Happiness+ Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I was inspired to make this post by a short video I saw here: I read Subahibi completely while getting the true end of Kara no Shoujo 2; I was reading them simultaneously during the month of August. I heard some people say that Subahibi was longer than MLA, but it really wasn’t to me. I finished it in 2 and half weeks. Meanwhile, I read Fate/Stay Night and that VN took me 2 months to read completely. Then there was the Higurashi VN series, that took me all of Sping 2012 to read completely. So, what do you think is truly the longest visual novel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyndd Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 According to this, Umineko is indeed the longest translated VN. The only question is whether there is an untranslated one that's even longer. Though as you say, how long it'll take you to finish a VN depends more on subjective factors than the objective length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Spectre Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Per my memory, the longest VN period is ChuShinGura, which is in the range of 300K lines of text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieROBOT Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 For untranslated, this one is a good contender: France Shoujo ~Une fille blanche~ Dreamysyu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Spectre Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Fun fact, I have observed plenty of JoP, and not once have I ever seen anyone bring up France Shoujo. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArgentstR Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Yea, Umineko is the first thing that comes to mind. I think Rance 10 is supposed to be ridiculously long too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Spectre Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Oh, Rance 10 is supposed to be utterly insane in its length. Though I'm not sure if it's actually got more text than CSG or France Shoujo because a fair amount of time of it is dedicated to gameplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronopolis Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 29 minutes ago, Rain Spectre said: Fun fact, I have observed plenty of JoP, and not once have I ever seen anyone bring up France Shoujo. Ever. A JP player said that it was annoying playing it since there are branches whose text only differs slightly but that counts as unread text. The script size is definitely bloated but it's still long as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Spectre Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Huh, really? That explains the length thing despite it being rarely discussed. Is the story supposed to be good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dergonu Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Rance X and ChuSinGura are the longest I'm aware of that does not repeat text. CSG being the longest with voice acting. Rain Spectre 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamysyu Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 5 hours ago, Happiness+ said: I heard some people say that Subahibi was longer than MLA, but it really wasn’t to me. I finished it in 2 and half weeks. MLA is definitely longer, lol. You know, some stories may feel longer if you aren't engaged. It actually took me about a month to finish the first episode of Umineko and a month to finish everything else. Grisaia, on the other hand, took me three months. 4 hours ago, MaggieROBOT said: For untranslated, this one is a good contender: France Shoujo ~Une fille blanche~ This. It was actually compared on some site, and this one won. 38 minutes ago, Rain Spectre said: Huh, really? That explains the length thing despite it being rarely discussed. Is the story supposed to be good? From what i heard, not really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Spectre Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Well, looking through what the writer has done, it's almost exclusively nukige, so I wouldn't imagine a great narrative driven work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clephas Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 For ones in English, I'd probably have guessed I/O... or Dies Irae. However, that list is from a while back... *shrugs* Dies Irae is definitely longer than the Type-moon crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuuko Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Higurashi Sui is the longest. Not even a competition. Umineko being 8mb(?) while Sui is 20mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Spectre Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 20mb? That sort of file size for text sounds downright impossible. Even Rance X isn't that big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zidan209 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 It's Rance 10 https://gaming.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_longest_video_game_scripts MaggieROBOT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plk_Lesiak Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 49 minutes ago, Zidan209 said: It's Rance 10 https://gaming.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_longest_video_game_scripts More than twice the length of Clannad? Holy 糞, that's both impressive and borderline disturbing... MaggieROBOT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosRaven Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 (edited) If Clephas' estimation in his Sengoku Koihime review is true, then Sengoku would be even longer than Rance 10. Shin Koihime Musou had about 6 MB of text and if Sengoku is more than 1.5 of that size, then it would be over 9 MB of text. Though, if we allow separate episodes, this will most likely be beaten as soon as the Shin Koihime Kakumei trilogy is finished. I'm currently at the second part Son Go no Ketsumyaku, and it's already so fuc*ing long I can't believe it. I'm reading for weeks now and I don't think I've even finished the first half of it yet. Edited November 30, 2018 by ChaosRaven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Spectre Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I feel like it's somewhat innacurate to compare the script length of RPG's though, because a lot of lines I'd imagine would be dedicated to things like battle and flavor text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happiness+ Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 So @Zidan209, is Rance longer than unineko? On 11/30/2018 at 5:16 AM, Kiriririri said: Higurashi Sui is the longest. Not even a competition. Umineko being 8mb(?) while Sui is 20mb Wait, Wait—- what’s Higurashi Sui? And how in the world can you have a 20mb script? Does that mean it’s longer than rance? You would think there would be a clear answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LemiusK Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Happiness+ said: Wait, Wait—- what’s Higurashi Sui? And how in the world can you have a 20mb script? It's basically Higurashi's every story arc (plus the PS2 Matsuri, the DS Kizuna arcs, the Higurashi Rei arcs, and a special arc from the anime) combined together in a total of 20 arcs. That's why it's longer than Umineko's petty eight chapters plus some fandiscs. For me though, since I never bothered reading Higurashi (already watched anime), it's Umineko for me. Didn't try "Rance" because nukige... Fruit of Grisaia Muv-Luv Alternative Fate/Stay Night comes in second for me due to each of its route being the length of half a moege VN's length at least. Edited December 1, 2018 by LemiusK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Spectre Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 20 ARCS!? Goddamn, that's massive. Like, truly massive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamysyu Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 18 minutes ago, Rain Spectre said: 20 ARCS!? Goddamn, that's massive. Like, truly massive. And they continue adding more and more arcs. Higurashi Hou for Switch and PS4 has 24. And, apparently, only the arcs based on the stories written by the original author are actually good (and not even all of them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veshurik Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 M... Maybe, tone works games?.. Happiness+ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czero Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Interesting question... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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