WOW thanks for all the info. are most of your recommends on vita? i want to buy Steins Gate and at least 1 more on there tonight to start off
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WOW thanks for all the info. are most of your recommends on vita? i want to buy Steins Gate and at least 1 more on there tonight to start off
You can play Sweet Fuse, Steins;Gate, and Hatoful Boyfriend on Vita. The rest are PC only.
Basileus777
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Danganronpa 1 and 2 are on Vita now. The Muv Luv games won't be out on Vita until next year. 999 Vita is coming eventually so I'd wait for that to play Zero Escape as you really shouldn't skip right to the sequels.
I've heard good things about Code: Realize and it's going to be free on PS+ in October.
Do you have PS+? Code:Realize is going to be free next week and I highly recommend you give it a go. It's an otome game, but there isn't a strong focus on romance at all. It's character/story focused. The premise is interesting and the characters are great. One of the best VNs available in English.
There's also Hakuoki for PSP (should be available on psn) - C:R isn't short, but Hakuouki is even longer and has even less of a focus on romance (it's an otome game as well). If you're interested in historical VNs, I'd give it a go. It's feudal Japan + some supernatural elements.
However if you can't stand the setting (the focus of the game is basically the end of the Edo period and the samurai) then you'll most likely find it boring. The characters are also great.
Sweet Fuse (psp, also available on psn) is a fun, short-ish, mystery romp. It has some Danganronpa vibes but it's nowhere near as dark. It also has a kickass heroine (just like C:R) and some interesting characters.
Basileus777
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Sekai Project licensed Spicy Tails (Isuna Hasekura's) next title Project Lux and it's apparently a VR game.
It seems Aksys posted a sample of Ace's voice acting for the 999 port.
I wonder if we'll also have Japanese voices for this one, as the series isn't popular in Japan.
I wonder if we'll also have Japanese voices for this one, as the series isn't popular in Japan.
calc84maniac
Member
There were Japanese voices during the reveal (for at least Santa). So... yes.
So I got shamed into reading Euphoria by friends on twitter and I finished one route (teacher route) and I have no idea what I just read. I went in expecting some kind of Saw/Hostel/Audition like thing with more sex in it, but after that was done I...don't even know what the hell I read. You know how Terry Gilliam films just go completely bonkers toward their endings and everything just turns into a dreamlike festival? That's what the ending of Euphoria was like. I have a million questions and zero answers.
It wasn't even as dark as I expected it to be? The MC was all like "no one can know the secret of my DARK URGES" but then he gets all flustered by his teacher calling him by his first name or burying him in her tits and it's kind of hilarious? Like there are hardcore scenes, but they're punctuated by the occasional super vanilla scene that ends up being gut bustingly funny when compared to the other stuff. The script knows to moderate itself to keep you reading rather than just doing something awful over and over again.
I do expect other routes to be darker, so I'm just gonna bite the bullet and go with what I'm assuming will be the worst one before working on the routes that'll probably have a better chance of explaining things.
It wasn't even as dark as I expected it to be? The MC was all like "no one can know the secret of my DARK URGES" but then he gets all flustered by his teacher calling him by his first name or burying him in her tits and it's kind of hilarious? Like there are hardcore scenes, but they're punctuated by the occasional super vanilla scene that ends up being gut bustingly funny when compared to the other stuff. The script knows to moderate itself to keep you reading rather than just doing something awful over and over again.
I do expect other routes to be darker, so I'm just gonna bite the bullet and go with what I'm assuming will be the worst one before working on the routes that'll probably have a better chance of explaining things.
Basileus777
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Huh. MangaGamer is localizing Golden Fantasia the Umineko fighter.
CJ must be happy.
The Silver
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the teacher route is probably the most simple basic one there, if you thought that one was bonkers.....oh boy.
Chairmanchuck
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The true ending of Euphoria was just stupid I think.
But I actually liked the story. I wish they would remove all the H-scenes, maybe replace them with torture scenes and would release an "All Ages" version of that or a Non-H anime.
But I actually liked the story. I wish they would remove all the H-scenes, maybe replace them with torture scenes and would release an "All Ages" version of that or a Non-H anime.
I just searched for this on google images. WTF. Please.
Chairmanchuck
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Yeah. It has Scat, rape etc. The actual premise is actually really cool though, especially because you are playing as an asshole enjoying all that.
I really think if you remove all the H-scenes and replace them with torture scenes it would still be a quite nice game and wouldnt hurt the story that much.
Well, I got what I guess you could call the "harem" end of Euphoria and uh...yeah.
Also
>play through three routes of Euphoria
"hey maybe people were overselling the scat in this game"
>play the fourth route
"oh"
Given how things have been unlocked in the CG/Event/Staff Comment gallery so far, I think I have a couple bad ends left plus the true end. I'm probably close to the end. It's been an interesting experience, I think.
Also
>play through three routes of Euphoria
"hey maybe people were overselling the scat in this game"
>play the fourth route
"oh"
Given how things have been unlocked in the CG/Event/Staff Comment gallery so far, I think I have a couple bad ends left plus the true end. I'm probably close to the end. It's been an interesting experience, I think.
R_thanatos
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I don't think there is an harem ending of euphoria
There is plenty of bad ends , 2 good ends , 1 normal end , 3 "fucked in the head" ending ( no pun intended ), 1 true end.
There is plenty of bad ends , 2 good ends , 1 normal end , 3 "fucked in the head" ending ( no pun intended ), 1 true end.
I'm being sarcastic. It's the ending where
he usurps Nemu's rule and all the heroines are dead, restrained, or insane
R_thanatos
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Funyarinpa
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cj_iwakura
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Yes and no. Happy it's happening, glad it's off my plate, sad I wasn't approached.
100% completed Euphoria.
Interesting game, even if thematically and conceptually it's a little too all over the place in its design. I was certainly never bored, but it got kinda silly at the end there.
I think if I have a favorite ending though it's Natsuki's, because
is an absolutely hilarious ending.
Interesting game, even if thematically and conceptually it's a little too all over the place in its design. I was certainly never bored, but it got kinda silly at the end there.
Also I'm not sure how I feel about shitting on the reader for believing in one ridiculous otaku character type, only to immediately replace that with an even more ridiculous otaku fantasy backstory character.
I think if I have a favorite ending though it's Natsuki's, because
"fuck all this conspiracy sci-fi garbage, I'm gonna go live with my boy toy on a deserted island"
R_thanatos
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Pretty much . It's the only real ending that feels like an ending. Even the true end doesn't have that closure
First thing I thought with the true end was
"man, I hated the Eureka Seven movie"
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Soooo... it's October. I should buy The House in Fata Morgana now, shouldn't I?
Visual novel of the year until Steins;Gate 0 comes out.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Yeah, I guess I should, then. Last one I played was Tokyo Babel, which started out cool but went... well, kinda nowhere. I'm hoping this one delivers.
When you think it has delivered, it'll show you you know nothing. It'll continue to deliver until you can't take any more delivering, you'll break and come back from it stronger and wiser.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Ok. That sounds like a thing I want. I want the shit knocked out of me by blocks of text.
Basileus777
Member
It's way better than Tokyo Babel and I actually thought TB was ok.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Alright, bought. This just seems like exactly what I want to play right now. I'll start it in a few minutes.
How can Fata be a VNOTY in the same year Umineko has been released, your post makes no sense.
The Silver
Member
You both make no sense, Fata already won it this year, next year, last year, and the year after tomorrow minus today but after last week.
Funyarinpa
Member
Fata meets Umineko blow for blow, and actually wins somehow in the OST department. Best art I've ever seen in a VN to boot.
"Root Letter will launch for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in North America on November 1 and in Europe on October 28, publisher PQube announced.
The game will be available in standard, limited, and Pen Pal editions.
PQube also released a new story trailer. The story of Root Letter is told through the letters a girl named Aya wrote to you in high school, along with your own investigation, as you probe for clues and witnesses from her old hometown regarding her disappearance."
The game will be available in standard, limited, and Pen Pal editions.
PQube also released a new story trailer. The story of Root Letter is told through the letters a girl named Aya wrote to you in high school, along with your own investigation, as you probe for clues and witnesses from her old hometown regarding her disappearance."
Funyarinpa
Member
The House In Fata Morgana meets Umineko blow for blow, and it has a superior soundtrack!
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I started Fata Morgana
15 Minutes in: Hmm... yeah, I guess this could be alright. The writing's good.
30 Minutes in: Ok, this is good. I'm intrigued.
60 Minutes in: OH JESUS GOD WHAT THE FUCK
15 Minutes in: Hmm... yeah, I guess this could be alright. The writing's good.
30 Minutes in: Ok, this is good. I'm intrigued.
60 Minutes in: OH JESUS GOD WHAT THE FUCK
Ah, I actually just finished the first episode too.
The first impression was: What's with the happy children. This is weird. Like Forest. Forest is shit.
"This is going to end in incest"
Roses... a witch... an eccentric grandfather...
"Ok, maybe it won't end in incest"
AHAH, SURPRISE INCEST!
"This is going to end in incest"
Roses... a witch... an eccentric grandfather...
"Ok, maybe it won't end in incest"
AHAH, SURPRISE INCEST!
El 1-5, you crazy, Ep 1-8, FM blows Umineko out the water
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Yeah, this is the perfect game for Halloween season.
I honestly don't understand people hating on Umineko finale.
Top to bottom, beginning to end, it's a great series.
grim-tales
Member
So, I'm hoping to finally start ZTD when I go away on holiday (and finish DR1). Hope its worth it...
It's not. It sucks.