What are you playing?

[Nyanko]

Just finished Rose Guns Days s1, I didn't expect too much from it actually. But I actually liked it. Immediately going for s2 now, good thing I don't have to wait.

 

[castor212]

Finished Shinikiss. Bittersweet ending is good, but the ending is a bit open to interpretation, making me doubt about the true ending meaning. Anyone care to share their thoughts about the true ending?

[Bolverk]

Completed Rui wa Tomo wo Yobu. It was great, honestly many times the jokes and references went over my head. The prologue was exhausting to read but manageable. But other than that it was an awesome ride. The writing, story, comedy and characters are really nice. The circle of friends is really well made. I've seen similar stuff, but this is really well done.

 

The focus on curses and the problems that the heronies get from those. You might connect it with Sharin no kuni and the shackles of 'obligations' which existed there. Personally I found it more connected to real life. People everyone are usually messed up one way or another. The curses make the heronies in a major messed up psychologically. Example: 'I can't make a promise about the future'. Might be compared to 'I don't want to take a serious decision about the future.' There are lot's of other thoughts I found interesting as well that came up in the vn. Honestly too many for me to write up.

 

I can understand why some would consider this a masterpiece. I didn't enjoy it that much though. I'd prbly score it under ~9, not entirely decided on that yet. Why I won't score it better, I find it somewhat hard to put my finger on. I suppose it's because the heroine routes of the vn, wasn't really as good as the common. If it had the same quality. I'd give it max I would imagine.

 

And the best girl in the vn was~~

In the end the best girl was no other than the Protag, Tomo. Oh lovely Tomo haha. The voice, the actions, the speeches. Best Trap protag I will likely ever read lol.

 

As for what to read next. Eeehh. I am thinking completing some of my not 100% completed vn's. Meikyuu after stories, tokyo babel and Drapeko. I'll likely read quite randomly.

[Vokoca]

Reading bits and pieces of Muramasa between the finals madness... so it's really just little bits. The history infodumps are a pain to read, but it's pretty interesting at least.

Minato just appeared a few scenes back, and I'm assuming that the vndb synopsis spoiled me on him actually being the protagonist?

Well, I'm curious where the story goes for the group of students, but I'm assuming it won't go anywhere nice judging by the tone so far. If there's anything I really like about the VN so far, it's the awesome OST.

 

^{And the writing is great, but it murders me with the history politics.}

[garejei]

Reading bits and pieces of Muramasa between the finals madness... so it's really just little bits. The history infodumps are a pain to read, but it's pretty interesting at least.

Minato just appeared a few scenes back, and I'm assuming that the vndb synopsis spoiled me on him actually being the protagonist?

Well, I'm curious where the story goes for the group of students, but I'm assuming it won't go anywhere nice judging by the tone so far. If there's anything I really like about the VN so far, it's the awesome OST.

 

^{And the writing is great, but it murders me with the history politics.}

 

If it makes you feel any better if you can read Chapter 1 you'll be fine with the rest of the game, while the writing doesn't get any easier, it won't get *much* harder, either, afaik. Infodumps, Tsurugi battles and politics will always be there.

 

@ what you wrote in the spoiler: well he's kinda on the cover/boxart so not much of a spoiler at all. The narration's point of view will change to other characters from time to time.

[Kurisu-Chan]

Finally Finished Chaos;HEAd, i got the standard endings, i could go and do the true ending as well as the game over, but i hesitate with Reading Shikkoku no sharnoth.

[Schala]

Can't seem to finish Phenomeno (Horror/Thrillers like this doesn't seem to excite me) so I went and read Fate/Stay Night instead. Done with the Fate route, now at the ending of UBW route! :-)

[Nyanko]

Finally Finished Chaos;HEAd, i got the standard endings, i could go and do the true ending as well as the game over, but i hesitate with Reading Shikkoku no sharnoth.

Do you hesitatie to start Shikkoku or do you hesitate to do more of Chaos;Head?

[Vokoca]

Finally Finished Chaos;HEAd, i got the standard endings, i could go and do the true ending as well as the game over, but i hesitate with Reading Shikkoku no sharnoth.

You can just load a save before the ending if I remember correctly - the 'true' ending just continues where the first one left off. If you mean the bad ending though, yeah, you have to go through the whole VN again.

 

 

Completed Rui wa Tomo wo Yobu. It was great, honestly many times the jokes and references went over my head. The prologue was exhausting to read but manageable. But other than that it was an awesome ride. The writing, story, comedy and characters are really nice. The circle of friends is really well made. I've seen similar stuff, but this is really well done. ...

I've just now realized this was the VN I had in my backlog for quite some time. I was honestly interested in it just because of the whole protagonist thing (I'm curious how a story like that goes in a VN), but I'm glad to hear the VN is actually great. I think I'll read it next.

[Cool_Dad]

Just finished "Mysterious Girl" route in Hoshizora, i made all the previous routes without a rest during last week so i really need to rest before start Mare's. In the meantime im gonna play Majikoi

[Toranth]

Completed Rui wa Tomo wo Yobu.

<...>

As for what to read next. Eeehh. I am thinking completing some of my not 100% completed vn's. Meikyuu after stories, tokyo babel and Drapeko. I'll likely read quite randomly.

If you haven't already, follow it up with the Rui Tomo fandisk. It's got good side stories, sub-character routes, and the main storyline is actually rather interesting.

Not to mention Best Girl gets to be even cooler.

[Kurisu-Chan]

Do you hesitatie to start Shikkoku or do you hesitate to do more of Chaos;Head?

I hesitated between starting Shikkoku or doing the B ending for Chaos;Head.

 

I finally started Shikkoku.

[Nyanko]

Thinking of getting back to Ayakashibito after finishing Rose Guns Days ep 2..

 

I hesitated between starting Shikkoku or doing the B ending for Chaos;Head.

 

I finally started Shikkoku.

Getting the B ending in Chaos;Head takes a while like Vokoca said. I think I didn't bother with it eventually, I did try it but got bored.

Even though I liked Sekien no Inganock a bit more, Shikkoku is a nice VN too, have fun reading it

[Bolverk]

I've just now realized this was the VN I had in my backlog for quite some time. I was honestly interested in it just because of the whole protagonist thing (I'm curious how a story like that goes in a VN), but I'm glad to hear the VN is actually great. I think I'll read it next.

Hope you will enjoy it as much I did if you try to read it. Btw when you reach Tomo's letter in the beginning don't worry about it being difficult to comprehend, the rest of the story isin't that hard haha.

 

If you haven't already, follow it up with the Rui Tomo fandisk. It's got good side stories, sub-character routes, and the main storyline is actually rather interesting.

Not to mention Best Girl gets to be even cooler.

Yeah, I am going to read the fan disc as well. It kind of passed by my head while I was writing my post. I got it downloaded and ready to be installed. But I am going to hold off on it for a for a while though. Ruitomo required me to concentrate quite often to be able to follow the jokes and story. I need a break from ruitomo level of diffucility, as I find it hard to enjoy reading Rui while being exhausted. I'll likely get around to it in a few weeks when I done with my exams.

 

 

Btw Vokoca, I read Amane's after story in Meikyuu. Her first H-scene... L0L

[Rose]

Think I'm getting pretty close to the end of Yumiko's route. 

They're at the amusement park right now.

  I gotta say, I'm liking how it is now a lot more than the beginning of it.  I feel that the start of her route was exceptionally weak, but while it's not as good as Sachi's or Amane's, it's still seems decent, even if it is flawed.

 

The start was so dumb, Jesus.

They would go to the same place they were being attacked every fucking day to face a wave stronger than before, seriously?

Everywhere you look people will say that Sakaki's route is the weakest together with Michiru, but I think it was quite enjoyable to some extent.

[pandahao]

playing altered fable, just finished Meiya's route, and im enjoying it a lot. Was expecting worse since i saw quite a few bashing on the VN from a few months back.

 

On another note, anyone interested in exogenesis? 

[Wahfuu]

Really. 

And I believe it says somewhere that Yuuji was holding himself back during those fights.  They didn't even have to go back to that same place; if they went to a random spot every day, then the men Michiaki hired to "kidnap" Yumiko wouldn't have been able to so easily locate them.  Hell, I thought they'd just stay inside after the first few times.  I also thought that the whole "chasing after Yumiko and throwing a frozen turkey into the engine of the plane she's on" was really stupid as well.  It got much better after the timeskip, though.  Gotta give it that.

  I actually like it much better than Michiru's.  At least it hasn't

pushed past the limits of reality and become surreal. *coughcoughMichiru'sroutecoughcough*

 

EDIT: Just finished her "bad" end.

I don't even know why it's even hesitantly called that. Sure, it was a little bittersweet, but it's not like someone dies or anything. In fact, it ends on a positive note. Little disappointing, since I liked Amane's bad end, but oh well.

I actually think the whole route from top to bottom is retarded.

The beginning:

I WILL FAKE-KIDNAP MY DAUGHTER AND GET HER TO COME TO ME WHICH WILL RANDOMLY TURN INTO ACTUAL KIDNAPPING IN THE MIDDLE FOR SOME REASON BWAHAHA BAD GUYS.

The fucking henchmen level up every day as Yuuji forgets all his brain's as a professional and constantly takes her to the EXACT SAME PLACE EVERY TIME. Which all culimnates in an epic chase with Yuuji on a bike and throwing a :frozen turkey: at a PLANE. I can't believe someone even wrote something so stupid.

I also like how Yuuji, who in amane's route is SHOT and still manages to fight and get up, is bedridden and bandaged by a knife. Seriously?

Middle:

Four hours of Yumiko's personality going insanely 90 degrees left and losing all of the interesting mental issues she had to deal with. She, instead, becomes an insanely stereotypical kuudere and becomes a fucking housewife. Out of all the things about Yumiko's personality, the thing that got the most focus was that she's a pervert.

AND THE FINALE:

YOU HAVE ACTIVATED MY TRAPCARD: CORPORATE POLITICS BEAM.

Yes, see. I, Yuuji, the guy the reader has been following the whole time did an immense amount of work offscreen! It was amazing! I bet you would have liked to know how this whole process unfolded or when it even started, but sadly, you don't get to know. Infact, you will never know.

Yumiko's route is really special.

[MDruidd]

Currently Playing Hoshizora no Memoria-Wish Upon a shooting star-

[Chronopolis]

Stalled (Dropped?) ハピメア

-the main branch is slow (Played up to Chapter 4)

-there's nothing that has to be explained (reverse infodump), so it's constantly feeling like nothing's happening.

-the characters don't seem to have a purpose. I can sort of see the potential behind them, but they've been placed in so few kinds of situations, that they can't help but be flat. It's a lot of tea and crumples mixed with the protagonist ruminating in scattered lines of thought.

It's not like playing it is that unpleasant, or that it's like I don't like the characters (I sorta do), but between the slow plot and static characters, everything's so languid. Aiyoku no Eustia, in comparison, had a slow development at times, but the setting was rich and the characters shone so brightly it wasn't really an issue.

I heard the later parts were quite good. Maybe I'll come back in a while and end up enjoying the novel then.

Started 痕　～　きずあと

Continuing  村正　Muramasa (Chapter 2)

[Aggressor]

Stalled (Dropped?) ハピメア

Same here, and for mostly the same reasons, but I won't be returning to it for sure. Well, I also dropped Muramasa so w/e

[Vokoca]

I actually think the whole route from top to bottom is retarded.

The beginning:

I WILL FAKE-KIDNAP MY DAUGHTER AND GET HER TO COME TO ME WHICH WILL RANDOMLY TURN INTO ACTUAL KIDNAPPING IN THE MIDDLE FOR SOME REASON BWAHAHA BAD GUYS.

The fucking henchmen level up every day as Yuuji forgets all his brain's as a professional and constantly takes her to the EXACT SAME PLACE EVERY TIME. Which all culimnates in an epic chase with Yuuji on a bike and throwing a :frozen turkey: at a PLANE. I can't believe someone even wrote something so stupid.

I also like how Yuuji, who in amane's route is SHOT and still manages to fight and get up, is bedridden and bandaged by a knife. Seriously?

Middle:

Four hours of Yumiko's personality going insanely 90 degrees left and losing all of the interesting mental issues she had to deal with. She, instead, becomes an insanely stereotypical kuudere and becomes a fucking housewife. Out of all the things about Yumiko's personality, the thing that got the most focus was that she's a pervert.

AND THE FINALE:

YOU HAVE ACTIVATED MY TRAPCARD: CORPORATE POLITICS BEAM.

Yes, see. I, Yuuji, the guy the reader has been following the whole time did an immense amount of work offscreen! It was amazing! I bet you would have liked to know how this whole process unfolded or when it even started, but sadly, you don't get to know. Infact, you will never know.

Yumiko's route is really special.

You made my day with this post. The part in the last spoiler bothered me the most--how bad does the writer have to be to do something that dumb? I at least enjoyed Yumiko's flashbacks part, even if that wasn't anything special either.

 

Stalled (Dropped?) ハピメア

-the main branch is slow (Played up to Chapter 4)

-there's nothing that has to be explained (reverse infodump), so it's constantly feeling like nothing's happening.

-the characters don't seem to have a purpose. I can sort of see the potential behind them, but they've been placed in so few kinds of situations, that they can't help but be flat. It's a lot of tea and crumples mixed with the protagonist ruminating in scattered lines of thought.

It's not like playing it is that unpleasant, or that it's like I don't like the characters (I sorta do), but between the slow plot and static characters, everything's so languid. Aiyoku no Eustia, in comparison, had a slow development at times, but the setting was rich and the characters shone so brightly it wasn't really an issue.

I heard the later parts were quite good. Maybe I'll come back in a while and end up enjoying the novel then.

Started 痕　～　きずあと

Continuing  村正　Muramasa (Chapter 2)

Also reading Muramasa between finals, at the end (?) of chapter 1 myself.

That 'Last class' bit was my favourite part of the VN so far. The everyday happy BGMs were so bizarre in that situation that I almost thought the VN was broken for a moment, yet it made so much sense in the context. It was great, though I had to stop at the air-battle part. I wish I had more time. :x

[Chronopolis]

Also reading Muramasa between finals, at the end (?) of chapter 1 myself.

That 'Last class' bit was my favourite part of the VN so far. The everyday happy BGMs were so bizarre in that situation that I almost thought the VN was broken for a moment, yet it made so much sense in the context. It was great, though I had to stop at the air-battle part. I wish I had more time. :x

Gee, that part really stood out for me as well!

Also the fact that neither ただやすnor こなつ spoke during the whole scene. Not using, say, a suspenseful or fearful melody bypassed any "fight or flight" response from the reader. It was like a daylight horror, a  farce （滑稽な光景）、and a tragedy; it had with feeling of powerlessness and dread. Which makes it so much more surprising when ゆうひ reacts with anger and indignation instead. It was 鈴川 's stage and they were his puppets. He was a god. Which in turn makes for a dramatic arrival by 湊斗.

 

The bgm there felt like it was accompanying the end of a story, with the feeling that everything has fallen into place. From the author's perspective, it's an A-grade troll. From 鈴川's perspective, things probably feel right. He has finally opened his students' eyes to the light, in all it's worldly wretchedness.

[itsanangeru]

Playing through DMMD again.

for the 3rd time

help me

[garejei]

Also reading Muramasa between finals, at the end (?) of chapter 1 myself.

That 'Last class' bit was my favourite part of the VN so far. The everyday happy BGMs were so bizarre in that situation that I almost thought the VN was broken for a moment, yet it made so much sense in the context. It was great, though I had to stop at the air-battle part. I wish I had more time. :x

 

That was one of my favorite BGMs in the game, and hilariously enough they use it during

the rape scene.

There's a scene / plot development regarding the above in Kanae's route but I obviously won't spoil it for you. It's pretty great... and by great I mean it will break your heart, haha.

 

Uggghh you stopped reading at the best partttt

 

Well nevermind. You'll soon come back to this thread and post something along the lines of WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS, then I'll know you have finished Chapter 1.

 

[Rose]

I actually think the whole route from top to bottom is retarded.

The beginning:

I WILL FAKE-KIDNAP MY DAUGHTER AND GET HER TO COME TO ME WHICH WILL RANDOMLY TURN INTO ACTUAL KIDNAPPING IN THE MIDDLE FOR SOME REASON BWAHAHA BAD GUYS.

The fucking henchmen level up every day as Yuuji forgets all his brain's as a professional and constantly takes her to the EXACT SAME PLACE EVERY TIME. Which all culimnates in an epic chase with Yuuji on a bike and throwing a :frozen turkey: at a PLANE. I can't believe someone even wrote something so stupid.

I also like how Yuuji, who in amane's route is SHOT and still manages to fight and get up, is bedridden and bandaged by a knife. Seriously?

Middle:

Four hours of Yumiko's personality going insanely 90 degrees left and losing all of the interesting mental issues she had to deal with. She, instead, becomes an insanely stereotypical kuudere and becomes a fucking housewife. Out of all the things about Yumiko's personality, the thing that got the most focus was that she's a pervert.

AND THE FINALE:

YOU HAVE ACTIVATED MY TRAPCARD: CORPORATE POLITICS BEAM.

Yes, see. I, Yuuji, the guy the reader has been following the whole time did an immense amount of work offscreen! It was amazing! I bet you would have liked to know how this whole process unfolded or when it even started, but sadly, you don't get to know. Infact, you will never know.

Yumiko's route is really special.

 

Her flashback was still quite good, despite some possible mistakes.

 

If he wanted a male successor that badly, why not just keep adopting until one survives? Everything in Grisaia follows the Deus Angst Machina style but jesus, this was a dumb one. Whenever the guy got his hands on someone to take Yumiko's place, the kid would eventually die. Overall her route was a huge trash, holy shit, I went Amane > Yumiko and I was like: R U SERIOUS? AMANE HAD A GODLIKE ROUTE, I WAS EXPECTING SOMETHING AT LEAST DECENT FOR YUMIKO SINCE SHE'S SUPPOSEDLY THE COMMON ROUTE WTF? She was merely a copy of Makina and way too weaker, the chicken part was so dumb I literally facepalmed to it. 

 

I was trying to make an analysis for Yumiko just like I did for Makina's route but I got so tired of reading it, I got into the worst part of the plot and just gave up.

 

As far as I remember, he didn't got hit directly like in Makina's route, some pellets got him but it wasn't a straight threat to his life. There is a manga adaptation supposedly going on but only the chapter 0 was translated (March 13, 2013! I want more!), you can see that his arm is not that fucked up, I don't know if it can be counted as a proof but anyway, here: http://www.mangahere.co/manga/grisaia_no_kajitsu_le_fruit_de_la_grisaia/c000/