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    Evenicle Release by Mangagamer (on June 28th)

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    17 minutes ago, wyldstrykr said:

    question:

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    im at chapter 3 and got a side quest at eden. im at the elf forest and still doesnt know what i should kill to progress the event.
    send help. ty

     

     

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    Should be the kill 5 ham barbara quest? I think? You can find them between Maquipeach and Vilfuente. They kinda look like an ogre thing. You'll know it when you see it.

     

    Evenicle Release by Mangagamer (on June 28th)

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    Evenicle is a lot of fun, probably the best H-RPG released in the west. However it's incredibly easy, and the randomly generated fights get boring real quick. There's also a couple of places where if you're not paying attention (or doing 3 things at once, none very well haha...) and you miss some instructions, you could be wandering around the world for an hour because no journal!!!

    Birthday thread

    in Members' Lounge

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    Ha ha a year older ... thanks everyone for reminding me :P I had someone at the bank remind me also, then start a long conversation about it, a conversation that just wouldn't end and I'm standing there thinking do they employ you specifically to make your customers feel bad? Is that it? It doesn't matter how depressed I feel, I'm not opening another account you know...

    Happy birthday @Jun Inoue may your day be blessed with *insert randomly generated google saying*

    E3

    in Gaming Talk

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    It seems that CD Projekt hid a number of free keys for the Witcher 3 at the beginning of their trailer. What a nice thing to do :) 

    What Anime are you watching now?

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    4 minutes ago, ittaku said:

    I finished watching Ranma ½. Not even sure why I did in the end, but it started out because it is a classic comedy still revered today, and when I first started watching it I found myself actually laughing at it. Well it tired quickly and for whatever reason I kept watching till I watched all 161 episodes. If anyone else has this much spare time on their hands and is considering it, all I can say is: don't do it. It was a good way to put me to sleep at the end of the night when I was still buzzing and needed something that would make me want to go to bed. The slapstick gets tired very quickly, the same plots get rehashed a dozen times over, and there is virtually no forward progress in the story. About its only redeeming feature was showing nipples before they were considered too raunchy for even ecchi shows on TV, though there's nothing titillating (heh) about how they're presented here :P

    While Ranma is a classic, Rumiko Takahashi's best work was always Maison Ikkoku (heartwarming romance ahoy) :) 

    /r/visualnovels is doing a new community voted VN recommendation chart. Feel free to vote as long as you have a reddit account

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    7 hours ago, NowItsAngeTime said:

    Just speaking the truth. /r/vns has done two, 4chan has done 1. How come FuwaNovel never made their own even when they were much bigger back in the day when they allowed hosted downloads???

    Eh, community recommendation charts are just there for communities to congratulate and jerk each other over their favourite games. They are of questionable use to people needing recommendations.

    BTW, I'm taking a look at Reddit's previous "recommendation chart" and I have a question. Why is Kanon one of the "least" newbie friendly entries? Kanon was actually one of the first visual novels I read and I had no trouble with it. Also why would Fate Stay Night be a "newbie" selection? Isn't the route structure one of the more complex examples in the visual novel fandom? Would newbies know that Fate will be different (yet similar) to Unlimited Blade Works?

    Why is Hakuouki, an accessible game that was also released on the handheld, considered less newbie friendly than Second Reproduction which is a game that needs to be patched?

    Why is Utawarerumono considered newbie friendly when every time you save (with modern operating systems) it crashes? Then you need to do some funkie things to get the game working. Would newbies enjoy that extra dollop of frustration?

    Tsukihime is considered more newbie friendly than Kanon? What? Oh, and more newbie friendly than Ef, good to know ...

    Valve's new steam policy.

    in General Discussion

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    45 minutes ago, Funyarinpa said:

    I feel that this stance would have more merit if we didn't already have half a decade of exactly that. And we've seen the outcome: Massive oversaturation that hurts indie games, an entire culture of asset flips, a failed attempt at implementing user curation (Greenlight) that was perhaps due to the environment fostered by Valve's hands-off approach in the first place, outright bigoted games (anyone remember Slave Tetris?).

    I prefer a hand on approach purely from a practical standpoint - once oversaturation reaches a certain point, searching for games becomes a massive pain. 

    Valve threatening to remove VNs with adult content from steam?

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    7 hours ago, tymmur said:

    I called GOG as the new outlet way back on page 4, but that was quickly shut down as GOG will not have anything to do with VNs.....

    People have been calling for GOG to include visual novels for over 5 years now ( https://www.gog.com/forum/general/why_is_gog_refusing_visual_novels/page1 ). Their policy has consistently been "we're not putting them up". Maybe MG and Sekai just wore them down through rugged persistence or something ...

    Highway Blossoms Remastered is live on Steam

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    6 minutes ago, Plk_Lesiak said:

    You can always mute it. ;p

    My problem with it is that it costs (often a lot of) money (also when done during the development process can lead to limiting the text, but that doesn't apply here). So if it's not needed, I wonder whether the increase in sales justifies the expense? 

    I guess the developers could have got some voice actors on the cheap ...

    Valve threatening to remove VNs with adult content from steam?

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    6 minutes ago, Hetzer123 said:

    What advantage does GOG has which steam and other VN storefront don't? JastUsa, Mangagamer and others have DRM free games. I heard GOG ditched regional pricing long ago so it is not a good alternate to steam.

    GOG has regional pricing. I guess the advantage is that it has a Steam like platform (GOG galaxy - automatic updates etc etc) and an established customer base.

    Valve threatening to remove VNs with adult content from steam?

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    3 hours ago, tymmur said:

    I was thinking that GOG sells Huniepop and they have local prices, proper distribution and stuff. They might go all in on this now. They are located in Poland and as such is not affected by American laws. 

     

    GOG refuses to put most VNs on their store. Nobody knows why and they don't speak to the reasons, but I don't think it will change because of Steam's changing guidelines. Seems to be a conscious decision on their part.

    Valve threatening to remove VNs with adult content from steam?

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    20 minutes ago, sarkasmus said:

    That's the problem, but that's just another reason I don't think it's about the patches that's something they would've mentioned directly.

    I think it's more likely they changed their definition of pornographic content from actual H-Scenes to highly suggestive content and simply expect everyone to share their opinion about it.

    There's a common misconception hanging around the definition of pornography. Porn does not equal h scenes. I'm going to grab the first def I come across cause I'm lazy :P

    Pornography (noun): printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate sexual excitement.

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