LinovaA Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Angel Beats. It's pretty much exactly what I thought it would be; the anime but with more time spent fleshing everything out. I think Tenshi is much cuter in VN form. Perfect. I will be completely satisfied when my copy comes in then. Quote
Decay Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 I haven't actually played many Key games, only Little Busters and Rewrite, both of which I liked (LB much more). With a hopefully better translation of Clannad looming on the horizon and people talking about Angel Beats, I think it's time for me to go full Key. I've started playing Kanon now, will move on to Air, and at the rate I've been playing VNs lately, maybe it will only be a month or two by the time I finish Air from Clannad's release, and will play that then. Quote
sub-zer0 Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 still re-playing Sekai de Ichiban Dame na Koi & feeling soo damn guilty.. i just finished that about a day ago, are you feeling guilty about the VN? I didn't really feel guilty reading it, most of it was a happy end, and the MC+ whatever girl gets a happily ever after. I didn't really like the Mikoto route though....i liked her the way she is, but romancing her was something else, and it didn't feel quite right Quote
Getsuya Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 I haven't actually played many Key games, only Little Busters and Rewrite, both of which I liked (LB much more). With a hopefully better translation of Clannad looming on the horizon and people talking about Angel Beats, I think it's time for me to go full Key. I've started playing Kanon now, will move on to Air, and at the rate I've been playing VNs lately, maybe it will only be a month or two by the time I finish Air from Clannad's release, and will play that then. I haven't played Rewrite yet but I loved Little Busters and I'm loving Angel Beats. One of the things that sets these two games apart from a lot of other VNs is the emphasis on a group of friends rather than it just being about one guy chasing after one of many girls. Even on the routes focusing on individual girls you are still spending lots of time with everyone. They flesh out all the characters in your group a lot and it feels more like you're part of a circle of friends than just some lonely guy looking for virtual girls to date. Eustia also captured this feeling pretty well with how active Kaim was in the community. Fred the Barber 1 Quote
Decay Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 That's something that Kanon definitely doesn't do, most of the girls have nothing to do with each other. I've actually watched about half of the (second) anime adaptation for Kanon so I kind of know what to expect. Quote
XReaper Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 @sub...yeah for most of the vn it wasnt there, but upon entering mitokos path....you know that scene....peropero sensei....feels so....wrong/right...ahhh. guilt level increases when not choosing mitoko & also when choosing mitoko. damn it & yeah its definitely one of the very best vn´s out there, truly enjoyed it, though it beeing one of the olden ones. shame it´ll likely never see an official release beacause of that fact. for me its 2 main selling points were, first the mc isnt your everyday highschool dude & second them romance beeing really well written. Quote
Satsuki Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Everyone is on heat with Angel Beats. And here I am, busy with my camera porn. Priority is priority~ Quote
Kanbe Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Angel Beats. Just ran into some bad ends. Now I feel depressed Quote
starlessn1ght Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 I'm playing Yumiko's route from Grisaia. The beginning was kinda slow... I'm in the Cross-Purposes part, when Yumiko is hugging Yuuji in the storm Quote
HotTrax Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Everyone is on heat with Angel Beats. And here I am, busy with my camera porn. Priority is priority~ Camera fairy seems like the better choice. Quote
Satsuki Posted June 28, 2015 Posted June 28, 2015 Us:track just released the web trial (web-first impression) for Koi x Shin Ai Kanojo. It's 360p though, damn Still plenty enough. Yuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!! Quote
Kanbe Posted June 28, 2015 Posted June 28, 2015 Just finished Yui's route in Angel Beats. Them feels again... Quote
kooolm Posted June 28, 2015 Posted June 28, 2015 While everyone seems to be busy with Angel Beats I decided to give eden* a go. The game looks gorgeous and it's short. Nice to play something like this after long hours in Majikoi for a change. Quote
Getsuya Posted June 28, 2015 Posted June 28, 2015 I decided to set Angel Beats aside for a bit so I can finish up a few Vita games before I go back to the States. The more Vita games I finish, the more I can trade in and buy more before I leave, since after I move back it won't be as easy or cheap to get Vita VNs as it is now. So I sat down and finished Flowers. It was good, but there's tons to talk about so look forward to my review blog post covering all the details. Quote
Satsuki Posted June 28, 2015 Posted June 28, 2015 This is weird. It's like the trial version of Love Rec. covered the whole common route, and I somehow accidentally went into Nori's route unknowingly, after a single choice. At first I discarded it as just a "heroine arc" in common route, but they are almost in a real relationship at this point already, and Nori is having a lead of 6 CGs against other heroines (only have 1 each). Edit: So I really was in Nori's route after all. Seem like only 3 routes will be available from the start, and Hitomi route will be unlocked later on. Quote
Fred the Barber Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 While everyone seems to be busy with Angel Beats I decided to give eden* a go. The game looks gorgeous and it's short. Nice to play something like this after long hours in Majikoi for a change. I'm actually playing Eden* as well right now. Agreed completely on the "gorgeous" statement. This is the first Minori VN for me, but if the feels turn out as good as the art, I'm definitely going to look at picking up more. Quote
AaronIsCrunchy Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I'm actually playing Eden* as well right now. Agreed completely on the "gorgeous" statement. This is the first Minori VN for me, but if the feels turn out as good as the art, I'm definitely going to look at picking up more. Bought that a few days ago, but I'm currently going through If My Heart Had Wings (Agahe patched route, heard iffy things about it and awful things about the Moenovel translation so I figured I'd get it out of the way first.) Sounds like it's a good little VN going on what I've read here and other places. Quote
HotTrax Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I finished Eden* recently as well, was really quite excellent. Quote
Lexyvil Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 Well, I finally just finished Swan Song tonight, only an hour ago... I'm recovering from what I just witnessed/read... An amazing story with a few flaws, but it did what it had to do to my emotions.... I thought I've seen everything and that I was no longer emotionally sensitive; shedding a tear was not something I expected... I have a lot to say about this VN, such as my experiences, thoughts and opinions, but I'm at a loss for words right now. Quote
Lexyvil Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I think the spoiler tag was necessary since it's a bit of my reaction about the ending~ but yeah, there was one small aspect of the story that I found was uninteresting and less believable, which was the introduction of the Daichi Society but everything else the story offers pretty much makes up for that flaw, in my opinion . Concerning the rape scenes though, there are a few of them and they do influence to the plot in some way. Sorry if I keep abusing spoiler tags, but I like thinking that there are some who want to delve into novels blindly without knowing anything. All in all, I recommend it as I found it to be a very fun story about human cooperation in a seemingly dead world. Quote
Satsuki Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 Done with Nori's route (Love Rec). Now I understand why Hitomi's route is locked. It seems like every routes are connected to each other, with Hitomi's being the True route. Can tell as much that Hitomi came back from the future to change Akira's fate. Miyuki played a seemingly quite important role in that future, directly led to the reason why Hitomi came back to the past (and the incident in Nori's route). Lots of unexplained details in Nori's route, which will all be cleared up in Hitomi's route I guess. Actually, Akira even said that Nori's dreams may be "messages from the future". That hint though. Btw, I missed one Nori's H-scene (also have Chiho in it), according to their main page. Unlockable harem end?! Quote
kooolm Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I'm actually playing Eden* as well right now. Agreed completely on the "gorgeous" statement. This is the first Minori VN for me, but if the feels turn out as good as the art, I'm definitely going to look at picking up more. You should definitely give ef a go. It has almost the same quality of CGs, but it's much longer to beat. Quote
starlessn1ght Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I've just finished Yumiko's route. It was so so. The first half was bad, but things got better later. The initial conflict was boring and not very well chosen. I know it was supposed to be something "fake", but even when things were supposed to be serious, it was terribly boring. I couldn't get myself into those fights, and they made such a fuss about Yuuji's broken arm, and Yumiko was afraid... I also think the conflict should've been chosen better. Maybe something that hinted on her backstory. Because agents trying to kidnap her under her father's orders was kinda...Everything was so fast and sudden, I couldn't take it seriously. They didn't refrain from spending time with jokes, but when it came to the conflicts, they brought up in the blink of an eye and finished it quickly. The romance also started terribly. Seriously, Yuuji didn't really like her and just brought it up sometime like something he didn't care about. He was just like: if she likes me, I'll be with her. Then, he asked her during the meal if she kissed him last night. She reluctantly confirmed it, and then he said he liked her and wanted to sleep with her. They had sex just after that (didn't see anything thankfully, since I was playing the Steam version) and after they had sex Yumiko was still embarrassed to address Yuuji by his first name, lol. But the romance got better, specially in the "amusement park" scene. It was indeed, a romantic scene. The conflict also got better on the second half, aside Yumiko's *burdens* as a housewife and she discussing all the time with Yuuji. That seriously annoyed me From the first half, the only thing I liked was the flashback. I hope the other routes can achieve something higher. When I started playing Grisaia, I expected something as good as Rewrite. I don't think Grisaia can give me some truly masterpiece like Lucia's route, but let's see... Next will be Makina's route. Quote
Vokoca Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 Just finished Kotori's route in KonoSora. Not much to say here - they nailed the presentation as usual, the ending was really nice and moving. There also was no weirdly dumb drama this time around, so bonus points for that too. Not sure if I'll read the rest of the routes (twins and Amane) right away, or if I'll stall it for a bit again... I was really looking forward to Sayooshi for quite some time now, so I might just as well get that out of the way first, since it's apparently on the shorter side. Quote
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