/jp/ - Otaku Culture

While we're at it
http://www.lose.jp/maitetsu/

Also the emote movements in the game look like they could need a strong PC. I hope for good optimalization.

>>14250417
I was going to say that 2D movements aren't that expensive but I remembered japs suck terribly hard at optimization. Although I remember the Monobeno engine being not that bad in that sense.

>>14250425
Monobeno uses Kirikiri, I believe. So Lose probably programmed all the effects on top of it. But yeah, it wasn't so badly optimized. But this time they're adding e-mote.

>>14250412
Can't wait.

>>14250443
Here's something you won't see on the website.

>>14250434
Oh I see, I didn't bother to check. It still depends on them as KiriKiri is just a framework, I've seen games that work pretty smoothly on Kikiri and others that run like shit.

Also are they banning IPs or is it down? I'm getting Forbidden, which is weird since the rest of the site works for me.

>>14250471
I think it was discussed before, that some people were getting 403s on Lose's site.

It's definetly not down, I can access it fine. But I'm in Japan.

>>14250468
A-am I going to jail now?

>>14250481
Just tried a Japanese proxy and it works. So they are banning some gaijin ranges.

I remember the whole site being actually down (no response) several hours ago, they probably did it as a countermeasure since it's that directory only. Doubt they'll lift it though.

https://twitter.com/SCA_DI/status/656465941853659136
Seems like *someone's* weeping about scripting reached even SCAJI.

>>14250412
>What is she saying
can't understand?

Even stil japanese young boys？
Have some shame!

>>14250622
Somehow I doubt that's the reason they're making such patch.

>>14250412
> loli in military fashion uniform talking about true yamato masculinity
I can already see it being my favorite game of 2016.

>>14250637
T-train uniform

>>14250637
That's a train uniform, I'm sorry miliota. You still have Kancolle though.

Well?

>>14250677
I'm happy that good game is ahead of sakuuta crap.

>>14250677

>>14250677
Proof Primal Hearts is good Mr. q***.

>>14250677
>PRIMALxHEARTS2
I'll rage if it's garbage.

>>14250677
Do japs just get paid a shitload or something? How do people afford to buy these regularly at that price?

>>14250717
>I'll rage if it's garbage.
The routes will be, only good for masturbating.

>>14250412
I'd suck the dick of whoever designed that uniform.

>>14250719
People who have a regular job will earn enough money to afford several of these every month assuming they don't have any other hobbies, which is the case. Otaku don't use their money on partying, eating out with friends, fashion or any of the standard normalfag money sinks, so they can afford these, overpriced anime blurays, figurines, manga and all other otaku-related stuff.

That, or NEETs enabled by their parents.

>>14250739
It'd be a little more reasonable if these ever underwent price drops, but no, it'll stay that price for years.

>>14250677
It's worth noting that Sakura no Uta has been ranking high on the preorder charts for literally months now. The total sales will probably blow away just about everything else this year.

>>14250719
For standing at a metro station and annoucing trains etc., you can get 1000 yen per hour. I think it was 8 working hours a day. So one day and a bit and you can buy a VN. Only problem is that you only get one free day a week. At least that's what the job offer poster I saw at my local metro station says.

I presume more specialized jobs are paid better.

>>14250412
Isn't it great when your pedo-eroge lets you inform the world about your tastes with single click right from the game itself?

>>14250758
Didn't even notice that.

>>14250758
Holy shit.

>>14250724
I'll destroy you.

>>14250742
Nobody really expects any of these games to sell a significant amount past their first week after release.

>>14250758
This kind of thing is best enjoyed in secrecy, lest you want to be scorned by absolutely everyone who isn't into it.

>>14250758
Didn't their twitter account also get banned recently as well?

>>14250815
Yes. Also happened to some artists' accounts.

>>14250803
In Twitter you end up getting followed by people with the same tastes as you. Japs use Twitter a ton, I've seen a lots of eroge players there.

>>14250417
>I hope for good optimalization.
You can predict the optimization if even the company's own promotional videos run like this.
https://youtu.be/bHCxk9s0yWY
https://youtu.be/hRapdPwEOFM
https://youtu.be/_q2loAlP0TI

>>14250974
Wow, that's pretty bad. Not to mention, they only have like 1,000 views each...

>>14250974
I now finally have an excuse to overclock my toaster and set the entire house on fire! Thanks Lose.

>>14250974
Let's hope it's just an encoding issue.

>>14250996
Site has only been up for what, four hours?

>>14250974
Jesus that hachiroku cg looks awkward enough but in motion it looks downright awful.

>>14250468
That body is disgusting. Should've kept the clothes on.

>>14251014
>>14251002
>>14250996
>>14251007
These don't sound like very good first impressions.

>>14250974
That voice isn't fitting at all for her, and that animation is janky and awkward as fuck.

Hopefully they can at least fix up the latter.

>>14250974
It would actually look alright if it was smooth.

>>14250974
Disappointment of the year.

>>14250719
I was on 5,000,000 yen a year when I entered my current company as a graduate.

Not sure how my company compares to the average in terms of pay, though.

So yeah gonna need some help
i wanna get rid of some VNs as i download and played them for a while and can't really get into others and end up with a ton of incomplete VNs. I forget the stories and names and its troubling.
so yeah which ones should i get rid off?

Drakoi (think i got the true end but kinda want to see the other ends)

Leyline 1 (just got done with the teddy bears)

moyoerufutari up to the seeing the skeleton in the lab

tonakoi (finihsed rina's route doing blondy now)

workspring (finished hikari's route and kinda want to try her true end but hate the rest of the girls)

soshiteashita (just got to yuuhi's restuarant)

silverio vandetta (just met his rich friend)

hanachirasu (sekihan jut met the girl in the shop)

renai (finished blue's route , kinda want to do pink's)

The two mangekyu games that aren't the blue haried girl

love equation doing spika's route kinda want to do chisato's route

kanojou no seiiki (they finally did it)

drucu riot (about to do it with miu did elina's route but that was in english i wanna do it in jap)

I have some others but these are the one's i remember now.

ユーマを抱きしめて

it's beautiful.

>>14251229
Leyline's sequels are much better than the first game and it's worth reading solely for those. The games are pretty short too and you can skip the non-canon side heroine routes.

>>14251240
Kinda got bored with the teddy bear route but the fairy tale world was pretty cool and a nice change of pace.

Does really it get better?

Where do you guys buy your eroge?

>>14251243
Yeah, the first game's more of an introduction to the characters and setting, plus I thought the main twist at the very end was kind of cool.
The second game introduces entertaining new characters, has a more coherent plot (the separate cases tie better into the main story and serve to foreshadow coming twists) and especially the last chapters are a real emotional roller coaster.

>>14251245
Online duh

>>14250824
>Japs
Why so racist?

>>14251314

>>14250974
That's just a low frame rate encode.
Look at the text. It isn't smooth either.

Also her voice doesn't sound like a loli at all.

>>14251340
>Also her voice doesn't sound like a loli at all.
My thoughts exactly, it's so unfitting

Hopefully the framerate is better in person. I don't have a toaster so it should run fine.

>>14251069
>>14251340
>>14251354
I like her voice, fuck you fags, It has a mature loli feel.

>>14251340
I've quite enjoyed her voice. Its not too loli, but neither is her character. Will not make me feel like dirty pedo as well.

Judging by his latest tweets, dovac is now planning to switch to smaho app vns with microtransactions.

>>14250417
>403 Forbidden
Any decent japanese proxy services so I can check this out?

>>14251396
If you're concerned about not feeling like a dirty pedo, Maitetsu may not be the game for you.

>>14251466
He can always say he's playing it for one of the three older girls. Kinda like saying he's reading a nukige for the plot, but to each their own.

>>14251466
I love hachiroku design, character and voice => this is game for me. You don't like her voice, so seems like its you who is not its target audience.

>>14251476
I'm not the guy you were talking to and I don't mind her voice. I'm just not sure how you could possibly expect to play this game without feeling like a dirty pedo every step of the way. That is, in fact, kind of the point.

>>14250743
Best game of the year confirmed

>>14251529
As if it had competition to begin with. This year wasn't particularly strong at all.

>>14251530
Whats an example of strong games from previous years?

>>14251535
Hello Lady and Senshinkan from last year.

>>14251541
Well there was a senshinkan this year. Did it do that much better last year?

>>14251530
>>14251541
This year we had Fairytale Requiem and Neyuki no Gen'ei but no one gave a shit.

>>14251557
>Neyuki no Gen'ei

That was good? The art kinda drew me away.

Its good that hipster sakura shit is failed.

>>14251561
I guess it started out as an idea for a nukige, hence the art and the high amount of porn, but they ended up with a nice horror story. It's short, though. NanaRin was better I guess, but it still seems they're actually attempting to write good scenarios. I have hopes up for Silky's Plus.

>>14251580
Hmm, can you spoil it? Just the general concepts, no need to write each details.

It's unlikely that I'll play it, but I'm interested to know what they did with it.

>>14251569
What the fuck are you talking about? It's going to be a massive success.

>>14250974
Optimization and fixing the robot arms would solve almost all the issues.

Does /jp/ like 饅頭顔？

>>14251245
ErogeShop

>>14251600
>fixing all the issues would solve all the issues
Well, yes. Why we all are not living in paradise yet then? Because in this world issues are not fixable by wishful thinking.

>>14251245
Whichever store has the bonuses I like most of course.
Half the point in buying it is the "free" stuff you get with it.

>>14250719
>>14250742

It's not like you can even finish more than an eroge or two in a month if you have a full-time job and something resembling a social life. 9000-18000jpy a month is nothing even if you take into account shipping and customs. Are you guys 13 or something?

>>14252596
>9000-18000jpy a month is nothing
100-200 bucks is most certainly something.

>>14252671
The median salary in Japan seems to be around $3500 a month pretax, cutting a few hundred out of it for your only hobby is entirely manageable.

If you're poor it's a big deal but the average Japanese person is not poor, he's average.

>>14252702
What's the cost of living, though?

>>14252596
It seems you seriously lack class consciousness. /jp/ is a socialist board, please consider other people's environments.

>>14250512
Only if you live in a police state like Canada or Australia!

>>14252935
You know that law wasn't pass in Australia right?

>>14252972
Not that anon, but which law? Is it really possible to go to jail over a random pic on the internet? I thought that did not happen even with real CP.

>>14252984
There was a law that would basically make looking at naked flat chested women illegal, Thing is that it wasn't limited to young women so the law was rather stupid. I don't remember the rest of the details other than It didn't pass

>>14252994
So, the whole thing about not allowing flat-chested women in porn/viewing of such isn't true? How do I know you're not just a shill?

>>14252984
In times like these, it's best to use Tor/other encryption on a Linux distro of your choice to prevent the globalists & various government agencies from tying your activity back to you. If they need you in jail, they can dig up something about you & have you incarcerated.

>>14253010
Anon, remove your tinfoil. If you're not in Canada or the UK, viewing loli is legal.

>>14253010
I said flat chested women, not lolis. Under 18 is still asking for trouble regardless if it's drawn content

>>14253010
>How do I know you're not just a shill?
We're on /jp/ not /pol/. Hell you could probably ask /pol/ about what happened to the law

>>14253027
>If you're not in Canada or the UK, viewing loli is legal.
Viewing loli is illegal in many states (USA), I forget exactly which ones but you really should look up your local laws.

>>14253047
Fortunately I don't live in the land of freedom.

>>14253189
Well the post said "if you're not in Canada or the UK" which is not true.

>>14253194
You are right, my mistake.

It's actually technically illegal in most countries, just never enforced.

>>14250974
Lose wouldn't be dumb enough to not allow you to turn off e-mote. Even if it turns out bad I doubt it'll be game breaking, just wasted effort.

>　本作にはヒロインたちを狙う男性キャラも多数登場。寝取りだけでなく寝取られシチュエーションも豊富に用意されている。さらに、寝取られが苦手なユーザーのため純愛モードも搭載！　ライバルたちを気にすることなく、一途な愛を満喫できるのだ。
kek

>>14253483
Source? Is that for 妻みぐい3 ?

>>14253047
That's state level. I thought that at the national level, loli is protected by freedom of expression (as it's somebody's art work), so long as it's not deemed "obscene" by the jury.

TOMORROW

10 YEARS

>>14251245
AmiAmi because I don't care about 店舗特典 and they ship directly without a proxy.

I know its not a japanese learning thread but do you guys run into new words when reading?

Do you actually look up the meaning and stuff or just guess/assume the meaning and move on. I mean i run into some words i don't know i don't really bother looking them up but i might miss out on some information or get the word wrong..

>>14253202
Viewing loli is not illegal in canada

>>14253621
Little bit of both, looking it up is always better for comprehension but guessing is a lot faster so it's a balance.

Is there a way to stream stuff to an ipad?

Don't you get tired of reading while sitting in a chair?

I mean I sometimes just lay down with a laptop but still it kinda gets annyoing as a laptop isn't that small and can get hot. Plus most of my stuff is on my desktop.

>>14253676
>ipad
Dunno.
But I'm using a windows 8.1 tablet so I can just start the games normally on it.

>>14253729
tablet, yeah that would be convenient.

I got a laptop a few month ago i had a choice for a removable, should've gotten that.

>>14253676
There comes a point where you've spent 90% of your day in a chair for many, many years, and at that point you will no longer care where you read things.

>>14253754
yeah but i get if its games or computer stuff but i mean reading for hours?

>>14253761
I used to read for hours everyday on the bus so I'm used to it. This relaxing computer chair is prime sitting material compared to the hard board of schoolbus seat.

so its coming out tomorrow right?

is a crack necessary is there a waiting time?

>>14250627
>>14250627
Anybody?

>>14254098
Sorry, images can't be hooked so no one can machine translate it.

>>14254098
But with that is Japanese male youths?
Insert shame!

>>14254101
Are most people here text hook users i thoight there was only a few

>>14254098
>>14250627
http://www.lose.jp/maitetsu/world.html
Read this, I would do so to summarize but it's blocked for me.

>>14254162
俺も

>>14254116
I think you mistook "text hook users" with "hookers." There are only a few hookers in this thread (I'm one of them).

>>14254175
Well, in short 日ノ本 is a place.

>>14254176
All I want is a hooker to read eroge to me.

what's your favourite type of gurl

mine is the loyal type by that i guess i mean deredere
like hikari from workspring
also
the friendly girl next door type
like
aya from hatsuyuki sakura

>>14254184
You're in luck, I only charge $50/hr on Wednesdays.

>>14254190
I really like girls that are pretty apathetic or even hostile to you, but slowly come to love you; in short tsundere/kuudere. When it comes to deredere (see: osananajimis) the love just feels fake because from day one it's obvious they're in love with you for god know's why. Seeing a gradual process of a girl falling is very enjoyable so I like those girls the most, they feel much more real.

>>14253590
What do they write under "detailed description of goods" on the dispatch note? Any mention that it's an adult item?

>>14254208
Okay i guess i know what you mean but i guess some past scenes help in establishing that.

Also do you mean gurls that still act hostile to MC after falling in love or just turn complete deredere.

I like tsundere but kinda get ticked when its the MC constantly being bullied

>>14254227
Definitely turning complete dere dere, I was referring to classic tsundere, these modern tsunderes are often just plain obnoxious.

>>14254194
If only I didn't blow all my money on Sakura no Uta.

Quick post fav girls

>>14254261

>>14254261

>>14254261

>>14254261

>>14254294
name?

>>14254261

>>14254311
never mind 「紙の上の魔法使い
i had it ages ago i think

>>14254221
Video game.

>>14254311
月社 妃

>>14254314
she looks like the type of gurl that will tease your dick

>>14254293
i found a cg with her in a wedding dress and another had a kid.

is there some after story im missing?

>>14254336
Go to extras and then go to side stories.

>>14254348
I remember there being just a bit where shes at a nursery didn't know there were more

>>14254356
Yeah it's just optional, well, side stories. They give additional scenes, mainly fan-service. I'd say the main routes ended the "narrative" but there wasn't a lot of narrative, haha.

>>14254261

>>14254432
Like ikinari, I don't understand eroge where the main character is subject to torment of an extreme like this.
Is it funny?
Am I missing something?

>>14254465
You don't know what torture is. MC is surrounded by cute girls and gets to fuck them, how is that torture?

>>14254476
He still gets treated like shit, made fun of, I get a little comedic relief but this is too much.

Purple wants him to substitute the guy that left
White wants him to substitute her brother
Red wants him to substitute her vibrator

>>14254320
>>14254294
MeiMei's voice fit her character so well.

>>14254432
Slut.

>>14254261

>>14254476
Isn't true end that he didn't actually fuck anybody and left alone forever?

>>14254655
Yes.

>>14254261
This strong and resolute girl.

>>14254655
but best gurl still winks at him, indicating something>>14254271

>>14254712
> indicating something
"Hey, loser, what's the feeling being inferior to vibrator? Please hurry up and kill yourself, you are chou kimo wwwwwww"

>>14254722
i meant hikari fuck >>14254432

>>14254486
I don't think Inori treated the mc badly though, yes she always calls him annoying because he alway make a contact with her when she prefers to be alone.

>>14254261

Why shitposters like uwaki workspring so much?

It's kind of unsettling that people are only posting girls from forgettable flavor of the month VNs.

>>14254768
This is moebuta general, and only worst kind of posters respond to these endless "wut ur fav <xxx>" surveys.

>>14254757
>Towa
Fuck yes. Her 毒舌 was top-notch. It's been a while an eroge heroine made my dick hard without me even touching it.

Now every time I hear Kusuhara Yui's voice it reminds me of Towa and my dick gets hard by itself.

>>14254768
Everyone else is too old and busted. Therefore, forgotten.

>>14254771
>This is moebuta general
Oh fuck off, these threads have been exclusively Sakura no Uta + shitposting for the past several weeks.

>>14254261

>>14254780
ITS COMING OUT TOMORROW!!!

>>14254757
whos the meme gir at the bottom always see

>>14254765
just hikari really its nothing that special though i haven really done aroutes other than hers.

>>14254780
Implying sakuuta is not moege.

>>14254712
Let's be real, so many years have passed that all of them most likely already have boyfriends or husbands. Yuuma is the only kissless virgin in his group of friends.

>>14254836
It's real deal moege.

>>14254775
All we need now is waiting for digitalized voice actresses who sound just like the real deal and we can create our own NTR IF stories of popular moege.

>>14254771
You DO realize that the moe in moege refers to falling in love with the girls? Obviously people will predominantly post girls from games designed around immersing the player into a heartfelt romance with them. And even if people posted plotge, do you think Saber fanboys have more refined and intelligent taste than "moebuta"? Didn't think so.

>>14254837
wouldn't they bring them to the gathering?

>hey guys look at my husband
>these are my friend from school, hubby

>wow times sure have changed never thought x >would get some love

>also these are my kids


seriously though she winked at him on the day they after all those years, still kinda feel bad he doesn't get anything.

havent finish workspring dont like the girls except hikari should i CTRL their routes do the have any thing interesting?

>>14254865
I can imagine MC wanting to kill himself that very moment.

>>14254880
imo if you've reached the point of skipping you should probably just stop playing.

>>14254837
Judging by the picture:

Red is probably still in the bro-zone with protag but what you can't see are the two vibrators penetrating her under her clothing.

Imouto is probably still in love with protag but he's too donkan to realize it but she's still one of the most likely love interests for him at this point.

Black is probably still a maid or something.

Inori is sticking her arse out like a professional probably meaning she fucks about 50 guys a day to satisfy her.

Protagonist's friend is probably still banging all the hot MILFs on a regular basis.

Hikari may or may not have the hots for Yuuma, but if not she at least seems the type to settle down with one man at maximum.

Purple has severe psychological issues and probably got around a lot at her college taking whoever's dick reminded her of her old boyfriend.

>>14254889
>may not

https://vndb.org/g195

>>14254889
why she giving that blind man a fullnelson?

>>14254889
what the fuck is inori meant to be doing in this pic

Have you guys tried drakoi, I liked it.

>>14254942
It was probably nitroplus's best work because haganeya's their best writer and it wasn't long enough to have a bunch of shit thrown in to bring down an otherwise decent game.

>>14254953
I know what you mean I kinda wanted it to be longer but at the same time it might of messed up the story.

>>14254261

>>14254314
Didn't expect this one

>>14254825
The artstyle is super recognizable, you should be able to tell.

Also what's "meme" about her? At lease use retardspeak with some reason to do it.

>>14254261

>>14255101
I see her all the time
theres also a bit where she laughs like crazy in a classroom

>>14255101
>>14255108
but yeah seriously name?

>>14255115
姫野 永遠

>>14255115
Towa, like it was mentioned here >>14254774

>>14254261

>>14255118
okay
>>14255120
though it was a different girl

>>14254261
>>14255135

>>14255154
what it was a trap?

>>14254261

>>14253913
Scaji confirmed on twitter it's going to use Denuvo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNK7WZRVZtQ

>>14255817
As expected of clock up.
Looks really edgy and has nice art.
Will fap to probably.

>>14255817
Woooow!
Male characters are especially nice, good to have story and not self-insert shit.

>>14254261

>>14255442
Sounds good. Finally we get to play his magnum opus!

reminder that if you came from /vg/ you should kill yourself

>>14256063
h-hidoi

>>14254845
Not its not. More philosophical fun for everyone!

>>14255817
Really on the fence about this one. Looks good though.

/vn/ was here.
We run this shit.

How many eroge did you complete to date, /jp/?

>>14252732
Not as high in my country. I live in singapore and shit is waaaay expensive here.

>>14256079
Too many to count. Am I normal /jp/?

>>14256079
1

>>14255817
So is this set in the cthulu mythos?

>>14256079
27

>>14256079
36, since 2010. But I dislike almost everything.

>>14256092
>I dislike almost everything.
Are you green guy?

>>14256096
I'm a more optimistic version of green guy, because I look forward to games and tell myself they are going to be great.

>>14256079
69 in total so far, 41 after I learned japanese.

>>14256079
18, and I only started reading VNs in February 2015. Being holed up in your basement w/ 10 ft of snow outside sure does give you alot of time for escapism via hobbies. I hate living up North.

>>14256079
500+ probably

Visited the August exhibition in Akihabara. Pretty nice thing to see if you're an August fan, I'd recommend it. Picked up some small stuff.

>>14256266
Is this going to be similar to Eustia or a just a typical August moege in an exotic setting?

>>14256270
The interviews usually mention it being something between, so we need to wait and see.

>>14256109
You sound like a masochist.

>>14256092
Do you have a vndb?

>>14256079
150 completed, about 200 in various stages of "playing". Both consist mostly of nukige though.

>>14256443
Actually, if to consider ALL eroge and not only vns, I've completed about 300 titles, including stuff like rpgmaker games and flash animation games.

On the prologue to Big Library Shepherd and it's quite enjoyable so far. About the student council prez, though. Will I ever get to take the wind out of her 真帆s? She might be kind of a manipulative bitch but it seemed like they were setting something up.

Maybe one of the fandisks?

>>14256479
Yes friend, she has a subroute.

>>14256488
Sweet, thanks. I'm off to climb those mountains first, though.

what are the chances that Sakura no Uta will be released?

>>14256498
100%? Discs are already printed, doofus

>>14256507
Shops already confirmed on twitter that boxes are distributed across branches and prepared for sale.

>>14256079
Only Katawa Shoujo

http://www.makura-soft.com/sakuranouta/special/update_download.html
>・本プログラムをインストール後、それ以前のセーブデータは使用出来なくなります。
　アップデート終了後「UserData」フォルダを削除してからプレイしてください。

Great, now I'll have to skip for an hour before playing if I want to play with the patch.

Where is the torrent for sakura no uta? It's midnight in Japan already

>>14256525
What's the patch for?

>>14256525
Those HCGs are fucking atrocious, what the fuck.

>>14256569
Nobody is playing this for the porn. I hope. There's a truckload of better things to play this month if you want to fap.

>>14255135
>The story of the struggles of a transgender man
>the world seems him as a woman, but he sees himself as male
>he creates a fantasy world to try to patch up the discrepancies.

http://www.silkysplus.jp/game/akeiro/index.html

sakura no uta is out praise the gods!!

>>14256656
I dig the OL and milf but pic related just looks bad, I think. Same face as Kotori from Nanairo but a way worse uniform.
Definitely a day one purchase though, Nanairo didn't let me down at all, though I still haven't played Neyuki.
By the way, there's ALREADY a vndb page? Nanana sure worked fast.

>>14256584
i think they look fine hes just hating

>>14256511
pics or it didn't happen

>>14256671
Oh god that pink haired one is amazing.

http://minatosoft.com/koya/download/

Sakura no Uta out yet?

>>14256715
Yes. In any eroge shop of your preference.

>>14256724
This late into the night?

>>14256725
yes its open.

>>14256699
gtfo with that all-ages nonsense

>Sakura_no_Uta_Sakura_no_Mori_no_Ue_wo_Mau-Razor1911

>>14256699
Thanks for the heads up, this certainly makes it easier to stand the couple days' wait before Sakura no Uta is uploaded. Assuming my download finishes before then.

Speaking of Romeo, does anyone happen to know if Saihate no Ima Complete (the version released last August) also has the "loop" DRM? I'm a little ways into the older version and wondering if I should switch.

>>14257142
To add a clarification, it's a DRM which only takes effect a ways into the game. So if you completed the game without running into it, then it's not there.

>>14257142
>couple days' wait
It'll probably be up by tonight.

>>14257142
>also has the "loop" DRM?
Nope, works fine.

>TRUE END(藍)
Please be true, because it's amazing.

Figured out I'd play at least one route of Fureraba while waiting for Sakura no Uta. The protagonist is pretty great.

>>14257260
Awesome, thanks.

>>14257285
I read that exact scene 5 minutes ago, what a coincidence.

>>14257284
where did you hear about that?

>>14257299
>ハイタッチ

Where is Sakura no Uta?

>>14257747
http://sukebei.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=90632

It's up!

>>14257783
It's real. Get in here.

>>14256715
In 10 hours it will be in my hands. Sadly I have things I need to do, so I can't just camp the store and get it as soon as it opens.

>>14257783
>Downloads: 481432

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but is there a CG rip from the Android version of Dies? It's supposed to be of higher quality than the PC version, but it might be too much of a bother to rip it from Android. I got the game, but have no idea how to do it, myself.

What's the big deal about Sakura no Uta?

>>14257999
Seriously?

>>14257999
Nothing, just some hipstershit with bad art and boring writing.

Apparently Kouya is getting an anime adaption
http://yaraon-blog.com/archives/71932

>>14258044
Who
gives
a
shit.

>>14256584
I play any eroge for the porn.

>>14256656
Great, thanks. I'm looking forward to Silky's Plus new works.

>>14258044
booooo all ages piece of crap

>>14257999
best game of the year by a country mile

>>14258012
Yeah. I wanted to see what these threads are like and people are loosing their shit over that game that's barely even out. Looked it up in VNDB and I see nothing particular that I know will hype people up.

>>14258682
How can you know when even early adopters probably aren't even halfway true?

>>14258683
Well, be aware that you're at least the 10th person to ask that, it's getting kind of old.

>>14258691
Sorry, but I did look in the thread and the closest thing to an explanation ("it's the most preordered game since forever") just adds to my question.

>>14258696
Sakura no Uta has been particularly abuzz for the past few months and it's over those long days that people keep coming in and asking. In any case, it's just that sca-ji is a good author that blew it out of the park with subahibi, so naturally people are looking forward to another such game, and in the meantime the trial of sakura no uta was generally well recieved, adding to the hype. Not to mention that the moe trend has gotten particularly strong recently so a break from that is always welcome.

>>14258683
I saw several people already gave it a 10 before it was released.

>>14258701
>Not to mention that the moe trend has gotten particularly strong recently so a break from that is always welcome.
But SakuUta is a moe game.

>>14258702
That happens for like every game, and in sakuuta's case I believe those people are probably rating the trials.
>>14258704
You know what I mean, games with no literary merit, blah blah blah.

>>14258710
But why are you talking about taking a "break" from modern moege, when most probably you don't play them at all? I'd be willing to bet people hyping it up don't even play eroge anymore or are busy replaying 10 year old games.

Not trying to be a sarcastic asshole here, I just ask because we already got shunned for posting girls from those "forgettable" modern games in this very thread, I'm pretty sure you don't play them.

>>14258701
Oh, that's nice I guess. Don't really know how to look who has written each VN though. I haven't seen that feature in neither vndb nor erogamescape.

>>14258710
I'm actually interested in this. What other games released after 2010 would you consider to have literary merit?

>>14258717
>>14258710
>literary merit
Kill yourself lads

>>14258714
When there are slim pickings people are happy to get anything. That said I do play moege I'm just parroting what people have said, "ah saku-uta is like the only non moebuta game this year" etc etc.
>>14258717
https://vndb.org/v562/staff#staff
Don't ask me, ask moogy. I only said "literary merit" because that anon was being a jokester about "moe", in short there's a whole lot of games that focus mainly on just dating girls and the subject matter never really goes beyond that and so games like Sakura no Uta which promise to be DEEP are celebrated.

>>14258717
>I haven't seen that feature in neither vndb nor erogamescape.
Really?

>>14258728
Why are you using eyecancer for your vndb skin?

>>14258732
I picked a random one and haven't changed it. I don't use it that much.

>>14258728
Didn't say I looked thoroughly. Erogamescape in particular is a complete mess.

>>14258724
I'd also like to stay away from moege with terrible story, which is why I'm asking.

>>14258746
Ehh, it's not like moege have terrible stories or anything, it's just that their anime is to make you doki doki and have a fun romcom time.

>>14258728
>ギャグ原画
That's a new one. Is it different from SD原画?

>>14258750
I'm talking about stuff like the usual character routes in Key VNs, where the drama is just there because the game needed drama.

>>14258762
Woah hold the fuck up, Key VNs are top-tier games, and to boot those are utsuge not moege in the first place.

>>14258767
>and to boot those are utsuge not moege in the first place.
I know, I'm just using them as an example of what I like to avoid.

>Key VNs are top-tier games
The main stories, probably. The character routes are many times very dumb and/or poorly handled.

>>14258781
You quite obviously have no idea what you're talking about.

>>14258717
I don't know if you can actually find "literary merit", but I guess Senshinkan (if you like chuuni), Hello Lady (semi-chuuni), or Fairytale Requiem or Nanairo Reincarnation (no chuuni) are fairly nice recent works. And depending on your tastes, I guess we could also mention Byakko, Kami no Ue no Mahoutsukai, Aokana, Majo Koi Nikki.

>>14258785
Yes I do. I'm sorry your favorite games aren't perfect masterpieces, anon, but they in fact do have tons of flaws.

>>14258801
I do indeed like chuuni shit quite a bit.

I'm gonna look these up. Thanks, anon.

"Literary merit" for me just means the story is interesting, smart and subtle enough for me to believe that it isn't there just as an excuse to see all the cute girls interacting.

>>14258801
Ignoring the chuunishit, byakko and aokana were pretty meh.

>>14258808
No, I agree with you to a degree. I am saying you're talking about something you don't know about. Most Key games don't really have a main plot.

>>14258801
Most of these games are the complete opposite of anything resembling literary merit. The word you (and >>14258816) are looking for is "plot".

>>14258817
I agree with Aokana solely because it wasn't my taste (it felt more like a VN adaptation of an anime; they announced the anime adaptation way before it was released so my guess is they wrote it as an anime in mind), but it had a lot of CGs and fairly well-done action scenes (sports). The production values seemed pretty high. As a galge though, it's shit. All the best girls being secondary characters is unacceptable.

I liked Byakko but it's a bit overrated, the true end had some impact so that alone must have upped the ratings.

>>14258848
The action scenes were good because watanabe wrote them. Too bad he didn't write the rest of the game.

>>14258845
Yeah, I acknowledged that in the very first sentence of that post.

>>14258828
Not that guy, but I would rephrase what he said to "the routes not written by Maeda".

>>14258845
Yeah, you're probably right.

I only used that world because that anon also used it.

>>14258808
While I'll admit I haven't played Kanon, Rewrite nor Angel Beats!, Clannad, Air and Little Busters! most definitely do.

>>14258861
Yeah, that's a good way to put it.

The whole games are clearly build around Maeda's stories, so it's hard not to call them "the main plot". The other characters' routes are almost just add ons, a lot of which aren't very good.

>>14258863
>that world
Damn.

>>14258781
> The main stories, probably. The character routes are many times very dumb and/or poorly handled.
It is not about Key, stupid. In any vn with resemblance of plot anything aside from main plot line is garbage, because story is linear by definition. The better story is the harder is to make 'parallel' story lines properly.

>>14258894
>because story is linear by definition
That is not true

>>14258894
>In any vn with resemblance of plot anything aside from main plot line is garbage
Yeah, I'd like to avoid stuff that does that after experiencing it with Key.

>story is linear by definition
What?

>The better story is the harder is to make 'parallel' story lines properly.
No, the additional routes should add to the story, not be completely unrelated hack jobs just to say you gave all heroines their own story.

>>14258902
>>14258919
Oh, come on. Take Gteins;Gate for example. Chara routes are all premature fanservice branches, if I'm forced to say seriously - filler bullshit. Go, complain.

>>14258933
I think the main issue is, without your, uh, analogy there, is that you said "story is linear by definition", when in fact it is not linear by definition, you just made up a lie on the spot to back yourself up.

Found out about http://projectwritten.com/ after seeing fault -milestone two-. I saw they have Linux and Mac releases on Steam. Are they really Japanese? It's so rare to see Japanese making multi-platform anything.

>>14258942
No. Story is written by human. It is pretty hard work (and luck required) to make even one good thing. If you say another then making unrelated story from scratch is way easier (although harder than the first success). Taking good thing and making it into several on the same level is almost impossible difficulty.

>>14258964
You making up nonsense qualifications for something does not change the definition of a word.

>>14258964
You're not making any sense.

>>14258933
Routes in S;G literally mean you abandon the plot to stay with your heroine, I'd the way they branch out is pretty good for VN standards.

Also, this is almost unrelated to your original post.

>>14258964
Where are you from?

>Story is written by human.
Shocking.

>It is pretty hard work (and luck required) to make even one good thing.
Luck is not required, it's just a factor that may play in your favor. Not even hard work is required, as someone may just be an exceptionally talented writer, but I digress.

>If you say another then making unrelated story
It doesn't have to be unrelated.

>from scratch is way easier
Nobody said this.

>(although harder than the first success).
I don't even understand what you're trying to say here.

>Taking good thing and making it into several on the same level is almost impossible difficulty.
No, any competent writer should be able to better flesh out his story by looking at it from another angle. It might be harder, but not in any way impossible.

Also, nothing of this has anything to do with the definition of story.

>>14251022
Faggot.

So is it kamige?

>>14250622
>演出強化パッチ
Isn't this what they release for damage control after releasing an unfinished product for forcing a release date?

>>14259344
It's been like a fuckin decade or something, I don't think they'd release something unfinished after all this time

>>14259359
You'd be surprised.

>>14259359
They delayed it twice this year, they were struggling with it at the very least.

>>14258702
because its that good anon

>>14258717
white album 2

>>14259422
Yep, apparently their scripters ran away and they had to hire new ones in hurry in the end of summer, so there was only like 2 months to script everything.

>>14259422
> they were struggling with it
In other words game is below the line, therefore they are struggling to make it passable, but can't quite make it, all this years and even right now after going gold. Iron proof of kusoge.

http://never-island.com/

『ISLAND』
ブランド　フロントウイング
●原画・キャラクターデザイン：空中幼彩
●シナリオ：ごぉ

>>14259440
easy there. lets wait until we actually play the game before we be brash.

this game is amazing so far.
thank you based scaji

>>14259656
finally after eight years!! himawari was great

Whoah, not even single nukige from today's release on torrents/anishare yet.

>>14259761
It's dying.

>>14259071
You're the faggot. It looks like an old man's body. This guy doesn't know how to draw lolis apart from faces.

>>14258717
Chaos Child

>>14259874
>no sexual content

Fuck off with this bullshit

>>14259877
;_;

>>14259877
Agreed.

>>14259877
Couldn't have said it better myself.

Seems like it's not on torrents yet. But it exists.

>>14259930
And some more extras.

Title screen is little different.

>>14260104
It also has music this time.

>>14260117
Yes. Normally I'm kinda ignorant to music in games, but I noticed it's there now.

Could one of the anons who bought it upload the game? Shouldn't take too long.

>"幸福に生きよ"のその先、"幸福な生き"を体現する"日常"。
>反哲学的でごく自然なの日常の物語をは―。

Seems like we shouldn't expect any philosophy this time.

>>14260168
The one who bought it doesn't want to share publicly because in japan there's high chance of getting arrested for it. I bet chinks will upload it in a day. Gamanshinasai.

>>14260168
No, because I don't want to get arrested. It'll get uploaded soon enough anyway.

>>14258728
Someone should clarify that Tsukinon only did art for the 2008 version, AFAIK.

While waiting, what are your impressions of Kouya trial?

>>14260224
Pretty good, definitely going to read game itself.
Both "eroge dev world neta" and "gakenmono nichijou" aspects are done well, with interesting characters and funny jokes. Production values are high, and its very pleasant to have random nameless characters voiced.

>>14260233
How long it is? The filesize makes it seem on the shorter side.

>>14260187
>>14260185
People actually get arrested for piracy in Japan? What the fuck.

>>14260187
You are in Japan?
Looks like I will have to wait till Tuesday at the earliest myself

>>14260260
Yes. That's why you don't see japs uploading anything themselves, most of usual uploaders were arrested in recent years.

>>14260290
Only two people ever got arrested for uploading eroge, the rest just got scared

http://bbs.2dgal.com/read.php?tid=514831

>>14260367
>error....
Why.

>>14260374
Calm down, it's probably being uploaded. Check back in 15 minutes.

http://kuai.xunlei.com/d/UUE9BAKoAwB1LypW27a

九十九夜「やっと発売したありがたや～」

Gotta love the speed.

>>14260405
>Chinese viruses.

>>14260405
fam...

>>14260405
Whole game is 5.5 GB, on the DVD too. Maybe it can be compressed well?

You gotta install their botnet client to get decent speeds

>>14260423
I'm just waiting for someone to upload it to mega or torrent it afterwards.

>>14260238
Pretty short. Its like saekano but its pretty funny too. Now i kinda wish Saekano was a VN instead of LN too

>>14260435
It has a Vita VN. I actually bought a Vita recently and put the VN in my backlog, but now obviously Sakura no Uta has precedence.

>>14260439
Yeah i know but i wish it was a VN from the start. So we can get them h scenes hehe

>>14260238
Took 6 hours to complete for me.

http://sukebei.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=1847438

>>14260475
Just realized it was downloading, gotta love rss feeds.

>>14260475
I hoped it would take longer.

Korie Riko >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Inugami

>>14260502
If you are blind and like that feeling of plastic over everything. Korie can't hair or clothes decently and that's basically Haine with a different hair color.

>>14260439
>It has a Vita VN.
By a different writer and with the anime artist instead of the LN one who was the good one.

>>14260523
Yes, I am aware. But it's still something.

>>14260523
A real VN would be sweet, it has some good girls.

>>14260544
Megumi and?

>>14260475
Its real!!! Brb crying... heard the game is great from 2ch and twitter

>>14260553
Twintails

>>14260553
All of them except for Michiru. Best michiru is grisaia

>>14260553
Eriri.

>>14260559
Agreed, michiru a shit.

>>14259930
Wow that looks cheap, I remember seeing a really nice package somewhere.

>>14260556
No one has finished it yet on 2ch

>>14260559
No memes, is grisaia actually worth playing?

>>14260559
>Best michiru is grisaia
You couldn't have made it any more obvious that you were an EOP.

>>14260646
I would say so, most of the character routes (3/5) are disappointingly bad but the common route is fresh enough due to the protagonist that it's a step above the average game.
And no memes, the protagonist is really fresh and the best part of the game (given that the best comedy derives from him and his interactions with the girls).

>>14260592
Impressions are pretty good but yeah so far no one has finished it yet

>>14260669
I thought the MC was an asshole so it had literally no redeeming points for me.

>>14260688
I dunno, he's not malicious or actively hateful so I wouldn't call him an asshole under any circumstances, I don't think being apathetic towards others is asshole behaviour. That said if you didn't like him then yeah the VN would crumble.

>>14260669
The protagonist is polarizing enough that I wouldn't list him as a positive. Personally I thought he was great but most people here wouldn't like him because he's snarky and too direct.

>>14260697
Well he's all the game's got pretty much, I'm not gonna recommend anyone read the fuckhuge game that is Grisaia if they don't like the focal point around which it's all based.

>>14260695
>I don't think being apathetic towards others is asshole behaviour.
That's part of the definition of an asshole.

Wait, there's already a walkthrough for Sakura no Uta?! Wow. That was fast.

>>14260697
Who cares about these hetare-self-inserts. Yuuji was great, and we need more protags like him or Narita. Grey goo lovers already have more than they could ever read.

>>14260704
It depends. If someone is apathetic to the point they'd screw other people over then that's what I'd consider being an asshole. Yuuji wasn't like that.

>>14260706
Probably a text skipper...

>>14260702
I dunno, I think if you want an interesting and fun protagonist you're better off with the Akatsuki no Goei trilogy, honestly. It's worse in pretty much every other way though.

>>14260718
It's Seiya-Saiga. Even then, it still requires someone to have put making the walkthrough ahead of reading it. That alone is commendable.

>>14260707
Don't forget those donkan donkeys too

>>14260724
Seiya-Saiga is amazing i respect them alot

>>14260704
I guess at this point it's a meaningless debate over what a word means. In my opinion, someone is only an asshole if they are mean or malicious, and I don't think apathy is being mean or malicious. Ahh, to be more descriptive, it's not like he yells at them, or hatefully bullies them, there's some teasing which you could construe as bullying but it's definitely not cruel hearted. He's a bit of a dick to Michuru, but I interpreted that as a mutual boke / tsukkomi thing rather than actual bullying. I think maybe you're just so used to ultra polite MCs that someone a little more laid back seems like an asshole.
>>14260721
Well, it's not like you can only read one thing. And the hidden underside to my praising of Grisaia's MC is that the MC often reminiscences about his time in the military and that kind of thing which adds a lot of good flavour, not sure if AnG's MC is similar in that regard.

>>14260721
Yuuji is much better protagonist than Kaito. All Kaito does is just fucking around without any purpose and is complete failure as bodyguard.
Add lack of any plot and two games of nothing but completely meaningless nichijou, and Akagoei becomes something you really wouldn't recommend to general public.

>>14260738
Hey, I never said AnG was good. I think it's pretty terrible, but I still (somehow) enjoyed it, which I chalk down to Kaito's interactions with people.

>>14260738
Don't forget the "endings" that feel like a kick in the balls every single time.

>>14260724
He is a skipper though, he has a twitter account so you can check it yourself
I repsect him for doing this for the community but he is definitely ruining games for himself

>>14260745
Amen