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So as some people know, I co-host about visual novels podcast monthly-ish. We have a segment towards the end where a user can "shill" a VN you like for 2-3 minutes. Basically at the bare minimum you just briefly talk about what the visual novel is and why you like it. We're interested in getting some more shills lined up and ready. Other things to take note off if you want to contribute your own shill: * Leave a 3-5 seconds of silence at the beginning and/or the end of the recording * Please have the recording be a .wav file * Make sure there's no background noise as you record * It doesn't have to have an English Translation. But if it doesn't make sure you note that one doesn't exist (yet). * You can't shill a VN that's already been done before which includes: -The House in Fata Morgana -MajiKoi -Yumina the Ethereal -Princess Evangile -Root Double -Tomoyo After -Little Busters -Sunrider -Umineko series If you're interested PM me a 2-3 minute-ish .wav file and we can work with it. If you want an idea of how previous shill segments work you can go to our YouTube channel. Each video has one shill each and I put a timestamp in the description. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsAcGboxM5tSyYcU6Fu4nDw/videos

I would be occupied hunting down the people who banned it.

A lot of people in the industry started out / are doing fan translations. The meme that all the good fan translators are working for one or more of companies now isn't far from true. Kouryuu fan translated Soul Link then went official with it iirc. Haro FTL'd Hadaka Shitsuji. Verdelish did toradora portable as well as some other youtube tls. Ritibito + bdh started out on the danganronpa FTL. Conjueror started out working with garejei on some masada stuff afaik, plus Himawari started as a fan tl then turned official. Koestl begun with his fan translation of Grisaia no Kajitsu. I could find more if I wanted.

I second the recommendations for Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. They're both amazing Zelda games, and absolutely worth experiencing at least once.

Action, Badass Protagonist, Romance, Drama and a Coodere-Heroine, do I need something else? Therefore my favorite VN is obviously Grisaia no Kajitsu.

Yep, because I didn't get into Vn's for the porn it has always just been this semi uncomfortable side element I have to just deal with, which I do because I love them.

Sometimes when I can't cry at anything else no matter how much I need to, a visual novel can make me weep like a child.

As for me, I definitely would. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure it would lead into some unhealthy changes in the industry, and I'm not sure if the new VNs would be as appealing to me as the old ones. Nobody really mentions it, but for me one of the main advantages VNs have compared to other media is that they are automatically 18+, so they don't have to deal with all this crap like toning down violent scenes and touching extremely controversial topics.

My thoughts exactly my friend. If that happened many people would no longer be ashamed to admit that we read VNs. Lets be fair. Many of use live in very conservative countries so we are often misunderstood. VNs as a medium has many advantages. Just route system alone is a major thing. VNs have also proved that they can have an interesting and well written stories: S;G, Umineko, Morgana, Ever 17, Higurashi etc.

Yes. I would celebrate! No shitty nukiges and no forced and badly written H-scenes. What else could I ask for.

The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Pikmin 2, Luigi's Mansion, Medal Of Honor: Frontline, Harvest Moon, Rogue Leader, Timesplitters: Future Perfect Man, that brings back some fond memories.

Indirectly I suppose. Moege can actually have a lot of little lessons about living the day to day that can help out in a stressful situation, and they themselves are also great stress relievers, being light and fluffy. They also inspired me to start Moege February, where I shall read only Moege (and maybe an occasional Charage) in defiance of those who would defy us. Viva la Revolution

The same way you are supposed to show a slice of life without a scene where the characters poop, I guess. Don't get me wrong, I also appreciate a well written h-scene, as few as they are, but stating that you cannot do without them is an overstatement imo.

As long as it's only the h-scenes, sure, I don't care, but I think you hit the bull's-eye there. Losing the appeal of the 18+, companies would probably just tone down not only erotic content, but pretty much every ounce of adult content and themes in order to sell to a broader public. So, technically yes, I totally would keep reading VNs if the h-scenes were removed, but that's only if the rest of the content remained unchanged... which is highly improbable, not to say impossible. Therefore, in actuality that change in content would most likely be a deterrent for me.

Most good endings do have CGs specifically made for that ending. That said, there are some developers that simply have a long scene with no CG or change it depending on the heroine priority level. Majikoi is something an exception to the rule, probably because that series' games have so many endings in the first place. I say that Majikoi is an exception, because Majikoi games are the higher end of the budget scale, most of the time... and most of the games where there is no CG are medium to low budget games.

So it's basically a scenario in which @Okami is the God-Emperor of Earth?

I know a lot of people are enjoying the hell out of it but for me it just came across as boring. Some parts are faithful to the DS ports were not all characters are named, or have full voice acting but for a triple A console release it feels lazy. The combat I found was the worst, with item mappings taking up more time to get to than they should, blocking and rolling not really being effective *on Xbox at least* due to delays in the control responses or just the monsters accurately predicting where you're going to be rolling too and hitting you anyway. Just sapped the fun out of it for me. It would be an okay game if you got it on sale but it's nowhere near worth full price right now, wait until a few patches or something at least.

buy a different game? but what about a more streamlined single player experience? but hey, that sucks. although i hate dw, i imagine it would at least be tolerable with multi. kingdom come is a good choice from what ive seen. looks like a fun rpg!

I am not sure if we mean the same thing by the word "complete" here. To me, I completed the game if I reached all story-relevant ending, and, in case of story-based VNs, got all the information important to understand the plot. I agree, in case of Clannad reaching all the content in the game may be demanding, but, in some cases, it may not be even relevant. On the other hand, I believe, you should be able to reach the ending to the After Story without using a walkthrough, because that's what basically means winning the game. I am not sure how possible this is since I only finished one route, but if you need a walkthrough for that, I can't agree with that. On the other hand, in some cases it's not even possible to understand from the ending to the game that there still are story-relevant endings. I am going to use SubaHibi as an example, because this is where I noticed it. Basically, there is one ending that unlocks after you cleared all the other endings (I think?), but there is nothing in the game that actually shows you that the new ending appeared. You are, most likely, at 100% CG completion at this point, there is no ending list. Basically, at some point in the game a new choice appeared, and you can only notice that if you replay the game. They might've wanted to add it as a secret ending, but what's the point for that if it actually has important information for understanding the story? My personal opinion: there should be something in the game that indicate that this ending exists. CGs, actually, are a nice way to show that there's still something relevant in the story left, but I would certainly prefer a simple ending list. PS. Basically, I think VN, as games, should have clear conditions for winning.

@Plk_Lesiak @HELYEES Dere .EXE has been remade and is now a 5-level game with a visual novel-style ending! It's now on iOS too! Hope you guys give it a try. There's another twist ending to this one iOS ➡ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dere-exe/id1343651115 Android ➡ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.pleasedontplaythisgamederevisualnovel

Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes is a must-play.

Ahh the good ol' days of Gens 1-3 But Isn't all of Fuwa just talking about H Scenes and childhoods being ruined?

My childhood started to crumble the moment there were more pokemon than it was worth it to catch them all. Wait, this is a thread to complain about our childhood being ruined right????

In addition to both of the Legend of Zelda games on GameCube, I recommend both Metroid Prime 1 and 2 (in order).

As for Mangagamer, I remember that they hired some fan translator like Arunaru or Tulip Goddess Maria so I guess we could say that they hired people from fan community in the past. Although nowadays looks like they depend on gaming TL professional, because they employ some staff to translated VNs - in fact Mangagamer CEO Kouryuu was also translating VNs and currently work in Maggot Bait. Keep in mind that I may be wrong for the info.

Short answer is yes, though my tastes might become more inclined toward Otome, Yuri, and Western VNs than they already are.

That just means we both have amazing tastes in video games, ain't nothing wrong with that.

Yes! Althtough I have a feeling that Fuwa would become a very bitter and quiet place, so I don't like the tradeoff. ;p

First, I'll give you links to my observations of the first three chapters of this game. Contains Chapter 3 Chapters 1 and 2 Now for Chapter 4... as I said in my post on Chapter 3, the bottom line for this is that if you liked the first three chapters, you'll like this one. It is humorous, it is bloody, and it contains an odd mix of the grim and abnormal slice-of-life. I laughed out loud - literally - several times while playing this game, and I honestly liked the insights on Chris's character that this gave. This chapter also serves as an excellent 'settling in' chapter for Gumi and Maki, as Chapter 3 was focused too much outside of the normal daily setting to get a picture of how she was dealing with her change in situation. The introduction of yet another (female) character has me feeling a bit exasperated, but since Taiga fits pretty well with the crew, I didn't feel any irritation. The combat scenes in this are pretty much just one-sided 'pow-pow, the enemy dies' one-sided massacres, except for one of them. I'm going to be blunt... in six months, they probably could have done two chapters like this, so I can't help but wonder why they insist on separating this game into such tiny chapters. While I won't say that the first two chapters (released together) were 'satisfying' in that sense, I nonetheless felt like I'd spent good money, rather than throwing it away. Unfortunately, at the price they are offering these chapters, I would much rather pay seven times as much for a full game two years from now than be forced to wait for each chapter.

just pick everything i was gonna why dont you?! hasnt aged well but its a solid horror game nonetheless.

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem There are references to this game throughout anime media, so it is worth playing... though if you hate horror, it isn't a good choice.

I did tried my Gamecube emulator on my laptop, but no luck because it was too slow. Anyway as for recommendations you can't go wrong with both of Tales of Symphonia and Baten Kaitos duology, although the later were quite hard though. Other than that, both of Fire Emblem (9 and 10) and Skies of Arcadia should be interesting. Oh, and by the way all of my recommendations here were RPGs so it should be good. As for platformer, I could only think Donkey Kong. Hope the recommendation will be help.

Kirby Air Ride. It's a really relaxing game but really only fun if you're playing with a group.

While moege/charage are often weak and stereotypical, I can honestly say that some of them have had good influences on my life. The catharsis from nakige, the laughter from comedic scenes... and occasional first-class games that pop out of nowhere. All of these things serve to reduce my life stress and make me feel better. I've never denied that charage/moege have their positive points and can have good influence... though stereotypical moege bashing is fun, sometimes.

The feel good ones have make me feel comfy and there's lots of sweet moments that make my happy The ones with good art tend to have good H-scenes and as a vanilla H-scene connoisseur who makes ranking lists and has a separate vndb for how much I like H-scenes I'd say it changed my life in that regard

They're not classical at all but the Wind Up Bird Chronicle and IQ 84 Haruki Murakami are two really superb books. I would also suggest the Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano just because.

Not exactly classic lit, but I always like to suggest Catch-22.

Les Misérable. War & Peace. Pride & Prejudice.

If you're asking Fuwa clearly you need this...

I'll be biased for my country and recommend "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas", because it has the greatest 4th-wall breaking of all time IMO.

If I had to choose a favorite, then... I guess a shared vote for the whole Steampunk-series wouldn't be too bad. Those VNs are all very special to me.

The Boats of the Glenn Carrig

New stuff arrived today: So I had to readjust my setup:

Rose Guns Days. Actually well-paced for such a long VN, incredible soundtrack, very fun and compelling characters with nice motivations and a good story rooted in real life tensios. Usually not the biggest Ryukishi fan, think all of his other works have too many flaws that make me not enjoy them, but nothing I've played has even gotten close to it for me now.

Sure, moege and moe in general has improved my life. Nothing groundbreaking, I don't think it ever teached me any life lesson, but still, the little things can help too. Knowing that something can make you laugh and lift your spirit can be priceless at times.

Milestone achieved. Translation of Chapter 1 (Fione's chapter) is complete Next milestones to achieve in the near future are pretty much the following: - Complete translation of Eris' chapter (Chapter 2) - Edit/TLC Fione and Eris' chapters - QC Prologue, Fione and Eris' chapters - Release Partial Patch