[So, How Was Your Christmas?]

Less shitty than last year, still shitty.

[Need a VN with drama.]

Well in Dal Segno you have a couple of support characters that pop up like in every route, but they're there just to help you. Also some of the girls in your dorm may appear.

In If my heart had wings, I think that the regular cast appears in every route since you all are doing a combined effort. This is less true in A sky full of stars, but it's also there.

It's just that those characters behave like normal people and acknowledge when you score yourself a gf. For an in-route love triangle, try A sky full of stars.

[Need a VN with drama.]

21 hours ago, VaroOP said:

Drama based on romance.  Alright let me elaborate. 
The kind of drama where one particular route isn't a one on one deal. 
We have our protagonist and other male characters, we have our main heroine and other female characters too. 
So when you are playing the route for that particular heroine everything isn't smooth sailing. We have trust issues, love triangles,jealousy and all kinds of negative shit that comes with romance. 
In a VN like Hatsukoi 1/1 once you are in the route of a particular girl other female characters are as good as your sister. 
On the other hand in WA 2, whatever route you choose its never a one on one affair. 

But... that's just uncommon. Usually when you are into a given girl's route, it's all about her. Maybe there's another character if there's a love triangle or a rivalry (like "that girl" in Little Busters).

Bringing extra characters into a route pumps up the playing hours tremendously, so it's unusual.

[Question about ef - a fairy tale of the two]

That's odd... I really thought you could choose between Kei and Miyako. The one you choose will go to Hiro and the remaining to Kyousuke. I guess it should go that way.

But of course, the real meat is in the second part's heroines: Chihiro, Mizuki and Yuuko.

[Still a beginner - looking for VN's with good MC]

Deardrops

Quartett

And, of course: Steins;Gate

[Need a VN with drama.]

Dal Segno, use it or lose it

[Nekonyan's Two December Announcements]

Just now, Rancelover935 said:

It's clear there are two sides to this. The side that believes Neko is "falling apart at the seam" and are not keeping their promises and the side that can see why they question the community before bending their promises. It is one those things we will never agree upon and as such, let's just agree to disagree.

Factionism, now? Just great.

[Nekonyan's Two December Announcements]

Bashing slice of life doesn't seem really wise, while white-knighting a company like Nekonyan who barters in that kind of games... anyway, out of decency doing it isn't wise in any case.

[Nekonyan's Two December Announcements]

Just now, Mr Poltroon said:

I- Hm.
My grasp of English may be failing, but I'm not sure I understand what you mean here. What exactly would they need to do for you to trust them as a company?

I only wanted to point out their efforts so far are kinda underwhelming. This announcement botch was just the icing on the fail. Jeez, is it so hard to know what on Earth they are working on?

About what I want to see, you know, like keeping their promises? If they can at all, in the first place.

I guess they really did arrive on the scene like some kind of "revolutionary" company, but they're coming apart at the seams soon enough.

[Nekonyan's Two December Announcements]

I don't really think Nekonyan are our lords and saviours though. They need to show some real beef before that.

[MangaGamer Winter Sale]

6 hours ago, Dreamysyu said:

ef the first tale is at -75% today.

It was an instant buy for me.

By all means read it, but the beef is in the second part.

[MangaGamer Winter Sale]

On 14/12/2018 at 12:31 AM, Rain Spectre said:

I notice a lot of people who've read Euphoria hate Rika. Why is that, exactly?

Because she's a weakling, and a cowardly weakling at that. Basically gonna bitch her way out of difficult situations.

But Clockup knows what ticks with us, so she gets a lot of deserved bashing in-game.

[Anybody knows Koichoco ?]

Naturally, I knows the Koichoco!

[Nekonyan's Two December Announcements]

Some games get their rights re-negotiated and taken in by third companies. But usually they're big games, not sure if Propeller's works would fit the bill.

I think Amairo will happen at some point, it's a desired title, it's Yuzusoft, it has the way paved by a couple other titles like Noble*Works, Dracu Riot and Sanoba Witch, and there's no major hurdle to overcome that I know of.

I still got my wishlist from 2013 and most of those games haven't been released in the West, they're covered in a big pile of dust...

[Chickens are an animal that periodically lays eggs whether they are fertilized or not. Sound familiar to you ladies?]

Well, strictly better than eating actual period, though. Or do you also have that fetish?

[Have you ever read a VN in which one of the heroines was secretly depressed/traumatized/borderline suicidal etc., and while doing her route, you helped her get over the depression/come to terms with the trauma/find a reason to live?]

Just now, LemiusK said:

Sounds like one of those shitty Christian games The Angry Video Game nerd made fun of.

This studio has many branches though. This game sells by the billions.

[Have you ever read a VN in which one of the heroines was secretly depressed/traumatized/borderline suicidal etc., and while doing her route, you helped her get over the depression/come to terms with the trauma/find a reason to live?]

Just now, Dreamysyu said:

Oh, I think I heard about this one. Is it that shitty game that always locks you out of all other routes even after your most stupid choices and never even allows you to restart?

Well, I guess it's marked in VNDB as "Choices Matter"

[Is Kindred Spirits similar to SeaBed?]

I wonder why everyone praises SeaBed, must be the dreaded "Subahibi effect".

I generally want my mysteries to be more engaging and better written.

[Your Tips to Finishing VN's]

I'm a completionistard and can't even comprehend another point of view. Oh, but I guess there exists people who can't really see things they start through to their end. My momma told me otherwise, though.

If you have lots of VNs you want to read, instead of reading them all at once, make a reading plan. Sadly it's the same as actual work.

It's also fun to make up your own route orders, and perfect them as you get more genre savvy. I agree with leaving some good girl for later on. Thus you keep yourself kinda motivated to read through meh-worthy girls.

[Have you ever read a VN in which one of the heroines was secretly depressed/traumatized/borderline suicidal etc., and while doing her route, you helped her get over the depression/come to terms with the trauma/find a reason to live?]

Yes, it's called Real Life (TM) by Jehovah Studios. In 3D.

[Question for people who read a Sky Full of Stars, Steam version]

But...

"Nihongo wa chotto muzukashii desu."

They admit it themselves.

[[POLL] What's your translation quality cutoff?]

First let's see if I understand anything at all, and build my way up from there!

[Question for people who read a Sky Full of Stars, Steam version]

Buy it already. Especially if the other option is learning Japanese.

[Do You Prefer Happy Endings Or Bittersweet/More Realistic Endings?]

But humanity is good.

[Do You Prefer Happy Endings Or Bittersweet/More Realistic Endings?]

Nakige are good enough for me, it's a formula that really works, and it's nice to see things improving in the end.

A good bittersweet ending is Rin's in Katawa Shoujo.

Her problems are still there, and there's absolutely no guarantee that they don't end up estranged, but for the moment, things are fine. That's the way I interpreted it.

I'm not so big on utsuge for the moment. Too extreme. Why look for a realistic, bad ending, if life provides plenty of that? I thought VNs were escapism.