Isn't this true for all VNs?
But then, I'm a person who'd use a guide for Umineko
Kinetic Novels, lol
also I can name several games where literally one choice matters, newer VN's are generally less complicated than older ones.
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also I can name several games where literally one choice matters, newer VN's are generally less complicated than older ones.
You generally don't need a guide in RD (SSS spoiler ahead?)
You will hear a clear sound effect when you make a correct choice at each branch point, correct in the sense that it lead you to the main story branches or added affection point to one of the heroines. Exploiting that will make getting RD main endings relatively easy. You will need the guide to insure getting all the heroines bonus scenes though.
Basileus777
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So Sekai Project is launching Chrono Clock before the editing is even finished. Though I suppose this is nothing new for them. Have they even patched in the glossary for WEE3 yet?
Basileus777
Member
Probably. They promised a January release in their Kickstarter which looked impossible at the time they made it, and so maybe they didn't want to delay it again? Though they've treated other projects like this too (see every WEE release) so it's not that out of character.
Kresnik258
Member
That would explain why some of the screenshots I've seen (in a review sp retweeted, no less) had awful english.
Funyarinpa
Member
So I started Euphoria.
10 minutes in:
...
Oh god. WTF have I gotten myself into...
You ain't seen shit.
Well, you've seen *shit*, but there's still a shitton you haven't seen
Saw from the Steam thread that 428 is getting localized and released for PS4 and PC (in 2018).
I've always been interested in it so this is pretty cool.
I've always been interested in it so this is pretty cool.
GHound
Member
This makes me quite happy! A fine way to start the day.
Hmm, never heard of it before.
grim-tales
Member
That synopsis sounded like a more slice of life-y Time Hollow to me, with some 18+ scenes.
grim-tales
Member
Was another Sekai Project Kickstarter.
Developed by alienworks, who previously made the short Yuri VN "Highway Blossoms"
Translation Status Update March 5 from /r/visualnovels
Originally from /jp/ on 4chan
Fuwanovel version
Originally from /jp/ on 4chan
Fuwanovel version
Basileus777
Member
Chrono Clock's release really is a mess.
Hell even the interface and menus aren't fully in English.
Just how British people speak right?
Hell even the interface and menus aren't fully in English.
Cor blimey lad, that's some proper barmy chin waggin'
(I instinctively read those screens in the most awful accent, but keeping it through the random Japanese words was actually rather hard)
... more seriously, the accent is what it is (which is terrible, but maybe that's what they're going for), but the text is something else entirely. I know the tweet said "portions" of DD's route weren't edited, but surely that mess is more than an editing problem - leaving random words in Japanese would be more of a translation one, no?
Basileus777
Member
The character is a British girl who sometimes uses English words, when translating that they decided to swap all the English words with Japanese. And yeah, it's an awful decision.
Now I get it. Yeah, that's not the brightest solution to the character, specially using words that most people, even among visual novel gamers, will not know.
Basileus777
Member
It doesn't even make any sense why she would be inserting random Japanese words like that, it forces the reader to think about what the translator is doing to even parse it. And there's the voice acting accompanying it using English words!
Ah so it's a stylistic choice?
I think it's freaking awful, and that someone should have talked them out of it, but I guess I can see that.
It doesn't actually work though. At all.
They'd have been better off highlighting her "difference" by using more unusual words or working on her speech patterns or something, though I guess the voice acting would have messed with that too?
I mean, I'm assuming she's meant to be as 'common' as the "lad"s, "ay"s, and "guv'ner"s imply because if she isn't they shouldn't be using the words they are anyway, and if she is then there's whole mountains of dodgy slang they can mine for their purpose to make her language sound unusual.
The obviously out-of-place Brit-sub for the G-Gomen stutter would be "P-Pardon!" (instead of the more normal Sorry).
I'd be sorely tempted to swap out "What kind of shitsumon is this?" with "W-W-Why're you hammering on like this?" (or maybe even 'why're you hammering me like this?') for innuendo's sake if nothing else, even if hardly anyone uses hammering for interrogation anymore.
If someone told me to knock that off I guess I'd go for something along the lines of "What's with all the grief?" / "Why're you giving me grief?" / "Why are you grilling me?"
Again, mostly because the words are less common.
The kawaii and kakkoi one depends what she's referring to, and I'm not familiar with the VN so I don't know. I'd pick different slang depending on whether she's referring to a person, place, or thing, so it's tricky.
I can't offer up any substitute for the "make big kettei in your jinsei" bit though because I genuinely am drawing blanks on what they're going for.
Belated Edit: Wait, I get it! You need food in order to make a big change in your life. Okay, in that case at the moment the best I'm coming up with slang-wise off the top of my head is "Come on, lad. You'll need food in your belly to get out of that rut"
(... I'm obviously using the term 'best' rather lightly).
I think it's freaking awful, and that someone should have talked them out of it, but I guess I can see that.
It doesn't actually work though. At all.
They'd have been better off highlighting her "difference" by using more unusual words or working on her speech patterns or something, though I guess the voice acting would have messed with that too?
I mean, I'm assuming she's meant to be as 'common' as the "lad"s, "ay"s, and "guv'ner"s imply because if she isn't they shouldn't be using the words they are anyway, and if she is then there's whole mountains of dodgy slang they can mine for their purpose to make her language sound unusual.
The obviously out-of-place Brit-sub for the G-Gomen stutter would be "P-Pardon!" (instead of the more normal Sorry).
I'd be sorely tempted to swap out "What kind of shitsumon is this?" with "W-W-Why're you hammering on like this?" (or maybe even 'why're you hammering me like this?') for innuendo's sake if nothing else, even if hardly anyone uses hammering for interrogation anymore.
If someone told me to knock that off I guess I'd go for something along the lines of "What's with all the grief?" / "Why're you giving me grief?" / "Why are you grilling me?"
Again, mostly because the words are less common.
The kawaii and kakkoi one depends what she's referring to, and I'm not familiar with the VN so I don't know. I'd pick different slang depending on whether she's referring to a person, place, or thing, so it's tricky.
I can't offer up any substitute for the "make big kettei in your jinsei" bit though because I genuinely am drawing blanks on what they're going for.
Belated Edit: Wait, I get it! You need food in order to make a big change in your life. Okay, in that case at the moment the best I'm coming up with slang-wise off the top of my head is "Come on, lad. You'll need food in your belly to get out of that rut"
(... I'm obviously using the term 'best' rather lightly).
I can't believe this decision got through, any editor worth their weight would have stonewalled this.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Wow. Wow.
cj_iwakura
Member
A botched Sekai Project release? I never.
So anyways, if you're into Ace Attorney and Dangan Ronpa style games, I highly recommend that you start asking for a release of 桜花裁き (Ouka Sabaki).
It's basically Ace Attorney during the Edo period, and it's excellent. It's got some problems (notably there's a ton of art by a ton of different people so the characters can look like they're from different games) but nothing really detracts from the experience. The writing is fantastic; the first two cases are really good setup, but without saying too much, case 3 has stolen the show so far.
I really can't praise this game enough, it's some of the most fun I've had in ages, I've been glued to it the last few days.
It's basically Ace Attorney during the Edo period, and it's excellent. It's got some problems (notably there's a ton of art by a ton of different people so the characters can look like they're from different games) but nothing really detracts from the experience. The writing is fantastic; the first two cases are really good setup, but without saying too much, case 3 has stolen the show so far.
I really can't praise this game enough, it's some of the most fun I've had in ages, I've been glued to it the last few days.
Welp. LOL.
Guess I'm skipping getting/playing Chrono Clock, at least for a while.
This could work. Or do what every other translation does: replacing the English with French or Spanish. Loses some charm, but at least it doesn't look as bizarre, more people at least understand one of these, and it is still a Western language
Guess I'm skipping getting/playing Chrono Clock, at least for a while.
This could work. Or do what every other translation does: replacing the English with French or Spanish. Loses some charm, but at least it doesn't look as bizarre, more people at least understand one of these, and it is still a Western language
Even that doesn't really work. The original nuance works because Japanese is filled with English loanwords; aside from being part of their education. French would probably be the next best choice (given it's the only language I can think of we have a lot of loanwords from) but the voice acting will shut that down pretty hard. It seems like a loose-loose situation, except SP took the shittier choice.
cj_iwakura
Member
PxZ2 handled an Ameriphile character pretty brilliantly.
Or was she American obsessed with Japanese? Either way, she was priceless.
For the example above, I'd just have her speak exaggerated British slang.
Or was she American obsessed with Japanese? Either way, she was priceless.
For the example above, I'd just have her speak exaggerated British slang.
grim-tales
Member
That does sound interesting, though considering Capcom never localised Dai Gyakuten Saiban...
Maybe it could be a fan translation.
It's also ported to the PS4.Saw this in the Steam thread:
I don't remember this was coming to PC. I also don't remember if I bought the normal version for Vita or if I skipped it.
Cool thing to notice, it's gonna have dual language for both subtitles and interface.
Basileus777
Member
Saw this in the Steam thread:
I don't remember this was coming to PC. I also don't remember if I bought the normal version for Vita or if I skipped it.
Cool thing to notice, it's gonna have dual language for both subtitles and interface.
I enjoyed the base game on PS3, I never heard much about whether the changes for the PS4 version were that substantial. It's interesting that PQube is publishing this.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Not substantial enough to warrant another playthrough unless you REALLY liked the story and characters in the original.
SpeedBeatz
Member
Just wanted to let everyone know that we've launched our Kickstarter campaign for Grisaia: Phantom Trigger!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frontwing/a-grand-entrance-for-new-vn-series-grisaia-phantom/
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or comments.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frontwing/a-grand-entrance-for-new-vn-series-grisaia-phantom/
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or comments.
Consider adding a Vita stretch goal at some point during the campaign.
cj_iwakura
Member
I did, but I felt like they didn't really flesh them out as much as they could have. The cast is a little too big, and only the core five get any real development, and even then, not much.
The characters are a lot of fun, just thin.
I still think giving the player a "female ending" trophy after you get the gay twins ending was a homophobic choice by the developers, to say the least. Fun game, though.
cj_iwakura
Member
Pretty sure any notion of that being tasteful went out the window when they were introduced.
R_thanatos
Member
OH ? more grisaia in english ?
But this month is kinda tight on money ...
EDIT : oh just saw this on the kickstarter page
So , it's a clear no since it's ongoing ?
I'm not a VITA player ( I play Vn on pc ) but i thought it might need to be highlighted
Reading;Steiner all but confirmed there's no way for official C;H Noah translation - nobody he shipped the idea to was interested.
There's an ongoing fan port of C;H Noah to PC, but they don't have a translator working for them, so...
I still believe it will come out to PC this year
So the I-VNTP translation of the ios version is an unfinished and abandoned project ?
Shit, the only word I took from my brief glance at the rumors was Chaos and I just realized they spoke about the sequel.
Edit - Good God, it is indeed an old thing.
godisntheradio
Neo Member
hey, i was thinking about playing the first utawarerumono even though people said it was not necessary to enjoy the ones coming to the west this year, so is it really worth it? i only heard it was good, what are the general impressions? what's the quality of the fan translation? should i just watch the anime?
thanks in advance
thanks in advance
I finally got around to playing and finishing Analog: A Hate Story, and I've got to say I was amazed by its story about culture shock in a way that makes sense in a really eery way: What will people think of our society and standards in a hundreds of years from now, and what would we think of them? It was kind of painful to unravel the tragic events that led to everyone on board dying, but at the same time it was really captivating and interesting to learn about the world aboard the ship from a scarce pool of messages sent among its tripulants.
Will probably be starting Hate Plus soon, I guess, since otherwise I'll probably forget most about the story, which makes things quite hard since all the names are in Korean and it's nearly impossible for me to actually memorize them (I kept relying on their titles derived from social standing to actually get who was who).
Will probably be starting Hate Plus soon, I guess, since otherwise I'll probably forget most about the story, which makes things quite hard since all the names are in Korean and it's nearly impossible for me to actually memorize them (I kept relying on their titles derived from social standing to actually get who was who).