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Taste is always subjective. I may love something that others think is trash and vice versa, and my scores would reflect that. I, for example, don't like G-senjou no Maou and gave it a 7, while many consider it a masterpiece.
Of course, if there are hundreds of low scores, something is not right with that game - but even that is not certain, as low scores can be due to anything, a poor story, bad characters, it being LGBT [yeah, there are people who would give low scores just because of that], etc.
I think the best way to find out if a VN is good is by reading it yourself, at least the beginning. If that's not possible, look for in depth reviews where the author justifies their scores. What I also do is to see who is the author of the VN and if I like what they write.

guys, that whole 'MG hates the fans" is like from last year? Maybe before? They've moved on, the community has moved on, so do it too. Every company talks about their custumers, they only had the bad luck of having it leaked. MG does a lot of good for the localization scene, providing a good quality job and a good selection of games.

Yeah, the shit behind peoples backs is normal. It's mostly a coping mechanism as people don't really realize how much of a piece of shit they are, and then it's the quantity of pieces of shits a customer service employee has to deal with. Need to unload and vent, and this happens for every every profession where you deal with customers. Getting angry and talking shit to customers directly is inexcusable though. Make proper rules and when kids keep pestering on NSFW channels, warn and ban if the little shit doesn't get it though his skull. Then vent in private with coworkers  

no

I don't think I dare click on that spoiler box, since I really want to avoid anything that can either confirm or deny any of my theories ahead of time. I'm basically not looking for any sort of discussion at this point, but rather just jotting down thoughts as they come to me.
I've been jumping back and forth between a lot of different theories and have a hard time deciding exactly what to believe. Some stuff seem to hold up pretty well, but then something shows up contradicting it or leading me onto a different track every so often. It was the same with Higurashi, but Umineko's mystery feels even harder to get a grasp on.

nah, didn't mean to say they are wrong. Just teasing you.

I'd be careful buying consoles at launch. Let everyone else be the beta testers.

I'd say there are two reasons:
1. Some translations are actually pretty bad. I mean, I wouldn't mind finally rereading Fate if it actually got a new translation. The problem here is that it never will, and if it does, it won't be done by MG.
2. Some people just want a way to get a way to support a novel they like officially. Not everyone is comfortable buying games on Japanese websites. Especially since many games don't even have download editions, so you have to import a physical copy, which leads to many different problems. And some older games, especially by smaller publishers, are often not available at all. I tried to look for a way to buy Rose Guns Days, but I was out of luck.

In my case i think it was some PTSD-ish trigger. My first relationship went that way when i was young and i guess you don't easily forget such a thing 😂 Now i'll happily avoid the content, but i don't react to it.

I lied. The update is happening NOW. Please panic.

another apocalypse in like one month? My heart can't take this much adrenaline
btw where are the new emotes? :<

so, Umineko is not a romance-oriented game, but it draws a lot of inspiration from gothic lolis [in their art]

You haven't played Higurashi, Umineko nor Ciconia. So you could start with those

You haven't played Higurashi, Umineko nor Ciconia. So you could start with those

Wow, it's an end of an era. I actually played soooo many VNs on my Vita, ranging from the thrilling Danganronpas and Zero Escapes to sci-fi shenanigans Steins;gates and Chaos;Child's to fantasy funtimes like Ar Nosurge and Utawarerumono trilogy, even Muv Luv, and a whole crapton of Otomes. All on a "dead" device that is the Vita:

 
 
 
 
 
....But now it's time to Switch it up  

Yup I finally caved and got a Nintendo Switch. Originally wanted to wait for a New Nintendo Switch Pro XL or something, but they came out with the fking Lite instead. Pretty excited~

Infinite Stars released yesterday (1 September 2020) and is available for free on >>> itch.io <<<
Infinite Stars is a science fiction series played as an interactive visual novel. It is meant to give humanity hope in the current time of fear and uncertainty. It is meant to make us dream about our future as we mingle with other species, their cultures and beliefs that we have yet to encounter.
Our game and it’s assets are licensed under the Creative Commons license. We want our fans to write, draw and code their own fantastic visions of what the future could hold. We want them to share their creations with us, their friends, and with strangers all over the internet.

In the distant but still recognizable future humanity has overcome our differences. We are finally a united people. No longer divided by our nationalities, our religions, or our race, we call ourselves human.
Earth is a beautiful sanctuary planet. It took centuries to repair the damage our forefathers caused. Lunar Command is the hub of the solar government, and except for a few pirates and other undesirables, each individual works together for the greater good of mankind.
We had total dominion over our solar system.
Since Galileo gazed at the first planet, humanity has dreamt of meeting extraterrestrial life, but after centuries of shouting into the void of space, we had made peace with the fact that we are truly alone in the universe… Until the Cephilusk convoys arrived and started constructing the Sol Gate.
The Discovery-War was brief and bloody. The entire Terran Protectorate was destroyed in a matter of days, and humanity resorted to guerilla warfare, sabotaging construction attempts and raiding supply convoys.
A peace was brokered and official channels of communication were opened. We discovered that there were others like the Cephilusk, countless others and that all the civilized species belonged to the UIC. The United Interstellar Concordat.
Once the Sol Gate was completed, humanity petitioned to join the UIC. It took years of hard work done by our most brilliant diplomats. They were opposed by the Cephilusk at every milestone, but we did not lose hope and we were not denied membership.
Most species still view us vulnerable newborns, the newcomers to the interstellar power block, but we will change their minds. We will show them that there is greatness in humanity. We will share our brightly burning passion and curiosity with the universe. We will show them what it means to be human.

Each episode is roughly 30-45 minutes of gameplay for a single branch. The choices that you make during the episode has an impact on how the current episode’s story plays out, while still having an impact on future episodes, and available side quests.
We intend to implement feedback looped gameplay allowing players to manage a colony or upgrade their starship in-between episodes.
We also want you, the player to mod and create your own stories in the Infinite Stars universe. If you write a short story, we want you to be able to incorporate it into the Infinite Stars universe and to share it with other people to experience.
 

Infinite Stars was created in Ren’Py, an easy to learn coding language. (It really is easy to use)
We intend to release a skeleton project to make it even easier for our fans to modify and start creating their own stories.
If you want to start creating your own stories, you can find some of our free assets here. Alternatively, if you want a larger variety of assets, or just to learn more about the game you can check out our Patreon.
The game and assets that we release do cost us money, and we have dedicated large amounts of passion and time to this project. If you like what we are doing, please consider supporting us here or on Patreon. Every cent donated is plowed right back into the project.
We're excited to share this journey with you! If you want to be one of the first people to join our discord, now is the time!



 

Hi everyone!
I'm so happy I found this community! I am a VN developer that has been working on a scifi story for a few months now and I was finally able to release it yesterday!
I'm excited to meet everyone here and I'm looking forward to becoming part of the community!

Uhm
yeah i totally download and play 1 at a time 

*looks at my total 10 tb of storage*

That isn't something I can really answer, everyone has different reading speeds, I don't really keep track of that anyways.

The visual novel is 10 to 30 hours long according to vndb, there appears to be only 3 h-scenes per route.
imho it's a very good visual novel, already rated it a 10 on vndb.

Good day, I am new here. I found a walkthrough on this site searching Google and decided to join to ask a few question about my favorite novels.

When I buy a VN on Steam/DLSite/wherever I usually download it immediately. I also don't uninstall the ones I've finished, so my HDD is full of VNs. I also keep disc images for the few disc-based VNs that I own.
Having unread titles sitting on the HDD helps me remember that I should read them at some point