XReaper Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Okay, I spent enough time with Edelweiss, to ascertain whether I like it or not. I don't like everything about it (like equipping the entire male cast with idiot balls), but in general it's a fine read. The fandisc was great. A brief shoutout to a special girl; Ran. Because I want to write a few words about her. Ran is probably the most original character I've seen in quite a while. I didn't expect to see a ScroogeMcDuck-dere personality in a visual novel, nor do I expect to see it ever again. Her little jealousy-moments throughout all of Edelweiss (even other girls's routes) are cute, her arc is satisfying and the route itself was quite enjoyable. Not my favorite girl, but close. That's it. I still like Kira*Kira more, because it's more real of a story and generally easier to like. glad you enjoyed the game like i did. especially rins route in its fandisc was worth reading through. Quote
TexasDice Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Especially rins route in its fandisc was worth reading through. That one started out so nice and generic and suddenly turned into something really unique. And I loved every word of it. Quote
Vokoca Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Just finished Nanami's route/ending in Chaos;Head. I'm shocked. I was expecting some cheap cutesy fandisc-esque fanservice scene plastered in there just for the hell of it, and what I got instead was an alternative ending with a rather dark twist to it. I can only hope the rest will be at least half this good, because I almost enjoyed this even more than the normal ending. Suzu Fanatic 1 Quote
Kurisu-Chan Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Just finished Nanami's route/ending in Chaos;Head. I'm shocked. I was expecting some cheap cutesy fandisc-esque fanservice scene plastered in there just for the hell of it, and what I got instead was an alternative ending with a rather dark twist to it. I can only hope the rest will be at least half this good, because I almost enjoyed this even more than the normal ending. h You're giving me lust to read CHaos;HEaD Noah, but i can't japanese. Quote
Funyarinpa Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Holy fucking shit, Makina. She just rekted Michiru so bad... oh god that was so perfect Quote
Deep Blue Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Can you tell me without spoiling too much if Michiru is getting less "annoying" in her route? :x I'm at the beginning where she is trying to be tsun, while she's actually pretty likable if she is NOT doing it that much. Or when it's clear she is pretending, those times are kinda funny. But when her reactions are tsun without making a "WOW that was actually really convincing >‿< I should remember this line" comment after it, she's kinda annoying to me. Will I see more of her other/real personality in her route? I can't tell you anything because I will spoil you the plot Haven't gotten to them yet, since they're only accessible on the second playthrough. I'm planning on making a thread with route summaries when I do, though. Haha, we have some amazing differences in tastes. Well, I guess Michiru's route was still better than Yumiko's at least, but either Amane's or Makina's was my favourite. Meh, amane's route was really really good but then the plot got really cheap. Quote
Decay Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Holy fucking shit, Makina. She just rekted Michiru so bad... oh god that was so perfect Everyone rekts Michiru, this doesn't even need a spoiler. She's the group punching bag, get used to it. (it's all in good fun... mostly) Quote
Funyarinpa Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Why does everyone keep rekting Michiru? Edit: I posted this without seeing Decay's most recent post Quote
Decay Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Because she's an easy target? Just read on, the hits keep coming, harder than ever. Quote
BookwormOtaku Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 I think it's obvious throughout the common route Michiru is to the Grisaia games what Cirno is to the Touhou games (though admittedly much of that is from fan interpretation). Quote
Funyarinpa Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 I think it's obvious throughout the common route Michiru is to the Grisaia games what Cirno is to the Touhou games (though admittedly much of that is from fan interpretation). I've only played touhou 6 and 7 a little, so I don't really get the analogy XD Quote
BookwormOtaku Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Actually 6 is where Cirno first showed up, but here's some wikilinks that should help explain the character: http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Cirno http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Fandom/Embodiment_of_Scarlet_Devil#Cirno Quote
Funyarinpa Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Actually 6 is where Cirno first showed up, but here's some wikilinks that should help explain the character: http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Cirno http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Fandom/Embodiment_of_Scarlet_Devil#Cirno thnaks! Also I learned some stuff about hatoful boyfriend's true ending ;-; Quote
Bolverk Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Completed Tokeijikake no Ley Line -Tasogaredoki no Kyoukaisen Good stuff, it is rather short though. This vn was almost like a anime in some ways. Simply put the setting, development of story, characters and comedy is very much in the spirit of anime way of doing things. It is on the easy side to read because it has mostly anime like dialogue. Quite little use of advanced words considering it's a vn.. The story is mainly the theme around magic objects at the school. The protag and 2 others characters in a special invstiagations group try to solve out the mysteries, often connected to magical objects. It is investiagtions like setting, so they try to find stuff out. Talk to people and try to fix the problem that arise. The characters are great, I found them hilarious very often. The drives the characters to new situations and interesting enough story developments. Most of the characters main characters got their fair time in the story and used it well. Made them develop and get interesting in a short amount of time. Still you get the feeling there isn't much depth left after that. But you doesn't really matter as another character is in the spotlight by then. Protag is good, so he doesn't drag down the story. He keeps it at the level with the other characters. The route system is story chapter based with the true route at the end. G-senjou system basically. Side routes are more for lolz than anything. They are hardly that long and I found them fun because I didn't take them seriously. BGM is very good imo. It has a few tracks that I would say was great. I just stopped reading just to listen to it for a while. Art is good stuff overall, detailed and nice colors and smoothness. I don't like how the sprites are drawn originally on the small side and they keep zooming in on them. Annoying, as it makes them look low res.. Enjoyble ride, most good factors of this vn was the comedy, characters, and anime like story setting. Characters and comedy are the main drives in this vn, the plots adds focus on spesific characters and mysteries. Keeps things interesting and fun going. I'd score it something around 8/10. Quote
Decay Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 It seems to be the consensus among all players that the sequel is much better and ends on a more satisfying note. The translation for the first one seems real close to completion, but they seem to be stalling on editing/QCing the final chapters. Quote
Satsuki Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Start playing "Tokyo School Life". Weird, this is the first time a visual novel, a Steam release at that, managed to slip under my radar. I never heard about this VN nor the publisher before, and just noticed about it earlier while skimming through Steam new release list. The user-defined tag for the game makes me quite curious also : "Psychological Horror". Doesn't look much like this kind of VN to me, but...who know... grim_tales1 1 Quote
fun2novel Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Haven't gotten to them yet, since they're only accessible on the second playthrough. I'm planning on making a thread with route summaries when I do, though. Great, can't wait. Quote
SoulJustIn Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 ef - the latter tale................. Quote
BookwormOtaku Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Played some more of Azusa's route in Tsujidou-san no Virgin Road Quote
Deep Blue Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 ef - the latter tale................. grab some tissues... Quote
Ayana Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 I've stalled Tsuriotsu for a little bit of time, mostly so that I can begin playing another eroge that had kept my interest piqued over the past few months. Although I never bothered to pick it up before (due to getting sidetracked from various things..), I certainly have done so now. What I like to do often, is play one eroge alongside another, and alternate between the two so to keep my attention-span in check. This means I'll still be playing Tsuriotsu, but also while I play this other game with Tsuriotsu on the side. This eroge is quite purple. Actually, as of now I'd like to define it through the color purple itself.. because of how utterly 'purple' every element so far appearing in this work seems to be. Does that even make any sense? (Nope lol) Not without context, but in Shi'ei no Sona-nyl's case, that's how it feels (to me) from what I see of the music, writing, art, characters, everything. Purple. Purple. Purple. I sure hope you like the color purple.. probably enough so to manage mentally handling this ultra-purple Visual Novel experience. Purple. Never-ending purple! All of that nonsense above was something I decided to write out at the moment, just to fill in for the lack of a more legitimate first impression of Sona-nyl. Firstly because, from what I've read of the story thus far, it's a bit too abstract to casually express in the way I tend to enjoy expressing these things. (*´・ｖ・) And then not to mention, that spoiling absolutely any of the content in the What a Beautiful Series is something I wouldn't enjoy doing to other people. It's just criminal. Lily is so cute though. Definitely one of the cutest I've seen in a while. (*‿*✿) (She is also voiced by Kawashima Rino, making her three times as amazing) Quote
Kosakyun Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Played some more of Azusa's route in Tsujidou-san no Virgin Road BookwormOtaku 1 Quote
Funyarinpa Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Makina keeps rekting everyone... Poor Muchiru. BUt Makina, oh god, a character hasn't made me laugh so much in a long time Quote
SanadaShadow Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Are there any good gameplay VNs? I mean, something like Symphonic Rain or Little Busters! gameplay is just fine too. Doesn't have to be Kamidori or Utawarerumono. Also, PLEASE not something like Shikkoku No Sharnoth. I care more about story than difficulty level. No, this is not an order. It is a badly worded request. Quote
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