Lord Squiggles
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4 hours ago, Clephas said:
More like saving them for the spot I'm most likely to ignore entirely... osananajimi paths are mostly all the same (exceptions exist, but those are in plotge, not charage) and the relationships with them tend to be predictable and boring even by the standards of otaku media romance.
I guess that's also one way of handling your least liked route. I don't really know why, but for some reason I tend to gravitate more towards the childhood friend character in visual novels as opposed to other media where I generally support anything but the childhood friend.
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7 hours ago, Mr Poltroon said:
Yes, this seems like a good description.
When nobody in particular stands out as being a good match or being placed in a position where the protagonist would get close to them, I pick my favourite...ish? Favourite or second favourite.
I often like more than one or two characters, so I can't quite tell who my favourite is beforehand.I guess my style would be similar to yours, but in my case I choose my second favourite as the first followed by my least favourite, repeating the cycle and saving my favourite for last which at the very least guarantees that I have an end goal to strive for without burning myself out.
7 hours ago, Clephas said:I pick by the 'unusual'. The unusual can be personality, their stance in regards to the protagonist, if they are non-human, or their social position. I usually pick osananajimi heroines last.
A fellow man of culture saving the childhood friend as the finale.
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1 hour ago, r0xm2n said:
I don't know how I pick my first route. I just do, on a spur of the moment. Maybe one of the girls stands out in some way.
Of course, sometimes my first route is a random "Game Over" non ending, because I'm non committal...
I guess that's one way in choosing what route you want, unintentional bad ends generally kill momentum for me though unless I actively seek out those endings.
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So with the recent release of the Hoshi Ori patch, I began pondering once more on the age-old question that I feel like every reader here as at least asked themselves once and that is which route should I pick first? Just as it is in real life, first impressions are very important, after all the first route you pick generally gives you a rough idea of what you would come to expect from the rest of the story. In my experience, starting off with a strong route that I generally like gives me a much better outlook of the overall VN even if the next route ends up being bad, as opposed to starting with a route that's bad or something I dislike which can have me just straight up dropping the VN or at the very least taking extensive break from reading it, even if the other routes are good. So how do you guys choose your first route when you choose to read something new?
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On 3/12/2019 at 10:39 PM, phantomJS said:
It does feature a lot of sexual content, but that is definitely not what it's entirely about. It has a good storyline, SRPG-ish gameplay, and a pretty good soundtrack to boot (love this one in particular)
Give it a try; don't diss it based on impressions (unless you don't like high sexual content VNs)
I feel like I worded that wrong but I'm just not in the mood for anything with too much gameplay in it but I'll try to check it out.
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On 3/9/2019 at 10:39 AM, littleshogun said:
As for the VN, I guess Yumina could do as the first half focused on the student council president election that was executed through the tournament that allow the candidates fighting with virtual weapon, although the second half plot did going to something else though and that the replay could be quite boring. Other than that, I don't know which one that was translated so I hope my recommendation will be helpfulvto you.
Are the game play elements similar to Little Busters in that they are optional or are they like Aselia where the game play is pretty much mandatory and heavily integrated to the plot? Because I'm not really in the mood for anything with too much game play right now
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On 3/7/2019 at 4:16 AM, Fred the Barber said:
Fate/Stay Night is probably too obvious, but the Grail War certainly seems like it should qualify.
How about Shadows of Pygmalion? The MC is a member of one of two warring factions.
Also maybe Koihime Musou? Doesn't get much more competitive than a multi-sided national war.
Not reallyt a fan of yuri or yaoi so i'm not too sure about pygmalion, same goes for a big harem VN as well which from what I've seen is something Koihime Musou is about.
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15 hours ago, AustriaVNFan said:
Welcome to our boards! Surely you will get lost of good recommendations here.
So what titles are you looking forward to that release this year?
Pretty much all of the Nekonyan releases as well as the Ley-Line trilogy (I hope), and hopefully Sona Nyl, Baldr Sky, and Aiyoku No Eustia.
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9 hours ago, r0xm2n said:
* Little Busters . Has a baseball match (which is an actual minigame). Also, the main cast typically battle each other in turn based battles, wielding random household items.
* Muv-Luv . Extra has Lacrosse, a cooking tournament (the girls vying for a date from the protag), and a archery duel on one route. Unlimited throws the cast into a wartime setting (which has a bit of competition sometimes). And finally, there's Muv-Luv Alternative . Which ramps the drama upto 15 out of 10.....
* Kono Oozora . Doesn't really have competition or a tournament. But it does have the cast racing against the clock to build a glider, and fly it through a rare weather phenomenon.
* Sorcery Jokers . Quite a lot of battles between magic users.
I have completely forgotten that Little Busters had a baseball game in it probably due to the fact that I just skipped it entirely after two routes, and as for Kono Oozora, it does have a similar atmosphere to some of the games that I've read but these two alongside Muv-Luv are stuff I've already read. I might check out Sorcery Jokers though since it has been on my backlog for a while now.
12 hours ago, Ranzo said:Okay so here is a few that might wet your particular whistle
Fatal 12 is an amazing vn and it has a tournament at the center of the story
Princess Waltz is a pretty kinda decent vn with a large tournament in the center of the story
Also I kinda think you are doing yourself a disservice by not playing Fate/Stay Night
It is touted as one of the best vns ever for a good reason.
Fatal Twelve was something I was reading a while back, but something about it just felt kind of rushed with me barely liking any of the cast excluding two of the main characters but I might get back to it after finishing Under One Wing. Princess Waltz looks nice but it seems to have some more RPG elements to it something that I'm not really in the mood for right now. As for the reason I'd rather not read fate is because I already know most of the story from the TV series and I don't really like going into a story when I already know most of the major plot points unless there's a huge difference, this was also the reason why I didn't watch the Aokana anime back then because I never gave up hope for a translation for it :).
12 hours ago, Dreamysyu said:From what I know about it, Aokana might fit. It's going to be translated pretty soon.
Actually very excited about it and one of the reasons I came back to reading VNs is because it's finally coming.
14 hours ago, AustriaVNFan said:Not sure if that is the kind of tournament you are looking for but there are many (death) duels goind on in Komyu
Was planning on reading this way back, but I got burned out after reading Dies Irae, which is what actually made me take my most recent extended break from VNs.
9 hours ago, Clephas said:Unfortunately I can't read Japanese, and while I understand some basic Chinese conversations, I can't read it though. But it seems learning Japanese seems to be the fastest way to getting most of what I want.
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Hello everyone long time lurker here but finally decided to create an account mostly for recommendations though. So I'm personally a huge fan of tournament arcs or competitions in any form of fiction really, with some of my favorite shows being pretty much just one big tournament arc as the plot (Needless to say I'm very excited about the upcoming Aokana translation) So right now I'm looking for any VN with a prominent tournament or competition in it. The story doesn't necessarily need to be centered around it but should at the very least play a major role in it. It should also be translated.
Some VN's that I have read or are reading that feature a prominent tournament include:
Koiken Otome, Majikoi S, and Under One Wing.
Some other VN's that don't necessarily have a tournament but at least feature some sort of competition between groups that I've read include:
Koichoco and Princess Evangile (Both of which feature a competition between the various groups and clubs) and Symphonic Rain(Music Competition)
Any recommendations similar to what I described would be very appreciated! Oh and Fate is a no-go since I'm planning on just watching the movies.
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Forgot to add Little Busters (Baseball Game) and I guess Kono Oozora since despite not really being a competition it does feel pretty similar to what I want.
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Hey everyone been a long time lurker in various VN communities and decided to make an account here mostly for recommendations though. The reason I don't really bother making accounts is more or less because I'm an on-off type of person, where I jump between interests pretty quickly although in the case for VN's however, that might change considering some of the games releasing this year have been on my watch list for years now and has pretty much rekindled my interest in these types of games.
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Is there currently an available estimate as to how long each route is?