/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>9593981
Started playing Period last night. It's pretty entertaining. Choosing the silly choices on my first playthrough. The main character and Jun'ya are a funny pair. Looking forward to the ero later on.
Angel girl is the best so far, the other girls just seem annoying.

It seems Never7's patch is out.

I would like to try out an VN which on do you recommend me to start?

>>9594136
Don't troll.

>>>/vg/

>>9594136
Maiden Rape Assault: Violent Semen Inferno

>>9594136
Here you go

http://vndb.org/v/all?q=&fil=tag_inc-83~511.tagspoil-1.lang-en

>>9594136
Akatsuki no Goei is pretty short and hilarious.

>>9594144
im not trolling lol

>>9594146
hmmm

>>9594147
>>9594148
thanks, I will take an look

Trudging through 終わる世界とバースデイ.
It's kind of slow, but I'm really liking all the characters so far.
Hiragi is pretty darn badass, too.

Can anyone recommend me a dating simulator? I can't seem to find any aside from LovePlus and that NTR MMO.

>>9594191
How about Tokimeki Mem ...

wait what? NTR MMO?

>>9594219
Probably that new game by Teatime

>>9594191
Lovely Cation, Kanotsuku 1&2, Custom Reido 4 counts too I think.

>>9594241
>Lovely Cation
Eh, Lovely x Cation is great but I wouldn't recommend it for people who want a dating-sim.

is yogurt no sora good?

>>9594266
Why not? It's pretty good and the hscenes are hot.

just about done SnU again
only vn I havent gotten bored of

>>9594279
It's not really terrible, it just has no fucking plot. If you can get over that sticking point, it's not bad. Sora and Iinchou are hot.

>>9594280
Because the dating sim elements are just tacked on, they don't go very deep.

>>9594280
It's not a dating sim though.

>>9594191
>NTR MMO
Reminded me that I should try out the other personality type too in Kanotsuku 2.

What the fuck just happened here?
Could they just not be bothered to make a route for the best heroine?
And it was also surprising that Raichou is supposed to be the strongest warrior out of the four there. Sadly they didn't even show the fight.

Other than this...distraction, the route seems to be decent enough. It feels slow at times because of constant buildup, but it's getting better now at this point.
I really liked the character development in here, particularly Kageaki's. The scenes with Hikaru were awesome, especially the one under the moonlight after Kageaki runs away.

What the fuck just happened here?
Could they just not be bothered to make a route for the best heroine?
And it was also surprising that Raichou is supposed to be the strongest warrior out of the four there. Sadly they didn't even show the fight.

Other than this...distraction, the route seems to be decent enough. It feels slow at times because of constant buildup, but it's getting better now at this point.
I really liked the character development in here, particularly Kageaki's. The scenes with Hikaru were awesome, especially the one under the moonlight after Kageaki runs away.

>>9594462
>Could they just not be bothered to make a route for the best heroine?
No, they couldn't, I hated that so much, at least show the whole thing before ending.

>>9594462
At least Raichou gets to show his fighting skills in the fandisc. And I do like him being a warrior without peer, but failing so much at politics. He's probably my favorite Rokuhara character.

I also find it weird that you didn't mention Kageaki's dream.

>>9591748
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jj4otq

>>9594653
He's my favourite Rokuhara too, funny and absolutely lovable.

Did forget to mention that scene. But yes, it was very fun. Almost makes me wish to see Kageaki's actual school days..
The Chachamaru H-scene was pretty funny too, as is the pantsu professor.

Can someone tell me the name of a non-pedophiliac guro VN please ? I started saya no uta, I had to drop it, when someone start to fuck 9 old girls and tries to pass it as normal, there's where my limit is. Not trolling just looking for non pedophiliac guro VN. Thanks.

>>9594812

Saya isn't 9 years old though. She's an Eldritch abomination from outer space

>>9594812
http://vndb.org/g162

Feel free to look through.
Alternatively I think >>>/vg/ would be able to help you much more.

>>9594812
>guro is fine
>fucking petite girls is not fine
Gotta have your priorities straight.

>>9594852
I don't see anything wrong with it. It is the American mindset after all.

>>9594827
>>9594827

You say that on a technicality. saya is a 9 year old child in his imagination so that makes it pedophiliac in my eyes.

>>9594861
>>>/facebook/

>>9594852
Who are you quoting?

>>9594857
As an American, I have no problems with either.

>>9594852

Guro could be about aesthetics, about the human body how it could be slashed and how it reacts etc. What do you think surgeons see everyday ? They see gore. It's not your lucky wagon to hop on and pour pedophiliac material into the concept. It's disgusting, and it's coming from someone who can stomach a good amount of gore.

>>9594898
It's essentially saying
"Woah now, I don't want to see any underage looking girls, I'm not some kind of sicko! I just wanna see people slashed up and mutilated!"
It's entirely stupid.

>>9594898

But guro isn't solely about the mechanics of seeing the body mutilated. It's built specifically around the aesthetics of disgust, of seeing how far the body can go in ways that no surgeon would go, since their job is to cut the body to cure it, not cut it for the sake of cutting.

Let's also keep in mind that said mutilation of the body is often not consensual, while pedophiliac depictions (although I personally object to classifying Saya no Uta within that category) are not necessarily so.

>>9594910

You don't even see, or I should say, I didn't see anyone getting slashed down in Saya no Uta, I liked the concept art, just like I liked the computer game Amnesia. Not that I find guro particularly fascinating, but including pornographic material into a concept as guro, that is drawn in anime style, I believe that's inevitable so I can understand porn in guro, until it a point... That point being pedophilia, when did pedophilia become socially acceptable to even fantasize about ? It has not. It's absolutely disgusting and decadent in every term, more than guro could ever be, and for that reason reading Saya no Uta has been a waste of time for me.

>>9594982
Is this your first encounter with japanese media or something?

>>9594998

I don't like many things that is Japanese related, I rarely even start to read VNs and I personally haven't been able to finish one them . I thought Saya no Uta, was different, I thought I was going to finish that shit. I couldn't. I'm annoyed. Ok ? For god's sake.

>>9594982
> It's absolutely disgusting and decadent in every term, more than guro could ever be
You are literally insane. This is the craziest thing I've read today.

>>9595017
lol what a nigger

>>9595032
Personally, "socially acceptable fantasies" did it for me.

>>9595041
>>9595032

I'd like to keep such filth out of my head. I guess that's, uh... by your terms, unacceptable.

>>9595065
Try to keep this out of your mother's anus
*grabs dick*

>>9595065
You do know you can hold control right?
But really, if you're going into a niche medium like VNs, looking for a niche thing like guro, and don't speak the language that they are written in to begin with, you aren't going to have many choices. Just give up.

>>9594982
>That point being pedophilia, when did pedophilia become socially acceptable to even fantasize about ?

Are you the thought police? Please stop shitting up this thread and never come back.

>/reddit/
>/gaia/
>/facebook/

You'll be much happier over there.

>>9595080

Thanks for your comment. Now I can rationalize what I read was a piece of japanese culture.

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>>9595179
The funny part is that some people actually agree with this. Though your complete inability to balance and center it infuriates me.

>>9595135
Reddit is chock-full of pedophiles and pedophile apologists, though.

>>9595224
That was before they crucified r/jailbait.

>>9594653
Currently playing Dangan Ronpa 2. Feels like Phoenix Wright crossed with S-E's TWEWY, and the result is pretty great. Stylish as hell, too.

>>9594743
Heh, he's my favorite Rokuhara too, and one of the reasons why I enjoyed the racing part so much.

Currently playing Dangan Ronpa 2. Feels like Phoenix Wright crossed with S-E's TWEWY, and the result is pretty great. Stylish as hell, too.
>>9594653
>>9594743
Heh, he's my favorite Rokuhara too, and one of the reasons why I enjoyed the racing part so much.

Please dont make derail this into a pedo thread

>>9595249
It still is, comes up all the time. Only reason /r/jailbait/ was axed was because site owners got scared, the userbase is pretty much 4chan now.

Well, I guess 4chan regulars are at least aware(and take pride in the fact) that they're fucked up, reddit considers themselves normal while being just as misogynist, racist, and perverted as people here.

>9593332
Phenomeno. Well, that was a damn short read but fucking great too.
>Close your eyes.
>Imagine your empty house, enter it, don't be afraid.
>Open up all the windows.
>Okay, now close all the windows in reverse order.
>Did you see anyone on the way?
>I did.
Jesus Christ how horrifying.

So are theyplanning on making any more VNs? It did end on a huge cliffhanger.
Or was it just supposed to be marketing for the light novel series (since it was free after all)? Tried the links from the game itself which lead to this site
http://sai-zen-sen.jp/works/fictions/phenomeno/03/01.html
where it seems you can at least read both the first AND the second case for free. I'm kinda confused. Are they planning on releasing all their novels this way or what?

Anyways, great atmosphere, good graphics, amazing soundtrack and rather good writing too. 9/10 would get scared shitless again. Recommending for any fan of horror genre.

>>9595698
>Are they planning on releasing all their novels this way or what?
They probably want the novels to sell so I doubt that. It's just very well done promo material.

>>9595735
That's damn sad. Feels wrong continuing with just paper and text after having lost your virginity in a completely dark room with headphone volume adjusted to the max. Gonna miss the art too.

Anyone knows where I can get the OST or is there any way to extract it from the game files?

>>9595925
Never mind, I'm an idiot. Got around to extracting it with some outside help. Here's the extracted sound.npa with OST for those who might want it since I couldn't find it anywhere myself.
http://www.mediafire.com/?vo1n1wkltf9948h

Finished Planescape:Torment: Tentacle porn edition. No seriously, this was great.

So, I just finished Saya no Uta and Ever 17, and need a change from "serious". Which of these is the most ridiculous?

>>9595698
i'm pretty sure it was just meant to be a promotion for the light novels, unfortunately. I'm not going to read them, because it'd feel like a disservice after the great VN adaptation. thanks for ripping and upping the music.

>>9597438
My girlfriend is president

>>9597438
Symphonic Rain is a laid back story with a fun music minigame. It would be a good thing to try, although it's not a comedy.

>>9597438
Cross Channel

>>9595313
Did you read the first game? From the way you worded that post, it seems that you didn't, though it's kinda required for reading the second one. If you did, pardon my misunderstanding.

>>9597375

Is that 無限煉姦? I droped it pretty fast because it seemed like your typical Liquid serial-rape game. Do you mean there is more about it?

I'm gonna fap like crazy.

>>9598137

>8/24

No, now, I need it now.

>>9595698
Glad you liked it. Phenomeno is a great example of subtle horror, which uses reader's imagination and instinctual fears, rather than just showing him some "scary" grotesqueness.

>>9597971
No, even though I know I should have. Playing (or watching/reading) things out of order usually doesn't bother me, so I often start at some random point, decide that I like what I'm seeing, and then go back to an earlier installment.

>>9595698
Glad you liked it. Phenomeno is a great example of subtle horror, which uses the reader's imagination and instinctual fears, rather than just showing him some "scary" grotesqueness.

>>9597971
No, even though I know I should have. Playing (or watching/reading) things out of order usually doesn't bother me, so I often start at some random point, decide that I like what I'm seeing, and then go back to an earlier installment.

>>9598137
I'll play it for the story.

>>9598302
phenomeno was indeed great for that. doesn't hurt that the writing was pretty damn good, as well.

i'd be interested in recommendations for other eroge that do a good job of unsettling the reader with a creepy atmosphere, and don't rely on cheap horror scares or grotesque imagery (not that I'm averse to it).

>>9594462
>Could they just not be bothered to make a route for the best heroine?
The writer just wrote himself into a corner. letting HIkaru do her thing is supposed to be a End of Evangelion-level "what the fuck is happening here" end of the world mindfuck. While it's too bad that Chachamaru got that short a route, I actually liked that he didn't actually explore the scenario, would have felt way tackier than all the time space fuckery bits already feel

>>9598039
I heard it got much better reviews than most of Liquid's shit (at least if it's the game I'm thinking of). I suppose that would indicate there's some story rather than just raperaperape.

Just finished my first run in demonbane. Really think the H-scenes were mostly out of place and felt like they went on for longer than they should, same with the fight scenes.

Overall it was a great story. But now I need a break from it, going to play one of the games I've put on the backburner.

Have clannad, umineko, ever17 and kanon downloaded, don't know what to play.

>>9598039
Well, yeah. All of the ero after the first chapter is in bad end scenarios anyway.

Read a few hours of Steel and it's not really managing to keep my interest. Since it's 3.5MB of text I'll give it some more time.

Also finished Umi Kara Kuru Mono, I quite liked it. Probably should re-read some parts of it after having read the extra stories to appreciate some of the foreshadowing like that news report mentioning they found bones from the previous civilization and it seemed like they went through some sort of mutation.

>>9595313
This game, man. I wanted to throw my PSP out the window after Chapter 5.

>>9599059
Because it's bad?

>>9599061
It hit me where it hurt the most. Though Chapter 6 wasn't that great.

>>9598956
I dropped STEEL after a few hours, 3.5mb of world building and chuuni sound nice in theory but it just didn't manage to catch my interest.
Please do tell if it gets good later on.

And nice to see that more people are reading Umi kara kuru mono, it's really a completely overlooked title.

>>9598798
It's being compared a lot to the better Black Cyc games (Extravaganza, Mindead Blood). I'd say it's pretty similar to Extravaganza in concept too.

『グリザイアの楽園』
コンテンツ１「ブランエールの種」（メインストリーム物語を結末へと導く
完結編）
コンテンツ２「サイドエピソード」
コンテンツ３「デイブちゃんねる」（本編ではキャッキャウフフ感が不足し
ているキャラたちとのエロメインの外伝が収録される）

>>9599646
The art looks more normal than usual, which isn't exactly bad, and I love that probable heterochromia.

『黄雷のガクトゥーン -what a shining braves-』　Liar-soft　12月予定
シナリオ：桜井光　原画：千枚葉

・スチームパンクシリーズ最新作。1908年、フランスの港湾都市マルセイユ
の海上に作られた”マルセイユ洋上学園都市”が舞台。主人公は学生数10万
人の巨大学園都市の全てを支配している”統治会”に反旗を翻す。
・主人公は72歳を自称する謎多き転校生。自在に電気を操ることが出来、能
力使用時には服装が変化、雷電マフラー・機械帯・機械篭手を装着する。
主人公が銀貨30枚で買った元奴隷のヒロインが紹介。彼女は数年前から左右
の瞳が”黄金瞳”に変化している。
・”統治会”は成績優秀な学生たちの中から選出され、男子学生のみで構成
される”フラタニティ”と女学生のみの”ソロリティ”、両者が並び立つ
ことで形成されており、全員がどちらかの瞳に”黄金瞳”を宿しているが
理由は不明。
・ビジュアル素材数はシリーズ最大。開発状況は80％くらい、12月にはリリ
ースできる予定。
・「サイボーグ009」や「仮面ライダー」の影響は無意識に受けている。ただ
特定作品を源泉としていることは多分ない。

>>9599646
>学園都市
>スクール・デカダンス
Something like Mary's school setting would be fine but I swear, if even Sakurai pulls high-school... with a twist! on me I'm going to slam my nuts into something and it will be less painful.
Though I see we're still on Seikyou and that's good.

>>9599646
I see Kaito and a Luka-clone.
Where is Miku?

>>9599884
If you actually read the post 2 down it's a university

>>9599882
I expect a high tier french OST with some nautical tracks alongside, I don't want to be disappointed.

>>9598302
No ero?

>>9599268

I hope the side episodes are meaningful, even just to pad up the main route content.

Starting itsusora because someone recommended it to me, going in without much of expectation.

>>9600067
Just do Futami's route first.

>>9600067
most walkthroughs have the route order as Futami -> Konome -> San, but I'd advise you to do Futami -> San -> Konome unless you find you really like San.

>>9600246
>unless you find you really like San
You can't really like San from the ten minutes she's in the common route unless you go for her, she's evasive as fuck whe you are not aiming for her.

>>9600087 >>9600246 >>9600270

All right, cheers, have noted it down.

>>9599268
To add to this:
・物語の展開上、「Hどころじゃねーだろ！」といった状態になることが予
想されるため、おそらくルート攻略後にフラグ解放という形で提供される形
になる。
・一姫の消息に関しては会社から厳しく情報開示規制されている。オスロの
真意は、おそらく人類の革新と恒久的な調和･･･。

>>9599882
>>主人公は謎多き転校生
>>自在に電気を操る能力
Sounds more like a chuu2 gakuenmono than steampunk just going by the synopsis.

And I def have seen that artstyle before, except where... Googling for 千枚葉 gives me nothing but pictures of cake.

>>9600686
You could always search on getchu. http://www.getchu.com/php/nsearch.phtml?genre=all&search_keyword=千枚葉&check_key_dtl=1

>>9600464
Anyone mind explaining what the first one is saying? Is it suggesting they are going to have H scenes unlock after completing the main route because there won't be any real H in the main route?

>>9600744
Er, shoulda searched by person http://www.getchu.com/php/search.phtml?person=千枚葉
in any case, looks like they are new or something.

>>9600760
Or someone using another alias for eroge work.

>>9600772
Probably that.

I'd say it looks a lot like Kome (http://vm500.tank.jp/)) except I don't see a reason why would he adopt a new alias when he already did a game for Rail.

>>9600755
Pretty much. They speculate won't be time for fucking during the main story, so depending on your choices you'll unlock after scenes.

I'm going to start the Akatsuki no Goei games and I wanted to know how Tsumibukaki Shuumatsuron is sequel the first?
Is it a continuation from someone's route?

>>9599268
>>9600464
I'm just hoping they're getting rid of "Deadlock" BGM for every single "serious" action/drama scene. It sounded good during Makina's route in Kajitsu (bakery fire and confrontation with Kioka) but afterwards it started feeling way overused. Wow, a fucking cat died, let's play "Deadlock".

Even Meikyuu's last cliffhanger scene had it, god damn it.

>>9599179
Well it is written by the guy who did Extravaganza and Mindead Blood.

>>9601119
Yes. It would be a spoiler telling from which "heroine" route, though.
Just make sure to play the fandisc, since Kaito's backstory in it is important.

>>9601119

Tsumibukaki Shuumatsuron is a direct continuation from one of them, yes. Second on the fan disc, you get to see the shit kaito went through

> 原画：千枚葉

mfw not AKIRA

>>9602034
I was expecting 大石竜子. I'll miss Akira after Sona nyl though, the clothe textures were a lot better than in Sharnoth.

>>9599884
"学園都市" means "college town", so we're talking at least university level school - which means yes, probably like Sharnoth. She mentioned dealing with fraternities and sororities too.

>>9602034
>>9600760
>>9600744
>>9600686

Artist's Twitter at twitter.com/29Saint, and this is the profile pic... I think I am okay with this.

>>9602043
>and sororities too.
Why can't the MC be female to enjoy cute french girsl in frilly dresses doing cute things in sororities?

>>9602057
His "slave" girl with the golden eye is likely going to be MC #2. The main couple are both usually leads in their own right in these things.

>>9602076
Then I hope Sakurai has read/watched marimite.

I'm fucking depressed right now. Can anyone recommend me a good VN, preferably fantasy based? I wanted to play Chaos;Gate, but it won't install no matter what I do. Also it needs to be English. Sorry for the trouble.

>>9602103
Anyone?

>>9602160
wanko to kurasou

or play a shit game like nascar rumble

>>9602103
Canvas 2 was one of the least confrontational, most easy-go-lucky VN I read in English.

It's absolutely nothing outstanding, but I recommend it if you just want some cute girls.

Or just read Planetarian.

>>9602089
Fear not, Sakurai is maidenly and pure as a Lilian student's snow-white sailor collar.

Mai oneesama.

>>9602103
Erm, were you trying to install Chaos Head or Steins Gate? If it was the former I'd say just play the much superior latter game. English, good, and fantasy. . .not a lot of choices there. I'm not a big fan of the liar-soft games but you can give them a try. If you like some light gameplay to go with it maybe utawarerumono or tears to tiara, although I personally disliked both too. Try Majikoi or something more cheerful.

>>9602103

Try hoshimemo, it has a cheery feel. Get used to Onii-chan! Onii-chan! Onii-chan! while at it. It is not heavy fantasy though.

I just finished Tsukihime and have to admit it was extraordinarily great. I am thinking about finally finishing Haru's path on G-senjou and maybe start something new. Always open to suggestions.

I'm completely new to visual novels, and I didn't really know where else to ask this. This probably sounds like a retarded question to you guys.

Are you supposed get all the endings in a visual novel? Or do you just play it once unless you really enjoy it?
I'm playing fate/stay night right now, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit, but I don't really know if I made the right choices. I read that getting all the endings takes really long, so I don't really know if that's worth my time or not.
Any thoughts?

>>9604400
In case of novels like FSN, which has a completely enforced playing order, you should do the three main routes, particularly since the last is the best one.
Generally, in VNs with an actual storyline, doing them all is the good idea. I mean, Fate route in FSN doesn't tell you anything beyond the very basics.

>>9604400
well depends, usually I pick out 2-3 endings that I find interesting and would like to experience and get on with them and if I find the time I may do another one or two extra. Other than that you are free to choose.

>>9604400
>Are you supposed get all the endings in a visual novel? Or do you just play it once unless you really enjoy it?
I always intend to get every ending. Bad ends too, if they have CG.
And in some VN you get the True End after playing all normal ends.

>>9604407
>>9604408
>>9604412
Well, that sounds logical. And how about using walkthroughs, do you use walkthroughs to get a specific ending, or do you just wing it?
It doesn't seem to me like making your own choices is that important in what basically amounts to reading a story.

Been reading Oretsuba all day. Very entertaining, especially Falcon's chapter which is like an urban nightlife weirdo parade.

>>9604421
Yes, I use walkthroughs and I’m not ashamed of that.

>>9604421
That really depends as well, I usually wing everything until I hit a dead end. If I hit a dead end or something I check on a walkthrough to see where I went wrong. Usually that is a must if you hit an actual dead end since your mistake is most possibly in the earlier stage of the vn

>>9604421
Walkthrough, otherwise it's annoying unless.
That said, more games should allow the retarded choices to give points instead of the obvious ones.

>>9604421
Nowadays VNs are a lot less "choose your own adventure" than they used to be, so most of the time you don't really get any choice in what is going to happen. On the other hand, there's still games with completely non logical choices that get you a bad end or a route you didn't aim for.
I use walkthroughs because I want to avoid the latter and skipping through the game 20 times to get everything on my own isn't exactly rewarding either. They also tend to tell you if there's actual bad ends worth getting.
Of course, there's also a lot of cases where you don't need a walkthrough at all.

If I can ask a question about Saihate no Ima. I'm still reading it but is it revealed how Azusa's mother dies? becauwe it was mentioned and nothing about it was ever explained. Did Shinobu kill her and buried her in Sayaka's sanctuary since it's the place to go for massacres?
Still in ima2 Youko by the way.

Finally got tired of waiting for a translation and decided to read Sumaga.

Been reading asuseka after it came up in the last thread.
Even though it didn't sound too interesting at first it's been actually pretty nice so far.
Up until now, that is. The day when people find out he's been choosen for the shelter.
He's suddenly become completely oblivious to the thing he spent the entire day before worrying about, really? Is that how we're going to do this?
The protag seemed mostly clear minded for once so I really didn't expect sudden 鈍感-attacks, this is pretty frustrating.

>>9604439
It really depends on a VN though. I think you really should try to experience games like Remember11 (30 possible dead ends) without a walkthrough, unless you really get stuck, since the point of the game is untangling the infinity loop by yourself. How you got a specific bad end actually makes sense most of the time.

Games like Caucasus though... Ooooo boy, hope you enjoy getting 詩音逮捕 ending about a million times without a walkthrough. I still don't understand how the flags for the individual character routes were supposed to work. 999 too, since the true ending requires VERY precise choices and there is only one damn save slot.

>completely non logical choices that get you a bad end
F/SN and Grisaia.

>>9602034
Fucking this. I think AKIRA is working with Sakurai on Ulthar though.

>>9604534
It's not directly revealed (I think) but what happened is pretty obvious, just wait for the last part and you'll understand

>>9604593
I wish I could do that too.

>>9604593
Be careful with the shitty furigana.
>おちくだって
ｗｗｗ

But good luck. I started my own untranslated journey with Sumaga.

>>9604652

Uh Grisaia? Really? You couldn't figure out which of the two choices leads up to a bad end?

>>9606095
Only in two routes.
Makina: It's pretty obvious which choice is the right one when Yuuji exclaims that "this crying face is similar".
Amane: Pretty much a guess game of which one has higher survival probability. The "good end" choice could as well had lead to a similar bad end where Amane sacrifices herself. Though her bad end was worth reading anyways.
Sachi: Her bad end is a really convenient "lol car crash" that had nothing to do with the previous choice.
Michiru: "Goodbye kiss" leads to happy end, while... "Asking her to stay" leads her to trying to commit suicide. She leaves either way and the consequences make no damn sense.
Yumiko: This too was a bit better, since it was already foreshadowed that Yuuji had made some preparations to take down Yumiko's father.

Perhaps I should have said "some of Grisaia's bad ends". Makina and Yumiko's made sense and Amane's was pretty forgiveable, while Sachi and Michiru's were just "Oh man, we definetely need to have a bad end for these routes too, but we can't come up with anything good". Not that this was some huge, game breaking issue either way.

I am sort of amazed Debu Plus sold well enough to warrant a sequel with multiple routes.

>>9609278
The one on the left kind of looks like fat Benio.

Whoa, I didn't know G.J is making an RTS eroge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJYu0LQstIs
The 3d graphics is PS1 era but it looks pretty fun.

>>9609364
What are the chances this will actually be good?

>>9609393
Who cares. Tits wrapped in military uniforms is all I need.

>>9609364
>>9609491

Downloaded the trial but I can't see any text. Anyone else have this problem?

>>9609635
Tried date format in jap?

>>9609667
Yep. Everything is set to Japan.

Waiting for imouto no katachi.
It'll be really sweet if more than one of them are real sisters, but mostly the girl with full body paralysis.

>>9609364
Tried the trial of デデンデン！ first (the title reminds me of Joker).
Not bad at all actually, I'm looking forward to the full product.

Also the boss battle had the same track as the shit hit the fan music of JQV, I guess it's a free track

>>9593981
>>9593981
>>9593981

Sauce for OP's /vn/ please

>>9609963
Google says it's http://vndb.org/v8439

>>9610010

Thank You based Anon

>>9610010
Stupid fuck, can't stop yourself from spoonfeeding idiots huh?

>>9599882
>009
With the amount of names in the mythos, why N'gah-Kthun? I mean, there's like three passing mentions and no one knows exactly what it is, it's even hard to find a definition.

>>9610027
Isn't it hard to sit down with that stick so far up your ass?

>>9607385

This is a much better post. Yeah I will agree with you the writer for Sachi's route just doesn't know what's he is doing there.

>>9610016
>monvisage.jpg

epic reaction image, bro!

>>9595313
I'm playing through Danganronpa 1 actually, since I saw the release of this game approaching but I decided to try 1 first. Just went through the prologue last week, been juggling it with the moege dose I gotta have. It is really stylish and I like it, the whole pop up picture book 2.5D feel of the game really fits the atmosphere of "game".

Kyouko so far is my favorite design. I hope I don't have to kill her or watch her die. There has to be a way out of the game without having to kill her or Chihiro... right? Right?

I wonder how the storytelling changed with the merger of Spike and Chunsoft. There has to be something there.

>>9610359
Wow, incidentally I just read the news about an iOS port of this game.

http://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/id532986408

>>9594001

I'm reading that at the moment and know what you mean. Most of the cast is just unpleasant. Especially Asahi. God, how I hate tsundere. I wish I could hate-rape her.

Anyone played this game?

>Root Double

>LABO - a giant research facility with a nuclear reactor

>September 16, 2030 - 6:19:30 AM - the "incident" occurs

>The security system malfunctions, locking down every section of the basement, trapping 3 rescuers and 6 people waiting to be rescued inside.

>The incident occurred because the nuclear reactor caused a meltdown, filling LABO with the ashes of its dead.

>There are still 9 hours before the system recovers.

>The rescuers have only enough drugs to prevent radiation exposure for 6 people, but what about the other 3 ... ?

>And strange unexplainable phenomena keep happening...

So is this Ever17: Radiation Edition?

>>9610898

Oh yeah, and one of the two main characters has mysteriously lost his memory.

>>9610898
Gundamace has, go bug him at the n7 general to talk.
Otherwise, wait till the port next month.

>>9610898
ever17 done right?

>>9610898
It's getting a PC release.
But yeah it's pretty good.
Though it's pretty much the anti-Ever17 since the first half is really interesting but the later part isn't as strong as it could have been.
Anyways it's the sort of story that live and die on its twist so don't try to spoil yourself.

Been reading the trial of あの、素晴らしい　をもう一度
It's pretty nice, by the same writer/creator as Lost Colors, the production values are especially nice for a title first released in 99.
It's a loop game and the story/setting are fairly interesting, though I'm still at the beginning.

http://dl.rakuten.co.jp/prod/800692850.html
Looks like I'll end up buying it

>>9610359
>There has to be a way out of the game without having to kill her or Chihiro... right? Right?
The story is completely linear, with only a single proper "Bad End" (the rest are just simple Game Over screens). If someone dies, the chances are that they're dead for good.

Oh, and you should probably avoid DR2 info, since it stars some of the DR1 survivors

So with the Little Busters anime coming out soonish, I figure I should actually get around to playing the VN so I can act smug in front of the /a/ types (and to avoid spoilers).

Here's my dilemma: I've been holding off for the EX/ME version to get translated into English, but it's looking like that's not going to happen in time for the anime (if at all). I could play it in Japanese, but my moon skills are still pretty shaky. I've played a few moege in Japanese successfully, but my reading speed is spectacularly slow and I have to rely on text hookers and Rikaichan, etc. Or I could play the original release in English, and then play just the extra routes in Japanese. The latter would save a lot of time and I wouldn't have to worry as much about not understanding things correctly, but I hear there were some changes made to the original routes in EX as well. I'm not sure how major they were or how big of a deal that is.

What do you recommend?

>>9612325
Just play the translated vanilla LB content, and then you can always play the EX stuff if/when it gets translated afterwards, or in Japanese afterwards. While there are some changes made in parts of the routes, it's not really that big a deal, and you aren't missing much. Refrain, Rin's route, the stuff that matters, is essentially the same.

>>9612338
So the changes weren't all that significant, then? Was it just stuff to make the new routes mesh with the old content or something?

I'll probably do that, then, thanks.

i know one of you in an earlier thread mentioned reading 時をかける処女, and saying you were surprised by the amount of story it ended up having. I'm not big on rape (really depends on the situation), but I'm interested in reading it to find out what happens to the girl given I'm guessing her mental state collapses after the numerous loops and repeated rapes/deaths. I don't want the culprit that's raping her to end up being the guy she likes, though. so you can just spoil that for me if that's the case.

Also, the art is pretty nice.

i know one of you in an earlier thread mentioned reading 時をかける処女, and saying you were surprised by the amount of story it ended up having. I'm interested in reading it, but not all that into rape (really depends on the situation). would I still be able to enjoy it in that case or am i better off just passing it up?

>>9612366
If rape makes you uncomfortable then you might want to refrain from playing it, I had to skip some of the H-scenes even though I didn't flinch at games like euphoria. Seeing the girl's mental state etc. after looping was definitely the most interesting part, to me at least, especially in the last route when more things get revealed. The rapist and learning about him was a pretty significant part of the plot so I don't really want to spoil it straight out, but it doesn't end with the girl forgiving and living happily ever after with him after a big twist or something if that's what you're worried about.

>>9612381
>時をかける処女
That's a horrible pun. What the hell? The Girl Who Leapt Through Time with rape?

Anyways. Starting Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori mo,
Voiced protagonist was a pleasant surpise.

>>9612791
It gave me a severe danna-sama boner.

>>9610359
I only played DR2 for a bit (until the end of chapter 1; decided to wait until I finish DR1), but it seemed to me like the writing is a bit better in DR2. The dialogue flow is less forced, fewer generic overused phrases and so on.

That said, I'm now nearing the end of Chapter 3 in DR1 and things have really taken a turn for the weird. Between Byakuya's (understandably) planer-sized ego, Genocider Shou, the "Ishida" fusion fighting Yamada for the trap AI, and Hagakure mumbling something about how a secret shadowy organization killed Lennon and Cobain, the game is a veritable lunatic asylum now.

>>9610359
I only played DR2 for a bit (until the end of chapter 1; decided to wait until I finish DR1), but it seemed to me like the writing is a bit better in DR2. The dialogue flow is less forced, fewer generic overused phrases and so on.

That said, I'm now nearing the end of Chapter 3 in DR1 and things have really taken a turn for the weird. Between Byakuya's (understandably) planet-sized ego, Genocider Shou, the "Ishida" fusion fighting Yamada for the trap AI, and Hagakure mumbling something about how a secret shadowy organization killed Lennon and Cobain, the game is a veritable lunatic asylum now.

>>9613038
>Hagakure mumbling something about how a secret shadowy organization killed Lennon and Cobain
Did you spend free time with him? Because I don't remember that at all.

Just finished Aerials.
Maybe my expectations got lowered because of you guys but It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I enjoyed the battles, they're full of tension.

The game would've been a whole lot better if it just focused on the fight against SPOOK. The talking points that they keep forcing on you is pretty annoying. Chapter 6 is especially bad in this regard.

>>9609635
I have the same problem (and apparently some chinese guys I stumbled through google too, I don't get if it's just a missing font or full blown gaijin block). If you get word on how to fix it please do post it.

>>9613042
It was one of those short convos you get before getting asked if you want to spend some time with the character. Since it's possible to simply reject them afterwards, I just talk to everyone whenever they are available.
He was also freaking out that he can't tell me any more or he'll get "erased".

>>9613120
I don't think it's a missing font, the other game included displays its text properly.

>>9613194
Close enough, then. After his hamburger mutilation scene at the beginning of chapter IV, nothing he says surprises me.

>>9593981
>服を脱ぐルール
楽しみ

Have only played FSN, not playing anything now, no idea what to play.

>>9593981
>服を脱ぐルール
楽しみ

Have only played FSN, not playing anything now, no idea what to play..

So I just got my copy of Densha de D Lightning Stage and was ready to start trying to translate it, when I discovered that there's no real.. Sorta easy to find guide or tutorial on the basics of ripping/editing/translating a doujin game. Is there any place you guts know of that at least gives me an idea of what I need to rip it apart and get to work?

>>9613334
It depends on the VN i'd say. I was able to convert the English translation for fate stay night to the PSP version. It involved extracting script files and doing some scripting. The language was called onscripter or nscripter or something, can't recall..

>>9613334
Try to find which engine it's running on first. There is a global extractor called Crass which CG rippers use to extract data, it can also work with script files, etc., depending on the engine. A mirror of the tool is at the TLWiki tool page, since I think the creator's page already went down.

As for a guide... since there are so many engines on use, I can't tell you something in specific. I also assume you are not comfortable with reverse engineering an engine, anyways. Plus, doujin games usually use one alternative of NScripter or krkr because they're freely available. There's also tools for those at the TLWiki page.

>>9613345
(O)Nscripter is the engine it runs on. Since it's been ported to many consoles (like the Wii, hah) it's a good start to "porting" something.

The PC version of F/sn is made in TJS (and ran in krkr2/KAG3) which is some hybrid scripting and tag-based language W.Dee came up for use with his engine.

>>9613587
>'s a good start to "porting" something
Cool, I did it years ago though, just for myself. So I could during class and on the bus. I can't recall much of what I did.

Finished Saihate and then went to read some explanations because the ending was kind of an overload of information at the end.
That was pulled off fantastically well, I mean mixing events from two differnet points of time and making them look like they were continuous during the whole novel, I just couldn't suspect anything.
I still have some doubts related to Fueko's route because the last hour info was kinda hard to digest. Otherwise damn fine VN with some great writing even if I felt the conclusion before the epilogue was kinda underwhelming.

>>9614387
I should reread it one of these day.

Muramasa:

Well this is weird. I thought this was going to lead me to a bad end, but it keeps going. Is this something I should leave for later? I haven't finished either main route yet. I assumed that you would get on Hikaru's later by having the left bar be the highest in chapter 3. But then what the hell is this?

I have a few questions on JQV.

What happened with the ending. Natalia said that in order for a world to come into existence, that there needs to be an observer and an observer observing the observer. Since Shimaji went back to his own world, and waited for the clouds (the connecting junction between him and the observer Mei) to disappear before leaving his transformed fate, that his subjective world ended, but how did he, or his result/offspring, or whatever that little girl was end up in a world where all the people who he was responsible for the death of lived? And why was Mei there? At first I thought that that might have been where she ended up after she subliminat-ed, reached an understanding about what man was, the world on the other side of the boundary that Shimaji pushed Ayana into, but I'm not sure if that's really feasible, it seems too convenient.

Also, what was the relationship between Mei and Shimaji, ultimately. I get that it was the observer and the observed, the clouds being the point of contact in which two separate spaces established by the breakdown of probability existed concurrently, and that Shimaji was the animus of Mei, and that Mei was on top of being his savior, the essence of humankind from which Shimaji could learn (both of which Natalia shut down as being mere projection), but is that it? Also, I didn't entirely get what Natalia was criticizing him for in this passage, when she railed Shimaji in the infirmary "孤独の世界で、自分が何かを選択するとしたら。　サイコロを振って、
自分の思うがままの目を出せるとしたら。。。
「望んでいただろう？」
「求めていただろう？」
「あにくんが勝手に人間と定めた。。。弱者たちを」
「どこまでも自分勝手なあにくん」
If someone could elaborate, it would be much obliged.

I have a few questions on JQV.

What happened with the ending. Natalia said that in order for a world to come into existence, that there needs to be an observer and an observer observing the observer. Since Shimaji went back to his own world, and waited for the clouds (the connecting junction between him and the observer Mei) to disappear before leaving himself to his transformed fate, that his subjective world ended and he got his closure, but how did he, or his result/offspring, end up in a world where all the people who he was responsible for the death of lived? And why was Mei there? At first I thought that that might have been where she ended up after she subliminat-ed, reached an understanding about what man was, the world on the other side of the boundary that Shimaji pushed Ayana into, but I'm not sure if that's really feasible, it seems too convenient.

Also, what was the relationship between Mei and Shimaji, ultimately. I get that it was the observer and the observed, the clouds being the point of contact in which two separate spaces established by the breakdown of probability existed concurrently, and that Shimaji was the animus of Mei, and that Mei was on top of being his savior, the essence of humankind from which Shimaji could learn (both of which Natalia shut down as being mere projection), but is that it? Also, I didn't entirely get what Natalia was criticizing him for in this passage, when she railed Shimaji in the infirmary "孤独の世界で、自分が何かを選択するとしたら。　サイコロを振って、

自分の思うがままの目を出せるとしたら。。。
「望んでいただろう？」
「求めていただろう？」
「あにくんが勝手に人間と定めた。。。弱者たちを」
「どこまでも自分勝手なあにくん」
If someone could elaborate, it would be much obliged.

I need a translated visual novel with an at least half decent plot to pass the time. Also it needs to be at least semi obscure, I've already read all of the popular stuff like Ever17, G-Senjou, Umineko, DS titles etc. I don't care if it has sexual content or not.

>>9615734
Katahane and Hanachirasu come to mind.

>>9615745
Ohh yes. Hanachirasu sounds like my type of visual novel. I enjoyed Kikokugai and this sounds similar.

Just started this one yesterday. I'm looking forward to the Irotoridori fd.

weird, my post is gone along with some others from last night. anyway:

>>9612582
happy to hear that about 時をかける処女. sounds like my kind of eroge. Fictional rape doesn't make me uncomfortable, and like I said, there are some instances where I've enjoyed it. guess I'll start reading it sometime this week.

Have these been posted yet? From the October issue of Tech Gian.

>>9615537
Nah, you're going for a bad end now. Going on Hikaru/Muramasa route requires playing through Ichijou/Kanae's first, after which the second bar becomes the Muramasa bar.

>>9616331
Ah ok, I'll just keep going then. Thanks.

Currently shopping for a cheap laptop. Has anyone ever run into problems running VNs with Intel graphics chipsets?

>>9616410
Not quite, but some more process-hogging gameplay VNs (and just some with nicer transitions) can suffer from slowdown if you have a shitty processor bundled with it as well.

Process-hogging since some Japanese cannot code efficiently.

Hi /jp/, I only have been played Chaos;Head and finished a year ago, now I would like to play another VN, but can't find any link to download some for free, could you give me a hint where to look at please?

>>9616567
Read this
http://pastebin.com/1vyH0PbZ
It's from the /vg/ thread.

http://vndb.org/v7110

Anyone know where I can find this for download? Googling for 20 minutes just gave me a bunch of dead links.

>>9616522
So if I get a decent CPU, Intel graphics shouldn't be an issue? I'm currently looking at a 2.5 GHz i5 with Intel HD graphics or a 2.3 GHz i3 with Intel HD 3000 graphics.

>>9616580
Check PD or Share. Alternatively if you want it that bad and still can't find it you could always buy it~ http://www.dlsite.com/maniax/work/=/product_id/RJ047384.html

>>9616583
I think any of those should suffice, but if you can get an Intel 4000 somehow that would be more reassuring since they did some really good improvements over their 4k line.

>>9616574
Thanks anon

>>9616595
Theyll let foreigners buy from that site?

>>9616646
Yep. I've bought numerous things there. I even think they have an English version of the site, though I haven't checked it out.

>>9616602
No dice on the 4000, in this price range anyway. I think I'll probably go with the i3 system since the 3000 packs a bit more punch than the old Intel HD.

Thanks for your help.

>>9616654
Awesome thanks.

>>9616654
they do, but it has much less content than the JP site and I believe the prices are the same.

anyone know of any other Japanese digital distribution services that offer eroge that allow foreigners to purchase from them? I think Gyutto might, but I'm not sure.

I found this free VN to be moderately good
http://www.renaigames.org/files/Homeward-all.zip (300mb~)

>>9616238
Can't wait.

I'm playing Milky Holmes 1.5 in anticipation for the sequel tomorrow, and man, I didn't realise the changes they made were so good. I even cried, just a little bit, in Cordelia's story just now...

Thank god

I played Wanko to Kurasou the other day
I was disappointed, it left a bad taste in my mouth.

>>9617560
It was disappointing to say the least. After sitting through storyline, setting up the world and reading about a douchebag MC, there is no "path" to speak of. If I wanted a story focusing on Mikan? nope. He ends up fucking everything regardless of "path", and it's hardly even harem. I was expecting him to even fuck the boy dog.

>>9612791
Ugh... I've spent much more time reading 4chan than this. Anyways, I came up with a question that's been bugging me for a while.

What the hell are the ・・・・・ dots above the text that are in furigana's place supposed to mean? They've come up in many different games, but this one is particularly ergerious about their use.
Just for emphasizing "hey, this part is important" or something along those lines?

Just went through 'Furuiro Meikyuu Rondo' CG's.
Is it nothing but Bad Ends / death of the heroine? Or is there a way to save the girls, (Mostly just Saki)

>>9617751
Yep, the person is placing emphasis in that sentence.

>>9617755
Okay, thanks.

This VN is so cuuuute
I love it when she does that with her ahoge

>>9617751
>夢見鳥学園
How the hell do you read tha- Oh. がくえん is actually 学園. This feeling of everything falling into place after starting to learn kanji is golden.

>>9617752
The protag having to prevent their deaths is a part of the story. It develops into another direction anyway so you are asking a pointless question

Completed the Maou chapter in Muramasa a few hours ago, and I'm still tearing up every time I think about it.
The ending was probably the most emotional scene in the game,Kageaki stabbing himself as part of the curse, and Hikaru receiving love and dying in peace.
About Hikaru always emphasising the lack of a father to Kageaki, her rants made too much sense after that big reveal at the end, made me feel silly for not getting the implications earlier.
The latter parts of the route in general were just depressing. Shirou and Sakurako I felt at least deserved a somewhat happy end as they did absolutely nothing wrong, but I suppose that double kill/suicide was the best or most fitting way for them to go.
At least Chachamaru got what was coming to her, Raichou was too awesome.

The route itself did get a bit ridiculous at points, especially the time travel. It just brought about more questions regarding Sayo and the forged bomb girl. Could anyone explain to me about those two, as there was very little information about them throughout the VN.

Also, how long is the epilogue?

>>9617950
>The route itself did get a bit ridiculous at points, especially the time travel. It just brought about more questions regarding Sayo and the forged bomb girl. Could anyone explain to me about those two, as there was very little information about them throughout the VN.
My takes on both points:
The Forged Bomb part seems to be either about the future bombings or about the tribe she comes from (similar to the Ainu/dwarves). Or it may be a field test or something similar.
That probably wasn't Sayo, but the original owner of her Tsurugi, Bathory herself. That is, if she and Sayo aren't the same person, which seems plausible.

>Also, how long is the epilogue?
About as long as the first chapter.

I probably won't get a real answer but I'll post this question anyways

Are there any visual novels with a great "concept"? By that I mean something akin to Umineko's "colored text". I think it was a genius idea and the best thing about the novel, so I'm interested to see if there's something not exactly the same, but on the same level.

>>9618175
How many VN have you read exactly.

>>9617995
Those scenes did confuse me a little as they just revealed a random bunch of stuff without any explanation. But your points do seem quite plausible.
Sayo's tsurugi does seem quite interesting; she takes on the young form of the "witch" when she uses it.

>About as long as the first chapter.
Shouldn't take too long to read then, thanks.

>>9618189
About 10-15.

>>9617950
It's been a long time since I played the game, but I remember thinking that the Forged Bomb basically went though a process similar to forging, except without the armor. Like the blacksmiths bestow upon their armors their philosophy/way of fighting/principle, her dying amongst complete destruction basically sublimated her into what she is.
And yeah, it was probably implied Sayo either is Bathory herself or her discendant. Kanae went to Europe after all.

I'm reading Princess Evangile right now, just got over the common route and it was not as painful as I expected it to be.
MC is the usual donkan stock guy, but at least he has a face, plus he does show balls from time to time.
I've just entered Ayaka's route and things are looking interesting, family drama but she seems capable of handing it herself, god I love how she shut up her stepmother.

>>9618175
>"concept"
I think you mean "fancy gimmicks" that the games "are based around" and yes, there are some. I'm answering to all that might be interested. I think the latest one that does something different is Furuiro Meikyuu Rondo which experiments with a "keyword" system where you "collect" them as the story progresses and select them instead of actual choices to keep your friends' "destiny meters" from going to zero and killing them.

The upcoming PC port of Root Double has some kind of "SENSES System" where you adjust your "trust meter" with characters instead of traditional choices. A bit different, but brings I/O's "Defragment" system to mind, where you unlock more scenes in other routes as you go on. Continuing from the same writer, Remember11 has two main routes which affect one another. Getting a bad end in one route, saving it and trying out the another one leads to a different bad end from their perspective.

Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate have their respective "delusion trigger" and "cellphone" systems which aren't actual branching choices, but do affect the outcome.

I heard Aoiro Rinne has some kind of interesting "key" stuff going on, but haven't tried or spoiled it for myself yet.

Then there are your VNs with general gameplay ranging from action to point'n'click. Rance, Baldr and Innocent Grey series are the ones coming to mind.

Oh, and maybe *insert* Days which have shitloads of "realtime choices" (but pretty shitty stories otherwise).
Anyone know more?

>>9618599
Would forest voice-only lines dount? Considering some chapters, basically 1 and 4 are based around these conversations?
Aoiro's key system is kinda similar to Yu-no's jewel system too.

>>9618599
Well, if we're adding gimicky mini games to the mix there's stuff like little busters and symphonic rain.
I usually avoid VNs with gameplay, though, so nothing else comes to mind

>>9618175
>>9618599

Second Novel for PSP has a system where you collect excerpts of a story in order to complete it. See eg. vndb for a screenshot

>>9618599
The choices in meguri hitohira treat it like a novel and let you choose how the story will go next by excerpts of the next dialogue sequence.

Just finished the epilogue, and it was done quite wonderfully. It's nice to see Kageaki finally get his resolve (and that demon grin was awesome too).
Sorimachi was an awesome villain as well. He was always a threat in the background and screwed over Kageaki numerous times.
I also felt very...happy when I saw this, especially considering the stuff that was going to happen to the world afterwards.

Overall, the VN is probably the best one I've read thus far. I enjoyed it immensely, and it's nice to see how well done and creative the entire setting was.
Most of the characters were great, had actual personalities, and it was very easy to get attached to them (and also painful when someone dies).
The themes in this were explored very deeply and ultimately, I liked how everything was pretty much in a grey area, instead of the typical good and evil stuff you find elsewhere.

>>9618723
That sounds kind of interesting, actually.

>>9619355
It's a pretty fun system since you basically go down a route by identifying speech quirks. There're just too many and doing all the routes is kind of annoying skip-wise.

>>9619355
Meguri, Hitohira is a very good title, full of warmhearted Shumon goodness.

>>9619266
The epilogue of Muramasa was so perfect it's hard to believe it was written by a human.
I wonder when/if Narahara will release a new title, he is the only one who can save Nitro+ now

Help /jp/, I downloaded Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni - Dai Ichi Ya but it get stucks at the installation, what to do?

>>9619508
Try letting it install without going to any other program. Just don't do anything till it's finished.
It works for me.

>>9619516
No luck it gets stuck at pretty much the beginning of the installation

>>9619548
JAPANESE LOCALE.

>>9619556
Why are Japanese programmers so woefully incompetent?

>>9619573
They don't give two shit's about whether their programs run on the computers of baka gaijin.

>>9619573
Because
>this product is for japanese use only

>>9619573
It's not incompetence, it's racism.

Got to Asairo's 2nd "chapter"...

So, I presume there is some sort of a time loop?

And this fucker. I can already see they're going to weave a sad backstory so the reader would actually feel sorry for her in the end. Fuck the naive and indecisive protag too.

>>9619573

It's just a gaijin lock.

Well, you're right anyway, just not in this case.

Reading Owaru sekai to birthday right now and feeling uncertain with route to go down first. Checked two walkthroughs and one of them suggested Iri's route first and the other suggested not to go down anyones route but to first clear the common story.

Anyone have any suggestion about which would give the biggest impact? To enter the routes in the order they appear or to go down the common route first?

>>9619391
>I wonder when/if Narahara will release a new title, he is the only one who can save Nitro+ now
I'm waiting for their next anniversary. I've given up on expecting anything good before then.

>>9620916
To their defense, Lost Christmas was a pretty fun game, even though it had nothing substantial. Dogura-Q may or may not come out before Narahara's next title as well, and that should be worth playing, but, Muramasa took (iirc) 5 years total to make? I'll be looking forward to his next work in 2015, possibly.

>>9620955
>To their defense, Lost Christmas was a pretty fun game, even though it had nothing substantial.
Yeah, and I actually liked Axanael. Maybe it's just that everything feels underwhelming after Muramasa.

>>9620955
Phenomeno was excellent too, despite being just a promo. Even though stuff like Kimi to Kanojo is not my cup of tea, Nitroplus is still pretty great overall.

>>9620785
Normal (don't enter any route) > Ili > Mika > Hiragi > Naruko > True

http://blog.livedoor.jp/shield99/archives/14690491.html
So many doujin games that will never be uploaded anywhere

Having finished all three of his endings now, I can declare this with certainty: Shiki is incredibly boring. That was some total failure to provide character development there. And that "good" ending was weak as hell.
I know people complain about the game's character's being flat, but I ended up really feeling for all of them by the end of their routes - except Shiki.

What is all the fuss about? I just don't get why he's so popular. The Comiket catalogue for groups doing Togainu books was like 90% Shiki on Akira. (and the only Motomi-centric one I found didn't have any porn in it ;__;)

>>9621369

Thanks, I'll do it in that order.

>>9621989
Because fujoshi like grimdark pretty boys with swords?

Soon.
I'm planning on rereading it in its entirety, can't wait

I hope the LS fandisk is uploaded tomorrow and what happened with Hotch potch doesn't repeat.

Almost forgot that this VN is released today. Should I buy it or wait for NIS to release it over here? AFAIK, this is the first VN-like game to be released on Vita.

こにちは。I am learning Japanese and I am at a pretty low level. Are there any good ＶＮs that I can play if I am ready to look things up in a dictionary? Recommendations please.

>>9623075
>こにちは
No.

>>9623088
>>9623093
These really fit in a university city, philosophers and scientist. Surprised about a character from Little women.
Also Bertha is kinda obscure.

has someone already a 100% save for this?
I somehow thought this would be a nukige and was looking forward to fap to it, but I really don't want to bother with reading all the crap. I tried skipping through it, but holy shit, there's just so much of it..

Tried checking sagaoz and a few other sites but didn't find anything, so I hoped maybe someone here could share his file

>>9621783
Do we have some kind of an overview sheet for all the doujin eroge? Like we had for all the other comiket stuff?

I know there was one for games, but they solely listed actual games and didn't seem to include VNs

>>9623147
Jo was my favorite from Little women.
And yeah this looks good

>>9623141
There should be a save in the anime-sharing thread. That game is impossible without a walkthrough anyway.

>>9623235
Thanks, got it from there now

>>9622894
It's not. Zennin Shibou Death (999's successor is out). It's a very good game, and I recommend checking that out.

>>9623434
Is it another rehash of the infinity series ideas?

>>9623437
For the most part, yes. Though I say that, I might not be able to sufficiently answer the question, since I've only played Never7 and Ever17. It was for the most part, similar to 999 in many ways, which is to be expected.

>>9623434
Was it better than 999? The same?
I didn't like 999 much.

>>9623481
Better, marginally. I'd give 999 a 7.0 and Zennin an 8.0.

>>9623493
I'll make my little brother play it once it gets localized then. He loved 999 and if "Good People Die" is even better that's good news.

I know Christine Love and OELVN are /vg/ territory, but I want to know /jp/'s opinion on Analogue being a potential 2012 IndieCade Winner. I respect your opinion more than /vg/'s anyways.

Is it really that good, or is it just that the state of Doujin/Indie Games in the west is that pitiful? I haven't dared touch any of Christine Love's works, but I just keep hearing either viral campaigns for it or simply surprised readers.

>>9623597
>I want to know /jp/'s opinion on Analogue being a potential 2012 IndieCade Winner
Why do you think we care about popularity contests?

>>9623626
Exactly the reason why I am asking here, I don't care if it wins, I just want to know if I should even bother with it.

>>9623597
Analogue is pretty much "Modern Feminism: The Visual Novel", thus it's obviously a serious contender for "challenging the reader" and "bringing difficult subjects to light".

http://killscreendaily.com/articles/reviews/longest-hate-story-ever-told/
>Limbaugh’s remark affirmed what I had been reading in Christine Love’s latest creation Analogue: A Hate Story, an impressive work of digital fiction with a strong feminist stance. As a heterosexual male, sexism is not something I’m 100-percent comfortable writing about. I thought I was just signing on to play a videogame. Yet here I am, writing about feminism. So what does Analogue say to the straight male? That sexism is such a big part of human history that sometimes we don’t even notice it—I think. And to solve it, I need to get over being straight?

>I know Christine Love and OELVN are /vg/ territory,
And yet you post about it here.
>>>/vg/

>>9623639
Thanks, so basically not worth my time unless I'm interested in feminism.
>And yet you post about it here.
Oh alright, guess I'll just have to deal with the lower IQ at /vg/ next time I want a serious opinion.

I'll just continue trudging through Kamikaze Explorer for now. I don't know why but Aoyama Yukari's voice as Mishio could kill me from diabetes from the sweetness. It's sad because the other character that can do that, Tomo, doesn't have a route.

>>9623714
You are trying way too hard to fit in.

In regards to Analogue, if you read the article itself the author actually kinda of likes it. Personally, I thought it was okay but I wasn't a fan of the shifting through emails type of story telling. Granted, the mere fact that the author is an original English writer provided for at least a refreshing read and a break from all the shit Japanese writers that wind up writing for moe memes and otaku smut. However, at that point, you might as well pick up a decent book.

>>9623870
I probably am, but everyone is just way too finicky when something OELVN shows up.

>>9623920
We don't discuss OELVNs here. They belong on /vg/, just like we don't discuss anime here, because it belongs on /a/. There is nothing 'finicky' about it.

Playing: Swan Song, Last Purify
Looking forward to: Dies Irae AA, eventual online distribution of Episode Ave Marie, and that's pretty much it for me for the rest of the year.

>>9623920
That's because the people here have determined that such things are more suitable for /vg/. This thread is largely solely occupied by untranslated japanese games. Sure there's no need to be so aggressive, but it's also a game that most of us will probably never play, so being treated like an outsider is to be expected to an extent.

>>9623999
If you liked JQV the writer worked on a commercial title that will be released this month, さくら、咲きました

>>9624013
Yeah, I saw that, and then I saw all of the other writers. Kind of like new Navel, I don't want to commit to buying the game if I'm only going to enjoy a third or less of it, so I'm going to hold off until reviews come for it.

Is there a trial for the game, and if so have you played it? What do you think?

>>9624048
I did the trial.
It was pretty run of the mill honestly, the setting is interesting though and the trial end with a big shocker (hint:AsuSeka) so it could get interesting later.
Anyways Hiruou obviously didn't write anything in the trial, he is only doing one route it seems

So it's wait and see for me too

>>9623999
Man swan song was really boring until the later half. Glad I pushed myself through it.

>>9624096
I loved Swan Song from the very beginning, the writing was just enchanting.

>>9624102
I also, like Swan Song really much. One of the few VNs that I blew in almost one sitting.

Who is the writer anyways? I can't find it from the official website, erogamescape blocks my country and google search turned up a bunch of Chinese results.

>>9624193
Setoguchi Renya I think? Guy from kira kira and carnevale.

>>9624193
>>9624206
Yeah, it's Setoguchi Renya, guy's already retired from writing as far as I know, though, Kira Kira being his last work.

>>9624206
>kira kira and carnival
O-okay. Looked around and found out that he hasn't written any other ones apart from those three titles ;_;

Kira☆Kira doesn't seem like my kind of a game but I might check out Carnival after finishing the stuff I'm currently reading.

Thanks.

>>9624206
I heard he did Kirakira and Swan Song, but I didn't realize he also did Carnevale. I guess I should play that at some point, since I loved the other two.

Wait, Swan Song is by the same guy who wrote Kira Kira? Fuck, now I have a reason to read Swan Song.

>>9624234

It's good. Read Kirari's route at least, it's really hot.

And don't worry, there's plenty of SUFFERING to go around if you're one of those people.

Kira Kira made me feel despair, but in another, personally cathartic way, besides the obvious drama in some routes. It made me reflect on how much I wasted my youth.

>>9624272
>Read Kirari's route at least, it's really hot.
Asshole.

I should reread Kirakira, in Japanese this time. Even back then I could tell that MG butchered it pretty badly.

What the hell is thi kira kira is a good VN?

>>9624233
From what I heard he still writes but under the name "Karabe Yousuke" (唐辺葉介)

>>9624354
If that's true, then he also wrote Second Novel. Been meaning to read that, I've heard good things about it.

>>9624364
He only wrote a short story for it.
Second Novel was written by the guy who did Shoin.

>>9624373
Oh, that's too bad. Well, I'll get around to playing it one of these days anyhow.

Coming towards the end of cross channel now, really enjoying it so far but I absolutely loath the protagonist, I would have rathered it if the VN took it's self more seriously as a whole.

only just realised that Katawa Shoujo is the only high school romance VN that I've played. I hate to ask, but does anyone have an suggestions for a decent high school romance VN that's translated? Eroge preferred but not needed.
Thanks very much.

Going to start koichoco after the ton of serious plot drioven games I've read as of late.
I hate myself for reading something only because there's an anime of it, but I like the art a lot and I want to fuck Michiru.

>>9624397
Yume Miru Kusuri.

>>9624419
Thanks very much, downloading it now in anticipation!

There are so many shitty English translated VNs, it breaks my soul. Where the fuck is my 11eyes? I've been waiting years now.

>>9624502
And to think, in those years you waited, you could have learned Japanese.

>>9624540
That's actually the conclusion I came to at some point a few months ago. I'm trying to learn, but, well, it's quite hard. I've still not fully gotten used to hirigana yet and my vocab is awful. Just about starting to understand the simplest of sentence structure.

>>9624865
>hirigana
Yeaaahhhh...

>>9624865

You are struggling with probably the absolute easiest parts of Japanese, kana and sentence structure. How can you manage to learn kanji or vocab?

>>9624879
Exactly my point, I'm not very good at languages, even English. That said, I'm still trying and have no intention of giving up, so no bullies, please.

>>9624951

It's the method in which you are learning that's shit. Try another angle.

>>9624978
I don't really have any money for notebooks. I'm quite literally watching anime raw, reading raw manga and working my through namesensei's videos whilst sampling which other online methods I can find.

>>9625013
Textbooks, not notebooks, sorry.

>>9625013
Have you ever looked into Pimsleur's audio lessons? I used some back in the day, but I don't remember how much of an impact they had. And honestly, raw anime isn't going to do much for you. Watching other people speak Japanese isn't going to improve your understanding. You should be writing, reading, looking up words, etc. I maintain that the best way to learn, after you have grammar down, is to try translating something, like an easy manga.

>>9620955
i suspect dogura q was put on hold to some extent due to lost christmas. when did hanachirasu come out, 2005? muramasa was 2009, so yeah, still a bit of a wait left.

what else has narahara done, anyway? dude seems mysterious as fuck.

>>9625013
I suggest you use Anki for the kana, read Tae Kim or pirate Genki for the grammar, and then grind the shit out of vocab with Anki (the Core2000 deck is a nice place to start). I never bothered studying the kanji individually and I have no regrets.

Once you've got somewhat of a grasp on the grammar and a bit of vocab, start reading moege with Furigana Inserter + Rikaichan so you can get a feel for the language in context.

>>9625099
>>9625062
Man this is why I love /jp/, everyone is so fucking helpful. I'm really grateful for your suggestions, I'll definitely go and check them out!
Thanks guys!

>>9625062

You want to speak and listen as much as possible. The main barrier of learning is getting results. The thing is, listening to anime will do you know good until you can understand atleast some of whats said. When you understand the most commonly used words, the rest of the words can be understood through context.

This is not the only way to learn. It is just one of several dozen methods to use. Realistically you should be moving through things and material.

Download Heisig's book, Pimsleur, listen to audio, anime, music, kanjidamage, lang-8. You should have a folder of japanese sites, and you should check them daily. You should always do things daily. But to keep it fresh and different, you have to vary how and what you are doing. Make it fun and you won't feel it's learning at all.

>>9625129
I tend to read matome sites and learn weird things once in a while. Who knew ムクドリ was an euphemism for a 69?
As a side bonus I stay informed on eroge and the like. It's fun, as you say.

ぬ　And　ね　Are little shits.

>>9625190
シ　ン　ツ　ソ

>>9625251
Oh god. I've not come across those yet. Fuck, I've just being doing my little line things in any direction at any size, more or less. I'm so shit at this it's frustrating.

>>9625251

ガソリン

When you write it, it looks like the exact same letter.

>>9625290
>When you write it, it looks like the exact same letter.
only if you never learned proper stroke order, they're pretty easy to tell apart unless it's some kind of retarded font

>>9625155
Speaking of this, do any of you have any particular eroge blogs/sites besides EGS/2ch that you read? How do those of you who are more connected to the japanese community get your info?

New thread: >>9626214

>>9625990
Well, if you're asking for my personal taste:

I used to love 三度の飯よりゲーム好き, but it died about two months ago. fujioka was a bro, but he found work and decided to drop the site. I wish him luck.

You might have seen images from ニトロ有線式 around as well (with the nitroyss watermark), it's pretty popular with some people. He posts bits from magazines like PUSH, Tech Gian, etc., figure reviews, sometimes does eroge site update overviews. He has cool cameras.

For 2ch bits and eroge news now I read あしたがみえない, basically takes threads of interest and comments from 2ch and summarizes them into an "article". ニュー速VIPブログ is one that I thought died earlier but he seems to be resuming as well.

For retail/doujinshi works I check アキバBlog. It's quite comprehensive. にゅーあきばどっとこむ is a similar site.

For general vidya news, はちま起稿 and 4Gamer. They churn out updates faster than I can read them most of the time, so I click on relevant to my interest headlines most of the time.

>>9626217

And for random tidbits, twitter. The Japanese love twitter. I have a list with the eroge companies I've checked, but I am unsure if a link would get through the spam filter.

I'm also interested in which other sites people read here, I've handpicked these sites over some time but I am always looking for new resources. It keeps the learning process fun. Guess we'll move to the new thread though.

>>9625990
The eroge thread on Nijiura (may), a few 2ch matome sites and uso900.

>>9623219
Seconded. Jo was the best Little Women.

Not feeling the art, though. And man, does EVERYONE have the Golden Eye this time around?

Just finished Sekien no Inganock. It was pretty neat, but i would rather spent more time with Ruaha than annoying Kia.
And who or what could be this Kid in the end? Revived Porshion? Some kind of "Gii & Kia"-mixed kid?
Althrough the story was pretty much linear there were some things in the end i didn't expect to happen (in a positive way). And it was one of the fewer VN-endings that was actually ~good~. A VN has to end with a big BOOM and then recommencement.
4/5 (only 4 because it lacks of Ruaha)

What happened to the new thread?

>>9627706
It's here: 9626214

>>9627706
new thread at >>9626214