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This looks opportunistic of gog because of the timing, but it's my understanding that this has been in the works for a while. SP actually announced ages ago that they were entering into a partnership with gog to sell stuff on their store. The timing is largely coincidental, though I wouldn't be surprised if there was an early rollout to capitalize on the current events.

MG mentioned that they will be bringing over kindred spirits and maidens of michael, the "all-ages" versions of which have nudity and sexual activity. GOG probably just doesn't want full uncut h-scenes, which are pretty different from LSL's sex comedy stuff.

Only if you live in a dystopian book-burning hellworld. Let's try not to become that.

The issue is that there are no rules. Just a vague "no pornographic content" guideline with no further definition of what that means, and what specifically is and isn't allowed in your games. These games they're targeting now were specifically looked at and approved by Valve. Especially Kindred Spirits, MangaGamer specifically sent every single potentially questionable graphic to Steam and had them verify each one, and also made sure they played the game and gave it the okay. Kindred Spirits followed the rules, except now Valve decided that no, actually it doesn't follow the rules.

Contrary to what a lot of people try to claim, suppression of sexual content like this is always spurred by conservative thought. Fundamentalist christians are the biggest advocates for the suppression of sexual content, and said fundamentalists are at the heart of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, formerly Morality in Media. They rebranded in an attempt to appeal to leftist movements but that doesn't change who they really are. To try to claim that they are radical feminists is hilarious to me. None of the leftists I know are happy with this news.

If you don't know japanese and are admitting that you're not an expert at it, then I don't know why you're commenting on its faithfulness. Either way, the language being used in the japanese version is very casual, so equivalently casual language is being used in the translation. The english version of those lines pretty accurately depict the tone in the japanese lines. I would like to know how you think japanese families talk to each other, if not in this kind of casual tone.

Just now saw the official cross channel site. lmao

I'm willing to bet the resolution thing is just them taking screenshots on their 1680x1050 monitor fullscreen in stretched mode and not thinking about how bad that looks when submitting those shots to Steam. I doubt that's the actual native res. I really hope it's not. That wouldn't make any sense.

I feel like it's necessary to spoil CC to an extent when marketing it to people. We're talking about the basic premise of the game here. I wouldn't write a marketing pitch without that. I understand that some people would enjoy the game more if they didn't know that, but if you're that kind of person then you shouldn't be reading game summaries at all. Look at the score on VNDB and make your decision based on that.

The fan translation team spilled the beans that this was happening months ago. They didn't say who contacted them, but it was pretty obviously JAST. Anyway, the fan tl team turned JAST down for whatever reason, which is probably for the best because Verdelish is a really good translator. JAST's localization will be way better than the fan tl now.

Check out Wind: A Breath of Heart sometime. A very mediocre VN. Maybe too mediocre to meme off of?

This is a very different kind of VN compared to Corona Blossom. Whatever you liked/didn't like about that probably doesn't apply here. You should just consider if you want this kind of nukige or not.

I'm pretty sure Maji Translations plans on translating everything.

When are we getting the post about this systemic issue tbh because I agree (maybe there isn't anything new worth talking about? But idk about that...) Though admittedly, I hate it being like this but the notion of people generally not noticing on a conscious level is p real

Well, I can tell you that barely any game translations, VN or otherwise, employ extensive TLC. The most TLC you tend to get is from editors who also know Japanese and can correct errors during the editing pass, which is somewhat common in certain translation companies like 8-4 and such. MangaGamer, for example, almost never TLCs unless it's an adopted fan translation. The idea is that a translator who is good enough to get paid should be good enough to get it right the first time around. NekoNyan does have TLC listed in their progress page, which is interesting. I'm not sure how comprehensive that is, though.

As far as I know, the game you mentioned was the only non-machine translation we've seen from them, and that's only because the developer insisted on Cafe translating it for them. Now that the game has been pulled from Steam, I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually popped up elsewhere with a different publisher.

Reposting this from the other thread: I have a review copy and have been playing it for several days, though not very actively. I am still early in the common route (encountered no choices so far). Some thoughts about what I've read so far: The script contains occasional bits of sexual humor. A woman sending the protagonist a picture of her cleavage to cheer him up hasn't been altered. This is something that would have been changed in IMHHW. I don't yet know if stuff like bath scenes have been changed, if more explicit sexual talk is changed, or how the lead-ins to h-scenes and stuff are handled. The translation so far is considerably better than IMHHW. For the common route at least, it feels like a native English speaker actually touched these scripts at some point in the process. There are still occasional grammar errors and the prose is pretty sloppy. I expect a large level of inconsistency from a Moenovel game this big, so other parts of the game may be considerably worse (or better). As of now though, I'd say this translation is a little below average based on what we typically see from official releases.

I have a review copy and have been playing it for several days, though not very actively. I am still early in the common route (encountered no choices so far). Some thoughts about what I've read so far: The script contains occasional bits of sexual humor. A woman sending the protagonist a picture of her cleavage to cheer him up hasn't been altered. This is something that would have been changed in IMHHW. I don't yet know if stuff like bath scenes have been changed, if more explicit sexual talk is changed, or how the lead-ins to h-scenes and stuff are handled. The translation so far is considerably better than IMHHW. For the common route at least, it feels like a native English speaker actually touched these scripts at some point in the process. There are still occasional grammar errors and the prose is pretty sloppy. I expect a large level of inconsistency from a Moenovel game this big, so other parts of the game may be considerably worse (or better). As of now though, I'd say this translation is a little below average based on what we typically see from official releases.

The Key to Home is 100% pedo bait and if Steam doesn't want that on their store then that's fine by me.

Was this posted as a new thread and merged into this one or something? lol. Try out the demo on the steam page. The quality is pretty self-apparent.

Nobody's trying to make Moenovel/Pulltop look like the good guys. You need to stop snapping at people over this, and you also need to stop telling other people the kinds of games they should or shouldn't be playing. I enjoy eroge with or without the h-scenes, and this preference is none of your business. I think it's silly to not offer 18+ options for eroge. It would be best if there was that option, and I'd use it if it was available. I also think it's okay to present people with accurate information as to what is and isn't expected to be censored, and I don't understand why you're lashing out against people trying to do so.

They did, but that doesn't mean anything for Miagete Goran. See the part I edited into my post above.

That's a problem for some, but not for everyone (I don't really give too much of a shit, for instance). The further censorship that happened in IMHHW was a much bigger dealbreaker for many. The actual biggest issue is that the IMHHW translation that was pure garbage. We still have no confidence that it will be any better in this release. I explained what Moenovel exactly is and how they translate things in this week's VNTS, if you're interested:

They did more than remove IMHHW's h-scenes. They removed anything even vaguely sexual in nature and in some instances even censored kissing scenes. These are alterations that were not made with LoveKami. Hence, they changed their censorship policies. It seems possible that the only changes that will be made to Miagete Goran are the changes (almost) every other company makes when releasing eroge on Steam.

Those tags were added by Moenovel, including the "nudity" tag. That tag is often used for partial nudity, however. Still, as Mr. Poltroon said (and was misunderstood for saying), Moenovel's censorship policies have definitely changed since IMHHW. If you're concerned that the game will be completely sanitized for little children with everything even slightly questionable altered, then I think it's at least somewhat likely that won't be the case here.