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    How the hell do you guys deal with choosing with the millions of VNs out there?

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    Posted · Edited by Okarin

    You have to be trolling lol. First of all, there's not that many VNs published in English each year. Since 2012, and especially 2015 with Steam into the fray they have been mounting. But still you can clear them in some years, depending on how fast you read. Also I don't really think that just EVERY VN out there appeals to you, right?

    If you know Japanese the thing is different. Yes, there are bazillions of titles, but available? Not so many of them. There are lots of old ones that maybe you can't grab. Anyway, I'd suggest, either English or Japanese, to draw a schedule and stick to it. Yes, it sounds like a job, but there's no other way around it.

    Root double

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    Can't remember if there was a Steam achievement for getting ALL bad endings.

    If you're not using Steam or don't care about achievements, avoid them.

    I overall liked the game quite a tad, though it was obviously very influenced by Ever 17 in particular. I loved all the gossip about radioactivity, and playing a rescue leader in a nuclear meltdown. The science wasn't that bad either, though the underlying setting is not that good ("BC").

    Maybe better than what Uchikoshi did with Zero Time Dilemma.

    It's Official, Almost 1 Year After it's Release Subarashiki Hibi One of the Best VN Ever Made Didn't Sell

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    On 2/2/2019 at 5:41 PM, MaggieROBOT said:

    Sadly this. As we can see going by how stuff like Nekopara are highly successful, people buy their eroge for their ero. The fact that Subahibi in particular have ultra niche fetishes like bestiality and futanari also doesn't help in attracting that crowd either.

    I can buy the futanari as it's part of a sexual fantasy, but the bestiality? It wasn't supposed to be nowhere near fetish pandering. It was a disgusting scene and it conveyed that. Though in all honesty, the game dropped the scene and then didn't touch it in any significant way. In a way, Kimika's and Zakuro's abuse scenes where even more shocking.

    In fact I believe the H scenes in Subahibi serve as a tool to make the game spicier and more shocking. And if you delve into those yuri scenes between Yuki and Tsukasa, it can get disturbing if you've played the whole game. My point is, there's not much fap material in Subahibi really.

    Where to get VNs in japanese?

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    Posted · Edited by Okarin

    On 27/1/2019 at 7:42 PM, Stormwolf said:

    I dont see the problem with using a vpn service as long as you can pay with a service which doesnt tell them where you live. No clue if they can deactivate your game license down the line if they find out.

    Well the VPN knows everything you do with it, so, your choice really.

    Like security professionals tend to say, "if the service is free, then the product is you".

    Also I don't believe it's a Russian thing, those sites also don't like Spanish IPs (and therefore, from inside the EU).

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    Posted · Edited by Okarin

    Yeah, it also seems to build upon Nekopara's success...

    Do you know if you have to get the 18+ patch separately?

    On Steam it's like 7 bucks now, so it makes a good quick grab...

    Something happened at Sekai Project?

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    Posted · Edited by Okarin

    There's a lot of animosity and even boycott against Sekai. Like Lesiak said, I don't see the benefit in them going under.

    I guess there are some people who will say, "they did shit work, they had it coming" but that's a rather extreme view.

    Anyway I've seen all kinds of things said against Sekai.

    I mean, if people boycott Sekai before Winged Cloud, they're pretty twisted.

    This reminds me a bit of the console war, and that's quite sad.

    Boycotting them because "they're a mess" will put the final nail on their coffin. Why not help them in their time of need if something they release appeals to you. No, we must send them to oblivion because they... Er... What they did again? I thought they were just another company, with their own misgivings.

    When does Dies Irae get good?

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    Posted · Edited by Okarin

    Yes, I recommend you to keep on going.

    Anyway, as soon as you hear "the best VN ever", you shouldn't be convinced. It's hard to live to those expectations. Let it be you who discovers if it's really the best or not.

    Only thing I can tell you, I'm reading Subahibi and I'm enjoying it. I see the game's charm. The best ever? Well, probably not, but close enough. Subahibi has its own merit. Maybe Dies Irae has it too.

    Hell, even I myself was skeptical towards Steins;Gate when I was reading through Dr. Nakabachi's conference. It seemed like otaku pandering, and the first contact with Okabe wasn't that smooth. Anyway in S;G you only have to push on a little and when the mysteries keep piling up, the thrill never lets up until the end.

    Nekonyan's Two December Announcements

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    Posted · Edited by Okarin

    It's all hype. Hype works with regular videogames, and it works with VNs.

    I'm still hyped by some VNs I've been awaiting since 2013... The likes of Kud Wafter, Amagami, 12 Riven... In the meantime I became hyped by lots more.

    I'm thinking of buying a big drive to house all my VNs and even eschew regular videogames for the most part. I'd only build APUs under this scheme. No point in paying big for a discrete GPU.

    Hoping to find a Romance VN I have not read

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    Posted · Edited by Okarin

    Wow, you've read them all!

    Why not venture into Oyari Ashito Littlewitch land? With (old) games like Quartett!, Period and Romanesque (here I chose the non-porn version)

    Though a number of routes in Period are very disappointing. The game has 8 heroines, in theory you won't be bored, but in reality you should expect some bogging down.

    Quartett! is nice, but it's short.

    What were the worst vn's of 2018?

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    5 hours ago, Fred the Barber said:

    Sorry dude, but I couldn't disagree more. MML is genuinely bad. If you want a game with the same general flavor but which does literally everything right, while MML does literally everything wrong, Ponkotsu Akuma is where it's at.

    Ponkotsu Akuma and MML aren't the same genre. MML is more typical romance eroge, not downright nukige, and it reminded me a lot of Shuffle. Also the same slandering phenomenon happens with the game. "Hey, the games I play are superior to the games you play, your waifu lives under my waifu BLAH BLAH BLAH..."

    I haven't started Ponkotsu Akuma yet, I skimmed through it, but it seems much more oriented to sex, with an overabundance of scenes, and even sillier atmosphere than MML (if you were thinking that was impossible).

    Both games sport a high number of heroines, so at any rate each one gets a reduced amount of content.

    MML had a bit of drama with each heroine, some better, some worse (can't really be helped), but I guess that will be absent in Ponkotsu. Of course I don't rate MML as a nakige, but the presence of drama lands it comfortably in the land of regular moege.

    Still, I guess both games are far from shit. I'm sure there are much worse offenders than Ponkotsu Akuma in the field of nukige. And what to say of the last frontier, NTR.

    What were the worst vn's of 2018?

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    1 hour ago, Nandemonai said:

    Of games I actually played, I think I have to go with Magical Marriage Lunatics.  The badness is really driven home by another 2018 release - Ponkotsu Akuma.  A god damned pizza delivery simulator has better worldbuilding, more interesting characters (MML has one who might compete, Mona, if s/he weren't the comic relief), and better comedy.

    I admit to being a sucker for monster girls, but MML just made me feel like a sucker.

    That's the same slander Shuffle! suffered. Old habits die hard.

    MML is just fast food as far as VN go, but what it does it does reasonably well within its boundaries. I dunno about Ponkotsu Akuma, but maybe nukige aren't really your thing, pal, if you go asking deep stories and charismatic characters out of them. Why not expect a cheerful, playful, horny atmosphere?

    You can always play Subahibi, I guess...

    By the way, who the fuck is "Mona"??

    Mystery / True Route VNS like Ever17

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    Posted · Edited by Okarin

    Also I think that ISLAND fits the bill, a highly awaited VN that finally got translated last year, I haven't played it yet though, so proceed at your own risk.

    Oh, and of course Steins;Gate, it will blow your mind, guaranteed, how could no one mention it. -_-

    What Tools Can I Use to Read Untled VNs?

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    3 hours ago, Stormwolf said:

    Im at a loss for words at how you've been using one of the worst windows version up until now. Anyway, i use both atlas and vnr on windows 10. Change the date on your windows to before the atlas expiration date and it should work

    That's FAKE NEWS. Win 10 is more modern software and updated periodically, so even if you lose some (obsolete) capabilities, it's the most safe and sound version yet.

    Do a trip around some youtube channels about gaming and PC tinkering and everyone uses Win 10, are you possibly smarter than them?

    What are the best visual novels that were released in 2018?

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    They did the same with Chaos;Child than they did before with Steins;Gate Zero. And S;G 0 ended up getting an official release (after everyone went and read it, too), so. Yeah, I know it's Steins;Gate, and it sells like hotcakes, but still it's pretty risky and I don't know if it sold well.

    Just so you know I ordered a PS4 version of C;C to give my shekels to the hard-working Chiyomaru Studio (and then some) so they venture further into the West. Oh, I don't have a PS4. Now I can play my PC C;C without a care in the world.

    What are the best visual novels that were released in 2018?

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    EOP = English Only Player. Not really by choice, beggars can't be choosers. Of course, these people lack an understanding of Japanese, I get dizzy looking at all those kanji put together.

    Chaos;Child should count as a release, but with a caveat, it was unofficial. Spike Chunsoft should really pump their engines and bring us as much sci-adv as they can. It probably sells well too. And then there would be no need for patches.

    Craving a good tsundere

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    Riho from Deardrops is a realistic tsundere. She's not harsh because hurr durr, she has real problems getting along with people.

    Kei from Ef, on the other hand, is abuse because abuse.

    Kyou from Clannad is your regular somewhat angry student girl, but the transition from tsun to dere is very well done, one of the better tsunderes under the sun. Also being surrounded by dorks like Sunohara makes her angst pretty much understandable.

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