Zenophilious

Fate/stay night is a fantasy VN, with a crap ton of bad endings, usually ending in the main character's death. It's quite long, but it's very well made. It has 18+ content. Hoshizora no Memoria is a more traditional VN; it's set at a high school, and the heroines are from his group of friends at the school. It also has fantasy elements in it, mostly to do with magic and "grim reapers". It's also very good. It has 18+ content. Neither of them have any gameplay at all, have romance, and are fully voiced (aside from F/SN's H-scenes, as the voices were provided in the PSP version and patched into the PC version). If you want something more specific, you gotta give a little more info.

Hate to keep bumping, but anyone got any more suggestions?

Just thought I should make a thread thanking Tay and all the others that helped to get the site working again after everyone kept getting redirected to the "Welcome to nginx!" page. I really appreciate your hard work. I know enough about coding (which is very little) to know that unless it's copy/paste, it's quite hard, and finding mistakes in pages of code is an infuriatingly slow process. Really, thanks so much for fixing the problem as fast as you did.

When exactly does Amane's route start, anyway? I know that Grisaia has a long common route, but still wondering. I just got to the part where Kinda starting to get discouraged.

Not quite sure if I should...I have very a strong gag reflex (born a preemie), so if it's as...intense...as everyone says, it might not be for me. I'd kinda like to keep from throwing up onto my keyboard if at all possible. It really isn't about gore and shock value? I read a little bit of the plot, and the mental condition the protagonist is afflicted with seems like it might focus on gore a lot.

Ehhhh...Saya no Uta is a little too much in the horror direction for me. I saw a couple of screenshots of the game, and they made me physically sick. Not really into the whole gore scene. Thanks for the suggestions, though. I'll have to check out Planetarian. Other than that, I already downloaded the VNs you suggested :/

Thought I might as well make a thread about this. As a gamer, I've played a lot of games, and I've become very attached to several of them, not only because of the gameplay, but because of the world that's created in the game. I love feeling immersed in the setting when I'm reading a book or playing a game, and these games did just that. If there are any VNs/eroges that are similar in setting and complexity (only one gameplay similarity I'm looking for, I'll explain later), I'd greatly appreciate being told about them. Searching blindly on the internet doesn't usually work for me :/ As a note, I prefer games with H-scenes, but if it's good enough, I'll play it even if it doesn't have any 18+ content. Settings/Themes Similar to: • Fallout 3 (post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland, dreary and gritty scenery, degeneration of society) I've only really heard of one VN similar to this, Swan Song, but it's a little too rape-y for me to handle. I can deal with a few rape scenes, but I'd prefer them to be implied if they're there at all. If you've never played/seen Fallout 3, you can use the book The Road as an example of what I'm looking for. • Mass Effect trilogy (science fiction, multiple alien races, moral choices, shades of gray morality) Pretty much anything like any of the games. I especially love all of the details they have in the Codex; it really helps immerse you and make you feel that the world you're in exists. • Dragon Age: Origins (fantasy, strategy, adventuring in party of characters, multiple races, moral decisions) The strategy part is optional, I just like the sense of immersion BioWare games give their players, and DA:O was a very good example of it. Like Mass Effect, it has a Codex with a lot of info about the world and a lot of lore. • Bioshock (false utopia, horror, mutants, government abuse of power, degeneration of society, moral decisions) Just to be clear, when I say horror, I don't mean huge amounts of gore and really disgusting death scenes, I mean the everything-is-quiet-so-I'm-safe-HOLY-FUCK-THAT-HUGE-THING-IS-COMING-AT-ME horror with creepy music and semi-disturbing characters that are quite possibly insane. Doesn't have to be underwater, I don't really care about that. If at all possible, I'd like to avoid the horribly gory VNs, as I have a very weak stomach, and don't particularly want to have to go running for the bathroom while reading a VN. Those are all the settings I can think of right now. I'll add more later if I think of them. Gameplay Similar to: • Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (fantasy, turn-based combat with parties, strategy, multiple classes, multiple races, insanely hard boss fights) I love this game. I played it so much as a kid. If anyone has any VNs similar to it, I will love you forever and ever. Just to be clear, I'm not talking about RTS games. I'm hilariously bad at those. --- Thanks for checking this thread out, and if you posted any suggestions, you are amazing and have earned my eternal gratitude. EDIT: Forgot to include a list of the VNs I've already played. Fate/stay night is the only one that fits into the category. VNs I already have downloaded and are on my to-do list: •Cross Channel •Grisaia no Kajitsu •Tsukihime •Kagetsu Tohya •Kamidori Alchemy Meister •Kanon •Muv-Luv •Muv-Luv Alternative •Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo •Tomoyo After

Everyone seems to like her route the least. Not really sure why. I mean, she's pretty stupid, but she actually does care about people, and seeing how she acts while she's bleaching her hair is priceless!

Never played it, but apparently people either hate it or love the super depressing bad endings. Have fun. Heh heh heh.

I don't know about everyone else, but I've had it downloaded for about a month. I was finishing up Hoshimemo before I started on Grisaia. Must be a coincidence, since I know I'm not cool enough to get this many imitators.

Just saw the chibi form of Yumiko when she scared herself making instant yakisoba. So adorable!

Gee, I wonder what audience that game targets xD Oh, good. I heard that the common route was long; Hosimemo's was, too, but at least there was almost always something happening. Oh well, I'll keep on truckin'. I managed to read The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I can read this.

I'm finding it pretty hard to get into Grisaia no Kajitsu. It's not bad, but nothing really interesting has happened yet. I though that there would be some kind of hook by now, but I guess it's a little farther ahead. Anyone else have that experience, or am I just impatient?

Yep, I was gonna recommend Katawa Shoujo. Yukiru is also right about uncensored genitalia. I quote from Wikipedia, "In Japan, under Article 175 of the Criminal Code of Japan people who sell or distribute obscene materials can be punished by fines or imprisonment. Article 175 was included in the original document in 1907 and remains relatively unchanged." They can only get around Article 175 by censoring the participants' genitalia, regardless if said genitalia is real or digital. It's probably impossible to find uncensored versions of the standard VNs, since they would have had to have been re-released specifically for the U.S., or have had the H-scenes edited by third party sources, which is illegal (I think, since I don't see why they wouldn't copyright their material). Try looking for VNs made outside of Japan. That's all I can say.

Nope, no bad ends at all. You's gonna end up happy no matter what you do.

I'm actually playing it right now. I didn't expect this thread to get another post, since it was made 12 days ago. I'll edit the title to reflect that fact.

That's a big coincidence. I just found Katawa Shoujo on the internet while I was screwing around, then joined Fuwanovel after that. Tay recommended Fate/stay night to me; I'd never heard of it before, so I wouldn't have downloaded it otherwise. I don't have any friends that play VNs, so it was great to find this site.

I think if a post-apocalyptic VN isn't depressing then they're doing something wrong...I mean, post-apocalyptic stories are supposed to deal with the deterioration of human society, and that's never a funny topic.

So, I'm just starting Grisaia, and I'm not quite sure which route to do after Amane's, since there isn't a forced route order or unofficially forced route order through plot. I'm not used to VNs without a route order :/ Anyone have any suggestions for which order I should do them in? I'm planning on doing the good and bad endings for each heroine during back to back, so you don't have to consider that.

Sorry for the late post, but yes, I'd be very interested in your game :3 I've a fan of roguelikes and rogue-lites. I played The Binding of Isaac for a long time; I got to Isaac (boss) before getting extremely frustrated and ragequitting for a while. I've also played Rogue Legacy, FTL: Faster Than Light (yet another game that made me curse the heavens in rage), and Don't Starve, and I want to get Risk of Rain sometime in the future. Sorry if you've already answered this before, but will it be a traditional roguelike, where any progress you've completed in the past will have no effect on future games (e.g. no unlocks or anything), or will it be more of a rogue-lite (like Rogue Legacy, you unlock new content and even though permadeath is present, you can still progress afterwards)? Just wondering. I'd be interested in playing the alpha. Will I be able to run it on my Mac, or should I run it on Parallels Windows 7?

Let's see...obviously Sexual Content/High Sexual Content, Torture, Gore, aaaaand possibly Rape. Those are the few I've heard you mention before.

Yeah...it would've been a lot funnier if I hadn't been playing ranked. Like in ARAM, for example, I would've been laughing my ass off.

I bet I know what a few of your favorites are, Tom I like Unlockable Routes, Sexual Content, and Teasing. I also like Built-In Encyclopedia, as it helps immersion, but I don't need it in a VN.

Just played a little bit of Grisaia, still in the introductions. I got to the part where Michiru is introduced and I started laughing so hard.