XReaper

English VAs have gotten infinitely better in the last twenty years (believe me, I know).  However, in the same amount of time, Japanese VAs have taken things to master-level, while English ones are still stuck on the low end of professionalism in comparison.  The few really good English VAs stand out so much precisely because there is no system here in the US for training VAs like there is in Japan.  Heck, if you look at Atlus's games, you'll notice that in a number of them, they basically used people off the street or people inside the studio's various departments for a good portion of the VAs.

What she says is にやにや which is a Japanese onomatopoeia for grinning (that she actually says aloud).
English doesn't have that, obviously, so we went for smth like *grin grin*; grinnity is just something phonetical to make it read better (we're not the only ppl in the planet who figured that out).
The Miley Cyrus reference had a Japanese idol that was infamous for revealing clothes that no English speaker would've ever known, so I just tled her name to something familiar to English speakers that should conjure the same image. Besides, I think it's either Raziel or Lilith who says that, and neither are Japanese, or teens for that matter.
Yummers is something you say after tasting something tasty.
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I think people recommended you searching the English words you didn't understand in google (not using google translate), since slang is not usually recorded in normal dictionaries. Tokyo Babel is full of Japanese slang, pop culture references, and memes — we only tried to convey them as best as possible in English. We didn't add anything that wasn't already there. If the game we're tling doesn't contain such things, then our translation doesn't contain them either. An English speaker should have an almost exact same experience with our version of TB as a Japanese speaker would have with the original (in a few instances I'd go as far as to say the English version reads better as Higashide is not exactly known as a master of prose himself). Anyway, it's not a watered down version like most fan-translations unfortunately are.
I've been speaking Japanese for thirteen years now, and lived in Japan for almost seven of them, during which I got bachelor's and master's degrees in biology from one of the most demanding universities in the country studying everything exclusively in Japanese. If I could pass quantum mechanics class in Japanese, I'm sure I could handle Tokyo Babel. xD

Good day. I have been very active in the community and I am finally making my final push before my kickstarter in September. I will be launching my Prefundia in August and we are grinding like crazy to make it the best it can possibly be. Please comment on this very early version of what we plan to put out. We will be putting up hard numbers later this month and tiers.
 
  Genre:Adventure, Investigative, Management, and psychological Visual Novel   Platforms:PC, Mac, Linux, PS4   Languages:English (Fully Voiced), English (Text)   Visual Style: DreamWorks style graphics mixed with dark and mythological themes.   Progress:~20% of the game completed. (20 hour game)   Estimated release:~Summer 2017   “Whether friend or tyrant, I will become a King!"   Welcome to the Rift, a dimensional tear located in Canaan where the ancient gods were created and where you must prove your worthiness to lead the world of men. You have allies and the training needed to fight, but nothing will prepare you for the wonders and horrors of the unstable plains in the Rift.     Manage Respect, Relationships, and Mental will when making decisions. Assigning team members to missions best suited for them. Discovering weaknesses to epic enemies through investigations. Collecting real world lore and in game lore by discovering hidden items. Unlocking secrets of the past by collecting memory gems. Making timed decisions and avoiding damage in high intensity situations. Leveling up your characters to specialize in unique skills.     Time   In the game, everything will cost time to complete and characters may be away, unable to do a task available. Time is managed by the player and he has 6 months to prepare to face Nun. Special events will happen at certain times such as full moon cycles, changing of season, etc. This will give the player a level of management that makes them feel immersed.   Leveling   Each character has core stats which helps them succeed in feats. Completing certain missions and training will gain you very limited talent points to specialize your character in lore friendly ways.     Respect   You are a leader. You must earn the respect of your soldiers! Decisions you make and the success of those decisions will affect the confidence your allies have in you. If you fail a lot, they will lose confidence and go rogue during critical decisions. You may even lose command. A true Pharaoh never loses command…       Kinship   While how successful you are in decision making and your sense in the field affects the way they see you, it does not help one bit on how they think of you as a person. In order to get on their good side, you must appeal to their innate personalities. One cannot please everyone so make your choices wisely. It is worth noting that Kinship affects how allies act when not around you or when not commanded.     Stability   You are the strongest. Unfortunately, you are also the most flawed… You have an issue with Dementia and you must suppress these voices throughout your time in the Rift. The tradeoff is considerable though because when you were young, and you let the voices run wild, you could do things others could only dream of. In these dark days, will you allow your mind to slip in order to wield more power or will you avoid such pleasures and rely on knowledge of self?     The rift has stood for thousands of years, since the day Nun arrived from the planet Nibiru. Located in the barren lands of Canaan, this void was created to keep the outside world uncontaminated while Nun worked on his creations. He spent centuries studying the humans and when he figured out this world, he created ancients similar to the life found on his home planet. They warred with each other inside the Rift until only 3 families remained. When they left the Rift, Nun used a stability gem to alter reality and hide the incomprehensible damage done. But now, thousands of years since the great sundering, Nun has created another race of beings to combat his creations from ions past. In order for them to prove themselves, they must survive the Rift, as it were during the time of the ancients. Stability is no more! Can the mortals survive the Trials of the Rift?   There are many different types of quests in Black Sands. We will briefly go through some of them to better understand the gameplay mechanics involved in each. In Black Sands, time, health, and deployment all work against you as you stride to prepare yourself for the final battle with Nun.   Scouting - designed to seek new quests exclusively. Minimal danger   Investigation - A quest that requires discipline and perception. Player must decipher material and decide what is important and not. Proper investigation rewards secrets.   Tracking - This is an extremely heavy skill check category that requires quick decision making and a little luck. These missions are available only once before they go back into the quest pool.   Social - This is a quest where you develop relationships with the other characters and learn more about them.   Instant Events - Automatically happen when certain criteria are met. May have nothing to do with prior tasks.   Group Events - The entire group must participate. Nun will go over your notes and inspect your facility whenever this happens.   Epic Events - Storyline Events that are either triggered by actions or chose by the player. These tend to have more decision making then other events.   Exploration - A quest designed to explore unknown locations. These quests have no prior knowledge so player must use their wits to move forward. The farther you get, the better the rewards. These missions can be ended at any time but there is no guarantee you can return.     This game is directly inspired by Dragon Age and Telltale. Their strong narratives and crucial game changing decisions inspired me to design a visual novel unlike any before it.   Additional motivation was found in the way Hollywood depicts middle eastern and Saharan people. We do a lot of research and use annotations in game to teach the actual history behind the fantasy of our world.   Future   We will be converting all sprites to Live2d and making them look a bit more realistic and 20x more brutal. The goal is to make this like Conan while having the art leveling of pixar, dreamworks.     How can I help?   Follow us on facebook, Cosplay our characters, Share the hell out of this, and Pay homage to the gods by buying some of our merchandise.   Don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter and remember, Nun sees all.   We have these posters and more. You can support us while getting something tangible that will uplift both you and your families.     Facebook Twitter Official Page Official Store Youtube

Aiyoku no Eustia
I have multiple reasons... but the first and most obvious one is the fact that it uses the G-Senjou no Maou type of path-splitting.  Essentially, all the heroines other than Eustia herself are side-shows, and their paths literally make no sense whatsoever in the context of the setting, if you consider the factors involved in light of the true path. 
The second reason is that I don't like Eustia as a character or as a heroine.  To be blunt, she has 'Victim A' spray-painted across her face, in my mind.  I don't like weak/weak-willed heroines in general, and she is one of the worst heroines I've ever encountered when it comes to this.  This combines with the issue from above to make things infinitely worse from my perspective.
The third reason is the way the protagonist reacts to the events in the true path.  I'll be blunt... I don't like indecisive protagonists, and you don't get much more indecisive than he is in the true path. 
My active dislike for the VN is made infinitely worse by the fact that I actually liked it a lot, until I played the true path.
Suburashiki Hibi
This one hits two of my pet peeves... one of which is the multiple protagonist issue.  The other is VNs that are obscure for the sake of being obscure.
Kamidori Alchemy Meister
This one is a bit more obvious... after playing Ikusa Megami Zero (based in the same world), I played this... and was stunned at how much lower in quality (both writing and gameplay) it was in comparison.

considering the fact the vast majority of eng-dub features homeless bums that got dragged into doing their part for the sake of maximizing profit, i´d clearly say thanks for nothing.

Hello guys, I'm Steve Casalgrandi official writer Elisa Project: The Innkeeper. We noticed the presence of a post this in your forum made by one of our fans, but we have seen that the latter does not keep him up to date, so we felt the need to create an official, considering the many changes which are made in 'last period.

before you start reading, I would like to point out that our prequel is available free of Steam and that there is a Kickstarer campaign.

the links below you can find them when you're not exposing part of our work.

                                                  

Our Visual Novel has as its protagonist Elisa, a charming and beautiful girl who is struggling with the amorous proposals of a prince, a merchant and a knight.

Characters

Our goal is to offer you a thrilling and interactive story where the choices you make will have the power to influence in a negative way or a positive history and give you a chance to unlock items that you can choose to use or not. Our prequel represents 20% of the full game and is divided into 3 main branches.





We want to open this thread to talk openly with you our product, and to know what you think of the work we are doing. We recently added various things in our prequel including: The unlockable objectives, the car mode, the Steam cards and much more, plus we confirmed the 18+ version and the new art that will be inserted permanently in the game final.

                                                 

In any successful project it is behind an audience that follows him and that supports it, there is no game without players, so we are eager to hear your opinion on our visual novel. If you decide to play in our prequel does not hesitate to tell us what you think by writing a review on the forum or steam!

below place the most important link!

Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/472680/

Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2044603064/elisa-the-innkeeper/description


 
                                               


 
A greeting and a thank you to the whole team! ^-^ 

Adding Eng VAs is even more insulting than censoring games.

also agree on most ones listed above.
aside from those higanbana should help making you & your girlfriend have a good time.

edit: regrettably the cast has no crab-hands in case you´ve been looking forward to it.

just in case your defintion of dark isnt of a one-demensional nature, i wholeheartedly suggest you try out reading
鴨mile´s kagerou, because it´s quite heartwrecking and puts you (or it should) in a state of emotional frenzy, at least i´ve been under the impression something precious broke inside myself.

btw good luck searching for its semi-sequel, you´ll need it.

Elf´s Be-Yond because of its incredibly awesome cast, hillariously crazy setting & still cool looking visuals. regrettably the vast majority of people wont try it out for themselves for completely nonsensual reasons, such as "muhh that one is from the stone age" or "it´s no YU-NO so it must be shit". just hang yourself!

鴨mile´s Kagerou, because it´ s one of those stories that felt the most human to me from the way it tackled some rather darn serious topics and themes, continuously played with hopes and fears plus seriously managed to touch its readers heart directly. honestly kagerou is a hidden gem for everyone that is openminded enough to not discriminate against an unvoiced little doujin, willing to spend a tiny amount of money on supporting its devs for not (thank the gods) being available through illegal downloads (as of yet).

Gesshou ~Tsuki no Terasu~ and Blue* , 2 small doujin VNs with a lot of heart. Perfect for those little moments where you just wanna relax and enjoy some small stories and they're both actually pretty touching when you're done with them.

True Rememberance. Back then when it got released, it became quite popular for a while, but community was much, much more smaller as well. Nowadays you even rarely see it mentioned, despite being one of the best doujin vn's ever released, storywise.
Not by 'people', but solely by Sunrider's lead creator, Samu-kun. Homeward is cliched and very mediocre, doesn't aim to be anything spectacular either; a 100% amateur work. It's charm comes mostly from the fact it was made by one guy, that wanted to create vn's, but didn't have any skills whatsoever. So he sat down, began to practice drawing, writing, programming and in time, finally finished the game. It's something worth praising.

you must read homeless school girl. It shall bring a tear to your eye. Its really sad and heartbreaking.

Like I think ive never felt more sorry for someone ever.

I knew something was very strange about Princess X when Beliar linked some CGs in VNDB. If I knew that much about it, I would have said more than "it seems weird" in my AX article, lol.
Or maybe I'm not too unhappy if no one gets warned about it beforehand.

It's out on steam guys. Sorry for the long wait.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/492080

BALDR SKY with no R18?
 
For some reason I felt like burning Sekai's HQ right now, but I think I'll just toss a bunch of toilet paper instead. Good but not so good.  
 

If you talk about "great story" in the context of nukige, it doesn't mean the same thing as if you were talking about normal eroge.
"Good" story in the context of porn means that it's a story that greatly enhances the porn. It does not mean that it's a good story in itself, because then the game wouldn't be a nukige anymore.
This is a concept most people, especially Western people don't understand. For example, there is nearly no Western pron flick with a good story, because most people think that story is unnecessary in pron (such plebs!) or if they try to write a story into their porn movies, it's extremely boring, pointless, pretentious, quickly forgotten during the sex act and certainly never erotic.
Asians are different. Japanese are very good at presenting porn scenes in a very erotic context. Just look at all the different JAV scenarios or thousands of pink eiga. Korean soft porn flicks are also pretty good at this.
Keeping that in mind, euphoria certainly is not a nukige for example. Despite the initially high density of hentai scenes, when the story comes in, the ratio of hentai scenes drops. That's because in the case of euphoria, the hentai scenes enhance the story, not the other way around (story enhances the hentai).
 
Well, nukige I think have a good story:
Definitely Yabai which was already mentioned by @XReaper. The revenge aspect makes the hentai scenes much more satisfying and extreme. And the story parts really add to the characterization. The detective gameplay and storyline would probably not be enough for a normal eroge, in this case however it's perfect and exactly what this nukige needed. One of the best I have ever played. Everything by Amagasa, especially Virgin Load. OMG I can't even. It's just perfect. Toki o Kakeru Shojo. The storyline is great. Very dark humor, but still very interesting and actually quite cleverly written. The Yami no Koe series. It's like 90% hentai, but the scenes between are so full of characterization and development that it really makes the following hentai scenes so much more engaging.

waffle´s yabai! has some rather darn cool plot, that is if you can handle a mc playing judgement day.
aside from that one most of lune´s catalogue should fit in said category.

edit: almost forgot me obligatory mentioning amagasa´s nukige, which DO have a cool story and dont neglect fleshing out their cast and making dialogues great, such as in virgin load & midnight hymns2. most of their other titles are no nukige, more semi-archaic fantasy stories, that feature (cool)fights, whores whoring around, assholes & brothels. by the way all of amagasa´s recent releases are fully voiced (starting from prince of red lake), incl. mc + some do have quite nice cutscenes to them.

btw: if you may happen to be interested in those 2 latter titles, then please support the devs by buying them, so they can continue doing their best. thank you

waffle´s yabai! has some rather darn cool plot, that is if you can handle a mc playing judgement day.
aside from that one most of lune´s catalogue should fit in said category.

edit: almost forgot me obligatory mentioning amagasa´s nukige, which DO have a cool story and dont neglect fleshing out their cast and making dialogues great, such as in virgin load & midnight hymns2. most of their other titles are no nukige, more semi-archaic fantasy stories, that feature (cool)fights, whores whoring around, assholes & brothels. by the way all of amagasa´s recent releases are fully voiced (starting from prince of red lake), incl. mc + some do have quite nice cutscenes to them.

btw: if you may happen to be interested in those 2 latter titles, then please support the devs by buying them, so they can continue doing their best. thank you

Some tweets regarding Trinoline.
I guess that confirms it that mangagamer is involved in the project.

I really dig the art of it.

That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard in a long time. The very first scene has all heroines playing with MC's dick, girls go on dates to sexshop, drama is resolved by having sex and let's not forget boatload of innuendos and sex jokes. I did some counting on sadpanda and at best there'll be 30 CGs left for 5 routes & 3 miniroutes (not counting SD ones), even less if they don't cover the boobs. For miniroutes that leaves one CG left for each. Also MC fucks loli dragon. I'm simply baffled. Now I want MG to give me Kyonyuu Fantasy on Steam, that would make some nice profile background.

mg should have thrown eu4ea on steam too, would have probably ended up about the same length...

might be because xseed has already their hands full at current projects and simply lacked the manpower in doing more. at least it´s not those lazy faggots at NISA, couldnt have been any worse if so.

Yup, 999 is gonna be ported remastered and voiced in all of its glory