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Hi, I wasn't sure where to ask this. /v/ seems to hate VNs, and it seems like this board discusses them more than /a/ does (even though they made KS).

Anyway, I'm a bit of a noob to visual novels. Someone recommended me some before but none of them really caught my interest.

I once played a game called Snatcher back on the Genesis which was really cool, and was a lot like Phoenix Wright.

Are there any other games like this, where it's a visual novel, but also a detective story where you play as a hard boiled bad ass trying to solve a giant conspiracy? Does Japan still make games like that these days?

>> No.7272381
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7272381

Umineko no Naku Koro Ni.
Seriously OP.
You will not regret.

>> No.7272380

Policenauts. Which reminds me that I should really get round to finishing it.

>> No.7272388

Cing made "Hotel Dusk" on the DS, a cop named Kyle investigating some mystery
"Again" is also concerning an FBI agent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cing

>> No.7272391
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Give this a try. Also Flower, Sun, and Rain, or Hotel Dusk.

>> No.7272392

>>7272380
I already played that actually.

I was wondering if there was anything new like this, maybe for the PC.

>> No.7272399 [DELETED] 

Closest to the noir feeling is Kikokugai, where you play a mafia hitman out to take revenge against his sister's rape and murder by his former associates. There is less mystery solving and more chasing down and killing everyone responsible, though. And one of the more sympathetic antagonists (not one of the rapists, just a dude who finds the "kill everyone standing between me and the rapista" approach of the protagonist a little bit extreme) wields crowbar swords.

>> No.7272412

Closest to the noir feeling is Kikokugai, where you play a Chinese hitman out to take revenge against his sister's rape and murder by his former associates. There is less mystery solving and more chasing down and killing everyone responsible, though. And one of the more sympathetic antagonists (not one of the rapists, just a dude who finds the "kill everyone standing between me and the rapista" approach of the protagonist a little bit extreme) wields crowbar swords. Even better in this regard is the untranslated Gekkou no Carnevale, featuring a werewolf taxi driver with mafia ties.

For a "placing together clues to get an overall picture" type of game, Ever17 is good. Play it without browsing /jp/ further because it's easy to get spoiled.

Also, don't mention /v/ and /a/ on /jp/ without expecting frothing rage. Both boards are not taken well here due to their unparalleled concentration of retards.

>> No.7272415

Check this:
http://vndb.org/v147
http://vndb.org/v146

Japan produces a lot of stuff so you can find more if you dig enough, but most of it won't be ever translated, so yeah.

Also, just so you know, both /a/ and /v/ handle VN newbies for us so they recommend relatively mainstream titles. We dabble in less common stuff.

>> No.7272416

>>7272399
Whoa, that sounds awesome.

>> No.7272423

>>7272415
>>7272412
Oh shit, I didn't know that. Sorry.

At least you guys didn't flame me like they did though.

>> No.7272428

>>7272423
It's because you sounded reasonably not-retarded, and didn't ask for recommendations on things that could have been easily answered by a simple week of lurking, or 5 seconds on Google.
Were that all your kind would do the same.

>> No.7272439

http://vndb.org/v430
This may be of interest too, since it is not about going to high-school, being a fucking nobody yet having a harem of delicious 2D girls. Might go well after Kikokugai.

>> No.7272444

I like this place. The other recommendations I've gotten sucked ass.

Thanks.

>> No.7272468

>>7272363
NO conspiracy, but Chain is about a detective. A bit too much sex to my liking.

>> No.7272481

I second >>7272381

Try Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni as well.

Otherwise, just listen everyone else.

>> No.7272516

not OP, but if I disliked the anime of Umineko, does that mean the VN will not be to my taste as well?

>> No.7272521

>>7272516
Yes.

>> No.7272538

>>7272516
Read Ep.'s 1-4 and 7, those are the best. The anime fucked up with the first 4 arcs.

>> No.7272548

>>7272516
The anime was a piece of shit.
Read the novel and form your own opinion.

>> No.7272558

http://vndb.org/v147
Try the eve series and its sequels.

>> No.7272616
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>>7272516
Anime was awful, I thought the VN was fantastic. Op, check out some of the baby's first VNs here

>> No.7272674

>>7272616
>Muv-Luv
>Divided into two parts, Extra and Unlimited.

ahegao.jpg

>> No.7272812

Play a real old-school detective/adventure game, like Blade Runner.

Why do I miss Westwood Studios so much?

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