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    IxShe Tell Release [UPDATED]

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    On 9/7/2020 at 11:33 AM, wyldstrykr said:

    why implement "heart system" to a game if you can choose freely to everyone in the end regardless on how to spend or not spent the hearts??? spending time to 1 of 5 girls after the cross view should be enough.

    also this game is so good that you have a first person view to a GIRL A and MAN A

    probably for RP reasons i guess since most VNs arent all girls trying to appeal to you? I thought it'd be more when i first saw it 

    I loved the cross-viewing system, more VNs should adapt this, makes the heroines stand out more and its fun to read their perspectives. 

    IxShe Tell Release [UPDATED]

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    21 hours ago, TexasDice said:

    A bunch of people in my groups dropped the VN because of (or at least dismissed) Kasumi. They don't like her generic backstory, because it seems very contrived.

     

    I just finished the route and now I'm laughing my ass off. PRANKED.

    why? Whats wrong with Kasumi? Generic but she isnt annoying atleast

    Also you can just choose not to hang out with her :mare:

    IxShe Tell Release [UPDATED]

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    17 hours ago, Seraphim said:

    I'm more annoyed by her voice than her personality, to be honest. In any case, I'm glad there's no (to my knowledge) incestuous route involving her.

     minor annoyance atleast, she's just a side character

     

    we got 2 Childhood friends anyway didnt need a sister route 

    IxShe Tell Release [UPDATED]

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    Started reading this a bit, its a bit different from the usual moege i guess. The MC is actually deceisive and popular, bit like SakuSaku's one but is a far more interesting character so far.Liked how they introduced all the girls too and it was nice seeing them being aggressive from the start :mare:. The only intro that was lacking a bit was Ayaka and not a fan of her speech so far :vinty:

    Still not sure what route to go for first, all of them look interesting in their own way.

    IxShe Tell Release [UPDATED]

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    58 minutes ago, Mr Poltroon said:

    All will be revealed:

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    The 'x's aren't usually pronounced in these titles. This leaves you with Ishetell. In Engrish, Isheteru. Which is pronounced 'Aisheteru'; a Japanese word for love and loving.

    lol i see, clever play on Jap-English 

    IxShe Tell Release [UPDATED]

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    I guess they are having issues with Hello Lady yet again? They've been stuck on that for a while now, even the FD of that was done Translating if I remember right

     

    Oh well, at least we got another release. Don't know much about this one but the heroines sound interesting 

    [NekoNyan] Making Lovers Discussion

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    7 hours ago, adamstan said:

    Okay, so I finally finished Making * Lovers.

    It was really fun - very lighthearted, and making me feeling good and smiling most of the time :)

    While Karen's route was definitely the best (and I'm glad I kept it for last), my personal best girl is Saki (whose route I've read first). Karen would be the second in that ranking, but a close second. And then Mashiro I guess.

    Reina gets special prize for the most heartwarming epilogue.

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    On the contrary, Ako's ending was one of the most unsatisfying things I saw recently - felt almost like a "normal end".

    Art looks nice, music and voices sound good, and I liked the translation. If I had to nitpick, then attempted drama in some routes fell flat - it didn't have the emotional impact needed for it to work. But still it was very enjoyable piece of moege. I'd say, a notch better than Fureraba - and I'm really glad they left the dating sim mechanics out this time - so that means 8/10.

    its nice to have no drama sometimes tbh, better than the forced drama some other moeges try to do (Hatsukoi 1/1 anyone?), thats one of the reasons I enjoyed most of the routes, Saki's route was also my first and nothing else beat it for me, Mashiro's one had the best puns though :sacchan:

    Aokana Release by Nekonyan [UPDATED]

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    8 hours ago, Seraphim88 said:

    After seeing reactions about the altered PS4 version of Aokana, PQube are apparently conducting a survey about censored releases. No idea if it's going to make any difference in the end, but I'm at least glad they're not just ignoring the issue.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/PQubeGames/status/1273897834488778755

    As of right now, only 16.8% are willing to buy the censored version, and the rest will either buy the game on a different platform or not at all.

    I dont get Sony, they wont censor Western games (a game just released a while ago with some graphic scenes) but for some reason Japanese games are evil? 

    Aokana Release by Nekonyan [UPDATED]

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    3 hours ago, Yuuko said:

    Despite making huge profit from Aokana series they decided to abandon eroge industry and their announced games because "the profit didn't meet their expections" and moved to mobile games. After their mobile game failed they came back to Aokana to take easy money away from their fans who they don't give a damn about.

    The people writing the story and making the engine etc has nothing to do with those sorts of decisions anyway 

    Musicus: Is this or Mangagamer still relevant

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    9 hours ago, Infernoplex said:

    Anyway, my point is - not everyone can get a well-known publisher. You talk about that, but if we go by that logic, most companies should just buckle up and leave when they are unable to get any big name stuff. It's very unfair, especially towards some new companies that may want to enter the market one day. Aside from the fact that there aren't any many really famous companies left for picking, you also have to accept that it's literally impossible to get some stuff. And besides, other localization companies used to survive on some obscurer titles than what Sol is putting out. That's why I am 100% convinced it's not their licenses that hurt Sol the most, but the way they handled them, how they advertized them, etc. That's their biggest problem even today. I mean, Nukitashi and Iroseka should be at least decent, even if we disregard how famous they became in Japan. But Sol's handling of them is... "eh" at best. That's one of the things that puts NN and Sol Press apart. The way they handle their projects and licenses. Neither has bad picks, it's just that Sol has no fucking clue what they are doing. I attribute this to poor leadership and management

    One thing that builds up trust, Nekonyan interacts a lot with people on their forums/discord and have a semi-regular blog/twitter updates on their progress, they also announce their roadmap and stick to their promised release time and times their releases pretty well, not overlapping with any other major releases. If NekoNyan releases something from a unknown publisher now (like Golden Loveriche, I dont think anyone released anything from Saga Planets in the west yet) people will be more inclined to buy it.

     

    Also, one thing for my region at least is pricing, Sol Press's games are like $50-$58 (AUD) here compared to NN's 40ish, I'm not gonna pay that for titles I have never ever heard of from a new localization company that haven't really proven anything yet.  

     

    and we can't expect all of them to get famous publishers yes but your very first title released being a title I literally never heard of (Newton), was never even interested in buying and having a premise that sounds downright stupid (also containing a arrogant tsundere loli as a main heroine, I dont think thats as popular here like it is in Japan but thats a personal gripe) is not a good start is it? They could've chosen a far better initial title, doesnt have to be an Yuzusoft title.

    Actually they scuffed their first release since they pulled a Sekai on it (I honestly dont remember the name of this game lol) so that definitely hurt them as well. First impressions last.

     

    Its not too late for them tho, they need to market better as you said and a whole host of other things too probably 

    Musicus: Is this or Mangagamer still relevant

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    Mangagamer is one of the oldest localizers and still stands pretty strong. They also currently provides a central store for many other VN localizers, with steam being so dodgy this is pretty important.

    the only thing they are missing is consistently decent titles, I havent bought anything from them for a while. Wish they'd release more stuff like Sorcery Jokers

     

    Their titles are still more interesting than the ones Sekai and Sol are releasing tho. Still dont get why Sol are obsessed with the niche titles 

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