Veshurik

Indeed, although it's kind of a shame they publish them chronologically. I think the imouto one is what most people are waiting for (she actually looks quite adorable TBH and not in a pedo-bait kind of way). I'm also still baffled by the first part's title (both the original and English version) and how the game advertises itself with this ultra-mundane premise. I guess it speaks to a teenager's idea of what living with someone means. I'm waiting for an eroge that will also include all the small irritations and conflicts that come with it. ;p

The Witch's Love Diary is now available on Steam, Denpasoft (Standalone 18+ Release or free 18+ Patch for the Steam Release), and JAST USA. Get it at a 10% launch discount, at any of those stores, and then come tell us what you thought!

Neko Work H (sub-brand of Neko Works) released their debut game - Love Cube - on Steam and Fakku.
You can get all ages version for 10$ in Steam and also 18+ patch for 10$ (or buy from Fakku for 20$).

Game size - 4.5Gb (adult patch) + 1.5Gb (all ages) = 6Gb

Vincennes and "Filles de la Vincennes", hue hue hue
 
They'll never manage to get anything right in any language, be it English, French, German or Russian.
 
Gonna download that demo though.

Finished the VN last night
 
Overall I liked it. 
 
I would say its biggest strengths are:
* All the characters are pretty likable and funny, outside maybe one prominent character in Mimari's route who was written to be unlikable
* It has some nice feel good/emotional moments throughout
* Unique enough setting with the plane fighting and stuff to make it stick out from other galge.
* Character development is decent enough for each character.
 
I'd say its biggest weaknesses are:
* Romance seems slightly rushed in each route
* The routes are obviously formulaic: Route starts -> Romance starts -> H-scene + SoL x3-5 -> Drama outta nowhere -> EPIC PLANE FLIGHT
* While not as bad as say... Muv-Luv every so once in a while the plane explanations are a little too long-winded for a plane noob like me who isn't particularly into fighting planes.
* Nahoko and Hikari's voice acting volumes aren't balanced very well with the otehrs and there's no way to adjust individual character volumes.
 
Some other thoughts that are more like observations:
* It has a slightly unique art style. While still anime style, all the drawings are... stencil-y?
* Those H-scenes are loooooonnnnnnnnnggg
* Only 1 choice mattering, I don't particularly whether choices really count as long as the story/characters are good
 
Overall Character Rankings
Kazusa > Hikari > Mimari > Nahoko

Kazusa- I've stated multiple times but from the beginning but I was VERY impressed with how they handled her as a tsundere. Very reasonable and willing to admit her mistakes and be openly caring of others while still having the typical tsundere trait of being dishonest with her feelings to allow for decent development. 
Hikari- I thought she would be a generic optimistic ditzy character... well she still basically was by the end but I actually like the way her character was executed in terms of motivating the rest of the team. Also she was pretty funny and a surprisingly good troll humor wise. Sadly she herself didn't develop much.
Mimari- The closest thing to a mysterious/kuudere character. While she did have her blunt side, she mixed it with otherwise being very friendly for the most part and only being harsh to people who really deserve it. Her bluntness provided some good humor. Her past was clearly the most deep and interesting.
Nahoko- She had some funny moments and is likable enough but she felt oddly... underused even though she was supposed to be the leader? Even in her route I liked the concept of her development but some parts were executed oddly.

Overall Route Rankings
Hikari > Kazusa > Nahoko > Mimari
Hikari- Arguably the most simple route, Hikari herself doesn't have too much development BUT you get to see the positive motivation she has on everyone the most here and it's really nice to see. Also her backstory related to her plane was the cutest. Her development with her plane was the most memorable to me as well.
Kazusa- Mostly carried due to the fact that Junichi and her had the most interactions in the common route due to their living situation so them getting together quickly actually kinda made sense. Her development being centered around her insecurities was nice.
Nahoko- As stated in her character writeup, I like the idea of her development in her route related to working herself hard to not knowing what she wanted to do and related to her and Junichi not being officially together right away. But... some parts were executed weirdly. Still enjoyed it.
Mimari- Her route had arguably the most plot relevance in terms of characters involved in a way that felt like a true route. I personally wasn't a big fan of the typical running away from an arranged marriage trope being the main plot. It caused MImari herslef to not have room to develop in an interesting way outside using her Grandma's plane temporarily. Still was overall decent.

Overall H-scene Rankings
Kazusa > Mimari > Nahoko > Hikari
Won't go into much detail besides Kazusa's were much better than everyone else's. If you wanna know more details just PM or @ me or something.

Overall Plane Rankings
A6M5 Type Zero Model 52 > Kyushu J7W Shinden > Spitfire LF mk.lXc > Ki-46 III Otsu + Hei > Ki-44 Shoki
Zero- I like the specs and features of it the most. Also has the cutest relations to the plot/route.
Shinden- Kinda unfair due to plot and MC relevance but can't beat that speed and firepower.
Spitfire- Mostly for the plot/route relevance.
Ki-46- Has an interesting design.
Shoki- Least memorable.

Characters I want a route of most Rankings
Akane > Katou > Saiko > Haruka > who cares
Akane- I usually like down to earth girls who have potential to be fun. Not sure where her development would be though.
Katou- A very confident girl who would have interesting developments Id imagine.
Saiko- Seems like the obvious choice but... she did have more of an obsession with machines and god what the fuck are those boobs size wise
Haruka- She's nice and all but given when happens in Kazusa's I would feel bad.

Favorite Song
It's Counterattack Time! (Sadly not on YouTube at the moment, may have to fix that myself)

Final Rating
TDLR If you like slice of life feel good VNs and don't mind a touch of fighting plane action, recommend.
7.5/10, rounds up to an 8.
 

Neko Work H (sub-brand of Neko Works) released their debut game - Love Cube - on Steam and Fakku.
You can get all ages version for 10$ in Steam and also 18+ patch for 10$ (or buy from Fakku for 20$).

Game size - 4.5Gb (adult patch) + 1.5Gb (all ages) = 6Gb

I know this feeling. It looks interesting at first, and you buy it, but then you end up postponing reading it since you're reading something else, and after some time you're no longer interested, and it just ends up collecting dust in your backlog for many years to come.

Oner?

For my first serious foray into reading untranslated stuff, I've been reading Koi-Kakeru Shin-Ai Kanojo for the past week or so. I've frankly been surprised at what an easy time I'm having getting through it; apparently years of osmosis through editing and the occasional grammar reading helped more than I realized.
I like most of the heroines, though maybe not the main one, tbh, and I'm looking forward to seeing whatever ending the true route has that's made so many people angry over the years. The foreshadowing is interesting, and the first big hint at deeper problems lying under the surface immediately after they (finally) show the OP video set a pretty promising hook.
The humor is great, and the writing is enjoyable even when the main character goes off on monologues talking about the definition of literature. The longest one of those so far brought back fond memories of a similar scene from Majo Koi—and it's almost shocking how many shared themes, topics, and just little quirks there are between the two. I guess Niijima Yuu really writes about Niijima Yuu-ish things. After this, I suppose I'll have to read HatsuSaku or Summer Pockets... though at this point I find it hard to imagine Niijima Yuu writing about any season but spring, so I imagine I'll find both of them a little odd.
The music is nothing short of phenomenal. Mizutsuki Ryou has my undying devotion. My favorite track is probably Ayane's song, but honestly, all the music is so good that I get excited every time the BGM changes and I get to hear yet another beautiful song that I've somehow already grown nostalgic for.

Well, announcements are announced, so let's see how they look... The order in which they appear more or less reflects my interest in them.
Excited:
Interested:
Indifferent:
Won't Play:
 
Now, let's do a counter for each publisher to see who had the most interesting stuff for me.
So yeah, this was a good round of announcements! Good thing I'm part of the casual pleb audience that actually makes these publishers some monies.
If you didn't like this convention then... sucks to be you!

I'm absolutely sure that Sol is having some financial difficulties but at the same time "one release in a month" is a fairly normal practice, it's not something extraordinary by itself. That's what MangaGamer is doing (or at least consistently tries to if there are no unexpected troubles) for the last couple of years.
Sekai's Majokoi, 9-nine- ep. 2, Nanairo Reincarnation, Baldr Sky and Ley Line 2-3 are all currently set to release in the second half of 2019  
While I did say that "one release in a month" is nothing extraordinary by itself, if everyone on the market were to suddenly use this schedule for half a year, it would surely look spectacular. But nah, I'm sure we have nothing to worry about. 
I'm not an expert on the market but I don't believe it will collapse or anything. Sure, some will titles will probably underperform (they always do) but this market is so niche and passionate that I doubt that they will go deep under the red line plus steam will help to add sales over time, steam sales are often not front-loaded at all. Honestly, western eroge market is very weird, inconsistent and at times almost too random for analysis. You can have a big hit and then fail miserably with its sequel or a similar project. A lot rides on whether you can suddenly get under the spotlight (not even necessarily during the initial release) and saddle that wave to the good sales. Most titles don't and underperform from what I can gather, besides it's almost impossible to amass actually good sales without steam which is, again, not even necessarily a front-loaded platfrorm. I'm not sure if the success rate is going to be any different when we have a few times more VNs than usual, I'd argue that the overall ratio probably won't change much, those crumbs the industry mostly survives on will likely remain the same crumbs.
Not to mention that I fully expect half of the releases to peacefully migrate into the 2020 as usual.

Let's revive this thread! I posted my collection in 2016, but here it is as of 2018. It'll probably be a while before I can take a photo again.  

I already posted this over in the "Recent (Japanese) stuff you bought" thread, but here's my modest VN collection:
Most of that is probably unreadable, and I'm way too lazy to take a bunch of close-up pictures, so here's the legend for the map:
(top row, left to right)
G-Senjou KonoSora Swan Song (hidden by camera angle) F/SN + F/HA Cross Channel MajiKoi Kanon Air Little Busters! Rewrite Angel Beats! 1st Beat first 3 Steampunk Series Symphonic Rain HoshiMemo Complete KoiChoco Grisaia (Sekai Project release collector's box - so it only has Fruit of Grisaia, at the moment) Ever17 White Album 2 Clannad (second row, left to right)
Steins;Gate OST Grisaia OST Clannad OST Kanon OST Million Star single from Angel Beats! 1st Beat F/SN OST Comyu OST Symphonic Rain "Rainbow" vocal album To Heart 2 Comyu Like Derg, a fair number of my VN purchases are digital.

Wonderful. Just wonderful...

Wonderful. Just wonderful...

Well, I just really don't understand, for what it's all about. For trolling the customers? Developers? Huh?..
Oh my gosh, sometimes I just wanna buy the game from their site, even if it doesn't have regional prices, because they (Nekonyan) deserves it...

It took me a while to realize this is different Suki Suki from the one NekoNyan is releasing next year... I will probably wait for that one. Which, btw, is in no way connected to the fact it has two separate incest routes.

M... Maybe, tone works games?.. 

I was wondered why central heroine is only Hiwa, then I saw that it is again episodic game. I am sorry, but 50$ for standard DVD-case box for 1 part of game is terrible for me. No...
Unfortunately, no. I can think about full edition, but... Really, I can get nice wonderful package of eroge from Japan for the same price... Even buying physical Japanese edition would be costs less...

That feeling when you can't read one VN, and start to read another for rest.
Then another... and another...
 
Every month - new VNs... You don't know what to pick up. You don't have a time absolutely.
Eroge market is shrink... Too many titles, not enough time and money. Sigh...

SG+Sekai+Moenovel combines their power to destroy visual novels outside of Japan.

Oh... Well...
As I can see, uncensored art really important nowadays. Usually I don't care, but always for that!

They really make a honorifics on-off option? wow.

To be honest, I'm still pretty skeptical that Kotonoha Amrilato will turn out okay. I usually don't fall for the "impossible to translate kamige" meme but the very nature of this game makes it extremely hard to translate. It's not just about overcoming a language barrier, but it's very specifically about approaching and learning Esperanto from the perspective of a Japanese speaker, and the similarities and differences between the two languages. There will be a lot of rewriting involved. Like, a whole lot.
I feel like it's the kind of work that only means anything when read in the language it was originally written in, and that any "proper" translation for it would just be a completely different thing. It's a rather confusing choice of license for MG when you consider that.

Wagh, what a hot discussion!
 
Sometimes I also think, that writers just should write something just because "need", and in total we usually have 30k lines of absolutely boring text. That's awful.