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This thread is for the discussion of untranslated Japanese visual novels.
What are you playing? What are you looking forward to? What have you finished? You know the drill.
Kouya is out. And Regalias is still missing lol. For some reason every uploader in Japan decided that this would be a great month to boost mikocon's VIP member subscriptions. And I thought they hated the dude, could have fooled me!
So this is the kind of shit you guys read in Japanese, huh? Glad I didn't bother. There's nothing of value in untranslated VNs.
>>15003199
It's extremely interesting, anon.
>>15003199
あなたもかわいそうな人生を歩んでいる
well, hello train.
So, now that Agobarrier is ded, will rosebleu finally stop shitting out garbage like Sekasuku and Valkyrie Runabout?
>>15003314
h-hidoi...
>>15003314
No more Tiny Dungeon though.
E-mote makes this game approximately 1000% cuter.
This should be required for all games with animal-eared heroines.
>>15003237
I love how that extremely basic sentence is the extent of your Japanese knowledge and yet you have the audacity to act smug.
>>15003418
I love how you completely missed reference to OP post because you cannot read Japanese.
>>15003404
holy shit, she is a ninja. look at those fast side steps.
Just finished the Island trial, it was great
>that full product preview
>that kiss
>that NEVER ISLAND
April 28th cant come sooner
The heroine design in Island is so off-putting, Im probably never going to read it. Especially the one with a bird nest on her head.
>>15003553
I think so too and the trial was still the best thing I read this year
>>15003553
Not a big fan of the miko either, she has too much hair for her size. Karen (twintail) is pretty standard and Rinne is the most unique, also her design makes sense story-wise.
>>15003526
I stopped playing the trial because I don't want it to leave me in a cliffhanger. So goddamned hyped for it.
everyone is a bully.
>>15003708
Ugly.
>>15002878
it's not shitposting it's funposting
How do you guys use 2ch
There are just a bunch of people posting the new erodes add the synopsis and add kit every now and again.
Where's the discussion?
>>15003780
*Add kita every now and again
>>15003620
Heh, just realized I didnt read the entire trial, only the prologue part. There are tabs for Chapter 1, 2 and 3 but gonna wait for the full game
>>15003788
After you finish the prologue, a choice near the beginning gets unlocked. Make sure you do that as well.
>>15003800
Okay now I'm even more confused. What was that
I haven't read in a while its kinda tricky getting back into reading jap, any tips?
I can handle moege well and need to look up a word or two every hour or maybe not at all.
With a text hooker I get too attatched and struggle the moment I turn it off after a while I get used to it and its easier to just put it in auto and read, it keeps things constant and if I don't get something cause the text moved too fast I can get it through context or just backlog for a second to check.
Stuff like Sakura no uta isn't hard but the wording is unique? Its takes some time, I haven't read these types of texts before.
>>15003404
I actually saw that exact background in another, unrelated eroge, very odd
>>15004011
tsuushinbo?
>>15004019
Yeah
>>15003937
> hard but the wording is unique? Its takes some time, I haven't read these types of texts before.
That's good. Challenging yourself with new kinds of prose is good, it broadens your horizons.
And honestly if you can read a moege without problems then you just need more vocabulary so just keep jisho/rikaichan open and keep looking up those kanji. You'll notice that you'll need to look up less as you go on,
>>15003418
sup moogy
Japanese people don't go chanting century old Buddhist kanji all day in their conversations
Also that sentence is from OPs screenshot
>>15003553
be glad that they aren't too attractive. It's an all ages game after all.
is anyone here that might be able to answer a few questions for someone playing their first V/N?
I'm playing through Fate/stay night right now.
I know the routes are Fate > UBW > HF
I was told there were certain choices I need to make to go on the routes but I've also been given different files for UBW and HF
So once I go through fate do I just launch UBW independently?
It seems weird to me that I was told I need to make choices in the fate route to get into the UBW route when they're different files entirely.
>>15004367
One version has all the routes in one file, and another (realta nua) has the routes separate like that.
>>15004421
Thank you very much.
Stay based anon.
S;G0 PC version announced for summer, http://steinsgate0-pc.jp/
http://steinsgate0-pc.jp/
>>15004478
>>15004480
Cool.
>>15004478
>>15004480
It's already playable with an emulator
And not that good
Been reading セミラミスの天秤 and am really pleased. The character interactions seem a lot more realistic than usual games, putting aside the whole 悪魔 thing (though I did know someone IRL exactly like Ami so her dialogue is realistic to me). That's my impression anyway - realistic characters with realistic dialogue with just enough EROGE magic (quiet mini kouhai, beautiful perfect senpai) to still fit into expectations.
I wonder what we'll be seeing this year
Did anyone play wizard wars? It came out on 3/25 too.
>>15004782
oh NVM it was delayed
>>15004509
'Playable', because the ps3 emulator is still crap.
>>15004825
It's not that bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZnUfO19GKo
>>15003553
That's how I felt about Muv-Luv before I played it.
>>15004846
I can understand not liking the art design of characters, but it always baffles me how people consider it relevant for STORY games, you know? I mean there's precious few good ones as it is, so skipping over some due to qualms with character design seems crazy to me
>>15004846
Same here.
Same with Ayakashibito. Those foreheads, man.
I get strangely attached to odd art styles like that once I get far enough into a VN.
>>15004831
>DX12
>i7 6700
>>15004684
Ami gives me the creeps. Well, I guess real women give me the creeps too.
Adorable
>>15004943
It is possible to be cute and simultaneously have boobs that're three times the size of your head?
>>15004945
Yes but only due to her basically acting like a scared puppy
>>15004480
It's really rare and cool to see a VN male MC gets the main visual all to himself.
More MCs like Okabe please.
>>15004963
More VNs with a strong male cast rather. Really tired of all these games where in it's just MC and 9 girls, or otherwise MC, 1 or 2 male friends, and then 9 girls. It throws the dynamic off. A lot of good games make it work but it's still not something I think is a good practice. I think VNs should have something like a Bechdel test - how many conversations are there that aren't just MC and a single heroine talking, or just 4 heroines taking turns talking to MC with brief asides at each other? With more males in the cast the dynamic of conversation becomes more interesting and less focused on MC dominating the conversation despite usually being a blank slate.
>>15004892
>reads her description
Is she likable in any way, shape or form? Goddamn that's a lot of negatives for just one character
April fools day being on a Friday will make it fun to find what's real this year.
http://www.light.gr.jp/light/products/trinity/index.html
>>15005075
This one is probably true
>>15004852
Because if you're going to be staring at something for 30+ hours it damn well better be pleasing to the eye. Otherwise might as well go and read an actual book.
>>15004852
Because the visuals are a Extremely important part of the medium, if I didn't care about the quality of those visuals then I might as well be reading a book
>>15004981
>>15004981
The problem is that these games are named Bishoujo games, they are made for the purpose of getting along with cute girls, dating them and fucking them. They are games made for this purpose alone. Making a male charcters just to make conversation more natural is probably a waste of effort, time and money for eroge companies especially if the game isn't plotge and doesnt really any male charcters. While having a strong male cast is really cool, all Iam asking for is non self-insert MC or MC's friend not a complete idiot or desperate virgins. Last male friend I really liked is Actor from Hanasaki.
>>15005075
>>15004983
She is an interesting charcter that have some unique view in life, but seriously not the type i want to romance or date in my eroges, she would be much better as a villain charcter in light novel or anime instead of eroge.
EOPs get Dies Irae.... the incomplete version?
https://ask.fm/Conjueror/answers/133353455067
>>15005118
Why would they request the non-complete version?
>>15005096
>The problem is that these games are named Bishoujo game
I was responding to someone talking about Steins;Gate which is not a bishoujo game
>>15005084
>>15005092
You guys don't get it at all. Visuals are barely important outside of nukige. You spend 30 hours not looking at the art, you spend 30 hours reading. You're going to be seeing the same sprites and BGs for the whole game that you saw in the first hour or so. They're hardly relevant. Anyone who's read a well-written but ugly game, and anyone who's read a shitty but pretty game, knows this. Furthermore, as for "might as well be reading an actual book" - yeah! Real books are fine to. When choosing whether to read a VN or normal book, the difference shouldn't be visuals but rather whichever has more interesting writing and you want to read more at the time being. There is very little distinction between VNs and normal novels, reading is the main activity for both of them.
>>15005075
I'm checking through and while some are blatantly, obviously fake, some might just be plausible indeed.
>>15005145
I get your reasoning, I simply just don't agree with it as I apparently value visuals more than you do.
>>15005165
This is going to sound like a personal attack, but I'm more just interested - have you read a lot of VNs? What kind of VNs do you read? Do you also read "actual" books regularly?
>>15005118
>April memes day
>>15005169
>have you read a lot of VNs?
My backup files give me 548 individual games, give or take 50~60 due to the way I backup entire series in 1 folder. About half of those are nukige of varying levels of quaility
>What kind of VNs do you read?
Used to read everything I could possibly read back when I was studying Japanese, now days I tend to only read thing with paranormal elements in it, anything that gets rather high scores all around or fetish related nukige. I'm a fan of eroge that take place in other worlds with different species, societies and social structure to ours even if it's just a rehash with a couple of minor changes.
>Do you also read "actual" books regularly?
I haven't read for personal reasons this year however due to general disinterest (Lack of Shelf space doesn't help) and working on my eroge backlog, the only books I've read this year is books related to my younger sisters studies and she's a 9th grader so there's nothing noteworthy there. I suppose at this point I read actual books rather irregularly
>>15005253
I'm genuinely impressed you could read 548 games and still be concerned about visuals. That's giving me something to think about.
http://shchara.co.jp/04develop/planet/4story.html
New SHChara game is Space SciFi. First April, of course, but site seems legit.
Scenario writer is from their older games, so should be better than Yuusha Gun.
>>15005270
I'm not that anon but I am thoroughly surprised that someone would stick with the medium for a long time and not be concerned about visuals.
>>15005309
As implied by my earlier post, I read anything that interests me, be it VN or normal novel, and there's plenty of interesting VNs. Not just chuuni stuff or whatever, but even moege and nukige at times. I think anyone who likes reading would get into VNs if they simply knew about the stories told within.
Furthermore, while I hotly disagree that visuals are "extremely important", they are a plus to be considered.
>>15005292
That page has been there for almost two weeks.
>>15005333
I guess we simply hold different approaches to the medium. I don't read books at all, haven't for a long time. The visuals, music and voices are very important for me in a VN. I enjoy reading scenario or plot focused games a lot actually, but when they are not voiced, for instance, or the art is shitty I lose my interest quickly, unless the other aspects are great enough to compensate. For instance, to cite a relatively popular game with crappy visuals and no voice, I couldn't have enjoyed Umineko if it didn't have music or had shitty generic music, even if the story itself is interesting. I can't really read a VN just for the text, it has to have something more.
>>15005350
That's interesting. I'm like the opposite. No matter how good the visuals, music, and voices are if the text is bad I lose interest incredibly quickly.
>>15005351
Personal curiosity, what are your favorite games or games you greatly enjoyed? Any particular game on top of your list with shitty everything except the text? I'll give it a try, perhaps it's good enough to read for just the writing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggcMPi8vBf8&feature=em-uploademail
I laughed harder than I should have, really.
>>15005364
I'm still wetting my feet in VNs (100 read compared to your 500) so to speak, the two VNs which stand out in my mind as having been well written and having fairly poor everything else would be アルカディアの灯火 (OK visuals but low quality everything but writing to make it cheaper) and さよならを教えて. I'm interested in reading Gore Screaming Show and 冬は幻の鏡 (The latter of which, a quick glance at the vndb page should speak volumes https://vndb.org/v1344). The latter has a writer I really enjoyed and the former has a really interesting character I want to read about, and that's all I'm considering.
However, if you know what you like there's no need to go outside your comfort zone. I'm not judging you or saying you're living life incorrectly, we just like different things... I myself would be unable to read a game I was uninterested in even if it had the best visuals so expecting you to push through stuff you aren't interested in would be hypocritical of me.
>>15005377
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRUb7_QwnAQ&feature=em-uploademail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKAC3_UOLKo&feature=em-uploademail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veLkYYumXBg&feature=em-uploademail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkuBnCfeO1k&feature=em-uploademail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4TZCXPqlJI&feature=em-uploademail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_uy1yrP7gI&feature=em-uploademail
I wouldn't even mind this one, really. Fits well into the format.
>>15003780
2ch != futaba
>>15004480
as a filthy text hooker I am happy
http://www.studio-beast.com/JQV_zenya/index.html
don't forget to allow scripts, kids!
>>15005075
>Masada not doing the scenario
No thanks.
>>15004983
She's likable,there are really only two instances where I thought she did something truly horrible if I ignore the bad endings. One to a person who deserved it and one to a completely innocent classmate. Though for the innocent classmate you could argue that it was her own fault and Ami merely gave her the tools.
>>15004480
>>15004478
If you know Okabe doesn't die in 2025 thus fooling the world sparking his idea that saved Kurisu in S;G
What are some other things worth knowing?
>>15005075
WHERE'S DIES IRAE VITA YOU KEKS
I don't understand why Kouya is getting bashed so much. It's been really fun to read so far.
>>15006258
It's fun all the way through but it got bashed because it's not what they promised for years
>>15006258
Full price.
Blatant false advertising.
Short.
It's a perfect way to get people mad.
>>15006258
How much did you pay for it?
How much of the advertising did you pay attention to?
>>15004043
thanks i don't really have problem with kanji really, I get most stuff I see if its anew word/kanji I just try to remember it and all.
My problem seems to be large blocks of text that are hard to analyse and break down and just odd wording.
Still thanks I guess I'll just keep reading
>>15005416
Wait are you talking about 2channel?
I went there but it's in korean
I though it was the wrong site so I assumed it to be futaba
>>15006671
They're mocking Koreans, I guess.
http://www2.2ch.net/2ch.html
This ending was bullshit, it makes no sense
>lets combine 3 ending ideas we had even though its bullshit
1.Sakura's not really dead but a ghost see the ghost picture
2.Sakura runs through town in her wedding dress along with her childhood self and mention how they'll both love the Hatuyuki
3.Sakura sits in their classroom with a snowman on desk and says some words before fading.
Any of these endings would of worked why combine them it looks stupid it looks like she sat in the class room said those words put on a wedding dress ran back to them with her childhood self and changed back to her school unifrom for the picture, maybe not that order but its retarded.
Also why does Aya probably the strongest fighter not use her weapon and just keep getting hit. She just stays there its like a bad joke, the game mocks you for picking her, no swings of the sword or anything its not like the game didn't have them they just chose to let her stay still and take hits, she doesn't retaliate or anything.
Also if Hatuyuki is the so calledking of ghosts what does it really mean all the ghosts do is scare people, if you know the ghosts are there he's basically a person. The only time the ghost did something was make him levitate and maybe give him an edge in one fight but other than that it does nothing. He fight on a basis but with his fists and never really uses the ghosts, even when dying they do nothing, they just yell from being hit its so stupid I hate it.
I haven't been this upset since persona 4, I really hated the cast during the final scenes.Its not like Nijima can't write fight scenes even if he doesn't they just put sound effects of fighting nothing happens at the end he just takes all these blows and yells how to back off or he's gonna do something.
The thing is I really liked this game its probably my favourite eroge but the ending is so shit, also why do all the cool events happen with all the girls when you're on a route with Sakura, why not the neutral route?
The music is amazing the snow theme really works well and seeing the puzzles pieces fit together is awesome, among other things. There are also some things that could've been done better but overall I liked it, its flaws were horrible though.
>>15007038
Shit I'm playing this. Like you I really love the music and the snow theme makes for a great atmosphere. Did Aya's route and loved it because she's best girl and I thought the route was pretty decent. Did Yoru's route and similarly thought it was decent. Started Shirokuma but my progress has grinded to a halt. I'm a pretty big lolicon but unless some serious stuff gets revealed in her route then she really doesn't feel like she should even be in the game in the first place. It's almost as if they were like "hey we need a loli let's add one for no reason."
>>15007105
Ayayayaya!!
>Did Aya's route and loved it because she's best girl
I agree
I like all the girlsbut the ending is so shit I started to hate this game, so much.
The main person responsible has nothing bad happen to him other than Haatsuyuki fuck his granddaughter
Do you guys play eroge in outside or communing to work/class?
I kinda want to but worry about something lewd showing up
>>15007121
God damn thanks for reminding me about the existence of that CG. She is truly a goddess.
>>15007121
>>15007121
>>15007121
>>15007121
>Those feet
>>15007148
If you don't care about being a total social outcast, go ahead.
>>15007148
believe in yourself.
>>15006272>>15006375
> everyone who read it except one man in English community pirated it
> complain about price
>>15006980
Wow, very low of the admin to make that happen. Is it Jim? I remember Hiroyuki hated netouyo and their obsession with koreans.
>>15007161
破廉恥！
小さいからアンドロイド版と思いきゃウィンドウズ版だった。
>>15007174
I bought it. The price doesn't really bother me but I do feel a bit cheated that we didn't get the 第二部 that we were promised, or any sort of a plot at all. Oh well, at least Romeo's text is fun to read.
>>15007221
whats the point in android versions can people actually read them?
>>15007161
その度胸、まさに欲しい程度。
Come on, it's all what I'm waiting for.
They don't even bother to change the 2015 sales start picture on their site.
>>15007277
渡辺僚一の２０１５年はまだまだ終わらないから！
>>15007277
https://twitter.com/watanaberyoichi/status/715550837875945473?s=09
My hype grows.
Are there any funny April Fool eroge/VN company jokes this year?
>>15007437
プラマイウォーズを勧め
英語でも日本語でもどうでもいいけど、エロゲに全く関係ない書き込みは止せ。
>>15007174
He said it's getting bashed. Where's it getting bashed? Amazon reviews, egs, etc. And in those reviews, people almost always mention the price.
>>15007458
オマエモナー
>>15004478
Denuvo soon
>>15007323
So instead of turning machine translators into boogeymen we're going to go back to the tried and true EOP boogeyman?
Just like we did to change the thread name? Good, I'll rev up my shitpost engine again.
is there any vn that you can play on your browser?
>>15007565
That Denuvo meme gets stale. AKB will only use it because the 社長 wants a pissing contest with Chinese pirates no matter what. Denuvo isn't exactly cheap to implement and its effectiveness with VNs questionable.
>>15007458
賛成！
I liked this thread better when it was about eroge instead of Japanese shitposting.
>>15007308
>アナル
I hope he doesn't overdo it.
Anyway, rereading なつくもゆるる in anticipation.
Guys we've already been told off more than once about using Japanese for full discussions on here
>>15007730
Why?
>>15007744
IIRC its because 4chan is an English board and thus all discussion should be English. All foreign language stuff goes to /int/.
>>15007753
Pretty sure its just because the mods cant read it.
>>15007648
For years it was just called "VN General Thread". At first both translated and untranslated discussion were allowed and encouraged, but gradually it turned into almost exclusively untranslated discussion, while translated VNs got their own individual threads. Then /vg/ happened, and the EOPs all flocked over there, only returning to this thread to shitpost. At one point a year or so ago (?), the shitposting got so bad we changed the thread title and amended the OP to make it explicitly for untranslated stuff.
I made a dumb poll as a joke that people took seriously for some reason, and that's how we ended up with the エロゲスレ part of the title.
>>15007757
Well it IS mostly offtopic stuff anyway so they would be just in doing so.
>>15007308
Will this be the greatest hard sci-fi work of our time?
Anything for you, Yui-chan.
>>15007773
Should need to know moon to be a mod of /jp/
Holy fuck this is giving me diabetes again. Does anyone know of any other games where H scenes aren't every 5 seconds and instead there's a lot of ichaicha? I can never get enough of this shit.
>>15007833
Seconding this, it seems really hard to find.
I don't really get why one can't talk japanese with people who actually share hobbies in a thread where its title is very explicit about the content.
It's faggotry because most people should feel a little comfortable with japanese to consider entering here.
>>15007833
Lots of h scenes and a sprinkle of good ichaicha?
Thanks, picked up
Jesus, what happened to the thread
>>15007918
Probably because it's pure and unfiltered shitposting with no relation to the topic.
>>15007921
/vg/ raid.
>>15007926
>these are the faggots this site caters to
>>15007932
I wish.
>>15007924
Well, you got me there. Still, it'd be interesting to see if it'll be cosidered a foul if it wasn't shitposting.
>>15007920
>Lots of h scenes
Judging by a couple short reviews and the EGS score, it's the opposite and people are whining about how there's barely any ero.
>>15007968
Considering the extremely few posts actually talking about them weren't deleted, figure it out.
>>15007761
Changing the name didn't do anything. I was one of the main people complaining about the anti-translated VN autists and I'm still here. I just stopped caring about VNs as much.
>>15007971
Oh I see. Thanks for the help
>>15007437
I posted a few videos above before having to leave to deal with the daily modern day rat race here:
>>15005404
>>15005377
I can post links and tweets later when I'm done checking them I guess. Or check some matome blog, by now they probably have them up since it's been more than half a day.
hand over the april fools.
>>15007761
Can we just call it untranslated vn thread?
/uvn/
>>15007833
>>15007833
I really wanted something like this might try it
But I thought the MC was a dad and not a student
>>15008150
No, /vg/-style acronym from the thread would only invite more faggots like you here.
>>15008150
Its already called that, you retard.
>>15008158 or
>>15008160
Which is right?
>>15008158
>muh s-secret club
Not everybody you don't like is from /vg/
>>15008177
Its a buzzword here ignore it
>>15008177
You are though.
>>15008194
get your crossboard memes away from here
Grr! Stop fighting!
>>15008201
>>15008194
>>15008191
>>15008177
>>15008160
>>15008158
fuck you all, just get back on topic
>>15008207
げっっ
Cute.
>>15007921
shitposters and people responding to them
>>15008217
You just added one more shitpost to the pile, congrats.
>>15008224
Aren't you doing the same thing?
>>15007808
I'm reading Mayoeru futari to sekai no subete, is most of the game just looking after an elf loli?
I thought there were mysteries and stuff.
The fights also kinda seem to last long for single movements like Hanachirasu.
Does it get better?
>>15007792
What do you mean? It clearly says ラブコメ, and 学園, I'm sure it'll just be moeshit.
This year's Navel's April Fool is pretty short. I heard they are going through some sort of internal problem?
is anybody excited for dangan 3
I actually like it more than zero 3
https://youtu.be/R9AQjGxQGdw
>tfw no ps4
https://a.pomf.cat/gxrecc.mp3
What VN is this from? Apparently the VA is Ogasawara Saki but it's hard to tell which of the girls she's voicing from the voice samples on the official websites.
>>15008321
I'm pretty sure monokuma and nagito use boku not sure about junko so who do think is talking at the end here?
>>15008278
Moeshit + hard science. That's why I love this industry so much.
>>15008334
Haruhi from Primal Hearts 1.
>>15007808
>>15007833
I can't get over how two of the heroines' faces are exactly the same. Usually there's a tiny difference in eye shape or eyelashes but nope.
>>15008390
Ha, her normal voice really is completely different from her H-scene one. Thanks.
>>15008321
>>15008335
Really no danganropna fans?
Its a really fun mystery novel like phoenix wright, and with kinda of dating elements and stuff. The mysteries aren;t that great but its wacky and fun.
>>15008394
Pink's face seems a bit wider but yeah I guess its kinda creepy.
Anybody have the kiseki cover where two heroince looked exactly the same with the same face and posture but just different hair color and eyes.
>>15007277
I like this level of oppai loli. I might actually play this one
>>15008411
>Really no danganropna fans?
This is an eroge thread, you know.
So I finally finished Monobeno happy end.
I'm curious, what did they change about the plot from the original Monobeno?
>>15008441
>>15008441
I thought we can talk about untranslatrd vns plus people were talking about zero escape here before along with ever 17
>>15008451
I'm not saying you can't, just, why are you surpised noone gives you replies?
>>15008443
Not so happy end.
>>15008460
People talked about zero escape I kinda thought they might be interested in dangan series.
>>15008443
I wish this wasn't so long. It's so offputting having to read mountains of bullshit to get to the h scenes.
>>15008480
Try on /v/.
Hey, does anyone know the name of the vn where the protagonist looks like one of the heroines' brother, so they get him to attend their school as him?
>>15008500
Tinkle Twinkle Festival?
I'm playing through Sakura no Uta, is it just hype I don't get the big deal.
Should I treat it like a moege or some text heavy novel?
The jokes aren't that funny and some things have unneeded discussions, while other that could use some don't.
>>15008500
Nobel works?
>>15008507
Treat is as the masterpiece it is Zypressen onwards.
>>15008507
There's a lot of buildup, and the first chapter is pretty weak because it was written like ten years ago. The second chapter isn't bad, but the game doesn't really get going until Zypressen (Rina/Yuumi route).
That's my main problem with it, there's a lot of bullshit to wade through to get to the really good stuff.
>>15008507
People will tell you it gets better but if you don't like the artsy-fartsy pretentiousness you might as well quit now, as it never really stops and only gets worse.
>>15008510
That's it. Thanks.
>>15008473
Did it actually just have bad endings? Like what?
>>15008480
Zero escape and DR have already been localized by aksys and nisa respectively, and they also have their own threads in vg. uvn is for untranslated vns. Sure, people here have probably read them, but this isn't the appropriate venue.
>>15008535
I liked dracuriot better
Odd question.
I don't know shit about jap culture but girls hitting pinching guys, is it a wacky Anime thing or does it happpen.
I mean I get if it's like the same withwestern cartoons like a little girl beating up pro boxer.
But I hear teachers in Japan are strict enough to hit students so I don't really know.
Also are guys actually weak enough to feel intense pain from this?
I mean in school we used to punch each other for fun and shit but yeah just wondering.
Like ecchi scenes and stuff where girls flip their shit and attack guys.
>>15008507
>The jokes aren't that funny
Why can't scaji into comedy and interesting sol overall? Holy shit his jokes are elementary school tire.
>>15008688
I thought the stuff with Sui was pretty funny, and Subahibi's It's My Own Invention chapter in particular is a riot. I'd say he's great at weird/dark humor, but it doesn't necessarily translate well to typical SoL/moege type situations.
He should just make more KeroQ games.
Do you take the characters in wrote as jap people?
I don't really like jap people so I don't
>>15008809
Sorry auto correct I mean characters in eroge
>>15008560
Where are we supposed to discuss translated VNs with other people who read them in Japanese then? Every time something gets translated, it gets taken away from us? Are we supposed to never mention Subahibi again once the translation gets released, for example? Even as it pertains to Sakuuta?
>>15008855
He's just shitposting, ignore him. If you're reading it in Japanese it's fine.
Probably just not that many people here have read Danganronpa. I've seen it discussed before, though.
>>15008855
We get to pick and choose what qualifies and what doesn't.
>>15008855
No, you're just misinterpreting that guy to suit your butthurt. He's just telling you it's super easy to find countless discussions of Danganronpa and Zero Escape elsewhere, so people feel no need to discuss it here.
Is there a website / onlineshop that shows the backside of eroge packaging?
April Fools:
http://blog.livedoor.jp/twode_perf/archives/57589622.html
>>15007437
Somehow forgot August's and Irodori's too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLo3-1oJFi4&feature=em-uploademail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR4s1R-My2E&feature=em-uploademail
I'm dead tired though to link everything else that's not a video I saw today though. >>15009210 This is a good summary, has most of what I saw.
Wanna go to 御一夜市?
http://ingaouhou.com/archives/5704
>>15009672
That brown train looks cute and comfy.
https://omochikaeri.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/april-2016-eroge-releases/
>>15009681
Yeah, trains in Japan can be "comfy", so to speak.
Unrelated to eroge, but yesterday I rode 江ノ島電鉄 and it was a super nice. And there were surprisingly many people treating the train like a tourist attraction. People taking pictures from inside the train and many standing around the tracks and taking pics of the train.
>>15009694
Is the green guy right?
>Island on the other hand is just a train wreck of lackluster insanity. Everything is pretty arbitrary and already decided. Nothing is really new just a collage of ideas slapped together since people were dumb enough to not care for Grisaia why should they care now, right? Nothing like being given the problem and the answer at the start only to have to sift through the work in the middle. All of which combines to form the main issue, why? Why do I want to know what happens on the island, why are the girls of the three families so important, why people are disappearing, and why is stupid Eustia gimmick disease isolated to this island? The sad truth of it is, I don’t care about why. None of the questions that are there to bait the reader are interesting. Each element is only there out of a token attempt at story.
>What they should have done instead? Simple. Three houses make up the governing body of the island, and compete over resources among their factions. Protagonist is either some developer there to build a resort or hotel and has to choose which area. Or he moved there for something like medical reasons or just to get away from a previous life. Let the reader act as a mediator or fan the flames. Build on the setting and characters. So some area is closed, maybe the protagonist who is not part of a faction takes it over and rebuilds that area as a neutral zone for people. The point being all these random gimmicks do nothing but weaken the story, the characters, and even the setting. Sometimes simple is best.
>>15009901
> 2016
> still caring about what green says
>>15009906
Vicky I don't care in the sense that it bothers me, but I'm interested what people think about his idea. I think it's one of the few times he's not just whining, but offering an idea of what he'd like instead.
>>15009901
It sounds like a decent idea, but not anywhere close to what the game is trying to be or I'd be interested in reading.
>>15009921
I agree with him that sometimes simple is best, but I'm not interested in his idea either.
>>15009921
It can't be that simple. The protagonist is obviously time travling and shit. We don't even know if that island really exists in the normal world or what's going on yet.
And greentard wants him to be a developer and build a hotel? It would be a completely different game and it sounds like shit.
What do you guys care about the opinion of a guy who probably doesn't even know japanese?
>>15008483
>It's so offputting having to read mountains of bullshit to get to the h scenes.
Well thats how plot games are man. If you just want h-scenes go read a nukige.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEbFBroHPRI
Hmm, I'm not really sold on these remixes. The originals sounded better, IMO.
太陽の子の公式HPが消えてた
>>15005075
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUFUFEsLlNk
Let's all talk about translated VNs for April fools haha!
>>15010977
It's no longer April fools in certain parts of the world
>>15010674
Eroge is old and busted for looseboy now. LN is the new hotness.
Does anybody know where I can find guides for routes of untranslated games?
In particular I finished the Tsubaki route of Leyline 1 some time ago, and now tried to find the Ushio route, but in stead I got some kind of general ending I think.
Still missing a bunch of CG which would also be nice to fill in.
>>15011255
There's like 10 endings for ushio depending on how well you answer the detective questions. You need to get all (or just most? i forget) right for the best ending.
Anyway, google game + 攻略 for guides.
http://trt.07th-expansion.net/index.html
Anyone else hype for this? The moment three worlds become one... it'll be fun to see inaka characters in sci-fi.
>>15011299
I am. I was hugely disappointed with Iwaihime but I know this won't let me down.
>>15011299
>romeo
>all age
>ryuukishi art
No.
>>15011262
Ooh, interesting.
I got a score of SS and Litt told me to try for perfect score (SSS?).
Anyone uses VNR here? Or I'm the only one pleb here.
>>15011382
I know it's April Fools, but try to tone it down a little.
>>15011262
>There's like 10 endings for ushio
That's overstating things. There's only one common route ending, and if you got the right flags (I don't remember if max rating was one of the requirements) you'll also get Ushio's epilogue after the common route, and while it doesn't have any plot heavy stuff or new revelations the final game treats both Leyline 1 and 2's Ushio epilogues as canon. Your score only changes what Rito says at the end in the evaluation screen, and getting SSS unlocks a wallpaper.
>>15011376
Are you trying to put Romeo as a negative here?
>>15011426
His last game is boring shit, so why not
>>15011431
Kouya isn't boring at all, on the contrary.
There is a lot to complain about it but boring isn't one of these, you'd know if you would have tried it
>>15011438
I did and it's boring, uninspired club activities shit
>>15011444
The "club activities shit" is the entire point of the game, you are complaining about the intrinsic value of the game
It's like reading a romance novel to complain that it has a lot of "romance shit"
You just have no taste
>>15005404
http://planetarian-project.com/
Seems Planetarian anime is go for sure.
>>15011454
>The "club activities shit" is the entire point of the game
Anyone could write that, I expected more. There are a thousand VNs like this already.
>It's like reading a romance novel to complain that it has a lot of "romance shit"
Romance stories also have other themes that make them stand out, you complete moron.
What do you guys think about the prose in お隣の黒人夫に抱かれて啼き悶える最愛の妻。 その引き換えに味わう黒人妻の肌。 -Big Black Cock & Big Black Butt & My Sweet Wife-?
>>15011487
You didn't complain about the themes, you complained about the setting itself
>Anyone could write that, I expected more. There are a thousand VNs like this already.
You'd be hard pressed to find another club activity VN as constantly entertaining as Kouya
Romeo was restricted by the story and characters as Takahiro gave him and did the best he could
>>15011541
Moogy keeps referencing Rakuen as something better than Kouya but in similar style
By the way I wouldn't sweat too much about people shitting on Romeo. I know it can be aggravating but it's inevitable for people to rebel against mainstream culture. Or judge an author after reading just 1 of their works.
>>15011576
Rakuen is pretty damn different, it's more like Kouya should have been more similar to it
The main problem of Kouya is that it has no ambition, if you read the character setting Takahiro wrote you'd see that without Romeo it would have been far worse though
For example Sayuri was supposed to be far colder typical Takahiro kuudere, Ugui was supposed to be a pure moeblob; etc...
>>15011541
>You didn't complain about the themes, you complained about the setting itself
Yeah, and the setting is your typical romcom high school club activities game, where the protagonist is a blank slate hardworking kind harem master where the lesson of the day is that hard work pays off blah blah blah
>You'd be hard pressed to find another club activity VN as constantly entertaining as Kouya
Only because club activities are unentertaining by default.
>>15011444
Didn't the genuine humor and charcters interaction draw you in? I haven't ever seen a game before that flows perfectly and have charcters acts naturally and in genuine way. Romeo works is hit or miss for me, actually I only like Cross Channel from his previous work and maybe will add Rewrite when I play it, but defentily Kouya is on list . I can't believe people take up shit like Saekano and dislike Kouya.
>>15011630
I thought daitoshokan flowed pretty well but looking back there was probably a non-insigificant amount of forced moe
>>15011382
I like chiitrans
>>15011630
I like Megumi a lot.
>>15011576
>By the way I wouldn't sweat too much about people shitting on Romeo.
Or maybe you could stop being fanboyish about it. I really liked his work in Jintai, CC, Kazoku Keikaku, Saihate and Rewrite but he has said in the past that he wasn't interested in writing school shit, it's pretty natural for him to be uninspired in Kouya.
>>15011630
>I can't believe people take up shit like Saekano and dislike Kouya.
I'm honestly not a big fan of Saekano either. I like Romeo much better than Maruto, but we have to admit that the Kouya project itself was a disaster, even if it's not a "bad" work in the end. I really don't know what Takahiro was trying to do. Definitely not worth bringing back the Cross Channel team.
