Decay Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Because I don't want to post this shit to the fuwazette. *ahem*http://blog.mangagamer.org/2015/11/25/mangagamer-partners-with-winged-cloud/#more-10063A few months ago, Sekai Project dumped Winged Cloud. Or was it Winged Cloud who dumped SP? Who can say. What matters is that MangaGamer is all about these sloppy seconds. Or more accurately, they're more willing to go in the directions Winged Cloud wants to move toward than SP is, that being adult games.What does this partnership mean? First of all, the 18+ version of Sakura Swim Club was put on the MangaGamer store, and this version apparently has an edited and QAed script. Hopefully by someone whose first language is English, for a refreshing change of pace. Secondly, MangaGamer has announced two new games from Winged Cloud, Sakura Santa which will be all-ages only, and a new 18+/all-ages gameplay-oriented title, Sakura Dungeon. Judging by the name, it will probably be a dungeon crawling game, but there are no real details yet.It seems that MangaGamer wants to sink some money into these games to improve the script quality and that kind of thing. I guess that's a good thing? Honestly, I would think there are better things for them to spend their money on, but the Sakura games have proven themselves to be reliable money makers so this will probably work out. Hopefully. Sales have been declining for each subsequent title. Anyways, get your hilarious reaction gifs and memes ready. And then throw them in a dumpster because we've seen them all already. Nosebleed can post one of his rare pepes here, though. LiquidShu 1 Quote
VirginSmasher Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 When I saw Sakura Dungeon, I immediately though sex dungeon, but a dungeon crawler would be more realistic. I'm fine with the Sakura games moving towards 18+ games cause then there's a reason to play them (or skip through the entirety of it).They'll always be shit when it comes to the story and that's never gonna change. Quote
Nosebleed Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Narcosis, Funyarinpa, Decay and 6 others 9 Quote
Ariurotl Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Maybe if they get a better writer... nah, who am I kidding? XReaper 1 Quote
Deep Blue Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 (edited) sapito pepe <3 jajaaj Edited November 25, 2015 by Deep Blue Dergonu, akaritan, XReaper and 4 others 7 Quote
Darklord Rooke Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Maybe if they get a better writer... nah, who am I kidding?Apparently they had a pretty decent writer to begin with, but the boss cut communication with him and instead went with... I'm assuming some badly developed automatic writing software that just spits out scripts for them. Quote
TexasDice Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Mangagamer could use some of that Adam Sandler money for their real projects, so on an objective and cynical level, I'm okay with this. Quote
Darklord Rooke Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Mangagamer could use some of that Adam Sandler money for their real projects, so on an objective and cynical level, I'm okay with this. That is true. And they've got some pretty awesome projects lined up. Quote
sanahtlig Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Based on the traffic to my install guide for the Sakura Swim Club adult patch, this is a solid business move on MangaGamer's part.Sakura Dungeon is vaguely interesting since it'll be their first gameplay title. Too bad I've vowed not to support either company *shrug*. Quote
Darklord Rooke Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Sakura Dungeon? So they're trying for an RPG? The most difficult part of designing any RPG is the balancing, which takes a lot of care and time. If they ARE doing an RPG, how they balanced the thing is the first issue I'm interested in. Quote
Decay Posted November 25, 2015 Author Posted November 25, 2015 It could be like a dungeon sim? Something like Dungeon Keeper. I'd like that more, if it was good. But yeah, I'd put my money on some kind of RPG. Incidentally, the artist for the Sakura games worked on Demon Master Chris, a dungeon crawling RPG. Apparently it wasn't very good, but I'm assuming the artist is the only constant here so that doesn't actually mean anything. Quote
Kawasumi Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 I know that the winged cloud hate is basically a bandwagon at this point but: VirginSmasher 1 Quote
Valmore Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 The Sakura titles are wonderful examples of the highest quality in visual novel writing. Their protagonists are always interesting and seem to have a much higher sense of awareness than those of other titles. The distinct lack of fan service is a refreshing change from the typical PG-13 t and a so rampant in the industry. This could be the dawning on a new enlightened age in the art form. Snoogans. Quote
Darklord Rooke Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Incidentally, the artist for the Sakura games worked on Demon Master Chris, a dungeon crawling RPG. Apparently it wasn't very good, I ... kinda enjoyed Demon Master Chris :3Also, the background artist they used to use is Badriel from Lemma, who's an incredibly reliable and talented freelancer. People can't speak well enough of him, he's very much in demand. LiquidShu 1 Quote
Narcosis Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 They better start to name their games properly. Quote
monkeysrumble Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 I hope to remain optimistic that the Sakura games will start getting good and maybe Sakura dungeon will actually be fun to play. They have a pretty decent artist and I kind of want to see their games flourish cause I always want to see good titles.However, it is very amusing to make fun of them.... Kawasumi 1 Quote
Katatsumuri Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 2 new games2 new games2 new games...oh for fucks sake. Quote
Dergonu Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 (edited) Dear lord... really?! REALLY?! Why do they keep making these things xD Edited November 25, 2015 by Dergonu Quote
Decay Posted November 25, 2015 Author Posted November 25, 2015 Dear lord... really?! REALLY?! Why do they keep making these things xDSimple answer: Because people keep buying them. VirginSmasher 1 Quote
Valmore Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Dear lord... really?! REALLY?! Why do they keep making these things xDFor the same reason they keep churning out Fast and Furious movies. Quote
Darklord Rooke Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Because we all have a need for speed? Dergonu, FinalChaos, Silvz and 5 others 8 Quote
Dergonu Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Because we all have a need for speed? well I think most players are going to go through the game as speedy as possible. (Aka the good old CTRL mash technique) Quote
Narcosis Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Well I think most players are going to go through the game as speedy as possible. (Aka the good old CTRL mash technique) Why even bother with skipping, when hcg's are uploaded literally minutes after release ( ¬‿¬) Quote
Maxel Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 They will just add Sakura Clicker into Sakura Dungeon, and call it a VN with gameplay elements... They wouldn't be able to release games so fast if they would need to create new gameplay, please... I still hope for weekly Sakura releases with the same CGs and character sprites, so I can laugh at buyers even more. Quote
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