Arvis

Unless the fat cat just rolls around not doing anything. Similiar to Kud and Strelka.
 
I found the balloons to be pretty insane. During the final number 1 fight, you-know-who tripped over 20 balloons at once and lost.

Objection!
Where's Clannad OST? I love it more than others.
Plus LB OST is never complete without the extra 15 tracks from EX. You guys should have a listen.

I have come to the conclusion, that the following track is one of the most fitting pieces of soundtrack I've ever came across;



Everytime it showed up so far, I was either creeped out, my brain started to bend itself or both. Perfection.
 
To contribute to the current discussion; I don't know who my favorite girl is. I love them all characterwise and I'd feel bad for ranking girls based on their appearance. #whiteknight 
 
My favorite route is Mio's, though I'm not done with Little Busters yet.
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He's voiced by the same voice as Rin and sasasasa....sasama....sasasegawa salami-san.

Those of you saying the common route was horrible and too long and boring are to burn in hell~
 
Anyways, I started reading VNs with this. It was after the Little Busters anime ended in January that I was like "NO IT CANT BE OVER I NEED MORE" so I talked to a friend and he helped me with setting it up. It was a fun VN for me, the minigames were really nice additions to me, and my favorite scene in the common route is the test of courage. Haruka is best girl, and without a doubt the best route. Still waiting for that EX patch :/

Komari's voice is cancer, sorry.

By best girl i think you mean Kurugaya right?

Skim through your gallery. It shows like 2/2 and stuff for each CG that represents if you have all of the variations of it. Look for something that's like 3/4 or 1/2 and you'll know which one you missed.

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Ah, starting to read LB! again huh Arvis xD. I recommend you skip the Battle Rankings and Baseball Matches until you're on your last common route playthrough going into Rin2 route, cuz by then you'll essentially auto win everything since your characters' stats will be maxed out. 

 

I just thought he was looking for something sad. Symphonic Rain's last route is pure bliss IMO : >

Read Symphonic Rain :3 The last route is pretty cute and makes people cry ;3

I have the LE of the game, and it came with an artbook. I'd say about 3/4 of the pictures of Kurugaya have her showing off far more skin than usual. I think they REALLY wanted to play up the" Sexy Oneesan" type with her, which... makes sense I guess, but it's a little much in my opinion.

Ah, finally a general discussion thread about LB. I wanted to talk about this VN but didn't find a place to start. Now is my chance.
 
First, is it true that the western players are all playing the original Little Busters that has only 6 character routes?  If so, it's such a pity because the enhanced version Little Busters EX (or better, Little Busters PERFECT EDITION, which is the best version on PC) has a revised plot, new CGs and BGM, and 9 character routes, including a new heroine, saya, whose route is of HIGH quality, plus her theme song is nice too. I do hope the perfect edition will be translated into English someday or else western audience will be missing out on a lot of new content and plot, and I'll have to always refrain from sharing my thoughts on these new contents in this forum for fear of spoiler.
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Here's a list of difference in various versions of LB:
Little Busters <- original version, I suppose this is the version you're playing now
Little Busters EX <- 3 new routes, h scenes added, around 15 new BGMs, revised plot, especially in Kud route. I remember someone said that Kud route is too vague and unsatisfying in this thread, maybe they'll think differently after reading the revised Kud route.
Little Busters Converted Edition for PS2 <- a port of EX version without h scene
Little Busters Converted Edition for PSP <- a port of PS2 version, plus full voice for all characters (excluding Rikki)
Little Busters Converted Edition for PSV <- a port of PSP version, plus a new character sprite for a-chan senpai
Little Busters PERFECT EDITION <- a port of PSV version to PC, plus a new CG, but removed some CGs from PSV version
Little Busters Converted Edition for PS3 <- a port of PSV version, HD graphics and sound, plus the new CG in PERFECT EDITION, and the dungeon exploration in saya route is rendered in 3D. This is the ultimate version of LB. I played this version.
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I think Kurugaya route is of much importance because it gives the player strong hints on the world setting of LB, that this is not an ordinary school romance, and you should prepare for what is coming in the true route. Her route requires some pondering to understand, so some people may simply dismiss it as weak. Indeed the ending is vague and symbolic, but I hope you'll appreciate it more when you come back from Refrain. (There's also an extra scene in Kurugaya route after finishing Refrain, so please do come back)
 
Personally I don't like Komari very much because to me her route is bloated and a little too sappy thanks to her vacant and dumb personality. It's easy to anticipate what will happen next since it really is a cliché story. However if you like Komari in the common route, maybe you can enjoy it more than I was.
 
BTW, I like the character portraits in the status screen, especially Kud's.

I agree that Kurugayas route requires more thinking than the others. I may not have found it lacklustre but I was a lot better with more context.even so it is one of my favourite routes so I may be a little biased. As for kengo, I think he unlocks for baseball when you finish komaris route. He has a little cameo there that signals his... Other side?

Oh god, that ending. It flew right over and past my head.
I think it's supposed to have some kind of symbolism or something, but I didn't get the true ending at all.

What are we going to do with the Arietta votes though?

Should we give them to Torta or to Phorni?

The 3 threads in question are people asking random questions about the game rather than discussion, and the 2 reviews are purely reviews with little ensuing discussion, so they are arguably better left in their own threads. OP could definitely have posted in one of those two review threads, but now adding this discussion to one of those two topics would make things weird.
Therefore I judged this thread could stand on its own. It can serve for further general discussion about LB, I'll just add it to the index.

Yeah, I totally was excited for the baseball game on my first playthrough too.

I don't think my team even scored a single point

Yeah, the first baseball game is impossible to win.

After clearing each heroines route and starting over, Riki and Rin's stats do indeed get higher to the point where they will wreck everybody on like your last playthrough.

That is one of the reasons I liked the VN though. You live every day as it goes along. It is probably the closest thing to slice of life there is because it doesn't skip anything. Also it may have just been me but I have found the common route to be very 'revealing' when you finish refrain. I have just found so many obvious things that I have looked past before completing it once. So personally I have found the many pointless things to be very fruitful with a little context. 

Ahh! Ahhh ahhh!! Kyou is great. Great great character. I also have an anime crush on her. I like her and Tomoyo very much.

playing clannad just finished kyo route very nice vn

Yep. That's the main reason I love her. The adorable-ness was a plus, but it's her kind heart that attracts me.
 
By the way, how is Kudryavka an archetype though? I thought her bullied foreign exchange student character was quite unique... well, at least uncommon. It's not as common as Saigusa's noisy girl archetype for sure.

Yeah, you're definitely right.  I think I was a little too negative above, because I think all the characters are fun (even Komari).  Besides Rin, I do like Saigusa and Kud is pretty cute.  Kurugaya is interesting, as well.
 
 
Now I feel horrible.
I will say that I love love LOVE Komari's "Spiral Of Happiness" philosophy.  Honestly, I really think it might just be her voice that irritates me.  I think if I were just reading her lines myself that I would like her a lot better.  I know I can turn her voice off, but...... eh. I think I'll just try to adjust.