YU-NO

[Anonymous No.8159418]

There was a thread on old VNs a few days ago, but what are your thoughts on YU-NO? I got past the prologue and I've been playing the game back and forth, not sure when I'll finish it because it's really long though 50 year long epilogue

[Anonymous No.8159439]

>>8159418
it really grew on me, maybe thanks to the stellar soundtrack and visuals
the epilogue is a mixed bag, the first half feels too long and the second half feels rushed, but at least it looks cool and was intriguing. It really shouldn't be considered an epilogue, just a new chapter.
I really love the rest of the game and the atmosphere, the word comfy is overused but it really applies here. Characters are very likeable and there are so many fun situations and dialogue.

[Anonymous No.8159443]

I played the game until I was stuck in some kind of cave, then I gave up.
It looked really interesting judging from some screenshot, but I guess I didn't get to the "cool" part, I got filtered during the generic VN mystery adventure.

The gems system could have been a great idea, but I just don't really understand how you branch dimensions. Is it just by talking to people?

I can see why it's been so popular, but it's just too obstuse for me :(

[Anonymous No.8159456]

>>8159418
The BGM is incredible, arguably the greatest pure chip music ever created.

[Anonymous No.8159475]

>>8159439
I haven't finished it yet but I feel the same way, I really like the setting of YU-NO and it's interesting along with great characters. I did see some scenes from the epilogue but had no clue on what was going on so I should be fine when I get to it eventually
>>8159443
Did you get past the prologue?
>>8159456
To put it, it's a masterpiece

[Anonymous No.8159491]

>>8159439
The final chapter is definitely the biggest issue, is it true that they ran outta money/time and had to rush it?

>>8159456
Correct

[Anonymous No.8159607]

I'm generally not into in novel-games but YU-NO had just enough actual gameplay to keep my interest...well until the last part, but by then I was invested enough to finish it.

[Anonymous No.8160924]

What went wrong?

[Anonymous No.8160995]

>>8159418
Yaaaawn im so tired after flying this short distance, please dont slit my throat while i take a nap and eat me master

[Anonymous No.8161000]

>>8160924
The transition from dithered Pixel based art to flat colored Vector based art.

[Anonymous No.8162041]

>>8159443
>but I just don't really understand how you branch dimensions. Is it just by talking to people?
It depends. A divergence point can have one path where you talk to a person and another path in case you didn't.
Other possibilities include using an item or the direction in which you went.
If you reach a divergence point, as indicated by the flashing gem, use one of your jewels. Then try to progress by whatever means necessary. Then jump back to the jewel and try if you can do something else.
Use that approach to scout the map just like you do in a dungeon crawling RPG.

[Anonymous No.8162085]

>>8159439
fpbp, this is exactly how I feel about it as well

[Anonymous No.8162308]

Should I play remake version on my Switch or emulate the original? The idea and topics of this game sound interesting but I've heard that the remake messes with sexual content, artstyle and soundtrack.

[Anonymous No.8162326]

>>8162308
Neither. Play the Windows version with patch that includes the voice acting from the Saturn version, the music from the PC-98 and the censorship returned to the level of the PC-98 version.

[Anonymous No.8162385]

>>8162326
got a link pls?

[Anonymous No.8162527]

>>8162385
https://sukebei.nyaa.si/view/264125

[Anonymous No.8162528]

>>8162308
Windows port with the English patch all the way, it's what you could call a definitive version of YU-NO
>>8162385
https://erogedownload.com/downloads/yu-no/

[Anonymous No.8162530]

>>8162385
https://sukebei.nyaa.si/view/2641259

[Anonymous No.8162568]

>>8162528
I don't see why the English patch is necessary.

[Anonymous No.8163717]

>>8162568
What if you don't know Nip though?

[Anonymous No.8163945]

>>8162530
>>8162528
luv u long tiem

[Anonymous No.8163951]

>>8160924
Animu artists learning directly from moegarbage instead of taking inspiration elsewhere like older artists.

[Anonymous No.8164237]

>>8163951
Same artist as the YU-NO remake

[Anonymous No.8165426]

>>8163951
How can we save our galge from the moe madness?

[Anonymous No.8165923]

>>8164237
makes me seethe every time

[Anonymous No.8165928]

>>8165923

[Anonymous No.8166516]

>>8162308
>>8162326
Is there a version that just translates the PC-98 original instead of all these optional patches to replicate it? I remember playing with the Saturn voice acting but I found it jarring that not every character line was dubbed, which I assume is due to some lines being different between computer and console. Also, some of these lines don't really work too well, such as the final sex scene being edited out of the Saturn version I think but the translation includes the Saturn-censored lines before proceeding into the PC-98 version of the scene, it's pretty weird. I know that the remake translation sucks pretty bad tho.

[Anonymous No.8166536]

>>8166516
Even the Saturn version doesn't have every line dubbed.
You can play the game without the voice acting but it's really well done so it would be a shame to miss out on.

[Anonymous No.8166571]

>>8166536
>Even the Saturn version doesn't have every line dubbed.
Just Takuya's monologues, no?

[Anonymous No.8166594]

Is the "8-bit" spinoff any good? Do you NEED the Switch release to play it, or can you download it separately from the eShop?

[Anonymous No.8166630]

What is the proper type of screen to play these old VN (To make the artwork really shine), like a regular VGA PC Monitor? or more like an old CRT?

[Anonymous No.8166682]

>>8166630
16:10 LCD with digital connection. These should all have a multiple of 640x400 as the resolution so you get nice sharp pixels.

[Anonymous No.8166859]

>>8166682
>16:10
320x200 and 640x400 are 4:3 resolutions though, just with non-standard pixel size. No one had 16:10 displays back in the day.

[Anonymous No.8166937]

>>8166859
PC98 games were made with square pixels in mind. Some games even had a test card so you could calibrate your monitor properly.
The common 98Note models did have widescreen displays.

[Anonymous No.8167221]

>>8166937
So aren't there any examples like this on PC 98 and 88? Where all the games made with LCD screens in mind?

[Anonymous No.8167384]

>>8165928
The remake portraits look like shitty cosplays
>>8166516
Don't think so but I wish there was one, sorry anon
>>8166594
It was included with the Switch physical release as a first day exclusive, not entirely sure though

[Anonymous No.8167395]

>>8165928
it's so fucked up what they did to the best friend character. there's no such thing as a schoolboy who wears their hair like that with a huge fucking hairclip. i want to say he's the worst on there, but everything on there is the worst. i hope this shit was received horribly in japan.

[Anonymous No.8167410]

>>8167395
Yuki and Eiriko look fucking horrendous.

[Anonymous No.8167416]

>>8164237
And thank god another Elf game remake isn't getting butchered by shitty animu moe artwork

[Anonymous No.8167432]

>>8167221
Examples of blown up low resolution sprites?

[Anonymous No.8167556]

>>8167384
>It was included with the Switch physical release as a first day exclusive, not entirely sure though
Well the voucher was but I dunno if it was considered dlc or another game app.

[Anonymous No.8167581]

>>8167395
I can't believe no one told him the hairclip redesign wasn't going to fly and made him change it.

[Anonymous No.8167781]

>>8166594
It's kinda fun but a bit short and easy. I played in on yuzu without issues.

[Anonymous No.8167818]

>>8166516
There is one, but it's only beta atm. Prologue and Ayumi/Mitsuki routes are done.
https://anonfiles com/LeS8kfH6u0/Yu_No_English_B4_zip

[Anonymous No.8167920]

>>8167818
Awesome, looking forward to it. Is this a re-translation or a script port from the existing fan-translation or official remake localization?

[Anonymous No.8167938]

>>8167581
Please for the love of The Gods spoiler that image. It is a crime against the power of the otaku spirit that this fucking shit was remade in such a trash way. I hate it and I'm really mad at you for showing it to me again!

[Anonymous No.8167940]

>>8167395
Sorry did you say you want MORE upgrade?

[Anonymous No.8167942]

>>8167940
FUCK
YOU

[Anonymous No.8167949]

>>8167942
Oh, anon, don't be so tsun-tsun over the upgrade.

[Anonymous No.8167953]

>>8167940
>>8167949
Man, that trade has really declined, has it

[Anonymous No.8167967]

>>8167953
As far as I know, everything anime-esque went down the same low-effort same deadfish eyes face.

[Anonymous No.8167985]

>>8167967
If you only watch seasonal trash, sure.

[Anonymous No.8168008]

>>8167985
I stopped watching any kind of anime after 2002 so I wouldn't know. Nowadays I just know the ones used in memes.

[Anonymous No.8168843]

>>8167581
what the fuck did they do to my wife?

[Anonymous No.8168945]

>>8164237
I've said it in the other thread, but this artist can do men but his women looks like shit. I don't fucking understand how this artist ever got hired to do any of these games, it makes no fucking sense
Put this artist in some Otome game house or something

[Anonymous No.8169154]

>>8167940
report this fucking asshole
seriously fuck you dood
it's not even fucking funny you piece of shit!

[Anonymous No.8169261]

>>8167920
Script port of the fan translation

[Anonymous No.8169971]

>>8167818
Thanks anon, really looking forward to this

[Anonymous No.8170101]

we used to have actually good yu-no threads a few years ago
now it's without fail the same old tired comparison screenshots

[Anonymous No.8170358]

>>8167818
>>8169261
Amazing! This does Yu-No a great service.
One request I do have -I assume you're the one working on this- is to please replace the line "you should be careful she doesn’t evolve into a Snorlax." with "She’ll become a sloth at this rate." from the remake. There does seem to be a handful of lines in the remake localization that are more accurate, and this looks like one of them. The fan-translation tried too hard at this part and as a result it sticks out like a sore thumb. I think it's okay to tweak a few things like that a little bit if it means bringing out the most authentic experience possible. Of course, I could be wrong and there really was a pop culture reference in the original script that had to be removed from the remake, Pokémon was released earlier that year after all.

[Anonymous No.8170373]

>>8170358
Or better yet, "you should be careful she doesn’t become a sloth." That sounds more natural imo.

[Anonymous No.8170926]

>>8170358
>>8170373
The TLWIki script is actually very well-commented. I'll check it when I get there.
The text from the Saturn version has been revised by Kanno and served as a base for the voice acting, so the pokemon reference could have been added later.

[Anonymous No.8172792]

>>8167949
Hideous. I don't know how the remake artist can sleep at night.

[Anonymous No.8172805]

>>8167395
Sorry to break it to you, but hair clips like that do exist, and have been worn by straight boys in Japan.

Source: attended Japanese high school and university in the early 2000s.

[Anonymous No.8172881]

>>8170358
the bottom one looks like generic garbage

[Anonymous No.8172894]

>>8170101
Mine is this one

[Anonymous No.8173501]

Wait why are there suddenly high tech stuff and elves and swords in your screenshots?

Granted I got stuck early (?) but it was just generic mystery VN.

[Anonymous No.8173519]

>>8168945
>but this artist can do men but his women looks like shit.
Just like Raita.

[Anonymous No.8173528]

>>8173501
If you didn't even reach the part with the nude elf you didn't play the game at all.

[Anonymous No.8173536]

>>8173528
From what I recall there was a short sex description between the hero and the rich blonde high school girl in a water cave after she hurt her leg or something... did I really get filtered by the prologue?

[Anonymous No.8173565]

>>8173536
The prologue is the part without point&click and where you can't access the divergence map.
The cave is part of Mio's route, you should get the sword and high tech stuff there.

[Anonymous No.8173567]

>>8173565
Well I didn't get anything and got stuck/frustrated/bored :(

[Anonymous No.8173604]

>>8173567
The underground part is frustrating because you need an item from another route to finish it and you can't access the map normally. The Picross also comes a bit out of nowhere.

[Anonymous No.8174265]

I downloaded this copy awhile ago are you able to tell if this is a good version? I think the mount had like 4 other games on it or something aswell (which were not translated)

[Anonymous No.8174315]

>>8174265
The Windows port is good, just patch YU-NO with the English patch and you'll be fine. The other games included aka Shangrila 1&2 are untranslated and they're just Langrisser/Fire Emblem if they were hentai games