What are you playing?

[Eclipsed]

A shame, isn't it

You get enough of him from the actual VN anyway, let the girls have their moment to shine  

[Vokoca]

Just finished Steins;Gate 0. Overall I give it a 9/10, whatever these numbers might mean. I liked it the same, if not a bit more than the original Steins;Gate - it explored parts of the story that didn't really need fleshing out in a way that was surprisingly entertaining and in the end earned its place in the series as a true sequel in my eyes.

Having finished the VN I've decided to check a walkthrough out of curiosity. I was pretty shocked by getting the true route on my second way through - but as it turns out, the first route I cleared, a route that felt so good that I figured it had to be the only thing you can get at first because of how well it set everything up... that route not only hides behind several triggers, but it is also the only ending required to unlock the true route. You see, you can get any route but the true route right from the start... but somehow, I ended up clearing the only relatively hidden condition to unlock the true route on my first way through, and ended up getting the true ending on my second way through, completely unwittingly and unintentionally.

Given how ambiguous (but not nearly as difficult as the S;G ones) the choices are, I really don't know if I have good luck, or just the worst luck ever. 

[douggle]

Finished Sekien no Inganock, and holy fucking shitballs, why didn't I read this sooner? Seriously the atmosphere, the music, the charcters the story I think I may have found my next 10 on my vndb no exaggeration 

[Nerathim]

26 minutes ago, douggle said:

Finished Sekien no Inganock, and holy fucking shitballs, why didn't I read this sooner? Seriously the atmosphere, the music, the charcters the story I think I may have found my next 10 on my vndb no exaggeration 

You're not done yet, you still have Sharnoth and Gahkthun and you better read them soon.

Kerkan a best

[douggle]

4 minutes ago, Nerathim said:

You're not done yet, you still have Sharnoth and Gahkthun and you better read them soon.

 

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Kerkan a best

 

I already read Gahkthun Just need Sharnoth which I already started.

[Eclipsed]

20 minutes ago, douggle said:

I already read Gahkthun Just need Sharnoth which I already started.

Inganock vs. Gahkthun. 

Go!

[douggle]

5 minutes ago, Eclipsed said:

Inganock vs. Gahkthun. 

Go!

Thats easy, Inganock, the atmosphere is better, theres no Neurotic heroine (neon)  either.  Like I loved Gahkthun a lot, but Neons internal monologue drove me insane. 

[Darklord Rooke]

On the downside, the translation for Inganock is lacking and so the full impact of what the author wanted to convey never reaches the reader. Quite a ways from the full impact, if my guess is right.

[douggle]

Just now, Rooke said:

On the downside, the translation for Inganock is lacking and so the full impact of what the author wanted to convey never reaches the reader. Quite a ways from the full impact, if my guess is right.

There is that, plus it was an early Ixrec translation. 

[Novel21]

I'm going to play Backstage Pass later.

[grim_tales1]

Just started playing Life is Strange
According to the specs, it recommends some graphics card which my system is saying I dont have (I dont know anything about these) :s

[Dergonu]

Well I planned on starting Hello Lady! this weekend, but after about 0.1 seconds in the game I realized I really had to go back to studying for my exam so ...

 

Based on the first like, 11 lines in the game it seems cool....  

I did end up playing some of the opening, though I did not get very far. Difficulty wise it is around what I expected. I need to read some of the lines twice to get the meaning, and I did have to look up a couple of words but it wasn't anything majorly difficult. I do like a challenge, and I would like to read something a bit less fluffy in Japanese at this point tbh. 

 

Sadly I just don't have any time for it right now, so I'll have to stall the game until my schedule clears up again. 

 

I guess I'll spend the tiny amount of VN time I have the coming weeks palying Tokyo Babel or something, as I can kind of afk read translated VNs. Think I started the Raziel route last time I left off, though I haven't played in a bit, so I don't really remember. 

@Eclipsed once my vacation starts the two of us have to start a race again, and I will win this time damnit!  

[Kawasumi]

I was actually about to start Izuna Zanshinken because I really want to read more akatsuki works stuff and especially the stuff from black works and Hino stuff like hello lady and ruitomo, but wanted to start with something not Hino.

The problem is that I removed Izuna by accident from my laptop and that kinda sucks since im at my parents house to prepare for exams.

Therefore, I decided to finally start natsu no owari, a vn that clephas recommended for people that didnt feel like they used their tear ducts enough and so far im pretty hooked, this is not easy to read though, mostly because of the way the protagonist speak, but its fun and the artstyle is somewhat unique while still not crossing the moe bounderies, but it still has some......issues

Spoiler

Jesus christ, these eyes is some real alien shit lol

 

 Other than that, I finally got some loose ties completed, im done with kindred spirits, I love it even though it has the same problem that I have with most SoL, it simply gets too boring in the end, I still had a really good time, every relationship felt cute, not forced and well fleshed out.

Then I finished a doujin vn I have been reading which tries to give a tentacle monster feelings and a mind of its own, which fell flat on its face in the last chapters because it suddenly became a sister on sister incest fest instead, it felt like the author forgot what the premise he set at the start was lol.

[Chronopolis]

Fata Morgana, Otoz, Tenshi no Hane wo Fumanaide, Mahou Shoujo (TL'ing is basically re-reading something very slowly and paying attention to every detail)

I think I'm the millionth person to say this but Fata's CG's amazing. It feels way better in-game where it is something, then in a vacumn.

 

[Eclipsed]

1 hour ago, Dergonu said:

 

@Eclipsed once my vacation starts the two of us have to start a race again, and I will win this time damnit!  

i already won the Best of Three via Lucy and Tokyo Babel, hah!

Best of Five it is. Sometime this summer, we gonna go vs. Fata Morgana and uhhh you can pick the second one

[Dergonu]

1 hour ago, Eclipsed said:

i already won the Best of Three via Lucy and Tokyo Babel, hah!

Best of Five it is. Sometime this summer, we gonna go vs. Fata Morgana and uhhh you can pick the second one

You are on sir! 

I'll find a good second game  

*queue evil laugh*

[Darklord Rooke]

4 hours ago, Novel21 said:

I'm going to play Backstage Pass later.

I've been wanting to play this for a while, but never got around to it  

[Arcadeotic]

3 minutes ago, Dergonu said:

You are on sir! 

I'll find a good second game  

*queue evil laugh*

I'm pretty sure you mean 'cue'

Well, just do Kyonyuu Fantasy for my enjoyment

[Dergonu]

13 minutes ago, Arcadeotic said:

I'm pretty sure you mean 'cue'

Well, just do Kyonyuu Fantasy for my enjoyment

No I literally want the evil laugh to wait in line.  ... 

It was on purpose. Baka.  

... Kind of. 

Not really. 

 

I'll find a good game for us later. No moonrune games right Eclipsed? 

[Turnip Sensei]

5 hours ago, douggle said:

Finished Sekien no Inganock, and holy fucking shitballs, why didn't I read this sooner? Seriously the atmosphere, the music, the charcters the story I think I may have found my next 10 on my vndb no exaggeration 

I love hearing about when people realize how awesome Sakurai's Steampunk-series is. If those games really "click" with someone, they are literally the best shit ever. Hope you enjoy Sharnoth as well!

And keep hoping that Mangagamer decides to localize more of the series. I found Sona-Nyl even better than Inganock, so it would be shame if western fans won't get a chance to read it.

[Novel21]

35 minutes ago, Rooke said:

I've been wanting to play this for a while, but never got around to it  

Why it's that?

[Darklord Rooke]

57 minutes ago, Novel21 said:

Why it's that?

Unfortunately too busy to make any meaningful sort of dent in my backlog. And there were/are a few books I want to read first (I prioritise books over VNs.)

[Novel21]

15 minutes ago, Rooke said:

Unfortunately too busy to make any meaningful sort of dent in my backlog. And there were/are a few books I want to read first (I prioritise books over VNs.)

Well I hope you are going to play Backstage Pass soon, since the game it's worth playing.

Happy Reading

[Dergonu]

Alright, had like 20 minutes of reading time today, so did a little bit of the Raziel route in Tokyo Babel. Damn, I love this game. Sorami and Lillith together = so freaking funny. Tbh I could probably play a game with just those two having stupid conversations.

I haven't really gotten to any of the super badass action scenes yet, but hopefully those live up to my expectations. I want me some good chuuni.

(Anyways, back to the math we go .... Someone save me )

 

@Eclipsed for our second game in the challenge, how about Koiken Otome? I bet it will be done with QC/ TLC by the time my vacation starts and I have had my eye on that one for a while.

[douggle]

1 hour ago, Dergonu said:

Alright, had like 20 minutes of reading time today, so did a little bit of the Raziel route in Tokyo Babel. Damn, I love this game. Sorami and Lillith together = so freaking funny. Tbh I could probably play a game with just those two having stupid conversations.

I haven't really gotten to any of the super badass action scenes yet, but hopefully those live up to my expectations. I want me some good chuuni.

(Anyways, back to the math we go .... Someone save me )

 

@Eclipsed for our second game in the challenge, how about Koiken Otome? I bet it will be done with QC/ TLC by the time my vacation starts and I have had my eye on that one for a while.

Inb4 its picked up by sp and made into a kickstarter