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Went to see Thor Ragnarok and really liked it, probably one of the funniest movies I've seen this year and definitely the best of the Thor movies. Also (and this is probably just me), even though the color theme's different, I couldn't help but see Hela as a kind of female Gilgamesh at points
Spoilerwhich could justify why we don't see her fight the Hulk since UBW pretty much shows how that fight would turn out
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3 minutes ago, Flutterz said:
Assuming you mean Kiyolancer, yeah, she's absolutely insane, especially if you max her two damage skills too.
There's a Lancer Kiyohime?!
When does she become available in the english version (aka the version I'm playing)?
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Enjoyed the Halloween event, mainly because of how hilarious Kiyohime was (and thanks to this I was able to fully ascend her). Tried for Tamamo throughout the month, no luck there, but I have managed to get Lancelot, Carmilla, both of Rider's sisters and my very first five star in the Saber we all know, love and began with (though ironically I've been putting so much into my Saber Lily the leveling for original Saber is going to take some time
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Well part of this issue is licensing. The content from the console port doesn't belong exclusively to the original company, it also belongs to the company who publishes the game for the console (eroge companies generally don't have much money compared to so they need to turn to these guys for an all ages port) then there's also the voice acting which is tied to the studios and they can be pricey too.
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1 hour ago, FinalCloud said:
Is the protaganist a decent person? Not a huge fan of the arrogant, hyper perv harem protagonist
Pretty much, while Lute is a bit of a perv that isn't his only defining character trait, for instance one thing that surprises alot of the characters as they get to know him is how he doesn't hold grudges and is willing to work with them for the greater good.
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The series Funbag/Kyonyuu series does indeed have a good plot to it from political intrigue to character arcs even for side characters. As the series goes on it even does pretty well at world building: the upcoming sequel better establishes the AU Europe setting, the second numbered game in the series (and its remake) give us a look at that universe's version of Britain, and the third numbered game and its upcoming remake create an interesting alternate history take on ancient Rome and how at least the Greek/Roman pantheon of deities fits into the world.
The series handling of routes though is different from your typical VN though. The canon ending is the harem route, Roxanne and Luceria really only have endings as opposed to routes, though what amounts to Isis and Shamsiel's route paths are more an alternate storyline that I would recommend reading as it provides some interesting background and lore. The character arcs are usually divided into chapters for the main story, even moreso in future games.
As for the ero content, yes there is a good deal but its generally well balanced with the plot (it does get a little ero heavy when the focus turns to Luceria but there is a story reason that kind of justifies it). The haremfest content is mainly epilogue content after the game's story is for all intents and purposes finished.
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You kind of have that in Ayakashibito with Kaoru, keyword is "kind of" though.
In Princess Evangile there's Ritsuko, though I still need to finish her route then move on to the FD.
In Princess Waltz most of the heroines start out as enemies/rivals of Sorata and Chris.
Ditto for the recently released Eiyuu Senki.
In Chou Dengeki Stryker you kind of have that with Hilko and Clie.
In Utawarerumono Touka is pretty set on killing Hakuoro in the arc that introduces her.
In Funbag/Kyonyuu Fantasy the game's second best heroine Gladys starts out as an enemy for Lute (sort of) and until a certain point in either her route and the canon route his relationship with Isis is pretty antagonistic (on her side). The upcoming sequel has that with both of its new heroines, and should MG localize the rest of the series each game (aside from the recent entry in Lute's storyline) has a heroine that fits the bill.
Majikoi S kind of has that with Kokoro.
If you don't mind otome games (and have a Vita or PS TV) Norn9 has a role reversal of that with Mikoto's canon love interest Natsuhiko and to some extent with Nanami and Akito.
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There's Quartett!
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Da Capo 2 has Otome and she is the canon heroine
Crescendo has Ayame
We Love Master! has Ema
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I'm just curious if we're all going to collectively agree this anime doesn't exist once it's finished
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I'm still playing Marie's route and am enjoying the game still. I will admit Dies Irae does have some flaws like there are some parts that feel like a slog to read (looking at your start of Kei's route), but it makes up for that on many fronts from good action, character dialogue and voice acting (seriously, the guy who plays Bei should win some kind of voice acting award for portraying such an over the top yet menacing villain).
On a side note:
SpoilerI can't help but find it funny how after Kasumi's route Rusalka kind of becomes a joke after that. In Kei's route she gets used as Schreiber's murder weapon of choice before getting an off screen death that really deserved a Wilhelm scream, in the third sidestory her opponent is a guy so obsessed with her it even weirds her out and in Marie's route not only is everyone except her is calling her death and her attempt to get help from Schreiber makes for a darkly comical failure. Has me curious what fate awaits her in Rea's route
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So looking forward to playing this, especially since it's about time we got an 18+ otome game
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Okay, when it comes it comes to starting differently Marie's route sure takes the cake. I did not expect this to be the start of Ren's POV
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On 8/31/2017 at 6:26 AM, onorub said:
Reading Chaos;Head and now i understand the complaints about the protagonist, he's such a loser that he makes the whole thing look like some fucked up comedy.
That reminds me of when I described C;H to my brother and said Takumi makes Shinji Ikari from Evangelion look like a bad ass.
On my end I've finished the second of the side stories for Dies Irae, which was actually better than I expected in how it showed how certain characters met and ended at the right moment where I was worried it was going to show too much. Now to finish the third one (which I can't help but feel is unnecessary so far as it's introducing several new characters and seems to expect me to have some investment in them right out the gate plus there's nothing so far that isn't convincing me this backstory regarding a certain pair needed to be told like this) so I can finally get back to the main story and see how Marie's route is.
Edit: Okay, I'm at the action part of the sidestory and it's definitely gotten better here if only because of the character banter in the battles (especially Rusalka's)
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18 hours ago, Freestyle80 said:
There is something wrong with Sekai, how do u delay a game twice lol
Well, you can at least say they're doing a good job taking Jast's place
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Finished Kei's route in Dies Irae...and (once it moved past the 'seen it before' parts at the start (which considering the overarching theme of this game makes me wonder if that was intentional) it was really good, it actually gave Kei some character depth and an arc which she noticeably lacked in Kasumi's route, the fights were really cool (though the last one did start to drag a little) and much to my surprise...the ending didn't suck. Considering how people kept complaining about it being a non-ending or unsatisfying I was expecting a cliffhanger or for the story to just suddenly stop but...
Spoilerreally it just comes off as a season finale to a show that didn't get renewed. Yeah there's unanswered questions but with the exception of Kasumi everyone else is pretty much fine and the arcs for their stories in this route have been complete.
Now...I have to read two sidestories before moving on with the main one
. Maybe these will be better than Wehrwolf which aside from the bit with Shirou and Ellie just felt like the kind of deleted scenes for a movie where you don't really feel like anything was lost with their removal
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Keeping my fingers crossed for Sengoku Koihime, though my jaw will hit the floor if they somehow managed to sweet talk Baseson into letting them translate the first Kakumei game.
As for what else I'd like to see:
Evolimit or Bullet Butlers from Propeller
Hadaka no Ou-sama, Maki-chan to Now, or Mankitsu Happening from Waffle
Ero Manga! or Ero Goods! from Clock Up
Pianissimo or Caucasus from Innocent Grey
Anything from Caramel Box
Beat Angel Escalayer Reboot from Alice Soft
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Okay, pretty much finished Chiho's route in PE and...I can see why this one got so much flack. I don't consider it a bad route, but it has some serious structure problems, from the plot punting of a certain major event to the Sports Festival to the fact that we still had two more chapters to read after the route's climax; the conflict for that just not being as interesting or exciting as before. Now moving on to Ritsuko's route, the route everyone seemed to like, and I really hope I'm not disappointed.
On a side note, does anyone else wish Chapter 24's conflict with a certain character had ended like this?
SpoilerCome to think it, if you consider the events of Part 7: Steel Ball Run, Masaya randomly having a stand might actually make a little sense
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Playing Dies Irae and have started playing Kei's route...honestly kind of disappointed so far. The intro for a certain new character was really well done and it seemed things were setting up to get real and then...it seems to be following the same track as Kasumi's route, heck I've already run into a design pet peeve of mine with some VNs: where the dialogue for a scene is 99% the same as before with that 1% being new dialogue but because of that small bit the skip function doesn't work for that scene
Also playing Princess Evangile and working on beating Chiho's route...and I couldn't help but laugh at how the route contradicts itself writing-wise in its plot set up:
SpoilerSo Masaya's main worry is his father's somehow going to get into the school and cause trouble, which is why he's leaving the school so everyone will be safe...but in a later scene it shows how hard getting as much as a message into the school is. Not to mention the game has already made it clear the school has a number of so far pretty efficient security staff which I'm sure can handle a bum with a knife.
On a side note, hey Chiho's father's VA is the same VA for Felzen from the KF series.
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Finished Kasumi's route and it was decent, if a little too long. Will say the epilogue kind of reminded me of the endings you'd get in Blazblue that weren't the true endings...and yes I realize that sounds like I'm stating the obvious there, but the similarity isn't necessarily that. There's just something about the dialogue and imagery used that kind of remind me of it, heck when I first saw the game's opening I couldn't help but be reminded of this:
One last comment I have regarding the ending though is this:
SpoilerWhy do I get the feeling whenever Ren wakes up his conversation with Kasumi will probably go something like this?:
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One more week till my next paycheck and then I'm preordering, and this gives me just enough time to actually beat the first game...that is if Utawarerumono 2 and Dies Irae don't take up more game time than expected
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Well, might as well make my wishes for each company:
Mangagamer:
Who I hope the new partner is: Eushully, though if it's another nukige studio then I hope its Atelier Kaguya
What I hope the other three could be:
Evolimit or Bullet Butlers from Propeller
Sengoku Koihime from Baseson (I'd hope for the Shin Koihime Kakumei games since it would make sense to skip over the original Shin due to its age, but since it's not out yet...)
Pianissimo or Caucasus from Innocent Grey
Da Capo 3 Platinum Partner
Anything from Caramel Box
Maki-chan to Now, Mankitsu Happening or Hadaka no Ou-sama from Waffle (if you're asking why there's no KF games, it's because I seriously doubt they'd announce another game in the series this year)
Ero Manga! from Clock Up
Anything from Black Lilith
Sekai Project:
Anything from Akatsuki Works
Jast:
I'm just curious if they're going to release anything
Front Wing:
The Djibril games...only because I want to see if they'd actually do that
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Got my copy of Princess X and played up to somewhere in chapter 2...this is going to be a trial to even finish one route.
I know this is supposed to be a comedy, but the prologue and a good deal of chapter 1 make most episodes of Fuller House look legitimately funny by comparison, no exaggerating. The only redeemable factors so far are the main heroines' voice acting as their performances are good enough to make the comedic scenes focused on them at least enough for me to crack a smile, their designs are pretty nice and the fight scene between Naja and Proxima was pretty good. The worst part by far though is the main character, Shinichi. The guy is a complete and utter wet blanket, so bad that in a scene where logically I'm supposed to be on his side, his lines and narration are grating enough to have me on Naja and Proxima's side even though they're clearly in the wrong