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For Love of a Genre: A list of great Fantasy VNs


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Resurrecting this thread from the horrors of Fuwapocalypse 3.0, I give you my list of great fantasy VNs.  For the untranslated ones, I'm going to split them into  regular/moe fantasy and action fantasy.

 

 

Translated:

Tsukihime

Fate/Stay Night

Kagetsu Tohya

Comyu

Irotoridori no Sekai (partial)

Eien no Aselia (gameplay)

Fate/Hollow Ataraxia

Dracu-riot (partial)

Cross Channel

Sharin no Kuni (it isn't fantasy in the classic sense, but it is fantasy in the sense that it is based in an alternative world that is so different as to not even resemble our world socially)

Shinikiss

Hoshizora no Memoria (and the fandisc)

Zanmataisei Demonbane (even with mecha, this is fantasy...)

1/09/2015 edit

Bunny Black

Gahkthun of the Golden Lightning

Sekien no Inganock (I honestly don't know why I didn't put this here before)

Shikkoku no Sharnoth

Untranslated (regular):

Hapymaher

Hyper→Highspeed→Genius

Konata yori Kanata Made

Ore no Tsure wa Hitodenashi

Maji Suki ~Marginal Skip

Moshimo Ashita ga Harenaraba

Ruitomo (as well as the fandisc both are borderline, but I decided to list them as regular fantasy)

Suzunone Seven

Kamikaze Explorer

Tenshi no Hane wo Fumanaide (similar to Ruitomo, borderline because there are serious action scenes)

Tsuisou no Augment

1/2 Summer

Gaku Ou

Hatsuyuki Sakura

Hotel. (end of world fantasy)

Boku ga Tenshi ni Natta Wake (utsuge, some rape, a little too dark for the average reader)

Kamigakari Cross Heart

Karumaruka Circle

Koko yori, Haruka

Kono Sekai no Mukou de

Lunaris Filia (vampires, Whirlpool, fairly good)

Mahou Shoujo na Taisetsu na Koto (too ridiculous for the action section)

Meguri Megureba Meguru Toki!? (Caramel Box, interesting concept)

Monobeno (youkai, very 'Japanese' feeling in an older sense)

Naka no Hito nado Nai (might be considered sci-fi by some, but too fantasy-like to even be science fantasy)

Onigokko

Ryuuyoku no Melodia (Whirlpool, decent)

Tayutama

Timepiece Ensemble

Tojita Sekai no Tori Colony

Toppara

Tsubasa wo Kudasai

Witch's Garden

11eyes (I was requested to list this one, but to be honest I'm not fond of it)

3 Days

Wiz Anniversary

Amatsu Misora ni

Erect! (I make an exception for this nukige because it also has a good story, though it is in the end a nukige)

Natsu no Owari no Nirvana (utsuge, Japanese-influenced Buddhist mythology)

Mirai Nostalgica

Tasogare no Sinsemillia

Gleam Garden no Shoujo

'&' - Sora no Mukou de Sakimasu you ni -

Kaminoyu (peaceful, no human heroines)

Kurenai no Tsuki (other person's recommendation/request)

Lovekami (Japanese mythology/moege)

Furuiro Meikyuu Rondo ~Histoire de Destin~ (horror, mystery, mindfuck)

8/13/2014 edit

AstralAir no Shiroki Towa

Atled

Ashita no Kimi ni Ao Tame ni

Majo Koi Nikki (an acquired taste, too surreal for mine)

Tsukiakari Lunch

Sakigake Generation (same world as Suzunone Seven, a generation previous)

Hapymaher Fragmentation Dream (sequel to the original, concludes the overall story)

Alia's Carnival

Koi ga Saku Koro Sakura Doki

Izayoi no Fortuna

1/09/2015 edit

Monobeno Happy End

Sakura Nikagetsu

Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo yori mo

Sei Monmusu Gakuen (and the fandisc)

Mamono Musume no Rakuen series

Ayakashi Contract

Love Rec

Koitama

Chrono Clock

Hana no No ni Saku Utakata no

Soreyori no Prologue

Sanoba Witch

Natsu no Iro no Nostalgia

Hyakka Ryouran Elixir

Kami no Ue no Mahoutsukai

Nanairo Reincarnation

Amairo Islenauts

Satsukoi

Dekina Watashi ga, Kurikaesu

 

Untranslated (action):

 

Bullet Butlers

Tokyo Babel (non-ero, very good use of Christian angel/demon apocrypha, great protagonist, great heroines)

Chrono Belt

Devils Devel Concept

Dies Irae

Paradise Lost

Kajiri Kamui Kagura

Soranica Ele

Vermillion Bind of Blood

Yurikago yori Tenshi made

Draculius

Shinigami no Testament

Gurenka

Bloody Rondo

Futagoza no Paradox (cthulu)

Ikusa Megami Zero (gameplay)

Shin Koihime Musou (gameplay)

Soukoku no Arterial (gameplay)

Gensou no Avatar (doujin, no voices)

Abyss Homicide Club (some of the stuff in this game is too whacked out to call it non-fantasy)

Jingai Makyou

Muramasa

Gekkou no Carnevale

Tiny Dungeon (whole series, in order)

Danzai no Maria

Hello, Good-bye

Legend Seven

Trample on Schatten

Owaru Sekai to Birthday (almost made this non-action, cthulu influence)

Para-sol

Shinjisougeki Carnival

Stellula Eques Codex ~Tasogare no Himekishi~ (dark Mahou Shoujo without tentacles, lol)

Trouble@Vampire

Boku no Te no Naka no Rakuen (medieval fantasy without rape, for those who want it)

Gensou no Idea

Heliotrope ~sore wa shi ni itaru kami no ai (trans: That is the love of god that results in death.  This game has a borderline hetare protag, so not to be recommended for those with that as a pet peeve)

ExE (decent but a little too formulaic)

Jesus 13th (cthulu)

Kouyoku no Soleil -vii’s World- (decent but not great)

Soushuu Senshinkan Hachimyoujin (more fun from the makers of Dies Irae)

8/13/2014 edit

Ikusa Megami Zero

Ikusa Megami Verita

Tenbin no la Dea (this one and the two above are from the same series of fantasy gameplay vns)

Houkago no Futekikakusha (extremely utsuge, not for the faint of heart)

Tiny Dungeon series

Hello, Lady (awesome new game from Akatsuki Works)

1/09/2015 edit

Izumo 4

Silverio Vendetta

Kyuuketsu Hime no Libra

Kikan Bakumatsu Ibun Last Cavalier

Hatsuru koto Naki Mirai yori

Tou no Shita no Exercitus

Rakuen no Shugosha

Sorcery Jokers

Marrybell wa Shinda to Papa ni Tsutaete

Kikouyoku Senki Gin no Toki no Corona (and fandisc)

Venus Blood Frontier

Venus Blood Hypno

Kami no Rhapsody

Teito Hiten Daisakusen

Unionism Quartet

Hello Lady Fandisc

Chuushingura

Sekai wo Sukuu Dake no Kantan na Oshigoto

Valkyrie Runabout

 

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Just to add one more to translated setction: Kamidori Alchemy Meister

No.  I hate that game.

 

Edit: A small addendum.  I am a Eushully fan, and as all Eushully fans know, kodzukuri banchou, Himegari and Kamidori are the three worst games ever made or produced by that company.  As such, I wouldn't add them even if you put a gun to my head and demanded it.

 

Edit2: Thank god that at least Banchou was written by a subsidiary rather than the main company...

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1/2 Summer is a fairly straight-up non-Key style nakige from an established company that usually does a good job, so even if I didn't recommend it it would probably be a safe game to try.  Nonetheless, I'll say that yeah, it is good.

 

As for Eustia, duh.  I have never even considered replaying Eustia and with good reason.  Considering that I replay all action-fantasy VNs I even like a little bit at least once, that says a lot.  (incidentally, August is a company that produces games that look good at first glance but let you down in the end... every game I've played from them, including Hitsujikai and Fortune Arterial followed that same pattern)

 

Edit: I've heard the 'Ruriiro' series is good, but it is sitting in my backlog.  For all I know, it might be an exception to the rule with August.  However, I won't hold my breath.

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DDC has a darker protag and a more abstract philosphical tilt (along with no 'good guys' amongst the protagonist, heroines, or antagonists) and Izuna Zanshinken is a combination of super-violence and serious consideration of the effects of making the death penalty illegal without a solid social foundation to support that change, vigilantism, and the flaws inherent to juvenile justice systems.

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