indigo-cyclops
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InfiniteNine said:
Damn, ridiculous. Well thanks!
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Saya no Uta |OT| Eldrich Abomination Love
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Damn, ridiculous. Well thanks!
Femmeworth
Banned
:\ Well, I guess I should have the full experience...Sebulon3k said:
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Well it'd be okay with most VNs, but not really this one.ninj4junpei said:
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
This VN was amazing 
I laughed but then again I have a sick sense of humor or well that's how I cope with nasty shit xD
I need to finish G-String now though
so fucking gooooooooooooooooooooood
I laughed but then again I have a sick sense of humor or well that's how I cope with nasty shit xDI need to finish G-String now though
so fucking gooooooooooooooooooooood
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
You sir have good taste. G-Senjou is great! Might want to give Sharin no Kuni a shot after that if you haven't already since it's the same studio and I think a bit better.
About 5-6 hours if you read at a normal pace.Tomat said:
meltingparappa
Member
Seriously, if you are anime averse (then you are probably not reading this thread), but the minutae of the story doesn't fall into typical anime tropes, minus the titular character whom you can pretend to be whatever age you want. With different art but the exact same text, it would work beautifully as a modern lovecraft novella.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I don't know I think it's workable!
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
You have to download and install Applocale and add the Japanese keyboard option. Then right click the exe. and pick "start with applocale" each time you play. Doing so will fix the text issues.Extollere said:
Also... YES... BUNCHA BITCHES ABOUT TO BE MINDFUCKED UP IN THIS HERE THREAD...
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri said:
disappeared
Banned
I read this as Saigo no Uta and thought the director's cut of Silent Hill 2 had got an update.
180s out of thread.
180s out of thread.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
This poor soul... Missed out on something far more disturbing than any Silent Hill game...disappeared said:
Crash Station
Member
Dresden said:
SH2 kept me awake more in the "is that a nurse monster moving around in my closet" sense while Saya no Uta kept me up by thinking about it non-stop. The latter is more disturbing than scary, but it will still keep you awake just knowing that a human somewhere was crazy enough to write something like it.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Precisely. I'm a big fan of SH, but I have never found any of the Silent Hills scary or disturbing; I've seen too many horror movies for that sort of experience to bug me. Saya no Uta though, was just something else... It's far more messed up and disturbing than anything in Silent Hill. As Cosmic said, it's creepy just to think of the people who'd sat there and imagined the story as it was so nihilistic. Much in the same sense that I get creeped out thinking about what kind of a person the Marquis de Sade was, or the guys behind August Underground.cosmicblizzard said:
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
That was some crazy stuff.
InfiniteNine said:
Well that fixed my text issues for me... on a side note, does anybody know how to maintain 4:3 aspect ratios on nvidia cards with the latest software? I've read that it can be done, but there doesn't appear to be an option for it anywhere in the nvidia control panel...
I need to play fullscreen (sitting far away) but I can't deal with stretching (call it a psychological issue if you have to...)
Terareflection
Member
I wished I had known that it is by the same guy did Madoka beforehand. Quite an experience.
radiantdreamer
Member
Extollere said:
Installing applocale apparently helps with this:
Without applocale
With applocale
edit: oh I see you solved it.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Applocale is for fools. *smokes cigar*
Durante said:
The VN wasn't really scary except for maybe 2 parts, and even those are very lackluster attempts at scaring the reader, having spent some time on 4chan the gore spewed everywhere wasn't bad, what's really disturbing though are the characters especially the main character and his interactions with Saya.
The fact that you never get to see Saya in her full tentacle form makes it worse
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
For the people who also watch Madoka!
Crash Station
Member
Madoka plot twist: Homura is Saya
from the future.
malingenie
Member
Ok, for a non anime human what is this, how do I try it and will my gf get a restraining order on me if she sees it?
Tl;dr I not know japanese, but ill try anything once. How do I play?
Tl;dr I not know japanese, but ill try anything once. How do I play?
Crash Station
Member
malingenie said:
Non anime as in you aren't a fan of anime or you literally are not an anime human? If it's the former, this will probably be a bit too much for you. If it's the latter, well I'm sorry to hear that.
Might not want to let your gf see you play it if you do decide to unless she's open-minded, at least not the sex scenes.
Edit: To actually play it, you'll need a copy of the game. Then you can install the English patch. All the info is in the OP.
malingenie said:
You can purchase the game on the internet (check the links in the OP). Once you get it, you can install a free fan-made translation patch.
It's like reading a book, but there's background music, voice acting, and CG art that all come together to give you a good sense of the atmosphere of the story . At certain points in the story there are different branches you can take (Think Mass Effect Choose Your Own Adventure Books) in the storyline that will ultimately result in a different ending.
As far as your girlfriend and the restraining order, I really wouldn't recommend introducing her to visual novels with this one (Heavy gore and (light spoilers)
some rape scenes
Hope that helps a bit. If anyone else has anything else to add please do, this is the first time I've tried to describe a visual novel to someone.
sotodefonk
Member
definelty looks interesting... Can I play it in something different from a PC or a DS? like a PSP or Ipod touch?
Crash Station
Member
sotodefonk said:
A quick Google search says it's possible on an Ipod touch/Iphone, but it looks like you'd have to fool around with some stuff to get it to work.
indigo-cyclops
Member
HK-47 said:
I've still got to finish this but nothing has come close to Lovecraft for me. His writing is masterful. It will take more than whacky anime art...
Oh wait you were kidding, haha!
So far though I really dig it though. It's my first visual novel.
Applocale isn't working for me. I'm getting an error message about the game.ini...
This VN is a good starting point if you are interested in the genre. Easy to follow storyline, good pacing, short and to the point. So much so, in fact that on other communities it's reffered to as "Baby's first VN".
Also the first bad (or good depending on your POV) ending has an AMAZING song called shoes of glass that PERFECTLY conveys the overall mood & feeling of reading this VN.
Also the first bad (or good depending on your POV) ending has an AMAZING song called shoes of glass that PERFECTLY conveys the overall mood & feeling of reading this VN.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
So I finally started this tonight. Uh... doesn't waste any time, does it?
I can't think of how this can end other than Fuminori killing himself, but I'm interested to see!
tearsofash
Member
I haven't played very much of this, but I can't seem to get into it. Not sure if it's the sound effects putting me off, or its tiny resolution. I will go onward, though. It seems interesting enough so far, although the incomprehensible parts are tiring.
br0ken_shad0w
Member
tiff said:
Psh, all the cool kids use pApploc (modified ver that fixes some issues) + right-click context menu. Never opens the applocale window and just starts the VN while still keeping good ol' American locale.