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  1. I played Katawa Shoujo and it really moved me (and gave me a disability/catetaker fetish). However, it didn't get me into Visual Novels...because I had no idea about the existence of Visual Novels or the connection between Katawa Shoujo and visual novels. I think at the time I thought visual novels were some sort of niche Japanese thing and Katawa Shoujo was it's own kind of niche one-off thing imitating it in English. Or, really, I just never made the connection. So I greatly enjoyed KS, it blew my mind, and it didn't lead to playing more VNs. Fast forward years down the road and DDLC melts my soul. It makes me want to die - a keen melancholy that's hard to come by and a valuable experience to me. This time, I explore the steam comments and make google searches looking for a similar experiences. If Katawa Shoujo had been on steam maybe I would have done the same at the time. Wanting to get those feels again I grab the first Visual Novel that catches my eye on steam and also happens to have a ridiculously, in-arguably high rating like DDLC: CLANNAD. CLANNAD was such a different pace of game than the roguelikes and pvp-centered games I usually played that I had a really hard time getting into it. At this point it became a bit of a mission - I had done some research and learned of the existence of many great visual novels, as well as realized that DDLC was specifically meant to give one a taste and lead them to try other VNs. I was also starting to develop the fantasy of playing losing myself in visual novels as a good, I let's say, bucket list objective/important distraction during a difficult period of time in my life. So having decided it was in my best interest to push through at least CLANNAD, and wanting to go to sleep with a better feeling than I get playing other, more lonely solo games, I kept pushing myself to play CLANNAD for a couple hours every few days for a couple weeks. FINALLY, I acclimatized to the pacing of the medium, as well as finished my very first route. (oops can't remember which is was. Probably Nagisa, although Tomoyo left the biggest impact at first.) So I got into it enough to finish all the routes, and it was the After Story that really blew my mind. I had no idea what was happening or how far it was gonna go. It was surreal. After that it was Tomoyo After and Little Busters, and well, that's enough mind blowing meta-horror romance to snatch up this goth kid's attention span for the rest of his life.
  2. Are we comparing 3d porn to 2d porn? Or real life relationships to VN feels emulation? Or both?
  3. I suppose I'd settle for protagonists that are at least not terrible. I've had just as much fun with ones with no personality as ones with good personality. It's the cringy and pointlessly malicious ones that throw me off. Or perhaps when they're 100% conservative and boring and embarrassed by everything every other character does. Or straight up hesitating and rejecting everything others propose and having to be dragged into it. I'm starting to get that vibe from hoshimemo's MC and it's making me sad.
  4. Currently early on in Hoshizora no Memoria. Pretty wow'd so far. I've been wanting a bigger one again, this one feels like it's gonna be grand. Super like the sister.
  5. Omgee what is this quote you have here. I am as tickled by the sass as I am confused by the meaning. "Especially, tears are unnecessary for eroge. Nakige are not suited for men. They are created by gays, bought by gays, gay games."
  6. Did the Chrono Clock sister route and shed a couple predictable tears. Just finished the Hishomemo intro (wew serious goosebumps). I do believe that I may be on the verge of understanding why "imoutos" seem to have such an enthusiastic fanbase o.0. Chinami is so cute imma die. So far, the MC does seem to have a bit of a patient guardian aspect to him so this is very promising. Thanks again for the suggestions!
  7. This thread is becoming a sort of personal question and answer thread for me. I hope that is acceptable. If there's somewhere else I should place a thread like that, please let me know. I figure it's better to at least keep it all in one thread instead of spamming with new ones for each question/comment. Next Question: I keep hearing boops. I think it's fuwanovel.net that's giving me audio boops but they keep coming on rather randomly. I can't quite determine if it's associated with me getting comment notifications, or not. Maybe the boops are just really belated or something, and it's bugging out and giving me multiple boops per comment notification. I'm concerned I'm getting IMs of some kind and can't figure out how to view them. Any idea what I'm talking about?
  8. Wow so it's not just me. Thanks, that actually makes me feel a lot better about it. By the end of G3/Eden, thanks to all the quality action and lighthearted after-story, I was placated. But I still had to take a good little break from the series for a while. Sachi was my favorite character so I was doubly disappointed at how things went down. I had even saved her route for last. I more enjoyed her vengeful snark when she wasn't the heroine of a path, anyway. In the end, I guess it wasn't nearly as bad as The main character is almost always what bothers me more than anything else in a VN. I must be spoiled from CLANNAD being my first real VN, with how cool Tomoya was in both CLANNAD and Tomoyo After. I have limited experience, so for all I know he's not even one of the greater protagonists. I just loved how kindness was his strongest attribute and how he sort of grew into it. On this topic - do you have any suggestions for VNs with fantastic MC's? (or whatever you call them)
  9. I don't mind hearing about the untranslated suggestions. I'm happy to hear they exist, even if I can't access them. I can at least fantasize about them a little. I've still got a ways to go as far as learning, but I can at least follow along with the spoken Japanese a bit if there's audio lines. If I'm still around in a year, Thank you for the suggestion and your hard work, I shall bookmark it. What's the difference between rating and popularity and votes on VNDB, btw?
  10. Your detailed and coherent response makes my analyst heart happy. I am lucky to have the guidance of those such as yourself in order to make the best use of my massive, immediate, and temporary windfall of hours made available to read VNs. If I'm checking for the existence of English translation, is cross referencing this list currently the best way to do it, or would you suggest another way? https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/11049-complete-list-of-all-english-translated-vns/ My heart hurts just from reading the VNDB description of Inochi no Spare.
  11. I played through the Chrono Clock sister route today.
  12. Perfect, thank you! I thought the loli policy in particular was very mature.
  13. Advice taken! It was a little tedius, but I made a VNDB account and put my list there. I believe it should be showing up and clickable next to my avatar/profile image now. What a fantastic resource VNDB is! I've been kinda stressing about how I, myself, would keep track of what I've read. This will help a lot! I'm looking forward to putting everything I'm interested in on that wish list so I can quit stressing about trying to keep track of all the details (I'm a data analyst that tends towards over-analysis-paralysis). Thank you for the response, Mr. Board Mod. I've run across your posts frequently when browsing. I saw you respond to someone asking about a list of your favorite VNs by recommending that they go through your blog. I attempted to do so to find that list and gave up because you have so many posts lol. Previously I could only find School Days and Cross Channel when looking for good Yandere characters. I'm very excited that you've just listed 4-5 new novels that I haven't even heard of and I'm looking forward to browsing them.
  14. Thank you kindly for your responses, everyone. After reading the disclaimers in the above comments, I feel that I should specify that extreme content of any kind is fine by me. I'd prioritize a "good" VN over any content preference. Guro loli rape bestiality bdsm? Vanilla and ends with a kiss? Both are fine by me. I'm pretty open-minded. I just want to laugh and cry and go daww, you know? (ok, maybe fap a little too). I am still a wee VN babby, with 15ish VNs behind my belt (listed in my profile). I don't want to hold myself back from new experiences just because they aren't my cup of tea yet. The only thing I can think that I so far learned that I want to avoid is really outdated graphics (I immediately tried to play Kanon after CLANNAD and cringed out of it quickly - does this make me a bad person?) and inevitable bad or depressing ends without the option of a good ending to fix my feelings (I'm a sensitive lad. I want catharsis, not depression). I could write pages on how much I hate the protagonist from Grisaia. Sachi (and to a degree Michiru) redeemed that series for me, though. This does remind me that I need more hyper loyal maids in my life. (Suggestions welcomed) As for Sekien no Inganock, my heart just went doki doki a little just from that cover picture. A dark DD/lg vibe is definitely up my ally...please, please tell me those two characters get romantically involved? *shame* Holy crapoly, I just downloaded Chrono Clock on the spot. That sounds heckin' cool! Time Travel? Disabled Sister? Unf Serious, if embarrassing, question: Could you elaborate on what a "hard core loli game" means? Or would that be pushing the boundaries of polite society? I may have to give Nekopara a try. I've been wondering if pet-play type stuff might be up my alley. I currently can't imagine what "the owner pet dynamic is real and creepy" even means...I feel an uncomfortable curiosity. I've been trying new stuff all day, and just played through the Hishimemo intro a couple hours ago. I was wow'd by the music and unexpected image there. Felt like I was watching an anime more than playing a VN.
  15. I searched through the forums first but couldn't find what I'm looking for. I think I'm probably just missing out on the needed Jargon or category name. If you can point me to a previously established thread I'll happily delete this one, if possible. I'm looking for something with a caretaker vibe...or perhaps just a needy or dependent heroine? A protect and nurture vibe? A parental/child vibe? A puppy dog vibe? I don't consider this much of a spoiler, but if you don't want to hear anything about "If My Heart Had Wings" then perhaps don't read this paragraph. On Kotori's path (wheelchair girl) there's these scenes of brushing her hair, helping her into the bathtub, pushing her wheelchair, her always looking extra cute from the upward angle looking at you from her wheelchair, her rushing over to hold your hand when you get back to tell you she missed you, staring out her door waiting for you to pass by when you get out of the shower so she can drag you into her room for a kiss. Stuff like that! So cute imma die. That's what I'm looking for. Got some feels from Katawa Shoujo as well, I think disability might be a good potential candidate. Something with a younger sister/daughter like character perhaps, although I've seen many such characters that are almost opposite in nature, as if compensating for their littleness with fierce independence (Like Makina from Grisaia). Hopefully this was enough vague description that someone will think "Aha! I know what you're going for here!" and recommend a title. I also love the extreme loyalty vibe that comes with Yandere characters, just throwing that out there in case it also fits in with some title someone might think of. Thank you for you time!
  16. Sorry for the post necromancy. I thought the original poster, if they're still around five years later, might be happy to hear that someone else found their list useful. "50 VNs to read before you die" Well, guess what - I am literally dying and trying to read these 50 VNs before I do in the yearish time I have left. I just sort of stumbled upon this bucket list goal and I've already read a good 15 in a couple months (I have infinite free time atm and literally play all day). No regrets from this course of action so far! It's an excellent usage of time given my circumstances and it makes me feel like I'm living multiple lives without having to leave home. So many ups and downs, so much catharsis. So much of it connects to the relationships and experiences I've had so far in life. I only wish I had discovered VNs earlier, but I do think I have just enough time to read all the good (translated) ones. I've picked up a few random games not on this list as my interests broaden (went through a Yandere phase for example) and I'm sure there's at least one or two games not on this list I would really love, but in the end I think it's most useful just to have any decent list and goal and go at it instead of wasting too much time researching and waffling. In that manner, this list was perfect for my needs. Waffling...waffle...wafu...wafter. That's right. If I'm going to have any regrets, I think it'll be only that games like Kud Wafter and Summer Pockets are almost certainly not gonna be translated in the time I have. Can't get enough Key.
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