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Demoted on my Birthday What a cruel Mistress you are Chairman Maggie

Kono soba? These buckwheat noodles?

The good ones More specifically, I enjoy ones with some sort of driving narrative, a believable romance, and a protagonist that doesn't make me want to drive a steam locomotive through a 711.

Slice of Life Romance Comedy.

Yatohime Zankikou seems to have old version of alpharom that needs manual cracking and probably install modification and I have no idea how to do it for this title. However it runs on Windows 7 so if you can get virtual machine do that. Kuro no Toshokan has newer version that adds Windows 7 support on sale on Dlsite and DMM so that might run on Windows 10 too.

When you say not responding, do you mean the "stopped responding" crash or just stuck in the same screen? I had a similar problem with older Nitroplus games and here's some things I did to fix then: 1) installing some windows packs that contains direct x 8 dlls 2) installing Visual Studio C++ around 2013 package for 32 or/and 64 bits 3) change the priority of the running process in the task manager 4) go back to a previous windows build, I never managed to fix Togainu no Chi (2005) any other way

I love moege too.

I wastly prefer writing when I already have the visual part, because it gives a much better idea of how the end result feels, so I make a lot of fast sketch art before producing finished stuff. One of the early sections is set in this tavern The local count and his bodyguards, in the castle hall (this one is a little outdated, I just noticed that I dont have the latest version on my phone) M.c. sketch, with some emotions

Well I know the Japanese are into slippery and slimy long things but...

Hey, it's not nice to question people's noodle fetishes like that.

No. Hell no. There are two main reasons: 1. The less controversial reason is simply that visual novels are not popular enough. They barely have an international audience as it stands, not to mention the borderline nonexistent non-Japanese VN development industry. Besides being dominated by a single language/country/culture/market, they aren't in text form like plays or poetry can be. They're software. Visual novels are an exceedingly young genre (particularly outside Japan), and as such don't have an established tradition (though they do have tropes) and they thus don't really reflect different cultures or have distinct schools of thought. The fact that you need -at the very least- a capable: 1. composer 2. programmer 3. writer 4. artist for a given visual novel hurts these chances too. For a novel, you need an author and an editor. Give them two years. Done. Not so simple for a visual novel. 2. The genre simply isn't mature or serious enough. The vast majority of VNs out there, like many anime, go for a non-ambitious slice of life or romantic comedy story. If not that, they tend to stick to many anime/manga tropes on top of the genre's tropes on its own. I'm talking about how the choices-influence-storyline idea is almost always used as skill/luck/walkthrough usage checks for getting into a girl's p-p-panties~. I'm talking about the overwhelming usage of anime/manga styling and characters (all your -dere). And when a VN does get popular for something except cute anime girls, it's more often than not for action or suspense or murder mystery (F/SN, Steins; Gate, Umineko). This doesn't mean they automatically lack merit (Umineko is one of the most emotional and profound visual novels out there and it has sideboob demons, bunny girls shooting missiles, and goat vore). However, even such serious VNs often end up bashing you in the head with their messaging, or lack enough depth to go for a second read. They don't lend themselves very well to analysis. Few VNs out there deal with real-life matters or issues, such as a particular war or a particular culture, and this matters. Few VNs out there dabble with legitimate philosophy or truly have something original to say. Furthermore, very few VNs try to expand what the medium can do. Playing with perspective, how the text is displayed, how choices are made and how their consequences are conveyed- too few VNs play with these ideas, and the genre is considerably worse off for it. Particularly notably, how almost every high-profile protagonist here is a good old straight white high school age regular guy and how so many stories take place in a high school setting (at least partly, and with a predominantly high school cast). It hurts this genre.

So I wrote a bunch here but deleted it because it was long and runny. TLDR was that I had been spending a while saving for the game (being a student and all makes it that much harder) and now that I bought it I learned that there literally is no 18+ patch, and I also learned about how scummy MoeNovel is so I refunded it, might get the game elsewhere if that's possible and play it, although that much sadder that I won't be able to play with the wholesome love scenes. (basing that off of IMHHW standards, btw. let's admit it, they're pretty wholesome) Anyways, I was wondering what the hell we can do about it. I'm obviously new here and I have no idea what has already been done, but I do know that a boycott has been attempted, and seeing as they've just released another game, something tells me that it didn't exactly work out (although a good thing I guess is that it literally only has 16 reviews on Steam which is telling me that nobody has really bought it, but on the other hand they are all positive reviews, so...) It's a huge shame IMO because Konno Asta is an amazing writer and he manages to hit home very well. I absolutely hate the fact that MoeNovel is locking the whole "Climax" (get it? but no really, there are like two stories in his works (similar to IMHHW) and MoeNovel is pretty much locking one of the "climaxes" behind a language and regional barrier) behind a regional/linguistic barrier, because IMO everyone deserves a chance to read the story(ies) without interruption. Is it 100% certain that these VN's will never be TL'd fully (not just for 12 year old french girls) and that it will have to be left to Fans? Or are they willing to change, if they receive enough backlash? One thing I've learned over the years of being involved with game developers is that they will literally not give a single shit about their consumers so long as they're making money, or have already made all the money they needed. I'm not certain if they're in this position but if they are... well, you get the idea. Please educated a simpleton about MoeNovel and what we can do is the TLDR of this topic, I guess. Also, is it worth learning Japanese so I can try and TL stuff, officially or as a fan? TY

I'm a Canadian who doesn't like living in Canada but is tied down to Canada because I'm a student that's too poor to travel but also too poor to get enough money to travel, if that makes any sense (probably doesn't) I'm here for four reasons: Sky Full of Stars has made me extremely disappointed; not because it's bad or anything, but because its publishers/developers are pieces of bad Because I want to know if there's anything we can do to stop them from constantly doing this bad Wondering if it's worth it to learn Japanese until I'm completely fluent in it Also if I do that then I can get into TL'ing which would be cool too I guess. You can make money from that, right? Visual Novel recommendations yeah i also really like shitposting, but in a funny way, not a 4chan /b/ or /pol/ flame-baiting way nice and thank

I like Chuuni (Fate/Ayakashibito), Mysteries/Horror (Kara no Shoujo/Higurashi/Ever 17/Danganronpa). I also like Slice of life character driven stories like deardrops/KiraKira. I hate most moeges.

Happy belated, Infoplex! I used to read your name as Pika_Lesiak, lol.

The only time you should consider spending money is when there's a guaranteed 5* gacha because, well, you're guaranteed to get a 5*.

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I don't think I have very specific preferences, so I can enjoy everything that's appropriately high quality, but the titles that resonated with me the most were more serious romances, with some heavy drama. The specific genre and convention is less important, if it has convincing love drama and a satisfying conclusion, I'll probably like it a lot.

No problem, I know too many people who got butt hurt over not getting a character in 500sq, 300sq, and even 150sq. You gotta remember that it's basically a lottery. Sure you COULD get a SSR off a ticket but you are also likely NOT to get an SSR in a shitload of pulls. If you go in not expecting anything it makes it that much more awesome when you roll a ticket for giggles and Jeanne pops out randomly off rate up just cause (happened to me and it was, at the time, the only SSR I didn't have because she hadn't had a rate up yet). Have fun and if you need help on team comps or anything just ask.

I'd take those numbers with a grain of salt for two reasons: Valve changed their privacy options not too long ago so that a user can choose to hide their game collection. This makes it impossible to get an accurate estimate of how many people own a game. (Note how large of a range 100,000-200,000 is.) If My Heart Had Wings was part of a Humble Bundle a few months ago. Many of those owners (including myself) likely bought that bundle for Higurashi, not for IMHHW. There's no way of knowing how many people bought IMHHW directly vs. just getting it in that bundle.

Rad plotge like Ever 17, Virtue's Last Reward, Steins;Gate and Root Double. Equivalent to seinen in manga terms.

Happy birthday @Thatcomicguy!!! As a gift, I'll let you be my general in our BL insurrection!

HB, @Thatcomicguy.

I would suggest, like I have to many new players, go for what YOU want not what you think is good. As I mention above, this game you can clear most content with 3* and below with the help of a good support from time to time and most of your friends will have whatever "support" you will need. In terms of "Broken" characters there are really only a few. Waver is one of those characters. The reason being is that he has 3 abilities all of which increase a characters NP gauge, 2 of which increase ALL allies NP gauge. These abilities basically increase 1) all allies attack + NP, 2) all defense + NP 3) A selected characters NP + Crit strength. His NP also gives a lot of debuffs, including some pretty amazing ones such as stun (chance), enemy NP charge down, def down, curse (enemy takes damage per turn for a few turns). And most people HAVE him on their support caster list so there really isn't a need to roll for him. So I suggest picking one you like, and going with that and having fun, especially since you are F2P. I would also state that the gacha can be amazing and shit so don't whale unless got the cash to back it up. In the past few gachas I got Shuten in less than 150sq, I got Li Shuwen and Xuan in 300sq (I was rolling for Li Shuwen who i got on my FIRST roll and decided to roll for craft essence for this event, I ended up gettig 5 total Li Shuwens and 3 Xuan, 2 of which were from tickets). I also got 1 lancelot and 1 D'eon making it 7 total SR and 3 SSR in 300sq Similarly, I went 500$ in the Cu Alter banner without a single SR or SSR until I finally got 1 SR (that's 750sq btw, and then went straight to 1k until I got Cu Alter. Which means in 1k (1500sq) I got 1 SR and 1 SSR. This happened to me 3 times if i remember, once on Bryn banner, once on Okita, and once on Cu Alter. Many other servants either came through tickets or under 150sq, and a handful in between massive spending and barely any. At this point I found that almost no servant is worth whaling unless you are willing to go that mile. Just enjoy the game instead and you will probably eventually randomly get the servant.

Happy Birthday to @Thatcomicguy! What a birthday streak we have around here.

Happy birthday to @Thatcomicguy there, and I hope you'll have a good year ahead.

Why am I not surprised that such a thing exist?

https://vndb.org/v19054

Than you for good suggestion, I'll definitely give them a try when I have time. And thank everyone for your support! Would anyone like some WIP assets?

Hello. I relate to living in Canada, but I live in a shit part of it and want to move somewhere better here. Anyways, 1. It's MoeNovel. What did you expect? 2. No. 3. Yes if you have a decent list of VNs that will never be TLed and don't want to limit yourself to English releases. 3. 1. You can make money, but not good money. However, if you're passionate enough, I guess you can get by. 4. Himawari, Subahibi, Ever17, Fata Morgana, and G-Senjou no Maou should tide you over for a couple of months. That is all the wisdom I have to give to you today. Have fun here.

There's not much you can do, but I wouldn't say that MoeNovel has been completely unresponsive to fan sentiment. Miagete Goran/A Sky Full of Stars may have the h-scenes removed but it is otherwise fairly unbutchered, with references to sex, sexual humor, etc still intact. This is contrary to If My Heart Had Wings, which utterly butchered the original game, changed large story elements, changed every reference of "boobs" to "eyes" ("I bet Aoi likes girls with big eyes"), etc. In A Sky Full of Stars, they also created replacement scenes for the h-scenes with new dialogue recorded and everything to make sure that no aspect of the story was missed. So, essentially, the only thing missing from it is the porn itself. I don't think this would've happened if there was zero backlash to IMHHW, so that backlash did work, to an extent. They seem pretty stubborn about 18+ patches, so that's likely never gonna happen. But I guess you never know.

You got her on the emulator or the actual game itself? fyi the increased rate for sanzhang doesn't actually increase your chances of getting a SSR Servant (it still remains 1%); rather it's more like you will probably get her if you were to roll a SSR Servant. Anyways, to answer your question, she's pretty good for a Caster, since her NP is Buster type (meaning it deals rather high damage) and her base stats are pretty high (for a Caster). However, her card set is focused on generating NP (3 Arts cards out of a possible 5), so you will have a hard time dealing damage to enemies despite the high attack stat (though on the contrary, this means that you will be able to use her NP many times). Tdlr; she's damn good for a Caster (maybe even more so than Zhuge Liang). However, because she's a Caster, she has a 90% attacker modifier, which means that her attack is actually 10% less.

Source: Honestly not sure. Couldn't find the artist this time. Maybe not as pure as a sweet little loli (that must always be protected), but yuri is the next best thing!

Wow at Wagamama High Spec OC. I didn't know it was that popular in Japan because not only did it get placed in the top 10 but it also got awarded for the best Moe fandisc of 2017. All the more reason why Sekai should localise this game. Which I hope they do eventually....

I'm just tolerant of other cultures!

First time for me, too. Also, Asirpa is really great.

Is why I tell people that if you are whaling be prepared to either fail or spent a shitload because you COULD go 1k and not get a single SSR (in my case I got Cu Alter, the ONLY SSR I got on my VERY last multi on the VERY LAST slot at the end of my 1k). You will have a better time just enjoying the game and leaving it to luck if you get the characters or not. There are usually reruns and many servants will perma be in the gacha so unless you have, say, a huge damn hard on for Gil, who is limited, I would say don't worry about it. And even then just roll whatever you got and if you don't get them be okay with it, move on, and try again next time. Waver is in pretty much EVERYONES support as almost everyone playing from day 1 has him (because everyone either rerolled for him which wasn't too hard considering there was what...5 SSRs in the gacha back then? or he spooped you later on).