What are you playing?

[Seraphim]

Found out today that the walkthrough for Family Project here on Fuwanovel is incorrect. I've been doing exactly what it says and finished Matsuri's route yesterday, but today when I went for Chunhua's route, I hit a dead end. Rather than the route continuing with

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the part where Chunhua meets her mother, it just abruptly ends with Tsukasa leaving the house and hooking up with Kei. I assume that's actually the bad ending of the game.

I had to start the entire game over again with a different guide (from GameFAQs) in order to access and finish Chunhua's route.

[Mr Poltroon]

1 hour ago, Seraphim88 said:

Found out today that the walkthrough for Family Project here on Fuwanovel is incorrect. I've been doing exactly what it says and finished Matsuri's route yesterday, but today when I went for Chunhua's route, I hit a dead end. Rather than the route continuing with

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the part where Chunhua meets her mother, it just abruptly ends with Tsukasa leaving the house and hooking up with Kei. I assume that's actually the bad ending of the game.

I had to start the entire game over again with a different guide (from GameFAQs) in order to access and finish Chunhua's route.

If you could share what needs to be fixed, I can go fix it.

[adamstan]

Wow, I didn't even noticed that we had walkthrough for it here - I went with the one from GameFAQs too.

I'm still reading MashiroIro (quite slowly). Recently I finished common route and started Airi's. So far it's great - I'm loving characters, music, and even getting some jokes

[JoshB2084]

 I got scare of Gonzou smile like shaking chihuahua everytime I see him.

[Seraphim]

14 hours ago, Mr Poltroon said:

If you could share what needs to be fixed, I can go fix it.

Since there are so many choices in the game, I can't really narrow it down to a single cause.
I first tried doing Chunhua's route over again from Save 1 (specified in the Fuwanovel walkthrough) but with the choices from fredward666's GameFAQs guide, but that ended up putting me on Masumi's route instead. After that, I replayed the game in its entirety and followed fredward666's guide for the common route as well, and that properly led me to Chunhua's route and made me eventually reach her ending. I saw several scenes with her that never happened when I used the Fuwanovel guide, and the story continued on at the point where it should, rather than give me the bad ending I got by following the Fuwa guide.

In other words, to be absolutely sure to reach Chunhua's ending, you should pick the choices listed in fredward666's guide for both the common route and Chunhua's route.  I doubt the save points in the Fuwanovel walkthrough would still be applicable if you go with these other choices though, so you'd have to consider this a completely separate playthrough.

Edited June 14, 2019 by Seraphim88

[Mr Poltroon]

3 minutes ago, Seraphim88 said:

Since there are so many choices in the game, I can't really narrow it down to a single cause.
I first tried doing Chunhua's route over again from Save 1 (specified in the Fuwanovel walkthrough) but with the choices from fredward666's GameFAQs guide, but that ended up putting me on Masumi's route instead. After that, I replayed the game in its entirety and followed fredward666's guide for the common route as well, and that properly led me to Chunhua's route and made me eventually reach her ending. I saw several scenes with her that never happened when I used the Fuwanovel guide, and the story continued on at the point where it should, rather than give me the bad ending I got by following the Fuwa guide.

In other words, to be absolutely sure to reach Chunhua's ending, you should pick the choices listed in fredward666's guide for both the common route and Chunhua's route.  I doubt the save points in the Fuwanovel walkthrough would still be applicable if you go with these other choices though, so you'd have to consider this a completely separate playthrough.

Thank you!

That guide should never have been accepted to begin with for other reasons... but as it is now... I'll probably leave it in the unformatted walkthroughs forum along with a warning that at least the guide to Chunhua's route is not working as intended.

[Inorin]

Completed Koisuru Natsu no Last Resort. Overall not really that interesting, but this particular scene caught my attention because of the manga references LOL

Next up, Hakuouki. My knowledge of the Shinsengumi is only limited to the ones in FGO, and I only happen to know 3 of them:

1. Hijikata Toshizou

 

 

2. Okita Souji

3. Sakamoto Ryouma

 

Nevertheless, the synopsis looks interesting and I'm looking forward to it 

P.S Is there a route order in Hakuouki?

Edited June 14, 2019 by wei123

[ChaosRaven]

1 hour ago, wei123 said:

P.S Is there a route order in Hakuouki?

Not really, although I guess it makes sense to go for the more prominent members of the Shinsengumi first like Hijikata Toshizou. After that it's kind of interesting to experience the story from a somewhat different perspective and go for Kazama Chikage. Sakamoto Ryouma was also a character I only met in certain circumstances.

Nevertheless, the first part Kyoto Winds can be considered the common route, which doesn't really has a lot of character specific route parts. The second part Edo Blossoms has pretty much all the individual story parts. But considering there are 12 character routes, which aren't so different to each other, I'd pick a few favorites and go for them.

[onorub]

Played through my first route in Fureraba. Since the only parts of it i fully enjoyed were the portions with dating sim mechanics straight out of Amagami, i can't wait for the translation of it to be finished to that i can tell everyone to play that instead.

Finished it. Himari was the best route by far, but it didn't change my feeling that this should've been a pure dating sim instead.

Edited June 17, 2019 by onorub

[Kosakyun]

Started playing Da Capo three days ago. I thought it was about time I tried playing through a moege.

 

I've currently finished four routes (Mako, Moe, Sakura, Nemu) and so far, Sakura and Nemu had the most interesting ones. Reading a little about the next games' synopses and stuff had me getting more interested, so I'll probably continue onto the next games when I'm given the chance to get them.

 

 

I didn't expect to encounter a semblance of lore in the series. I was pleasantly surprised when they threw subtle images and symbols at me that revolves around cherry blossoms and dreams. So far (besides Mako's), the routes were consistent with the overall theme of dreams that end as the cherry blossoms fall. I'm liking it so far.

Pretty disappointed with Moe's route though. For all its potential with the main conflict revolving around drug overdose and past traumas, it sure did dismiss it as fast as I could say, "He wants you to live happily with the life he saved." Pretty unconvincing resolution imo.

 

PS. It took me forever to remember how to use spoiler tags.

Edited June 15, 2019 by KosakiFag

[Dreamysyu]

Finally done with Seinarukana. Finished 3 main routes out of 6 in total, and I'll finish at that (the routes are pretty much the same anyway).

Overall, what can I say? The gameplay is fun (though it definitely gets old by the end of the third walkthrough). The story is nice enough for a light read full of typical shounen tropes, though it's definitely disappointing compared to the prequel and to what it could be. I'd say, if Aselia has a great story that tries to do too many things and suffers as a result from the lack of polish, the story in Senarukana doesn't really try to do anything outstanding, and it often feels like it's just there to fill the spots between the gameplay scenes. Its also pretty episodic, as almost each chapter has its own story, and they are very loosely connected with each other.

Another thing I didn't really like is how this game handles its route system. It's basically the linear story with very slight alterations depending on which girl you choose, and with different endings for each girl. Aselia has the similar route system, but the percentage of unique scenes was still higher, and there were a lot of scenes that only show up after you finish the whole game once or twice. As a result, the game doesn't really give you any substantial reward for finishing it several times, but it still sucks that you miss some information that is only given in some routes. Imo, this game would be better if it was completely linear.

So, anyway, it was a nice relatively light-hearted read that probably didn't deserve 100+ hours I spent on it. I'm a big fantasy fan, so it's nice to see more similar stories like that in the VN format. 6.5/10.

PS. Also, wait, does this VN actually have a love triangle that involves only secondary characters?! That's... rare, so say the least.

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Too bad that it never really went anywhere.

 

[onorub]

On 15/06/2019 at 10:08 AM, Dreamysyu said:

Seinarukana thoughts

Just wondering, did you play through Satsuki's route? I thought it was the only route that was a little better than what you usually see on JRPGs (the cutscenes of it are on youtube if you're not playing it).

[Dreamysyu]

4 hours ago, onorub said:

Just wondering, did you play through Satsuki's route? I thought it was the only route that was a little better than what you usually see on JRPGs (the cutscenes of it are on youtube if you're not playing it).

I did. I finished Nozomi, Satsuki and Narukana, in this order. I definitely enjoyed Satsuki the most of the three, and I should've skipped Nozomi.

[Kosakyun]

It's 3AM or something and I finally finished Da Capo.

Kotori's route was full of romance. Getting into Da Capo, the kind of content it had was exactly the kind of content I was expecting from a romance-focused moege. It was refreshing to finally read something within what I imagined the story to be. I loved Miharu's route, and it made me realize who real best girl is. I love bananas now. Etc route was pretty interesting, and is a nice play with the overall theme of the game.

After reading it all and unlocking all scenarios, I think I can say that Da Capo exceeded my expectations as a moege (or whatever the more appropriate term is for these moege derivatives). It lives up to its reputation, at least.

However, I do have some qualms about some of the routes I just finished. I guess I'll just put those in my journal so I don't spoil people who just want to read through buzz here.

[Seraphim]

Finished d2b VS Deardrops -Cross the Future- a few minutes ago. I couldn't care less about what happens to the members of Deardrops, considering how disappointed I was with that VN, but I decided to read d2b VS Deardrops because I've seen several people refer to it as a satisfying end to the KiraKira story. It wasn't.

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It basically ended the same way as before, with Kirari going off on her own to tour the world while Shikanosuke sits at home in Japan, waiting for her to come back so he can see her for a brief moment before she goes away again for God knows how long. (They actually refer to the half-year wait mentioned in the VN as "short", meaning the time they're apart is usually longer than that.)
Shikanosuke says that he's happy with the current situation, but I find it hard to believe that's actually the case. I sure as hell wouldn't be. Just uttering the words "I will be happy" isn't just magically going to make it so. He's still stuck in pretty much the same situation that made him miserable before, and I don't see how he could end up being anything else this time around.
The only satisfying conclusions would be if either:

1. Shikanosuke starts working with Kirari one way or another, so he can stay with her while she's on tour.
2. The entire Second Literature Club decide to stay together.
3. Kirari decides to prioritize Shikanosuke over touring the world, by quitting altogether or working with music in Japan.

 

[Hakunon]

So, I just finished a route on Yandere. I can't understand how people can enjoy this and say that it's good unironically. 

[JoshB2084]

22 minutes ago, Hakunon said:

So, I just finished a route on Yandere. I can't understand how people can enjoy this and say that it's good unironically. 

Yeah, pretty bad. I finished it, then deleted it.

[Mr Poltroon]

27 minutes ago, Hakunon said:

So, I just finished a route on Yandere. I can't understand how people can enjoy this and say that it's good unironically. 

Just now, JoshB2084 said:

Yeah, pretty bad. I finished it, then deleted it.

I don't think anybody actually likes Yandere unironically. At least, I've never seen a single positive comment about it other than some shock value.

 

If one is looking for Yandere games, I wholeheartedly recommend Crimson Gray.

[JoshB2084]

3 minutes ago, Mr Poltroon said:

I don't think anybody actually likes Yandere unironically. At least, I've never seen a single positive comment about it other than some shock value.

 

If one is looking for Yandere games, I wholeheartedly recommend Crimson Gray.

 

Or School Days.  I really love SD VN.

[Hakunon]

Just now, JoshB2084 said:

 

Or School Days.  I really love SD VN.

I can see that from your profile gif. I really wanna play it after watching the anime years ago but never really had the time. 

[Mr Poltroon]

1 minute ago, JoshB2084 said:

 

Or School Days.  I really love SD VN.

I think School Days actually excels at other stuff that is tangential to the Yandere scenarios, like general human scumbaggery, but yeah.

[Dreamysyu]

44 minutes ago, Hakunon said:

So, I just finished a route on Yandere. I can't understand how people can enjoy this and say that it's good unironically. 

14 minutes ago, Mr Poltroon said:

I don't think anybody actually likes Yandere unironically. At least, I've never seen a single positive comment about it other than some shock value.

Never played this game (and never will, knowing its reputation), but after I looked through vndb profiles that rated it with 10, I can more or less confirm that all but one seem very likely to be troll voters.

[Seraphim]

Rather than wait for the remake that is supposed to be released in English this fall, I've decided to start reading the original YU-NO.
Is the ability to save unlocked later on? I'm at the beginning of the prologue where you meet the redhead and get the first choice in the game, and I can't find a save option anywhere. There is no right-click menu, and the bar at the top only consists of "Quit Game" and a few display options.

[Dreamysyu]

4 minutes ago, Seraphim88 said:

Rather than wait for the remake that is supposed to be released in English this fall, I've decided to start reading the original YU-NO.
Is the ability to save unlocked later on? I'm at the beginning of the prologue where you meet the redhead and get the first choice in the game, and I can't find a save option anywhere. There is no right-click menu, and the bar at the top only consists of "Quit Game" and a few display options.

I think it just saves automatically or something like that.

I'll probably try playing it myself before the remake comes out. Actually, I already tried starting it twice, but, don't know, just can't get into it for some reason. Seems like something I would enjoy. I quite liked playing old adventure games in the past.

[Seraphim]

28 minutes ago, Dreamysyu said:

I think it just saves automatically or something like that.

I'm not entirely sure, but I don't think there are any autosaves.
After I progressed a bit, a "System" option, with a "Save" option within, appeared in the dialogue window. It seems to disappear whenever there's another character on screen, though.