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Feb 11, 2016 02:05
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Getsuya posted:Oh HELL yes. I played this on Vita in Japan while I was going through a 'let's try out some otome games' phase and I enjoyed the heck out of it. While the main girl is still sort of a doormat for the guys most of the time at least the petting mini-game system made it feel like she was a little more in control of her relationship with them than most otome game girls. Good to hear. I like how they are releasing the combined story since a lot of FD never make it overseas  I kept thinking it'd be Clock Zero since it looked to be fairly well-known and popular. At least it's not mobile since that'd be terrible unless PSV. Also is it just me or is the base game somewhat high $150k?
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Feb 11, 2016 02:12
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The thing with Otome VNs is apparently they really struggle to make a profit in the west. The dedicated audience doesn't seem to make up for the time and cost of localization. They might be trying to preemptively cover themselves perhaps?
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Feb 11, 2016 08:44
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HGH posted:The thing with Otome VNs is apparently they really struggle to make a profit in the west. The dedicated audience doesn't seem to make up for the time and cost of localization. They might be trying to preemptively cover themselves perhaps? Possibly. Don't let me down internet 
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Feb 11, 2016 22:27
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Finally got around to finishing all the endings on Steins;Gate. Holy crap. Are there any other (non-Zero Escape) VNs that have as much crazy mind-fuckery and twists? All the endings were really good other than Faris, since her ending just arbitrarily breaks the established conventions of the setting left and right for the sake of a conclusion.
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Feb 13, 2016 06:07
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You should play Ever 17, there's a lot of slog but its really quite good. And Chaos;Head is great at first but really nosedives in quality towards the end.
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Feb 13, 2016 12:58
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Ryoshi posted:Finally got around to finishing all the endings on Steins;Gate. Holy crap. Are there any other (non-Zero Escape) VNs that have as much crazy mind-fuckery and twists? Higurashi, I guess, it's currently being released (very, very slowly) on Steam Oh and I just noticed you mentioned ZE but not Danganronpa so try that.
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Feb 13, 2016 13:01
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Theoretically Umineko will be rereleased one day too.
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Feb 13, 2016 13:21
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As an aside, for the first time in a long while I started listening to the Umineko BGMs again and gently caress that series had such dope music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg9XPcPKYAQ
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Feb 13, 2016 13:47
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Umineko would not even be half as good without the music. I can still even remember the simplest of the "scene setting" songs because of how well they worked
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Feb 13, 2016 14:18
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Irony Be My Shield posted:Theoretically Umineko will be rereleased one day too. At this rate Umineko will never make it to steam.
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Feb 13, 2016 18:28
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CottonWolf posted:At this rate Umineko will never make it to steam. No, not never, don't be silly.  Just 10 years from now.
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Feb 13, 2016 18:53
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It is annoying that Umineko is now basically impossible to buy and will be for the forseeable future. The old translation wasn't great but at least it existedvoltcatfish posted:Umineko would not even be half as good without the music.
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Feb 13, 2016 19:13
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OP: is it okay to talk about that "Kindred Spirits on the Roof" game that just came out on Steam? I've been playing it a bit and I feel incredibly conflicted about it. Both the game itself and that question.
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Feb 18, 2016 11:55
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FractalSandwich posted:OP: is it okay to talk about that "Kindred Spirits on the Roof" game that just came out on Steam? I've been playing it a bit and I feel incredibly conflicted about it. Both the game itself and that question. Nope. If Steam had a censored version it would be okay, but reports say that the Steam version is uncensored and leaves in all the sex. Best not to start down that road. Sorry.
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Feb 18, 2016 13:26
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There's about as much sex in it as a PG13 movie though, Steam wouldn't actually let an uncensored R-18 game on there.
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Feb 18, 2016 15:09
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I remember asking this question in the vita thread once and getting a pretty small number of answers. I like visual novel games that have good amount of actual gameplay to them still. Like Phoenix Wright and DanganRonpa with the spot the contradiction trials, or zero escape with the puzzle rooms. When I asked in the vita thread I was told I'd pretty much listed everything on vita already, though some people recommended a few DS games: Time Hollow, Hotel Dusk, and Ghost trick (kind of pushing what you consider a visual novel, but obviously an amazing game.) This thread seems to be talking a lot about PC visual novels too, so I figure it's worth giving another ask. Games for Vita/DS are still good to recommend though. What are good visual novel games that still have a decent amount of gameplay to them? I see that Rhythm game in the op, is there a lot of gameplay in that or is it extremely long sessions of novel between songs?
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Feb 18, 2016 15:58
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LibbyM posted:I remember asking this question in the vita thread once and getting a pretty small number of answers. I like visual novel games that have good amount of actual gameplay to them still. Like Phoenix Wright and DanganRonpa with the spot the contradiction trials, or zero escape with the puzzle rooms. If you liked Hotel Dusk, the sequel Last Window is very good (though if you're US you'll need to import it from Europe.
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Feb 18, 2016 15:59
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When people say "visual novel" they really mean it. There's very rarely gameplay elements in those titles. I can't recall a single PC VN with any gameplay element that isn't just picking an option to where the story will lead next. Do get Last Window as suggested, though, it's pretty good. Non-Japanese stuff, I guess the recent Telltale games would count. Oh and pick Life is Strange ASAP.
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Feb 18, 2016 16:01
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I've heard of a couple VNs that supposedly have more gameplay than visual novel things, but I have no idea if any of them are all ages, and I'm not going to be checking that at work 
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Feb 18, 2016 16:04
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Magical Diary, Long Live the Queen, and Read Only Memories are some good (Western) visual novels with gameplay elements. EDIT: Beyond just choosing dialogue options, at least. I don't know if they go as far as you'd want!
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Feb 18, 2016 16:21
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Eh, ROM isn't good anything. Long Live the Queen's pretty cool, but it's more of a Crusader Kings 2 mixed with Princess Maker than a visual novel. Magical Diary is sort of RPG-ey with stats, pseudo dungeons, and items but I'd say it's more a VN than LLtQ.
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Feb 18, 2016 16:24
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You have War of the Human Tanks I guess, but not having played it I think it's a strategy game with VN elements basically? I couldn't say what ratio the two are. I guess there's also Akiba's Trip 2 which again is more of an action game with some VN style cutscenes. I'm not sure at what ratio I'd say it goes from being a VN with gameplay elements to a game with VN elements, or what ratio you're looking for to begin with. *Edit* Oh, there's Aselia the Eternal, which is a VN RPG. The English release was All-Ages. Not a Vita game though. I wouldn't Google that at work either, since from what I recall the Japanese version would be very much not work safe. AG3 fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Feb 18, 2016 |
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Feb 18, 2016 16:27
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Lots of low budget Japanese games resort to a VN format for cutscenes. Any given Idea Factory game for example.
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Feb 18, 2016 16:45
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Or pretty much any Arcsys fighting game. Apart from Xrd, it's story mode is a straight VN with no fighting at all
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Feb 18, 2016 17:33
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AG3 posted:You have War of the Human Tanks I guess, but not having played it I think it's a strategy game with VN elements basically? I couldn't say what ratio the two are. I guess there's also Akiba's Trip 2 which again is more of an action game with some VN style cutscenes. I'm not sure at what ratio I'd say it goes from being a VN with gameplay elements to a game with VN elements, or what ratio you're looking for to begin with. yeah war of the human tanks is basically a way more complicated battleship with a visual novel attached. i love it but its not for everyone. there's quite a lot of story with a few branching paths, but it's not for everyone and its probably too hard for a lot of people to actually get through the whole optional content story, so keep that in mind
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Feb 18, 2016 17:37
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Sorry for asking, but what was that one PC game where you're some sort of inquisition style investigator at a school? It had two really contrasting artstyle options too I think.
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Feb 18, 2016 17:40
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HGH posted:Sorry for asking, but what was that one PC game where you're some sort of inquisition style investigator at a school? It had two really contrasting artstyle options too I think. Black Closet. It's OK.
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Feb 18, 2016 17:42
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Sakurazuka posted:There's about as much sex in it as a PG13 movie though, Steam wouldn't actually let an uncensored R-18 game on there. Yeah, it's "uncensored" only by nature of there being nothing to merit censoring.
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Feb 18, 2016 17:46
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Thanks for the talk about VN with gameplay elements. I'd actually forgotten Hotel Dusk had a sequel, so that's definitely something to check out at least. I'll have that and VLR which I never got around to playing. After that I guess I'm just stuck waiting for dangan ronpa 3 and Zero escape 3. The telltale games / life is strange are actually a lot like a western version of visual novels, in many ways. Thanks for reminding me about them. I'll actually look into that war of the human tanks thing too, that sounds really weird but potentially cool. LibbyM fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Feb 18, 2016 |
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Feb 18, 2016 20:32
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VNs with gameplay on DS:
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Feb 18, 2016 21:26
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I wish Prince of Stride had an English translation, since I'm enjoying the anime. Are there any English-language VNs that are more social-sim-ish? I basically want something as close to Persona 3/4's VN bits as possible.
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Feb 18, 2016 21:47
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Lemon Curdistan posted:I wish Prince of Stride had an English translation, since I'm enjoying the anime. I guess if you specifically want something that plays like a modern-Persona-style life sim, there's Cherry Tree High Comedy Club. It's pretty short, though, and its sequel is just a conventional VN.
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Feb 18, 2016 22:32
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I own Cherry Tree High Comedy Club, so I guess I should play it at some point. I'll still take any recs for good life sims, though!
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Feb 18, 2016 22:35
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Cherry tree is interesting to me because it had a localized version that people bitched about, so they reverted it to the pure Nippon and I don't think you can play the localized version anymore It's weird
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Feb 18, 2016 22:38
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You still can, you get the choice on loadup. The sequel just doesn't have the localized version. Inasmuch as that matters because the dialogue is all the same anyway
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Feb 18, 2016 22:41
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Getsuya posted:Nope. If Steam had a censored version it would be okay, but reports say that the Steam version is uncensored and leaves in all the sex. Best not to start down that road. Sorry.
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Feb 18, 2016 23:58
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FractalSandwich posted:I defer to your judgement. It would probably be too hard for me to express how I feel about it anyway. Feel free to drop into the TJGFJYLITAWYLIA chat thread if you want to talk at people about it.
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Feb 19, 2016 00:26
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hello, i thought of another vn with gameplay tears to tiara 2 there's so much dialogue in this srpg that there's save screens during the dialogue sections
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Feb 19, 2016 00:28
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Well I made my judgment just based on it being rated 18+ on VNDB but if folks are saying it's not actually pornographic I don't really mind. The rule here is no porn games, that's all.
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Feb 19, 2016 00:28
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