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Started reading Kourin no Machi, Lavender no Shoujo. Looks like I haven't learned once again from picking up a game by studio. This has been on my list for a long time due to being related to Sharin no Kuni, which holds a special place for me. But different writer means the game is pretty much unrelated. It's not bad, but it's nowhere near Sharin no Kuni. Sakuragi Hikaru is kind of interesting. Riko is also kind of funny with how she naturally messes with the teacher. She also feeds animals weird stuff, lol. Poisonous mushroom - give it to the rabbit. Expired milk - give it to the dog. The Engrish is so cringe lol. I am alive hard = 私は一生懸命生きています。 The drama is pretty cheap, we'll see where it goes from here.

I'll be passing. This game reminds me of my trauma with 姦肉蟲川３.

https://arcadeotic.wixsite.com/euphemictl/single-post/for-real-this-time-biman2-5-in-the-future-and-bishoujo-mangekyou-4-maiden-s-crime-and-punishment TLDR: Biman2.5 will be translated by another TL group, the game will be a collab, I am the TLC and some remnants of our team are joining in. Nothing else will be mentioned until release unless we deem it as necessary collectively and progress will start soon. My next project(finally) will be Biman4. Thanks for reading and you can join my Discord if you wanna follow biman4 progress or just chat about 2.5:https://discord.gg/gqbgGEE Biman4 thread:

Hi, everyone! I'm new to the forum but have been interested in visual novels since . . . 2007 or 2008. (I feel old saying that. ) I joined because I really want to get back into reading VNs. It's been far too long since my last one, so I'm hoping that joining a community will help me generate the enthusiasm I need to get back on the horse, so to speak. I look forward to meeting and talking with you all!

I'm working on a brand new area of my site that will contain free background images for games, visual novels, videos and anything else you can think of. Any requests? Feel free to pm or email me.

Greetings, Fuwanovel! Welcome to The Tales of Bayun thread! Summary It's a visual novel / narrative adventure game with RPG elements set in a grim fantasy world based on eastern european and slavic myths and legends. Still in development by me and Flyin Dogs indie team, aiming for the release till the end of 2022 for Windows and MacOS. Gameplay The core gameplay is like the most of VNs: choosing different actions and dialogue options. But we also have stats and inventory management, world exploration through Point and Click elements, additional features like bestiary. World All the action takes place in the original fantasy world called The Side. Even though we drew inspiration from different folklore pieces, The Side has it's own rules and stories, there is place for all kind of things: love and hatred, joy and sadness, poverty and wealth, life and... death. It is the place where you will meet many different characters, including some supernatural creatures and our beloved Bayun the Cat. None of them are good or evil, they simply have their own feelings, ideas, fears and ways of living. Happiness of one character can easily become a death sentence for another. Choose wisely, but don't forget that the main character has his own goals! Visuals Characters, backgrounds and all other items have been created from the scratch. The main idea was to create authentic and dark art that will catch the spirit of the original fairytales and legends. Sound There will be more than 20 ambient tracks created specially for The Tales of Bayun, sound effects for different actions (like footsteps, bells ringing, birds singing and etc.). We also plan to record the voice acting for the characters, but still have some doubts about this. Trailer: Gameplay: Some screenshots and arts: Hope, you got interested in The Tales of Bayun! As it is stated in the title of the thread, we have released a demo version on Steam a couple of days ago. Anyone can take a look and form their own opinion. Keep in mind that the work is still going, demo may have some bugs and lack some features (e.g. voice acting). But we will very grateful for any kind of feedback: bug reports, suggestions, ideas and all the thoughts you wish to share. You can share them via our small Google Forms survey, Discord or here in comments. Look forward to hearing from you and don't forget to Wishlist us if you like the game! P.S. If anything is wrong with the post, don't hesitate to tell me - I will do my best to fix it.

Finished some more VN's so I guess it's about time for an update. First is Summer Pockets which I just finished a few days ago. Reflection Blue wasn't out yet when I started reading, and I didn't want to switch inbetween, so I've only read the vanilla version so far. Overall, it was a rather fluffy moege with one of the most likable heroine casts I've seen in a Key VN so far. Usually there are few hits but also some misses for me, but here I liked all of the 4 heroines with routes. It's also the first time that the actual main heroine (Shiroha) was also my favorite. Granted, that was also the case for Angel Beats, but I just watched the anime for that. Admittedly, the likable character cast might also have something to do with the nice visuals, since it's probably the best looking Key game to date. At least regarding the character designs. It might be worth noting that they had several character designers. Ao was clearly stolen from Izumi Tsubasu - Palette's main artist. I recognize her character designs from miles away. But also the other artists did a good job. Na-Ga in particular certainly improved a lot since his early times with Key. Just the backgrounds felt a bit more uneven though, with some of them looking rather cheaply made. Music was okay, but I think earlier Key works had more memorable soundtracks. Still on the good side though. That said, there were still some things that were bugging me (like usual). First, the writing was frequently a bit hit and miss. Especially the lewd jokes felt a bit too much at times. While Ao was mostly still on the okayish side, Shizuku frequently felt like she was a cheap hentai chick from Boob Wars. The level of sexism towards her character reached almost misogynic levels at times (nickname 'Boobies'?!?) which I frankly found inappropriate for a Key novel. Ryouchi's stripping fetish also got old pretty fast. Still not entirely sure if he's supposed fan-service for female readers or just a plain joke character. Something I'm also a bit irritated about is its nakige tag. While I do think it's a decent moege, the nakige parts at the end of each route felt a bit short compared to the rather extensive slice-of-life and comedy parts. That's not to say they were bad and it's certainly not about the addition of pointless melodrama. I just wished they sticked with the more serious mood a bit longer and went a bit deeper into the actual mysteries. Which brings us to the actual 'true' routes that were supposed to shed some light into the events... (Warning: Incoming mini rant!) So, let's start with Alka - the first of the after routes. First, it tells a lot about the effort put into a route, if literally 50% of it are straight up copy & paste from one of the heroine routes. And to add insult to injury, the other half felt pretty much like a baby-phone recording. Overall, the whole route felt so unnatural and forced that it was almost creepy to read. Just not in a good and exciting way of creepiness. I ended up just skipping a lot of it... Fortunately, the final Pocket route was a better. It was still rather short and didn't add a lot of meat to the story, but at least it was way less annoying to read than Alka and also didn't just copy & paste half of its content. While it did highlight the relationship of certain characters, it still kept major things too vague or not explained at all. Most of the relevation seemed about stuff that wasn't even a thing in the main routes. As a short sidenote, the VN actually reminded me more of Da Capo 2 than other key VN's. The whole island theme with mysterious phenomenons affecting the heroines ; the location structure at the start to decide which heroine to go for ; two sidekicks instead of just one. There were a lot of similarities. Just that Da Capo 2 explained its themes way better, had overall more substance and was actually a real nakige and not just a moege. That said, its heroine cast was more uneven. Summer Pockets really shines in that regard. Okay, after the bashing, some more compliments again. Regarding the parent & family theme the VN tries so hard to force in its after routes, it did a way better job in the actual main parts about that. The interaction between Kyouko, Hairi and Umi felt very natural and heart warming. Kyouko was a very well written adult character with a strong parent role. And Umi also wasn't just another loli to ****. Heroine ranking: Shiroha > Ao > Tsumugi > Kamome Overall rating: 7/10 Actually, after Alka I was very close to rating it down to 6.5, but after some time to vent and considering I read and enjoyed all the heroine routes to some degree, I think a 7 is fair. Just wished it had a bit more substance. The high rating on VNDB is a bit puzzling in that regard. Though, it includes Reflection Blue that might have improved some things. At least I hope it's more that than just blatant Key fanboyism. Hm, the review got a bit longer than I thought. Guess I'll stop here now and make a separate post for the two other two VN's I've finished in the meantime (well, one of them just dropped). They'll get shorter reviews anyway.