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    Clephas got a reaction from BookwormOtaku in What are your otaku/gamer/reader dreams for the next decade?   
    Essentially, since @mitchhamilton made a thread covering what was best in entertainment (Japanese entertainment especially) media in the last decade, I thought I'd set out my dream results here.
    Gaming Interface: True VR through either some kind of implant tech or through the use of a haptic suit of some sort (yes, I hate today's incomplete VR with a passion). 
    Anime: Sequels for all the junk-food isekai anime left incomplete over the last six years (and that's a LOT of anime)
    Reading: I'd like to see a satisfying conclusion at least to the current (Mesan conspiracy) arc of Honor Harrington.  While the last entry in the series was godly, it still doesn't conclude the most important thread.
    VNs: I'd like to see the rise of more plotge-specializing companies in JVNs and hopefully a new chuunige company to replace the loss of Light (if it doesn't end up lending its name as a subsidiary of Akabeisoft)
    General Gaming: I know this will probably make me sound like an old fogey... but I'd like to see less focus on expanding multiplayer to ridiculous levels in gaming in general.  I wouldn't mind so much if people would stop feeding back multiplayer gameplay styles into solo gaming, which has been a trend for almost fifteen years now.  I'm really disgusted when I see MMO-style skill hot buttons in a solo rpg, and I hate it when there is no pause function in an action game.  Moreover, I seriously despise it when people insist on gluing on random multiplayer BS into games that function perfectly fine without it.
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    Clephas got a reaction from alien51 in How to make a baby in Visual Novel ?   
    For nukige, if you don't mind the stories being nonexistent, Norn (not its partner companies, which are mostly extreme SM fantasies) always has pregnancy as the result.
    Edit: The games below are ones where there is an ending where the heroine has children with the protagonist.
    Hatsuru Koto Naki Mirai Yori (Yukikaze's and Ayla's endings)
    Tasogare no Folklore (good ending)
    World Election (Faura's ending)
    Hikoukigumo no Mukougawa (Eiri's ending, incidentally one of my favorite VN endings)
    Hataraku Otona no Ren'ai Jijou (Miyu's ending)
    Kin'iro Loveriche (Reina)
     
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    Clephas got a reaction from Dreamysyu in Where to post a port without a TL?   
    Umm... to be clear, are you talking about the actual game itself, or are you talking about a patch or workaround that allows a properly purchased version to be played on another platform?
    Edit: Under Fuwanovel's rules, the former is not possible.  
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    Clephas got a reaction from BookwormOtaku in Fate/Grand Order   
    NP5 lvl 96 Fujinon... I love Fujinon... haa haa...
    Edit: And no, I didn't just use summon tickets (though I blew through thirty of those)... I broke down and bought enough SQ to get me there, since I love Fujinon both in the game and in KnK... best clairvoyant telekinetic serial killer ever...
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    Clephas got a reaction from Flutterz in Fate/Grand Order   
    NP5 lvl 96 Fujinon... I love Fujinon... haa haa...
    Edit: And no, I didn't just use summon tickets (though I blew through thirty of those)... I broke down and bought enough SQ to get me there, since I love Fujinon both in the game and in KnK... best clairvoyant telekinetic serial killer ever...
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    Clephas got a reaction from Templarseeker in Think I'm Starting to Dislike the High School Romance Genre   
    Romance is a sign of immaturity, lol.
    More seriously, you've just repeated the scream of about 80% of all heavy VN addicts (those who have passed 100 played, at the least) in the US... everybody kind of wants the high school settings and high school romance to sort of fall by the wayside for a while.  Unfortunately, most JVN companies make most of their money off this type of VN.  It is only recently that the market for high school sol has begun to slump enough that the fundamentally conservative Japanese industry began to take notice.  You can see this in the lower overall numbers of releases over there as well as the increase in attempts to make games that go past just providing the fake high school romance experience.
    The breakdown in traditional methods of finding a marriage partner in Japan (arranged marriages, omiai, etc) and the rise of romantic marriages in Japan is one of the prime reasons for the collapse of the birthrate.  Romance in marriage was a concept that was virtually nonexistent in Japanese culture until the twentieth century, and even now, marriage meetings/omiai (parents arranging for their children to meet and see if they are compatible) are pretty common in Japan.  There is a belief that 'romance' in the sense we think of it, only really happens in high school and the early twenties.  
    Edit: The other reason for the fall of the birthrate is an increasing number of younger people just thinking they can't afford to have kids.
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    Clephas reacted to littleshogun in Birthday thread   
    Happy 38th birthday to our mod @Clephas there, and I hope you'll have a good year ahead.
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    Clephas got a reaction from AdventuringAtelier in Think I'm Starting to Dislike the High School Romance Genre   
    The height of SOL sales in JVNs was 2008-2015.  Since then, there has been a gradual decline in the numbers of such games produced, their sales, and their quality.  This is due to a change in demographics as well as changes in the average consumer's financial situation.  The increase in the sales' tax has also induced otakus to be more careful about which games they buy this last year or so (though this is a marginal effect overall), meaning that the more borderline SOL-only companies have gone silent or are producing only slowly with contractor employees only.  
    Companies that have a more varied lineup seem to be doing fine, but the companies that only do SOL high school romance aren't doing well.
    Edit: As a side-note, more and more, you have companies with no real writing talent that try to make plotge or add plot to their SOL games... and it tends to be wince-worthy.
    Edit2:... because they don't follow through.
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    Clephas got a reaction from mitchhamilton in Think I'm Starting to Dislike the High School Romance Genre   
    Romance is a sign of immaturity, lol.
    More seriously, you've just repeated the scream of about 80% of all heavy VN addicts (those who have passed 100 played, at the least) in the US... everybody kind of wants the high school settings and high school romance to sort of fall by the wayside for a while.  Unfortunately, most JVN companies make most of their money off this type of VN.  It is only recently that the market for high school sol has begun to slump enough that the fundamentally conservative Japanese industry began to take notice.  You can see this in the lower overall numbers of releases over there as well as the increase in attempts to make games that go past just providing the fake high school romance experience.
    The breakdown in traditional methods of finding a marriage partner in Japan (arranged marriages, omiai, etc) and the rise of romantic marriages in Japan is one of the prime reasons for the collapse of the birthrate.  Romance in marriage was a concept that was virtually nonexistent in Japanese culture until the twentieth century, and even now, marriage meetings/omiai (parents arranging for their children to meet and see if they are compatible) are pretty common in Japan.  There is a belief that 'romance' in the sense we think of it, only really happens in high school and the early twenties.  
    Edit: The other reason for the fall of the birthrate is an increasing number of younger people just thinking they can't afford to have kids.
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    Clephas got a reaction from ChaosRaven in Getchu Bishoujo Game Awards 2019 are out   
    Yes...  
     
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    Clephas got a reaction from ittaku in Getchu Bishoujo Game Awards 2019 are out   
    Ryuusei World Actor had a lot of potential that went absolutely nowhere.
    Waka-sama is a much darker take on Minato-soft's standard way of doing things.
    Anything charage on that list is pretty mediocre (coincidentally, I either tried or played all of those...), the only exception being Shinigami no Chou which was about average for Yuzu Soft games.  
    Kimagure Temptation isn't as good as the other two games by the same team, but it is still an excellent experience.  All the more so because they only had one heroine.
    Sakura, Moyu would have been my choice for number 1 out of the games on this list, by several degrees.  
    From what I've been told, Nukitashi 2 is basically your standard fandisc experience for a game that doesn't make a lick of sense.  Just ask @ittakuwhat he thought of it if you want to know.
    Kin'iro Loveriche's fandisc was a good addition to what the original had already done, albeit lacking the same level of impact.  The addition of a route for the antagonistic ojousama (who should have had a route in the original game) was a great idea, though it turned into a total comedy route.
    I don't get why anything Alice Soft from 2019 was even on this list... 
    9... I wish they had just released all of them as a single game.  This drip-drip of paths is annoying as hell.
    Don't even get me started on Milk Factory... even for a nukige, that was godawful.
    Raillore... I dropped the game for obvious reasons (at least to me), but I suppose the flashy visual effects brainwashed enough people into sticking with it...
    It doesn't surprise me at all that Tone Works is up there... nothing by Tone Works ever sucks in my experience, even though I can only play one path in any given one of their games before I get an SOL overdose and have to be taken to the virtual hospital for injections of action and story.
     
     
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    Clephas got a reaction from Silvz in Recommend me anime for after the drought   
    24 episodes in season 1, with each episode combining three stories.  There are also 24 episodes in the second season, a long episode for Kanketsu-hen, and a short after-series.
     
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    Clephas got a reaction from Silvz in Recommend me anime for after the drought   
    Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan  is a great comedy series.
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    Clephas got a reaction from BookwormOtaku in Are the any good lore sites for the Taimanin series?   
    This is a translation of a general description of the setting from the Japanese wikipedia.
    "This series is one where, due to human depravity, the nonaggression pacts between demonkind and humankind have collapsed.  This results in a near-future Japan where joint human/demon corporations and criminal organizations bring chaos to the nation.  Taimanin are supposed to be individuals who can stand up to the demonic.'
    TBH, from what I've been told, the setting is altered to the convenience of each new game, book, or other media that comes out, so you shouldn't expect any kind of continuous setting beyond the basic one above.
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    Clephas got a reaction from Kiroshirosama in Shame in liking H scenes/18+ Content in Visual Novels   
    Most of the time I skip h-scenes.  However, there are times when I read them simply because a heroine is 'my type' and I like the visual or writing style used.  The fact is that I have, in the past, skipped well over 99% of all the h-scenes in VNs I've read... but those that I did read were those where I had a strong emotional attachment to the heroine involved.
     
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    Clephas got a reaction from ittaku in Nekonyan's Secret Projects Announcements (Including Dracu Riot)   
    I wondered where our work on Dracu-riot would end up, lol.
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    Clephas got a reaction from Happiness+ in What are your otaku/gamer/reader dreams for the next decade?   
    Essentially, since @mitchhamilton made a thread covering what was best in entertainment (Japanese entertainment especially) media in the last decade, I thought I'd set out my dream results here.
    Gaming Interface: True VR through either some kind of implant tech or through the use of a haptic suit of some sort (yes, I hate today's incomplete VR with a passion). 
    Anime: Sequels for all the junk-food isekai anime left incomplete over the last six years (and that's a LOT of anime)
    Reading: I'd like to see a satisfying conclusion at least to the current (Mesan conspiracy) arc of Honor Harrington.  While the last entry in the series was godly, it still doesn't conclude the most important thread.
    VNs: I'd like to see the rise of more plotge-specializing companies in JVNs and hopefully a new chuunige company to replace the loss of Light (if it doesn't end up lending its name as a subsidiary of Akabeisoft)
    General Gaming: I know this will probably make me sound like an old fogey... but I'd like to see less focus on expanding multiplayer to ridiculous levels in gaming in general.  I wouldn't mind so much if people would stop feeding back multiplayer gameplay styles into solo gaming, which has been a trend for almost fifteen years now.  I'm really disgusted when I see MMO-style skill hot buttons in a solo rpg, and I hate it when there is no pause function in an action game.  Moreover, I seriously despise it when people insist on gluing on random multiplayer BS into games that function perfectly fine without it.
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    Clephas got a reaction from mitchhamilton in What are your otaku/gamer/reader dreams for the next decade?   
    Essentially, since @mitchhamilton made a thread covering what was best in entertainment (Japanese entertainment especially) media in the last decade, I thought I'd set out my dream results here.
    Gaming Interface: True VR through either some kind of implant tech or through the use of a haptic suit of some sort (yes, I hate today's incomplete VR with a passion). 
    Anime: Sequels for all the junk-food isekai anime left incomplete over the last six years (and that's a LOT of anime)
    Reading: I'd like to see a satisfying conclusion at least to the current (Mesan conspiracy) arc of Honor Harrington.  While the last entry in the series was godly, it still doesn't conclude the most important thread.
    VNs: I'd like to see the rise of more plotge-specializing companies in JVNs and hopefully a new chuunige company to replace the loss of Light (if it doesn't end up lending its name as a subsidiary of Akabeisoft)
    General Gaming: I know this will probably make me sound like an old fogey... but I'd like to see less focus on expanding multiplayer to ridiculous levels in gaming in general.  I wouldn't mind so much if people would stop feeding back multiplayer gameplay styles into solo gaming, which has been a trend for almost fifteen years now.  I'm really disgusted when I see MMO-style skill hot buttons in a solo rpg, and I hate it when there is no pause function in an action game.  Moreover, I seriously despise it when people insist on gluing on random multiplayer BS into games that function perfectly fine without it.
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    Clephas got a reaction from mitchhamilton in Your Visual Novel, Manga, Anime, Game of the Decade   
    VN: Evolimit
    Anime: Overlord
    JRPG: Tales of Berseria
    Book: Honor Harrington series (I started it this decade, lol)
    Evolimit is the VN made this decade that I come back to the most.  Yes, I love Light's games, but Evolimit has more great scenes and moments while being more accessible for normal people (instead of crazy text-addicts like me) so it is easier to talk about with other people. 
    Overlord's setting and characters, with the weird balance between humor and evil, have kept me fascinated enough to actually pick up an LN of my own will for the first time (I have had LNs thrust on me in the past). 
    Tales of Berseria left an impression that this mostly JRPG-dead ten years has generally failed to do, at least for me.  It brought back what I liked most about jrpgs while also managing to stand out from the tired norms that are endemic to the genre.  For the most part, the last decade has been a dead zone for good jrpgs, with only the Trails series still providing a solid first-line experience. 
    Honor Harrington has been a gift to me, as a sci-fi addict.  With a saga spanning over thirty years (at this point) just in the protagonist's lifetime (there are other side storylines that go far in the past) and a powerful cast of characters with lives that aren't sidelined by the action, I can't help but love this series.
    Games in general have not really impressed me over the last ten years.  Most of the promised advances have not materialized, and for every step forward, it seems like another step and a half back have been taken.  I suppose it is because so much emphasis was placed on the multiplayer experience over the last decade that solo games have taken a backseat...
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    Clephas got a reaction from Nekopie in Altruistic VN Protagonist   
    First one that comes to mind is Karenai Sekai to Owaru Hana.  The protagonist of this VN is completely altruistic, nearly to the point of madness.  The degree to which he loves the three heroines and his willingness to give of himself for their sake is enough to make me start crying just remembering it.
    Evolimit's Shiranui Yoshikazu is definitely altruistic in the greater sense.  His decision as a child after 'meeting' Kokoro, his friendship with Shizuku, his relationship with Ritia, and his choice of how to live in order to be with Kazuha... in all the paths and in the course of the main route, he proves again and again that, under his mild perversion and manzai routine with Shizuku, his first thoughts are always of others.  There are no unavoidable bad/normal endings in this VN.  However, I will say that all the endings have their own flavor.
    Nanairo Reincarnation's protagonist proves his altruism again and again at the important parts of the VN, though it is mostly directed at the spirits of the dead.  There are some sad endings to this, but you aren't required to read them, lol.
    The protagonist of Haruka ni Aogi, Uruwashi no (Tsukasa) is altruistic in the sense that he tries to be the ideal teacher to the girls of the school, even after he learns what kind of school it is.  This part of his nature comes from his own personal trauma, but it still is his nature.
    Natsuiro Recipe is probably the one I would recommend the most for just being restful... the protagonist is altruistic and good-hearted, willing to act for the sake of a girl he'd never met.  The Vn itself is pretty peaceful and cute, which is why it made its way onto my Chicken Soup for the Soul list. 
    The protagonist of World Election is altruistic, while not seeming so at first.  He honestly doesn't think of what he does as helping others, merely doing so naturally without having to consider it. 
    Lovesick Puppies is the last one I have for this list of recommendations... it is a charage, but the protagonist is fundamentally altruistic, tending to put the wellbeing of others before himself, actually taking action to make it happen.  This can be seen the most in the common route.  This one and Natsuiro are the two most mild on this list.
     
    If you want catharsis, I recommend you hit up Uruwashi no, Nanairo, Karenai Sekai, and/or Evolimit.  If you want inspiration, I'd go for Karenai Sekai or Evolimit.  If you want just to see normal people being normally altruistic, Natsuiro, World Election, and Lovesick Puppies are my recs. 
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    Clephas got a reaction from Swim Swim in High-school heroines getting less appealing as you get older?   
    It would be weird if they weren't.  I've yet to meet a heterosexual man, regardless of age (unless they were impotent), who didn't have an interest in 18 year old girls, even if he didn't have any intention of doing anything about it.  Males are predisposed toward it.   
    Moreover, eroge girls are eternally young and far more attractive than filthy 3D females.  *smiles innocently*
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    Clephas got a reaction from MaggieROBOT in Tragic backstories that made you cry   
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    Clephas got a reaction from Plk_Lesiak in Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception and Truth out on Steam   
    While the duology isn't new to people who have a PS4 and played the games, the cruising onto PC on Steam is a big thing for those of you who prefer to do everything with their computer (including me).  A few days ago, these two games, which are very much a treat for those who liked the original game or anime, became available.  
    For those who have only watched the Utawarerumono animes (both of them), Mask of Deception covers the same area of the story as the second anime, albeit in more detail with some changes.  My personal opinion of it was that it was great... but I found myself wanting H-scenes about halfway through (too many mimikko and those mischievously erotic twins).  
    The second game (Mask of Truth/Futari no Hakuoro) is considerably more serious than the first from the beginning until the end.  As such, it provides quite a different experience.  For those who were annoyed by the sudden way the second Utawarerumono anime ended, this is a good way to see the rest.
    For those who have already played both... well why not do so again?  I know I will.  
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    Clephas got a reaction from Seryuu in Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception and Truth out on Steam   
    I would wait for the remake or play the ero-capable PC version.  It's your choice.  The original on PC is a pretty awesome story, but the game system is pretty third-rate, even by the standards of the age (to give you an example, the only two characters who could inflict serious damage on enemies at the end in my party were Karura and Hakuoro, lol).  Until I play the remake (which I plan to do), I'm unwilling to state which is better.  However, Utawarerumono was one of those games where the ero actually 'fit', at least in some cases, so I honestly don't know how I'm going to feel at the end.  
    Edit: Incidentally, the reason my damage was so low with the others was because I was pretty careless with how I handled stat points, lol.  However, I was able to beat the last boss with those two alone, so it all worked out in the end, hahahaha.
     
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    Clephas got a reaction from Seryuu in Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception and Truth out on Steam   
    While the duology isn't new to people who have a PS4 and played the games, the cruising onto PC on Steam is a big thing for those of you who prefer to do everything with their computer (including me).  A few days ago, these two games, which are very much a treat for those who liked the original game or anime, became available.  
    For those who have only watched the Utawarerumono animes (both of them), Mask of Deception covers the same area of the story as the second anime, albeit in more detail with some changes.  My personal opinion of it was that it was great... but I found myself wanting H-scenes about halfway through (too many mimikko and those mischievously erotic twins).  
    The second game (Mask of Truth/Futari no Hakuoro) is considerably more serious than the first from the beginning until the end.  As such, it provides quite a different experience.  For those who were annoyed by the sudden way the second Utawarerumono anime ended, this is a good way to see the rest.
    For those who have already played both... well why not do so again?  I know I will.  
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