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I thought about just staying a guest and lurking through some topics every now and then, but I really like the atmosphere of this place... everyone's nice and chill... I think I named myself dwaif a long time ago. I'm a pretty old user from the blockland forums (the only other forums I use nowadays), if you don't know what that is... well... it's like playing with legos on the internet. I found this website completely by chance. I'm really new to visual novels, and I'm sorta picky... I went through dozens of reddit recommendations and wound up reading through recommendations here too. My first ever VN (or dating sim) was Heartache 101 …like years ago, and I still play it sometimes! I didn't touch any more vns until one day out of the blue I wanted to give the genre a shot, and played Chrono Clock earlier this year. I really enjoyed it, and started Grisaia no Kajitsu. I played through Yumiko's and Michiru's route so far, and loved every minute with them. Grisaia really exceeded my expectations, and actually made me tear up lmao ChiruChiru is the best girl in my book B^) that's pretty much it though... there's not much else to know about me I guess, but feel free to ask me anything! thanks for having me here, and I hope we all get along!

I guess, this might be a good opportunity to finally buy it.

alright, for all the shit steam gets, good on them for allowing vns to be fully uncensored now.

I honestly can't help myself from asking. Does it REALLY matter? There is no changing either vn's, peoples personalities or what a person thinks about a visual novel. As long as people are different you will get different opinions on just about everything. On the internet, at best the discussions end in a draw. At best. Play vn's and enjoy them for what they are

Just for reference, the question is mostly rhetorical, to make the religious collectors think more about what they're doing. I've been playing VNs for 20 years now, am happily married with a wife of 23 years, and 2 teenage kids. I don't have a single physical copy of any VN on the shelf, and yes I've bought many many games.

The patch does not add everything from the PS3 version to the PC version like Silvz claims. The patch lacks a lot of the animations the PS3 version added, like lip-syncing, animated text in certain spots, screen shaking, rain, etc. There is a lot of rain in the game (a Lot) and the animated rain does add to the mood imo, but it's fairly inessential. There are other PS3 features as well, but they're all minor enough that I've forgotten them. You can pretty safely play on the MG version with the patch and get like 98% of the experience. Umineko Project will take a while to fully release because they're porting the game from scratch.

TOSHINO KYOUKO!!! hello and welcome.

> Buy MG's version > Download the installer in https://github.com/07th-mod > Enjoy ps3 graphics and voices you're welcome Just to clarify, this is a 100% patch, in fullHD, that adds everything available from the PS3 version to Mangagamer's new translation. This is the most complete and recent patch, and it is not UmiTweak nor Umineko Project. The installer is the same for Higurashi, but if you want to see how it works, just click in the Umineko-question and umineko-answer sections.

Finding the .ybn decryption key is trivial: if you know the correct offset, it's right there in the file. No need to calculate or bruteforce anything. Here's a zip with the scripts in an Excel file and a tool that'll put the translated text back into the .ybn files: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lbhwyrt7lio0zd0/Yome juu tools.zip?dl=0 The patched files get placed in the "patch" folder. Copy those to a new "ysbin" folder in the game and you're all set. Some more remarks about the tool: It handles word wrapping automatically by inserting line break instructions. You may need to adjust the "MonospaceCharactersPerLine" setting in tool\textpatch.exe.config to get this working correctly. If you're planning on working on this translation with multiple people, it's also possible to create a translation patch directly from a Google Docs spreadsheet rather than an Excel file. PM me for details on this.

Just change it once

I love the music in Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two. I'm not really sure how to describe it. It feels peaceful but also filled with a underlying sadness or longing. Regardless, I really couldn't imagine it without the music. (Tenmon who did most of music, also worked with Makoto Shinkai on many of his films and The Place Promised in our Early Days and 5 Centimeters Per Second and have excellent soundtracks too.)

Here are some of the ones I've played so far..... * Clannad . If you want something with immense emotional feels. Prepare to shed many manly (yet bittersweet) tears. Some of it's themes about friendship and family are quite profound. It's a rather long read though... * ef - a fairy tale of the two . Comes in two parts and has multiple protags. Various types of relationship drama (and emotional feels). * Fureraba . Maybe not the best in plot, but it's overloaded with comedy and light heartedness. Quite a lot of sex scenes too (if you get the uncensor patch). * Grisaia no Kajitsu . This is the VN that seriously got me hooked on the VN genre. It's writing is fantastic, it's music is great. It somehow manages to be both the funniest VN I've ever read ....... and also one of the darkest (it WAS the darkest I read, until I read Muv-Luv Alternative). Very recommended. * Kono Oozora (If my heart had wings) . Pretty light hearted, with some adventure. * Symphonic Rain . Probably the most unique VN I've read. Has a more melancholic setting, some deep characters, and even some interesting plot twists. * Wagamama High Spec . Like Fureraba, this is very light hearted. Also has the most sex scenes I've seen in a VN.

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