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[Aaeru]

im liking the lump of sugar game so far.

it's unusual for a lump of sugar game to keep my interest for so long

 

[Animaksiat]

^that's good to know... which means i can expect from lump of sugar to erase my dissapoint over studio ryokucha game!

 

[Animaksiat]

finished on the Navel game.... it's a shame that there's no route for Risona

some of you that already played the game might realize... not too many CG event for Suzuhira Hiro and Nishimata Aoi collaboration, only a few CG. not too mention, most all of Nishimata Aoi picture had no Asahi CG for the scene. i guess they're drew them from each own places (not in Navel main office). and yes, no voice for Asahi is a very minus!

im giving the rate for the game is around 8/10. despite of what i said earlier, it's still good to have Suzuhira Hiro back to Navel. and the BGM are also kinda good.

 

[pumasrevenge]

Just finished both endings with Tsujidou Ai in Tsujidou-san no Jun'ai Road.

First thing I have to say: It's nothing compared to Majikoi. Man, there were even times I had to skip because it was so boring (for example the conversations between Tsujidou and Ayumi). And your sis Saeko is also really annoying most of the time. The most interesting characters are Tarou (somehow he reminded me of Capt from Majikoi), the always hungry Maki (man, she is just lovely), Kumiko (ok, just her look is somehow interesting, but she is also a little bit annoying) and Yoiko ... unfortunately there's no route for her -_-

Story: Three girls (Maki, Ai & Renna) fight against each other to see who's the "strongest" in their "country".

Here is a little bit more about the characters and how strong they are, but this is said after a few hours of playing,

Spoiler: therefore the spoiler.

Although Renna isn't as strong as Maki or Ai, but she has over 300 followers. Ai also has over 100 followers, but man, she don't need them, because she is the strongest anyway (ok, I would say she is equally as strong as Maki).

Ok, due to some reasons you and Ai are playing lovers for a few days. The result of the whole thing: Everyone had a reason for loving you. I don't want to say how it came to this. Hm, what else to say. Yeah, the "craziest" reason for loving you has Maki ... FOOD! Ok, I think so, but I didn't play her route so far.

Btw,

Spoiler: Ai with black hair is just to cute!

So, now I'm working on the German translation of Sharin no Kuni again (and I thought I would never have to read the bad endings of the game) ... therefore I don't know when I'll finish Maki's route. And I definitely won't play Renna's route.

 

[kactaplb]

^glad i skipped it, i found majikoi to be veryvery boring at times. i have my eyes set for new navel game once i am free~

 

[Animaksiat]

well... i myself quite like the tsujidou ai story... just because most of the staffs are the very same with Tsuyokiss, Kimiaru, and Majikoi you can't expect them to be as good as the previous... i'd say the game had their own value. otherwise it wont keep standing in rank 8th in getchu's game sales ranking. the rank is only drop 2 rank for 6th last month

since the story are more like heading for love story of yankee girls. unlike Majikoi which is full of battles and action. just like the title meaning "Tsujidou Ai's Love Story" so you can bet the story is about love story, nothing less! it's more like love comedy.

[MENTION=13204]pumasrevenge[/MENTION]; you skipping Rena? you miss the best part then

[MENTION=10115]kactaplb[/MENTION]; here's a comment... Ui-san is superb this time... her voice are really fit the image of Luna! and one more... like i previously said... i regret that there's no route for Risona

 

[pumasrevenge]

[MENTION=13204]pumasrevenge[/MENTION]; you skipping Rena? you miss the best part then

Why that? I mean, I don't have a real reason so far to like her, but maybe you can change my mind :)
And yeah, I know it's more like a love story/comedy, but man, I don't know why, but I don't have that much fun reading it. The fights are cool, since there are only a few. I think it's because of the characters or something like that. I liked Tsujidou in the beginning where they just played to be lovers much more than in the middle. And Saeko was just annoying as hell in Tsujidou's route. I hope Maki's or Renna's route is better, if not, I think I'm gonna play Pure Girl faster than I thought.

 

[Animaksiat]

^well.... Renna's route are the most hilarious of all the route. and much more dramatic! because of how she could become one of the "Sandaiten" in spite that she's so weak in fighting.

 

[pumasrevenge]

^well.... Renna's route are the most hilarious of all the route. and much more dramatic! because of how she could become one of the "Sandaiten" in spite that she's so weak in fighting.

Hehe, much more dramatic you said ... that's the only reason I need as long as it's a good end :D

 

[Terumi]

I need the time to play Praline's game.

 

[Animaksiat]

I need the time to play Praline's game.

i wonder teruteru, what did you use your time? till got no time for eroge

 

[Terumi]

Ask around from the rest, guess they will tell you.

Anyone played Praline's game yet? I really want to play it bad though.

 

[pumasrevenge]

^well.... Renna's route are the most hilarious of all the route. and much more dramatic! because of how she could become one of the "Sandaiten" in spite that she's so weak in fighting.

Hahaha, ok, her route is just epic. I mean I only played to the bathing scene, but it's already more fun to read it than Tsujidou's route

 

[pumasrevenge]

Someone here who played Eien no Aselia - The Spirit of Eternity Sword and Seinarukana - Spirit of Eternity Sword 2 already?

Is it possible to understand the 2nd one without playing the 1st one? I saw that the english release of the 1st has no h-scenes -_- And if it's possible to understand the story of the 2nd one without playing the 1st one, than I'll play only the 2nd one if it has h-scenes :)

 

[kactaplb]

puma no. i only played 2, and maybe others might disagree but as far as i remember most of the cast is new. maybe all? i think only connection was euphoria is previous games daughter blahblahblah.

i have not finished a single game from this year... the new games release keeps calling my name orz

 

[Animaksiat]

[MENTION=13204]pumasrevenge[/MENTION]; yes you can play the seinarukana without understanding the aselia story. the connection between aselia and seinarukana are just a few character from aselia comes out in story (unplayable) except for the daugther of aselia's protagonist and heroine.

 

[pumasrevenge]

Thank you both for the info! Then I'll just play Seinarukana when the translation is done :) And I hope they don't cut out the h-scenes again.

 

[Animaksiat]

okay... i've finished on the praline game... doesn't really come to my expectation

eh? which part??? please spare me the question... i just don't like the story flow!

with this, i already played all the game i wanted to play last month!

 

[nawi]

hmm...finished anasuki too here....too bad the cg is not much....and where's the extra for kiyoka?D:

 

[setuna1279]

Playing Ikusa Megami Zero. I have to admit that this is one of the games which have the best story ever. The game itself seems to be normal at the beginning but from later on, it has become so dark that it feels so depressing just playing it. Although there are a lot of H-scenes there, they never get me excited since every scene was so traumatic and sad. Regarding the gameplay, it's so basic that it turns out to be boring. Soukoku no Arterial is probably the game with the best gameplay so far in my opinion since it gets me hooked for over more than 6 times New game plus. Kamidori is exciting too but not so creative in the battle part.

 

[Animaksiat]

^harr... that means you aren't suited for classic rpg playing style... im quite fond with ikusa megami gameplay type, since i played it since 1.

 

[pumasrevenge]

So, finished Maki's route in Tsujidou...

First thing I have to say: I think Maki had three voice actors. One when she's "normal", one when she's angry and one in the h scenes ... I mean, the differences between these three voices are somehow indescribable.

2nd: I didn't like the h scenes with her as much as the scenes with Renna and Tsujidou. There's a threesome with Yoiko in Maki's route too, but yeah, it was to short.

3rd: Her route as a whole was better than Tsujidou's, but the best route was Renna's. But Maki's and Tsujidou's routes are nearly the same in my opinion. The only reason I liked Maki's more is because I like Maki's personality more than Tsujidou's.

Also Maki's and Renna's routes have the best (and maybe the most too, I don't know) CG's ... I mean,

Spoiler: just look at this CG near the end of Renna's route

And Maki's boobs are to BIG ... maybe that was the reason why I didn't like her h scenes that much, I don't know.

Yeah, that's actually all I have to say about the game :) Now I'm going to play Pure Girl since I found no crack for Boob Wars so far.

I forgot: I would give it a 8,2 out of 10. Why such a high score? Because of the CG's, the fun factor and Renna ... and BANDOU!

 

[Kamigoroshi]

Playing Ikusa Megami Zero. I have to admit that this is one of the games which have the best story ever. The game itself seems to be normal at the beginning but from later on, it has become so dark that it feels so depressing just playing it. Although there are a lot of H-scenes there, they never get me excited since every scene was so traumatic and sad. Regarding the gameplay, it's so basic that it turns out to be boring. Soukoku no Arterial is probably the game with the best gameplay so far in my opinion since it gets me hooked for over more than 6 times New game plus. Kamidori is exciting too but not so creative in the battle part.

Then don't forget to play Ikusa Megami Zero. The gameplay is practically the same as Verita, but as you can sense, it's the beginning of the story and what an epic story!!! (it's not like I'm biased, no, how can I, Kamigoroshi, be biased?). I'm in the beginning since I started it again this time with ITH and I'll do the same with Verita some time later. I want to know what Serika says even though I know I'll never hear his voice. Eushully regulations.
Well Soukoku has a great gameplay but I found Kamidori way more hard than the former, maybe because of the grinding, but in the last ex-dungeons it was a real hardcore game. And leveling up the characters takes a hell to complete. In comparison, Soukoku I finished with all characters in Z and I only had the loli's routes left (in kamidori as well, I never played the loli route, one of these days when my heart is ready).

 

[setuna1279]

^harr... that means you aren't suited for classic rpg playing style... im quite fond with ikusa megami gameplay type, since i played it since 1.

When it comes to JRPG for me, the game should have diversity in it. I mean it would be boring if the game had only the objective to level up. It should have more interesting stuffs to do like managing a shop, item collection, finding secret quests and treasures... Ikusa Megami Zero seems to lack the diversity since I only have to follow the story line, fight monsters and level up. Money is pretty useless beside buying TP and MP potions and the range of item is so narrow comparing to the other games like Kamidori and Soukoku.

Well Soukoku has a great gameplay but I found Kamidori way more hard than the former, maybe because of the grinding, but in the last ex-dungeons it was a real hardcore game. And leveling up the characters takes a hell to complete. In comparison, Soukoku I finished with all characters in Z and I only had the loli's routes left (in kamidori as well, I never played the loli route, one of these days when my heart is ready).

One thing that I felt left down about Kamidori is this part. Having to level up every character is so tiring especially after lv 70 above since the deadbeat dungeon becomes useless. Furthermore, you need to reset your character lv again and train like hell to get things more easy for those extra dungeon. I'd prefer to play games that the characters can lv up fast like the disgaea series or not so emphasized on lv like Soukoku.

 

[Kamigoroshi]

When it comes to JRPG for me, the game should have diversity in it. I mean it would be boring if the game had only the objective to level up. It should have more interesting stuffs to do like managing a shop, item collection, finding secret quests and treasures... Ikusa Megami Zero seems to lack the diversity since I only have to follow the story line, fight monsters and level up. Money is pretty useless beside buying TP and MP potions and the range of item is so narrow comparing to the other games like Kamidori and Soukoku.



One thing that I felt left down about Kamidori is this part. Having to level up every character is so tiring especially after lv 70 above since the deadbeat dungeon becomes useless. Furthermore, you need to reset your character lv again and train like hell to get things more easy for those extra dungeon. I'd prefer to play games that the characters can lv up fast like the disgaea series or not so emphasized on lv like Soukoku.

Well, I did mention Zero has a pretty epic story and that's just by some little playing I did without ITH (I got stuck in the mountain where you meet a dragon-girl. Couldn't find the way out) and by the references from Verita and some ones from Kamidori. You can't really expect more from the gameplay other than the usual lvl up, exploring dungeons and the like.

The reason I can't still finish the extra dungeons in the story (those lvl 90 that requires certains characters...are an obscenity) is that. But if you can lvl up every character whether if you use it or not (Verita or Soukoku as example) is pretty easy. You take the dopped characters and go kill everything in the high level dungeons. That's what I did when I got the samurai black-winged angel in Verita, all my main characters were maxed out already and she was lvl 200. Then I found out she had a H-scene in lvl 400 or something like and started grinding like crazy. And that's one of the H-scene I don't lack in Verita. But the Ex Dungeon there is pretty nasty, maybe more than Kamidori's ones, since there are 20 floors and almost anything there can one-shot all of your party even if they're all maxed with the best equipement. I still have nightmares from that thing.