ITT: 10/10 Visual Novels
Monster Girl Quest
The most patrician there is.
Obligatory Phoenix Wright and Steins;Gate mention
i can't wait for zero this yearso i can cry like a bitch
the best
>>340543231
Not trying to be rude, but I have to ask: what's fun about visual novels and why do people play them?
Majikoi also
>>340543995
i guess they either like the visuals, the story or the music?
>>340543995
Why do people read books?
>>340543995
They're interactive books that have sound and visuals.
>>340544150
So it's a novel. Why make it a game?
>>340544365
Oh my god this whole fucking series.
Short but sweet masterpieces.
>>340544407
To tell a story differently? VNs don't read like straight novels. They incorporate the elements of the medium to change and enhance the way the stories are told.
>>340544407
Why can't something be also something else?
>>340544454
Indeed but from the 11th game onwards the quality of the games improve significantly
>>340544407
Illustrations, the possibility of choice, the ability to connect a bit more with the main character
>>340544570
If making it something else as well detracts from the strength of its original category, then it's a negative change.
swan song
barely any loods, but still a real trip
>>340544407
interaction, multiple routes, figuring out things by yourself instead of watching the main character doing everything, they're not just books with pictures
>>340543231
>played 999 on an emulator, finished it yesterday
>have seen two threads about 999 today
>SiIvaGunner posted a song from 999 one hour ago
Im 99.9% sure that morphogenetic fields are real
Probably my second favorite after G-Senjou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Wi2bq3Y9A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx_evmauxZ0
>>340544670
Novels aren't interactive. You can't explore the world beyond very limited choose-your-adventure types of choices. It's not better or worse, it's different.
Plus sound and visuals.
Never seen a story unravel and close itself as good as this one.
>>340543885
ayy, same here, phamalam
>>340544871
Today'sJune 9th
I almost feel bad that it's an eroge, it could've been so insanely popular without the stigma that an eroge carries.
Unbelievably great.
It's more point and click than classical VN though.
>>340544871
>SiIvaGunner posted a song from 999 one hour ago
FUCK
>>340545241
But it was insanely popular.
It just didn't get translated until recently since its not a moege and that's all that is ever translated.
>>340544871
>>340545153
>>340545326
>New trailer today too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbCB5TvjH4M
What the actual fuck guys
I thought this board was for video games?
>>340545686
Show me the visual novel board you fucking faggot. VNs have always been allowed on /v/.
>>340543231
I dare you to tell /jp/ that Zero Escape is good visual novel
>>340545610
In Japan.
And it's not like translating these old games aren't a huge hurdle, don't go around pointing fingers just because it's not a moeblob. It's not like they have a .txt lying around in these games with all the dialogues.
It's no mystery why almost no PC-98 games are translated, shit ain't easy. And even with Yu-No they had to translate the Windows 95 port
>make a visual novel
>make it adventure format
why is this allowed?
>>340543231
I haven't found a VN that was as enjoyable or hit me with as many feels as Katawa Shoujo.
>>340545918
>Otaku's ever liking a good visual novel
>>340545932
>>340546060
Yes, that's what I said, Japan. Also I'll point fingers at Moege because that's what is translated the most. It's easy and most fan-translators don't understand complex Japanese anyway. Hell sometimes they don't even translate and just clean up a MT.
YU-NO is literally always a recommended VN since it was translated, and it took more than 15 years, that's pretty damn good. It's one of Japan old go to recommends too, so if you really want to bask in fan praise, learn Japanese.
>>340543231
>>340543554
>>340545039
>>340544021
9/10
>>340545584
8/10
>>340543412
5/10, 6/10 and 7/10 respectively.
>>340544892
7/10 (The atmosphere is god tier though).
>>340543885
>>340545054
Only 10/10
>>340543231
This is /v/, not /jp/.
You sad fuck
>>340543554
I think you meant to post this
>>340545039
Ghost Trick isn't a VN, it's a puzzle game.
Simply the best
Sharin no Kuni is pretty good. It also has Wakamoto.
If you're like me and just want VNs that are about an actual Adventure instead of being a high school kid that finds a princess elf that begs for the main character to destroy the magic seal in her vagina, then this site is for you:
http://pixelmenu.22web.org/games.html
>>340546994
A man of taste.
>>340547083
thanks I'll give it a look
>>340547076
YAMI WO KIRISAKU
>>340547076
>>340546994
I genuinely wish to frame chapter 1 and 5 since they're so unbelievably enjoyable. I could take or leave the rest, but those two bits are so above and beyond anything else I ever read or enjoyed.
>>340547083
also snatcher
>>340547050
I've been meaning to get around to it.
It was made by the same guys as G-senjou so I'm sure it's decent at the very least.
>>340547083
Why not both?
>>340543926
Winrar
Fuck that was a good story
>>340547083
>Zack and Wiki
Top tier VN
how is umineko? Is it worth playing?
>>340546584
>FSN better than MGQ
>S;G better than anything
>>340546994
who this, i wanna look it up on sankaku and fap until I can't move
>>340547513
Technically the site is about Japanese Adventure Games, which usually translated to VNs.
But even with that criteria I think they're overreaching with Zack and Wiki
The only visual novel I have read/played is G Senjou no Maou and I loved the fuck out of it
What are some others that are similar or just good in general
>>340547662
It's fanart from two lolis from Umineko
You can see em in this pic
>>340547076
>>340547658
>FSN better than MGQ
Yes? The entire series is filled with terrible porn, mediocre gameplay and a generic as hell plot.
>>340547650
It's enjoyable. Your milage may vary by the end of it all, so see how the beginning thrives you
>>340547650
Do you like murder mysteries?
Do you like Agatha Christie?
Did you enjoy the atmosphere of 999?
Do you like Phoenix Wright pointing and arguign to firgure out the truth while good music plays?
If you said yes to any of them you should probably try it
>>340547781
thank you, have a great life anon
>>340547650
It's long as fuck and the ending sucks
>>340543231
obligatory
>>340547841
>>340547940
I hear the ending is shit. Is it still worth it for the journey?
Plus I've seen different versions? Which one is the best to get?
>>340547820
Funny. If you didn't mention gameplay I would've thought you were talking about Fate
>>340548146
The journey is more important than the twist anyways
Get the PS3 patch for voices and CGs and sprites if you can't stomach the greatness of the original ones
The beggining is kinda slow until the murders start so you might have to endure the set up of the characters
>>340548221
I wouldn't call the plot generic as hell.
>>340543231
wtf why has nobody mentioned this one yet
Also written by Uchikoshi
>>340548146
its so worth it, its one hell of a good ride
there are 2 versions, original and one with remastered sprites and voices. I prefer the original cause the sprites are great and the voices are better the second time around
>>340548369
Because it is the only VN known for making people allergic to chicken
>>340548356
Don't worry, ever since the more recent fate anime adaptations it's become the spicy new meme to hate on FSN.
ever17
honorable mention Symphonic Rain for comfy
>>340548003
>>340548146
>The ending sucks
>The ending is shit
To this day I don't get how you can read the massive amount of text from the beginning to the ending and still not understand it
>>340543231
Meh, VLR was better.
>>340548146
Ending's love or hate, with pretty much zero middle ground. It's an absolute trip though, and entirely enjoyable despite any low points.
>>340547761
Sharin no Kuni was made by the same people, so try that out.
>>340547650
Completely shits the bed when it gets to the answer arcs, but it's goddamn fantastic before that.
>>340543231
>>340548348
>>340548438
Right cool, I can deal with the OG sprites. 9/10 times remakes tend to fuck something up anyway
>>340548369
Terrible pacing and only Tsugumi and Coco's route are great. The rest are mediocre.
>>340548628
>Completely shits the bed when it gets to the answer arcs
Fuck off, it was 10/10 literally until EP8.
>>340543231
More of a Majikoi man myself.
>>340548520
>Pulling the 'you just didn't GET it' card
Come one man, everyone admits that it starts going to shit after the author's buttbuddy died
>>340548369
The only real downside to 999 is that it makes a lot of the twists, especially in VLR, seem obvious. He revisits a lot of concepts. Still one of the best out there, though.
>>340548630
Too soon, my dick still hurts.
>>340548717
The sprites are not that important anyways
Be sure to add the CGs though, since they add a lot during some moments
Also keep in mind that Umineko is about 180 hours long so don't go in if you don't have the time for it
>>340548630
Still need to finish this
>>340547650
Definitely recommend it. Without a doubt it has a slow starting where it sets a lot of (needed) exposition, I think that's the right term. I like this kind of starting, but otherwise it will feel a bit droll for the first couple of hours. Once that's done though, it is fantastic for the rest of episode 1, all of episodes 2 and 3, most of episode 4, and 5-8 are kinda hit or miss with people.
>>340548798
Congratulations, I'll be one of the many people out of your "everybody" to refute that
And yeah, you probably didn't get it, fight me on that
>>340543926
Not the best but still one of my personal faves from voice acting alone.
>>340548630
What game?
I feel like Kara no Shoujo would change the minds of visual novel nay sayers.
I think it's the greatest of all time
>>340548754
It really wasn't. In episode 5 he couldn't go ten minutes without bringing up that Decalogue shit. The answer arcs are basically Ryukishi wanking over how much he loves mystery tropes, and it's a god damn snorefest.
What about Root Double ?
Anyone read it ?
>>340549103
I agree.
shkanontrice
>>340549182
Entire VN is flashbacks
>>340549213
rosatrice
>>340548630
Great taste
>>340548914
>180 hours long
Is more like 100-120.
>>340549103
Haha, holy shit Wikipedia
>>340549343
it was gohta the whole time
>>340549103
I think it's great, but the trial and error bullshit that arises from having to select where to go each day means you need to follow a guide, which sucks. Other than that, there's some fun detective work.
KnS2 has a really fucking long intro though. Cartagra is also great.
Clannad if you can forgive the art
>>340549516
I can't. I also can't forgive that there's no h
>>340549516
i just can't
i hear its good, but every time i see the art it just makes me puke
>>340549103
same. loved it
>>340549204
Tojiko best girl
>>340549502
I want to punch Bern in the face.
The House in Fata Morgana was released a few weeks ago and it's quite good.
>>340549103
While I enjoyed the story I'm reminded of YU-NO where I needed a guide to get the good endings because they're not intuitive enough. Didn't the investigations have hard time limits to them? Shit was rough.
>>340549784
>no h
can't forgive
who /saya/ here?
>>340549487
Every thread until we reach the Golden Land.
>>340543885
I played this recently and hated the fact that replying to one random email in the wrong way early on immediately fucks you out of the good ending
Also I felt that the good ending was way too happy and clashed with the tone of the rest of the game
>>340549642
Watching the anime is slightly less painful
yume miru kusuri
this is also the best route
>>340549516
I actually wish Key made Clannad a pure novel with spoken text instead of a VN. I seriously despise that art. It's not even charming bad.
>>340549784
>That shitty art.
>>340550386
i wanted to play this but the artstyle is so bad. look at that chick
>>340549516
>Extra-curricular activities are serious business
>>340550386
yeah /jp/ really loves it so be sure to ask for more games just like it
>>340550026
Is there a VN out there with a more fucked up romance honestly?
>>340550473
I like it.
>>340550710
Anything by clock up
>>340550491
i dont know I though it was average but not straight up bad
the only art style i could never stomach isclannad
cross channel was also another really good VN
>>340550386
All routes are good routes. I still remember when MC was strangling bitch face and Aeka says to hold on. I was like bitch you better not be forgiving this cunt!And then she starts helping choke the bitch.
Grisiai is pretty good, although some of the character routes arent really worth touching. and one of them is straight updepressing
>Clannad
>G-Senjou
>FS shit
>Steins
Holy fuck all this shit taste. Literal babbies first VNs with the worst writing imaginable.
>>340551447
The character routes were all awful. The common route was pretty great though.
>>340544871
Well the new one releasing later this month so there's that
>>340551228
it was incredibly frustrating to play through therapescene, it's one of the few times i've been so bothered by a game.
that particular scene though, yea, it was the good shit. there was no way to like that bitch after the buildup
>>340551459
post your choices then
G-Senjou No Mao
Ever17
>>340550945
>cross channel
My nigga, was my first VN ever. I should go replay it, since I feel like I only had a vague idea of what happened in the middle.I remember going through the same loop 4 times because i kept missing a flag and didn't realize it until the 3rd time through.
>>340551510
sachi's was cute with a stupid plot, michiru's made me want to kill myself, and yeah everyone else was straight up bad.
common was fantastic
>>340543231
I fucking hated the true ending
>all of a sudden Junpei knew the code to the coffin
>>340551459
Except the proper shit tier babby first list is
>YMK
>Katawa Shoujo
>Steins;Gate
>Saya no Uta
>>340551883
you missed the point of the entire game, bravo
>>340551565
My choice is not playing shit "games"
Read a book, faggot.
>>340551883
It made perfect sense, you missed the fucking point of game
>>340551883
That ending was what made the game good.
>>340551925
Steins;gate is fantastic you fucking pleb.
>>340551883
999 is just a really shitty Ever17.
>>340552254
But E17 is 80% mediocre, 10% good and 10% amazing.
>>340552254
It has better pacing
>>340552208
In what universe? It has some of the worst characters imaginable besides Suzuha.
>>340548630
got a save?
>>340551459
>It's bad cause its popular
>>340550945
i just dont like the bloom going on
>>340552378
>Not liking Okabe and Kurisu.
What a fucking plebian.
>>340552382
Name a single good piece of popular media.
>>340552478
The Witcher 3.
anyone here a fan of everlasting summer? you know, that one Russian VN?
>>340552378
>suzuha
>>340544407
It's more of an adventure game than a visual novel
>>340543231
>19 days left until GoAT
Who's ready for the water works here?
>>340543885
Aww shit, everyone here is ready for some tears apparently
>>340552208
Nah. It's babby's first vn. And even then no because everyone watches the anime.
>>340552359
Right, but it's never bad, whereas the fantastic parts far far outweigh the rest.
999 has plenty of sloggy parts and the "twist" isn't that mind blowing.
>>340551872
>michiru's made me want to kill myself
yes because of horrible it is.
>10 hours of pretend dating, mitcher being the most frustratingly shy and Yuuji not giving a fuck
Jesus christ why does best girl have worst actual worst route.
>>340552648
The anime is dogshit
>>340549101
I hate the porno director
>>340552767
Way to miss the point of that route.
> only route that actually deals with psychological horror
>>340552663
>999 had sloggy parts
>COMPARED TO EVER FUCKING 17
oh I am fucking dying anon
How is Remember11? I dont exactly love this "closed room game" visual novels but Remember11 is about a group of people who's plane crashed (like Lost)? that's pretty interesting
>>340552663
What parts in 999 did you find bad? It was pretty well paced, though VLR had many repeating/similar parts that got stale.
>>340551925
Nah it's:
>FSN
>Tsukihime
>Muv-Luv
>Katawa Shoujo
Everything else you mentioned is pretty popular but nothing is babby first ENG VN as these.
>>340546796
>>340543554
Tsukihime Pastebin
http://pastebin.com/mF7ZrVhJ
Fate Pastebin
http://pastebin.com/gWugHmdj
>>340552767do you remember the bad end anon?
>>340552648
You realize there are far more babby's first than S;G, right?
>>340553025
>YMK not on the list
>Tsukihime is
Are you stupid?
>>340552378
>Not Faris
>>340553036
This will be useful
Thanks anon
>>340550331
All the endings but Luka's and Kurisu's are still "good" they're just bittersweet.
>>340552569
nobody? damm.
>>340552897
Fuck you that route was unbelievable painful to sit through, and NOT in the good storytelling way.
>>340552569
I liked it. Ending was a bit weird.
>dreamomancer
>>340553025
No one touches Tsukihime before FSN. And no one touches Muv-luv cause it's a War and Peace saga.
It's Katawa Shoujo, FSN, Saya no Uta, and Steins Gate. And then possibly YMK or Clannad
>>340553143
He's right though, see >>340553130
Saya no Uta
Fucking god tier soundtrack.
>>340553215
Pretty sure Faris's is downright good, unless there's something I'm forgetting.
why the fuck are we discussing what are baby's first VNs? why does it matter? post your hipster VNs so that I can go try them out instead
>>340553143
Are you? Nasu shit is infinitely more common and hyped than anything else in English as far as VNs go.
>>340552569
That fucking Miku route was spooky shit.
>>340553130
>>340553338
>stats on a single vn website
>>340553393
*was some
>>340552947
shitty unfinished ending. don't bother
>>340552947
It's my favourite -infinity- game. Great music, great atmosphere and some nice twists. You have to get most of the bad ends and read all the TIPS to figure out exactly what's going on though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSO3h2ZOFU4
>>340553215
Yeah but true ending cranks the sunshine and rainbows up to 11 with everything being fine and everyone being happy forever
I'm not even sure how what kicked them into a new timeline, as Okabe would have still sent an email to Daru saying Mikase got stabbed, it would have gotten sent to the past, SERN would have recieved it and used them to accelerate their time travel research and everything would have just got stuck in a big dumb loop
>>340544021
It's a game, really. Okay I'm gonna go replay it now.
>>340553376
If it's translated, it's utter shit.
>>340553130
vndb is a great metric for sure
protip no it isn't
>>340553467
>the most well known english vndb ever
>"hurr durr single website"
Beyond retarded.
>>340549985
Click limits iirc
>>340552947
if you like how 999 or ever17 spell out everything super conveniently at the end, you'll hate remember11.
>>340553367
>ree stop liking popular things ree
>>340553609
>english vndb
>vndb
>well known
hers a hint: most baby's first readers don't know it exists
>>340544892
I liked Ge-Senjou just because the protagonist was kind of neat. And a huge cunt.
Fuck the twist, though. Written fucking stupidly.
>>340543231
>>340553672
>scissors
>>340553672
what were they thinking when they decided on the name for this particular game
>>340553696
Yet far more people have voted the others than those so called "babby's first"
You're retarded. Just fuck off.
>>340553364
In Faris' ending all of his other friends forget he exists.
>>340553367
Because those are the ONLY VNs that get mentioned in these threads despite them being trash.
>>340547308
OH DESIRE
>>340553845
You mad YNKbaby? fuck off while grown men are talking
>>340553025
Phoenix Wright is literally as entry level as it gets
>>340553672
>scissors
This is actually agonising to watch.
>>340552381
i do, but it's not 100%
>>340553913
That's not too bad considering most of them are tards.
>>340553805
Is this actually good? Or is it just for yaoi fans?
>>340553916
dont you think people mention them because they had fun playing them? then how can you objectively say they were thrash?
just hit me up with your hipster suggestions brother, i will play them
>>340543231
Does this count?
I used to be a huge fan of VNs, but the only ones i've read over the last 4 years or so were S;G, Higanbana, and KnS2. What were some good VNs released in that time?
>>340553672
>scissors
Where's her handler?
>>340545620
>nipspeak
>>340543231
Any kind anon want to recommend me a VN that's going to reduce me to a hollow, weeping wreck?
I'm very much in the mood to be reminded I'll never have a girl as perfect as one in a VN could be, or for even greater effect for her to be taken away from me in some very hertbreaking way. Do your worst anons.If it's an 18+ one no guro pls, I can't in to that.
>>340554241
YMK
>>340554336
YMK, aeka route
>>340553672
Period was fucking great, I actually held off on playing it for weeks after it came out because the art style was kind of jarring. But it was worth it. Rad as fuck.
>>340554336
>that's going to reduce me to a hollow, weeping wreck?
G Senjou no Mao
go, now, and pick the main girls route
>>340553538
I thought the point of that ending was that the time travel research gets removed from existence so SERN can't stop her attending the conference in time and capture her and the Russians can't start ww3 over the research.
All the talk of the talk about the universe willing people dead and the appeals to a higher power made me think the whole steins;gate worldline was the universe returning to its proper state as it abhors time travel.
>>340554145
It's very good. A lot of yaoi games are fantastically written, strangely enough. Same with a lot of yuri games. Another good example is Lamento, which is about cat-people in a fantasy world being destroyed by an apocolypse which basically purifies the world in a creepy way.
>>340543231
>>340554114
He also knows no one but Faris and even then he ends up in a version of him with a different set of interests and personality
>>340554432
>>340554497
I will get both
>>340554497
lol, you can't be serious
It was even more forced and pathetic than persona 3 ending
>>340551925
Don't forget Ace Attorney and Zero Escape.
>>340554145
it's good but if you're not into yaoi you won't like it
>>340554272
>>340549516
>KEY visual novels
>Its all laughs and shit
>halfway Shit gets real and you have to fuck up in order to get all routes and do the true endings
Everytime
>>340554781
Fucking retarded cum dumpster fuck you that's how those work. Worst girl detected.
who else played chaos;head? I though it was neat at the beginning then it took a completely insane direction. I seriously couldn't tell you how it ends because it became such a mess
Ayakshibito was pretty rad.
Unteralterbach is probably best vn to come out of West.
>>340554173
Sucking dicks is fun too if you're a massive fucking faggot.
>>340554895
>You will never play umineko for the first time again
Hold me /v/
>>340554579
Yeah but then Okabe would still have ran out, sent the Dmail, which would have been picked up by SERN and caused them to get kicked over to the worldline you're in for most of the game
I just don't see how what Okabe did prevented that from happening
>>340555020
O SHI-
>its a VN with a great common route and shit everything else
>>340555020
Has there ever been a girl worse than that one?
>>340554781
>This vn
>2 girls I was interested in turns into lolis
I never asked for this
>>340554953
The ost did make it pumping in some parts however the russian girl route was the most boring for me.
>>340554920
Chaos Head was great, anime was shit.The ending is basically "cool you blew up a mind control machine and either got your shit stabbed in to heal a creepy Benjamin Button version of yourself, who is the real you, or you DIDN'T get stabbed and the real you dies. So that's fun. The other ending is literally you losing and the bad guys win. So that's also fun.
They make good games. Robotic Notes is garbage, though.
>>340554920
the common opinion is that it starts off strong and then shits the bed really bad by going all shonen at the end.
i wish it were a bit better. the horror theme is more interesting than the thriller thing going on in S;G, but the infodumps and magical sword shit drag it down so far.
its like 999 but better (root double)