Suzu Fanatic

I'm starting to beleive that rumoured remake hype afew years back was just that; rumoured hype. There hasen't been any more details ever since that vid and the concept artwork surfaced, =/

True enough, just look back at some of the crazier Kickstarters out there, like that potato salad kickstarter that made a ridiculous amount of money... it's no ones responsibilty except the investors when it comes to kickstarter projects. I don't always like what Kickstarter devs "do" (or dont do) with the money, but really it's basically giving money to a stranger, no garuntee it will equal the money it managed to raise. I first realized that with Shadowrun Returns, it raised afew million, but developed an engine that could have been designed ten years ago, and the storywriting of a adolesent -_- (thankfully Dragonfall was much better, and restored my faith abit hehe).

Didn't quite mean it that way - or at least not to that extent. I'm not very good with words , hmm. I have no problem with any form of characterizations when it comes to a story, as you say it would be pretty boring if everyone was as inoffensive as possible. And actually, a detestable character can make us realize just how much we should value what is "good". "comes close to crossing a line." might not have been the right wording... I feel concerned about how the meaning gets mixed up with the "edgy humor", it's meant to be taken as jokes and laughed at - but is it really something that "should" be laughed at and trivilized? Im not so silly as to think a bunch of people will start acting racist or calling people whores due to playing Huniepop, ;p but even a small ripple in the ocean will change tides over enough time. But I'm also a hypocrite in this discussion haha, after all, I enjoy VNs and anime.. a medium that almost always sexualizes and objectifies women. So, I guess damned if you do, damned if you dont. \o_o/

The gameplay itself was pretty addictive, but the writing.... I was pretty disgusted with it's attempt at edgy humor, with such quotes as "bad case of the yellow fever" (or something close) I mean, seriously?. Comes pretty close to crossing a line it shouldn't, at least on a mainstream platform like Steam. But to each their own I guess. Not like there aren't worse things already on Steam anyway.

I think it's all about circumstance, and the type of VN; I'm all for the derpy "oniisama pump my ***** full of your ****-**** until I'm pregnant!" porn-fluff when it's a nukige. After all, you buy it/download it knowing (normally) full well what you are getting yourself into. Story-driven VNs, it's alittle more complicated... I personally prefer a more emotional/connected hscene, if it is to have one at all. I don't think they should be removed - as sexuality is just as important in a relationship as anything else - but overplaying that hand can just lead to /facepalms. I think EF did them right, and even one or two routes in Katawa. As hot as some scenes are (and I like alot of them in the same base fashion as anyone with a pulse and apprication of 2d), It can come across as excessive, a obvious tool thrown in to cater to the porn-hungry. Like I said, it's a complcated issue - the "good" VNs really don't need hscenes to stay "good" (1st time I read FSN, I had completely forgotton it was a hentai VN until the first one started lol). But at the same time, they woulden't be the same without them~ Even Clannad - which I loved with all my heart, somehow felt "off" by not having hscenes, even though it does "not" need them. Perhaps some of us are just conditioned from all the blatant sexualization in anime/VNs, to expect it~

MG really needs to hurry up and push Higurashi onto Steam if this genre is to save face at all. =/ It's been successfully greenlit for what, a year?

Best of wishes to you and your team <3 And thank you for all the work you have already put into it.

Just discovered this - I thought this died with Yandere last year (or was it 2012, cant recall). Best of wishes, you'll earn alot of internet points if you stick with it.