TonkatsuAddict
Member
Thanks! I might save E17 for last, then, since that seems to be generally considered the best.
Glad to hear it! Mine has an estimated delivery of next Thursday, so it'll be a little bit before I have it...
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Visual Novels Community Thread | A Little Something for Everyone
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Thanks! I might save E17 for last, then, since that seems to be generally considered the best.
Glad to hear it! Mine has an estimated delivery of next Thursday, so it'll be a little bit before I have it...
How long does it take to complete everything in Clannad?
According to VNDB it's over 50 hours.
Basileus777
Member
Clannad is a long long game.
How long does it take to complete everything in Clannad?
Clannad is a long long game.
Yes, over 50 hours can be 55 hours or 100 hours. I'd like a more accurate estimate.
Basileus777
Member
Yes, over 50 hours can be 55 hours or 100 hours. I'd like a more accurate estimate.
VNDB estimates aren't useful for much more than a ballpark range. And it's difficult to judge most VN lengths as they rarely have timers in them and the time is takes for someone to read something can vary significantly.
VNDB estimates aren't useful for much more than a ballpark range. And it's difficult to judge most VN lengths as they rarely have timers in them and the time is takes for someone to read something can vary significantly.
Well, "between 60 to 80 hours" is better than "over 50 hours", I just want to get an idea of how long it takes.
Hi there.
Saya no Uta was my first "reading a VN for the sake of the plot" experience too back in 2010, and my reaction was quite similar to yours (it also made me a Gen Urobuchi fan for life). A few things in response to your big post.
I totally agree about the porn scenes you mentioned. Saya no Uta is a weird case where about half the porn scenes feel vital to the story to the point where it wouldn't work without them, and the other half feel like they were shoehorned in to meet a quota. As for the "seeing Saya drives you mad" thing, people only snap after seeing Saya when they're already in a really stressful situation. Kouji is aware of himself enough after killing Yoh to defend himself against Fuminori. The text actually does make several references to Lovecraft works, but most of them are things that actually exist that Lovecraft references in his works, outside of one reference to the Silver Key.
Thanks for the reply. I think it's possible I was taking some of the writing a little too much at face value in regards to the characters' "sanity".
The text/narrator says Kouji went insane as soon as he saw Yoh's new form, but like you said, he could still handle himself and put up a fight even after that encounter. So in that sense maybe it's not completely debilitating. Obviously the lasting effects were huge and the guy nearly couldn't handle the aftermath (and ended up suffering from vivid hallucinations), but for some reason whenever there's talk about "sanity being shattered" I imagine the person in question being reduced to a gibbering mess – unable to speak or handle themselves anymore. Clearly not the case in this story though.
Glad I'm not the only one in regards to some of the h scenes. That one I mentioned in particular definitely felt like some checkbox they were aiming to clear. It's a bit of a shame.
TonkatsuAddict
Member
Well, "between 60 to 80 hours" is better than "over 50 hours", I just want to get an idea of how long it takes.
How Long To Beat has a few answers. Where those users got their numbers, I don't know, but that might be the best you'll get as far as an answer goes.
How Long To Beat has a few answers. Where those users got their numbers, I don't know, but that might be the best you'll get as far as an answer goes.
Over 100 hours for completionists... FML.
CenturionKei
Banned
I could never play Clanaad for over an hour. Maybe because I strongly disliked the anime....most of the time i was thinking "Is this supposed to be sad?"
TonkatsuAddict
Member
Over 100 hours for completionists... FML.
Yeah, I'm feeling about the same. Finally about to finish up Grisaia and this gets dropped into my lap.
With a surprise to absolutely no one, the Beastmaster Kickstarter failed...
Shortly before, many pledgers received this message:
Can they not... do it themselves? They already have another campaign, and most of my posts were related to how the Kickstarter won't make it/improperly run etc
Shortly before, many pledgers received this message:
b2g studio, Inc. says:
Hello,
Thank you for your support during this campaign, we noticed you were very active and helped us a lot.
When we launch our future projects, more than anyone else's, we would like to ask for your cooperation. Would you be interested in keeping in touch with us after this campaign is over?
Let us know what you think.
Can they not... do it themselves? They already have another campaign, and most of my posts were related to how the Kickstarter won't make it/improperly run etc
Not sure how much an overlap there is, but a bunch of TCG products for Steins;Gate 0 and Chaos;Child went up for preorder for April release. Mostly sleeves, some deck boxes, a card storage box, and a mat.
TCG stuff usually sell out of preorders, and almost never get reprinted.
Personal highlights: Maho, Amadeus, ...and the only Chaos;Child sleeve, Serika
TCG stuff usually sell out of preorders, and almost never get reprinted.
Personal highlights: Maho, Amadeus, ...and the only Chaos;Child sleeve, Serika
Surprised no one brought it up, but, Type-Moon has opened a teaser site, most likely Fate series related.
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Translation Status Update March 13 from /r/visualnovels
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Translation Status Update March 13 from /r/visualnovels
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Any Root Double news? New ETA, maybe April now?
No news other than the fact that Regista implemented Steam achievements.
OZMAFIA, Root Double, Muv Luv. At least Flowers got delayed, thank god.
Nice that OZMAFIA will be on Steam.
TonkatsuAddict
Member
My Clannad CE arrived today! I was a bit concerned when I saw it was in a bubble mailer (shame on you, Sekai Project!) and it had been shoved into my mailbox (shame on you USPS!), but fortunately it only has a little dent on one of the edges. Otherwise, it looks great. Glad to finally have it in hand, and it will probably be what I get started on once I finish this last route in Fruit of Grisaia.
Does mangagamer no longer gives out Steam copy of games?
That's correct, people were abusing their system.
Noted. Thanks.That's correct, people were abusing their system.
If they permanently stop it, i will just get it on Steam.
Basileus777
Member
Does mangagamer no longer gives out Steam copy of games?
They had a bunch of issues with credit card fraud and had to switch payment processors because of it. They've said they would like to recontinue selling Steam keys on their own store, but they need to find a better way to handle the fraud issue first.
So the announcement from Type-Moon was:
Fate/Extella for PS4 and Vita.
Scenario will be done by Kinoko Nasu, and Sakurai Hikaru.
Fate/Extella for PS4 and Vita.
Scenario will be done by Kinoko Nasu, and Sakurai Hikaru.
So the announcement from Type-Moon was:
Fate/Extella for PS4 and Vita.
Scenario will be done by Kinoko Nasu, and Sakurai Hikaru.
Tsukihime remake never.
Basileus777
Member
Tsukihime remake never.
You should be happy TypeMoon is making something that's not a gacha game.
You should be happy TypeMoon is making something that's not a gacha game.
What's wrong with gacha games? As far as I know GO Is a good game.
R_thanatos
Member
So the announcement from Type-Moon was:
Fate/Extella for PS4 and Vita.
Scenario will be done by Kinoko Nasu, and Sakurai Hikaru.
I'm very happy by this news even if it's not what i expected.
Best caster returns YEAH
Who?
Limited Run Games makes limited physical prints for PlayStation games, which means we could get physical copies of the Vita Sekai Project games in the West, like Fruit of Grisaia and WEE Complete.
...I'm intrigued! For a console port, I'll assume? (Just hope I'll be available for whenever this title is goes up for sale...)
So uh, the guy in charge of translating Aokana, uhh accidentally deleted 40% of the scripts. So he made a blog post about it, and people are getting angry at him calling him a liar. He did apologize, btw. Not to mention he is doing this in his spare time, so he doesn't exactly owe anyone anything.
https://aokanatranslation.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/aokana-update-03152016/
https://aokanatranslation.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/aokana-update-03152016/
Basileus777
Member
Yeah, that sounds like bullshit. After he delayed it despite claiming to have finished it, I suspected that this would never get released. That's looking pretty likely now.So uh, the guy in charge of translating Aokana, uhh accidentally deleted 40% of the scripts. So he made a blog post about it, and people are getting angry at him calling him a liar. He did apologize, btw. Not to mention he is doing this in his spare time, so he doesn't exactly owe anyone anything.
https://aokanatranslation.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/aokana-update-03152016/
Yeah, that sounds like bullshit. After he delayed it despite claiming to have finished it, I suspected that this would never get released. That's looking pretty likely now.
I don't think it's right to immediately just say it's bullshit. I don't see any reason to assume he's lying. I think it's wildly inappropriate to just call him a liar. Unless any evidence comes out, I will continue to believe he's telling the truth.
Basileus777
Member
It's a sketchy project that already had red flags. No, I don't believe that they really lost half of the project work with no backups. There's little reason to give such a flimsy excuse the benefit of the doubt.I don't think it's right to immediately just say it's bullshit. I don't see any reason to assume he's lying. I think it's wildly inappropriate to just call him a liar. Unless any evidence comes out, I will continue to believe he's telling the truth.
It's a sketchy project that already had red flags. No, I don't believe that they really lost half of the project work with no backups. There's little reason to give such a flimsy excuse the benefit of the doubt.
Maybe I haven't followed it closely enough. Without enough information I don't feel comfortable condemning someone as liar. That's the only reason I believe him.
So uh, the guy in charge of translating Aokana, uhh accidentally deleted 40% of the scripts. So he made a blog post about it, and people are getting angry at him calling him a liar. He did apologize, btw. Not to mention he is doing this in his spare time, so he doesn't exactly owe anyone anything.
https://aokanatranslation.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/aokana-update-03152016/
Wow how do you not keep backups. What a disaster.
I think it takes a real effort to make something be permanently lost on Google Drive too, not something that should happen accidentally.
It says it fucked him over which seems to be implying things just went missing, which doesn't make any sense to me.
I don't think (at least I haven't found) a way to one step delete on google drive, you would have to delete something then empty the trash to totally delete something. Only thing I could think of is he had the folder marked for google drive sync, had some sort of drive issue/deleted that (which also would require a shift delete to be permanent, requires work) and it wasn't syncing correctly.
ChuSinGura 46+1 has a Kickstarter up. 210k goal. For Steam, so probably based off of the Vita version.
Apparently the group translating is the people behind the subpar Amnesia translation....
First of all, thanks to everyone who pledged and viewed our Kickstarter. Since launch, we have received outside funds, and as such, we have decided to relaunch with expanded reward tiers and a changed Kickstarter amount.
Now that I think about it, what happened to the Beastmaster one? Are they going to reattempt that as well?
First of all, thanks to everyone who pledged and viewed our Kickstarter. Since launch, we have received outside funds, and as such, we have decided to relaunch with expanded reward tiers and a changed Kickstarter amount.
Now that I think about it, what happened to the Beastmaster one? Are they going to reattempt that as well?
Oh, they learned how to cancel a Kickstarter. Some people were telling them to cancel and relaunch a better Beastmaster Kickstarter, but they insisted they couldn't.
First of all, thanks to everyone who pledged and viewed our Kickstarter. Since launch, we have received outside funds, and as such, we have decided to relaunch with expanded reward tiers and a changed Kickstarter amount.
Now that I think about it, what happened to the Beastmaster one? Are they going to reattempt that as well?
Is there any way for the people running this Kickstarter to not be the ones to relaunch it? Because I don't have any confidence in them at all.