Turnip Sensei Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Steins;Gate 0 was really good! I was little hesitant at first how it would work since the original is so complete experience, but luckily I was proven wrong. Overall Steins;Gate Zero is just more of Steins;Gate, for better or worse. It's one cool extra loop before the true end of the original, offering new viewpoints to the original and fleshing out the world. There's plenty cool characters, old and new, the humor and great character interactions are still there and it's still as moving when it's time to be serious. If you ever found yourself wanting more of Steins;Gate then S;G0 is pretty much that. It does some things better than the original and loses in some, and while it builds itself on already completed work Zero also manages to be cool on it's own. Obviously there's spoilers about the original Steins;Gate, and while I tried to avoid spoilers about Zero in my impressions you might want to be careful if you want to experience Zero knowing as little as possible beforehand. Spoiler Multiple routes in Zero offered some cool possibilities to story, mainly the feeling of exploration, chasing after different ends after you start to figure out how the game works, but also makes the already convoluted time-travel narrative even more confusing at places. This time even the method of changing timelines is not in your control, or at least not to the same extent. That combined with wildly varying fates of same characters over different routes makes it pretty easy to feel lost. But that sense of not knowing what is going on, that feeling of powerlessness applies to both the reader and Okabe, which is pretty cool. And it becomes even more and more interesting the further you get, when the feeling of being lost starts to change into something else as you start to figure out how everything works and how it all ties back to the ending of the original. Zero might be a story with foregone conclusion, but the route(s) to it is very inspiring. And like I said, thanks to different routes the relations between different timelines became really confusing at times. I didn't notice anything that felt clearly wrong, but there were times when I was pretty lost figuring out what event had effect on what and why the world line ended that way, more so since this time you don't always know what even changed the world line. But this more of a problem how much small inconsistencies bother a person, since the story works well despite them. One thing I really liked about Zero is how it manages to make the threat of Third World War and the unreasonable situations driving world to it feel real. In original Steins;Gate it never had the same weight to it. Sure, you felt bad for Suzuha, but still it felt distant and not that real. Unlike in Zero where the world plummets towards the Third World War before your eyes, peaceful Japan changing in to a war zone and suddenly the threats about Beta-word line don't feel so empty anymore. In Steins;Gate everything still felt little like a conspiracy theory till the end, but in Zero makes it pretty clear that there's huge international power struggle around the time machine and it's no game. Fred the Barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douggle Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) So after taking a 4 month break from reading VNs after I finished Danganronpa 2, I went ahead and read Steins;Gate 0, which was a phenomenal read, i quite enjoyed it, I decided to switch it up to something a little more light hearted with the latest A Kiss for the Petals, The New generation and I gotta admit I was pretty pleasantly surprised, Hazuki is freakin adorable probably one of my favorite Sono Hanabira characters since Reo, I then decided to resume reading Rose Gun Days, and I am glad that I did, its quite enjoyable figure I'm at being close to complete with season 2. Edited December 5, 2016 by douggle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurisu-Chan Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I'm playing Steins;Gate 0. Funyarinpa and Pata 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosRaven Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) 23 hours ago, Fred the Barber said: Still enjoying this VN's approach of throwing a ridiculous number of heroines at the player, and how surprisingly deep its commitment is to most/all of them. In spite of the aforementioned shortage of Chouryou events, even with her I feel like they did her justice as a character. I think that's one of Koihime Musou's biggest strengths and also part of why it developed into an entire franchise. They got a good balance between focusing on a selected cast of main characters and still introducing new characters. That way it kept the story fresh without overwhelming you too much with new characters. Unfortunately they dropped the ball a bit in Shin Kohime Musou, and SKM Moeshouden was just chaos. I think they went back to the roots a bit with Eiyuutan, but I've honestly my doubts about Sengoku Koihime. Having many side characters is one thing, but a VN just doesn't work without a selected cast of main characters the story is focusing on. And Sengoku is just single route for all characters which makes it even more difficult than it was in SKM's three route structure. I wonder if it even has main heroines in the true sense, or just side characters that have slightly more screen time than others. But I disgress... Edited December 5, 2016 by ChaosRaven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurisu-Chan Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Steins;Gate 0 spoilers, be extremely careful. Spoiler Did Fubuki inherit White Okabe's memories? cause she remembers when Mayuri got trainwrecked, or headshoten, or got ran over by a vehicle, or...OH FUCK WHY DO I HAVE TO RELIVE THAT?! Also, Black Okabe is a really interesting character so far, sick, depressive, a complete wreckage of a man, i don't recognize the mad scientist who "threatened" to destroy the foundations of the world, instead, we have a standard adult, depressive as fuck, following his studies, but with a dream, a very noble dream : pursuing her work, that's quite cool. Maho is basically admirative of Kurisu, and at the same time she's Jealous, right? so far i have...mixed opinions about her, i hope her character evolves better. ALSO MAYURI HAS A HUGE RACK, WTF?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) 23 hours ago, Kurisu-Chan said: I'm playing Steins;Gate 0. I love no one just acknowledges the importance of this post. Edited December 6, 2016 by Funyarinpa Fred the Barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemonk Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 9 minutes ago, Funyarinpa said: I love no one just acknowledges the importance of this post. I've never played it so I could give maybe 2 fucks at best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Firemonk said: I've never played it so I could give maybe 2 fucks at best I meant it in the sense that a longtime member of Fuwa just stated they're playing the direct sequel to (what can be safely assumed is) their favorite VN and how it seems so ordinary. That might sound weird, I'm a weird person lol. Edited December 6, 2016 by Funyarinpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 On 12/5/2016 at 9:11 PM, Kurisu-Chan said: I'm playing Steins;Gate 0. Oh my, i missed that release. Time for S:G 0. Thank god i saw i post and thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurisu-Chan Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 2 hours ago, Funyarinpa said: I meant it in the sense that a longtime member of Fuwa just stated they're playing the direct sequel to (what can be safely assumed is) their favorite VN and how it seems so ordinary. That might sound weird, I'm a weird person lol. Nah dude, no problem, i'm not that active these last time, so it's not a problem at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemonk Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Tried playing .... shit forgot the first part of it, it was like sengo rance? Anyway it's way to childish for me.... time to find a new one, any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 14 minutes ago, Firemonk said: Tried playing .... shit forgot the first part of it, it was like sengo rance? Anyway it's way to childish for me.... time to find a new one, any suggestions? The House In Fata Morgana Vorathiel and akaritan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decay Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I'm also playing Steins;Gate 0 and Steins;Gate is also far and away my favorite VN. Shower me with the praise I deserve for this. No, wait, don't, that would be really weird. Kurisu-Chan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 7 minutes ago, Decay said: I'm also playing Steins;Gate 0 and Steins;Gate is also far and away my favorite VN. Shower me with the praise I deserve for this. No, wait, don't, that would be really weird. I was just really happy for Kuu lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the Barber Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I thought you were commenting on the idea of Makise Kurisu actually playing Steins;Gate 0. It could happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterfuryZX Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Fred the Barber said: I thought you were commenting on the idea of Makise Kurisu actually playing Steins;Gate 0. It could happen. A fictional character reading about a subfiction of herself? You can expect a layer of reality above all of this in wich another kurisu is writing all this shitherself just for fun, whitout realizing she's an intelligence in a virtual space disconneted from reality that should be tied to a real human but just in theory... Myth;Gate Kurisu sagashi ADV (Don't try to unravel it) Edited December 7, 2016 by WinterfuryZX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandemonai Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 7 hours ago, Decay said: I'm also playing Steins;Gate 0 and Steins;Gate is also far and away my favorite VN. Shower me with the praise I deserve for this. Lo, let it be known thru all the four corners of the earth, that Decay did pay real money for a VN, because he grew overfond of the original. Truly I say unto thee, words literally cannot express the sublime awesomeness of this blessed fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleshogun Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Quite busy with Kamidori here once again, so my Flyable Heart playthrough at this moment still stalled. And for more info while I'm busy with the grinding, I'll try to continue my Flyable Heart playthrough if there is a chance. Oh, and while I knew that there's a patch to import Steins Gate 0 translation to PC, I think I won't played that for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurisu-Chan Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 After 14 hours of S;G 0 I have found my new favourite VN of all times. Fred the Barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurisu-Chan Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 7 hours ago, littleshogun said: Quite busy with Kamidori here once again, so my Flyable Heart playthrough at this moment still stalled. And for more info while I'm busy with the grinding, I'll try to continue my Flyable Heart playthrough if there is a chance. Oh, and while I knew that there's a patch to import Steins Gate 0 translation to PC, I think I won't played that for now. There's also...you know, the PS4 and PSVita version, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douggle Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Just finished off Rose Guns Days, that was enjoyable in a diferent way than Umineko and Higurashi, great read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleshogun Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 12 hours ago, Kurisu-Chan said: There's also...you know, the PS4 and PSVita version, too. I knew about that, and to be clear I don't own both of those two. And once again I'll consider to play 0 in the future. Just want to say my confirmation here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurisu-Chan Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 First ending got. WARNING : STEINS;GATE 0 SPOILERS... LIKE SERIOUSLY, IT SPOILS THE NORMAL ENDING. Spoiler So, what happened after being attacked by Rounders and Russians? Maho having feelings for Okabe, shit happened all over the world, more sadness, more madness., but what to say? This whole VN is a whole huge mess of madness, and madness, and sadness... and then...Leskinen being the bad guy, Kagari being a fake Yuki-san, Operation Aquila...Mayuri confessing to Okabe, the war, the madness... THAT WAS AWESOME!!! THIS WAS MORE AWESOME THAN THE ENTIRE STEINS;GATE!!! And my adventures aren't over yet. Altair & Vega ending was amazing, and when Houiouin Kyouma got back, man, that was amazing, after 24 hours of sadness, the return of the insane mad scientist, battling a true insane mad scientist!! Fred the Barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaritan Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I just finished Sonohana New Gen, and I have pretty mixed feelings. With that said, it's clearly not my VN, so don't take any of this to mean it's bad. In fact, I think it's much better than the previous entries in the series, and for better or worse there's far less H, so if you think you'll like it, you probably will. The thing is, it's also much longer than previous sonohana games, which made it harder for me as time went on. I think my biggest problem with it is the music, ahaha. They've used the same set of tracks for the entire series, and it got to be so grating by the end of New Gen that I pulled up youtube and just started playing things in the background, which I've never done before. The other big thing is that Rina, and to a much smaller degree, Ai, drove me up the wall at times... but I don't really think I'm giving it enough credit, either. The characters that didn't irritate me and the art could have a real charm to them. I found many of the CGs to be absolutely gorgeous, and they may even end up being new wallpapers down the line. Also, this is a really weird thing to praise, but Ai and Aya's hair clips are great and I love them. Obviously it's not the deepest title, but there were several exchanges between the characters that I could genuinely appreciate in a way I really didn't expect from this VN. I think I would have liked it far more if the music had been less overused and if not for the few characters that I found to be irksome. Spoiler Best ones tl;dr it's cute. If you think you'll like it you will. If you think you won't, you won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurisu-Chan Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 So Steins;Gate 0 spoilers, HEAVY HEAVY SPOILERS!! Spoiler Gehenna and Stigma's ending is basically what happens when Okabe falls into hell, it's a variation of the Altair & Vega ending, only this time, Okabe rintarou really gives up, and damn, that whole thing with poor Maho, and that love triangle, and everything that made this ending quite enjoyable. BUT TOO DAMN SHORT!! Fred the Barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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