/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Can't decide on where to receive my monthly dose of icharabu. It's either ShukuSaku, Koi-iro or the new game from Lump of Sugar.

About halfway done with Mama Love.
It's basically Damekoi 0.5, strange it's not as well known as the other Maruto since it's basically as good as the rest.
Anyways I'm liking it a lot, the pacing especially is amazing.

Also I'm rereading Saihate no Ima for the first time since I finished it years ago, the writing is even better than I remember and since I actually know how the whole thing works everything make a lot more sense.

>>9918284
Downloading R.U.R.U.R. Since yesterday.

Got halfway through Futami's route in Itsusora, and then decided to transition to the PS2 version.

>Duel Savior TRPG
>>>/tg/21206910
I know that /jp/ used to have plenty of people interested in this kind of stuff back in the day.

Linking a rare good thread
http://may.2chan.net/b/res/151054213.htm

>>9918723
Started reading it, I bet it's full of nostalgia-fagging.
I agree with this guy though:
>玉石混交の時代だった
てかクソゲー率の高さを考えると
昔の方が良かったとは口が裂けてもいえない

>>9918758
Nostalgia fagging is normal in Futaba.
But there is a lot of love for Kazokei so it's a good thread

Still playing Kakyuusei 2.
Shame about Tamaki as the rest of the game seems quite nice so far.

Still trudging through Naka no Hito nado Inai. Is it me or the common route is surprisingly long so far? I'm going to be very disappointed if the character routes are only a quarter of that.

>>9918819
It makes me wonder where Elf would be today if they hadn't made that one boneheaded move.

>>9918958
Maybe they wouldn't be "The NTR-company".

>>9918954
I've only done Ayano's route so far (only playing it when I need a break from heavier stuff), but the common route didn't seem all that long to me. In any case, Ayano's route at least didn't seem unusually short or anything.

>>9918954
It thought it was pretty short actually. The routes are longer.

>>9918968
Maybe. Or maybe it would just have been delaying the inevitable.

There's a torrent of LovelyxCation with all of the appends on nyaa, nice.

>>9919017
http://sukebei.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=92830&showfiles=1
This one? I've been meaning to play it, but all the add-ons confuse me.

>>9919024
That one works too I guess. In fact I'd trust the one you posted over something with a chinese description.

>>9919039
Is that all of the appends, though?

>>9919049
I think it's missing the stuff from 2012. Take the chinese torrent.
http://sukebei.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=183195

>>9919067
Thanks. I'll download that one, then.

>>9918958
>if they hadn't made that one boneheaded move.
What move? Didn't they just lose their star employees, which eventually lead to the gist of their other competent employees to also eventually leave?
Leaving them with what they are now?

>>9919098
As I understand it, the Kakyuusei 2 NTR fiasco and the financial troubles following it was the reason for their competent staff leaving.

>>9919161
What is this Kakyuusei 2 NTR fiasco?

>>9919301
You don't introduce netorare in your INDRECIBLY HIGHLY ADVERTISED ren'ai game with an anime in the makings before release.

>>9919326
Why not?

>>9919343
You can, if you want to enrage your whole fanbase and create the biggest financial fiasco in eroge.

>>9919161
I thought that they had already had financial trouble in the making of Kakyuusei. And that it contributed to their inability to properly handle it.
But yeah, that thing should not have had NTR.

>>9919301
Basically, the childhood friend route unexpectedly had NTR and it royally pissed off their fanbase. Due to the high development and advertising expenses, and the fact that the anime adaptation sold like shit, Kakyuusei 2 was a financial disaster that pretty much destroyed the company, and these days Elf is forced to only do NTR games because their old fans felt Elf had betrayed their trust and refused to buy anything from them ever again. Lesson learned for the entire industry.

>>9919403
>and these days Elf is forced to only do NTR games
They make them from time to time. I don't think Ningen Debris and Biniku no Kaori can be classified as "NTR-games".

>>9919403
Well you really shouldn't throw in NTR without warning because it's such an extreme fetish and only caters to a specific kind of people.

>>9919428
>I don't think Ningen Debris and Biniku no Kaori can be classified as "NTR-games".
They are NTR as fuck. What are talking about?

>>9919430
A fact that is now painfully clear for Elf (and everybody else).

>>9919430
Yeah, the problem was primarily that it was without warning, seemingly out of nowhere, and the way it had been marketed hadn't been any different from their other products.
It also had the anime. All in all, everyone were caught off guard.

But honestly, had they just marketed it differently I don't think many would have cared about how Elf made a work with NTR.

>>9919444

>>9919403

What exactly happens in her route?

>>9919462
You should read it, good if you like to RAGE a bit.

>>9919457
Well, the route itself wasn't handled very well, either. If it had been some other character I think you're right, no one would have cared.

>>9919403
Wait, was it unavoidable NTR or the type that happens if you choose the wrong choices?

>>9919444
No, 若妻万華鏡 is "NTR as fuck". Both of those games are more like suspense thrillers that just happen to contain scenes where women get fucked by someone else than the protag.

>>9919462
Tamaki is your childhood friend. As you try to get closer to her, you find that she has a boyfriend.
Later on, you see the guy feeling her up in the public park.
As soon as she puts out, he dumps her ass.
Nevertheless, you still try to win her.
She screams the guy's name during sex.

That's as far as I went before going after the *actual* main heroine.

>>9919491
>She screams the guy's name during sex.
No no no no no no.
I'm never going to read this, never.

>>9919494
I still have my anal virginity!

>>9919497
Fuck you, don't make me remember.

>>9919491
Damn. I kind of like that sort of thing so it doesn't really bother me but I wonder why they decided to do that. NTR is probably the best way to cause rage in a VN after all.

Isn't the NTR in Kakyuusei supposed to be a twist? Heck, isn't NTR as a whole better as a surprise twist?

I find it hard to take things like "NTR games" seriously because they basically tell you from the get go that your girl is going to have sexy times with someone else. I thought it was supposed to make you feel shocked and angry, but I don't think I'm capable of that when they use that very "twist" as the selling point of the game.

Of course, I understand that if they don't advertise that then people will get angry, because apparently nothing fuels otaku anger as much as surprise NTR, but shouldn't it just be taken as sort of a genre shift on a smaller scale?

Here, have a laugh.

Honestly, I want to believe Tamaki never happened. Kakyuusei 2 is still a decent game if you remove her.

>>9919509
I think I remember someone saying that the company president thought that NTR was the next big thing in eroge or something. In any case, it was a pretty fucking dumb idea, especially for a childhood friend character.

>>9919520
Honestly, they should have done that with another heroine. It is quite depressing when "dirty" heroines outshine her.

>>9919491

Well, just from this description alone, this route doesn't seem to have shit on the childhood friend route in One (aka the douchebag and the doormat route). I don't think I could ever rage as hard as I did reading that route.

Source of >>9878440 is?

>>9919537
I dropped One before I got to her route. Now you've got me curious.

>>9919538
http://vndb.org/v9879

/jp/ - Eroge Historians

>>9919544

It is honestly the most rage inducing thing I've ever read. Because in order to get her good end for ever choice that comes up you have to pick the asshole options that includes such wonderful things such as (if I remember correctly)breaking your promise multiple times to meet her and making her wait for you while standing in the rain and letting a bunch of guys molest her and almost rape her. I think I only finished reading it out of morbid curiosity.

>>9919570
Still more preferable to the "Let an innocent girl die out in the cold" option in Kanon. In fact, at least two people are guaranteed to die in every Kanon route.

>>9919548
Kakyuusei 2 is brought up so often that even people who haven't played it are experts on it.

>>9919484
>Both of those games are more like suspense thrillers that just happen to contain scenes where women get fucked by someone else than the protag.
It's still the shtick of their routes.
Sure it's not like in some other NTR titles where there is NTR everywhere, oh why is there NTR everywhere? 360 degrees of NTR where the NTR is pillar of the entire work.

But NTR is still the schtick of the stories of the heroines in those two games.

>>9919570
The choices in that game made no fucking sense half the time. One of the few games were I actually NEEDED to look at a walkthrough, rather than just having it handy for convenience.

>>9919578
>at least two people
It's more like three. Shiori/Ayu/Mai/Makoto

>>9919578
Explain. I only watched the Kyoto anime where Yuuichi saves every girl.

>>9919546
Thank you sir.

>>9919596
Kanon has routes, so girls you don't romance end up badly since they don't get a miracle.
Ayu OBVIOUSLY dies.
Makoto too.
Shiori too because she was ill.
Mai kills all the 'ghosts' which is basically suicide.

>>9919462
It's honestly infuriating. And she was such a sweet girl otherwise too...
And fuck that guy she was with, fuck that guy. He ruined her. Then again, there is plenty of room for guilt for the protagonist too, as it could have been pre-emptively prevented somehow.

>>9919596
Ayu is a wishbound phantom and passes away when she makes that one wish. Shiori commits suicide if you do not assist her. Makoto turns into a fox and dies in every route, including her own. I don't know what Mai's deal was because all I remember from her route is that it was pretty much identical to DOOM: Repercussions of Evil, so I guess she becomes a zombie if left unattended.

>>9919614
>Shiori commits suicide if you do not assist her.
She was terminally ill anyway, after her suicide, the city healed her and kept in a more or less good shape her body till her death.

>>9919604
>>9919614

Well, that's not really "let her die option" and more of a "by-product of picking another girl." There'd be no point if the girls are fine and dandy even without the MC's help.

>>9919629
Nayuki is though, Akiko's accident is a route-related incident and therefore doesn't happen in other routes.

>>9919629
There is, however, an option that allows you to lock Ayu outside your window during a blizzard, which kills her for good.

>>9919636
What the fuck? Why do you get that option?

Finished Amantes Amentes the other day and greatly enjoyed it. Going through the extra stories right now. What is this I hear about a Rusalka's wedding drama CD, and why is it not here?.

A little confused as one of Rea's ends where it was narrated that Lotus dies in the war, without Rusalka actually confessing or saying anything to him.

>>9919638
She's an astral projection and Yuiichi a dick, no one ever gives a shit.
Fucking a mentally challenged Makoto will always be the worst part about Kanon, fucking Maeda and his retard-fucking fetish.

>>9919640
This story is in the game, and even has a new side that show Rea in her wedding dress.
To get it you have to do both ending of Rea's route, then access it in the extra stories

>>9919640
>>9919640
That drama CD came with the thank you edition or whatever reprint of AF. It's in the artbook, so I'm surprised it isn't in the game (haven't gotten around to playing the extra content myself yet)

>>9919694
Right, I may have been a bit hasty to conclude. Haven't been through all of the stories and I didn't see a Rusalka image anywhere in the menu.
Am I right in assuming it's somewhere in the 5th story then, seeing as that was the only one unlocked after both Rea ends?

>>9919719
Yeah it is, it's short and sweet

Route Before and Current finished.

So, if I have it right (which I probably don't), BC is a power that will let you time travel, become a ghost, possess people, access memories, and send terrorists fake pictures of your dead friends after mindcrushing them. Something like that?

I'd say it's "beyond understanding" for me at this point, but I don't really mind. I'm seeing it now more as an interesting, unique plot device, and less of a slow, baffling process of transforming Natsuhiko into some sort of multidimensional demigod.

Quality-wise, the end of Route B made me forget about the beginning of Route B (not that I needed help with that), and if I pretend Route C was a continuation, I'd say it almost justifies my broken mouse wheel. Almost

On that note, I'm not liking what I'm hearing about Route D. If it's like Route B, I'm probably going to have to read it in breaks.

>>9920393

Just a correction, no time-travel power, and you got the rest down.

>>9920421
I see. There came a point where I thought that he was using his watch to time travel or something. I guess he was just tripping balls.

I forgot to mention that the SSS in this route was more inconsequential than the security at a major nuclear facility, but I felt that was obvious at this point.

>>9920393
>>9920489

If you like copious amounts of retarded flashbacks, an SS system that makes even less sense, and a climax that isn't all that great, then you'll love Route D.

Renai 0 Kilometer Portable. 2 new characters. I will rage so hard if there's no route for Yura while they do.

http://products.alchemist-net.co.jp/products/zerokiro/index.html

>>9921148
As I said in the last thread, I hope the port it back. I don't really wanna go from Rennai 0km PC resolution to PSP resolution.

>>9921148
tacking on totally new characters is the worst. not optimistic

>>9921148
Is this game good?

>>9921157
Get it on your Vita.

>>9921466
That is actually a good suggestion that I didn't think of. I'm too used to playing on PSP due to UMDs, thanks for reminding me that I owned that console.

>>9921466
Why, exactly? It's a PSP game not a Vita game. It would still have the same resolution, only difference being that I would be paying for it.

>>9921496
The Vita antialiases stuff, galge look pretty damn slick upscaled. The problem is that you have to get the game digital on PSN to play it on Vita, and rebuy games (sometimes at a cheaper price if you own the original, but a lot of galge don't fall under UMD passport), so you have to rebuy games you already own. In terms of performance and visual quality, the Vita improves existing games quite competently.

I really hope that they start releasing galge on Vita soon myself since that and MH was kind of a dealbreaker for me on PSP. Zennin Shibou was pretty good, but that's about it, and not entirely a VN.

>>9921521
I have played PSP games on the Vita, but at the end of the day, it's still going to be 480×272 or whatever, and going from 1200x675 to that is just... I'd rather wait and hope they release a PC version.

They do release Vita galge though. Dream C Club is on it, and so are some VNs like Little Busters. Granted they're ports of course. And that AKB galge is coming out for both PSP and Vita. I don't see why they couldn't have two versions for this game as well, seems a little silly to me. The majority of the assets are already high res.

>>9921548
Well, yeah, the Vita won't ever have more competent performance than on a PC. However, if I had to pick between one of the two systems as a dedicated galge device and had the option (Vita isn't exactly an option right now because of a limited digital library), I would pick Vita without much consideration.

You're right, there are some galge, but the spectrum of genres released are way limited. While the PS2 and PSP have an amazing library that goes from moege and ren'ai games (which I don't particularly like) to fanatasy action (Ayakashibito), sci fi (Itsusora is PS2, Saihate no Ima is PSP now) and so forth that caters to people with my taste. The vita's existing and immediate library isn't moving in that direction, yet.

Been playing Kamidori. I was gonna make a thread about it asking for help but this seems better.
I can't get shit to sell and I would like some tips before I sink into debt.

>>9921588
leaving Emilita in charge of workshop would be a good start...about 42 service points againts 10 miserable points for guild clerk :/

>>9921612
How do I do that? I just reached level 3 by the way.

>>9921624
On her status page there should be a button somewhere that toggles her from active party to clerk. Its been a while since i've played. Sharty also makes a great clerk.

After you do certain quests for medicines or whatnot, those are usually pretty cheap materials and sell for a decent amount.

>>9921631
Took me a while to find it. Thanks for your help.

>>9921588
>I can't get shit to sell and I would like some tips before I sink into debt.
How far in are you? Honestly, selling things is pretty hopeless until a considerable bit into the game after you have upgraded your home/store.

I honestly say, don't even bother. Don't waste your characters to work as clerks.
Later though, when you can actually sell stuff, you can practically fill the store with all your best clerks, jump ahead a day or two and empty your entire stock in one go. But pre mid-game? Just do the Colosseum thing, and grind gold nuggets and stuff to sell by beating enemies.

>>9921650
There is no point in using a clerk early on, especially not more valuable characters. Even though Emi is probably the best cleark you will get, she is also good for actual fighting.

Waiting warmly

>>9923197
Minato-soft sure perfected their money making schemes.

>>9923197
More than double the votes than 3rd place and almost as many as Ai. Yeah, she's going to feature prominently in the fandisk.

Are there any non-nukige that have rape? Rape that is treated seriously and not as an incentive to fap. Rape that really hits home?

>>9923611
Saya no uta

>>9923611
Subarashiki Hibi

>>9923544
Every side character deserves a mini-route in that game except maybe Hanako and Teara (unless it's one with Tarou).
They did not deliver at all in that respect.

I liked Yoiko and Ayumi the best so I'm probably SOL though.

>>9923624
At least Yoiko gets a scene with tanned Maki not really the same for sure.

>>9923615
>>9923611
Oh God, play Saya no Uta.
I also suggest Swan Song. That has to be the best vn I've played. There are one or two rapes if I recall correctly that were pretty hard to endure.

>>9923667
you realize that about 95% of /jp/ uses the 'show spoilered images' function in 4chX? You just ruined the game for anyone who hasn't played it. Good fucking job.

People like you are the worst.

The trial for Witch's Garden is out. Hopefully, it doesn't suck.

Why are there no VN with a bald heroine?
I mean, outside of the large bald gay guy who wants to be a heroine but isn't.

>>9923689

>use function to see spoilers
>blame others for spoiling

never change

>>9923713
Most japanese already go into shock when they see a butch/very short haired heroine. Are you trying to kill someone?

>>9923718
What if she had cancer and it was the result of chemo?

>>9923667
Spoilers are bullying.

>>9923717
hu quot?

>>9923689
You use the show spoiler images option, yet complain when someone puts a spoiler? You're cute.

>>9923725
>>9923689
>>9923667

There are no spoilers though. The image happens early on and it's some random girl, it has nothing to do with the story.

>>9923725
You're an idiot. There's no spoilers in that post.

>>9923689
>>9923725
You guys are joking, right? Right? You DO know what spoiler tags are used for?

And the other guys are correct, it's not a spoiler. It's just a random girl who is not part of the main cast by any means.

>>9923667 here
As others have pointed out, there are no spoilers. I put the spoiler tag for the fact that not everyone enjoys looking at pictures like that.
As >>9923806 stated, she's not part of the cast. It's from a scene near the beginning.

>>9923914
I was just pretending to be retarded.

>boob bounciness slider

Awwwww yeah.

>>9923942
You're so original and kawaii.

>>9923971
I'm surprised that isn't unlocked by clearing a route.

>>9923971
http://windmill.suki.jp/product/witch/concept.html
I got to admit, that looks pretty fucking rad.

>>9923971
Are there H-scenes in the trial?

I decided to pick up all those VNs I stalled, so I’m reading Edelweiss now.
I just cleared Harukas route, but there seem to be some CG missing. I googled it and found people saying they also missed some CG even though they cleared everything. I guess I will have to read the first scenes again to get all Haruka CG. I continued from a save I had but I guess it somehow didn’t include CG and progress.
After Edelweiss I’ll finish Osadai, or maybe the Sharin no Kuni fandisk.
I’ve got about 10 titles I started reading once but stopped, so I’ve got some catching up to do.

Finally getting to the part where Osamu begin the journey of educating Himeo, now don't disappoint me!

Does anyone here use PCSX2? Most of the text gets cut off for some reason (notice how the 」 is missing)

I could set up a chipped PS2, but it'd be a lot of work... anyway to fix?

Going to try out Amantes amentes (and Dies Irae in general) for the first time. How exactly are you supposed to use this alsignup tool? I've tried dragging malie.exe into alsignup, vice versa and renamed alsignup to malie.exe already.
I know I'm missing something extremly simple.

>>9925307

First try double clicking the tool, close the prompt and load the vn executable...

Otherwise run the tool, don't close it, load the vn. Then the next time you can just run from the vn executable., as far as I remembered.

>>9925331
Ah, never mind. I obviously tried that too but it appears my copy of Alsign was just bad. I used the one that came with the torrent with no results but the one from Nyaa's DDL links worked without a hitch. Thanks anyways.

>>9925129
Is NG恋 good? Just from reading the description alone, it sounds like the game has a shit tier protagonist.

>>9925854
It's really good. The protag is a bit of a hetare at the beginning though.

>>9925857
Does he get better?

>>9925862
I found him to be better once the route was going, but he did kind of annoy me in the common route.

>>9925857
>>9925866

Thanks. I'll put the game on my backlog.

>>9925866
Well, that’s common for a lot of games. The protag in the common route is a stupid idiot, then in the heroine routes he matures.

>>9925857
Caution: Sakura has shitty opinions.

Examples -

"Biribiri is the best index girl"
"Madoka is shit."

>>9925896
Yeah okay, that's true. But NG is a good fucking game.

>>9925854
If you're looking for a quality slice of life game, NG delivers in just about every field. The characters have their charm, but the setting compared to the other Maruto games I've played is really convincing. For a ren'ai game it's also comparatively realistic. The protagonist is a bit hetare but totally likeable (imo). I highly recommend playing it. I however don't know if the PSP version is > than the original, so you might want to look into that before getting started.

>>9925896
The majority of most VNs I like are also liked by many others, so I think you're a little crazy.

There was this terrible porn game named "Soukou Akki Muramasa" or something. I read it for a while but then uninstalled it because the content was just recycled garbage that I've seen dozens of times before.
It was an absolute waste of time.

>>9926275
You're mother was just recycled garbage that I've seen dozens of times before.
She was an absolute waste of time.

>>9923611
Kara no Shoujo has some necro-rape which is intended to be horrible and not titillating. Not that explicit though.

>>9926612
That's not rape is it? Pretty sure that falls under defilement

Hey /jp/

can you recomend me some translated VN/Eroge (not nukige) which I can read after I finish Steins;gate?

I've read some VN but I want to read something new that isn't related to some anime/manga as most of the VNs I've read untill now.

I finished Caucusus. I liked it up until the true ending, which was basically an avalanche of bullshit, even though I saw it coming. (Pic not related in any way, though. I just like Akane.)

It isn't like I didn't see the whole "The killer was with you the whole time!" plot twist coming. I could tell in the beginning they were setting it up by assigning her small personal distinctions; the broken finger and her love for cola were too obvious. I tried to ignore it for most of the game and give them the benefit of the doubt that they wouldn't pull something that stupid, though, because the entire premise was that you had been rescued in a snowstorm by happenstance. But, they went there, and it's never explained how it's all planned out. What if Venio never came by? Was Souko planning to die in the forest from hypothermia? What if she came around and just took her back to the base of the mountain? How did all these things just happen to come together? Did Souko go on a survivalist excursion in the forest monitoring traffic from the residence weeks before? They don't even try to explain it but it's all part of some grand design.

>>9928249

(cont.)

It might have actually come across as plausible even still, had it not been for the fact the writers insisted on cramming a sentimental personal back story into the very end of the game as soon as it's revealed it's her. If it were totally random and she was just joykilling random people it'd at least be coherent given the circumstances of the story, if still out of left field.

Beyond that, though the game is meant as a mystery and you're invited to reason about characters' motivations and relationships to each other, and yet the killer ends up as the one person with no actual apparent relevance to the plot. The only material evidence I'm aware of that you're given are the Shion's glass and the garbage at the murder scenes. The garbage is not in any way identifiable as bandaging, and the glass doesn't prove anything. Supposedly it must Souko's since the kitchen blew up and apparently no one else keeps any glassware in their rooms, but in all the other routes it's Maya who brings it to Shion.

Whatever.

>>9923611
I have sort of a rape fetish but the rape scene in SubaHibi made me uncomfortable as fuck.

>>9928249
>What if Venio never came by? Was Souko planning to die in the forest from hypothermia? What if she came around and just took her back to the base of the mountain? How did all these things just happen to come together? Did Souko go on a survivalist excursion in the forest monitoring traffic from the residence weeks before? They don't even try to explain it but it's all part of some grand design.

I always assumed that the mansion was never really that far from the point where they "got lost". Souko was clearly aiming there from the start and then going to exclaim "We found this mansion by accident, let's take shelter!", but then Venio game along and gave them a ride instead.

>Beyond that, though the game is meant as a mystery and you're invited to reason about characters' motivations and relationships to each other, and yet the killer ends up as the one person with no actual apparent relevance to the plot.
You did get the diary? And you can also find other evidence around the mansion, f.ex. picture of Shion/Kanon's mother, which triggers some dialogue with various characters, though it's not necessary for True ending.

What bothered me the most though was that the real killings never start if you catch Shion at the very beginning. It's just an accident that her motives coincided with Souko's, so it doesn't make sense that she just ditches her revenge idea because of that.

>>9925256
Try using a different video plugin or change the settings. I believe gsdx is the default one.

Forgot to ask, but what's the preferred route order for Dies Irae? Or are the routes locked a la F/SN? Without spoilers please.
I remember someone saying that "heroine XYZ's route is just a glorified bad end" (luckily I forgot the actual name) in an earlier VN general, but I don't really want to be spoiled to something like that either.

Kasumi -> Sakurai -> Marie -> Rea
The only "optional" route is Kei, otherwise it's enforced

>>9928878
Thanks.

Totally forgot about the Phantom port coming out today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lplyVHfJcqQ
Hopefully now Nitro can return to producing some actual full-price VNs.

In case anyone is interested, Shukufuku no Kane no Oto is out on Nyaa.

>>9929352
Speaking of which, any recent news on their supposedly "standard renai" game? It was supposed to come out this year, wasn't it?

>>9929381
All I have is some old scans which you have probably already seen. I wouldn't expect it to come out this year, or in the first half of the next one, for that matter.

On the other hand, I hope that they are going to pull another Saya on us.

>>9929473
Me too. Either a massive genre shift or some form of trolling the reader would be fun. But even if they don't, I'm still interested to see Nitro's take on the generic school romance formula.

And yeah, I think I've seen all the scans. At least the ones that were posted here.

>>9929509
I wish it was more in dra+koi's crazy vein.

>>9929473
Please post said scans. I haven't seen them.

>>9929367
Looks generic

Just finished Nanashi route in Duel Savior.
Finally a decent route after 3 mediocre ones.

Sucks that Rubinas seems to be a nonvirgin slut and the game didn't explain why. Kinda ruins the whole 'saving herself for marriage' spiel she have at the end.

JQV. High schoolers with mind of 40 year old ossan.

The new xchange was delayed? Fuck, I had no idea, I wanted to fap this weekend.

Damn, I can't find a working download for Gekkou no Carnevale

Anybody else hype for Taimanin Asagi 3?
Got any nukige favorites?

I really enjoyed Kangoku Senkan..Misleet, not so much.

>>9931216
Hype? The game has been out for like a year now hasn't it?

Can't even remotely get into Lilith myself. Don't think it's my vein of Nukige. Speaking of Nukige, new softhouse-seal GRANDEE is out tomorrow. A little tentatively excited for this one, I liked Zettai Junshu, but the last two titles were kind of decent at best imo.

And on this week's releases, I really don't like what I've been hearing about Jackson's participation in Tsuki ni Yorisou (of course it's difficult to ascertain how much of it is true). I really hope he makes a come back sometime in the next 2-3 years with his own original work.

>>9931329
Nah, comes out this december

Decisively, what's the best route order for Itsusora? I keep hearing that it should be Futami->Konome->San, but on the other hand that San's route is anticlimactic and is best to do in the middle.

>>9929644
The game expands more on Nanashi in Mia's route
I'm waiting for a romdump of Zero Escape.

>>9931996

Futami -> San -> Konome

>>9929610
Had to look for them again since I lost it. Here you go.

>>9932561
B > A. She has a heart shaped ahoge so you know she's the best with a capital B.

>>9932561
There were some more recent scans than that one that were posted here a few months ago. I didn't save them, unfortunately.

>>9932561
Heroine B looks kind of like a bug.

>>9932620
Found it. Guess it was only one.

eroge

>>9932561
>>9932726

o hallo blatant Madoka and Homu ripoffs.

Do not want, unless there's an ending where they both ditch the protagonist and become a yuri couple.

>>9933133
>Do not want, unless there's an ending where they both ditch the protagonist and become a yuri couple.
I wonder if there is a VN that has ever done that

>>9933137
Would bokunatsu count?

>>9928412


>"We found this mansion by accident, let's take shelter!", but then Venio came along and gave them a ride instead.

It still seems remarkable she was able to plan all this to be in the general right spot on the onset of a sustained three-day blizzard and gamble on the hospitality of the residents without any foreknowledge of the residence. I didn't suggest it was impossible but it seemed so absurd I consciously considered it and wrote it off at the beginning of the game.

>You did get the diary? And you can also find other evidence around the mansion, f.ex. picture of Shion/Kanon's mother, which triggers some dialogue with various characters, though it's not necessary for True ending.

The diary's unavoidable so of course I got that, but still, that's near to the very end of the game and even then it only mentions Kanon in passing, that she got burnt and ran away from the hospital. I didn't actually come across anything else having to do with Kanon or Marino in the game, so maybe that stunted my whole experience of the story. I had all that backstory dumped on me directly before finding out Souko was the killer. Were you able to decide Souko was Kanon before the game told you?

>What bothered me the most though was that the real killings never start if you catch Shion at the very beginning. It's just an accident that her motives coincided with Souko's, so it doesn't make sense that she just ditches her revenge idea because of that.

I don't have answer to that. Though, what's worse I think, is if you fail at identifying the real culprit in the true end. Everyone stops believing you immediately and Maya lies to the police the next morning about the victims, and everything returns to normal. This is after you and Narumi found Maya's torture room in the basement with Akari's dead body and after having pointed Shion out as Rokuyo's killer.

>>9933209
>Were you able to decide Souko was Kanon before the game told you?
Yes, after replaying the same scenes and endings a few times (before starting to use a walkthrough) but I can see where you're coming from. The True End itself doesn't really give enough hints, but some of the optional stuff and bad endings do. F.ex. in one of the bad endings (摩夜逮捕 I think) you get a H-scene with Souko and she asks the protagonist not to take her shirt off, explaining she has a bad looking burn scar. I also got the normal 事件解決 ending (featuring the diary) a bunch of times and accidentally found the photo in Jin's room during the blackout so that also helped.
>Though, what's worse I think, is if you fail at identifying the real culprit in the true end. Everyone stops believing you immediately and Maya lies to the police the next morning about the victims, and everything returns to normal. This is after you and Narumi found Maya's torture room in the basement with Akari's dead body and after having pointed Shion out as Rokuyo's killer.
Yeah, it's the same shit with 事件解決. I was raging at how they never mention the torture room to the police.
Also the 三つの欠片 bullshit... The game never even tells where to look for those pieces of wood.

The game probably would've been better as a traditional VN. Without a walkthrough it ends up being a replay fest for specific flags.

>>9933270

>a H-scene with Souko and she asks the protagonist not to take her shirt off, explaining she has a bad looking burn scar


Oh, that figures, for half of the H-scenes I put them on auto and browsed the Internet until they were over.

>Also the 三つの欠片 bullshit... The game never even tells where to look for those pieces of wood.

I found two of three on my own. They even show up at particular preset times in the game; I mostly stopped snooping around rooms I'd already been to early on because I figured I'd sweeped them already.

>The game probably would've been better as a traditional VN. Without a walkthrough it ends up being a replay fest for specific flags.

That wasn't really a surprise after KnS, the flags in that game were ridiculous. I gave Caucasus one run and got near to the end, and then just fell back on a walkthrough for all the rest.

>>9933133
If anything, they look like Spica and Mira in wigs to me. There's really nothing that makes them resemble Homu and Madoka but the hair.

流星のアーカディア is out in Share.

while we're talking about chuuni, I couldn't play it until now so I'm wondering how did Zero Infinity turn out? Any particular "bad" routes I should brace for?

>>9933881
The game was all around pretty good, just nothing exceptional and nothing at Dies Irae's level. Personally I liked it just about as much as I like Trample on Schatten, but it's a bit better than that. If you're looking for an overall solid game, it's enjoyable and worth playing, just nothing exceptional

>>9933897
That's nice, exactly what I was hoping for. I have bad experiences with the heroines' routes I was looking forward to turning out horrible.
Thanks for the reply!

>>9933881
It was nice, the last 2 routes (Jun, Malene) are the best but there is no bad routes per se
But it's not Dies Irae level or even close so don't expect too much either

>>9933881

Zero infinity was pretty good, imo. I don't have experience of Dies Irae so I can't tell like other fellows have. Also in terms of routes, they gave each route their other way and avoided some repetition of fights.

Has anyone managed to get a text hook to work on Tsujidou?

>>9934171
http://agthdb.bakastyle.com/games/941-%28minato-carnival%29-tsujidou-san-no-junai-road-agth-code
I don't have the game myself, the codes I've found here have always worked.

Maria is way too much of a bitch. I choose you, big-boobed kouhai. Out of spite.

>>9934189
Should've mentioned that I tried that one but couldn't get it to work

Thanks though

>>9933941
>>9934043
Noted, thank you for your replies!

>>9934202
I know that one works, but you can't start the game through agth if you want it to work.

>>9934507
Alright, thanks for the reply. I'll just try some more later; now that I know it's possible

>>9924249
>Are there H-scenes in the trial?

There's one for Ayari (the redhead) and one for Suzuno (the white haired one).

>>9934807
Great, downloading.

>>9934807
... wait seriously

Requesting pictorial evidence.

Just finished the trial for Witch's Garden.

This is pretty much a straight up moefag's wet dream, however not being a moefag, it bored me to tears. The writing is passable, the dialogue is trite nonsense, and the characterization is pretty cardboard. There's no story to speak of, at least in the trial.

The emote system definitely gives the game a much more dynamic feel and it makes it feel like an actual game instead of a bunch of pictures overlayed with text. The problem is that the text is at the bottom of the screen which is where you tend to keep your eyes at but of course all the movement is happening above so you have to keep shifting your gaze. A system like >>9934198 or alcot's games where the text box appears next to sprites would solve this problem.

During the H-scenes, the MC was pretty forward and in control of the girl which I liked.

Lastly, when will developers learn that mascot characters are annoying as shit? Pic related. I wish the MC cut the cabbage in half.

>>9934807
>>9935138
The H-scenes are also animated, right?

>>9935138
So, like Shukufuku no Campanella?

And given that Tama-chan was in Happiness and this is a 10th anniversary project... Yeah, I'm not surprised.

Finally got around to reading this. Jesus, that was depressing. I want to read something nice and light and airy after this, and not think about it too much.

I skipped the good ending because, in this kind of game, they usually only serve to cheapen the experience. Like they are only thrown out there as a cop-out to satisfy people who don't like sad endings, you know? That's how I feel.

>>9935136
I'm not sure why you'd doubt there being h-scenes in a trial but here you go.

>>9935144
No, they're not, at least not the ones in trial. I'm not sure what the limitations of the emote system are but I think it can be only used on sprites. I guess they might not have felt like animating them the old fashioned way.

Whoa, ShukuSaku is short, just finished Kanon's route. After the common route comes a lot of sex and then the credits roll. At least the sex is awesome, thank you based Anapom. Ceiling butler was the best character.
And why is every fucking butler in every eroge ever named Soujiro.

>>9935159
I only played about 10 minutes of Shukufuku no Campanella before I got bored and quit but it did have the same feel.

>>9935179
>No, they're not
What blasphemy. They could've at least animated them the old way. And I was so hyped too...

>>9935164
I loved the game and it's bad endings. I wish I did the same thing as you and skipped the boring one.

>>9935138
>Lastly, when will developers learn that mascot characters are annoying as shit?
There's always a chance for a bonus route where they turn into something fuckable. Eroge rule number 22 or something.

>>9935179
Welp. Grabbing.

Thanks.

>>9935164
>I skipped the good ending because, in this kind of game, they usually only serve to cheapen the experience.
You did the right thing anon. The good ending feels really contrived and makes some stupid ass pulls. I'm wondering if they just made it to spite people who wanted an uber happy ending since even the murderers and rapists get forgiven easily. Hell, they even save the man eating dogs before the avalanche hits. Yes, I was fucking mad after reading it.

>>9935372
>they usually only serve to cheapen the experience.
>'m wondering if they just made it to spite people who wanted an uber happy ending
I’m like that I think. But I think a happy ending after a depressing one feels very good and healing. Like in Kira Kira true end, without the depressing Kirari normal end it wouldn’t have felt as good.

>>9935182
About how long total would you say that it is?

>>9935475
Dunno, if you're a fast reader it's probably less than 20 hours.

>>9935639
Alright thanks.
I guess I'll put off starting it until tomorrow then.

I... what?

Trial for Cabbit's new ghost sexytime landmine is out.

There's one cute girl, but I lack both the time and the inclination to waste any more time on them after Midori no Umi. If someone is bored or a masochist and is planning on reading it I hope you'll let us all know how it was.

I'm playing the Kara no Shoujo trial version. It's set two months earlier and so far takes place from Yukari's perspective. Kind of weird to play after finishing the main game already.

I'm planning on playing Shukufuku no Campanella. Everyone says its plotless and boring moe trash, but I sat through some 70 hours of inane banter in Amagami and enjoyed it, so I don't see why I'd feel any different.

I'm playing the Kara no Shoujo trial version. It's set two months earlier and so far takes place from Yukari's perspective. Kind of weird to play after finishing the main game already.

I'm planning on playing Shukufuku no Campanella. Everyone says its plotless and boring moe trash, but I sat through some 70 hours of inane banter in Amagami and enjoyed it, so I don't see why I'd feel any different about Campanella.

If i ever learned something from visiting forums a boards it's to never take other people's opinion as mine.
Specially when I know i am an strange one.
Shufuku no campanella it's great in my opinion. I could play it again and relax just by listening to the characters voices and being pulled once again into the world they reflect.. I just love it.. I also love amagami.. People may call it boring.. and shit.. but I think they are just used to thick plots.. I have learned to enjoy every bit of visual novel for what they are and what they reflect other than story..
keep being awesome anon and enjoy kara no shoujo. i AM STILL in a big trauma for the first game..

>>9939135

That's good to hear. I dug through the archive a bit and nobody had anything but criticism for it, even though I thought I could go for it.

It looks like Jackson didn't write Luna's route in Tsuki ni Yorisou.
Too bad, she was my favorite

>>9939283
Do we know which route Jackson work on then?

I wonder if the game will be up later today.

>>9939308
Probably Minato but it's not sure.
Anyways better read it and judge for ourself, it's not like there is anything good being released these days so I'll definitely read everything

Just began and already dejà vu.
Nothing better than a Kaito's prototype as protagonist, can't wait for his fourth edition in Reminiscence.

Slowly advancing through Luriastis's route in Koiiro Marriage.

I... I think I'm in love.

>>9939643

Penis jokes often? Like how he remarked Kaito's weapon.

>>9939659
I wish I could sympathize Anon, but her very name has thrown my autism into overdrive.

>>9939659
>>9941090
Is she Russian?

>>9941090
If it makes you feel better, the fine people at Marmalade solved that for you.

>>9941359
Now that I think of it, I don't remember any specifics other than she's from Europe and that her mother is Japanese, unless I missed it like a total retard.

is mare's route worth my time?
or is it just fan service shit?

>>9942819

It doesn't have real ending or anything, and it takes you about 10-15 minutes to finish it.

>>9942819
Er, why are you reading a moege in the first place if you consider fanservice "shit"?

In any case, it leads to an ending with Mare. Obviously it's worth it if you like Mare. Also, it's not much of a route considering how short it is. Her after story in the fandisc is much longer, which is definitely worth reading because it explains a bunch of stuff that didn't get explained in the main game.

After Dies Irae I wanted to read some more of Nitro's+ stuff.
How is 月光のカルネヴァーレ?

>>9942887
untranslated fandisks of the VNs I like...
One day, I'll learn japanese

I'm trying to play Mashiro-iro Symphony and I get this error message.
Can someone tell me what it says and how to get past it?

>>9943987
It's pretty good

>>9944202
"Cannot run in this environment"

I've never played that game, and I've never gotten that error when playing a VN before, so I'm not sure how to fix it.

Did you set your locale to Japan/OS language to Japanese? Does the game need to run as admin and you're trying to run it as a normal user?

>>9944267
It might be because I have a 64-bit OS.
I'll try installing it on a different computer.

>>9944296
You could try it in a VM. I keep a Japanese WinXP image handy for problematic games.

>>9944296
Can't be that. I'm on Win7 and I can play that game.

New softhouse-seal is out on Nyaa.

>>9944379
My dick is ready.

This is probably a stupid question, but do I need to play Ashita no Yukinojo first before Masaru, or can I just jump right in? Masaru just looks so much better than its prequel.

>>9944514
Do the first one first?
And the first is good too, lot of Serina who is the best character in the series

>>9944296
>>9944330
Timezone needs to be set to Japan.

Tsuki ni Yorisou is out in Share.
Finally time for some Jackson.

>>9944780
Fucking finally. I was getting anxious.
Hopefully it will be on Nyaa soon since I can't into Share.

And... Luriastis route complete. I think it ended a bit abruptly, but I guess the epilogue made up for it, complete with Ruria making a surprise come back after having temporarily separated and having the protagonist propose to her. Includes obligatory slightly tasteless scene where the protagonist nearly fucks her brains out soon after reuniting. There's also an extra scenario with everyone else away from the hotel while the two of them make babies. Dear lord, every time she said "Papa" I got an uncontrollable erection.

Nothing unpredictable or particularly good (except the art, which I thought was pretty good, with the feet massage and proposal CGs being especially good), but there you go. Still, Ruria hit pretty much all of my buttons (with the added joy of being voiced by the only VA I pay any attention to) and was unbearably cute during the whole game, despite how her constant apologizing and apparent inferiority complex would probably annoy some people. I don't think I've ever wanted to order eroge merchandising so much before.

That aside, I'm fairly sure I'm not going to play through the other routes due to lack of interest and inevitable Ruria rejection remorse. I think I'll play through the Witch's Garden trial or go for a route or two in ShukuSaku or Hanairo Heptagram for another dose of sugar while waiting for next month's releases.

>>9944780
>>9944821
Talking about it, the reports about the writing and which route has been written by who are a mess right now.
But at the very least it seems like the game is pretty solid overall.
And it seems like Luna's route really has to be read last.

>>9944952
>tsuki ni yorisou
>luna last
That was to be expected.

Hey, could I get some help on finding a download/torrent for Tsuijdo San no Junai Road? Been looking for the past 20 minutes and could only find CG's.

>>9945184
It's on Nyaa so I'm not sure why you would have trouble with it.

Try "Japanese name" torrent/nyaa.

>>9944821
There's a torrent now, in case you weren't aware.

>>9945198
Navel really can into compression.

>>9945198
Cheers. This is gonna be a good weekend.
I wonder if there is an enforced route order.

>>9945199
I'm an idiot and forgot to go to sukebei, sorry for the idiotic question.

>>9945219
I'm not sure why you expect them to compress it any more than that when all they care about is fitting it on the DVD.

>>9945261
I was praising them, actually. VNs these days always seem bloated as fuck for stupid reasons.

There is already a 200mb patch for Tsuki ni yorisou

>>9945469
Did they seriously forget fucking CGs?

>>9945469
Let's see...
・スクリプト強化
・CG追加
・システムパーツ修正

They forgot to insert CG and script or something?

>>9945532
It's entirely possible that they had already produced the game a while back, and did some changes that didn't make it to the factory line on time.

Just finished Futami's route in Itsusora. That whole last segment was AWESOME. I was so into the dialogue from when Saku barged on the front gate forward. Also the whole I am the bone of my sword and wolf ordeal out of nowhere was totally unexpected but I dug it.

so if I want to play lovely cation do I need to install all of those stupid paches?

>>9947878
No.

>>9947941
what the fuck do they do then are they endgame shit?

>>9947950

They add some h-scenes in the extra menu after finish a heroine's route.

Why boner?

So what're your winter games for this year? I'm debating firing up 天使のいない12月 for December and then getting WA2 PS3 for January/February.

>>9949533
White album 2 all the way. I'm going to pirate the PC version before the PS3 release, have it halfway beaten by the time the PS3 arrives at my door, and wrap it up by new year.

Seems like you have to get some really inconsequential looking choices right to avoid an early bad end in Saya's route. Annoying.

>>9948729

translate it weebo

Having to wait for a fandisk to see if they give her a route is fucking bullshit.

What is taking the new Raidy game so long to get out

It was the only one I was waiting for

is 雛ちゃん大回転 a VN?
I found 2 images from it, but can't find anything else except links to buy. Just wondering if anyone knows anything about it. I'm guessing it's not much since I can't find anything else.

>>9950663
It's a doujin eroge, yeah.

I can finally start Tsuriotsu
What character are you guys going for first? I'm thinking Minato, Luna is last of course.

>>9950835
Mizuho, I like her. I'll probably go Mizuho->Ursula->Minato->Luna (including bad end)

That chapter was fucking devastating, I cried so hard.

>>9951305
Is that the FD?

>>9951305
Yes, yes it is. The rest isn't nearly as bad, but a couple of scenes in chapter 3 get close.

>>9951305
You're near the end now. I committed the mistake of taking a few day break after it but chapter 3 is very short and 4 just a few scene long epilogue.

>>9951310
The main menu and title changes between chapters.

>>9951320
Oh it is? Thanks for letting me know, I was going to put it down until next weekend, but I'll just finish it today then.

>>9951320
I wouldn't say very short, at least 3 hours. the epilogue is 15 minute long though.

>>9951305
I'm stalled at the part where Jin goes crazy with the knife. I'm not really sure why but something kept me from continuing with chapter 2.

Just finished Refrain True End in Little Busters. Refrain had me crying much more than Clannad ever did, though overall I think Clannad is the better work. I think I will hold off from playing the EX routes a bit longer.

Tsuriotsu is ready to go and probably the only thing I will be playing this month. Most likely I will go Ursule > Mizuho > Minato > Luna

>>9951320
I thought the game is supposed to be heartwarming?

>>9951523
It is, just warms your new heart after destroying the old one.

Speaking of Shumon, is there any indication or information on what he's working on now? I definitely want to play more games from this guy.

>>9951809
He has a blog but it hasn't been updated in a year.
You could read his old stuff for now to see where he comes from

Oh good, Otama is out. Just waiting on Sanarara R now.

It’s been quite a while since I read the original game, but I just finished the Sharin no Kuni fandisc—well, I read the Masaomi route.
It was as everyone said, pretty great. Very captivative.
I’ll begin on the other routes tomorrow, should I first read the routes of the last heroines first, or should I first read Nagumo Eri?

Rereading Little Busters still. Just started Rin2.

Finished Nekoko's route in 恋色マリアージュ. The game sure sure has a surprisingly large amount of ero. Not that I'm complaining, the art is very nice after all.

>>9952804
Does the game guilt you for not choosing the main heroine?
I've only read a little bit so far, but I'm already getting that feeling from it.

>>9953024
Not really. Which is a shame because I hate that tsuntsun cunt and wanted to see her getting hurt.

>>9948729
>>9949793
Playing this now and man...HUGE disappointment compared to Koiiro Soramoyou. What happened to you Studio Ryokucha? You used to be cool...

Hey /jp/ folks,

Can anyone recommend me a serious slice of life,drama vn?My favorites are Clannad and White Album 2.I'm really in need of something like WA 2.Not into moe stuff much.Thanks so much!

>>9953800
Renai 0km.

Has anyone here played Axanael? I like the OP but I've never heard anyone's opinion on the actual game. And it's untranslated so I can't play it myself yet.

>>9954004
Pretty sure there has been some talk about it. It's alright. It has its moments but overall there's nothing amazing about it.

For those who wonder who wrote which route in Tsuriotsu

「つり乙」、BugBug11月号で王雀孫が「まず最初に断っておきますが、攻略ヒ
ロイン4人をそれぞれがルート別に書いているわけではありません。まず真
紀士さんの書いた大本のシナリオがあって、そこに僕ら3人がNavelらしさを
加えていってシナリオを作っていきました。」と言っている

Also it looks like the prologue wasn't written by Jackson but by that Makishi, pretty surprising since the writing was really good.

>>9954491
So that explain why the development of that game seemed so short.
Basically 真紀士 went to Navel and sold them that game, Jackson and the others retouched it a bit and added their Navel touch

>>9952649
Please respond

>>9954518
They are just extra scenario, read them if you like the characters.

>>9954549
What about the Nagumo Eri route?

Hey, /jp/. Are there any sites where I might find a place to download Robotics;Notes? /vg/'s VN general doesn't really know, and I figured I'd ask you guys since it's an untranslated game.

>>9954550
It's an extra too

>>9952211
>Just waiting on Sanarara R now.
Looks like that's out on Share now.

I think we really need a new thread

>>9955137
And now it's on Nyaa as well.

New thread: >>9955647

>>9954004
It has great style (which includes the OST), but for a character-centric VN, its cast is a mixed bag of amazing people and unlikable retards. And you can't just ignore the latter, the game's system won't let you. The main thrill of the plot (the risk of fulfilling a wish) is also heavily spoiled by the fact that you can make a wish to resurrect someone.

It has great premise, but the implementation is average. At least it's great for learning the language.

>>9918968
>>9918983
Say what you will, but the games "Biniku no Kaori" and especially "BokuGetenKei" rank among the best of the NTR genre.