|
Tatum Girlparts posted:No poo poo, but there's few things worse than hamfisted, poorly done, parody, and she's kinda the queen of hamfisting and poorly doing things. But she doesn't do things poorly at all. Edit: Like, Digital, Analogue, and Hate+ are all great. "don't take it personally"'s main problems is that due to being written in a single month there wasn't enough time to really flesh things out (the main character is supposed to be skeevy and not a good person, but this wasn't really got across well) Dr Pepper fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Jan 2, 2014 |
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 20:38
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 8, 2024 02:15 |
|
|
Dr Pepper posted:But she doesn't do things poorly at all. Honestly, Don't Take It Personally is prboably my favorite thing she's done just because it didn't seem to go beyond its means, if that makes any sense. It had one thing to say, made that point, and did it with enough ease that it didn't come across forced.
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 20:55
|
|
|
Analogue is literally Joseon era Korea in space. Like, if it seemed over the top to you, there was actually a society that acted like that.
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 21:04
|
|
|
Her only bad thing so far is Don't Take It Personally (which, admittedly, is REALLY bad). Digital's good, Analogue's great, and Hate Plus is good (though a step down from Analogue). This could go any which way but I think it'll at least be okay.
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 21:09
|
|
|
Dr Pepper posted:Analogue is literally Joseon era Korea in space. Like, if it seemed over the top to you, there was actually a society that acted like that. The premise that a society would return to a carbon copy of it while in a generational space ship is over the top.
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 21:14
|
|
|
That seems like an odd thing to nitpick, the plot of Analogue is basically that a girl with modern sensibilities gets thrown into a horrible misogynistic society and how she reacts to it. It's basically a time travel story, the generation ship and the resulting culture in it were just plot devices to create that situation, the same thing could have been done with a time machine or portal or something. Hard sci-fi it isn't.
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 21:20
|
|
|
Nephilm posted:The premise that a society would return to a carbon copy of it while in a generational space ship is over the top. Why? Future society regresses to feudal medievalism has been done plenty of times in all sorts of scifi. Hate merely uses a EDIT: VVV Oops. Fangz fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Jan 2, 2014 |
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 21:22
|
|
|
Fangz posted:Why? Future society regresses to feudal medievalism has been done plenty of times in all sorts of scifi. Hate merely uses a south east asian model of feudalism than the European version that is commonly used. I hate to break it to you, but Korea moved north when you weren't looking.
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 21:23
|
|
|
It seemed plausible enough from the society seen in Hate+. Caveat I'm running that through the VN filter where it's about mid-range on the nonsense scale
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 21:27
|
|
|
Dr Pepper posted:Analogue is literally Joseon era Korea in space. Like, if it seemed over the top to you, there was actually a society that acted like that.
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 21:36
|
|
|
Fangz posted:Why? Future society regresses to feudal medievalism has been done plenty of times in all sorts of scifi. Hate merely uses a I got at least one probation and a place in Zorak's poo poo list out of LoGH.
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 21:49
|
|
|
Nephilm posted:I got at least one probation and a place in Zorak's poo poo list out of LoGH. I'm pretty sure you were already on Zorak's poo poo list. Is it just me, or does the curry segment in Higurashi drag on a little too long? Silver2195 fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Jan 2, 2014 |
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 21:58
|
|
|
Silver2195 posted:Is it just me, or does the curry segment in Higurashi drag on a little too long?
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 22:36
|
|
|
I liked the club activities. It was pretty funny at times and it made when everything goes wrong more painful.
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 23:10
|
|
|
Nate RFB posted:This is still the first four chapters, right? The pacing is kind of rubbish in those, especially in the first two. Far too much time is spent with them dicking around with the club activities and such. Some of the club activities are actually pretty interesting. Others just go on too long sometimes.
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2014 23:51
|
|
|
Dr Pepper posted:I liked the club activities. It was pretty funny at times and it made when everything goes wrong more painful. Silver2195 posted:Some of the club activities are actually pretty interesting. Others just go on too long sometimes.
|
|
#
?
Jan 3, 2014 00:11
|
|
|
Okay. I just completed Episode 1 of Umineko. What. Just. What. The Tea Party is weird. Is it really disconnected from the plot, or is everything that happens within canon? So far its been quite enjoyable. I look forward to whatever curveball Episode 2 will throw. Are there any choices at all in Umineko? Because I have noticed difficulty is mentioned in every episode description, and By "Executing" Beatrice it says I have a very easy way of killing her.
|
|
#
?
Jan 3, 2014 15:07
|
|
|
The Tea Party is canon, and should be thought of as the real start to Umineko, the meta battle between Battler and Beatrice in purgatory. Regarding the difficulty, that's just talking about how hard it is to solve the mysteries in the episode. Only the final episode of Umineko has any choices at all.
|
|
#
?
Jan 3, 2014 15:10
|
|
|
I see. This is very very interesting. I always enjoy meta-narrative, and the Battler/Beatrice battle is quite interesting even though Beatrice is quite obviously a witch. Surely Battler wont find any way to disprove that.
|
|
#
?
Jan 3, 2014 19:22
|
|
|
HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:and By "Executing" Beatrice it says I have a very easy way of killing her.
|
|
#
?
Jan 4, 2014 01:44
|
|
|
I'm sure this has come up a lot before but for Higurashi do people generally prefer the original music or the PS2 music? Was going to look up samples on Youtube but some of those thumbnails looked like they were probably spoilers.
|
|
#
?
Jan 4, 2014 07:16
|
|
|
Getting Higurashi patched was so goddamn convoluted and confusing that I don't know what the original music is, anymore. All I know is whatever I heard, was some boing boing six second looped free midi bullshit hell I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
|
|
#
?
Jan 4, 2014 15:23
|
|
|
Krinkle posted:Getting Higurashi patched was so goddamn convoluted and confusing that I don't know what the original music is, anymore. All I know is whatever I heard, was some boing boing six second looped free midi bullshit hell I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. This, only I never tried patching it. Here is 3/4ths of the soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ls983siiE ADullMin fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Jan 4, 2014 |
|
#
?
Jan 4, 2014 16:08
|
|
|
Top Gym Pumper posted:I'm sure this has come up a lot before but for Higurashi do people generally prefer the original music or the PS2 music? Was going to look up samples on Youtube but some of those thumbnails looked like they were probably spoilers.
|
|
#
?
Jan 4, 2014 16:11
|
|
|
ADullMin posted:This, only I never tried patching it. I dunno sometimes they seem to play an extra creepy variant of it. Higurashi is kind of unsettling btw
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2014 01:13
|
|
|
Did they really do that? I specifically remember the same cicada noise over and over every time a character was outside.
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2014 21:09
|
|
|
Top Gym Pumper posted:I dunno sometimes they seem to play an extra creepy variant of it. I know exactly the track you're speaking of but I can't find it on Youtube. In the soundtrack folder for Higurashi Rei it's called Semi-R.
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2014 21:33
|
|
|
I have a quick question: Is there a preferred version of Virtue's Last Reward? I know that there are two versions: one for 3DS, and one for PS Vita. From what I remember reading, the 3DS version has a better interface than the Vita. However, in both versions there is a bug that can corrupt your save file, and with the Vita version, you have 3 slots to save in, whereas the 3DS version only has one. I should point out that I don't own either handheld, and that I have not played 999.
|
|
#
?
Jan 6, 2014 00:12
|
|
|
Max Wilco posted:I have a quick question: Is there a preferred version of Virtue's Last Reward? First, play 999 before you hop into VLR. VLR is called Zero Escape Volume 2 for a reason. You can play it on a 3DS just fine and if you live in Europe, just import the US version and it should work just fine thanks to no region locking on the DS. Which is probably one good reason why you should play it on a 3DS since you can play both games on it. If not, there's a perfectly serviceable LP of it right here on the LP archive. The save corrupting bug only happens by chance if you save in the puzzle rooms/escape sections (and will almost always happen if you save in the PEC or Crew's Quarters since those are the buggiest). I'm currently playing VLR myself and have encountered no bugs after playing for about 15 hours, even after going through the PEC room because I only save in the novel sections. The Vita version has slightly better graphics and sound, which the former doesn't matter much anyway because VLR isn't that great in terms of aesthetics (especially during cutscenes/CGs). The multisave slot thing isn't a big deal either, because there's not much replayability with VNs once you've seen and done everything (plus you can jump at any point in story anyway). So the only purpose they have is to backup saves in case you run into glitch (which will not happen if you don't save in escape sections). I think the 3DS has the option to backup saves anyway...? The Vita version does have trophies too if you like that. So 3DS if you want to play both Zero Escape games on the same handheld, a console that has a way better selection of games in general, and the ability to take notes easier. Vita for better looks/sound, trophies, and being less likely to glitch.
|
|
#
?
Jan 6, 2014 00:49
|
|
|
Max Wilco posted:I have a quick question: Is there a preferred version of Virtue's Last Reward? And definitely don't forget to play 999.
|
|
#
?
Jan 6, 2014 01:51
|
|
|
the greatest visual novel i'm not sure why this guy likes donkey dicks so much. there was an  pic here.
Somebody fucked around with this message at 06:17 on Jan 6, 2014 |
|
#
?
Jan 6, 2014 05:56
|
|
|
unless you can get an anime girl in there somewhere we ain't interested, pal
|
|
#
?
Jan 6, 2014 06:02
|
|
|
Better than Muvluv.
|
|
#
?
Jan 6, 2014 06:03
|
|
|
Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos is for sale at 50% off on Steam as part of their week long deals. It looks pretty good. Is it recommended?
|
|
#
?
Jan 6, 2014 20:16
|
|
|
Max Wilco posted:Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos is for sale at 50% off on Steam as part of their week long deals. From what I hear, it's indeed pretty good, but it's so short that for $2.50 what you pay is what you get. More episodes supposedly coming in the future.
|
|
#
?
Jan 6, 2014 20:40
|
|
|
Max Wilco posted:Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos is for sale at 50% off on Steam as part of their week long deals. Very definitely. I also recommend getting Dischan's previous VN, Juniper's Knot. It's free on both their site and on iOS. (Not sure if it's on Steam though.)
|
|
#
?
Jan 6, 2014 20:46
|
|
|
Nephilm posted:More episodes supposedly coming in the future. That's looking pretty uncertain. Their main artist left mid last year, and Learning to Manage Chaos didn't make enough money to keep things going at full capacity.
|
|
#
?
Jan 6, 2014 22:25
|
|
|
ptk posted:That's looking pretty uncertain. Their main artist left mid last year, and Learning to Manage Chaos didn't make enough money to keep things going at full capacity. Someone tell these guys about Kickstarter.
|
|
#
?
Jan 6, 2014 22:34
|
|
|
Just finished 999. It was okay. The game suffered from a lack of skip option past previously completed puzzles, but with a spoilerless (apart from the ending names) choice guide it wasn't so bad. The puzzles were really nothing to write home about. I examine every object available, like I usually do in every game ever that lets me do it, and after that (often even before it) the solutions are obvious. At this point I wonder if they're supposed to be obvious what with the morphogenic field plot device. No, I'm probably overthinking things. I'm sort of disappointed that it says 9 persons right there on the game's name and there's actually 11 people on the ship. Led me off with trying to figure things out at first because of my poor choice in routes. After the Safe ending I was dreading that the end twist would be "you (the player) were Zero all along!", which was not that far off the mark. I wasn't sure whether or not they would write a childhood romance into the game just for the sake of it, so at least that was something I didn't expect. There's also some very obvious similarities between 999 and Ever17. I really hope there's something else in store for VLR.
|
|
#
?
Jan 7, 2014 02:13
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 8, 2024 02:15 |
|
|
Well the prequel story saved the Sharin no Kuni fandisk. I thought it was actually better than the prequel's main story. I didn't particularly care for Sharin. Nothing really stood out to me except the antagonist who was pretty great. It was pretty uncomfortable any time Houzuki showed up as a no-nonsense man like him felt so drat real. I didn't feel much else. I didn't like the girl a chapter style of setup and the ending was pretty awful. And the fandisks after-story routes are mostly a waste of time. I guess I'll read Kikokugai next. Seems short but I don't mind that too much. Edit: Whelp, just started Kikokugai. I can already tell this is going to be a dark tale. Edit2: Cybernetic Kung Fu, a Kung Fu EMP attack?  So this is a martial arts revenge story crossed with cyberpunk? Okay, I'm sold.
Stall_19 fucked around with this message at 11:46 on Jan 7, 2014 |
|
#
?
Jan 7, 2014 03:43
|
|
