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    Thyndd reacted to TexasDice in Pessimism on VN community   
    Don't fall for the piracy fallacy. The net gain of killing piracy is basically nonexistent, because most pirates wouldn't go "I can't pirate the thing? Guess I will pay" if you got rid of piracy, they will most likely say "Can't pirate the thing? Guess I'll do something else." and fuck off.
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    Thyndd got a reaction from Kenshin_sama in The Sexy-Cute-Beautiful triangle chart   
    New pickup line: you are so cute that I'm convinced you are the ugliest person I've seen in my life 
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    Thyndd got a reaction from Sayaka in The Sexy-Cute-Beautiful triangle chart   
    New pickup line: you are so cute that I'm convinced you are the ugliest person I've seen in my life 
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    Thyndd got a reaction from Plk_Lesiak in The Sexy-Cute-Beautiful triangle chart   
    New pickup line: you are so cute that I'm convinced you are the ugliest person I've seen in my life 
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    Thyndd got a reaction from Dreamysyu in The Sexy-Cute-Beautiful triangle chart   
    New pickup line: you are so cute that I'm convinced you are the ugliest person I've seen in my life 
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    Thyndd got a reaction from Akshay in Post pics you like (Powered by Jun Inoue™)   
    3kyu furendo. Here's one for you. Happy Halloween.
     
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    Thyndd got a reaction from LemiusK in If you have a reddit account, I'm running a Best Girl in Visual Novels contest. Should be lasting about a month and I'll update this topic.   
    B-but (euphoria spoilers)
    Also pretty easy picks for me. The couples that I knew both characters were almost always very one sided, and the ones from which I only know one member... well, I'll have to go for the one I know and love 
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    Thyndd got a reaction from Kenshin_sama in Fuwanovel Confessions   
    So I don't know if this is a confession proper or more of a shower thought. I guess it has a little of both. 
    So do you remember that anime style music video by Porter Robinson, Shelter? That was around 2 years ago, and it was the first time I had a realization. A realization of which I was reminded a second time by the anime of the Bunny Girl senpai that is currently airing. 
    That clip made me think about how being literally alone in the world must be. You see... I one of those people that is always confident to say that enjoys solitude. While I'm not exactly antisocial, I'm also not an extrovert. Well, at least until you get to know me a little better. I only have a couple of close friends, and yeah, they know that I'm actually a memer at heart, on top of a little bit crazy  Anyway, I'm most definitely a person who wouldn't even mind if I was casted away in a deserted island as long as I had enough resources to get by. And that's why this hit me so hard. If you are literally alone in the world, nothing you do makes sense anymore. In an empty world where no one could ever acknowledge you, life is meaningless. 
    I like to say that I'm independent, that I don't give a fuck about what other people might think of me and I don't seek anyone's approval. Yeah, that sounds cool and all... And honestly it's not that it's completely false... It's just that taken to the extreme, albeit an nearly impossible one, it doesn't hold true anymore. Even if you are an independent person, you are only fine with it because you are still part of the world. There's always hope that someone will accept you as you are, without having to go out of your way to be someone you don't want to be. Being literary all by yourself though... 
    In the end I guess we are social animals, and there's no changing that. On the other hand, that also means that just having one important person by your side can make the world for you, which you know, it's quite the romantic thought  forgive my cheesiness. 
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    Thyndd got a reaction from Kenshin_sama in Fuwanovel Confessions   
    Oh come on man, and why exactly would that be some kind of embarrasing first VN that you need to confess to having read?  What a red herring. If I'm asked one VN from 2011 the first one I'd say would be Grisaia, but...
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    Thyndd reacted to Dreamysyu in What are you playing?   
    They aren't really that  important, honestly. Even if you skip some details, everything will still be explained at the end.
    I actually agree with @Thyndd about theorycrafting. Ever17 is a curious case in this sense because, while the final sci-fi mystery is probably almost impossible to get, there are still a lot of other things that you still can get if you pay attention to all the little details. While I'm not really the biggest fan of the story of this VN, I personally never had as much fun trying to connect all the loose ends. In the end, I even reread a certain route twice just to check my theories.
    OR you could just forget about it and to be completely blown away by all the revelations in Coco's route. This also works pretty well.
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    Thyndd reacted to Kuriha in Hello guys, virgin here   
    well.. after long time im became silent reader finally i decided to make fuwanovel's profile and i think i should introduce myself
    tbh it's my first time making profile so i dont have vndb or mal account, or should i make it ?
    im a fan of moege and i hope you guys can recommend me some good stuff
    nice to meet you all and sorry for my bad english 
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    Thyndd reacted to LemiusK in What are you playing?   
    Hm. Well, yeah, that would work, I guess, though I can't say I enjoy puzzles that much.  The more fun parts of Ever17 so far are comedy-related or drama-related. Any time Sora starts spewing existential musings, the tiresome feeling comes back. lol As opposed to theorycrafting, thinking what Sora's trying to say, I was just thinking, "How could I get through this wall of text ASAP without missing anything important?" 
     
    Well, I usually have the policy to play all the Bad Ends first before reaching the Good/True Ends. Much more satisfying that way. Besides, I've been through Muv-Luv Alternative and only shed a few pea-sized tears. This is small fry.
     
    Well, it's only my first Bad End so far, so I still have... every other route to go. lol
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    Thyndd got a reaction from Dreamysyu in What are you playing?   
    I can still hear the damn OST playing in my head  Now I'm sad. Gotta get a chicken sandwich brb. 
    Most people say that Ever17 is worth it just for the true route, aka Coco's route. I can see that, though if the other routes rub you the wrong way and you find yourself wanting to commit suicide, then I probably would advice against it 
    Anyway, in my experience one of the things that made the more tiresome parts of Ever17 more bearable is the theorycrafting. There are quite some clues along the way as to try to guess what's going on there, and it was really fun for me to try and put the pieces together. Maybe you could do the same? 
    Good luck with the rest of the VN. I believe you still have Tsugumi and You's routes left? (Edit: not Sora's, obviously, I messed up) 
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    Thyndd reacted to LemiusK in What are you playing?   
    Ah man... finally reached it, the super-bad end of Tsu/Sora in Ever17. And ho boy, is it a bad end alright. A major "You royally f***ed up" moment. Phew. Poor You. Probably gonna play her route next... and probably getting her bad end next. Ugh. Hope it's not as graphic as that previous bad end...
    I mean, I liked You enough, and she's probably my favorite out of all the selectable routes (Coco's route isn't selectable during your first playthrough), but the only reason I didn't pick You first was because Takeshi's perspective felt more relatable, since Kid's like 14 or something, not to mention his medical condition. Oh well.
    Still, can't believe how close I was to the bad end the last time I played this (right before I dropped it). Can't remember why I dropped it the previous time... what a waste. 
    Overall, not as tedious an experience as I remembered. Probably because I'm more used to all the infodumping by now, and also because I pretty much just skimped through all those walls of text, so it feels faster this time.
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    Thyndd reacted to LemiusK in What are you playing?   
    Episode 10 of Muv-Luv Alternative was shorter than I expected, given that it's the final battle and all. But man... it's finally come to an end. A grand epic finale worthy of the hype.
    Sigh. Gotta hate it when good stories end. lol
    Though I've gotta be painfully honest, I actually don't have as hard a time leaving Muv-Luv behind as I do towards other franchises.  It's one of those cases where you acknowledge and respect the hype surrounding something, but you're just not as personally invested as everyone else. It's a reaaaally solid story with amazing characterization, don't get me wrong, but I don't know, I just don't feel that torn up about leaving it behind.
    I guess if I'm to be honest, it probably comes down to not being that attached to the characters. I was going to blame it on all the infodumping dampening my experience, but then I remember how much I liked Fate/Stay Night (or specifically, Saber's character) in spite of the infodumping. Muv-Luv has a very clever way of growing its characters, but none of their personality just appealed to me the way other VNs/anime did. Even my favorite girl, Ayamine, was only so because I found her to be witty and funny, but no deeper connection than that. I might have changed my mind if there was actually an Ayamine route in Alternative to further explore the character, but I doubt it.
    This is going to be the same case with many VNs I've played and will play in the future, so I won't bother boring you again with a similar post next time. G-senjou no Maou, Saya no Uta, Corpse Party, and the Zero Escape VNs are all examples of popular visual novels I acknowledged the quality of, but not as crazy or fanatical as everyone else. It takes a really special kind of VN that go above and beyond the average quality to really get me singing praises about how much of an impact it has on me; timeless and epic stories like Steins;Gate, Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Clannad, and of course, Fate/Stay Night. Muv-Luv Alternative, unfortunately, won't be on my AAA list. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, mind you; I'm extremely fussy. Second place is still considered great in my book.
    That being said, I will still be browsing the Muv-Luv spin-offs in the future. I am a bit curious whether if there would be sequels where
    But first, I need to finish clearing up some of the unread routes in Unlimited and Alternative, of course (I sort of rushed into Alternative without clearing all the routes in Unlimited because they were all so similar). I'm currently at the "Final Episode" of Alternative, so I guess farewells are not too far away.
    Anyway, to bring this verbose statement to a close, Muv-Luv Alternative is great. I enjoyed all the clever subversions they did for the harem setting. And you know, I have to talk about the music too, because that's a pretty solid soundtrack up there. Some of my favorites were the grander trumpet scores played during the closing of a large battle, and man, the theme songs inserted between scenes definitely boosted my spirits in the face of a grim battle ahead. "CARRY ON, MY WAY!" lol
    Final Rating: 9/10
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    Now that Alternative is out of the way, I could hopefully get back to my favorite blonde tsundere over at Grisaia no Meikyuu soon... Then after that, I might see if I could spare some time for Ever17.
    Speaking of Ever17 - which I've dropped twice now - I remember that the second time I dropped, I was probably very close or at least halfway through the first route of the game. I was at the point of the story where
    Anyway, if someone could clear that up, I'd appreciate it.
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    Thyndd reacted to sarkasmus in Sony New Censorship Of Everything   
    Appearently Sony is getting even worse now (I haven't found an official statement from Sony, so there's a small probability of a bad translation or a mistake but the news seem legit):
    -All communications and submissions between game companies and Sony are now filtered through their California branch, in English -- not just the censorship, any complaints about the censorship now have to go through the team performing the censorship.
    -Visual Novel porting to Playstation is now prohibited outright, those that were already in production before the policy change happened will be allowed, but must be heavily censored.
    -Sony has ended the policy of allowing publishers to use the "local rating system" but instead must use the full "Western Standard." In other words, instead of allowing Japanese published games in Japan to use the CERO rating system, all games on Playstation must adhere to ESRB, no matter where they're published.
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    Thyndd got a reaction from Clockwork Loli in Clockwork Alt Works   
    Gosh, the internet is serious business, isn't it? 
    I also approve. 
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    Thyndd reacted to Plk_Lesiak in Clockwork Alt Works   
    I give full support for this iteration of you being the official one, the nick and avatar combo is really solid.

    And, to the broader issue, if the admins don't want you banned I think everyone else is also ok with this. After all, I don't think most of us even noticed the whole drama, let alone be bothered by it.
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    Thyndd reacted to Dreamysyu in Post pics you like (Powered by Jun Inoue™)   
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    Thyndd got a reaction from Fred the Barber in Fuwanovel Confessions   
    So I don't know if this is a confession proper or more of a shower thought. I guess it has a little of both. 
    So do you remember that anime style music video by Porter Robinson, Shelter? That was around 2 years ago, and it was the first time I had a realization. A realization of which I was reminded a second time by the anime of the Bunny Girl senpai that is currently airing. 
    That clip made me think about how being literally alone in the world must be. You see... I one of those people that is always confident to say that enjoys solitude. While I'm not exactly antisocial, I'm also not an extrovert. Well, at least until you get to know me a little better. I only have a couple of close friends, and yeah, they know that I'm actually a memer at heart, on top of a little bit crazy  Anyway, I'm most definitely a person who wouldn't even mind if I was casted away in a deserted island as long as I had enough resources to get by. And that's why this hit me so hard. If you are literally alone in the world, nothing you do makes sense anymore. In an empty world where no one could ever acknowledge you, life is meaningless. 
    I like to say that I'm independent, that I don't give a fuck about what other people might think of me and I don't seek anyone's approval. Yeah, that sounds cool and all... And honestly it's not that it's completely false... It's just that taken to the extreme, albeit an nearly impossible one, it doesn't hold true anymore. Even if you are an independent person, you are only fine with it because you are still part of the world. There's always hope that someone will accept you as you are, without having to go out of your way to be someone you don't want to be. Being literary all by yourself though... 
    In the end I guess we are social animals, and there's no changing that. On the other hand, that also means that just having one important person by your side can make the world for you, which you know, it's quite the romantic thought  forgive my cheesiness. 
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    Thyndd got a reaction from Clockwork Loli in Clockwork Alt Works   
    Hey look at that, everything's fine. I'm glad for you. I figured you didn't do anything too crazy to deserve a permanent ban. It's not like I've been around Fuwa for so long, but I've been in forums that had nazimods and I definitely noticed it in a way shorter time period. Fuwa is actually pretty chill.
    I must say though, you have a peculiar way to deal with anger issues  No more spamming the weeb letter from now on buddy.
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    Thyndd got a reaction from Sayaka in Fuwanovel Confessions   
    So I don't know if this is a confession proper or more of a shower thought. I guess it has a little of both. 
    So do you remember that anime style music video by Porter Robinson, Shelter? That was around 2 years ago, and it was the first time I had a realization. A realization of which I was reminded a second time by the anime of the Bunny Girl senpai that is currently airing. 
    That clip made me think about how being literally alone in the world must be. You see... I one of those people that is always confident to say that enjoys solitude. While I'm not exactly antisocial, I'm also not an extrovert. Well, at least until you get to know me a little better. I only have a couple of close friends, and yeah, they know that I'm actually a memer at heart, on top of a little bit crazy  Anyway, I'm most definitely a person who wouldn't even mind if I was casted away in a deserted island as long as I had enough resources to get by. And that's why this hit me so hard. If you are literally alone in the world, nothing you do makes sense anymore. In an empty world where no one could ever acknowledge you, life is meaningless. 
    I like to say that I'm independent, that I don't give a fuck about what other people might think of me and I don't seek anyone's approval. Yeah, that sounds cool and all... And honestly it's not that it's completely false... It's just that taken to the extreme, albeit an nearly impossible one, it doesn't hold true anymore. Even if you are an independent person, you are only fine with it because you are still part of the world. There's always hope that someone will accept you as you are, without having to go out of your way to be someone you don't want to be. Being literary all by yourself though... 
    In the end I guess we are social animals, and there's no changing that. On the other hand, that also means that just having one important person by your side can make the world for you, which you know, it's quite the romantic thought  forgive my cheesiness. 
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    Thyndd reacted to Dreamysyu in What are you playing?   
    Well, it looks like I finally finished the common route in Dies Irae. I am not sure where exactly each route splits out, but according to the walkthrough I already passed the last choice leading to Kasumi route. And, well, my first reaction is that this is a pretty good VN, but so far I don't really see anything that would make it stand out above all the others.
    I'll just make a list of things I liked and disliked so far:
    + Overall, the writing feels good. Except for (actually quite rare) SOL scenes, I never really felt bored.
    + I was kind of skeptical about the setting when I first heard about this VN, as I generally don't enjoy these "good guys vs bad guys" settings, but the villains are pretty well written, and the "good guys" aren't exactly that generically good either, so we'll see.
    + The action scenes overall are quite engaging. The plot armor for the important characters is obviously present (though it will probably become looser in the character routes), but the exact outcome of each battle isn't really that predictable.
    + The character art is pretty nice.
    +/- The music somehow manages to change between really good songs and the songs that literally make my head hurt.
    +/- There are way too many intermissions. It becomes pretty confusing to keep track of which information the protagonist already knows and which we know from some external source. That said, the main problems with the story structures like that is that the protagonists quite often end up looking like complete idiots in the eyes of the readers, but DI manages to avoid that so far, and the intermissions never reveal too much.
    +/- The plot itself is pretty average (and quite predictable) so far, but from what I understand the plot is not the main selling point of this VN. The characters also don't really stand out so far to me personally, but I hope it'll change in the character routes.
    - Kasumi, and quite a lot of scenes where she is involved. They somehow managed to make her a very generic osananajimi character, and most scenes where she is involved just make me cringe.
    Well, that's it. I don't feel like giving this a numerical rating so far because it can still change very much, but overall it feels like a very enjoyable VN, but I don't really expect it to become one of my favorites.
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    Thyndd reacted to Clockwork Loli in Fuwanovel Confessions   
    Bzzzzzzzt!  Nice try.
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    Thyndd reacted to adamstan in [NSFW] What are some of your favorite H scenes in VNs?   
    This!
    From the VNs I read, there were a few that managed something like that. The ones that come to mind are Koi Iro Chu! Lips, Princess Evangile, some scenes in Crescendo and KonoSora. Also scenes in Katawa Shoujo were good IMO.
    The abovementioned examples fit your description - while they couldn't completely break free from hentai cliches (is it even possible for h-scene?), the atmosphere was different, it wasn't all about porn for the sake of porn.
     
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