Basileus777
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How rough is the Steins;Gate translation patch out there now? It is worth playing through now or should I wait to see if JAST ever actually releases an English version of the game?
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It's quite rough but still very playable. I'm playing through the game right and loving it. It's very wordy but I don't know if that's the game or the translation. If you want to play it right now then I say go for it.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
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I don't think it's rough at all. The phrasing can definitely be clunky at times, but it never feels like "Engrish" nor does it feel like anything crucial is lost in translation. It's about on par with an amateur anime fansub effort.
I wonder if anyone will pick up the new tenco VN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwlsq2xl3sI
Must follow Ashito forever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwlsq2xl3sI
Must follow Ashito forever.
Cute girls... check.
Probably going to try it out/follow the news about it. ^^
My copy of fotokano got paid for today. I thought to myself, isn't this out until February? Then I saw the date x_x. Can't believe it's february already.
Has anyone tried out Mahou Tsukai no Yoru, Type-Moon's latest project? Someone did a translated version of the demo, and it really does take VNs to the next level. Or rather, the level they should already have been at. Widescreen, HD resolution graphics! Dat parallax scrolling! Surround sound effects! Plus if you like Tsukihime it's kind of peripherally related.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Just started it up and it looks wonderful so far. Although, it's not quite HD at this resolution.
For anyone that wants to try download links for the English demo are:
http://narod.ru/disk/39024725001/Mahou_Tsukai_no_Yoru_Demo-en.part1.rar.html
http://narod.ru/disk/39026823001/Mahou_Tsukai_no_Yoru_Demo-en.part2.rar.html
http://narod.ru/disk/39028033001/Mahou_Tsukai_no_Yoru_Demo-en.part3.rar.html
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creid
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Been playing through Fate/stay night over the last week or so, and about 2/3 through the first route it's getting good. Really dragged at first with a lot of setup and breakfast/dinner scenes, but it has some momentum now.
Sadly the translation is really not "professional quality" (which I need to put in quotes because I'd consider the last two officially translated PC VNs I've played to be far below professional quality) but for the most part it's good enough. It seems pretty clear that for a big bulk of the text they really didn't spend too much time editing, as it wasn't really all that important. The one H scene I've seen was kind of funny because everyone suddenly starts acting like a character in a porno for a few minutes before going back to normal.
Seems like this whole thing is going to take me 80 hours or so which is quite a bit longer than I'd generally like to spend on a game, but at least it ensures I'll be getting my money's worth for what I had to spend to get this working. Are the majority of PC VNs this long?
Sadly the translation is really not "professional quality" (which I need to put in quotes because I'd consider the last two officially translated PC VNs I've played to be far below professional quality) but for the most part it's good enough. It seems pretty clear that for a big bulk of the text they really didn't spend too much time editing, as it wasn't really all that important. The one H scene I've seen was kind of funny because everyone suddenly starts acting like a character in a porno for a few minutes before going back to normal.
Seems like this whole thing is going to take me 80 hours or so which is quite a bit longer than I'd generally like to spend on a game, but at least it ensures I'll be getting my money's worth for what I had to spend to get this working. Are the majority of PC VNs this long?
Those have existed in games for a few years now. The problem is that not many developers are willing to utilize such things due to laziness, budget, inadeptness, etc.
And also, never knew next gen involved completely silent character interactions!
There is no voice acting?
Not at all, thank science.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Nope, not in the demo at least. If it ends up like FSN probably a console port will actually have voices.
Can you give any particular examples? Because we* did spend a fair amount of time editing and proofreading it.
That... is pretty much due to Nasu's terrible H scene dialogue. We did adhere in a general sort of fashion to what he put, but it took a major amount of rewriting to bring it even to the level of, say, a third rate Penthouse Letters page scene.
No. Fate/Stay Night is very much in the sort of "magnum opus" category.
* - This is me speaking in my role as one of the people who was involved in the proofreading and editing side of the mirrormoon fan translation.
creid
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I'll have to start taking screenshots.
Yeah, I expected it was the source material's fault. Does Nasu like this kinda stuff, or is he forced to put it in to the stories because VN's seem to need to have it?
I don't know whether or not he likes it, but I believe this wasn't the worst example of his H writing - google "Nasu mollusks" if you want a laugh.
Crash Station
Member
Oh god, Billy the Kid :lol :lol :lol
They make them moe, therefore superior <3
Basileus777
Member
I'm a big fan of Hammurabi and those chains and shades.
Great music, sounds like Pokemon meets Yasunori Mitsuda.
Check VNDB.org, you can filter by language.
Nora Kisaragi
Banned
I hope the Tsukhime remake happens, because the original game is impossible to find, and the "re-release collection" TsukiBox or w/e is running $200 on Yahoo Auctions right now...
I'm not joking.
So the remake would make it possible to actually get the game again.
I'm not joking.
So the remake would make it possible to actually get the game again.
Damn didn't even know Tsukihime was getting a remake. Looks it's gonna happen after Mahou Tsukai. I haven't even played Tsukihme yet, I wonder if I play the original or wait for the re-release.
Basileus777
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Just play the original, waiting for Nasu to actually do anything with Tsukihime is pointless. Even if it's Type Moon's next project, don't expect a quick turn around, there's like a 7 year gap between hollow ataraxia and Mahou Tsukai.
Thanks, this makes the decision easy.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
B-but what about Sat-chan?
They needed that long to attempt to create a character more cute than karen.
Nora Kisaragi
Banned
I refuse to pirate, and it's impossible to get the original legit so i'm screwed both ways until the remake happens or I magically decide to fork over $283 for a game i'm not even sure i'll like. Maybe JAST or MangaGamer should pick it up...i'd be down on that.
dragonlife
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Nice boob bounces.
Basileus777
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Saw that MangaGamer announced Eroge! and Otome wa Boku Ni Koishiteru, as well as Magical Teacher (which is stated to release on April 13th) land Dengeki Stryker (which they hope to have out by May with a demo for March/April if everything goes well), plus a release date for DEARDROPS (March 2nd).
There's also the news that their next hard copy will be Kohime Musou and it will be voiced since they were able to clear 2000 sales (between digital copies and hard copies orders from the distributor?).
Got to say, I'm interested in a bit of everything, though Eroge! and the release date for DEARDROPS are what tickle my fancy more.
There's also the news that their next hard copy will be Kohime Musou and it will be voiced since they were able to clear 2000 sales (between digital copies and hard copies orders from the distributor?).
Got to say, I'm interested in a bit of everything, though Eroge! and the release date for DEARDROPS are what tickle my fancy more.
chickdigger802
Banned
Hmmm is Da Capo any good? Noticed that I bought this years ago but never got around to it.
R_thanatos
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Wooow . I'm at work so i can't check their website .. but i welcome these news . Koihime musou ENG will be bought ( already have the Japanese version but who cares ?? )
Otome wa boku is a good news i hope it'll be a hard copy...
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Looks like a console release for Steins;Gate in the US might have died.
Femmeworth
Banned
I wonder what vireland has to say on the subject.
I'm guessing Gaijinworks, given the hints.
Crash Station
Member
Looks like someone doesn't like Victor Ireland too much.
What's the source of this report?
Basileus777
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Kamidori Alchemy Meister has had a translation patch released. Having played it a bit, it's a blend of SRPG gameplay and dungeon crawling with store management, and item crafting. The translator calls it Atelier Iris 3, the SRPG porn edition. The gameplay seems pretty interesting, even though I'm doubtful the story will be any good.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
None of these games are resources-intensive, yeah? Or am I wrong?
Completely doable in a laptop, for example?
Completely doable in a laptop, for example?
I don't know how resource intensive they can be, but I don't think they require much.
Btw, DEARDROPS was released (I almost missed it because there is nothing on the front page of mangagamer that lets you know it's released, I just noticed it was in weekly sales ranking as I went to their site to see if it was finally out).
I wish there was a bigger version of
for me to turn into a multi-page Vita wallpaper.
Btw, DEARDROPS was released (I almost missed it because there is nothing on the front page of mangagamer that lets you know it's released, I just noticed it was in weekly sales ranking as I went to their site to see if it was finally out).
I wish there was a bigger version of
for me to turn into a multi-page Vita wallpaper.
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