Zodai Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 ...Baa--- AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAA~~~ I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING WHAT IS THIS LIKE WHY WOULD YOU MAKE THIS?? WHY?? WHY ARE YOU COPYING AMERICA JAPAN? WHY IS THIS A GOOD IDEA? I don't know if the Huniepop devs are actually from America or not. I'm sorry but I'm having a hard time keeping a straight face. Not to say anything on Huniepop (I haven't played it) but just...why do you think it's a good idea? On another hand Huniepop has VERY different strengths from the usual Japan-based VNs so I'm genuinely horrified/worried/hopeful about whether or not Frontwing spectacularly succeeds or fails about finding strengths of their own in this style. Then again we didn't take Huniepop seriously with a grain of salt until we actually played it ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDice Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Funnerific, XReaper, Veshurik and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfatround0 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 4 hours ago, Nosebleed said: I think it's safe to say this game is most definitely memes. The only meme here is the western vn community's attitude towards everything frontwing related. At this point it's become a meme to make fun of/hate everything they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidbatman Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 5 minutes ago, bigfatround0 said: The only meme here is the western vn community's attitude towards everything frontwing related. At this point it's become a meme to make fun of/hate everything they do. because frontwing is shit Vorathiel and Gibberish 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satsuki Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 9 minutes ago, bigfatround0 said: The only meme here is the western vn community's attitude towards everything frontwing related. At this point it's become a meme to make fun of/hate everything they do. So...this puzzle game is GOTY and they should make more of it, I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkZedge Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 4 hours ago, Rooke said: I shouldn't be interested in this ... but I am Ah well, we all have our guilty pleasures Ah I understand you, even though it seems like a complete copy of Hunie Pop but shittier I'm still interested and probably will end up checking it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfatround0 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 6 minutes ago, solidbatman said: because frontwing is shit That's just your opinion. Just now, Satsuki said: So...this puzzle game is GOTY and they should make more of it, I guess? You don't know if it isn't since it's not out. It could be the greatest game ever made but people would still bitch at them because it's not what they wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sands Entertainment Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 4 hours ago, Ariurotl said: > Steam release > Girls from a nukige series Yeah, that makes a ton of sense. Also, are we really at the point where Japanese VN (well, not really VN, but you know what I mean) devs start copying Western OELVN (well, not really OELVN, but you know what I mean) devs? The end is nigh! lolz. How is this possibleO_O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkZedge Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 42 minutes ago, TexasDice said: That's a good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atorq Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 What a wonderful idea, recycle some old shit no one wanted and put in a horrible yet addicting game-mechanic. 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamon Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 it feels like FW went like : Quote We heard westerners don't like reading, and prefer gameplay! Steam stats are telling us the best seller VN ever created in there is a bejewel-like dating sim (because only steam matters). Well, time to make a new glorious nippon version! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikiSanic Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 22 minutes ago, Diamon said: it feels like FW went like : Quote We heard westerners don't like reading, and prefer gameplay! Steam stats are telling us the best seller VN ever created in there is a bejewel-like dating sim (because only steam matters). Well, time to make a new glorious nippon version! None of that is actually wrong, especially when you're trying to expand your business and reach the largest audience possible. bigfatround0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamon Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 6 minutes ago, RikiSanic said: None of that is actually wrong, especially when you're trying to expand your business and reach the largest audience possible. It's not a bad idea in itself, I just doubt that FW tried to make a deeper analysis as for the why such a game was popular imo. HuniePop picked up on steam because the dialog was hilarious and very westernized, which created a very funny contrast with the usual tropes of the dating sim genre. Of course, the gameplay and the H content played a part as well, but I don't think those were the most important. And I kinda doubt FW will be able to replicate a similar feeling. It will still probably have dank memes of another type though. Fred the Barber and atorq 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Blue Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 only the very best for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanahtlig Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 So Frontwing is now working on the English market equivalent of nukige? Using assets from their nukige? Brilliant. I see they've labeled it "Adults Only". Are they going to take the original CG and apply extra-thick mosaics? Or maybe just use the CG from the non-explicit scenes / underwear-on variations of the explicit images? I'm wondering whether I should add this to my censored eroge list. There's a point at which the censorship is so extreme it's not even the same game anymore. It's just a Japanese-Western chimera... thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikiSanic Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 3 minutes ago, Diamon said: It's not a bad idea in itself, I just doubt that FW tried to make a deeper analysis as for the why such a game was popular imo. HuniePop picked up on steam because the dialog was hilarious and very westernized, which created a very funny contrast with the usual tropes of the dating sim genre. Of course, the gameplay and the H content played a part as well, but I don't think those were the most important. And I kinda doubt FW will be able to replicate a similar feeling. It will still probably have dank memes of another type though. That's possible. But mainstream VN fans on Steam also love fluff and fan service. There's no reason why Nekopara and the Sakura series in particular had to be so popular--other than that they're easy to consume and feature cute anime girls (and if you know how, naked anime girls). If this can do the same and add in an accessible gameplay element, it could very well be a good investment for Frontwing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxel Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I think people should bash them more on their prefundia, maybe then they'll realize that we want 18+ versions too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XReaper Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 guess i´m going to get it regardless of its actual value (not that i´m currently in a position to afford anything i´d like to since a certain flying bonsai screwed me financially =/) SaintOfVoid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Blue Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Something good came out of this , I thank you frontwing for making me want to study japanese harder than ever now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmore Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 32 minutes ago, Deep Blue said: Something good came out of this , I thank you frontwing for making me want to study japanese harder than ever now. With a Steam release I'm pretty sure this will be in English, though any voices will likely be Japanese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugi Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Well, since HunieCam was a bit of a disappointment for me, this seems pretty gud. Looks a bit too bare bones, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Blue Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 31 minutes ago, Valmore said: With a Steam release I'm pretty sure this will be in English, though any voices will likely be Japanese. I was talking about how bad this looks and so it motivates me to keep studying japanese harder than ever for reading untranslated vns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklord Rooke Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 2 hours ago, Diamon said: it feels like FW went like : We heard westerners don't like reading, and prefer gameplay! If they did, they're morons. Let me present people with a little diagram based on a survey of more than 30,000 respondents: Observe the ranking of the US, Italy, UK, Spain, Germany, France, and Australia. Now observe the ranking of Japan, and Korea. I keep telling people that the idea of the West 'not liking to read' was an argument with no basis in fact, and I'll keep pumping out figures to support that statement. Gibberish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidbatman Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 14 minutes ago, Rooke said: If they did, they're morons. Let me present people with a little diagram based on a survey of more than 30,000 respondents: Observe the ranking of the US, Italy, UK, Spain, Germany, France, and Australia. Now observe the ranking of Japan, and Korea. I keep telling people that the idea of the West 'not liking to read' was an argument with no basis in fact, and I'll keep pumping out figures to support that statement. More important is how people are reading? I read more than 5 hours a week, but not books or anything like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklord Rooke Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 2 minutes ago, solidbatman said: More important is how people are reading? I read more than 5 hours a week, but not books or anything like that. I assume books because it was a part of a study on (I think) how people spent leisure time, so globally people spent 16-17 hours a week watching tele, 9 on computers/internet, 8 listening to radio, and 6-7 reading. Reading web pages would come under the 'internet' heading, and besides, all the numbers listed above would be too low ... heh. I should point out that if you add those together, this is 40 hours a week they're not spending at work/school that they're camped out at home doing nothing. I suspect 'hours playing sport/physical activity' must have ranked so low it was within the margin of error ahahaha ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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