/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Sharin no Kuni.

YMK, inb4 shit.

>>3871332
>>3871327
Some people cannot read. ^^

aoi shiro

Tsukihime, Cross Channel.

>>3871327
You're shit for not reading his post.

>>3871333
Enjoyable, but not on the level of these VNs.

Perhaps not exactly what you're looking for, but CLANNAD may be another option.

Flyable Heart.

Sekien no Inganock

Clannad

>>3871340
has non-pedestrian romantic theme though

I wouldn't really say "better" because that invites shistorms. Ever17 is a personal favourite of many, ranking it against other games just pisses people off.

Most of the best ones are too long and hard to translate...I've been waiting years for Muv-Luv to come out. :(

Not many find it romantic though

>>3871362
This is Saya no Uta, btw

And I highly recommend it.

>>3871303

As a fellow fan of Ever17, I'd recommend against Cross Channel and Sharin no Kuni.

Both have tremendously low amounts of character-between-character interaction and the relationships between each were pretty much non-existent unlike in Ever17.

Katawa Shoujo is pretty sweet bro.

OP here.

>>3871340
>>3871381
Downloading Cross Channel and Saya no Uta currently, thanks guys.

>>3871346
I'll probably play the game at some point, I've already seen the anime and I hear its quite similar to the VN in many respects (- deus-ex-machina, of course).

I was browsing around and Chaos;Head looked interesting, how is it?

>>3871362
ONLY THING THATS GETTIN ROMANTIC AROUND HERE ARE THESE PELLETS WITH YOUR FACE

Off of the top of my head, VNs with "non-pedestrian romantic themes:"

Sharin - dystopian society
Cross Channel - infinity loop with the socially disordered
Higurashi - infinity loop with the clinically insane
Umineko - Your family got killed in a murder mystery cliche. Are you a bad enough dude to beat witches in MAGIC CLUE?
CLANNAD - wish granting other world
Phoenix Wright - Court with horrible law system
Phantom of Inferno - Guns and mafia
Kira Kira - dude in an all-girls punk rock band

OP here, didn't see this post till I already posted.
>>3871399
:S, then what do you recommend?
>>3871398
Isn't only the first act out for that? I'd prefer waiting for the whole thing.

>>3871414

full pic or gtfo.

>>3871412
Thriller, mystery, mindscrew but the ending turns into lolmatrix. Still a great 10 hours of Nitro+ though.

Ignore the anime's existence.

As a fellow fan of Ever17, I'd recommend Cross Channel and Sharin no Kuni.

Both have tremendously great amounts of character-between-character interaction and the relationships between each were pretty much great like in Ever17.

I thought Cross Channel was brilliant.

You're supposed to dislike the characters at the beginning.

>>3871435
70% of chaos;head looks more like a story of my life. You sit at computer and do stuff. AND THAT WITH GREAT VISUAL QUALITY.

>>3871457
I have horrifying delusions of grisly murders before they really happen too.

>>3871452
>>3871399
!?!?

I lol at the people complaining about the Clannad "deus ex machina" ending. The game always had a fantasy feel to it, and it definitely made the game more memorable.

>>3871454

That's fine with me but my problem with it is that the characters barely talk amongst themselves. Most of the character interaction in it is only between the MC and the other characters. Without the MC, the VN would probably have less than 50 lines of dialogue.

>>3871303
This game makes me sad in a way.

It can only be truly enjoyed the first time you read it, unspoiled. The sheer "Holy crap" factor just isn't there a second time. :(

>>3871472
Cross Channel and Sharin's characters don't have as many interlocking relationships as Ever17; characters are not so important outside of their own stories.
However, I feel that Ever17's characters were pretty weak individually compared to some of Cross Channel and Sharin's characters.

>>3871508
That is what makes it such a great game,

I cannot play Oracle of Time anymore, merely because there is nothing gained from finding that last room in the Water Temple, or saving some princess.

But what makes me smile at KID and Nintendo in both of these respects, is that they have released semi-unrelated sequels, which allow me to experience the feeling of a compelling story through game.

honestly no other VN i've played had such an amazing sense of satisfaction in the conclusion compared to Ever17.
I'd say another good one to play would be Tsukihime. Some of the routes overlap a bit too much in my opinion (arc/ciel, hisui/kohaku), but it's nowhere as bad as it was in Ever17, which was the one thing that bugged me about the game.

>>3871508
Reread the beginning of Kid's route.
You'll start to notice things you missed.

One bonus of Cross Channel and Sharin is that they're both fairly linear, so you don't have to keep ctrl-ing through read text or reload saves and what not.
In Cross Channel, the game loops back whenever you reach a bad ending or complete a mini route.
In Sharin, the game is broken down into five chapters, each of which has a satisfying quasi-conclusion to its story.

>>3871424
seconding phantom of inferno. The format is kind of annoying but the voiced narration really adds to the experience a lot IMO. It also makes it almost stupefyingly long to play through, since you're listening to everything at the VN's pace.

>>3871579
When Ein sings the hymn, it matches the bgm.
It annoyed the hell me whenever Der Mond Das Meer was sung in Ever17.

>>3871595
wait, is that the lullaby?

>>3871647
Yes.

Obligatory timeline post in an "I just finished Ever17" thread.

>>3871412
>I was browsing around and Chaos;Head looked interesting, how is it?

It's atmospheric, and has incredibly high production values. I'd say 99.9% of anons pretty much saw Takumi as basically themselves, but I doubt many people would sink as low as him.

The game was great at imitating life and was a ride of sheer terror up through on of the later chapters, I forgot which. When the actual plot was strung together it started to get shitty, it was at its best as a disjointed collection of random mindfuckery.

It also tries to imitate other visual novel plot devices. plb manages to hold up the deception for most of the game, but the writing weakens noticeably toward the end.

Route A ending was a great way to end it though (it's the same as the beginning). I never got to Route B due to the licensing faggotry. Was that ever translated? Is it worth going back and paying through all the hallucinations?

>>3871695
Oh shit. It all makes sense now.

sharin and cross channel are the only other translated vns I'd put at the same level

>>3872494

>>3872446
Route B is like Tower of Friends. It explains all the events causing the overall mystery in C;H, but afterward you'll left with bad taste. "Ohh I see...ok." *depressed*

>>3872494
Everybody praises cross channel so highly but I couldn't get myself to finish it, can anybody spoil it for me? I really don't intend to play it anytime soon.

>>3872596
Nanaka is Taichi mom.
She appear because of Taichi delusion.
Taichi send everyone back after he realized he cause the whole mess after he realized about the crossing near the shrine.

He decided that he would keep hurting the rest if he stay with them and decided to stay at the alternate world alone repeating the same loop every week fixing the communication tower and broadcasting toward the end of the week when the crossing to the other world open.

>>3872596

How far did you read?

>>3872640
ahh i see. I guess its one of those things were you have to play to see.

>>3872583

Depressed like how? Comparisons?

Examples:

fuuuuuuuck. ;_;
What? Fuck. :|
...fuck. :/
jesus, what the fuck! D:
FFFFFFFFFFFF-

>>3871303
About the second spoiler: wasn't he infected with whatever makes him more GAR by that time?

yes

50 posts and no Utawarerumono? i am dissapoint, /jp/
http://erogedownload.com/downloads/53-utawarerumono.html

Only one vote for Chie Chie? I am disappointed.

>>3871303
>Takeshi coming back to life after sitting in the bottom of the ocean for a few minutes under 12.5 atmospheres of pressure and managing to swim back, intact, pretty much fine

It was due to the CURE virus, they state this several times

True Remembrance - one of the best things I've read.