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I'm afraid that uninstalling the game a few days ago removed my saves since the folder they're supposed to be in is now empty, unfortunately. A bunch of youtube video can be used instead even if it's not the same.

Finished Sora route in Ever17: while I do agree with Funyarinpa that there were both feelings and intrigue in that path, I would probably have been more affected emotionally if the plot hadn't taken a turn I did not especially enjoy.

Well I google image searched for it too and got hits, so you may have filters preventing you from seeing adult-related images and websites. Anyway, here's your answer. Source I can't even begin to understand how you could believe that, and I'm not going to check.

Let's clean the streets by punching some ruffians! Use rocket launchers if necessary!

Well! Must be old news for most of the honourable members of this forum, but I've just finished You's route in Ever17 and I enjoyed it more than I expected! I did not know the storytelling would be like the Zero Escape one, a big mess of questions that will (hopefully) be resolved when all routes are clear, like a puzzle being slowly assembled. My two complains would be some music tracks that really annoyed me and the artstyle that I found lacking at times (but since it was released in 2002, it definitely hold up very well). Since I find myself reading VNs to feel (as in Muv-Luv, Eden*,...) or to be intrigued (Ace Attorney, Zero Escape... and now Ever17), I'll be sure to continue reading assiduously.

FFVII will be remade... but should it be alone?

Some interesting tunes to discover in this topic. I'm kinda fond of VG music, so here's this for now. + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMQ4xit5JGg&list=PLkeAoanU1WkoeUgaOS7svfXeNkDlOG5hQ&index=3

This. Totally this. I could never find someone with the same reading speed (especially in English) as me, and I really see myself in the situation you just described, whatever the language the VNs are in. However, in my case the language barrier makes the experience impossible. My wife (yeah, don't hit me) isn't really fluent in English and, even if she would mostly understand the text we would read, she'd take too much time for me and I'll lose patience after 5 minutes. Even in French our reading speeds are different and the result would mostly be the same. So while the idea isn't bad per say, it believe it's really difficult to find the autospeed that suit two people perfectly. It would even be easier, as with real books, to read the same VN at the same time but on two different screens and agreeing to wait for the other after each chapter to discuss of what has been read and move on. I'll stick to vostfr anime, personally.

For those who like horror game/stories, Neverending Nightmares is on sale and quite cheap. The gameplay is almost non-existent but the art style, environments and general atmosphere of the game more than make up for it.

Recently finished Axiom Verge on normal and hard. It's really a must play for anyone enjoying a Metroid-like game, not only for the game play but also for the environment and musics. As opposed to many recent Metroidvania games you really have 0 indication on where to go and will probably be lost for a while on the first playthrough, but I find it part of the fun. The powerups are imaginative and not just copy/pasted from the Metroid games, too. Now I just beat stuff up in Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds. It soothes my nerves when I need it. ^^ Glad to see some Hotline Miami fans out there too, by the way.

Well you can also explain it simply to them by comparing VNs to mangas or movies. For mangas you can explain with simple categories like there are Shonen/Shoujo (target teens: usually sfw stories without nudity or sex, except for occasional fanservice), Seinen (target adults: sex can be used in the plot but rarely central to the plot -there may be counterexamples but I can't think of any at the moment) and hentai (target adults too, but sex is central to usually non-existent plot). For movies it's the same... PG-13 for teens, R for adults and finally plain and simple pornos. Each have their purpose, each are different. Same for VNs. Then again it's up to you and your amount of patience. If you believe they can be interested, why not try? If you know them enough to believe they won't care, why would you?

Wow. That was quite the interesting read. I'm kind of disappointed now that I could not experience the "full" novel myself since it'd have probably changed my opinion of it, my second main complain being the lack of development of most of the characters (the first being the MC himself, but it's a matter of taste - I can't argue he was perfect for the story). I'll really try to give that VN another look later this year while it's still fresh in my mind. I wouldn't be surprised if I enjoyed it a bit more. Thank you for your advice and, of course, for your translation!