Arcadeotic

Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes is a must-play.

If it's not good, I think there's enough of a reason for it not to be listed among the best ;D

Yes.

There's a lot I consider really good, and I don't really have a unified number one choice, but I have favourites for different genres. Bishoujo Mangekyou series is excellent, for example. Especially the first one.

I'd say so. I started with moege and it still covers over half of all the visual novels I've read to this day. They've given me laughs, if nothing else. And even after the gigantic hiatus, I've had with VNs, guess what was the thing I picked up first? Another moege. 'Guess I can't escape them, I like SoL and cute stuff anyways.

Planetarian by miles.

Superficial but fair.

I know you don't like it, but as the biggest Gahkthun shill this world has ever known, I'm obligated to recommend Gahkthun of the Golden Lightning, so there we go. The fandisc is pretty good too.

Christmas Rem is pretty cute 8/10, I'd say

Goblin Slayer is also extremely dark with great world-building, but it doesn't have a dark protagonist. Dark protagonists are a rarity, y'see. You can give it a whirl, however. I think it's localized via Yen Press.

Ascendance of a Bookworm is horrendously slow, slower than anything I've read before. Therein lies also its core strength. It's an isekai story with amazing world-building. If you can get past how rather whiny the protagonist is in the beginning, it's an enjoyable ride. There's also close to no romance until the last third or so.

It is really good if you can get past/like the protagonist and the messed-up tones of it. It's quite refreshing in how absolutely fucked everything is.

From this list, only Kaifuku Jutsushi and Summomed Slaughterer, but both of them are exceptionally dark, especially Slaughterer.

A hell of a lot, let's see: Summoned Slaughterer (fantastic) Altina and the Sword Princess Ultimate Antihero Ascendance of a Bookworm Legend Dragon's Bloodline Dungeon Defence (highly recommend this one!) How a Realist Rebuilt the Kingdom (well-written) Isekai Mahou wa Okureteiru (great isekai story) Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi Knight's & Magic Lazy Dungeon Master Magi Craft Meister Nidoume no Jinsei wo Isekai de My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong as I Expected (my favorite light novel on normal life) Overlord Vol. 11 (one of my favorite light novels) Risou no Himo Seikatsu Rising of the Shield Hero Sevens Skeleton Knight, in Another World That Person, Later On... World Teacher You can ask me about any of the novels for my impressions.

Hey look it's that fuwachat(rip) mod that disappeared at least thrice off the face of the earth Welcome back.

Website died since lul I'm not the host and my internet's a major shitter at the moment. Not dead though.

Happy Birthday to my good pal @krill Have a good one!

19 particapants makes 19 weeks, or in other words, 4 months and 3 weeks

Gotem.

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Not like this

Well, that wasn't surprising in the slightest, but it was quite insightful, in the end.

This sounds amusing. I nominated some of my favorites that haven't gotten a chance to be nominated beforehand, and some more obvious ones.

Well ain't this an unexpected surprise

Aboslutely brilliant.