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unpronounceable posted:So I should go back right now, and get the true end? If it's that important to have the context fresh in my head, I can put off the other VNs I was planning on moving on to. Yes also before you do that go back to near the end of Day 15 and answer Rider's question and don't pick the one about being by Sakura's side till the very end. You get the best nonstandard end of the entire VN by doing so.
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unpronounceable posted:So I should go back right now, and get the true end? If it's that important to have the context fresh in my head, I can put off the other VNs I was planning on moving on to. I'd do the Sparks Liner High END first and then the True End, but yes, for the latter at least you're actually looking at a philosophical discussion and the closing of multiple character plot threads - it's a lot of content sporadically mentioned throughout the route, and finally addressed as the world lies in the precipice of oblivion. And as I said, this is all before the actual epilogue. planetarial posted:Yes also before you do that go back to near the end of Day 15 and answer Rider's question and don't pick the one about being by Sakura's side till the very end. You get the best nonstandard end of the entire VN by doing so. That's the one. Even the Tiger Dojo is very solemn about it.
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unpronounceable posted:So I should go back right now, and get the true end? If it's that important to have the context fresh in my head, I can put off the other VNs I was planning on moving on to. Go back and watch the True End. Leave off 'Last episode' (which is unlocked afterwards) until much later.
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Sep 29, 2013 22:14
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planetarial posted:Yes also before you do that go back to near the end of Day 15 and answer Rider's question and don't pick the one about being by Sakura's side till the very end. You get the best nonstandard end of the entire VN by doing so. Definitely do this if you have Realta Nua
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Uminenko Chapter 5. Was surprised to hear that there was another person had drifted on the island but I guess it's just Bernkastel inserting herself in the story. She really didn't put much thought into the alias she would use. Heh, Furudo Erika. Hmm, so in game Beatrice and the one out of the game are 2 different beings? I always thought that it was the same Beatrice going into the game or something like that. Also since Bernkastel declared that this particular was just Natsuhi's delusion so how does she know about the game that's being played. More and more questions piling up. Edit: Heh, Bernkastel made her character as Mary Sue as possible. Stall_19 fucked around with this message at 09:59 on Sep 30, 2013 |
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Sep 30, 2013 09:40
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Stall_19 posted:Uminenko Chapter 5.Hmm, so in game Beatrice and the one out of the game are 2 different beings? I always thought that it was the same Beatrice going into the game or something like that.
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To put it in simpler terms the game board Beatrice made, naturally, includes a piece called "Beatrice". So when Lamdadelta took over she was able to put the piece on the board even though the player Beatrice is sitting out.
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Someone talked about Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi, or Totono earlier in this thread. I decided to play it, but by the time I got to actually playing the game, I had forgotten what it was about. So I jump in, not knowing what to expect. The art style is pleasant enough and things seem interesting. Aoi keeps on talking about things like how the world is a game, she's trying to call God, and that she wants to save the game and things like that. I'm not really sure if she's supposed to be funny or if she actually knows something other characters don't. After a few hours I get pretty fed up with nothing particularly interesting going on except the side character (Yuutarou?)'s escapades in A MAN'S ROMANCE. In any case I continue. Things are progressing smoothly, everyone's friends with each other and they're walking home from school. Miyuki goes to pick up something she forgot. An uncomfortable moment occurs when Aoi starts acting (more) weird and talking like a character from a nukige. No Aoi don't talk about things like that you're creeping me out. There's something really wrong with this girl. Game goes on, Yuutarou still seems like the most interesting character when suddenly Aoi is up on the roof again and goes full meta and then tries to call God once more. The sky turns red and the winds blow stronger. I don't like this at all so I stop her from calling. Bad end. Main character becomes a sad man with a part-time job while Miyuki's an actress. I reload and don't stop Aoi. God picks up. The world is "updated" and the game zooms out to show that it was, actually, a phone game all along...or something? Either way, I get what seems to be an intro video in what I assumed was more than halfway in. Did I just finish the prologue? I'm confused. Maybe it's because I'm still a slow reader that it seemed really long for one.
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Don't want to take away the spotlight, but here's my current reaction to Umineko Ep 8: So the game suddenly turned into Metal Gear Solid, as we are talking about child soldiers from out of nowhere. I can kinda see where Battler and Beatrice are trying to say, and I'm not sure I really like it... But nevermind that, QUIZ TIME! And gently caress these quizzes, why am I so bad at them. And good thing I have google to know the Japanese ambulance numbers and the periodic table... By the way, does it matter which cake slice I pick? The mini Berncastel Mystery game was much more interesting. I feel proud figuring it out by using only half of the hints (even if the last couple was about randomly trying out parent-child combos. I really thought Maria will be the culprit there.) And now I have to ask, did Ryukishi read messageboards in between releasing episodes? Because many times it seems like he is answering to fan reactions or he is just really good at figuring out what people will think. The real question is, was the "culprit Battler" theory popular back in the day on the internet too? And... HOLY poo poo IT'S ERIKA!! I never thought I would miss seeing her! 
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I guess if you want to call it a prologue, sure. You basically played to where the demo of the game ends, so I guess you really are an extremely slow reader.
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Bholder posted:spoilers Yeah, EP8 is pretty clearly a commentary on the Umineko fandom at least in part.
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Bholder posted:Don't want to take away the spotlight, but here's my current reaction to Umineko Ep 8: quote:The real question is, was the "culprit Battler" theory popular back in the day on the internet too?
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Uminenko Chapter 5 So not only can Erika leave the game world and enter the meta world but she can use the red text in the game world? Didn't the demon Butler just say that the red text has no effect on the human world? Heh, I feel like I need an official rule book here. Must say it's about time some of the cousins died before there parents. We never had a world like that yet so I wanted so see their reaction. Too bad Rosa died. Her and Maria's relationship is one of the most interesting part of the game. I swear she goes back and forth in showing Maria love and outright despising her. Would have liked to see her reaction to her death. Maybe one of the next chapters. Edit: This game sure is getting complicated. You have Bernkastel and her piece, Lambdadelta being the gamemaster and piece Beatrice has her own agenda. Edit2: The human detective on the human side just summoned underlings. And now we're having a blue truth versus red truth INSIDE the game  Edit3: Now the Battler & Erika game pieces are talking to people on 2 different levels and Battler is using blue truth. I don't even know what level people are speaking on anymore. Erika just said something and Beatrice, Nanjo and Kumasawa all replied.  Oh and now piece Battler is aware that this is a game. This game is as metaphorical as gently caress. And this scene ends the only way it could have. With Lamdlabelta & Erika who participated in two levels in the game, on the third level stewing over the defeat. Stall_19 fucked around with this message at 11:12 on Oct 1, 2013 |
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Ottumon posted:Did I just finish the prologue? I'm confused. Maybe it's because I'm still a slow reader that it seemed really long for one. Yeah, that was essentially the prologue. Don't worry, all of this will make sense at some point in the future. And some bad news - Aoi is not done making you feel uncomfortable. Her route is, unfortunately, not very good. Necessary, yes, but not good. Even so, keep reading, you won't regret it. Because you are going to get to THAT PART and I can't wait to see your reaction. 
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Stall_19 posted:Uminenko Chapter 5 You've probably noticed at this point that Chiru's less about the 'how's of the game and more about the 'why's. Naturally, there's a bit of a breakdown in the rules considering nobody playing right now actually cares about the real point of the game anyway. Hence 'scribbling on the chessboard'.
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So I'm getting into what I assume is the real meat of Muv-Luv Alternative, and I'm assuming I just got to the Chomp scene that everyone talks about. Seeing what it was named I thought it wouldn't be a big deal, BUT WHAT THE gently caress MAN! I'm too sad to keep going right now, Marimo of all goddamn people!
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Oct 1, 2013 17:57
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Stall_19 posted:Uminenko Chapter 5 The best way to look at it is to think about the witch-world scenes as overdramatisations of actual arguments. As for what rules the witch-world follow? Magic. Just magic. Then again, this is Chiru, you would think you've gotten used to the formula yet but then something else happens. Bholder fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Oct 1, 2013 |
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Green Tea Erotica posted:So I'm getting into what I assume is the real meat of Muv-Luv Alternative, and I'm assuming I just got to the Chomp scene that everyone talks about. Seeing what it was named I thought it wouldn't be a big deal, BUT WHAT THE gently caress MAN! I'm too sad to keep going right now, Marimo of all goddamn people! Keep playing.
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Green Tea Erotica posted:So I'm getting into what I assume is the real meat of Muv-Luv Alternative, and I'm assuming I just got to the Chomp scene that everyone talks about. Seeing what it was named I thought it wouldn't be a big deal, BUT WHAT THE gently caress MAN! I'm too sad to keep going right now, Marimo of all goddamn people! Oh my, this never gets old.  vvvvvvvvv hahahha yeeeessss Barent fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Oct 1, 2013 |
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Bakanogami posted:Keep playing. I DID, gently caress THIS GAME, GOD drat IT! Just went to take a shower, came back thinking something nice would happen and I'd feel a little better, just play for a bit and move on with my day, but gently caress...
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Green Tea Erotica posted:I DID, gently caress THIS GAME, GOD drat IT! Just went to take a shower, came back thinking something nice would happen and I'd feel a little better, just play for a bit and move on with my day, but gently caress... Life is good. 
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This is the best part of this thread, every time. All of that set-up, then a collective group smile except for the one guy playing. Will it ever get old?
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This is why I keep telling my friends they need to play these games and they keep laughing at me. Why would they keep laughing at me. 
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Mordaedil posted:This is why I keep telling my friends they need to play these games and they keep laughing at me. Why would they keep laughing at me. Because you're telling them to play a porn game you dork.
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Umineko EP 3: Wow the old lady being the former Beatrice was the first time I was really caught off guard, well except for the first set of murders. The music that played during old Beatrice and Beatrice's fight was fantastic, more so then the rest of the new music here. Human!Beatrice was really frighting to see, heavy contrast in all. Battler really just says it all with having not a clue of what's going on, I'm with him.
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Green Tea Erotica posted:I DID, gently caress THIS GAME, GOD drat IT! Just went to take a shower, came back thinking something nice would happen and I'd feel a little better, just play for a bit and move on with my day, but gently caress... KEEP. PLAYING. 
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Green Tea Erotica posted:I DID, gently caress THIS GAME, GOD drat IT! Just went to take a shower, came back thinking something nice would happen and I'd feel a little better, just play for a bit and move on with my day, but gently caress... The only way out is through, motherfucker. On another note, are there any plans to translate that Totono game? I tried looking but couldn't find much.
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jonjonaug posted:Because you're telling them to play a porn game you dork. Is the all-ages version entirely free of that stuff?
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As the name implies, yes. Its also entirely free of translation.
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klapman posted:On another note, are there any plans to translate that Totono game? I tried looking but couldn't find much. That being said, it is a Nitroplus game, so maybe we'll see it as an official release... in about 10 years time.
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Uminenko Chapter 5 hmm, knock-gate. This is a pretty tough brainteaser. So at 24:00 no one outside the mansion could have made the knock and no one inside the parlor made the knocking sound, might have been said in red I forgot. But what has definitely been said in red is that Genji, Natsuhi or Krauss did not make the knocking sound. I have 2 theories. 1 plausible and one as out there as Battler's tiny bomb theory. The one I think is more likely is simply that the clock was wrong. Not sure if it was faked or just unintentionally off. So when it made the gong it was either past 24:00 or before it before it. I went back in reread the scene and the little clock in the corner was at 11:48 so the entire scene before the knock would have had to taken place in 12 minutes. Seems unlikely. In that time Krauss and Natsuhi made a decision to leave and have a pep talk, Kanon & Shannon enter the parlor and become the topic of conversation which made it sound like it would be longer than it would have taken for it to fit in that time frame. The one less likely is simple, Carrier Pigeon. Yeah, I doubt this has any chance of being right but it's not the dumbest theory and of the characters proposed. Edit: Wait....does 24:00 even exist? Wouldn't it go back to 00:00? Edit2: Ha, Erika losing it is great! She must have sounded incredibly insane for the pieces not aware of the higher level. Edit3: Beatrice- "~the red truth doesn't exist in the human world!" Tell that to Erika who used the red truth that allowed her to investigate the scene of the first twilight. Edit4: Really? They didn't think to check that closet? There's like only 2 places to hide in a room like that. Stall_19 fucked around with this message at 11:58 on Oct 2, 2013 |
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Davzz posted:I haven't heard of any plans. It's pretty low-key. There's, what, two Nitro+ games that have have official releases? I know there's a couple that have had full unofficial translations done (Steins;Gate, Chaos;Head), but are Saya no Uta, which was released this year, and Phantom of Inferno the only ones? Incidentally, I actually own Phantom, and would recommend the story to everyone, but the only version that came out over here was in painful DVD format.
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Lord Koth posted:There's, what, two Nitro+ games that have have official releases? I know there's a couple that have had full unofficial translations done (Steins;Gate, Chaos;Head), but are Saya no Uta, which was released this year, and Phantom of Inferno the only ones? Demonbane, Saya, and Phantom (out of print, bad TL) all have had official releases. JAST is trying to get Steins;Gate out this Winter.
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I finished Fate the other day. Overall I liked it, despite Saber being really boring. There were a few things that bugged me though, things such as Rider's identity, Assassin and Caster's master, Caster herself being kind of introduced and offed way too quickly, Lancer being underutilized(oh, and his original master), EVERYTHING about Archer(Rin's). Also Ilya was kinda backstaged despite being the Holy Grail's vessel, figured she'd be a lot more central on that fact alone. Whatever though her being basically the star of the Tiger Dojo is great by itself. Oh, and overall the route definitely felt like its purpose was character building, which isn't a bad thing mind you. I imagine some if not all of these are addressed and expanded upon with the other two routes.  Not far into UBW. Basically The end of the 4th day where Taiga and Sakura stay with Shirou as well, but keeping Saber in their room. It's kind of funny how things changed so much by the simple fact that Archer didn't get chopped by Saber. I can only imagine things will only escalate from here~
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If somebody had little screentime, you can safely assume they will have more in another path. In other words, you are going to love UBW.
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Bholder posted:If somebody had little screentime, you can safely assume they will have more in another path. Except Lancer. Poor Lancer.
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Fangz posted:Except Lancer. Poor Lancer. Lancer actually shines the most in UBW. He fights evenly against Archer, easily kills Kirei despite being mortally wounded himself, protects Rin from Shinji, and burns down Ilya's house to get Gilgamesh to retreat.
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Lord Koth posted:Nitro+ games On the grapevine, Sumaga is definitely being translated "officially", and I think I've heard Muramasa and Axanael being tossed about. They're definitely a company that's interested in expanding overseas.
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ive been reading Heaven's Feel and it's a lot better than Fate
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Stall_19 posted:Uminenko Chapter 5 hmm, knock-gate. This is a pretty tough brainteaser. So at 24:00 no one outside the mansion could have made the knock and no one inside the parlor made the knocking sound, might have been said in red I forgot. But what has definitely been said in red is that Genji, Natsuhi or Krauss did not make the knocking sound. I have 2 theories. 1 plausible and one as out there as Battler's tiny bomb theory. This is probably my second favorite trick in Episode 5, just saying. Stall_19 posted:Edit2: Ha, Erika losing it is great! She must have sounded incredibly insane for the pieces not aware of the higher level. Hmmm yes this is suspicious isn't it?
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