Issues for VN of the Month
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As the title says, there are some issues for March's VN of the Month... namely the fact that there are too many releases, lol. After playing 3 VNs, I've played less than half of the releases for March.
This means that I'm going to have to prioritize. Now, in this case the obvious cuts are going to be the gameplay VNs. I'm going to avoid them this time around, simply because neither of them looks like anything special anyway. I'm also tempted to avoid Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu. The reason? The more I look at it, the more I realize that the most interesting aspect of it is the name. The characters and concept don't really speak to me, and I'm increasingly getting to where I don't trust Takahiro for anything outside of Majikoi. The reason for this is even simpler... the more I've read his other stuff, the more I've come to think that he literally doesn't have anything interesting left in his brain. Making it worse is that I don't have much of a taste for stories that center around something even remotely focused on the entertainment industry, and that includes game-making.
Now, what is left after I excise those and the ones I've already played... the Dies Irae side-story comes to mind, but I honestly can't get up much enthusiasm for a side-story prequel, even to a VN as great as Dies Irae. The new Liarsoft game also comes to mind (are you seeing how ridiculous March is this year now), but I just flat-out don't enjoy most of Liar-soft's VNs that much. Sekien was great when I was starving for VNs before I began seriously playing untranslated, but I honestly couldn't get into any of the other Steampunk games. Maitetsu is just flat-out out of the question.
In other words, looking at what's left over, I'm having trouble getting up a desire to play another. If all else fails, I'll try Liarsoft's newest VN or Dies Irae, but...
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