Visual Novel General #962
Because best girls never have routes.
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10/10
i can see how this is going to play out
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>>127185306
Fuck was meant to put Maya but whatever. If Makoto had one she'd surely be on the top.Right?
>>127187558
you dont fuck your bros, do you?
Hmm, I could swear Maya's voice is familiar. Specially the way she says "da zo". Guess I'll check who is the VA.
>>127187215
Her "Shinjirarenai! Shinjirarenai!" makes me diamonds.
>>127187634
>MMXVI Anno Domini of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
>not wanting to lovingly nurture a bromance with a cute bro girl
What, are you gay or something?
AWWW YEEEE
>>127187698
At least find new pictures, yurishitposter-kun. It's getting boring.
>>127187810
>that Sena face
Every. Fucking. Time.
Please tell me her route has anal
>>127187864
Yuri never gets boring.
>>127188065
Not even Sena route has anal.
>>127188108
you are only becoming the new lenposter. Fucking stop it.
>>127188065
Seems like none in the game do. I almost dropped it when I found out. Pretty fucking cruel of the devs, specially after how strongly Sena teases about you putting it in her cute little pink starfish.
>>127188170
Post Len.
>>127188161
>>127188161
Sena route doesn't have anal?? Fuck you with your spoilers
Objectively the cutest.
>>127188745
hes got a point tho
>>127188904
Please don't feed the trolls.Sage.
>>127188469
not even close buddy
What are Len's best moments? When she's eating cake? When she's running around fixing things? When she's relaxing in the park?
Kagetsu Tohya remake when?
>>127189501
Tomorrow. Today was a good day, but now it's time to get some rest.
>>127189571
Good idea.
>>127189501
Right afterAll-Ages version of Tsukihime
>Konosora has an Anal Sex tag strength of 1.1, yet only Ageha has a very brief anal moment in part of a single h-scene
I feel ripped off.
What's the difference between Boob Wars: Big Boobs vs Flat Chests and UltimateBoob Wars!! ~Big Breasts vs Flat Chests~? Is the latter a sequel? VNDB lists it as an alternative, so is it an enhanced version?
So I've been thinking of playing Aselia again and am wondering if it's worth it to get the true route.
Years back, I've tried twice on different but eventually got bored finishing 5 routes at most.
Is the true route really worth it going through all that slogfest again?
>>127190775
You could just blow through the remaining playthroughs on easy mode to make them as quick as possible.
So, I'm not particularly interested in Noble Works, but I've been seeing this red-headed "bro" girl being posted here recently. However, she's not on the main cover... is she really not a heroine?
>>127190978
I think I did that but doing the last lab was still a pain as you had to keep going from one corner to the other.
Ah well. Maybe third time's the charm.
>>127190502
Both have different stories and the first has a minigame in it.
The latter is much better.
>>127191463
Nope
>>127191616
So she doesn't have a route?
>>127191790
She does not.
>>127191927
And there goes all my interest in this game whatsoever. Thanks for the heads up, I'd hate to have found out after downloading all 16 parts off erogedownload.
>>127191927
It's fine. Sena is the only one who matters anyway
>>127192031
>Not Maya
Even Makoto agrees
>>127191579
Yeah, that map is terrible. Still, you can send squads in multiple different directions to cut down on backtracking.
Short shorts - best clothing on sprites? Can't think of a sprite with shorts shorts that I didn't like.
>>127192476
I remember that's still what I did but since MC and whoever was chosen is the only one viable, it was still pretty shit.
Except the princess route. IO best girl.
Fuck, now I really want to play this again. Hope the sequel is almost finished in translation alst I heard.
>>127193162
Hm? You're talking about the last map of the game right with all the little unlocking crystals and stuff right? I know Takios and Temuorin would drag your full party all the way across the map but I don't think anyone else did.
>>127193524
Well, it's been years so I can't remember much.
I just remember it being a pain to do it so many times, even preimmortal sword.
Hopefully the true ending is worth it.
>>127191995
The others are still great tho. Cant help but feel like you are missing out.
>>127193681
No idea, never seen it either. I've never had the patience to get Tokimi's ending.
>>127193932
Nah, doubt it. Looks like a generic moege and none of the other characters appeal to me. I wanted that bro-girl character and no-one else. Why must best girl never have a route?
Know of any other similar bro-girl characters?
>>127194037
Benkei from Majikoi? A-1 isn't out yet though. And there's this one lesbian in Harukoi that you can teach the way of the dick after checking out your classmates together.
>>127194175
Benkei is definitely on my radar, and A-1 will be my priority as soon as it is translated.
I don't really like Harukoi's art-style.
Thank you anyway.
https://vndb.org/v5884
What the fuck is with old games and needlessly tilting everything?
>>127194489
tiny resolution.
>>127194523
But look at that CG. Woulda been fine untilted.
>>127194595
dunno. maybe they're just retarded
Ayakashibito:
>45 - 50 hour long
>45 minutes of original music
Why is this allowed?
i'm looking at the first grisaia on vndb. It says an unrated version was released on 08-28. What's the difference between the original 18+ vn and unrated versions?
>>127195351
One is unrated
>>127195351
Bees have anal sex with your mother while your father is fisted by Tom Green during his time in Japan. Literally the only difference.
>>127192597
The best is visible thong-straps.
>play game
>look forward to heroine falling in love with MC in a slow and perhaps subtle way
>instead, MC suddenly rapes her
>not even a rape game
Why
Why did 5pb games block their YouTube channel in the usa? What do they have to gain from me not being able to watch videos about their VNs.
>>127194489
>old games
>>127196690
5pb hates you personally.
>>127196690
Filthy gaijin pigs are not allowed to read superior nihon visual novels folded 1000 times.
>>127197019
Considering they released chaos; child as an xbone exclusive and only cared to translate (and milk the fuck out of) steins; gate I hate them too.
> No Makoto route.
Why do the best characters in any moege never have a route?
Anyway, I finished Noble Works.
Akari >= Maya > Hinata = Sena > Shizuru. There is no room for debate.
>that jump scare on subahibi
Shit got real spooky
Anyone played Deardrops? If so, what order should I go in?
>>127196478
Crescendo?
>>127197971
I want to argue with you but that's pretty much exactly what I said the other day.
Say something stupid so I can argue with you.
>>127199208
Uhou Renka
Has anyone played Eiyuu Senki? The brown grills are one point.
>>127199001
Riho and Kanade are pretty much the only good routes. The other two are quite mediocre.
>>127199731
I was pretty much aiming for Riho thus far so thats nice.
>start a VN
>halfway through second route
>family comes over for a week
fucking hell what terrible timing. I just want to marathon this till the end.
>>127199731
Still hopelessly waiting for GOLD to get translated so the rest of the grills get h-scenes
>>127200013
Keep reading it and when h-scenes come up pull out your dick and start jacking off.That will make them think twice about coming over again.
>>127200094
I can't read VNs if there is any outside noise and the lights aren't out.
I like to get under a blanket with a big cup of earl grey in the dark for maximum comfiness. Anything less is unacceptable.
>>127200280
>earl grey
Superior taste right here
>>127200343with a splash of honey
>>127200075
>Still hopelessly waiting for GOLD to get translated
Thanks anon, you're the first person to make me laugh in 2016.
June 16th, 2015 - The first editing pass is (virtually) complete. Now for a second editing pass and QC. Hopefully this only takes around a month.
>>127200280
>>127200427
>earl grey
Plebeians detected.
Gunpowder is much better, it doesn't even need a bit of honey.
>>127196845
Ugly loli
Anyone have the latest subahibi patch? I'm tired of waiting. Herkz can go fuck himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2DSESxxBIQ
I never thought a girl would compete with Usami Bin Laden for a spot as my #1. After finishing her route, I need to go to bed and think some things over.
In Grisaia of Memes, is the area of Sakaki's flashback/story as a child and about herlittle brotherin the common route? Feels like I'm in her route when I could have sworn I picked Sachi's route.
>>127202982
You must've accidentally entered the secret harem route
![[2015.08.03_17.40.08].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/cwPQPtk.jpg "[2015.08.03_17.40.08].jpg")
>>127203057
Had me for a second. You're funny, anon.
Lolis are for loving.
>>127204578
>>127204578
Is this https://vndb.org/v979 any fun or should I not?
>>127205251
>Hime girl
>Translated
Into the back log.
>>127205251
>Imouto
Backlog
>>127205251
Meh. You teach a cool lesbian the power of penis but otherwise the art is bad, the MC is bad and the writing is mediocre.
>>127205518
Incest is wrong. Say no to imoutos!
>>127205616
But imoutos and cute boys are the only things that get me off now adays.
>>127205691
Has anyone ever told you that you're a fucking degenerate?
>>127205532
>You teach a cool lesbian the power of penis
Well that sounds nice. Guess I'll try it out but yeah the art does seem pretty bad.
Though I'm used to bad MCs already so I doubt I'll mind that very much.
>>127206887
Play koihime instead.
>>127205708
Why not fuck them together? Moege need more harem ending!
>>127207054
There's a harem patch.
>>127207028
The combat is disgusting
>tfw you finish a VN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upkYQqbrjSc
>>127207650
>>127207425
>patch
You mean the 3P route? That isn't what I want.
>>127207775
There's an untranslated harem patch.
>>127207650
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-cF6PRCcVY#t=3362
>mfw end of MLA
>>127207650
Just finished Pt1 of Higurashi and am now torn between wanting to kill mangagamer and waiting for them to finish Bokuten. Monday can't come soon enough.
>>127207837
Aint that a bitch.
So just started Noble Works and it's pretty obvious from the prologue that this is Prince and the Pauper.
Does the MC Ntr the dude while he's pretending to be him? Cause that blows.
>>127207934
>have about 30 VNs downloaded
>have played only 5
I'm doing something wrong, aren't I?
>>127208153
>tfw experience the backlog phenomenon in every area of life
It's time to optimize.
>>127208029
There is no NTR because he doesn't have a girlfriend or friends in general.
>>127208214
Well, that's cool. Meant more that I don't like the idea of the chick falling for the MC while he's pretending to be another dude.
As long as there's no cliche drama involving "Oh no! You weren't him all along! I can't love you anymore", as most interpretations of this kind of story go, then I'm all good I guess.
>>127208153
That's nothing. I have a massive backlog for not only VNs, but also animu, mango, LN, books, k/jdramas and later TV series/movies for when I get bored of weeb media (lol). Doesn't help that I also watch like 8 airing anime every season and post on 4chan 16 hours a day.
>>127207650
>tfw revisiting MLA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H529fng2Sfw#t=261s
>>127208347
Shuri ends up falling for the same girl as the protagonist in one route, but the protag met her first and basically nothing comes of it.
>>127208153
No, I have probably finished 25+ VNs but started 100+
Lots are not worth finishing. You can always go back to them if you run out of better material
>>127208375
I'm dreading the time I'll be rereading that.
>>127208460
I'm guessing that's that kouhai chick.
Anyways, the game is light enough so I guess I'll continue.
I just hope there isn't too much drama when the MC reveals he's not Shuri.
Thanks anyways.
>>127208375
I skipped through the beginning but damn does this song ever evolve into something great. Is this like post-rock combined with hip-hop?
>>127208572
Who cares about Kouhai? Only Sena and Mayaslightlymatter
>>127208572
A lot of the drama is not related to the identity shit. Except Hinata's route, so you might want to avoid doing her first.
>>127208609
The rap ruin the song pretty massively. Much better without it.
>>127208725
Oh thank god.
If you mean because of the identity stuff, then Imight as well do hers first to get it over with.
As there's no true route, I think, there's no recc route order right?
>>127208803
Not really. I personally went Akari>Maya>Hinata>Shizuru>Sena but I regretted not saving Maya for last.
>>127208803
I did Akari, Sena, Shizuru, Maya, Hinata. They're all basically okay apart from Shizuru.
And there actually is identity drama in the latter three routes but it's over pretty quickly in all of them.
Do you even need any strategy to beat Koihime Musou?
>>127209281
There is no true game over in that vn is there? Don't they just tell you that you suck and give you more units or something?
>>127209281
Not really.
There's a certain battle that usually gets me but most of the time you could just wing it. You can skip battles in subsequent playthings anyways if I could recall.>That pain of getting the harem route and having to watch that damn ending scene that can't be skipped.
>>127209281
lolno
It's basically rock paper scissors except the AI can only use one or two and it's not random. If you know it then you can beat everything.
>>127209281
I used the exact same formation for every single battle and this strategy only failed me on what was one of the last two or three battles of the game. Then I went back to spamming the same formation.
>>127208782
There's an instrumental, but the 'rap' is good in this one. It only has the pacing and pronunciation common with rap, otherwise it's something completely different.
>>127210153
GAAAAY
I just realised that Makoto and Eleanor has the same seiyuu.
I can finally pretend that she has a route.
>>127210950
Why is she a chicken?
Reminder to report and ignore.
>>127210989
A donkey.
>>127210989
Because she loves cock.
>>127211594
>a world without even a gameboy
Now that's a dystopian alternate future right there.
Just finished Hina's route, it did absolutely nothing for me. Maybe I'm just burnt out on vns at the moment but everything about it I felt like I'd seen before and better done. It had nothing of interest, the conflict was a copy of Shizuru's route, the ending was a copy of Akari's route and even Hinata was a pretty standard kohai type.
3/10
Hopefully Maya's will be better.
>>127212670
That's what you get for reading generic moege.
>>127212641
I bet nintendium could have withstood the laser class.
>>127212670
>>127212825
This desu senpai, you brought it on yourself.
>>127212894
Man, Super Nintendos were though as hell. I can't even remember how many I dropped that thing like an idiot, and it never stopped working.
>>127212825
>>127212934
I know, but that just makes me want to see moege that actually has some substance.
>>127212987
Moe is the substance of moege, and Hinata is moe, so there.
>>127212987
>moege that actually has some substance
>>127212894
You are now imagining Iwata punching a Destroyer class in the face.RIP
>>127212987
>moege with substance
That's directly contradictory to the entire genre, you imbecile. It's an art form that depends on base physical attributes rather than any higher meaning. It's like porn of the visual novel industry; A plumber comes to clean your pipes, wink win.
Michiru a best.
>>127199731
I only played Gold since I was told that the story didn't matter much. Magic Units had losts of versatility
>>127212987
VNs usually don't reach a very high level of Moe, like anime and manga do.
At best you have Ikikoi, which is more comedy than moe.
>>127212987
The problem with Moege is the self-inserting people after the porn.
Thanks to that you can't have Cute Girls Doing Cute things, so all-ages would make moege better.
>>127213049
Hinata is fucking boring.
>>127213163
>contradictory to the entire genre
Why though? Why settle for bland, emotionally manipulative garbage when you could have a story that earns it's emotional moments through plot and characterisation?
>It's an art form that depends on base physical attributes rather than any higher meaning.
The ideas of base physical attributes and higher meaning are not mutually exclusive. Shit almost all good film is built on the idea of understanding the audience's instinctive expectations and using camera work to mange them.
The Lego Movie is a fucking great film, both as a piece of distraction and a piece of art because of how it mixes it's higher meaning(what it means to create) in with it's more base visceral parts (it's comedy/action).
>porn of the visual novel industry
that's called nukige
>A plumber comes to clean your pipes
Look man, the issue I have with shitty moege isn't that it's light-hearted and cutesy. It's that uses it's cuteness to try to cover up the fact that it has no emotional or thematic core. Whether or not the story is designed to make you feel good or not, an actual story will heighten the experience.
>>127214334
You don't understand moe.
>>127214334
Look, cuteness *is* the substance of the genre, not story. You might find something with some of that character development and emotional rollercoaster in the genre, but that's like looking for Kafka in the erotic literature section.
>>127214371
>>127214402
Anyone who reads Moege doesn't understand Moe. It's the lowest expression of Moe.
>>127214371
>>127214402
Yeah moe is the substance of moege, but it's still a story. I'm not looking for a transcendent experience I just want the genre to stop being quite so dull.
>>127195286
I still can't forget how shitty that was.
>>127214729
164th for Saber.
>>127214591
Then you are a minority. A lack of a real story is another trait of the moe genre.
>>127214792
Ha, you suck.
167th for filicide.
>>127214814
I got the right number though, reddit.
>>127214729
You have a shitty taste in Chiakis.
>>127214813
I'm cool with being a minority. I just want people to understand my view.
>>127214891
People don't really care.
What is the best version of "Emiya"?
>>127214891
I don't really care.
>>127214813
Pleb.
>>127214873
>>127215017
>>127214873
>>127214773
>>127214729
>>127214591
Can you guys calm down with the memes?
>>127214952
Lately I think it's CCC's, but I haven't listened to them all in a row in a while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YK75nc2lBE
>>127215017
>>127214887
I'm very sorry
>>127215054
I like lolis.
>>127214967
>>127214924
Hence the (You)s I got.
>>127215054
Absolutely not
>>127215085
pic related
>>127215017
>good-for-nothing
![Nickelodeon [Green] 032.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/G2G37tp.jpg "Nickelodeon [Green] 032.jpg")
>>127215117
>>127215250
We Maya route now
How many hours a day do you read /vn/? I have a pretty hard time reading for longer periods.
>>127215417
Majikoi is pretty enjoyable so far. Yamato's alpha as fuck, every character is funny, and the art is decent. Looking forward to reading the sequels.
>>127215448
It's been a long time since I've read a VN.
>>127215458
>>127215448
honestly i spent half of the time reading Noble Works making memes
>>127215448
37.
>>127215557
what a day doesn't even have 37 hours?!
wait did you lie about this? why the h*ck would you do that?
>>127215550
It feels good to have inspired the creation of OC
>>127215550
>People seriously think image macros are memes now
What a time to live in.
>>127215646
Well I think the idea of an image macro has become somewhat of a meme, in that there's a standard layout that's proliferated.
>>127215085
>>127215784Good taste
Sena number 2 girl in 2010
http://getchu.com/pc/2010_g_ranking/chara.html
>>127216341
>>127216858
Good taste, what's with that lone guy in the entire ranking though?
>>127216858
>Madoka number 1
At least sometimes Japan has good taste.
Trace, on.
I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
I remember the red color.
Of my sister's vagina.
>>127194489
Why would you play old games?
Graphics are bad even for eroge.
>>127218194
Shiki shouldn't you be hunting vampires?
>>127218224
This 2bh. I cringe everytime someone pretends garbage like YUNO is good.
>>127218259
Good thing I don't pretend.
How long is Noble Works?
>>127218252
>>127218194
>I remember the red color.
Wait? Was this a Tsukihime meme all along?
>>127208153
I have over 400 in the backlog and I'm playing one at a time.
>>127218341
Comyu is based on Tsukihime, so yes.
>>127218432
At least you're playing new ones. I think I've spent 2 months replaying Majimeme.
I dropped Majikoi because of Miyako's route.
>>127218597
Why? Haven't played her route.
>>127218597
I would have dropped it too if that was the first route I played.
>>127218662
Here's how her route goes.
>they become boyfriend/girlfriend
>sex
>sex
>sex
>oh wait, all we're doing is having sex, lets break up
>drama happens
>oh wait, now that we're not having sex lets get back together
>sure, oh but i'm leaving for another country lol
>>127218778
Meant for >>127218641
Unknown to Death, Nor known to Life
>>127218778
Wow good job spoiling a whole fucking route
>>127218778
Wow. I'm glad I dropped it.
Have withstood pain to create many weapons
>>127218913
Dumbledore also dies in Harry Potter.
And in The Sixth Sense, the guy was a ghost all along.
>>127218778
Anything sounds stupid when you put it like that, and the sex wasn't even why Yamato wanted to break up with her in the first place.
>>127218778
wtf?
why?
This contradicts her entire character fuck you Takahiro.
That is not death which can eternal lie.
Yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, unlimited blade works.
>>127218960
I'd fuck the necronomicon.
And with strange eons even death may die.
>>127218950
>Dumbledore
You're supposed to spoil thatNagisadies.
Is Princess Evangelion good?
>>127218597
>>127218778
Wasn't it generally accepted that Miyako's route was the worst? You can't get any lower that hers. Closest is probably Chris's route. Her route's drama was ridiculously dragged on, but it's still better than Miyako's.
>>127219132
>generic moege
Hell no.
>>127218337
30-50 hours
>>127218778
At least Miyako wasn't a HUGE SLUT like her mother.
>>127219156
Miyako had the best epilogue. Not the after story but the part after the credits where it shows she's pregnant. Shit was cute as fuck.
>>127219156
At least it me made realize that there's no point to keep the story going when the protag is finally dating the heroine.
I can't believe the whole "hurr its not about the destination but da journey!!!" argument is actually true.
>>127219372
>read bad vns
>think their mistakes apply to everything
>>127219246
I wish the game had a slut route in which the girl cucks you.
Miyako's mom was perfect.
>>127219372
I disagree.
Whilst readingcripple dating simulatorthe only actually good route wasLilly, and that's only because it continued on for a while rather than just hitting a brick wall made of "WELP YOU ARE DATING GAME OVER"
>>127219454
>cuckold fetish
worst fetish , kill yourself
>>127219454
Name a translated charage/moege with a good route that doesn't end when the MC is in a relationship with the girl then.
>>127219454
I think there's a word to describe someone like you.
>>127219534
Kotori love exp
>>127219507
But it literally embodies true love.
>girl your dating is fucking another man
>every night she comes back to you
Her heart already belongs to you, if that's not true love then I don't know what is.
>>127219539
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