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https://j-addicts.de/master-magistrate/ After a couple months of wait, the full version of Master Magistrate was released! This review is an update of my early-access review. I removed or corrected outdated information, polished my thoughts a little and added my thoughts on the final chapter and the epilogue. Master Magistrate is a pretty cool murder mystery detective visual novel with a historical setting.You'd be hard pressed to find something quite like it, the closest would probably be Great Ace Attorney or Elf's Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan. Overall, it has a bit of a weak start with its introductory chapter, with the pacing picking up on the second one. Third chapter is hands down the best for me, in terms of gameplay, plot and character development and the last chapter makes for a great finale, tying perfectly all the loose ends and expertly resolving all of the unsolved mysteries. Exciting revelations and myriads of twists await you. And if you're a fan of the more SoL parts, the heroine routes are nicely integrated in alternate epilogues for the story. There's porn too (it's optional, just buy/don't buy the Adult DLC).

I think it's normal for people not to discuss their fetishes or masturbation habits in public. I personally believe it should stay private.

I don't think these are rules so much as commonalities... You fail to mention why any of this makes the games good to begin with.

Because virgin writers don't know how women work.

Hi, haven't finished reading everything, but if you want to research the early beginnings of Eroge, I recommend reading エロゲー文化概論 by 宮本直毅 . If you can't find it, I could help you acquire it. Question, will this be a series?

Hi, thanks for the update. And wow, I wasn't expecting this. I was sort of skeptical myself, so... Hope everything goes well for you man. Unless you're actually an awful person and deserve the jail time. If so, then you may repent in hell (just kidding, of course, please don't take this the wrong way). Hope you find what you're looking for and manage to enjoy your remaining free time, if things happen not to go well. If they do, do enjoy yourself all the more. Cheers.

Didn't you say you were going to jail soon in your previous thread? Now I can't really believe that you are a smoker. Please be honest.

What do you consider to be the top 5 Kamige?

I heard someone is learning Japanese just so they can translate H2O.

I think @Asonn and @kokoro are on point.

Yes

Another day, another big brain post by ange. It's not exactly a bad thing for a hobby to be more closed off than others. There are plenty of VN communities. How about writing a book/manga/LN??? Yeah, well, that's what fan translation means, dude. Hello??? I think they're partially at fault for this. They could announce games only when they're closer to completion, not run update blogs, and not create things like discord servers where they're more easily exposed to toxicity. I imagine it's the same for something like anime. Anyhow who studies Translation will have their teachers tell them that literary translation pays the least. It's just the way things are. Not sure about this either. There are plenty of decent EVNs which are recognized by the community. But there's also a ton of games that are simply amateurish and sometimes try too hard to be Japanese. This is BS. There is more stuff being released nowadays than ever before. I've talked with several Japanese learners who say that if VNs were translated at the same pace as they are now back when they started, they would never have started learning Japanese. Had to re-read this a couple times to actually understand what you were trying to get at. Honestly, tell me what matters most: the amount of people you can talk to, or the quality of the discussions? I am completely fine with sharing my opinions with a restrict group of friends, though now and then I feel the urge to write a review or two. Perhaps you're the one at fault since you seem to enjoy sharing every little opinion you have with the wide world.

I thought all Fruitbat did was PR. It was quite explicit in the previous thread where the CEO himself intervened...

I wrote a review on MM here: https://j-addicts.de/master-magistrate-early-access-review/

Glad that you enjoyed both the game and the review! Actually Nagai reminded me more of von Karma (although a pettier version of the man). His son sure is a pushover, though. And yeah, they changed everything to vertical, which I suppose is the bare minimum they have to do. Still shows great effort on their part though, and I felt the transition was quite seamless. If you enjoyed the first case, I can only imagine that you'll like what comes next even more. Be sure to share your thoughts! Also, speaking of family names, that's something I criticized not in the review but on discord. It's very strange that they go through great lengths to preserve the setting (keeping references intact, food names untranslated (which is fine), pre and post-name honorifics, etc.) but opted for Western name order. I brought this up and they confirmed that it wouldn't be changed because they already made the trailer. You could say that's reasonable, but it's not like they couldn't change just the names in-game. Not the end of the world, but surely an odd choice.

It can take some getting used to, but it has many awesome features. Custom lists, the ability to compare scores with friends, even check which version of the release they watched. Also image previews, better search filters (or filtering overall), statistics, weighted ratings, the ability to block users, amongst other things. Look at http://www.visualnovelcharts.com/ or https://vnstat.net/, for example. I'd prefer a website that is slightly difficult to use at first, rather than be forced to use ten different websites to do the things I want.

Have you guys ever used anidb? Probably not. It's miles ahead of vndb. There are tons of QoL features that could be implemented, instead of us having to use third-party software.

Funny story — I also stumbled upon it by chance, thought it might be interesting to read, and then found out a translation was underway. Glad you're looking forward to it. From what I could gather, the studio was pretty meticulous with their research to try to make the setting as historically accurate as possible, which is mostly reflected in the character designs and backgrounds. For example, the whole Shinsengumi cast was based on real people. If you inspect their weapons in their rooms, you'll find out that they have the same names as the actual weapons they used. The patterns inside the courtroom are based on a small-scale replica of a Kabuki theater.

Will just leave this here: I read this with @Zakamutt, and it was pretty fun for the both of us. It was entertaining enough to make for a pleasant evening. As you may be able to gauge from his response, he quite enjoyed it. The game is more serious than what it first might seem to be. I'd be interested in the full version but I wonder if the humor would stay as funny if the game were several hours long. The game becomes so self-referential that sometimes you can predict what's coming next. Just about as often as I have no idea what could come next, mind you. Aside from that, I'd like to point out a few issues (only like 4 sentences). For example, "for for", lay instead of lie (incorrect usage), the one line about the wincing door (feels slightly odd) and some other line that should've been in past tense (I think the verb was...remain?). Oh, and make sure to use em dash instead of en dash — it looks way better. I'd also considering toning down their usage, or they lose their oomph. God is dead but he left us this visual novel.

Master Magistrate is the murder mystery detective visual novel set in the late years of Japan's Edo Period. Developed by the indie studio Irodori and released in the year of 2017, it quickly attained popularity and became a hit amongst Japanese fans. They praised the great direction sense, well-crafted scenario, immersive atmosphere, and fascinating soundtrack, amongst other aspects. Hobibox have attained publishing rights for the Chinese and English versions of the game, wishing to bring this experience overseas. They have committed themselves to provide a high-quality product, hoping to turn a new leaf and redeem themselves for not so fruitful past endeavors. Read more at https://j-addicts.de/master-magistrate-early-access-review/ - we now have a comment box! (I was initially planning on cross-posting here but the screenshots looked strange, so yeah).

Why not BOTH?

I have played this game. In fact, I've played the entire Saiminjutsu series and many other hypnotism games. I agree that this game is an incredible letdown, even if you restrict that to the series or to hypnotism games as a whole. The protagonist's reasoning is very difficult to get behind. Unlike most games, where there's some kind of justification for the protag to resort to hypnotism (revenge, loneliness, being too much of a greasy, disgusting fatty to get girls to like him), in SJ4, he does it simply out of pure selfishness, while pretending he's doing the right thing. He keeps his sisters as slaves, robbing from them ability to ever love anyone else. He tortures one of his friends, simply because she doesn't agree with his lunacy. And all of this would be fine, if only it was portrayed as something evil. As it stands, this game is a blemish in Fudegaki Soft/Blackrainbow's catalogue. I really hope they take a different direction with future titles. That being said, comparing a charage to a nukige is... to not be insulting, I'd say it's not the smartest thing to do. Really, what's the point? At least compare it to other nukige or hypnosis games. Saves you the embarrassment.

http://prntscr.com/p9lcxg Well...kinda stuck here.

That's not really comparable since Aokana was a goods-only kickstarter. This crowdfunding campaign is to FULLY fund the game's localization fees and whatnot.

$50K is a lot but realistic, I suppose. The highest backer tier being $100 is kinda odd, and it's literally extra $10 for your name on the credits. I fear it won't meet the goal, tbh.