Dreamysyu
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It's interesting that I kind of agree with the premise of the video, but I pretty much disagree with all examples given that I personally played. Maybe except Muv Luv Extra.
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I'd say, Cinderella Phenomenon deserves to be added.
It's a cool otome EVN with a story based on Western fairy-tales. The story itself is rather well-developed. Quality-wise, it's not particularly worse than its Japanese counterparts.
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12 hours ago, ラース said:
So maybe it is Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Thrillers.
Soma fantasy recommendations:
Action-focused:
Anything by Type-Moon is a must-play, but, unfortunately, nothing is on Steam.
Tokyo Babel is pretty interesting in what it does, but it's not for everybody.
Drama-focused:
The House in Fata Morgana is absolutely amazing
Katahane, whenever the official version is finally released
Fault series, though it's incomplete, unfortunately
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30 minutes ago, HataVNI said:
Well, welcome to the forums! There have been multiple overviews and difficulty tierlist for reading Japanese visual novels throughout the years. If you don't mind them being outdate due to most if not all of these games having been localized or fan translated, you may want to consult those.
I believe the OP was asking for translated VNs with Japanese voice acting.
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1 hour ago, ラース said:
What I am looking for is a Visual Novel which is as good as Steins;Gate (or better)
That's very subjective, you know. Steins Gate seems to be top 1 on VNDB rating right now, but, having only watched the anime, I often wonder why people rate it so high.
Are you looking for some genres in particular? There are tons of high-quality VNs out there.
Recommendations for sci-fi:
I definitely recommend the Muv Luv series, but it's better not to get into it as a total beginner.
Baldr Sky seems to be pretty good, though I personally couldn't read it due to some anxiety problems.
Ever17 would be a good choice, but it's not on Steam. Root Double might work as a replacement, though I haven't read it, so I'm not sure about its quality.
There's also YuNo remake.
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So, I guess I'm almost done with Bokuten common route. Well, that was something. Quite often, even in good VNs, common routes feel like a waste of time. I like SOL when it serves a purpose in the story, but I hate it when it's used as useless filler. However, the common route in Bokuten is nothing like that. Basically, every chapter tells its own finished story. And the choices it gives are often pretty difficult. Almost every option comes don't to whether you let a couple of lovers fall apart or let them come together despite all the complications it will bring them. I decided to follow a walkthrough since there seems to be a recommended route order, but now I wonder which route I'd end up at if I chose what I believed was right.
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5 hours ago, Clephas said:
In my experience, many JVN addicts tend to outright ignore EVNs if someone doesn't insistently push them to play them.
They might be a vocal minority, though. I'm not sure how much an average Steam VN player follows any VN community. They may not even distinguish between EVNs and JVNs that much.
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On 7/18/2023 at 8:02 AM, Clephas said:
The JVN industry in Japan is dying (except for nukige). There are entire months where there are no serious releases these days. Covid pretty much killed most of the minor companies and several of the major ones. This just accelerated the trend that began in 2019, as demand for SOL games, which were the bread and butter of the industry, started to fall rapidly with the lower buying power of the demographics that primarily consumed them.
That's a shame, really. But I wonder if it is a good opportunity for Western developers to rise. I'd say, a big problem with VNs right now is how limited they are with the plots they cover and how annoying some of the cliches are, but smaller companies are generally a lot more creative.
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23 hours ago, littleshogun said:
Actually, there's more than utsuge being an utsuge when it come to Bokuten's flaw, and you'll probably see why later.
Well, I tried not to read them in too much detail since I didn't want to be spoiled. It's entirely possible that things will go in the wrong direction later, and it totally happens with VNs sometimes. Hapymaher, for example, had excellent first few chapters, but later things got very weird. However, so far the writing in Bokuten seems pretty good, and while it does feel a bit cheesy from time to time, I can kind of relate to the characters. And the MC seems pretty good, which is rare for VNs. I think some people may find him annoying, but I somewhat understand where he's coming from. And yeah, he's quite obviously severely depressed.
So, I guess, I'll try not to have too big expectations, but I hope everything turns out well.
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11 hours ago, adamstan said:
It still sits in my backlog, so I'm really looking forward to your opinion after you play it.
I've finished chapter one of the common route, and it seems pretty good for now! I'm actually surprised that the vndb rating is so low. After skimming over the reviews, it seems that people just complain about an utsuge being an utsuge.
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I feel like it's been twelve thousand years since I posted in this thread. So, I started reading Bokuten, and I hope I finish it. Actually, it's stupid that the last full-length VN I finished was in 2020. I started quite a few since then but lacked the motivation to continue.
So, does anyone know if there is some recommended route order in Bokuten? And should I use a walkthrough? I generally prefer to avoid using it, but there are some cases when necessary.
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One of these?
https://vndb.org/v?q=&ch=&f=022gru0280Rq80X4N&s=26w
It doesn't seem like they fit, but who knows?
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21 minutes ago, Sinned said:
Try again.
I made a few changes. It should be fixed now.
Yeah, everything seems to be okay now.
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The problem still remains.
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34 minutes ago, Emi said:
should be fixed
It's fixed on the main page but still the same for the rest of the forum.
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I'm using Firefox
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47 minutes ago, Seraphim said:
I can see that the two VNs with few votes I mentioned have now moved down the list quite a bit (currently rank 324 and 294) compared to when I wrote my last post. Dunno if that's because of adjustments to the system or if it's just an example of it working its magic. In any case, I'm interested in seeing what the rankings will be like a month or year from now.
Most likely, adjustments. I noticed that the first VN has a lot of 10s and 9s from users who only voted once, and it hasn't changed. And the parameters of the system aren't supposed to depend on time.
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51 minutes ago, Seraphim said:
I think the fact that this and this are now ranked higher than the Grisaia trilogy, G-senjou no Maou, Majikoi, Aokana and a ton of other great VNs says a lot.
Let's just hope the system will improve over time. At the very least, I think there should be some rule about the minimum number of votes to hit the high rankings, just to prevent single digit vote VNs from reaching the top.The ratings for the first one are clearly rigged. It's definitely a bad sign that the ratings are affected so much by crap like that.
Whoa, I checked it, and G-Senjou is not even in the top 100 anymore. I don't even like it that much, but it's pretty wild after it was #17 some years ago.
And what is really insane is Saya no Uta being #301. Just what?
Yeah, at this point I'm not sure that niche exposure is worth it. Vndb ratings used to be at least somewhat usable compared to most other websites exactly because they didn't show all the garbage with a small number of votes. You could still find all the niche stuff using tags.
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1 hour ago, HataVNI said:
F/SN leaving the top10 for Tsukihime is wild though.
It's a remake that came out recently, so it's understandable that most people who played it are already Type-Moon fans. I'd say, the rating is likely to fall in a few years.
And, honestly, Fate is classic, but it has quite a few flaws, and the translation is terrible.
1 hour ago, HataVNI said:I do have to say that all the titles in there are actually talked about the most in their respective niches.
I agree, but it makes it easier to find these niches. I guess, when I just started reading VNs, I mostly played either highly rated VNs, or the ones that had interesting reviews. I guess, this change would make my experience back then quite different.
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Basically, the idea behind this change is to make newer VNs more represented in the rating. I'm not sure how I feel about this, honestly. On the one hand, it makes it easier to find some less known but interesting VNs. I noticed that a lot of VNs that suddenly appeared in the top-25 were already on my wishlist. On the other hand, I feel like the troll voters will downvote these less popular VNs into oblivion, and in the end, it will make ratings even less useful than they used to be.
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On 7/2/2023 at 7:44 AM, littleshogun said:
Type Moon
- Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-
Huh. I see that the trend of Type-Moon refusing to translate their games into non-Japanese languages is finally broken.
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1 hour ago, Plk_Lesiak said:
they always deliver for me at least in some ways.
You know, one of the reasons I like otome isekais is how many different types of stories they cover. Or, at least, used to be. There are cute shoujo romances, nice yuri, mysteries, adventures, country-managing stories, hilarious comedies of different kinds, dark coming-of-age stories, etc. And the list gets even bigger if you include Korean and original English stories of the same kind. I feel like it's not really true anymore, and most stories I pick up nowadays just repeat the ones I've already read. But it's still nice to see that these stories finally come to the anime format. Even if so far, somehow, none of the adaptations so far are based on novels I've actually read.
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The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen seems to be a pretty popular otome isekai, but I don't know much about it. Other than that, nothing seems particularly interesting.
Angepinion: Some Visual Novels Are TOO LONG
in Visual Novel Talk
Posted · Edited by Dreamysyu
That's true. However, I do think that SOL can be pretty good for character development. I've seen plenty of good examples in anime, manga, and LNs. At the same time, honestly, I can't think of any good example of a VN that did something like that. Overall, most SOL parts in VNs are either comedy, which can range from very good to awful, or just useless filler.