Visual Novel Cafe

[Ignis]

I'd personally say ef is quite a masterpiece. But Inganock nah, not even tried - no matter how famous it is I don't fancy Liar-Soft games and a major amount of English translated VNs...

@Kou: I don't think there'll be Robotic;Notes animu adaptation soon as they will surely milk Steins;Gate first that the animu's having very good reception. They kept milking Chaos;Head for quite a while and made sequels/fandiscs even though the animu was so-so. And of course I'm getting Eustia w.

@Terumi: About Oretsuba, I personally am not really into it, but a friend kept saying how awesome it was. But then again she now translates the animu for Shikkaku, so :p

 

[Kou]

May be in another 4 years ;_;.

C;H = Swords , delusions
S;G = Cellphones, time travel
R;N = Motion pictures, ??? (I see Nasa is involved, space?)

I have mixed feelings about Oretsuba, they adapted it quite faithfully but pacing is neck-breaking. They sorta get the mood for the series wrong. It should be serious with slight humour, not comedy till level of gags and fanservice. VN is excellent and earned top 10 scenario that year.

 

[Terumi]

eh~~~
me not navel fan, so no oretsuba for me, but i am very interested in the animu

me still looking for elusive good treasures already out there

 

[Kou]

Dead *me revives*

DAMN MANY KANJIS IN EUSTIA. SO MUCH NARRATIVES.

Finished the prologue for eustia which took about 11 hrs which is like 60% of fortissimo length lol. Can't de9 i proceed quite slowly than usual because of DEM KANJIS!

 

[Terumi]

Finished the prologue for eustia which took about 11 hrs which is like 60% of fortissimo length lol. Can't de9 i proceed quite slowly than usual because of DEM KANJIS!

11 hours?!?!?!? OMFG...

/me looks at clock

standby for marathon tonight

my plans after fortissimo:
1. duelist engage
2. onigokko

might consider double-timing, cause i think i am short on time since school kills my day effectively

 

[Kou]

yes, 11 hours and it is only the prologue lol. Hurray for lengthy games though~

After watching this, I want anime adaption of this. 4 chapters only and 1 cour fits with non-stop action from start to finish.

 

[r.bednarski]

the one i'm interested with is :
1. Mecha-con => Maybe have Harem Ending
2. Hatsukoi time Capsule => all of the are Osananajimi.
3. fortissimo//Akkord:Bsusvier => Because it's from circus, maybe had a good stories
4. Relations sister x sister => Even this was first debut from it's company, i expected good story and graphics

 

[Terumi]

O_O

suddenly we have a new player!
/me approves last 2 games

 

[r.bednarski]

If all the VN have cute osananajimi or imouto, i would've like it
(>_<)
Long Live MOE !!

 

[Ignis]

It seems that Imouto no Katachi will be released quite late, perhaps Q3 of this year (just a feeling really). By that time likely all the ane games like Natsuyuki and Aneiro - not counting the eww ones - will have been released. Need something else to keep the balance by the time Sphere releases it.

I blame Cube for employing Kantoku (not that I don't like the art - hell no!) instead of someone more suited to drawing ane characters like *cough* Inugami. Even though Ayase does look like Homura that way, but the description doesn't look that enticing.

On another note, I don't think I'll play Eustia without having lots of free time to dedicate to reading it. Being gaijin is suffering.

 

[Terumi]

@iggy, i shall wait for the translation! though it WILL take years i guess

In accordance to May games lists from micchi-san's blog, piling up on my misery backlog this month, its the onslaught of moe-high school-rabu games:

1. A.G.II.D.C. ~RPG Gakuen 2.0 CIRCUS Shijou Saidai no Kiki!?~ -> looks and sounds cute. dice RPG system? kore nani?
Status: High chance

2. Vermilion -Bind of Blood- -> hard-boiled vampire ADV? reminds me that i havent even played bloody rondo... but vampires and bishoujos never fails to go hand in hand.
Status: Moderate chance

3. Worlds and World’s end -> 3 <normal protaganists sounds bad.. but maybe good story behind.
Status: Low chance

4. Kamikaze☆Explorer! -> clochette's new title, erokawaii kyonyuu bishoujos + magic doesnt go wrong in my books.
Status: High chance

5. Koi dewa Naku –It’s not love, but so where near. -> pushed back from back then. think i mentioned before, if no H, then i am out.
Status: Low chance

As mentioned above, this month is practically a moe-rabu games onslaught. Well, even if not in my list above, I may just pick 1 of the other moe-rabu games just for fun if the list above turns short. Forerunners would be 'Delivara! -deliverance of strays-' and 'Itoshii Kanojo no Mamorikata'.

On side note, Zen-san's comments still sting a little, but i do know what is he doing there.

/me baits checkmate and kou

 

[reddrake56]

I am fairly new to the visual novel world. I have played Utawarerumono and enjoyed it a lot, any suggestions for similar games? I'm looking more to the plot than anything else tho.

 

[Ignis]

@Terumi:
Well, after hearing what Kou (and Zen) said about Eustia, I dunno if I still wanna play it :p And nowadays I don't feel like seeing future releases much (unless linked to while chatting), because it may just add to my backlog things I want to play... and I know I'll never clear that backlog lol. Kamikaze Explorer isn't my cup of tea though; and if the new RPG Gakuen did make me interested but... uh well dunno.

@reddrake56
Try Tears to Tiara, it's from the same maker as Utawarerumono. It's also been translated to English.

 

[Terumi]

@iggy

About Eustia, i can offer no comments, other than ganbatte to Zen-san and his group on translating this 'horribly-difficult and long' game. Those are my summarised results. I think they just dig'ed themselves a grave.

Same here. Somehow after getting stuck in Fortissimo for nearly a month, my other march/april games are just sitting there staring and calling me to play them. I really dont mind seeing the new releases, because new stuff never fails to pique anyone's interest. With that said though, there is not any striking game that is a 'MUST PLAY NOW' for me yet, with exception of Walkure Romanze which got delayed again by Ricotta.. I am awaiting some of companies whom games i played before last time to come out with new titles, so hard to get a nice game to come by. AK's action has buffered me too..

Not much striking games for me now... Still trying to balance time. T___T

Which reminds me, i needa complete Fortissimo soon, missing my H.

 

[Kou]

Eustia > long and difficult > ಠ_ಠ

You ain't seen REAL LONG CLASSIC GAMES back in the old days. Just to give an example, Hello World by Nitro+ is the real deal. First route takes up to 50+ hours amounting to 120+ hours for 100% completion of the whole game. That is the time taken for a elite/fast reader. As for me...............щ(ﾟДﾟщ)(屮ﾟДﾟ)屮

Now for proper impressions for eustia after 2 arcs. Eustia is a linear story just like G-senjou with branching routes at each heroine's arc. With this, it avoids the haremy feel every eroges give, giving more space for the plot without being restrained by weak rabu stories (rabu is in the routes, for ppl who like H). Characters actually feel much more real and awesome. Eustia is damn good and has excellent writing, each arc has momentum and touches on some thought-provoking issues like social status (how i hate discrimination) while maintaining a mystery feel. And damn the sub characters > main heroines for now. Sieg and Lucious is damn awesome and badass.

AND YANDERE!

 

[r.bednarski]

Did someone play this game : http://vndb.org/v3896 ?
I thought this VN have deep and touching story.....

 

[Terumi]

/me breathes heavily

hau hau~~
3 MORE GAMES FROM ATOKAGU THIS JUNE-JULY!!! OMFG~~

1 FROM TEAM HEARTBEAT
2 FROM THE MAIN ATOKAGU THEMSELVES

/me goes madly parade again

 

[reddrake56]

I just finished Tears to Tiara any other games any of you would suggest that are similar?

@Terumi What's your signiture from?

 

[Terumi]

this wave of games are so incredibly big...
omfg..

@drake, hi. erm, i am not high level, so i cant recommend you any games. sorry. my siggy is from dog days~

 

[r.bednarski]

If you understand japanese, you should play Kamidori Alchemist Meister

 

[Terumi]

If you understand japanese, you should play Kamidori Alchemist Meister

kou grinded and finished it. me backlog'ed it.

hmm, what else~~

 

[Ignis]

@reddrake56:
You may want to try Utawarerumono - same company, similar to some extent, and has also been translated to English. If you want to try the untranslated ones, have a go on Ikusa Megami series. Though I don't usually play SLG, maybe except for Valkyrie Complex - Lordmaxim knows a lot more about them.

Otome Kairo looks like a really short fuwa fuwa nukige, something fitting for Checkmate though as I said on IRC I don't think I'll play it (unless they make the real-time, 3D version LOL). For the standard moege I'll just get the CG packs. Did anyone play that Fiancee troll game btw? How good is/are the yandere?

 

[Terumi]

Did anyone play that Fiancee troll game btw? How good is/are the yandere?

i wanted to ask too. i thought check was playing it? o.o

 

[Ignis]

i wanted to ask too. i thought check was playing it? o.o

Nah I bet time factor aside he stopped wanting to play it when he found out that it's not a fuwa fuwa moege :p

 

[Terumi]

lol haha~
:P

i think there was some parameters to fill? i saw other girls too, but now really no time