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Something I did forget to mention is Chinese to English machine translation works better than Japanese to English. If a VN has a a Chinese translation you can use those with a machine translator and in most cases you will get something a bit more understandable. Don't be expecting a miracle though it is still a machine translation and will not give you something very readable.

As many have mentioned there are no good machine translators. I use a program called Visual Novel Reader and have it showing translations for LEC, Atlas, and Google at the same time. Even with these programs some VNs will be unreadable. Some VNs they will work... ok.... with. You wont get pretty sentences you'll get the bare minimum of the meaning.

Kind of a disappointing list IMO. Only 2 VNs that interest me White Album 2 and Aiyoku no Eustia. Why are so many of the requests things that have been already translated I want new stuff not things I have already read before or things that are so old I just have no interest. This could be a disappointing year for official english VN releases. Oh wait it always is. How about some VNs made in the last few years with HD graphics and preferably have no gameplay(just read and make choices).

Hate is a strong word, but there are 0 OELVNs that I am interested in right now and I still have yet to read one. I've mentioned it time and time again. For me there are 3 things they need to get me interested and not just one of the 3 things it needs all 3. Voice acting, adult content, and an art style I like. The first 2 are self explanatory. The 3rd one means an art style that isn't to far off from one you would find in a Japanese VN. Having all 3 of these does not guarantee I will read an OELVN but it is the minimum requirements for me.

This right here. I feel no guilt over my love for incest, loli, and pregnant sex in VNs.

It varies based on the VN. Such as Grisaia no Kajitsu you can only play so far into it. Which is unfortunate because I was enjoying Lost Pauses reactions for it. Princess Evangile seems to be alright, but considering the VN is average at best I'm not really interested in watching a lets play/reaction video for it.

He should be crying >.>

Well this is some horrible news. Hurray for Sekai and its bullsh*t all ages crap. I thought I would be getting to read a VN without machine translations soon and now that is out the door. We all know only the all age version will be available in October. The 18+ version if it comes out at all will be released 6 months later at least. Really guys. You couldn't try to pair up with a good localization company like MangaGamer. Sorry for sounding like a self entitled ahole, but this news has definitely angered me a bit. My anger will pass with some time though.

The stories in VNs are rarely all that good. Having that 18+ content is pretty much my driving force to keep reading. If I'm in the mood for a good story and good character development I'll reading a novel or a light novel. Also the original version of this VN was 18+. There was no all age version for the PC version. They went and cut content from the PC version because they thought it would sell better in the rest of the world. I'm hoping that by not getting it I can prove this thought wrong. Though to be honest even if the original didn't have 18+ content I still wouldn't get it. What VNs have that the other other mediums(manga, anime, light novels) don't have is a better balance of story and 18+ content. If you read an H-manga there is sex in every chapter and the story is just an excuse to have that H-content. Same with H-anime. As for H-light novels I've never read one which likely means there aren't any good ones worth translating.

There are 2 things in particular that keep me away from OELVN, lack of 18+ content and lack of voice acting. Until OELVN can get both of these I'm just not interested in them. Another problem I find with them is the visual style. Many of them have art styles that are to far off from a more traditional japanese anime art style. I'm not looking for a unique art style I'm looking for pretty girls. The next issue I have with OELVN is there length. I like my VNs to be at least 20 hours long. These are just my personal opinions though. The 1st 2 issues I listed are my biggest problems though. 18+ content AND voice acting or bust.

I don't know if I would go so far as to call Guild Wars 2 unique. But it does manage to differentiate itself from the hordes of other MMOs. The game actually rewards exploration which is something few MMOs do. Most of the field maps have a hidden jump puzzle on them for you to find. The field maps feature meta events that pop up commonly for you to participate in if you want. Completing or failing to complete some of them can cause new events to pop up. There is one where a large amount of centaurs attack a town. Failing to defend it will cause an event to retake it to appear. There are some more traditional features like dungeons. Though even these have a bit of a spin on them. Each dungeon has a story mode and an exploration mode. In exploration the party can make a choice which will change the path you take in the dungeon and have different objectives you need to complete.

For free to play games I mainly play Osu! and Smite. Been playing them both for some years now. Osu! is a free music rhythm game with an active community and new beatmaps are released daily by the community. It does have multiplayer and solo play. There is a wide variety of music genres available. I personally like to play anime and visual novel OPs and EDs. The game is completely free though you can donate for some extra in game features that aren't really essential such as an in game beatmap downloader instead of downloading them from their web site. Smite is a free to pay moba that is played from the 3rd person instead of top down. You have to actually aim your attacks and abilities which makes it a lot more interesting IMO. It isn't pay to win but you have to unlock characters slowly over time or you can pay $30 to unlock all current characters and all future ones. I personally just unlocked them over time. Both games I have put over 1000 hours into. Only other game I play that can be called free to play is Guild Wars 2. Though there are restrictions on free to play accounts. You can purchase the expansion to have these restrictions removed. Some of the restrictions are only 2 character slots on your account, no access to Auction House, less slots for equipping bags, and being unable to trade with other players. Fortunately the expansion doesn't increase the level cap so you don't have to worry about being lower level then people with the expansion.

I played this for a few hours and found it to be somewhat enjoyable. Unfortunately it's a generic on rails quest grind. It did however get me back into play Guild Wars 2. More MMOs need to learn from GW2. Not everyone wants to chase ! and ?. In fact I'm sure most people are sick of it.

I might get to read this VN. Would be nice if they do release an 18+ version.

I'm currently playing Tsuushinbo ~Mama ni mo Naisho no Jikanwari~ in Visual Novel Reader. Not too far into yet so can't really say too much about it. I did enjoy Marble Candy Soft last VN Kakurenbo ~Futari Dake no Himitsu no Jikan~. No its wasn't a great VN but if you have the right fetish you'll probably enjoy it

Sadly I'm hoping the kickstarter doesn't go past $146,000. I don't want a new english theme song the japanese one is fine.

This doesn't surprise me at all. The VN industry has become dominated by generic moege VNs. If you look at the top selling manga of 2015 in Japan http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-31/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series-2015/.88770 you'll notice something. There are VERY FEW moe type mangas in it. I'm sure even in Japan many are getting sick of the typical school setting harems. They need to try create more original and interesting settings and stories. You'll also notice many of the series in the top selling mangas are shounens which feature lots of action and characters that get stronger throughout the series. There aren't too many VNs that do this. If the VN industry doesn't stop making copy paste moege VNs they will slowly die out. They need a more balanced cast of characters. Not 1 or 2 male characters and a million female characters.

My 1st was Kana ~Imouto~ back when I was in high school a good 10 years ago. I really enjoyed it cried like baby when I read it my 1st time. I didn't read another VN after it though for some years. I eventually read G-senjou no Maou and Muv Luv Alternative. It was these 2 VNs that really got me into VNs and since them I've read VNs fairly commonly. Unfortunately I still haven't read anything I would consider to be better than them,

I'm on this game fairly commonly. My ID is 782781463.

Sadly enough Winged Cloud are probably the closest to getting original english visual novels done right. They have the 18+ now you just need the voice acting and I might actually consider buying.

While I have no interest in yaoi by itself, but if it's a trap(preferably a shota) then I am all game. The only trap VN I have fully read though is Josou Kaikyou. Blood-related Sister Heroine is the best kind of incest IMO.

Them example images for Twin Buttjob looked like a dream . I get the feeling you are referring to a very specific VN, but I'm to lazy to try and find out.

He lies netorare is never good. I'm gonna laugh if they ever make a sequel to your favorite VN and your fav girl gets netorared from you

@Soulless Watcher Forbidden romance is enjoyable to read Gameplay is always nice gets my gamer side all riled up. Sounds like you're a fan of the rance games. I was actually debating with myself to add pregnancy but I didn't want to have a bunch fetish Can't agree with last tag though, but that's just me and not liking to see relationships end @LinovaA I am liking you're list a lot of good stuff. Wish there were more utsuge and nakige VNs translated into english. @sanahtlig Nice list would be nice to see more sim VNs there are just so few of them and even fewer in english. I'm surprised by how many people seem to like netorare. I guess there is a reason they are so common. Still don't care for it though.

Enjoyable tags if you ask me. Not something I would be willing to call a fav personally. Honestly this is a Tag I hate, nothing against you though. To each their own.