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On the JP front, been stretching my Japanese understanding to the limit by playing Sengoku Koihime X and got as far as the first ero scene and on the dark end of things giving Bishop a try with Shihai no Kyoudan. For the former I am enjoying the story and characters quite a bit, plus I am liking how the game's writers expect you to know a little more history than normal by using the historical characters' original lesser used names and how some characters can be a combination of different historical figures. I will say about my only complaint so far is it the story can be a little slow even for slice of life and maybe I've been spoiled by the anime Demon Slayer, but the oni design feels pretty samey; it's good enough for a monster design but I kind of want a little more variation. For the latter game, I admit the prologue was better than I thought it would be as the protagonist is actually presented in a way that makes him come off as kind of likable and when he starts targeting the heroines it doesn't feel like it's against character. It just feels a little refreshing to have a dark nukige protagonist who's believably affably evil and not one who might as well end every sentence with "MUHUHAHAHAHA!".
Admittedly at a bit of standstill on the English front thanks to Fire Emblem Three Houses. Not sure whether to resume my playthrough of Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai (Natsuki's route) or to give Senran Banka a spin.
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Okay, this may seem like I’m going a little overboard, but I’m asking since I am planning on writing a fanfic involving the Taimanin series (hopefully will go beyond the drawing board) and would like some links to any sites that would have lore information so I’ll have a good idea of which characters and story elements I will or won’t include in the story. Not sure if this belongs in the Creative Corner or not, but since this concerns the games...
Anyway before anyone asks, yes of course I’m going to do a playthrough of the series, some replays some new, but this is to account for a few things:
1) My faulty memory: in case I remember I something wrong or forget something this could give something to fall back on.
2) Some of the games I’ll be playing won’t be in English, and even some of those that are don’t have the best translations. While my Japanese is enough to read most nukige, the key word is “enough”, so this way I’ll have something to fall back on in case anything is lost in translation.
3) This one’s the biggest one: I am really lacking in info for Kessen/Battle Arena. I’ve played the English release and dropped it after a few months due to the boring gameplay, barely any story, the grind for the H scenes for the heroines you get just doesn’t feel worth it after a while, and the gacha by Nutaku is blatantly and unapologetically greedy in its attempts to get money from the players. Still the designs for some of the original characters look nice and what snippets of lore I’ve gotten from some H scenes, the few story scenes I ran into and some of the common enemy designs like the mechs has me curious if there’s anything I could salvage from it (and the English wiki is pretty barebones), so if anyone could link me to any sites that might have some info I would really appreciate it.
Also I am aware of this site:
https://allthetropes.fandom.com/wiki/Taimanin_Asagi/Characters
it’s currently going to be my main go to, but if there are any others I can use I’d appreciate it. -
That reminds me I need to finish Rea's route. Will definitely play this afterwards since Wilhelm was a good villain; his VA perhaps turning in the best of the over the top villain performance I've heard in a while. Here's hoping this does well enough that we get KKK and the Silverio games...are there any other light games people would like to see localized?
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Finally had time to play some Babylonia and now I can't help but wonder...when the anime comes out are we actually going to see how that "suspicious housewife" job plays out based on what Mash and co. described?
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Well, I've finally gotten the vacation time and money set aside for what will be my first trip to Japan. I'll be going to Osaka for about 10 days in the late summer of 2019, may even set a couple days aside to check out Kyoto. Currently just planning things now, so does anyone have any tips or recommendations for places in Osaka to check out (bonus if that includes places to eat)? Any places or things I should avoid?
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Just finished the story for the second Christmas event and...wow that surprised me in being both funny and even a little heartwarming for JAlter Lily. Also the twist had me making quite a few "It was me, Dio!" jokes. Currently inwardly debating whether or not to buy some quartz to try for Rin
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If you haven't played them yet, play the Kyonyuu Funbag Fantasy games:
https://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php?goods_type=0&product_code=183
https://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php?goods_type=0&product_code=1047
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I pick winter since I like cool to cold temperatures IRL, the concept of romantic pairs warming each other up inside in more ways than one appeals to me both in the romantic and H sense and...call me childish but I'm a sucker for a good Christmas/Winter-holiday story.
Summer I actually like as a season for horror stories since the heat and seasonal lazy atmosphere make for such a good time for some unexpected evil to strike.
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Couple things I'm curious about:
1) Is the harem option only in the Chaos route or is it an option in Law too?
2) Seeing as Venus Blood Ragnarok is a sequel, does its story make the Chaos route canon or is it vague about which route is canon?
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I've been pinching myself all throughout the preview expecting to wake up. I'm curious how much this is going to cost to make considering everything down to the narration is going to be dubbed and it looks like they've made some good choices so far for the dub (it's pretty funny and fitting that Eva's english VA did the voice for Chi-Chi ). Am really interested in finding out who's going to voice Beatrice and pretty much any of the supernatural characters from Ronove to the Goat Butlers
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Have to work today and into the evening but after work my plans are to order pizza and either watch John Carpenter's The Fog (1980) or whale away at FGO's Halloween event some more
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Been a while and it may be a little more time till I get back into reviewing VNs, as a reestablishment of tradition here's a little Halloween special on the Kansen series in hopes Lune does continue the series:
https://gamesforadultsandeveryone.blogspot.com/2018/10/games-for-adults-halloween-special-top.html
Happy Halloween!
Edit: Correction just so people know, due to bad info gathering on my part (and wanting to get this out in time for Halloween) , I've found out that the connection between Lune and Speed is the former basically just acts as a selling proxy for them while I assumed they'd merged. My bad, but still please enjoy the list.
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On 10/12/2018 at 1:58 PM, Ranzo said:
Oh, how is the anime adaption of Golden Kamuy anyway? I heard the animation was a bit iffy, I really should catch up on the manga for it.
Regarding Golden Kamuy I'd say it's really good so far. I've only read 3 volumes of the manga and the only noticeable change was a slight one to Sugimoto's motivation, it hasn't changed but the relation towards the person he's trying to help is kept vague (at least for now). As for the animation, I think it's fine, the only exception being the hilariously bad CGI bears in the early episodes.
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Took a look at the second season of Golden Kamuy and that was a fantastic season opener with Tsurumi's new friend Edogai and their combined shenanigans. Also the plot reveals that followed were interesting too, but man those two were show stealers for this episode.
Next took a look at UzaMaid, which got a fair share of laughs for how over the top silly it was. Then I checked out Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san which had a nice mix of cute and funny, I especially like the JoJo reference with the strength demonstration
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Been enjoying "Reincarnated as a Slime", both episodes have been fun to watch and its main character and dragon BFF (who I hope shows up more) are likable. Also the concept of Rimuru getting powers from what he absorbs kind of makes me see him as Mr Buu done right as a good guy.
As for Goblin Slayer...I admit I'm of mixed feeling towards it. I did like the initial set up for the episode where it was basically the worst D&D campaign, but when it came to the payoff...I get the sneaking suspicion I saw the edited version since I couldn't help but feel like I'd seen better in H manga and eroge (and I hear the manga and LN are more explicit). I'll check out the second episode to see what more there is to offer with the titular character now that he's been introduced.
Another I've been enjoying is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo, and seeing the "Taste of a liar" scene brought to life
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On 9/22/2018 at 10:50 PM, Ninetail said:
There is a possibility that you exceeded the 30 turn time limit, and if you are unable to defeat Tilca and capture Edda (By reducing the enemy's national power to 0) within 30 turns, it will end automatically.
Otherwise, if you are playing the all-ages version, the Fall of Edda scenario should activate, ending the demo after Loki captures Tilca. The 18+ version ends after Loki "Interrogates" Tilca. After reading your post, I believe you may have hit the turn limit. Capturing the capital city does not = capturing the country unless the enemy's national power is at 0 (You can confirm this using the Info button).
If you experience bugs or crashes, please do inform us and we will do our best to fix it. As of right now, we have a patch available that we tweeted about which will fix a memory leak bug.
Thank you for playing the demo and we're glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the info, though are time limits a thing in VBF? Like if I don't conquer a kingdom within x number of turns I die or is this like in Sengoku Rance where if I don't conquer a place within a certain number of turns one of the other demon heirs is going to show up and conquer it (and its ruling heroine) instead? I'm asking since I generally don't like time limits in games like this (thanks to that in SR, I ignored the dungeon crawling aspect of the game completely and got a very nasty and unbeatable surprise when the canon story's finale started).
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Finished playing the demo and if it's anything to go by then this game looks to be a fun play. About my only complaint is the demo would crash from time to time and it has a pretty random ending; I assumed it would end when I captured the capital city but it didn't and instead just ended after I captured that lake territory by it without even a closing scene.
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Currently playing the demo right now, liking the premise so far even though I haven't gotten to any fights yet. One question, anyone else here imagining Tom Hiddleston's voice for Loki? XD
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Well, I've gotten to the point of all the party members joining in DQXI and from what I've played so far I really like it. The story's good, the visuals are great and the voice acting's really good. Looks like the next part involves a mcguffin hunt for
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Got to a good enough stopping point in Utawarerumono 2 to put it on hold in favor of Dragon Quest XI
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On 8/27/2018 at 11:34 AM, Kurisu-Chan said:
the 2B Doujin, only a few of them are okay, they are pretty bland.
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Now that I've finished Nier Automata I'll be using my PS4 to play Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception, which I am enjoying, especially as more connections to the first game are showing up. Still, as I play further I can't help but wonder why Kuon isn't the main character instead of Haku. Considering who she is and the fact that the game pretty much makes it clear she's a badass and fairly intelligent that at least on paper sounds like a better protag choice than "Amnesiac guy who's kinda like Hakuoro except not as competent".
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Got the last main ending for Nier Automata and I have to say the game was a really good experience. I enjoyed the characters and their arcs over each playthrough from A2's development over the course of a surprisingly short arc (though I do wish her backstory was better integrated into the main plot) to 9S' tragic path . One thing I really loved though was the game's soundtrack, p robably the best I've heard from a Square game since the PS1 days. Admittedly the game has some flaws, though most are in the mechanical department be it the virus stage or the platforming sections which are thankfully mostly in side content. Now there's only one thing left do...check out some 2B douji-err...check out some articles explaining the deeper themes about the game
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Been playing Nier Automata again and played up to what's considered Part 2 of the story and I liked the darker direction it went, I'm both glad and sad at having done that flower sidequest
. Unfortunately I got to the part where 2B gets infected with a virus which makes getting from point A to point B within the time limit impossible. I understand limiting my movement helps sell 2B being vulnerable, but taking away the ability to jump at all makes reaching wherever it is I'm supposed to go difficult to say the least considering I'm in a pit and the only way up is to get over uneven ground that has to be jumped over. And this is all while trying to get past an onrush of enemies that you can't really fight against except for the pod.
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3 tickets and 10 roll for me, also got Saber Shiki. Time to start farming for level ups and materials...