Narcosis

Same exact stuff, over and over again. Tired of it. It's not that it looks particulary bad or anything (story-wise aside). It's just that the sole premise makes me instantly and permanently lose all the interest. After that, it won't even matter how good the story and writing actually are.

And here I thought you finally got laid. Well, some things are simply not meant to be

>logic

And how I'm supposed to decipher this?

Best of all, they're both from the same exact studio

>Guy marries into a girl's family to save his own You can't be more pathetic that that. Great Britain at it's finest Jokes aside, I'm not sure how the story and nuances behind history-based victorian nobility will work out here; hopefully you did your homework, because I can already sense a couple of issues arising, just by looking at the trailer. That aside, gorgeous character art. It's not extremely polished (rather simplistic), but gives off a very nice vibe to it. I presume this one won't be particulary lengthy, judging from the fact it's based on a single event. Eitherway, I'll be sure to keep an eye on it. Looks interesting and that willingness to chose our western settings as a base for the story is worthy of a praise in itself.

Planetarian, without a doubt.

Romance without sex? Are you out of your mind?!

A. Besides, being "detailed" doesn't always mean better. As for the question itself, neither. I enjoy good franco-belgian comics, but I dislike Disney's art and american ones.

Yes, they are.

Not really

As a dream place to be? Perhaps. As a place on Earth like any other? Not really, not anymore. Besides, I'm already too old for that kind of dreamin'

If I'd ever rate anything on a 10 mark scale, I'd start from 5 as the average and either increase or decrease the score depending on factors. Obviously, I don't rate anything anymore, because it's hard to be completely objective, especially about the things you like - your love for particular things coulds your mind, no matter what. There's also a bunch of different factors involved - whether a person is willing to drop his suspension of disbelief (thus raising the score), or whether things in a particular work trigger them (and as such, lower the score considerably). Certain aspects might raise the score for particular people. Some works are really good and deserve praise, others don't. Some games are easily reachable to a far wider audience, while others cater to particular niches. Certain games might have good bits, even if they don't leave much of an impression as a whole. Some stories start off good and then kill all the tension and excitement along the way to end in the worst kind of way possible. There is literally no way any score system could provide a wholesome and objective ranking. Nowadays, I simply summarize and try to point out the most obvious flaws, whilst trying to dwelve into things, that make the essence of a particular visual novel; I don't over-glorify, nor shit on games. I simply provide information as to why I think a particular game might be considered above or below average and if it's truly worth mentioning - why particular games excell within their medium, to the point of being worthy considered masterpieces; that or at least highly recomended vn's. That aside, people became way too subjective nowadays. It's one of the reasons why every game is 10/10 and an instant masterpiece. I used to give higher scores in the past myself. Nowadays, I'd rate most of those games far lower, even if I still liked them a lot. The truth is, majority of decent vn's doesn't really deserve a score above 6, if we'd try to keep close to the original guidelines created by some major archives, like vndb for example. The good thing is, the more you play, the less skewed your opinions become and the more valuable they might get for another person. Still, I'd treat everything others say with a grain of salt - the best kind of opinion will be always that of your own.

Great game, horrible localization.

Saya is preety old by now, standards change. Back then it was considered disturbing, but it's nothing compared with some of the new titles. Visuals might be frightening at first, but there's nothing really gruesome about them; I always felt the writing was a lot more compelling and suggestive than the art ever was. You haven't even played it yet, you silly 100% staple response from someone who read about Saya no Uta on the net, but never actually touched it.

Doesn't seem like much

Seriously?

It's good stuff. I'm glad they picked it up and plan to release the whole trilogy.

Jesus Christ, I want this so badly now.

Mixing cute with serious? Dunno about that. You could check these: Monster Cowboy Beepop Black Lagoon Gunslinger Girl Ergo Proxy Shin Sekai Yori Gargantia Jintai Renkin San-Kyuu Magical Pokaan Expelled from Paradise ┐(￣ー￣)┌

You forgot about akiba Strip, although the game's slightly different in terms of gameplay. I don't recall any rail shooters similiar to Gal Gun. If you're okay with shooters and shumps in general, though - there's quite a few of them; Sexy Parodius propably being the most prolific one.

It means people will play faster and thus, use up more loveca. I actually fear the worst

Can't say no to this

Oh. My. God. This is the most meaningful update since the new version got released. We can finally bid farewell to mindless, time consuming grind. Thank you, based Klab