Milk Tea Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 Isn't it a jacket tied to the waist? Is it really that weird? I guess you don't see it too much in anime, but... Quote
Nashetania Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 Why not 2 CGs of kissing not in just one game, but one route! Chronopolis 1 Quote
OriginalRen Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 I heard that lolis hold hands a lot. 10/10 would hold hands with a loli. This user has been banned. suikashoujo, Hayashi and Silvz 3 Quote
Kanbe Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 All VN routes should have at least one kiss CG and not something like the heroine puckering up to the screen. Here's an example of a good kiss CG from a recent game I played starlessn1ght 1 Quote
Karakkan Posted July 4, 2015 Posted July 4, 2015 Why not 2 CGs of kissing not in just one game, but one route! Ooph, that first one though is baaaaaad. Looks like he's trying to eat his own lips via suction. Quote
Chuee Posted July 4, 2015 Posted July 4, 2015 I heard that lolis hold hands a lot. 10/10 would hold hands with a loli. This user has been banned. What would happen if you kissed a loli? Quote
HotTrax Posted July 4, 2015 Posted July 4, 2015 Yeah, I like kiss CG. Particularly where the protagonist is visible, this includes his face (eyes and mouth) and not just a blank slab of face. In search of the lost future spoi Chronopolis 1 Quote
Narcosis Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 There's a difference between self-insert fantasies and real stories. The truth is, most vn's and eroge belong to the first group, hence the design choices that often neglect or entirely skip showing protagonists on the screen. I'm not talking even talking about moege or games focused on dating, since kissing there is a must so you'll have at least a single gratuitous cg somewhere. Love is not just about kissing, or sex. As much as physical contact is shown on-screen, What these games often fail to portray is an actual, realistic approach to relationships - both with joys and hardships of feeling something profound towards another live being; at most these relationships between characters feel incedibly shallow and artificial. In worst cases, they just make me cringe and wonder what kind of life led the writers to create such prose. Quote
starlessn1ght Posted July 11, 2015 Author Posted July 11, 2015 No, you blame the industry in general, or the fans of self-insertion. Some people would rather imagine that the heroine is kissing them than the protag, and they're pandering to that. If you don't do that nowadays, at least a few times, it seems to be considered strange. I do that. But you see, I tried very hard to insert myself at those times and it was always unsuccessful. My brain can't understand that is a kiss. Know how it works? When the protagonist is similar to me, or I find it easier to self insert, then they show a proper kiss CG. Like Kotarou from Rewrite. (I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad they did that in Lucia's route and I'm waiting anxiously for the french kiss in the fandisc!) But I don't remember seeing any of this in LNs, though, even when they are for self-insertion too... Quote
Yukiru Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 I used to consider myself lucky when I found a VN with a protagonist that has a face, then I found out there are many VN that give the protagonist a face, you only need to read more, other than that- yes self insertion it is. Quote
Chuee Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 There's a difference between self-insert fantasies and real stories. The truth is, most vn's and eroge belong to the first group, hence the design choices that often neglect or entirely skip showing protagonists on the screen. I'm not talking even talking about moege or games focused on dating, since kissing there is a must so you'll have at least a single gratuitous cg somewhere. Because a real-life love story would be shit. Most relationships don't last in real life, so why would you want to read a romance where the main couple just ends up breaking up eventually? Also regarding the whole topic of kiss cgs it's import to remember most VNs don't simply have the luxury of throwing in CGs left and right, and somewhat reserve them for special scenes. Kiss CGs do exist, but most of the time they'll just have to put it in the regular character sprite so they don't have to draw up an entire CG every time the MC kisses a girl. Quote
starlessn1ght Posted July 11, 2015 Author Posted July 11, 2015 Because a real-life love story would be shit. Most relationships don't last in real life, so why would you want to read a romance where the main couple just ends up breaking up eventually? I couldn't agree more with you. Romance IRL isn't worth reading/watching. Quote
Nightmare799 Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Most h-scenes don't show the male partner, either. At least, not clearly. Sometimes you only see their dick, sometimes you don't even see that, and a lot of the time you'll just see their back or side, with them in the corner of the screen while the girl is front and center. Basically, this and also the kissing thing is all because most VNs are pornographic eroge and the customer base likes to fap to the fantasy of themselves in these situations. If a story isn't meant to be fapped to, you're more likely to clearly see both partners kissing. Which makes me believe Eroges are fairly redundant, although one would agree that sex is a fairly important point of romance. I dunno, I have always felt like I was watching the unfolding story of a group of people, rather than self inserting myself into the story. Self insertion is inheritently bad and woe be to those who have their lines between reality and fiction distorted. I couldn't agree more with you. Romance IRL isn't worth reading/watching. Because most of romance nowwadays is based on physical attraction, rather than what the couple lived through and experienced. Why? Because most of modern life is completely devoid of anything extraordinary. Ooph, that first one though is baaaaaad. Looks like he's trying to eat his own lips via suction. You try drawing that stuff Quote
Godline Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 I'm with you. I'd like more CG kiss scenes. (That's why I hope to put them in my own stuff). Quote
ittaku Posted July 26, 2015 Posted July 26, 2015 I'm going to add a "me too". I love kiss CGs as they really cement a turning point in the relationship, especially given how intimate a kiss is considered in Japanese culture. Quote
Suzu Fanatic Posted July 26, 2015 Posted July 26, 2015 Because a real-life love story would be shit. Most relationships don't last in real life, so why would you want to read a romance where the main couple just ends up breaking up eventually? Also regarding the whole topic of kiss cgs it's import to remember most VNs don't simply have the luxury of throwing in CGs left and right, and somewhat reserve them for special scenes. Kiss CGs do exist, but most of the time they'll just have to put it in the regular character sprite so they don't have to draw up an entire CG every time the MC kisses a girl. Wow, That's pretty jaded - and I say that as a man that has no interest in forming a romantic relationship with anyone, lol... As for the kiss Cgs - I think at "least" one CG should be provided for every route - unless the reader is a complete and total boor and lacks any sort of emotional connection, a kiss is a literal embodiment of affection and love. A bond between the two. But that is also subjective opinion I guess. For myself - a kiss is a very personal and symbolic thing - far deeper and meaningful then any amount of sex (though we could also get into the subject of "making love" versus "sex"). Plus, there is a huge difference between just casually kissing and "that one important kiss". a decent example being what Sarabeara posted above me. Quote
Abyssal Monkey Posted July 26, 2015 Posted July 26, 2015 But that is also subjective opinion I guess. For myself - a kiss is a very personal and symbolic thing - far deeper and meaningful then any amount of sex (though we could also get into the subject of "making love" versus "sex"). Plus, there is a huge difference between just casually kissing and "that one important kiss". a decent example being what Sarabeara posted above me. I prefer the defloration scene personally. But I haven't run across a VN that hasn't had a kiss scene per route. Quote
Suzu Fanatic Posted July 26, 2015 Posted July 26, 2015 I prefer the defloration scene personally. But I haven't run across a VN that hasn't had a kiss scene per route. I "would" go for the virginity thing as another expression of closeness, if most VNs didn't turn the protag into a total pornstar during it I can only think of Masaya during Rise's route as being a relativly non-pornstar hscene. Call me strange - but if the mc is a virgin, I find it just a bit less silly and a little more touching when they are both obviously new to it and just sort of fumble through the motions - being rookies together and accepting that about the otehr is another type of acceptance. It's true that most do have a kiss scene - but typically the protag is off screen, and the dev assumes the reader is projecting themselves as the MC. Personally, I'm the sort of reader that watches from the sidelines, I'm happy just to see the protag get along with whomever - I don't need the heroine pointing her lips at the screen, at least not for "that one important kiss" I'd rather see the two kissing, instead of her kissing my tv screen. Crimrui 1 Quote
starlessn1ght Posted July 27, 2015 Author Posted July 27, 2015 Wow, That's pretty jaded - and I say that as a man that has no interest in forming a romantic relationship with anyone, lol... Quote
ittaku Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Can't skip this without a spoiler from To Heart 2. Most routes have kissing scenes but of course this one's close to my heart. Quote
CeruleanGamer Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Someone PMed me today that they are reading Dark Blue, a vn that happens to be a NTR. If a NTR VN like Dark Blue can pull off romantic kissing scenes like this, then anything that's not moege, nukige, or any kind of -ge that doesn't do self insertion/date sim should be able to pull it off. Oh, and if you add some breast fondling or fingering during the kiss scene, it is actually unbelievably hot imo. Although this is probably only 1 of the 3 romantic scenes in the game. The rest is all torture and murder.... Edited October 14, 2015 by CeruleanGamer Quote
Hayashi Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Rance also have some great kiss CGs right? huehuheuheuhe Quote
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