What are you playing?

[Akshay]

On 11/21/2017 at 1:55 PM, Thyndd said:

Finished Amane's route in Grisaia. 

 

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I've always been a fan of survival stories, so I quite enjoyed Angelic Howl. If anything, I think they stretched it out a little too much sometimes, but Kazuki and Amane interactions make up for it.

At a certain point it gave me "Alive!" vibes (when Kazuki says to Amane "if I die feel free to eat me"  i woild totally eat Kazuki, tho in another kind of way... . I expected cannibalism to be brought in one way or another, though I don't know... if feel like it went a little over the top at the end. I expected shit to hit the fan at some point, but what I mean is that it could've been done a little more realistic perhaps? My personal preferences at least, that is. Same case with the madman at the end; too much of a histrionic personality, impossible for me to take it seriously.

Hope you finished the bad ending as well?

IMAO it was better than the actual good one.

 

On 11/21/2017 at 1:19 PM, onorub said:

Hell, Sakura is treated just like Miki from Rance in this.

It's not nearly that bad.

Edited November 22, 2017 by Akshay

[littleshogun]

As for Grisaia trilogy, I did heard some things in regard of retcon for Michiru's route which to tell the truth looks like a hasty one. Then again, perhaps both of Meikyuu and Rakuen was hastily created by Frontwing in the past. As for the reason I say this, from what I knew recently apparently the trilogy was already planned when Kajitsu was created, and in the time of creation Frontwing was almost broke (Yes broke which is probably the reason of why they expanded overseas). From there, they pour their energy into making Kajitsu as some sort of Swan Song just in case the sales gone bad and they announce bankruptcy because of the broke. Of course they managed to avoid that, although since they quickly announced two sequels immediately I bet they just still in need of money. Long story short, the trilogy was created and now we have Grisaia franchise here. My opinion still won't change anyway in that they could just make Kajitsu only and treated both of Meikyuu and Rakuen like fandiscs a la Sharin, but at least it's interesting to knew that fact.

PS - In regard of trilogy strangely enough I prefer anime way to streamlined Kajitsu, and only that because they made Yuuji managed to solve all girls problem in one continuity which in turn make Meikyuu beginning more bearable.

Edited January 10, 2018 by littleshogun

[Plk_Lesiak]

I'm just starting Go! Go! Nippon!, bought it today on the newest Steam sale along with the DLCs. I have a rare free day tomorrow so I think I'm going to read through most of it. It's an important part of the history of VNs in the West, no matter how shameful.

When I'm done with that, I have A Kiss For The Petals - Remembering How We Met next in my queue. I really want to know when that English release of Maidens of Michael is coming out. I WANT IT NOW.

Edited November 22, 2017 by Plk_Lesiak

[Thyndd]

11 hours ago, Akshay said:

Hope you finished the bad ending as well?

IMAO it was better than the actual good one.

That I did. Yes, I agree with you on that. The bad ending, as overblown as it was, felt a lot more powerful.

Putting the route in comparison with the rest I've played so far, for me it'd be: Sachi > Amane > Makina

Now onto Mitcher. I've already read a little, and I'm liking that sillygoose bottle-blond more than I expected.

[r0xm2n]

^^^

ChiruChiru best VN girl ever. Have fun with her route....

[r0xm2n]

Started (and finished) Leisure of Grisaia. Only went for 90 minutes. Still, it was nice to hang out with ChiruChiru and the gang again.

Spoiler

LOL at the game teasing that Yuri scene xD

Then I started Doki Doki Literature Club.

Also, just bought the CLANNAD bundle on the Steam sale....

[Thyndd]

12 hours ago, r0xm2n said:

^^^

ChiruChiru best VN girl ever. Have fun with her route....

What I'm noticing though is that in this route Yuuji is a total jerk. Wtf? He's been a sarcastic person all along, but when the moment required it he knew how to be gentle and kind. I thought that was one important part of his characterization. 

[Akshay]

2 hours ago, r0xm2n said:

 

Then I started Doki Doki Literature Club.

 

lemme know how that goes.

have fun!

[Mr Poltroon]

18 minutes ago, Thyndd said:

What I'm noticing though is that in this route Yuuji is a total jerk. Wtf? He's been a sarcastic person all along, but when the moment required it he knew how to be gentle and kind. I thought that was one important part of his characterization. 

Uh, yes...

One element of Michiru's route is that Yuuji gets dragged into her level. Now they're both morons.
Oh, well.

[Thyndd]

21 hours ago, r0xm2n said:

^^^

ChiruChiru best VN girl ever. Have fun with her route....

Now I can fully comprehend what you meant. Holy f the girl is so sweet I think I might've got diabetes. And Yuuji is a coldhearted asshole for whatever reason. Fuck. I wish he were the same as in say Sachi's or Makina's route. It'd be a lot more enjoyable in my opinion. It's just too damn frustating how he treats the poor thing.

[Akshay]

On 11/23/2017 at 2:36 PM, Thyndd said:

Now I can fully comprehend what you meant. Holy f the girl is so sweet I think I might've got diabetes. And Yuuji is a coldhearted asshole for whatever reason. Fuck. I wish he were the same as in say Sachi's or Makina's route. It'd be a lot more enjoyable in my opinion. It's just too damn frustating how he treats the poor thing.

Her after route in Labyrinth will make you feel much better. He is far kinder. And while he does bully Michiru, it kind of feels like its just the only way to show affection to her (Sacchi does it too and Makina....).

I guess he is mean, but michiru is kinda ridiculous at times. Still find her unbelievably adorable.

 

 

And on the plu side I just finished Cartagra, and boy did that fuck me over. I've never finished a VN that big in one sitting before. But every bad end made me curious, and I just couldn't put it down.

And now I'm off to play something happy.

Wild Romance MofuMofu has caught my attention. 

 

 

Edited November 24, 2017 by Akshay

[Hiashi]

Playing Little Busters English. My first time playing it was 6 years ago using the English patch. 60 hours in and I have 50% CG unlocked. Basically, I'm having a blast with it.

 

I think afterwards I'll texthook and read KW followed by Harvest Festa so I can finish the Key works. Localizations are taking too long and I'm running out of free time to read VNs.

[Thyndd]

31 minutes ago, Hiashi said:

Playing Little Busters English. My first time playing it was 6 years ago using the English patch. 60 hours in and I have 50% CG unlocked. Basically, I'm having a blast with it.

 

I think afterwards I'll texthook and read KW followed by Harvest Festa so I can finish the Key works. Localizations are taking too long and I'm running out of free time to read VNs.

Have fun with LB. I think I might also buy the steam version and give a replay to that fantastic VN  Like you, I only played the fan translation back then. 

[Eclipsed]

8 hours ago, Akshay said:

And on the plu side I just finished Cartagra, and boy did that fuck me over. I've never finished a VN that big in one sitting before. But every bad end made me curious, and I just couldn't put it down.

And now I'm off to play something happy.

Wild Romance MofuMofu has caught my attention. 

No no, keep going with Kara no Shoujo, one of its bad ends made me alt-f4 on the spot in utter devastation 

[bogdankl]

total defeat... it wasn't even close... WE DIDN'T EVEN SCORE ONE POINT... also am I the only one who thinks that the baseball game sucks? the minigame is kinda awesome cuz you can do allot of cool things like hitting komari and hitting the cats and hitting komari and ruining the tea party and hitting komari and also did I mention you can hit komari <can you tell I don't really like her and I hate that I have to do her route first>, on the other hand the game is just a bunch of choices and I don't even know what tf they mean, like what's a bunt and wtf is a steal or a double steal, is he supposed to steal the baseball bat???

on another note

when I finished the baseball game and got the rankings for battle and he said something about stronger enemies and when I remembered that there are like 20 hidden achievements something hit me like a brick... I don't think I actually entered a route and I have quite a few hours sunk into this... I think there is gonna be like a rewrite moment when the games is gonna take a almost complete 180 turn and shit is gonna go fucking insane and it's gonna blow ma dick off and now my expectations for this game are out of this world, but please don't tell me the ghosts in the principals office in the game of courage kyouske organized is gonna be like a thing, I'm gonna flip out if this a supernatural vn and that was relevant to the plot

[Mr Poltroon]

2 hours ago, bogdankl said:

total defeat... it wasn't even close... WE DIDN'T EVEN SCORE ONE POINT... also am I the only one who thinks that the baseball game sucks? the minigame is kinda awesome cuz you can do allot of cool things like hitting komari and hitting the cats and hitting komari and ruining the tea party and hitting komari and also did I mention you can hit komari <can you tell I don't really like her and I hate that I have to do her route first>, on the other hand the game is just a bunch of choices and I don't even know what tf they mean, like what's a bunt and wtf is a steal or a double steal, is he supposed to steal the baseball bat???

on another note

 

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when I finished the baseball game and got the rankings for battle and he said something about stronger enemies and when I remembered that there are like 20 hidden achievements something hit me like a brick... I don't think I actually entered a route and I have quite a few hours sunk into this... I think there is gonna be like a rewrite moment when the games is gonna take a almost complete 180 turn and shit is gonna go fucking insane and it's gonna blow ma dick off and now my expectations for this game are out of this world, but please don't tell me the ghosts in the principals office in the game of courage kyouske organized is gonna be like a thing, I'm gonna flip out if this a supernatural vn and that was relevant to the plot

 

In order to enjoy the baseball match you'd need a cursory understanding of baseball. I do have such an understanding, though not of the exact terms. Therefore, I was able to follow the game a bit. Halfway through it quickly became clear that I'd lost, however. The RNG gods cursed Kyousuke for that match, and Riki messed up everything he ever tried. Somehow, Komari and Kurugaya were my best players. (Komari -- Queen of bunting it and legging it).

[littleshogun]

9 hours ago, bogdankl said:

total defeat... it wasn't even close... WE DIDN'T EVEN SCORE ONE POINT... also am I the only one who thinks that the baseball game sucks?

There's a guide for baseball at TL Wiki, and it's quite confusing because I didn't understand any baseball terms lol. What I knew is that it's pretty much given if you lose in the first playthrough, and you're gonna get another chance at your next playthrough - the reason was because at your next playthrough both of Riki and Rin stats was kept from the previous playthrough (Like NG+). Anyway, have fun.

[ChaosRaven]

Wasn't there an option in Little Busters to deactivate all games if you didn't like them?

[Mr Poltroon]

50 minutes ago, ChaosRaven said:

Wasn't there an option in Little Busters to deactivate all games if you didn't like them?

There is.

[Kurisu-Chan]

The baseball game is unwinnable at first, i think after 5 endings your characters will be OP enough to win it with the right combo (Aka boost as much possible Kurugaya as possible, she does marvelly good.

[Dreamysyu]

35 minutes ago, Kurisu-Chan said:

The baseball game is unwinnable at first, i think after 5 endings your characters will be OP enough to win it with the right combo (Aka boost as much possible Kurugaya as possible, she does marvelly good.

Yeah, I don't think it's even possible to beat it on the first try.

I think I overall won it 3 times or so when I was playing the original fan-tl version.

Edited November 26, 2017 by Dreamysyu

[Kurisu-Chan]

Just now, Dreamysyu said:

Yeah, I don't think it's even possible to beat it on the first try.

I think I overall won it 3 times or so when I was playing the original fan-tl version.

It's supposed to be like that .

[Dreamysyu]

@Kurisu-Chan Yeah, and it's technically a spoiler i think.

[Kurisu-Chan]

Just now, Dreamysyu said:

@Kurisu-Chan Yeah, and it's technically a spoiler i think.

Not really, stats for the minigames carry over, that's all. 

[bogdankl]

so finished my first route <komari's route> and I have a few things to say

 

first off we never get to learn who kojiro is and what is his relation to komari, also why was kengo in the graveyard tho that may be answered in another route, also I'm pretty sure this is the first time I hear about rikis parents being dead, kinda suddenly dropped unto us with no buildup or even given much attention, about the route itself, I wish we had a bit more of a hint about what it might be, from what I recall there was only one scene mentioning she maybe having a brother, I don't really like komari but dam If it didn't tug a bit on my heart at the end there, also from what I was reading on the forums I was about ready to bet money that there was gonna be some time rewinding bullshit at the end <people saying riki and rin keep their stats> and I was expecting some sort of huge turnaround like I got in rewrite but nothing like that happened

also considering the pacing of the vn I find It hard to imagine where the H scenes would fit in, if you put them to early it would feel weird cuz they are not like a full on couple but if you put them later well... I think it would be weird as fuck banging a near catatonic komari

all in all a fun time but ma dick was not blown off as I was expecting tho to be fair I have been waiting for this vn to be fully translated for YEARS so my expectations were unrealistic at best

 

another thing I wanted to say that was on my mind was about the dialog between riki and komari in the climax.... how should I put this... it's interesting to me that the way riki was talking is exactly the way you would expect a teenager to talk, unrefined with commonplace words, struggling to find the best way to convey his emotions, feelings and thoughts but if you consider a vn to be a work of art I would expect the writing to be somewhat more refined, more delicate with fancy words, it's a case of realism vs "artistic value" and it was something that was on my mind that I wanted to share

 

 

Edited November 27, 2017 by bogdankl