Tayutama 2 or Sen no Hatou?
A simple question, with the poll closing at the stroke of midnight Monday morning US Central time. Which VN do you want me to play first? Honestly, there is no chance whatsoever of me playing anything else before at least one of these two, so feel free to make your decision based on which you are most interested in.
For those who aren't aware of the games:
Tayutama 2 is the direct sequel to the original game, based off of Mashiro's ending as canon. The main heroine is one of Mashiro's Tayutai followers and it is based fifty years after the original. Those who have read the original will have certain knowledge about the future past this point, but I don't think it is directly relevant in this case.
Sen no Hatou is August's latest game. I don't know if anybody here ever pays attention to my comments on this company... but in my mind this company represents both some of the best and worst aspects of high-budget VN makers... their VNs tend to start well, be interesting in the middle, and flop flat on their faces at the end. This applies to all of the VNs I've played by this company, and it is the reason why I don't list any of their VNs amongst my top fifty, despite their visual and narrative quality. To be blunt, the ending portions of their VNs are almost inevitably... weak even if you include the climax. So, left to my own devices I probably would have put this VN off until I could read a few reviews and see whether I should go in with high expectations or not. However, this VN is the most hyped one for the last third of the year, so I can't really justify not playing it right away. So, it goes in as one of the two first candidates for the month.
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