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  1. Unless something better comes along (which I doubt) my personal game of the month is Electro Arms -Realize Digital Dimension-. This game centers around Reiji, a delinquent with a cool head who is bored with life in general. The game has three main heroines, and four sub-heroines. The three main heroines have distinct paths, that are fairly long (though shorter than most chuuni genre paths) and get pretty exciting at the end. The sub-heroines' paths are non-existent, basically just excuses to give h-scenes for female side-characters, so just think of them as extras. The protagonist is the type of guy that takes pleasure in the trouble life throws his way... the more difficult the better. For that reason, it is quite a lot of fun to get behind his eyes... not to mention that he is an all-around genius with pretty sharp instincts. Unlike most games by Light, this one is not centered around gore and violence, though there is some of that. The main story is focused around the game (EA) itself, the players, and those who are interested in the tech behind it. Because this game is chuuni and thus an acquired taste, I'll go ahead and name the runner-up for those of you who are interested (since I haven't played the Ensemble game yet, this game's position isn't absolute, though). HHG- Megami no Shuuen made the biggest impression on me amongst the non-chuuni games above. My thoughts about it are stated in a post above, and thus I don't feel a particular need to restate them here. I will continue to post about games from this month as I finish them, but nothing really stands out amongst the others.
  2. *orchestrates a coup de'etat and puts a rather ditzy-looking catgirl on the throne* Welcome to Fuwa.
  3. Ok, here is my policy on using my basic ideas: Give me credit for the original idea, but past that you are welcome to use it as you want. I don't put stuff up on sites like these expecting no one will use it. In fact, quite the reverse. I would love it if someone made the game I described above a reality. I might even elaborate on aspects you are uncertain of, if you want.
  4. I came up with this idea on a whim, but I thought about how interesting it would be to list up a bunch of game design concepts (not necessarily the mechanics, though it would be fine to include those as well), and present them to the community in general. Basically, you would set a basic theme, a genre, a story concept, and a list of ideas for how you would like the gameplay to work. Think of it as brainstorming and just jot down whatever you want to show off. This is just an example, made to give you an idea of what I mean. Genre: RTS, RPG, squad-based Story concept: Setting in a fantasy world, where sorcery is gradually being reduced to a science, usable by more than a tenth of the population (as opposed to the one in ten thousand of previous ages) and magic-users have become the new upper class in most nations. War has broken out between three nations over the territory of the Ryland City-States, a federation of twenty-three city-states that recently collapsed into civil war after the titular king and the Senate were slaughtered in an act of sorcerous terrorism. The three nations are the Dicel Republic, the Isolar Alliance, and the Cytal Hegemony. Each nation has its own sorcerous specialties and preferred paths of study. However, the war has fallen into a stalemate, with each of the three nations holding roughly one tenth of the City-States original territory after numerous conflicts and massive casualties in several terrible battles. Because of the degree of exhaustion the armies of all sides have suffered, they have begun to rely on mercenaries to do the dirty work of securing the country side and of aiding their conquest. Your protagonist is a mercenary officer, formerly of the City-State of Litonia. How he navigates the war will decide his fate and possibly the fate of his former homeland. Game mechanics: Player controls the protagonist and gives order to his unit (varying in size from five troops to one hundred) through hot-buttons. The protagonist uses varied sorcery and weapons to cut his way through the battlefield, earning as much money as he can along the way. Battlefields will range from simple open field battles, to forest ambushes of supply-trains, and sieges where sorcery flies alongside catapult stones to shatter walls. Outside of battle, the protagonist has the opportunity to interact with members of each faction (the three main factions and the surviving City-States) and make connections, earning him chances at work with better pay, as well as access to varied sorcerous research and powers. Search mode would allow the protagonist to search the ruins of ancient civilizations for useful artifacts of the previous age, and independent mode would allow him to purchase or otherwise obtain the services of different units or skilled partners in combat, purchase new and different or better equipment, or make political inroads within the local system. The amount of political influence the protagonist has gives him a better chance to be awarded with jobs from local officials and the factions.
  5. VR is the result, not the cause. You can blame the fall in population on overcrowding and a growing belief that having a family young is a waste of time and energy.
  6. lol, linguistic level is based off of word choice, kanji choice, sentence complexity, and dialect difficulty. Games with difficult kanji use and complex sentences tend to have higher linguistic difficulty, and those with the highest level of dialect difficulty and word choice are those given the highest of all ratings (Kajiri Kamui is currently the most difficult VN I've run across, due to its use of pre-modern terms and the only one to get above a 9 on a scale of one to ten). If it is above 7 then it is beyond your average beginner, and if it is below 4, you are dealing with elementary to middle school level Japanese (or worse, young people talk, lol). I'd have to reinstall a few games to give you an idea of the range, but I don't have any extra space on my computer's hard drive at the moment, so that'll have to be put to the side. Basically, at 4 you might be able to muddle through if you are able to get the gist of anime while watching it (though it would be borderline) and at 8 you would probably need to have translator experience or at least be used to reading complex kanji combos and sentence structure. Your average translator for a moege probably would barely be able to understand the gist of an eighth level sentence, whereas he could probably read at a decent pace for a 6-7, if not at super-speed (this is assuming said translator has no experience with this level of difficulty).
  7. LOGH is the best space opera ever... too bad the genre is dead since Tytania. Anyway, welcome to the forums.
  8. *gives each of the lolis a wish-granting monkey's paw and tells them they are really the sticks of magical girls* Welcome to Fuwa. When you are ready, feel free to ask me for VNs to play in Japanese.
  9. *steals the moe and replaces it with a ball of all-consuming black fire* Welcome to Fuwa.
  10. *fails to mention a gate into his mouth is just inside the soul box* Welcome to Fuwa.
  11. When you are ready to seriously jump into it, ask me for suggestions as to untranslated VNs to play.
  12. Welcome. I hope you enjoy yourself here.
  13. *steals Rika-chan for himself and makes her grow up before taking her as part of his massive harem* Welcome.
  14. Clephas

    Hi!

    *munches on some mystery meat and waves hello to the newcomer*
  15. *reports Nosebleed for human trafficking then eats the loli when no one is looking* Welcome.
  16. *Clephas juggles flaming lolis while dancing the dance of welcome*
  17. Welcome, when you are ready, begin to ask for recommendations for untranslated ones, lol.
  18. This thread is very simple, but perhaps more interesting than you might think. What ten fictional characters have given you the most inspiration, joy, laughter, and food for thought? Think carefully on this. Fanboyism is all well and good, but you should think carefully and consider - what characters have had the most lasting effect on you? 1) Anomander Rake- Oddly, he is one of the few characters of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson that you never once get behind the eyes of. Nonetheless, if I had to pick a character who was the most inspiring in the series, just off the top of my head, it would be him. He gets off-hand compliments from various oddballs in the series, and his actions are always honorable and (perhaps more importantly) thoughtful. He is a Tiste Andii, a member of a race of black-skinned beings that live unbelievably long lifespans and who are perpetually morose due to the absence of their goddess. For three hundred thousand years after his people's goddess abandoned them, he simply went about the task of protecting his people from themselves, giving them causes and reasons to live. At the same time, he made others' causes his own, protecting many and opposing tyrants. Perhaps what he is most infamous for is his sword, Dragnipur, which absorbs the souls of those it kills and sets them to eternally pulling a wagon that represents Darkness in its perpetual flight from chaos. However, despite the sheer power he wields (he is also a Soletaken - basically a were-being dragon) he can take the time to find joy in the happiness of one of his servants falling in love and he will be the first to tell them to prioritize that love over his service. 2) Hinaori Kagome- The true heroine of Comyu (a VN that is in the process of translation by Amaterasu). She is Akihito's self-described 'deredere osananajimi'. She is vicious, sadistic, and contemptuous of virtually everyone. She is also utterly ruthless with anyone who threatens Akihito, who is her priority number one, though she is just as contemptuous of him at times as anyone else. Her favorite weapon is a kukri, which she wields with careless skill that is terrifying to those around her. She is also a genius (as in a Hawking-level genius) and Akihito's name for her is 'the Black Witch'. Incidentally, she is the only heroine I've run into so far that no one has successfully attempted to turn into a cookie-cutter archetype in other VNs. 3) Shigure Sora- Ok, two 'evil' characters in a row, but that's Clephas for you, lol. Shigure Sora is the protagonist of Devils Devel Concept (another VN). He describes himself as being 'broken' and has the habit of smoking cigarettes on the roof (bad cigarettes at that) at school, having sex with his sexfriend Mutsuki, and killing demons on his way to the convenience store. He is lacking in certain emotions normal humans need, such as guilt, love (though he does possess an odd sort of attachment to people he likes to be around), and empathy. Despite this, he is very rational most of the time, and due to his high degree of self-awareness, is something of a philosopher. He doesn't believe in objective morality, and he continually lectures others when they ask him about it that all 'good' in the world is simply that person's 'evil' or their subjective perspective. 4) Kokoro (real name: Chenfui)- 5) Ilya- Every VN fan and a lot of anime fans know Ilya. As such, I'll set aside the long description. Simply put, she was the female character who left the strongest impression amongst the first VNs I played and it still strikes me hard now that she always seems to get the short end of the stick. C'mon Nasu, let the girl have a life for god's sake. 6) Konata- The protagonist of Konata yori Kanata Made. 7) Belche- One of the heroines of Draculius. She is a 500 year old vampire, a loli, and a maid. Not to mention that she is ruthless, powerful, and brilliant. Ganoes Paran- The very first character whose eyes the author gets behind in the Malazan Book of the Fallen. He is a surprisingly resilient young man who endures the unendurable and always does his best for those that he has a responsibility to. The manner in which events take hold of him in the early books only serves to make him more admirable when he takes something resembling control over his own destiny. 9) Harry Dresden- The protagonist of the Dresden Files, an urban fantasy novel series written by Jim Butcher. His antics as a wizard in Chicago both amuse and fascinate throughout the book series so far, and he will make you laugh on a regular basis, if only because he is such a smart-aleck that can't seem to stop from using Star Wars references on a regular basis. 10) Magus- One of the antagonists of Chrono Trigger and the man who started my ongoing obsession with pointed ears, pale skin, dark clothing, and cool-looking bad guys.
  19. *Clephas eats the loli because he is feeling too lazy to do something more complex* Welcome.
  20. Welcome, when you get past the language barrier, ask me for your first Japanese VN, lol.
  21. From Evolimit: Edit: Incidentally, if this wins, give it to the second-place person. I loathe anything related to WOW, I'm just advertising a good VN. lol
  22. *Clephas takes the moe and comes back a few minutes later with a massive plate of hamburger and sausage* Welcome....
  23. *Clephas impales the moe and sets it on fire* Welcome to the forums... want some BBQ?
  24. Welcome. When you come to the untranslated VNs, I will help draw you into the endless abyss that is erogeworld... Mwahahaha!
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