What are you playing?

[spectrack89]

i already play Sorcery Jokers and Tsujidou-san no Jun ai Road and they are so good!!, now im going to play the sequel of Tsujidou-san no Jun ai Road, Tsujidou-san no Virgin Road but the NVR dont Detect the Dialogues

i got this problem 

 

Edited April 11, 2018 by spectrack89

[Plk_Lesiak]

4 hours ago, Ranzo said:

I'm surprised you have only just now played that, and I'm a little disappointed that it is such a slog

With my neverending backlog even a "top priority" game might wait forever to be played. Especially because I have an unhealthy tendency to postpone more interesting to "when I have more time/can appreciate them properly". It actually might've been a good idea with this one, as it's simply way to slow to give you a satisfying experience when read in short bursts...

[Eclipsed]

AA2 Justice for All was aight, but definitely these cases lacked the extra "oomph" that the cases in AA1 had, I guess because there wasn't really a prominent baddie nor was there any big case developing in the background like DL-6.

Pearls is just too adorbs, jeez the writers really can't stop shoving them Fey females in our faces huh >.>

Francizka(?) was waaay too overdone unfortunately, especially with the constant whippings and the foolishly foolish fool spamming. Good ending scene though :')

The drama b/w Nick and Edge was kinda weird, you get all this foreshadowing about choosing death and Nick getting mad at Maya for mentioning his name but then

Spoiler

Hey look, Edgeworth isn't "dead", he just had to take a vaca to reflect on what being a prosecutor meant to him, and Nick went all high skoo emoboy "Don't mention his name Maya! >:O!!!@#" because he was madz and thought Edgey was just running away because he lost his perfect win streak. Poor execution on this plotline is my complaint here btw.

  

Last case was pretty thrilling, if not a a bit too Hollywood-action-movie-glorified though

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What?! Maya's kidnapped and so the kidnapper is demanding Nick to get a "Not Guilty" verdict even though the client Matt Engarde is guilty?!

WHAT?! The kidnapper is an assassin that did the killing for the Engarde?!?!

WHAAT?!!! Engarde's manager Adrian Andrews made us was waste trial day 1 where we tried to claim her to be the killer because she was the one who spent all that time tampering with the crime scene to frame the client so it must be her?!?!@!!! 

WHAAAAAT?!?@# The Assassin is (with morals b/w assassin and client), Shelly de Killer, and he's on the stand via walkie-talkie and lying trying to reiterate that Adrian Andrews was the one who hired him so he could secure Not Guilty for his true client Engarde?! ALL WHILE BEING ACTIVELY CHASED DOWN BY POLICE WHILE NICK AND EDGE TEAMWORK DEFENDER AND PROSECUTER TO STALL OUT THE VERDICT SO THAT DETECTIVE GUMDROPS CAN CAPTURE SHELLY AND THUS RESCUE MAYA AND THUS NICK HAS NO OBLIGATION TO DEFEND A GUILTY MAN?!@#@!$#$%$#^%&^*&*%$#%

AND THEN THE JUDGE SAYS GGEZ YOU ARE OUT OF TIME, AND GUMDROPS FAILED TO CATCH THE ASSASSIN, AND SO GGWP YOU GOTTA CHOOSE, WHAT BEING A DEFENDER MEANS TO YOU/NICK JUST LIKE HOW EDGEY HAD TO FIND OUT WHAT A PROSECUTER MEANT TO HIM: GO FOR THE GUILTYS AND LOSE MAYA, OR GO FOR THE NOT GUILTYS AND LOSE YOUR SOUL!$!!!!$%$#%$#$#@$

AND THEN FRANCIZKA!

You get the idea. A very thrilling case it was.

 

~~
Anyways I'm already on Ep. 4 of the third game AA: Trials and Tribulations, and wow they really did Mia's courtroom sprite justice, idk her regular sprite's face always had that weird tilt to it imo

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 vs     

"Pfft, that sprite over                                 "Hi i have to compensate for weird head angle by showing more cleavage"
there really does me no justice"

Prosecutor Godot is my favorite so far. His best sprite combination is when you best him in court and then he shakes his head, slides himself a mug, drinks from it, then spits. HILARIOUS.

 

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The fourth case is... REALLY hard, idk. Playing it right now. I'm pretty decent when it came to making connections and deductions with evidence, but when it comes to pointing out contradictions due to perspective it's like holy shit i got destroyed xD

They played with perspective a few times already like how can two witnesses:

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can see the same victim, but one sees the vic running away to the right and the other sees the vic running to the left, and also how can a dude wear his HMD and earpiece and hold a coffee cup all on the same side left despite how contradictory it would be

 

But yeah this case is just LOADED with them. Goddamn the Dusky Bridge, man. Let's see, I'm pulling up the walkthrough now because JESUS:

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1. Victim couldn't have run away on the bridge cuz it would've meant they would fall off since that side of the bridge was broken

2. Melissa/Dahlia couldn't have seen killer put victim in car because car should've been obstructed by the cliff where Melissa was supposedly at

3. Being pushed from bridge would mean Dahlia fell onto the bedrocks and died rather than the river

4. Being pushed off the side of the bridge not possible because the ropes too high

Yada yada yada Sounds ez when i just list answers and reasons but in the moment man these were friggen annoying FK PERSPECTIVE

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[Inorin]

I've resumed reading Subarashiki Hibi. Hope I don't faint when I get to the Invention and Insects arcs

[VirginSmasher]

2 hours ago, wei123 said:

I've resumed reading Subarashiki Hibi. Hope I don't faint when I get to the Invention and Insects arcs

Those two chapters are great. I hope you enjoy them.

[Weiterfechten]

So I finished Toritani's route in Sakura no Uta. The end was a bit sudden and there was certainly a bit of a lack of extra characters during the route making it just a tad bit bland for a first route. In terms of the story it was in my opinion fairly meh, with no real striking moments (though if you love pottery and French artists, sculptors (...) you have something to look forward to). I would definitely not go as far as to say it was bad, but perhaps just not my cup of tea, moving on to Rin's route now, to be honest I am not overly enthusiastic (I do not really like the character) but at this point I am kind of more interested in the backstory of the main character and his relation to Rin than their relationship now so perhaps it might just strike somewhat of a chord with me.

Edited April 12, 2018 by Weiterfechten

[Inorin]

Just finished It's my own Invention and Looking-glass Insects in Subahibi and quite frankly speaking, they are both screwed up (though not nearly as disturbing as I thought). I have never been so infuriated at the protagonist, especially Takuji who's really quite clearly screwed up in his head (desk scene ahem). Aside from that though, I really like how they connect to each other, with the perspectives of both Takuji in Invention and Zakuro in Insects explaining the cause of 

 

Zakuro's suicide.  There's also this one scene in Looking-glass Insects which reminded me a lot of Down the Rabbit Hole II, where Zakuro and Yuki met for the first time in that arc. Somehow I'm getting this feeling that Yuki and Takuji are linked somehow (or maybe it's just Zakuro's delusion when she mistook Yuki for Takuji). Either way, it's a bit confusing so I hope this gets cleared up in the final 3 arcs.

I also hope to know who the Takuji in the Kimika route of the Insects arc is because it feels like he's a completely different person altogether; almost as if he's possessed . My guess is that since Hasaki called him Tomo nii-san in that same route in Insects, that "Takuji" might just be her twin brother (who was said to have died according to Down the Rabbit Hole II) possessing the real Takuji.

Edit: I'm at Jabberwocky now and apparently this "Tomo nii-san" that Hasaki spoke of in Insects is actually Yuuki Tomosane, which leads me to the conclusion that Yuuki might actually be Hasaki's supposedly dead twin brother (though this is just a presumptuous guess). 

Edit 2: Looks like my theories are only half right. Apparently Takuji has multiple personalities , which is really lame since I had initially considered this theory, but decided to discard it since I thought it would had been too obvious.

 

In conclusion, now that the worst is behind me, I can now finally look forward to the good stuff.

 

Edited April 13, 2018 by wei123

[Inorin]

Okay so I've finished subahibi. Phew, this was one heck of a thought-provoking game; I swear 90% of my brain cells are gone by now. I couldn't quite grasp the meaning of End Sky II, but after reading this explanation (with spoilers of course), I feel enlightened.

(The spoiler tag below has minor spoilers for Subahibi, Umineko, DDLC and Ever17)

 

So basically, subahibi's a meta game (?) Well, I'm not sure how I feel about this, since the only 2 meta games I've finished are DDLC and Ever17. However, what I can say is that it's quite unique , even among meta games.

P.S I've read that Umineko is actually quite similar to subahibi. Not sure how I feel about this since I've yet to complete Umineko. 

 

Edited April 14, 2018 by wei123

[r0xm2n]

Idol Magical Girl ChiruChiru Michiru: Part 2: Chapter 13.....

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Well that was one heck of a traumatizing death scene, WTF!

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...... though she got better...

 

Dammit Grisaia....

[littleshogun]

Finished with Invention from Subahibi, and some scenes were indeed quite out there. I'm pretty much just handwaved it that Takuji saw those scenes because by LSD, or rather because Takuji was exposed by holy water too much. I still have Kimika's branch, so maybe I'll gonna try that later along with Kimika's branch at Looking Glass Insect (Zakuro's chapter) - yes Kimika did have her own branch at both of Insect and Invention here.

By the way, I did check TL Wiki and Invention line count it's pretty much took more than third of Subahibi, so more or less we can say that this is the main story of Subahibi or maybe the route where SCA-DI goes all out with some out there CG. As for Insect, it's pretty much half of Invention so maybe I can finish it sooner, although maybe I need to wary about disturbing bullying though.

PS - Since I knew the spoiler beforehand, I'm more convinced that Herkz's claim back when Subahibi announced is pretty much just his personal grudge to Frontwing, because even without second editing some lines near the end of Invention is more than enough to foreshadowed later routes (Post Insect), and yet apparently Herkz want to edit it once again in order to make the foreshadowing even more clearer. Oh well.

[Inorin]

1 hour ago, littleshogun said:

Finished with Invention from Subahibi, and some scenes were indeed quite out there. I'm pretty much just handwaved it that Takuji saw those scenes because by LSD, or rather because Takuji was exposed by holy water too much. I still have Kimika's branch, so maybe I'll gonna try that later along with Kimika's branch at Looking Glass Insect (Zakuro's chapter) - yes Kimika did have her own branch at both of Insect and Invention here.

Actually you should try the first Kimika branch right after Invention since the Kimika routes in Invention and Insects have no correlation to each other. 

1 hour ago, littleshogun said:

By the way, I did check TL Wiki and Invention line count it's pretty much took more than third of Subahibi, so more or less we can say that this is the main story of Subahibi or maybe the route where SCA-DI goes all out with some out there CG.

Actually it isn't, but I won't go further into detail due to spoilers.

1 hour ago, littleshogun said:

As for Insect, it's pretty much half of Invention so maybe I can finish it sooner, although maybe I need to wary about disturbing bullying though.

It's totally fine  

It's absolutely distasteful, if you don't count the Kimika route.

[Trickay]

On 06/04/2018 at 5:18 AM, littleshogun said:

At least in Family Project we didn't have this Diao-chan here XDDD - beware of the brain bleach XDDDDD. And yes, for Diao-chan he did use his usual tone (Hozuki like tone).

Why did I click that link... once you see you cannot unsee... maybe links like this should expire after a day or two? 

 

I've been reading Grisaia, and I know others complain about the long common route but I'm really enjoying all the day to day stuff.

Plus I'm loving that the MC is not some weak moron but someone skilled and with attitude.

[r0xm2n]

11 minutes ago, Trickay said:

I've been reading Grisaia, and I know others complain about the long common route but I'm really enjoying all the day to day stuff.

Plus I'm loving that the MC is not some weak moron but someone skilled and with attitude.

Glad to see someone else getting into that VN. For me, the weird and wacky antics of the characters was one of the best things about that VN. Yuuji's quotes as well...

 

Back on topic ....... I finished my current read. And have to pick what to read next...

[Inorin]

13 hours ago, Trickay said:

I've been reading Grisaia, and I know others complain about the long common route but I'm really enjoying all the day to day stuff.

Plus I'm loving that the MC is not some weak moron but someone skilled and with attitude.

Actually I think that the common route might actually be the best part; save for Amane's backstory. As for the MC, I think his perfection is both an advantage and disadvantage. The advantage is that you won't get mad over stupid stuff that he does (Takeru and Shirou come to mind) but the disadvantage is that you won't be seeing much character development from him. 

P.S I still like him more than most protagonists though.

Edited April 15, 2018 by wei123

[littleshogun]

On 4/14/2018 at 8:52 PM, wei123 said:

Actually you should try the first Kimika branch right after Invention since the Kimika routes in Invention and Insects have no correlation to each other. 

Well, I'll keep in mind of that, although I knew though that Kimika herself is also have some feeling for Zakuro as well. In fact, I guess her interest is more or less depend on whether she have Zakuro or not - if Zakuro dead Kimika will have an interest with Takuji after a misunderstanding.

On 4/14/2018 at 8:52 PM, wei123 said:

Actually it isn't, but I won't go further into detail due to spoilers.

I knew, although keep in mind that Subahibi itself was apparently need years in development. So I won't be surprised if Invention was intended as main story first, before SCA-DI changed his mind . Also keep in mind as well that Invention plot was basically mirrored Tsui no Sora (With crappy OVA adaptation), and apparently SCA-DI want to make Subahibi as Tsui no Sora sequel before finally developed Subahibi as it's own VN.

Edited April 18, 2018 by littleshogun

[BookwormOtaku]

Finally finished Kyonyuu Fantasy 3 including the epilogue ero scenes. Overall I thought it was pretty good, about as good as the first one. Definitely liked how they utilized Yurinas' role as a god and his mentor relationship with Inferius was something new and perhaps the best arc of the game.There are definite signs that parts of the story were rushed and I get the feeling the VA for Ajura had some schedule conflict come up while they were recording since aside from her noticeable absence from much of the story, her H scenes are surprisingly short for this series.

Also finished Impey's After Story in the Code Realize FD. It was a nice light read with some cute and funny moments between Cardia and Impey.

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It is a shame we don't get to see them go to the moon though

 

[milkteebaby]

Anyone played The Letter? I'm going to dive into that tonight, after work. 

[PiggiesGoMoo]

16 minutes ago, milkteebaby said:

Anyone played The Letter? I'm going to dive into that tonight, after work. 

I'm curious about that one too, there are apparently no reviews posted on it on Fuwa... I only got search results for Root Letter

[r0xm2n]

Starting ef - the first tale.

Can't really comment much on what's going on yet. But I'm liking some of the very chill music....

[Inorin]

5 hours ago, PiggiesGoMoo said:

I'm curious about that one too, there are apparently no reviews posted on it on Fuwa... I only got search results for Root Letter

Root Letter ain't even that good tbh

[milkteebaby]

Played about half an hour of The Letter so far. Properly creepy, but the MC is frustrating and kind of annoying. I don't know how far I can progress if I have to stay in her POV for much longer. 

EDIT: Jesus, some of these dialogues are sooo awful. I'm pretty sure the MC is over legal age, but the way she acts puts my teeth on edge. Kind of disappointed :/ 

Edited April 17, 2018 by milkteebaby

[Orakana Newbie]

Finished with some short-medium VN on my steam library. phew... that was good enough for low price .

I think I would be going to something long this month, I get curious with  Seinarukana -The Spirit of Eternity Sword 2- and Sengoku Rance . 

With very Long length's  and kind of "strategic game" (Something like RPG, I guess ?) make me kinda curious. 

I have confidence in RPG Games , so I will definitely enjoy This VN  

[onorub]

35 minutes ago, milkteebaby said:

Played about half an hour of The Letter so far. Properly creepy, but the MC is frustrating and kind of annoying. I don't know how far I can progress if I have to stay in her POV for much longer. 

EDIT: Jesus, some of these dialogues are sooo awful. I'm pretty sure the MC is over legal age, but the way she acts puts my teeth on edge. Kind of disappointed :/ 

The Letter was such a frustrating VN to rate. The branch system would make it worth a 10, but the story and characters dragged it down. Just try to experiment with your choices, because it was very worth it for me.

[Mr Poltroon]

1 hour ago, Orakana Newbie said:

Finished with some short-medium VN on my steam library. phew... that was good enough for low price .

I think I would be going to something long this month, I get curious with  Seinarukana -The Spirit of Eternity Sword 2- and Sengoku Rance . 

With very Long length's  and kind of "strategic game" (Something like RPG, I guess ?) make me kinda curious. 

I have confidence in RPG Games , so I will definitely enjoy This VN  

Sengoku Rance is currently being retranslated, so I'd recommend you hold off on it for the moment.

https://twitter.com/MangaGamer/status/977313083134705665

[snowbell55]

Currently reading Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception, and absolutely loving it. It's so much fun to read. I don't know how they keep introducing characters and giving them enough time, effort, and uniqueness to be memorable, but it seems to be working really well. Almost everyone (and certainly the team members) I've come across has had some sort of quirk that makes them interesting, and I find that I'm greatly enjoying the slice-of-life moments as a result. Spoilers below. 

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I was initially a bit concerned about Haku, for example, since he seemed bland, but he's become one of my favorite characters. I really like how he tries to be serious but situations (or people) wind up making that impossible. "wait a minute!" and "what!?!" are my favorite phrases in Japanese, and Haku ends up saying (or, incidentally, being cut off while saying) both of those really often :D. It helps too that the VA delivers them well, too. Kuon too, is really funny. The way she's constantly scamming Haku, and smiling but meanwhile using her tail to attack people is hilarious. Then there's Nekone who seems like a complete tsundere and barely seems to even want to give Haku the time of day meanwhile fawning over Kuon. Thus far though my favorite has to be (without a doubt) Anju who is absolutely hilarious :D. 

As an example, I got to the point where you walk into the hotel room and there's a girl lying there and eating, and commanding you around, and Haku is trying to get her to leave, only for Kirwu to show up and start freaking out, and of course it turns out that she is actually the princess but behaving like a complete slob :D. Then Ukon shows up (giving a really great "what the heck!!?!?") (bear in mind the whole Ukon bit from a few scenes before is hilarious too) and she has to get escorted back to the palace, only to return. I really like how that bit then escalates to her pretending to be kidnapped so that Oshtor can come and save her, and how that winds up just causing even more problems for everyone (except her).

It's just way too funny! And the best bit is that now that she's here it's almost guaranteed that when she shows up, other people are going to pitch up *because* of her, and chaos is going to ensure. I really feel like I'm now expecting something messed up as soon as her song starts playing :D.  

It's not even just the main characters, too - it's more minor characters, like the candy seller (I can't quite figure out why he dislikes Haku so much :D) or Moznu (Him + Rulutieh + Cocopo are hilarious together :D)

 

I haven't laughed this hard at a VN since Majikoi, and I'm really enjoying it. It's such a fun read. I do wish it had a bit more of the fighting sections, since the battles are quite fun, but it's really good even so.