of making me bear extreme hatred for these people. Most people will probably find the first ending to be the Good Ending, since in the second ending, Sekka's possessiveness and yandere traits go all the way, to the dismay of people who see her as a selfish bitch.

I see this ending as a second Good Ending rather a bad one and I'm glad you're given the option. Although it's a fake world and the protagonist was basically being manipulated by Sekka, they became happy (though the bullying suddenly just stopping out of nowhere was strange) and supposedly lived happily ever after, although when reading between the lines it seemed like there was a bit of an implication that the protagonist felt something was still strange. Either way, Sekka's deredere side gave me diabetes and their interactions were cute. Ignorance is truly bliss.

In the end, it's a matter of perspective between facing reality or escaping it. Damn, what I'd give for my own fake world ending.

Oh, and the art is quite beautiful.

>>10272306
When I said R-15, I was referring to the bottom right link at that screenshot. They're selling both an R-18 and R-15 version. Makes you wonder why they'd do that.

>>10272325
Normal Answer:
Catering to different layer of consumer.

Circus Answer:
It's Circus after all.

>>10272334
>It's Circus after all.
I won't be surprised if the R-15 version will contain a different scene that is not in the R-18 version and vice versa.

Speaking of Circus, do we know anything about this?

>>10272346
In case you haven't noticed, D.C.III will be released in PSP too at February.

Why does /jp/ hate Fate/Stay Night and yet love Dies Irae?

>>10272398
Dies Irae isn't translated and is more obscure.

Sumisora finished White Album 2's Chinese translation a few days ago.
Why couldn't English translation project be as productive as them? *sigh*

http://bbs.sumisora.org/read.php?tid=11041417

>>10272398
Simply because DI is a lot better than Fate in every aspect.

>>10272613
Because Chinese translations are notoriously horrible.

>>10272370
>7th anniversary

Jesus Christ. I can understand 10th anniversary projects, but does every single year have to be an anniversary project of a sort?

>>10272398
/jp/ hates fate? Are you from some parallel world?

>>10272759
How bad is it when someone translates a Chinese translation into English?

I'm pretty sure there was something recent that was translated like this but I can't remember.

>>10272759
So are English translations. Go ahead, count the number of good translators we have in the English scene. It's basically Makoto, koestl, Phar (dunno if he'll ever translate anything else), and... that's about it. Maybe Moogy is a genius translator and we just don't know it because he doesn't translate. Ixrec and Aroduc fall under the same criticism the Chinese translators get, since they're fast and do mediocre work.

>>10272888
Bad. Don't do it.

>>10272613
Is it inadvisable to do the main heroine first, or does it not matter?

I heard that the VN contains love triangle, and I'm wondering if doing certain routes will ruin other routes for me.

>>10272891
>>10272893
How about you try learning Japanese and translating then?

Fucking elitists.

>>10272906
...I am a translator. I'm working on two games right now and having a hacker work on a third for me to do after that.

>>10272906
I do translate. Just manga though.

There's no way that I'd spend months of my life to translate eroge just so that ~20,000 people would read it.

I can pull in ~200,000 people with 10 minutes of translation when I'm doing manga.

>>10272906
I did translate until you turboautists called me a weeb.

>>10272888
How well anyone translates anything depends largely on how good of a writer they are in the target language.

>>10272891
>Makoto, koestl, Phar

Who are these people and what have they done?

>>10272896
>Is it inadvisable to do the main heroine first, or does it not matter?

The game structure is like this:

Introductory Chapter - completely linearly. Finishing it opens up CC.

Closing Chapter - you should do the normal ending, Koharu, Mari, Chiaki's normal/true route, then finally Setsuna. Finishing up Setsuna opens up coda.

coda - you should do the normal ending, Kazusa's normal/true route, then finally Setsuna's true route.

>>10272913
What are you working on?

Does anyone have a reliable torrent or dl link for Scarlett?

The one on Sukebei is voiceless for some reason.

>>10272920
Are the subheroines really good, or should I only bother with the two main heroines?

Not that guy.

>>10272929
Dl the patch.

>>10272855
Official /jp/ list of kusoge
1. Muv Luv
2. Cross†Channel
3. Umineko
4. Yume Miru Kusuri
5. Subahibi
6. Fate/Stay Night

Official /jp/ list of kamige
1. Clannad
2. Planetarian
3. Muramasa
4. Baldr Sky
5. Tsukihime
6. Grisaia

>>10272935
I personally liked the sub-heroines quite a lot but of course this is going to vary from person to person.

I think the game really should have locked Setsuna's route for last since the sub-heroines reveal things about Setsuna and Haruki's character and relationship that aren't shown in just Setsuna's route. So in other words, yes, definitely do the sub-heroines even if you feel guilty about it because IMO it's necessary to fully understand the main characters.

When is Leaf releasing their new games?

All this talk of WA2 is making me antsy that their three new games are still not dated.

>>10273011
What's the other one, besides TtT2 and Underwater Ray Romano 2?

Though I'd rather have more Maruto's goodness. For some reason his games tend to use your girlfriend's tears as lubricant

>>10272943
Official /jp/ list of kusoge
1. Muv Luv
2. Cross†Channel
3. Umineko
4. Yume Miru Kusuri
5. Subahibi
6. Fate/Stay Night
7. Clannad
8. Planetarian
9. Muramasa
10. Baldr Sky
11. Tsukihime
12. Grisaia

Official /jp/ list of kamige
1. Muv Luv
2. Cross†Channel
3. Umineko
4. Yume Miru Kusuri
5. Subahibi
6. Fate/Stay Night
7. Clannad
8. Planetarian
9. Muramasa
10. Baldr Sky
11. Tsukihime
12. Grisaia

>>10273024
Jasmine.

I don't think any information has been released yet, but from the single art they have put up, I heavily suspect that the story will be another serious romance/drama.

>>10273024
Any other good Maruto game recommendation?

I've just finished WA2 a few days ago and I can't stop thinking about it.

>>10273030
It's sad to see just how true this list is.

>>10272940
I'm assuming that you're talking about "update 3" folder.

I've tried using every executable located in that folder to no avail. The readme file is a bunch of computer jumbo I sadly don't understand.

Can you give me some pointers?

>>10273041
I've seen Damekoi recommended a lot.

>>10273024
Maruto seems to be working on Taiyou no Ko but I haven't seen any updates for that game in a while. I'm hoping it's not dead.

>>10273058
>Damekoi
>WA2

Why. Why can't other VN writers write a non-high schooler protagonist?

I find myself being able to relate to them less and less as I get older.
Hopefully, the success of WA2 will spurry other companies to write something in that vein.

>>10273068
You're too well-adjusted

>>10273048
http://holyseal.net/cgi-bin/mlistview.cgi?prdcode=5561

>>10273073
I'm getting kicked out of my apartment in 5 days.
I don't have hot water nor gas.
I'm leeching internet from my neighbor.

I'm hardly what you'd call well-adjusted.

Maybe a late-20s hobo protagonist would help me deal with the situation.

>>10273084
>200MBs

That is one of the most ridiculous fixes I've seen so far.

Thanks anon. Hopefully, it'll work this time.

>>10273068
I don't know. Is a mopey college student dragging around a self-centered obsession with old relationship drama really more "relatable" for you? I wanted to beat Haruki around the head three dozen times before I even got to coda.

>>10273068
Given the sheer amount of games/anime/manga that take place in high school and the sheer lack of games/anime/manga that don't, I'd assume that Japanese life after high school is so atrociously horrible that they never want to be reminded of their lot in life while perusing entertainment.

Which is kind of funny given Haruki's situation in WA2 - works 12 hours a day every single day and sleeps about 4 hours a night. How the hell is he still alive? Much less have an active sex life, realistically he'd fall dead asleep mid thrust.

>>10273099
Damekoi MC who just got fired and got divorced is pretty relatable to me, honestly.

Even a college student would make for a better MC. An elementary school kid would make for a better MC. Anything but a high school guy.

>>10273105
Kizuato has a college aged protagonist.

>>10273099
I'd say it's more relatable than the worries of a high schooler. Also, I'd say him being like that was equally Setsuna's fault. She should have just dumped his ass and moved on. There are more fish out in the sea. Seriously girl, you could do way better than a cheating scumbag.

>>10273113
Getting dangerously close to spoiler territory here.

Use the spoiler tags.

>>10273119
Please do not advocate spoiler abuse.

>>10273175
Spoiler tags are intended for use in discussing information that would spoil information on the story to those who have not yet entertained it.

>>10273030
I like how /jp/ doesn't consider Dies Irae to be a kamige.

>>10273175
You'll be talking about how the quoting function is being abused by being used to quote people next.

People are shallow enough that they judge protagonists by their age? And I thought people who dismiss games because of their setting were bad.

>>10273217
Not really, but age brings a more unique experience to the player. There are things that adults can experience but high-schoolers cannot.

For example, I really like the work environment of a salaryman and all the strings behind it as it is described by the MC in Damekoi. Such things are possible because the protagonist is 29 and is a person is trying to earn his paycheck to survive in society and to support his family. That's not something you would typically find in a protagonist of a high school age.

>>10273217
Reading a different variation of the same setting gets tiring after a while.

The 100th high school eroge is decidedly less enjoyable than your fifth college eroge, considering all else are equal.

What are you guys even talking about, there are lots of eroge where the protagonist isn't a high schooler. Not as many as high school games sure, but enough to keep yourself occupied for a while. Games by Craftwork, raiL-soft, Nitroplus (not all of them I guess but still), probably at least a dozen or so individual titles that I could name and even more games that I haven't played.

>>10273254
Actually I like high school eroges more then anything else actually it gives a chance to experience something I missed.

>>10273444
So only a few each year.

That's pretty bad, all things considered.

>>10273246
>>10273254
Not him, but that's what is shallow.

>>10273084
It didn't work. I patched it, but still no voices and the script is still broken.

Do you have any advice?

>>10273444
There are over a dozen VNs/Eroges that gets released every month. The majority of them are usually in a high school setting with the MC as a high schooler.

Yes there are exceptions, but they're the minority. Hell, you even have some that try REALLY hard to just add a twist to a high school setting for something unique...

Just CTRL+Skipped my way through the majority of this and holy fuck was it generic as all hell.

Pic related is the only good thing that came out of it.

What are you doing in this shitty game Amane? Go back to Grisaia and continue being awesome.

>>10273555
You know something is wrong when MC uses a condom when banging his childhood friend

>>10273571
>condom

Picked up

>>10273555
Eh, it was alright. The art was nice, some of the girls were very enjoyable, and really that's all you need in a game like that.

>>10273467
>>10273546
I dunno about you guys but I don't really mind most of this medium being shit as long as there is something interesting released every now and then. It's not like I'd find the writing in an average high school moege/nukige any more interesting even if they changed the setting to a university or whatever.

>>10273762
I dunno. A moege set in an office with late 20s workers might be interesting.

Just finished reading the trial of 滅び朽ちる世界に追憶の花束を, a doujin game.
I know I often sound over-appreciative when I post about the random doujin games I read here but this one is just something else

http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/amuse/se485318.html

I will post my impressions later, but for now people who want something a bit different should go read it.

>>10273773
>trial
Maybe when the full game comes out.

>>10273798
It's already out

>>10273800
Then why are you playing the trial?

>>10273807
That's a pretty stupid question.
This is how I know something is good and worth getting, by actually trying it.

>>10273807
Gee, whyever would anyone play the trial of a game before deciding to buy the full version?

>>10273826
>buy

So, how did Perseus sell? Is Minori saved?

>>10273914
Can I b lame WA2 for the raise of christmas suicides in japan now?

>>10273914
Are Visual Novels mainstream enough to be reviewed by Famitsu?

I always thought that they'd be more niche.

That bitch

>>10273952
It's a good game and it's on console, why wouldn't they talk about it? Adventure games aren't really isolated from the other genres, maybe you're thinking about how eroge is niche, for obvious reasons.

>>10274002
"Dating Sims" have a negative connotation and are not traditionally reviewed by the press, at least in the west.

I was assuming that WA2 would fall under that category, at least in the perception of the normals.

>>10273944
It's a top seller for what that's worth.

Is there a site dedicated to eroge sales data?

>>10274036
http://pele.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/erog/1352977193/
Usually has the latest data.

Pretty empty victory for Minori considering how shit Perseus is.

>>10274036
Nope, the sales figures on magazines/getchu are basically just estimates and/or based on sales on just a couple retailers. I don't think anyone other than the companies themselves know exactly how much their games have sold in the end.

Also
http://www.getchu.com/all/rank_sales.html?genre=pc_soft

>>10274043
No need to be a jackass just because you didn't enjoy the game.

>>10274043
>13　0805　05,224　2012年04月27日　D.C.III～ダ・カーポIII～　CIRCUS

Wow.

>>10274045
You can tell easily enough through their financial statements if the company's public.

>>10274053
well, the faithful fanbase that keeps buying is the reason we got like 40 da capo titles or something, it's not that surprising

>>10274067
>40 da capo titles
There are like 80 or something actually

Why is Caim so mean?

The average game doing less than 5k is really depressing. Especially considering how much ELF stuff used to sell in the 90s.

It's time for otaku to start breeding. Their children will be the next generation eroge buyers.

>16　0994　11,144　30　--　2010年03月26日　WHITE ALBUM 2～introductory chapter～　Leaf

Seriously?

>>10274067
>>10274072
You have to be joking.

I thought that there were maybe 7 at max.

>>10274088
How much did Elf stuff sell in the 90s?

I was expecting eroge sales to have gone up gradually until ~2008 due to proliferation of computers.

>>10274096
~100,000

>>10274101
Wow. I guess one NTR title does make a difference.

>>10274088
Eh. Isn't it an effect of piracy more than anything else?

I remember when I used to buy software.

>>10274096
Here's some data.

>>10274110
Not really, the main problem is that there's a glut of eroge being released. The industry is due for a videogame crash.

>>10274088
I think part of that is that there's simply too much stuff right now. A lot of companies have been trying to get into the eroge market, and even if a lot of them go bankrupt there's always others who try to join. I mean even when a very solid game gets released there's usually other slightly lower tier but still high profile releases in the same month, let alone year, so the consumers are going to be spread a lot rather than concentrated on those few top tier releases.
I guess the economy doesn't help too

>>10274121
>The industry is due for a videogame crash.

I may as well kill myself right now.
VNs are the only thing I have look forward to in my life.

>>10274141
Not sure about VNs particularly as much but video games generally do need to crash and burn right now. The industry is unsalvageable, on the whole.

>>10274149
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't the video game industry dramatically flourished in the past 3-4 years due to normal people finally accepting the medium?

All my "average" friends who would not have played games five years ago are now playing WoW and CoD.

>>10274161
Which is exactly the problem. The video game industry has become mindless, heartless, soulless, with no meaning and no value. Everything is a stretch for another dollar, with no effort, and massively overpriced. Video games are probably doing better than ever, financially, but they are doing worth than ever as far as quality and value are concerned.

>>10274161
>friends

>>10274176
i want /v/ to leave

>>10274178
We stay here forever and impregnate your munth

>>10274176
Well, acquaintances and family friends if you want to be technical.

I just like to use the word friends.

Good article except the "girl game" part (wtf is that, Polygon?)

http://www.polygon.com/2012/12/25/3803070/japan-review-check-the-day-a-girl-game-outscored-the-mario
-bros

>>10274219
I kind of expected bashing or something because it's VN, but at least they admit they can't comment on it because they haven't read it, which I'm sure other sites would do.

>>10274219
Link doesn't work.

>>10274239
4chan breaks the line for some reasons. You can manually copy and paste it to the address bar so that the "-bros" part becomes a part of the link and it should work.

http://www.polygon.com/2012/12/25/3803070/japan-review-check-the-day-a-girl-game-outscored-the-mario
-bros

>>10274242
Is he seriously complaining that a VN beat out the game he has been playing almost constantly since he was a small child?

>>10274312
He doesn't sound as if he is complaining.
I think he is humored by the outcome of it.

In a way, the fact that WA2 outscored Mario also amuses me.

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