What are you playing?

[SanadaShadow]

If you want light and shallow, Kamidori is like that for most of the story...

Of course, that isn't to say I've finished all the routes yet.

[Vokoca]

Finally finished Nozomi's route in Reminiscence. Unfortunately, I don't have anything good to say about the VN, I'm afraid. The common route seemed ridiculously long and felt too episodic - while there probably is a narrative spread across them all, it is so thin that it's hardly noticeable. What's worse, the episodes themselves aren't that interesting - that is, at least the political stuff isn't. The protagonist gets treated like a (broken) genius, but most of what he does seems completely unimpressive. The battle of wits the story promised only really comes along in the last parts of the common route, but it's too little too late at that point. As for Nozomi's route, it felt really short - and just when I thought it would get into the interesting parts, showing more of the protagonist's potential, it just ended. Akatsuki no Goei (especially the second one) might've been bad in this respect, but this was downright atrocious.

 

All in all, while there are some fun parts, it's nothing but disappointment. Hopefully the teased parts, presumably saved for the two 'main' routes, make up for this, but it's a 6/10 at best now. And no Aika route is pure suffering, why would they do this.

[BookwormOtaku]

Finished the second episode of Koiiro Chu! Lips...making it through another scene with Misaki's asshole friend was somehow more difficult than fighting Spectre Knight in my recent play of Shovel Knight...and that boss fight took me at least ten tries

[LiquidShu]

About 2 hours into Grisaia no Kajitsu but before I go further does it end on a cliffhanger? As the sequels aren't in ENG I don't want to be left hanging at the end of it.

[JustThisOne]

About 2 hours into Grisaia no Kajitsu but before I go further does it end on a cliffhanger? As the sequels aren't in ENG I don't want to be left hanging at the end of it.

Nope, all the routes have a solid conclusion. You even might be shocked that this game even has a sequel. 

[sarayne]

Just got into the 2nd chapter of Yumina the eternal its great so far.Starting to run out of vns to play that are translated god help me...

[LiquidShu]

Nope, all the routes have a solid conclusion. You even might be shocked that this game even has a sequel. 

Thank goodness 

[starkweather]

im on yumikos route in grisaia and ive honestly lost all steam to continue playing this. i still have amanes route to do and even though people say her route is great i still have no motivation to play it. i think im going to give it a week and if i still dont feel like playing it im probably going to drop it.

[HMN]

im on yumikos route in grisaia and ive honestly lost all steam to continue playing this. i still have amanes route to do and even though people say her route is great i still have no motivation to play it. i think im going to give it a week and if i still dont feel like playing it im probably going to drop it.

yumiko is the worst route in the whole game so i can see where you're coming from but you'll miss out big time if you don't do amane's route

[Berilium]

Well yeah. In Yumiko's route you can enjoy her "dere" personality all you want but her character overall is a lot better in the other routes, she is smarter and more interesting imo.

 

After all, she is the only one who was able to deduce Yuuji's "work"

In her route there wasn't a grain of curiosity about it.

[HMN]

Well yeah. In Yumiko's route you can enjoy her "dere" personality all you want but her character overall is a lot better in the other routes, she is smarter and more interesting imo.

 

After all, she is the only one who was able to deduce Yuuji's "work"

In her route there wasn't a grain of curiosity about it.

yumiko's route is the true end for the game in my opinion,too bad her route isn't liked by the majority 

[sarayne]

yumiko's route is the true end for the game in my opinion,too bad her route isn't liked by the majority 

 

Are you serious?thats the true end? wow just wow that route is soooo bad >.>

[HMN]

Are you serious?thats the true end? wow just wow that route is soooo bad >.>

yes it's very bad,but that's just my opinion i mean if you don't get into any of the other routes in the game you'll find your self in yomiko's route so i think it's the true end

[Berilium]

No wait it's not, what are you talking about? There is no true end in Kajitsu, the routes overall are a "what if" scenario and the reason of why Yumiko is the last one it's because that how the branching plot works (damn, what if Michiru would had been last?)

We assume in Meikyuu that Yuuji had a close but not intimate relationship with every heroine, revealing their past and fixing their problems somehow without some of the more important (?) events

(Blowing up the school; running away with Yumiko; running away with Makina)

Or I think that is how it was done, it never was clarified.

[HMN]

No wait it's not, what are you talking about? There is no true end in Kajitsu, the routes overall are a "what if" scenario and the reason of why Yumiko is the last one it's because that how the branching plot works (damn, what if Michiru would had been last?)

We assume in Meikyuu that Yuuji had a close but not intimate relationship with every heroine, revealing their past and fixing their problems somehow without some of the more important (?) events

(Blowing up the school; running away with Yumiko; running away with Makina)

Or I think that is how it was done, it never was clarified.

in meikyuu it's all about yuuji's past i think..

he just had to blow up the whole school in order to save sachi and then immediately after there is a H scene lol

[sarayne]

No wait it's not, what are you talking about? There is no true end in Kajitsu, the routes overall are a "what if" scenario and the reason of why Yumiko is the last one it's because that how the branching plot works (damn, what if Michiru would had been last?)

 

HEY HEY Michiru is the best girl theres no denying it 

[HMN]

HEY HEY Michiru is the best girl theres no denying it 

don't start an argument on who's the best girl everyone has their opinion and we'll end up spamming the thread 

[Wahfuu]

Well, I finished Dies Irae. Rea's route was so nuts, I have no idea what happened there. Im definitely gonna need to reread that later down the line, preferably when my japanese is better.

Anyways, the game was as great as I'd expected, I loved how much characterization it did at pretty much all points. I don't really regret doing Kasumi's route either, as it gave the game a nice feeling of ramping up (the final boss order and how Ren slowly advances ranks) so. I need to level up a bit more before I do KKK.

[Ayana]

Well, I finished Dies Irae. Rea's route was so nuts, I have no idea what happened there. Im definitely gonna need to reread that later down the line, preferably when my japanese is better.

Anyways, the game was as great as I'd expected, I loved how much characterization it did at pretty much all points. I don't really regret doing Kasumi's route either, as it gave the game a nice feeling of ramping up (the final boss order and how Ren slowly advances ranks) so. I need to level up a bit more before I do KKK.

I'm so jealous. Dies Irae is one of those games on my list of "want to read this but can't because I know I'd ruin it for myself at my current japanese level" alongside another very specific eroge that's a considerably "beautiful artwork"... I'm not sure if I should at least try reading these games anyways, and maybe it'll be doable...? T_T Am I missing out because of some psychological setback, or is this caution perhaps not misguided? In any case, I'm currently stuck to reading more simplistic japanese until I can become better at it little by little (a really slow crawl).

 

 

OT: And as for that... *sigh* I'm now reading like three VNs at once (reading one but having to stall the other two). Guess I shall get to them all in due time, but I'm at the end of my rope here with this further overwhelming backlog staring at me in the face. Why did I let this happen, anyways? xD The important thing is that they're still being enjoyed... Hoshizora no Memoria -Eternal Heart-, the one I'm reading at the moment; is a comfy, lighthearted, and entertaining read. This comfort is much appreciated when and if I've to read the next on the list.

 

[starkweather]

yumiko is the worst route in the whole game so i can see where you're coming from but you'll miss out big time if you don't do amane's route

im tempted to just power through it but at the same i feel its kinda pointless if im not enjoying myself.

[SanadaShadow]

So basically there's no common route in Grisaia? Huh.

[HMN]

So basically there's no common route in Grisaia? Huh.

what?? how can say that when the common route is very very long you have to be like 15+ hours in for the first choice didn't you read it?

[SanadaShadow]

No, that's called the prologue. And yeah, it's waaaay too long. But I meant a route where you don't choose a girl. 

[HMN]

No, that's called the prologue. And yeah, it's waaaay too long. But I meant a route where you don't choose a girl. 

the prologue is what's before the OP, after the OP   is the common route and it continues until you get  choices  to get into the heroines routes

[SanadaShadow]

No, the common route stays common to the end. If you have to choose a girl somewhere in that route, then it's not a common route, but if it's also not prologue, what is it?