Decay

I'd tune in for a Stream or two just to see what all the hubbub is about.

What did @Nosebleed do to the forums this time?

A vote for Baldr Sky is a vote for Trump. In these trying times, the establishment is all we have left to hold onto. Vote Muramasa 2016.

I believe that they do not currently plan on translating Sweet Love.

You can't. Sweet Love is simply not translated.

I voted Muramasa.

That's what you get for marrying the apathetic goth teenager.

Jesus fucking christ, you're fucking serious about this, aren't you? No, this is very, VERY wrong, on so many levels. Call me a rapist if you want. You have no idea what you're talking about and consent is extremely important in sexual relationships. End of story. Just lock this fucking thread, mods. And fuck @Vorathiel forever for bumping it.

You could have just not posted that spoiler at all. Was it really necessary to reveal that in order to say what you were trying to say? No, not at all.

I played Black Desert Online for a couple of hours after mooching a guest pass from a friend. Holy Christ is that game impenetrable. The translation is so intensely awful that I never understand what is being said to me and if they're explaining any of the systems, none of it is getting through. Actually, I'm pretty sure they just aren't bothering to explain those systems at all. They throw so much at your face and the only thing I understand are the basic combat mechanics. The gathering and crafting, the conversation system, the node system, and pretty much everything else? I ain't gotta clue. What a mess. The actual sandbox gameplay and actiony combat laying underneath it all seems kind of appealing. But the game actively repels you with every fiber of its being. I don't know if I have the fortitude to press on.

"We're sorry the game was disappointingly short with a shitty cliffhanger ending and choices that didn't matter. Don't worry, this will all be rectified two years from now when we charge you $25 for the next four hour installment!" Oh, joy. Well, they announced the free patch since then, so that's good. But again, how substantial is that really going to be? I doubt it will address most of the complaints. Just a tip to Love in Space, people want their choices to matter when they're making them. Having your choices only affect what happens in the next game isn't going to make anyone happy.

I wonder, what position would translation quality be in if they asked that question again after the Flowers fiasco? Maybe people needed to be reminded of how important TL quality is because MG has generally been doing a pretty good job lately. Translation is one of those things where when it's good, people tend not to notice or even think about it. They only notice when it's bad. It's still a sad reality that the average consumer appears to not care, as we've seen examples of time and time again with VNs.

To be honest, the writing is still pretty amusing and enjoyable to read. For a nukige, it's probably the best one of those yet that MG has released.

And yet it's one of their highest rated in Japan. From their perspective, maybe it's a top tier title. Well, BBH is doing well on their weekly sales charts, I'm sure there will be future Alicesoft from MG.

I'd say Rance is equally focused on sex and gameplay. And it may not be dark hardcore sexual slavery, but it's still rape and people who are turned off by that will be turned off by Rance as well. But it's also ridiculously popular so I'm not surprised by its placement. Rance fans desperately want the alicesoft partnership to pay off in their favor. As for the hints they dropped, I looked at their catalog and there are only two sequels or fandiscs for games they've already licensed that aren't announced already and make sense, Otoboku 2 and ImoPara2. Otoboku 1 was fairly mediocre but everyone tells me that 2 was a huge jump in quality and is generally a great VN, so I wouldn't mind them finally bringing it over.

Try some of the other NIS SRPGs. Makai Kingdom and Soul Nomad are good ones that emulate well on PCSX2.

You rate games on VNDB too, so what does that say about you? There's no crowd specific to VNDB, the entire western VN community contribute to the ratings there. So blame all of us, not just VNDB.

I don't really understand your complaint about Annabeth in Gahkthun. In fiction, she's a Canadian who speaks English with a noticeable Canadian accent. In the translation, she's written as such. The problem is...? The characters are so incredibly colorful in Grisaia that translating them all in the same drab way would have done them a huge disservice.

I'm not sure what the seventh "route" actually entails. I never read it because I always assumed it was just some minor side story. Or rather, I read it for about fifteen minutes, got bored, and stopped, lol. If it's actually a substantial story route then I guess I missed out.

The number I've seen floating around is 4 hours. That's a pretty freaking slim experience for a $25 strategy game. So they're going to do a free content patch? With what, an extra couple hours of gameplay? Eh, they need another.... 20. Well, probably not, but as someone who enjoys strategy games, I don't want to play something with such a short life and little replayability. Strategy games are meant to be replayable and engaging for dozens of hours. -OR- if you can't provide that, at least provide an interesting experience outside the strategy side of things. And apparently they fall short on that with mediocre writing.

Oh, yes, please add in the missing post features. Also, the forums have been pretty unstable for me tonight, with random bouts of downtime. Are we still getting DDoSed?

Well, if the tournament is to determine which VNs all westerners want translated most, "anything Type-Moon" is a pretty fair winner, their fan base unmistakably dwarfs all others, to the extent where I have no doubt in my mind that both Mahoyo and Fate/Extra CCC have more demand than even the seeded ringers like Baldr Sky and DIes irae. And they'd probably sell way better, too (if CCC was ported to PC, that is).

I had to use Edge so I could post on the forums during the chaos. Let me tell you, Edge is fucking awful.