Mr Poltroon

Well, I can't believe I missed @Fiddle altogether. Alas, we'll get them next time, Fiddle-sensei. Happy Birthday to @MaggieROBOT!

For the curious, it is from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.

"If we don't step up, the whole country'll be goin' on the compost heap." is my favourite line I've read these past few days.

Glad to see fellow gentlemen of culture around these parts.

It's good stuff and I'm not seeing anyone else doing it like them, so sounds good to me.

Well, in this game you have nothing to worry about.

I can confirm extensive after stories, but what you say confuses me a little. What you say is most definitely not accurate. Most VNs and manga conclude at the end of high school. Some manga go a bit further into marriage (or just start of college), but that's rare, and exactly what Hoshi Ori and Gin'iro Haruka do. I don't understand if you're asking for more than that (which I cannot confirm or deny).

Hahaha, these guys are crazy. Turns out they've already translated one of these short routes. https://tsurezurescans.wordpress.com/ This seems like an odd thing to say. Time is relative in how long people take, but length in terms of script is not. The routes in HoshiOri are on average shorter than Gin'iro Haruka's, I think. In fact, their update confirms that Bethly's route is a fair bit longer than Rikka's.

@Dergonu Good recommendation. I'll go do this right now.

Happy Birthday AngeNowItsTime!

Yes. Others, such as I, have certainly played it, yes.

Nya

The 'same team' only did two routes, Miyako's and another important one. All else was done by a different guy (possibly not very well, but the dialogue and events are so hysterical I didn't really notice any problems). It'd also be nice to support English releases, but that's an aside.

I did. That's what sparked this rage. Even a nice cute game like that one had to fit in an existential crisis or two in there.

Gah! I really want to like this person's games, but do you see the common pattern here?? Ooh, sober and dark, innit. Sure I can make cute pink characters as well, but that doesn't stop the depression from showing up~

Happy Birthday @Ceris. The Love Live thread would not have been the same without you. I was making memes over it 4 years ago already.

^what they said (Oh yeah, I just saved myself from typing two @'s- oh, bollocks)

Surprisingly, this seems to interest me (the word consent is present). However, I don't know if I'd want to play it at this point. The problem with releasing something like this as 'in-development' is that some updates will consist of updating or bettering what is already there, meaning that for those who have already read, the incentive to replay is negligible at best, since the replay value of reading experiences is based entirely on the person itself and how they take to the story. The formats that are more adequate for these sorts of 'early access' are formats that go chapter by chapter. Either each update will offer the next bit of the story, or a whole new route/path. Content that does not require rereading. What I fear, at this point, is that if I tried it now to provide feedback, I would not experience the story at its best, but wouldn't want to reread it all again for the final release, either.

(I may have referred to Byleth with male pronouns over the course of my post because mine usually takes that form) @Jun Inoue I believe I am getting a clearer picture of what you didn't like, and it does seem like a fair bit of your concerns did not affect me or I manage to explain them away within the story to the extent that I am satisfied.

Finally. I had to play it up till this chapter before I was able to comment. For full disclosure, I started and finished with a different house. This had a few consequences (no real spoilers): I have to say; everyone says you should start with Black Eagles, but I vehemently disagree. Terrible house to start with.

The answer is no, and I'm not seeing how that has to do with anything or what makes it a better question.

I didn't understand the question to be "Why do you read VNs over doing other stuff?", but if it is, then the above accurately represents my opinion in almost all aspects. I find less need for variety, but am otherwise generally in agreement with the sentiments above.

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Or they're scared. If they're anything like myself or my ilk, they'd do their damndest to not directly or indirectly violate rules.