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I hope we fixed the issue for you, @Zalor8 points
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Nocturnal Illusion Renewal Translation Project
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Introduction Hello, Fuwanovel. I am Nandemonai. Yes, the same Nandemonai from the PP/Jast forums, and the Mangagamer forums (back when they had forums). A few years ago, I found out that the NI Renewal version is a thing, with improved gfx and voice acting. Since Nocturnal Illusion is still my favorite game translated in the early years, I was interested. I have some Japanese skills, so I thought I'd try my hand at translating the updated scenes. This wasn't possible for two reasons. 1) The remake breaks the scenes up into completely different file structure than the original; and 2) The original translation is just terrible. Mostly unusable, and basically unsalvagable. I'd known it wasn't very good, but was still surprised at just how "not good" it really was. Long story short, I decided to re-translate the entire game from scratch. That was in 2011. I finished up the translation some time ago. Unfortunately, the coders I was relying on to reinsert the translation seem to have dropped off the face of the earth. The Team 6/26/2016 Thanks to Ryechu for agreeing to be an editor! 7/10/2016 A (belated) thanks to Mad Pierre mnakamura for agreeing to do the port. Well, to be honest? Right now (6/19/2016) there is no "team", there's just me. However, I did not reach this point all by myself. I would like to thank Kagami-sensei for generously assisting me in translating various lines that were giving me trouble. Kagami has touched < 1% of the lines of the game, but they're all the hard lines. Thank you very much. I would like to thank the folks over at vilevn.org - BaSF, Fenris, and kile. Without their assistance, this effort would have gone nowhere. They showed me how to extract the text from the original Nocturnal Illusion. They extracted the text from the remake (which involved finding existing tools, and then fixing bugs in them when they didn't work right). They sadly seem to have vanished. The last communication I had from them was in 2014, where they hoped to have a new version of vile ready "in a few months". Thank you guys very much for all the hard work. Progress Translation: 100% Editing: 50% Let's break this out. Initial editing pass: (by me) 100% Second pass (by Ryechu Darklord Rooke): 24.9% 71.0% Last updated: 07/04/2018 Coding: Need Humanity (0%) This project is now recruiting. I need coders capable of getting the remade script inserted into something that runs on modern Windows. Also, while I did a second pass of the translation and edited on the way, it probably needs real editors. Update: In the rollback, an edit to this post got lost. Ryechu and Darklord Rooke have agreed to edit this, and Mad Pierre mnakamura has agreed to port the game to an engine he is working on. Misc Q. Didn't you say the translation is at 100%? Why 99%? A. Yes, but there are a few minor nits that - since I'm creating this page anyway - I might as well try to crowdsource some picks for. More details to follow when I have time to post them. As it turns out, I was able to figure these out myself. Q. What about licensing? Doesn't Peter Payne have Nocturnal lllusion? A. Indeed he does, and I approached him about an official release. He informed me he hasn't got rights to the remake. (I presume the original contract is somehow still good, but the remake needs rights that can't be gotten because the company hasn't existed in 15 years. But Peter didn't say.) Peter did say a fan patch was okay with him.6 points -
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Majikoi A Translation Project Discussion
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Majikoi opened up the Vn world for me. It caught me at a right time 2, i was going through some rough stuff when i discovered this Vn. It helped me laugh things off for a bit and relax for a few hours everyday. Its amazing that you'll do this for free, spend so much time and effort on it, so others can enjoy it 2. If i didn't read Majikoi, i wouldn't have got hooked in to Vn's. That would have been a sad thing indeed. So thank you'll for translating those Vns. I'm really grateful to you'll for translating those two games, it may not seemed like a big deal, but i'm sure those Vn's would have helped others through their own rough patches. It's a great thing, doing something selflessly no matter how small or big, to make others feel happy or happier (knowingly or not). Well that's what i think at least. You guys should be really proud. I think i would have started ranting if i wasn't consciously editing myself right now lol. Anyway congratulations on completing A-1!! I'm going to finish the final route on Majikoi S before i go to A-1. I've been saving it till A-1 got released, for reasons . Thanks guys. Your efforts have been and will continue to be much appreciated.3 points -
A question I have had for years...
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Well that derailed fast3 points -
Did you try clicking the link? I hear sometimes when you do that, magical things happen. Like if you chant @Flutterz name into a mirror three times, he pops out and gives you a Twizzler.3 points
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I have finnaly reach 1000 post after long time and I'm very happy for that I know I have post many usless post but it was worth it in the end So you can ask me anything.2 points
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So what is the purpose of this board?2 points
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Preface: I love this picture from the Picture Dramas of Code Geass with everyone smiling and enjoying school life at Ashford academy. Even C.C. looks to be cheerful for once and it's probably because she finally got to be president of the Pizza club. I can't help but to show a smile on my face every time I see it. Truly, its such a sad dream of what never came to be. Long time no see everyone. I doubt that much of anyone missed me but I appreciate that you're taking the time to read this. I was asked by a friend, in real life, why I haven't written another thought piece in such a long time (he didn't realize though I wrote all the Kanon threads here at Fuwanovels though lol) and from that resulting conversation, here I am again with another analysis. As for the focus of today's topic, it's about Code Geass. I hope you all will enjoy reading and will post comments below, if only to humor and say I suck lol. That said, let's begin. Code Geass, for those that don't know, Is a show from the mid-2000's (2006 and 2008 to be precise) that was released in the full swing of the "War on Terror" years phase of American involvement in the Middle East. Despite being an anime produced by a nation that had no real involvement in that theater of the world, I feel that Code Geass is a rather exemplary example of the kind storytelling that dominated that era. You see in the show huge military interventions, terrorism, masked resistance fighters, and the blurring of the lines of friend and foe. The differences from the then Western shows, however, would be that the show has Japan be proxy for the conflict of the middle East and has the protagonist be the Hero of the show's resistance group. Moving on, The setting of Code Geass is an alternative world where Japan is conquered by the "Holy Britannian Empire" who serves as the stories parallel to the United States of America. As for why the Britannian Empire does this, Japan is world leading producer of a special energy source called "Sakuradite" and nearly 70 percent of the world's supply is produced there. This is very allegorical to the idea that the United States really invaded Iraq was for Oil and not for disarming Weapons of Mass Destruction. In this case though, Britannia doesn't seek to justify its actions outside obtaining the monopoly Japan has for the glory of the empire. Talking of the Empire, the main character is a discarded Britannian Prince by the name of "Lelouch vi Britannia" and at the start of the story, is assuming the identity of a normal student name, "Lelouch Lamperouge". In some ways, Lelouch is very similar to the infamous terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, as Osama was a well-regarded Saudi citizen that was considered to be royalty by proxy due to his closeness with the royal family of Saudi Arabia. In Lelouch case, he's actually is a prince but he's 11th in rank and 17th in succession. This makes him relative nobody in the royal family political affairs and even more so with his mother's death as she was a common born peasant that rose in rank due to her marriage to the Emperor. However, what Lelouch and Osama they both share in common is that they are both exiled and disowned by their homeland. Continuing on, Lelouch missions, in his life, are to get his revenge on the royal family for killing his mother and making a better world for his sister, Nunnally, who was blinded and paralyzed during the same assassination attempt that took his mother's life. If I were to sum this up in another way, Lelouch motivations in other words can be summed up as, "This world can be put to rights." He wants justice to be done for his mother's death and create a world that would allow Nunnally to live freely without worry of being killed like his mother was. In a sense, he lives to reject his father's creed of, "The Survival of the Fittest" as the current world wouldn't allow someone handicapped, like Nunnally, to live and enjoy what life has to offer. I suppose though that this may bring to mind again the analogy with Osama Bin Laden despite my thoughts that the creators didn't quite intend that. Still, it's eerie to think that if one were to think empathically about Osama, what he wanted was the removal of western influence from the Middle East. I imagine that in his eyes, conflicts like those of Afghanistan in the 1980's were results of western meddling and would become a formative experience on how to best help his fellow Muslims. This then in turn would escalate to ever amounting violence to achieve these goals despite whatever well-meaning intentions he may have had. With all this in mind, he's a lot like Code Geass protagonist and it could play to the intentions of the creators for putting Lelouch to be in the moral gray area with the audience. However, A better analogy to Lelouch than Osama may be actually Kiritsugu Emiya from Fate/Zero. Despite the latter being published after Code Geass and having its anime adaptation not be made until several years further, I feel they're concurrent characters in that time of Japanese storytelling as the prologue of Fate/Zero was actually finished before even Fate/Stay/Night. This would make Kiritsugu as a fleshed out character predate Code Geass's Lelouch but that's story for another time. The point is here is that both are characters motivated by righting the world's wrong. In the case of Kiritsugu, he chases a miracle that's the Holy Grail and would stop at nothing to obtain it. He does so because he wishes an end to suffering and believes whole heartedly in such an ideal. Lelouch's wish I likened to be the same way as there is nothing obviously wrong about making a world that's kind outside having to kill to make it happen. Like Lelouch, Kiritsugu believes that any sacrifice would be worth any cost as the results would outweigh them. This would be especially true for them because of how unfair they perceive the current system to be. For Kiritsugu and Lelouch, if the current system is a failure, it would be wrong to accept things as they are without doing anything to change them. This then brings to mind the power of Geass that Lelouch obtains in making a contract with C.C. The power of Geass is referred to "The power of Kings" and while it may not be the omnipotent wish granting device that's the grail, Lelouch's new ability gained from the contract is still a miracle in itself. His newfound capability, of enforcing the absolute obedience of one command, grants him the power to finally be able to challenge his father and by extension, shape the world to his liking. This of course firmly puts him in the path of challenging the world's strongest Superpower and starts the story of Code Geass in earnest. Now to cite another character to Lelouch's situation, Light from "Death Note" comes to mind in how he wishes to change the world too with his new found power. In Light case, he uses the power of the Death Note to murder criminals around the world and cultures the resulting fear from his action to deter future crime. This in turn makes Light public enemy number one and makes the world's law enforcement agencies work together to stop him. Unlike Lelouch though, Light had no prior tragedy or formative experience that would shape his actions other than coming from a family of Law enforcement. If anything, Light shares more in common with Lelouch's older brother "Prince Schneizel" in both their approach to doing what's right and thinking how's their action is justifiable. Speaking of Prince Schneizel, he serves as an could have been of what a possible Lelouch future if he wasn't struck with his mother's tragedy. Where Lelouch is always thinking of a better future and is constantly reminded of the sacrifices that had been made along the way, Schneizel thoughts operates on the "End's justify the Mean's" mentality. Having suffered no personal calamities, Prince Schneizel observes everything only through an objective observer point of view and always makes impartial decisions. This is at odds with the mindset Lelouch, in the course of his life, have come to developed. The reason being Lelouch, seeing the tragedies around him, always had placed the well-being of those he cared about at the forefront of his mind and, his resulting actions always have been motivated because of this as to avoid the prior disasters of Lelouch's life. Prince Schneizel and Light on the other hand, use their cold, calculating brilliance in pursuit of a goal they think will save the majority of people. They're both always looking to the now and enforcing peace rather than putting trust to the future. Light and Prince Schneizel also lack the empathy that Lelouch has, despite their same level of prodigious intelligence, as they're detached on emotional level and feel that this lack of involvement makes them the better objective judge of what's right. This in turn makes them makes them have a lower opinion of the rest of humanity and in their actions, makes a grand assumption on the behalf of everyone despite voices of dissent. With Prince Schneizel, it's the use of the Aerial Fortress Damocales, and its Fleija arsenal, to bring fear of annihilation to the world over if anyone one was to resort to conflict. This subjugation through fear, however, would be denying of a kinder world and making of life a happy adventure as everyone would be under the threat of Damocales. If anyone was to step out of line, then obliteration would be the result. Though then the world then would be without war and bloodshed, the humanity would fall into stagnation as there would be no hope and therefore, no future as you can't have one without hope. It's because of this Lelouch seeks to stop Schneizel on the same grounds that he stopped his father, the Emperor. Bringing up the Emperor, his plan was nearly the same as Schneizel in that he sought universal peace but the details lay differently from his son. Instead, the Emperor had made plans to slay the collective unconscious of humanity and eliminate the walls of separation of everyone thoughts. In other words, he was taking a page out of Gendo Ikari's playbook in EVA and bring forth Human Instrumentality. And for those that don't get the EVA reference, the emperor pretty much was going to have Humanity be of one mind and end individual persona's so that there would be an end to conflict. On a side note though, Gendo and the Emperor share the trait that they're an awful parent to their respective son but I digress. Progressing on, the Emperor is also motivated like Gendo in seeing their past love ones again and they're motivated in obtaining what they lost. They no longer care about the present as Gendo and the Emperor think all will be made right by their actions. No matter what lives are lost or suffering made, it will be made irrelevant once everyone souls are united as one. Of course though, in both stories their respective son rejects their plans and while I don't remember Shinji's explanation [Writer Note: I seen end of eva like ten times and I still can't be bothered with Baka Shinji conversation with his Mom/Rei as I stop paying attention at that point] why he rejects instrumentality, I really love Lelouch's dialogue and explanation in rejecting his father's plans. To quote Lelouch, "I've fought for all the things I've wanted to protect. [To His father] I don't acknowledge you or your way of thinking. Why do people lie? It's not to just create conflict. It's because they have purpose. Change doesn't happened in an exposed world. That's not called living. Turning a world full of memories into an equal, complete and closed world. That's not what I want. You two believe that's a good thing. But you're pushing kindness onto people. It's no different from Evil intentions. [The Emperor: The future lies beyond the Ragnarok Connection. The kind world Nunnally spoke of.] No. What you're talking about is a world only kind to you! But I'm sure what Nunnally wanted was a world where people would be kinder towards other. [Emperor again: Even if that's true, what can you do?.... You can't win against God with the Power of Kings.] Even so, I want a future! I still refuse your world." I find this to be magnificent reasoning on Lelouch's part as to embrace the future, believe in the people around him, and most of all, rejecting an false salvation that ignores the happiness of people. This definitively pulled on my heartstrings and I felt it’s a scene, for me, that was only matched by both Kiritsugu decision to reject the "Third Miracle" towards the end of Fate/Zero and, Madoka's wish to give hope to all magical girls by eliminating the concept of witches, at the cost of her existence, in the end of Madoka Magica. In all three examples, the common theme tying them together is the fact they all reject the idea that only a cruel fate lies ahead of them and they accept the consequences that come with them. In Kiritsugu's case, he loses his family and eventually his life due to the curse of the grail. For Madoka, she can no longer co-exist with her family and friends as she turn into a concept that lives to ensure the prevention of witches. Lelouch on the other hand, has to deal with a New World Order that's about to be instituted by Schneizel and of which, brings the topic again full circle. This now though finally brings to the conversation of the person that needs mentioning if we're to discuss Lelouch in full, Suzaku. Suzaku occupies a special place in Code Geass as being the foil and rival of Lelouch throughout much of the series. He is Lelouch's first friend and yet the same person that would every time come to interfere with his plan. The reasoning behind this for Suzaku is that they have come to opposite conclusions on how to change the world. In Suzuaku case, he is the one that actually kills his own father because in his mind, this would save the most about of Japanese lives. The reason why he thought this was because his father had been the Prime Minster of Japan and he was committed to the idea of Total Resistance against Britannia's Numerical and Technological superiority. Suzaku logic, in this case, dictated that without his father's leadership, all resistance would falter and a swift peace would come to be despite the ensuing humiliation the Japanese will feel at being conquered. This then comes to be true after Suzaku's resulting assassination of his father. He then up to the start of Code Geass seeks atonement for having committing crime of murder and joins the Britannian army as a Honorary Britannian. In doing this, he already sets himself apart from Lelouch in that he seeks to change the world for the better by joining hands with the system despite knowing the unfairness of it. His catchphrase, "The results obtained through the wrong methods are meaningless," is a prime example of his mindset of what he believes to be the correct course of action. This is the total opposite of Lelouch wanting to tear down the system and rebuild anew. For Suzaku however, if he had choose to be like Lelouch, that would mean he would be rejecting the point of killing his own father and making that sacrifice meaningless. To put it another way, the results of his actions would come to mean nothing and rather than forsaking his path, he would rather follow it to its bitter most conclusion if need be. This is very evident in Suzaku actions as he's reckless with his own life and seeks death often in an attempt to assuage his own survivor guilt from murdering his father. However, this starts to change for Suzaku as he would makes friends with Lelouch's childhood love, "Third Princess Euphemia" and in some ways, starts to again believe in himself. I would say that his development here in his mentality is that, "To have no choice but to kill is the worst way! No one can be saved like that!," to quote Keichi from Higurashi. You can see the major difference in Suzaku, from Lelouch, is how vastly he holds the sanctity of life compared to his old friend. Furthermore, you can see Suzaku tragedy had made him an idealist akin to Shirou from Unlimited Blade Works who also wishes to see the everyone happy/saved. They both also happen to share similar cases of Survivor Guilt and their operatus morendi revolve around no one having to suffer like they had to. This is unlike Lelouch who seeks a more selfish desire of retribution and acts more pragmatically, in regards to the world, but, it's at least not to the extent the Emperor or Schneizel do. Going back to Suzaku, I feel he's also a great example of, "It takes pain to know kindness," in action. Another perfect analogy for him, along with Shirou, would be Yukinoshita from "SNAFU" as she's too a trouble individual that internalizes her pain and seeks to help others out with the empathy of similar circumstances. Shirou sums up the three in his quote, "I don't want to regret anything. I want to make all the tragedies that happened into meaningful things by believing my path is right." Of course, Suzaku and Yukinoshita are on the unbalanced side of things, with Suzaku the worst off of the three, in handling their own suffering. Still, Yukinoshita serves as a good comparison in understanding mindset even with the comparably less tragic backstory. All we have to look to is in her debut scene with the main character Hikigaya, of SNAFU, in her conversation when she says, "It's because he doesn't recognize his own problem. [Hikigaya: What's with all this telling me to change? I don't want anyone telling me who to be.] That's what we call running away. [But changing would be, "Running away from the current situation," wouldn't it? Why can't you accept someone is now and was in the past?] Because then… Because No worries would get resolved. No one would be Saved!" If we were to tweak the conversation a bit, this could have be construed to be one of the many conversations Suzaku has with Lelouch as Zero. In some ways, Suzaku and Yukinoshita can come off as self-righteous, which in many cases turns out to be the case in each respective series, but it’s a mindset formed from wanting a earnest desire to help others so they can save themselves despite, never admitting it aloud. Those that preach of saving others often are the ones most needing of being saved and in Suzaku's case, it's the definitively the case as his memory of murdering his father still plagues him well into Code Geass story. Unfortunately though for Suzaku, what overwrites that painful memory for him is another greater tragedy in losing Euphemia and worst of all, it was his best friend was behind her death (Note: we later find in season 2 that it's actually V.V. doing). This of course has him face off with Lelouch and at the end of it, succeed in capturing him at the end of season one. I would go on about this development but honestly, Suzaku becomes more of a side character in season 2 as Lelouch comes to bring the world against the Britannia. The resulting actions there on makes bigger roles for the Emperor and Schneizel that Suzaku role slowly shrinks that of a witness to Lelouch's actions though, he becomes an instrumental ally for Lelouch at the end of the series. In the end though, it doesn't replace the fact that Suzaku isn't as integral to the development of season 2 as he was in the first and therefore, a lot less interesting to analyze him in it. Overall, I hope you enjoyed my analysis. I tried my best in making this as interesting as possible by offering as much of my own insight as opposed to just recapping the story of Code Geass. This in turn though made this Analysis way longer than I originally intended and spent far more time in its creation than I liked. Still, I'm quite happy with this finished piece and having done so, fulfilled my friends request. Please if you have any comments or your own analysis to add, please post below. I'm looking forward to any and all your responses2 points
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This is the coolest thing I've ever seen [psycho-pass related]
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That's pretty amazing, but not amazing enough to warrant me wasting 800 bucks that I could use for something useful, like porn games, porn games and porn games2 points -
What Video Games Are You Playing Right Now?
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I was going to start Fate/Stay, actually I already did, but after much consideration and my usual indecisive, spontaneous whims, I have decided to go Trails in the Sky once I finish Trails of Cold Steel. I'm a portable pleb, so I'll unfortunately have to omit the glorious improvements made upon the PC ver. of Sky in favor of PSP Handhelds ftwwwwwwww2 points -
< LATEST UPDATE: OUR KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN HAS SUCCESSFULLY ENDED! DOWNLOAD THE DEMO VERSION HERE! The Eighties; the romanticism of the early rock’n’roll; the making of the trans-national corporations; the spirit of freedom and rebellion against society. Political intrigues, world unbound by the vice of globalization, and the birth of modern business model. The time when money could buy everything and meant nothing. The main character, Nikolai, is a son of two engineers who emigrated to Japan from the Soviet Union when he was a child. After his parents' tragic death in a production incident, he has been living alone, attending a local school for foreigners and children from wealthy families. One day he gets caught in a whirlwind of events, intrigues, political schemes, and complex human relationships. Is he destined to get out of this storm unhurt, or will he be swept away by the hurricane of life that is more complicated and threatening than he could ever imagine? This and many other things you will find in Love, Money, Rock'n'roll", a new visual novel in development by Soviet Games. Immerse yourself in an engrossing story, find the secrets of the powerful Corporation and the purpose of the mysterious Project, choose your path and find your love. Dozens of hours of gameplay With more than 300 000 words planned in the script, LMRnR is one of the longest visual novels out there. An immersive tale Full of love, intrigues, music, betrayal and self-sacrifice. With a multitude of choices that define the development of the story. Dozens of hours of gameplay To ensure best possible flexibility and performance Four heroines Each with her own story, temper, and several possible endings Lots and lots of art and music Several hours of music, more than 80 event CGs, more than 80 BGs, and all of this – of prime quality Multiplatform LMRnR is planned for release on Windows, Windows Phone, Linux, MacOS, iOS, Android, and as a web-version simultaneously Soundtrack Official SoundCloud playlist Heroines Himitsu Himitsu is Nikolai’s childhood friend. She is kind, caring, she always worries about him, sometimes even too annoyingly so. But is simple friendship really enough for her? Maybe the years of devotion earned her something more? Katherine Catherine is Nikolai’s ex-girlfriend who left Japan about a year before the beginning of the game’s events. Their parting wasn’t the prettiest and Nikolai still carries quite uncomfortable memories about it. Perhaps he would have forgotten them with time, but Catherine suddenly returns and, moreover, transfers into his class. Why did she return? Does she still love him? Does he still love her? Eli Ellie is the granddaughter of the board chairman of the school Nikolai goes to. She is a self-willed, proud girl and thinks highly of herself, but cannot be said to lack ardour. Is everything really as simple as it looks at the first glance, or is there more than meets the eye behind the image of a spoiled young lady? Kagome Kagome is the representative of Nikolai’s class. He has never paid attention to her before, but a certain sequence of events makes them come to know each other. Kagome isn’t loved in the school, and she isn’t really burning with desire to become friends with anyone either. Is there a reason for her behavior? What hides behind the facade of a simple unsociable girl? What secrets does she hide? Planned Languages: Russian and English Planned Platforms: Windows, Windows Phone, Linux, Mac, Android, iOS, Web Planned Age Rating: 18+/16+. The game will be released in two versions. Please visit our website and read the first blog post for additional information about the game. You can also send us an e-mail and follow our twitter, tumblr, facebook, and RSS feed for future updates!1 point
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Transition to Live2D, Rate our sprite model ( New Content)
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Thoughts? Rah is next on the chopping block with a new darker vision to match his personality.1 point -
What Video Games Are You Playing Right Now?
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Clearely, if kickstarter did something good, we have to thank it for the revival of the old-school RPG genre (wasteland 2, Pillars of eternity, Original sin and Tides of Numenara).1 point -
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo PS: If I can get my hands on a review key for these games I'll smash review as many as I can.1 point
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Well there are many ways to go about things like these, all of them legal of cours.....*cough, COUGH* I wasn't implying anything....put down the phone....don't turn me in just yet!! You'll never catch me alive pigs! #NOREGRETS Ps: I never watch dubs, always subs. For me there is no question about it, original voices are the best way to go and the only one as well.1 point
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I am, I really need to get to it. For some reason I always ended up forgetting about it1 point
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Dharker Studios is planning to make 8 games this year?
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They just want to beat Winged Cloud? Hah, good luck...1 point -
Let me try answer your question here. For Aselia, actually JAST and Steam version was come from fan translated version. For a little history lesson, according to VNDB it was already translated back at 2010 and from there they decided to work together with JAST in order to get it officially released. And the rest is history. In regard of the reason why they translated all age version, I believed it's more likely in regard of the all age version that they translated was had more polished interface and had new content compared to 18+ version before instead of loli issues (Actually, the Steam version was PS2 to PC port of Eien no Aselia, while Xuse was just managed to add PS2 port version the H-Scenes after the translation was finished). As what you missed in all age version, it was some H-Scenes and the evil route when MC was raping all of the spirit. Other than that, maybe sanahtlig here could explain more. I think it was very possible if you play Seinarukana without playing Aselia first, and in fact if you didn't had enough time might as well did that. Although if you played Aselia you may realized some connection in regard of one character at Seinarukana though (Once again if you really want to support Seinarukana, just support it and I think there's enough spoiler if you search enough on internet regarding the connection between Aselia and Seinarukana). Hope my answer here was helpful to you.1 point
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My 1000 post:-)
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My top 3 favorite VN's are 1. Princess Waltz(Because it have very intressing story and gameplay) 2. Kamidori Alchemy Meister( I love the gamrplay and Heroine in the game) 3. Remember 1 1(I loved the ending and the story) When it comes to VN H scene, so depend how much sex secene are in the game, it's it like in Kamdori so have I not problem to read it but I don't like VN With High Sexual scene, Like Beat Blade Haruka but I might give the VN a try anyway.1 point -
Look under the "xp3tools Method" header. Seems to me that you're running the executable by double clicking on it. Again, it's a command line tool so you're going to have to run it via the command prompt. xp3tools should also come with a Readme, or at least some form of documentation, which should be helpful.1 point
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Birthday thread
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Happy Birthday to the Mecha-Fanatic Extraordinaire, @GetterEmperor Have a good one1 point -
ASMR - Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. Described as a "pleasurous, tingly feeling that trickles from your head and down your spine". It can be triggered by certain "sounds" I didn't even know this was a thing until I got another haircut recently and finally was like, alright, time to Google why I get this damned tingly feeling that makes me unable to sit still as a statue while that buzzer is rekking my ears http://www.vice.com/read/asmr-the-good-feeling-no-one-can-explain Who else experiences this phenomenon?? e: put on your headphones and see if you get rekt by this 3D grill whispering in your ear (ty palas for link)1 point
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I have missed you Yoyo and very good analysis I have just seen little bit of Code Geass long time ago but it was not my cup of tea1 point
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An analysis on Code Geass's Lelouch
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I like the part where that one girl masturbates on a table1 point -
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Transition to Live2D, Rate our sprite model ( New Content)
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Damn I know I'm a bit late to comment about this but I gotta say that I love it, looks really well. Great work man.1 point -
I haven't seen Code Geass yet though I was told to many times, I gotta get to it.1 point
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Mmm... to be honest, I think you are over-analyzing... especially since Britannia is straight-out the British Empire, since America just happened to inherit its globe-trotting resource-plundering from them in our world. That unique combination of colonization by conquest, mercantile excess, and aristocratic paternalism and privilege are... obvious. The social elements involved are pretty blatant, and when you include later installments, such as the Akito story, this 'countries of the past in the future' theme is also present, with the EU very much resembling post-revolution pre-Napoleon France, lol.1 point
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What Video Games Are You Playing Right Now?
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Good time to be alive for RPG fans :3 It almost makes up for that dismal 7ish year run in the middle of the last decade ...1 point -
FTFY Indeed erotic audio is great, I wrote a whole post about it and how to find the stuff that's right for you, if you're interested:1 point
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I learned yesterday that "Psycho-Pass" is a play on the word "psychopath" in Japanese. I found this enlightening.1 point
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[forum game] Hero or Villain?
Dergonu reacted to Fred the Barber for a topic
^My kind of hero. Tatsuko Itagaki Hero or villain?1 point -
Birthday thread
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Maybe I didn't met you often here, but regardless happy birthday @GetterEmperor (Although in your location may still too early though).1 point -
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Rip in pieces @Zenophilious, but I'm finally ready to commit to Fate/Stay \/1 point
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Follow your heart.1 point
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IntroductionTooNerdy
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This thread has been a whole pile of for me! We should totally hook up, my crunchiness will complete your nerdiness :3 Welcome to the forums, hope to see you about!1 point -
Dharker Studios = rebranded AJTilley.com So yes, I'm certain he can release 8 terrible VNs in 2016.1 point
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Windows 10 Visual Novel Compatiblity
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I've upgraded my previous Windows 8.1 64 bit OS to Windows 10 64 bit since its much better and superior than win 8 in every way and I wanted to try it out ever since. Ever since then it runs just quite alright without any issues. I tried installing some VNs and most of them work smoothly. Umm... If most of you are concerned about privacy regarding Microsoft doing sinister stuffs onto your PCs like gathering details in your PC or updating unnecessary spyware programs on your OS without your consent. You could manually delete the windows system file named "svchost.exe" found somewhere in the system files of windows to permanently disable or cut off Windows 10/Microsoft capability to update or gather information from your PC for good if you wish to use Win 10 without any updates or other interference. Although by doing so you'll be unable to use the windows store and other functions which beats the purpose of using Win 10 since "svchost.exe" is a very vital windows file, almost every program needs this thing to be able to be fully functional or they'll be totally messed up big time. Also if you delete "svchost.exe" incorrectly or deleted other windows files by accident, there's a huge chance for your PC to be mortally damaged and the only way to fix it is either to revert your OS to a certain point where win 10 was first freshly installed or reinstall it entirely which is really bothersome to do. Ever since with Win 10, you no longer have the option or the choice to choose which updates you wish your PC to acquire as the OS itself automatically determines which updates your PC, whatever programs the Win 10 OS deems essential for your PC to have, thus you're likely won't be able to know whatever programs or updates has actually taken place giving the impression that they're doing something suspicious. Unlike before with Win 7 and Win 8 whereas you have absolute full control on which updates you want to have for your PC such as the different option language packages, security and hardware updates or other miscellaneous updates ranging from the important ones with the purely optional ones. Win 10 no longer gives you that kind of control which is a bit shameful but somehow understandable... At the moment I'm running my PC where I actually removed "svchost.exe" and every seems to be alright ever since the day I upgraded from win 8 to 10, except that I cannot use the Windows Store and the other numerous functions Win 10 has. However most of my VNs and other games still runs smoothly since they're not complex programs/software. Discovered this thing by accident and just wanted to share it if ever you guys wanted to upgrade or use Win 10 without any updates or other interfering stuff from Microsoft just to be on the safe side since its much better than Win 8. But if your already using Win 7, then there's no need to upgrade since Win 7 is the best OS to date when it comes to compatibility of certain software or programs. Hope this helps or maybe not XD1 point -
Kara no Shoujo: The Second Episode
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Kara no Shoujo: The Second Episode Licensed by Mangagamer Summary "To become my true self... I'll become one with them." Prewar-era Japan. Deep in the snowy mountains of northwestern Japan there exists a settlement called Hitogata, the Village of Dolls. On the night of the festival honoring the clay idol Hinna-sama, a girl is murdered. The villagers all blame Hinna-sama's curse. One outside the faith has joined in the festival of Hinna-sama, and brought the painful death of the curse down upon themself. October, 1957. Two years have passed since Kuchiki Touko's abduction from her hospital room. Tokisaka Reiji's younger sister saves a man who had tried to commit suicide. He, too, is the most recent victim of "Hinna-sama's curse". Reiji begins his investigation, clinging desperately to the hope that Touko can be saved, and at the same time, a strange religious group said to have dissolved six years ago begins to move again to put a certain plan into motion... The curse will be carried out, whether by the gods or by human hands. Ending Guideline / Suggested Route Order Kara no Shoujo: The Second Episode is a linear story with eleven endings. There are no individual heroine routes. There are seven gameover endings, four endings, and one true end. You have access to all gameover ends, but only one ending on your first playthrough. The other three endings and true ending can only be accessed upon getting this ending and starting your second+ playthrough. You also need to get Bad End #2 "To Search for Toko" to get True and Obsession Ends. Route Guideline *Due to the mystery nature of this VN, it is strongly advised that you make your first playthrough without a walkthrough to avoid spoilers! You can do it! *Though, to avoid being locked into Bad End #3, you have to make sure you visit Yukiko at least 3 times during your Free Time before 1/9 First Playthrough I have included Save Points in the walkthrough for Memories of That Day below since all Bad Endings can branch from it. End (Ending 08) Memories of That Day Bad Ends (Endings 01 ~ 07) 1. Hinna-sama’s Curse 2. To Search for Toko... 3. The Holy Prophet 4. Disappearance 5. Yukio 6. Karen 7. The Two Yukaris Second Playthrough Must obtain Ending #08 "Memories of that Day" and start a new playthrough to get these following endings. Also must get Bad Ending #2 "To Search for Toko" to get True End and Obsession Ends There are extra dialogues and scenes scattered throughout the story this time, so pay attention if you are control skipping! There are H-scenes for Yukiko, Ayumu, Nanako, and Meguri. Ends (Endings 09 ~ 11) Normal End True End Obsession Attribution This Kara no Shoujo 2 (kns2) walkthrough is based on info attained from a source with some adjustments made by Eclipsed.1 point