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but... I need physical carts so I don't run into region-lock problems, that's WHY I BOUGHT A VITA...
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I thought Vita meant life... 
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May 17, 2018 15:46
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Raxivace posted:I thought Vita meant life... It does, just in a dead-as-gently caress language.
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Not Operator posted:It does, just in a dead-as-gently caress language. I'm totally stealing this joke!
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May 17, 2018 16:23
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/804700/The_House_in_Fata_Morgana_A_Requiem_for_Innocence/ It's out
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May 18, 2018 00:49
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Jacopo did nothing wrong.
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May 18, 2018 00:59
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May 18, 2018 01:02
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lets hang out posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/804700/The_House_in_Fata_Morgana_A_Requiem_for_Innocence/ Also they put the first Fata Morgana on sale for 50% off this week https://store.steampowered.com/app/303310/The_House_in_Fata_Morgana/ -- I haven't played yet but will be picking up thanks to the praise it gets in this thread.
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May 18, 2018 01:41
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Jacopo is a monster but I do need a dose of Maria.
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May 18, 2018 01:45
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 Help, I don't understand what my demon butler is saying, I think he's trying to murder someone-  -Oh. 
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May 18, 2018 03:42
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I was already interested in the follow up to Fata Morgana, but from reading some reviews I didn't know there were additional sub stories in it including ones with The Main Man Michel, so now I NEED to get it.
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May 19, 2018 00:04
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if i were to play DR3, a) would this be misguided, b) do i need to have engaged with anything but the first two games
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May 19, 2018 00:41
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companion post: are there any untranslated visual novels that are worthwhile
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May 19, 2018 00:44
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a) sure it's good b) nah
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Cake Attack posted:if i were to play DR3, a) would this be misguided, b) do i need to have engaged with anything but the first two games It’s extremely misguided. I liked it for most of it but goddamn does it go places.
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kirbysuperstar posted:Vic Mignogna: Eyyy it's Yuka-taaaan IIRC it's actually not even Yuka-tan originally; it was Yukaricchi. (I think they were trying to do some pun with "Yucatan (peninsula)" or something and ended up using something that is also a casual honorific in the process) Truga posted:speaking of key, they have a new game coming in june and art actually looks... OK? I'm sad that it doesn't look like it's going to be another crazy action-y thing like Rewrite. Rewrite was kind of a mess, but I still had a lot of fun reading it. Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:So yeah, there's a lot of fingers in that pie. The tonal differences in the three writers' routes are pretty apparent even to people who tend to gloss over such details. Many larger VNs are written by multiple people, but the seams show more in Rewrite than any other VN I can think of. It's like Key made absolutely no effort to keep their multiple writers to a single consistent style, and they didn't even try all that hard to keep their plot consistent. Rewrite is kind of a mess. Haha, I made the post above mentioning it being a mess before seeing this post. I still recommend it just because it's still pretty ambitious and entertaining. Snooze Cruise posted:I like to pretend Umineko is really about Eva, Rosa, and Natsuhi. I think Umineko might be the only one with older adults as major characters. Other VNs might have adults, but usually only ones in their 20s/30s, while Umineko spends a bunch of time with 40-50-somethings. Holy poo poo! I had just assumed this would never come out in English! Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 02:38 on May 19, 2018 |
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May 19, 2018 02:26
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gegi posted:Is 7'scarlet more or less worth trying to obtain than psychedelica of the black butterfly? I would say it probably would be a good idea to take a break and clear up the backlog. I'm looking forward to 7'scarlet since I like the art and it got decent reviews. Otome VN do go on sale often and PSN will never disappear overnight.
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So has nobody yet discussed the recent kerfuffle on VNs and Steam? The long and the short of it is that Steam recently sent out a mass notice to a bunch of VN devs saying "if you don't take the porn content out of your game now, it will be delisted in a month." This ranges from games where the sexual content is suggestive at worst and in no way exceeds the sexual content in AAA games like Mass Effect or Dragon Age (Roommates) to games we don't speak the name of here (Huniepop). It's apparently been inconsistently applied as well - Ladykiller in a Bind, for instance, has gotten no takedown notices, but Kindred Spirits on the Roof is being threatened with one despite the fact that it ran its sexual content by Steam extensively before release and was told it was fine. I'm concerned about how this may threaten releases with optional adult patches like Muv-Luv Alternative and affect whether or not Japanese developers bring their games to the US in the future, if it's uncertain whether or not they'll be able to market them on Steam, when we had just started to hit a period of them being released in unprecedented number.  https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/20...mangagamer/amp/ http://blog.mangagamer.org/2018/05/18/regarding-recent-inquires-into-steam-content-policy-notices/ http://hanakogames.tumblr.com/post/174024852882/earlier-this-year-without-warning-valve-suddenly Meanwhile, Bloody Boobs (nsfw) is totally intact. It's fine if it's not in a visual novel I guess? 
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May 19, 2018 18:03
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It's definitely a mess. I've always found the *wink wink nudge nudge* approach some devs take to just releasing "unofficial" porn patches to be kind of a silly/lame workaround but from the sounds of it this isn't really necessarily about that and the targeting in general is extremely inconsistent and in some cases seems to be showcasing a strong anti-LBGT bias more than anything else. In somewhat better news: https://twitter.com/MangaGamer/status/996964859244883968
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I read about it and it's completely unfair to VN devs since they're getting shut down vs AAA games. I wonder if anything could be done by players?
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Yeah, it's happening even to games that don't have patch workarounds, e.g. Kindred Spirits, which was famous for having explicit content when it came out and went through great lengths to vet it with Steam beforehand. There are rumblings that it's the work of some kind of right-wing anti-porn group pressuring Steam, but who knows how true that is when a lot of misinformation tends to circulate with things like this. One can really only hope that they'll backpedal on this, because it definitely sets a troubling precedent, but a lot of the coverage is calling it stuff like the "anime tittie holocaust" so people aren't that likely to take it seriously. 
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Nate RFB posted:It's definitely a mess. I've always found the *wink wink nudge nudge* approach some devs take to just releasing "unofficial" porn patches to be kind of a silly/lame workaround but from the sounds of it this isn't really necessarily about that and the targeting in general is extremely inconsistent and in some cases seems to be showcasing a strong anti-LBGT bias more than anything else. Getting close to the finish line. I'm glad, since I don't actually want to start reading Higurashi until it's all there.
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voltcatfish posted:Getting close to the finish line. I'm glad, since I don't actually want to start reading Higurashi until it's all there. What’s the total number of chapters that there should be? This is an A arc, right? That puts us in the back half, correct?
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numerrik posted:What’s the total number of chapters that there should be? This is an A arc, right? That puts us in the back half, correct? It's also probably the 2nd best overall Higurashi chapter (just behind Minagoroshi which is the next one) and I can't wait to reread it.
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lets hang out posted:a) sure it's good b) nah its also 80 friggen bucks on steam so no thanks
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Nate RFB posted:It's definitely a mess. I've always found the *wink wink nudge nudge* approach some devs take to just releasing "unofficial" porn patches to be kind of a silly/lame workaround but from the sounds of it this isn't really necessarily about that and the targeting in general is extremely inconsistent and in some cases seems to be showcasing a strong anti-LBGT bias more than anything else. The whole thing is because of some fundie christian group in the states, so that's not surprising.
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Is the house of fata morgana a good read? I've read all the Danganronpas and am still going through Stein's Gate and the Nonary Games.
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Ryuga Death posted:Is the house of fata morgana a good read? I've read all the Danganronpas and am still going through Stein's Gate and the Nonary Games.  )
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Ryuga Death posted:Is the house of fata morgana a good read? I've read all the Danganronpas and am still going through Stein's Gate and the Nonary Games.
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Ryuga Death posted:Is the house of fata morgana a good read? I've read all the Danganronpas and am still going through Stein's Gate and the Nonary Games. Fata Morgana is my favorite VN by a longshot. It's basically amazing barring maybe one misstep from what I remember. Speaking of Fata Morgana, I played some of the follow up today. It's good for the most part, but I'm left with a feeling that I thought I would have when I first heard about this one: I feel like this section of the story was already well-trodden ground in the original Fata Morgana and I'm not sure if expanding it out into its own game is going to be worth it. I don't know how long it is, but I am guessing it's quite shorting than the original game which is good. The opening is uncomfortable, and I'm not sure that I'm going to like how the Jacopo/Morgana relationship is framed. I'm saving the sub episodes until after I beat the main one.
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Cuntellectual posted:The whole thing is because of some fundie christian group in the states, so that's not surprising. What's next? Jack Thompson coming back onto the scene?
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May 19, 2018 23:30
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Cuntellectual posted:The whole thing is because of some fundie christian group in the states, so that's not surprising. Allegedly. They claimed responsibility but that doesn't mean anything.
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Alder posted:I would say it probably would be a good idea to take a break and clear up the backlog. I'm looking forward to 7'scarlet since I like the art and it got decent reviews. Otome VN do go on sale often and PSN will never disappear overnight. I can't use the PSN that's why I stockpile the physical games. Well, I say can't, but that's a slight exaggeration. I travel between regions constantly. I don't really even know what region my account is, if I have an account, which I assume I do but I pay as little attention as possible to how all that works. I just want to play games. I do not want to get tied into any digital purchase that might be revoked for stupid reasons, or might lock my account in a way that stops it from playing half my games.
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Raxivace posted:I just read up on some of this, and jesus its fuckin' Morality in Media. From what I've heard multiple different causes have been blamed, none with proof. At least one claimed responsibility but there was pretty good evidence that it was nothing to do with them. https://twitter.com/metasynthie/status/997910081273507840 EDIT: And now they're all starting to receive emails telling them to disregard the earlier ban threat? gegi fucked around with this message at 00:49 on May 20, 2018 |
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May 19, 2018 23:56
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gegi posted:but... I need physical carts so I don't run into region-lock problems, that's WHY I BOUGHT A VITA... Good news, they've since clarified that they're only ending production of physical carts for America and Europe; Japanese games will keep making cart versions for a while yet.
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gegi posted:From what I've heard multiple different causes have been blamed, none with proof. At least one claimed responsibility but there was pretty good evidence that it was nothing to do with them. FractalSandwich fucked around with this message at 06:15 on May 20, 2018 |
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May 20, 2018 05:55
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Cuntellectual posted:The whole thing is because of some fundie christian group in the states, so that's not surprising. Really? Does anyone have anything with more information? I thought this was because of PayPal policies due to the rate that people attempt to return their porn ("I never bought this!").
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The only people who know why it's truly happening are at Valve and they aren't saying poo poo. lmao at ever thinking steam was a free market
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I can't believe nobody noticed the rider in the GDPR that makes pornography illegal. Typical EU overreach.
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Ryuga Death posted:Is the house of fata morgana a good read? I've read all the Danganronpas and am still going through Stein's Gate and the Nonary Games. It's easily the second best VN IMO, after Umineko, which is still first by a long shot. It's a much "tighter" story than Umineko, but its "core" isn't quite as interesting (though it's still really more interesting than most/all other VNs; I only mean that in comparison with Umineko which is exceptional in that regard). Since your post implies you haven't played Fata Morgana or Umineko, you should absolutely play both. Though make sure you get either the PS3 sprites or the original ones for Umineko, because the Steam version default sprites are loving awful (they give everyone big faces and give all the women huge boobs that they never had with either the original or PS3 sprites). edit: A lot of people have trouble with the original Umineko sprites (the ones that look all amateur-ish) for understandable reasons, but even if you choose to not use them I would still recommend looking at the original ones just because they're surprisingly good at conveying some nuances that the other sprites aren't (stuff like facial expressions and what have you).
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