Basileus777
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Ignarok is good, though I wouldn't really call it horror, it's more of a noir type thing.
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Crash Station
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I don't really need horror, though the kind of tense and oppressive atmosphere you see in stuff like Zero Escape, Danganronpa, and at the seemingly unreachable end, Saya no Uta is a big plus. One reason why I'm pretty interested in Euphoria whenever that comes out. I just want some nice twists.
But yeah, not really a noir guy, so hmmm....
Kira Kira's Kirari route has some fun twists in it, Rewrite has a really batshit twist that sets up the final route even by Key "true end" standards, "No, Thank You!!" has plenty of twists throughout all of the routes and also adds additional scenes on replays to further develop the story on top of being the best BL game available in English, Kikokugai has an interesting take on little sister heroines plus it's Urobuchi at his Urobuchi-est, there's Ever17 and Remember11 if you want stuff from the Zero Escape writer, and Hatoful Boyfriend and its fandisc both have some really interesting and shocking material near their ends (no, really).
Grim Patron
Member
So Clannad physical copies will have Disc check DRM for the main game and side stories as per Sekai. People who aren't happy can cancel the physical version or their pledge completely. Was hoping for DRM free on disc or at least a steam key with disc but at least they let people cancel it.
Crash Station
Member
Played Ever17. Twist was good, getting to it was not. Started Kikokugai a while ago, but kind of stopped since the setting didn't really interest me. Might go back to it if it's indeed pure Urobuchi. Kind of wary about starting Remember11 after hearing about its non-ending, and while other gaffers have tried to reassure me, other places have had the opposite effect ("true" answers supposedly never decided on by the staff, important things open to interpretation, etc).
Will give everything else a look. Can't imagine Hatoful Boyfriend having a crazy shocking twist, but I'm open to being surprised.
This was already brought up on the last page, so it's old news by now.
Basileus777
Member
Don't be like this. Obsessing over who posts news here first is dumb.
Sorry. Didn't mean for it to come off like that.
cj_iwakura
Member
It seems fully voiced, even the protag. And I believe it's kinetic. Very engrossing so far, highly recommended.
Basileus777
Member
There are no choices and it is fully linear. Planetarian is good, probably Key's best work.
Planterian is good, but I feel that's overselling it.
Basileus777
Member
I'm not much of a fan of Jun Maeda, which is why Rewrite is probably the only other Key work I like that much.
The Steam version should be the full voice edition (there's only two characters, different versions of the game are no-voice and just Yumemi voiced). There are no choices and it has only one ending. It's also only about three hours long, but it's a very good three hours.
Basileus777
Member
Himawari translation is 100%, did they pick a fantranslation to edit?
Basileus777
Member
R_thanatos
Member
Trying to get the danganronpa 2 platinium
I hate this ( i'm missing 2 rods , 2 ribbons and 1 diaper in monomi mode )
I want to kill someone..THE RNG is strong in this one...
is that their idea of despair ?
I hate this ( i'm missing 2 rods , 2 ribbons and 1 diaper in monomi mode )
I want to kill someone..THE RNG is strong in this one...
is that their idea of despair ?
I haven't gone crazy about trying to 100% VNs since Ever17's "you must pick every choice in the game to unlock two bonus artworks" (there are roughly 100 or so irrelevant choice options in Ever17) and the Tsukihime fandisc's insane flowchart that can lock you out of content if you do too much to advance the plot too soon. I'll still 100% a game if there's interesting stuff to be had (No, Thank You!! is a good example) but do you even unlock anything in DR2 other than a trophy? Good luck to you if you still have to scratch that itch.
R_thanatos
Member
Well i got the plat for the first game and it was damn fine and easy , i mean in the first game it was getting the normal ending & bad ending, the secret ending , all the characters endings and extra CGS.
It was fine because that was stuff about the game.
BUt dangan 2 went all IN with tamagoshi pets , a action mode with light rpgs elements AND a what if island mode that is not nearly as well made as in the first game. ( the trip ticket balance is BAD )
My save is at 63 hours, 41 minutes and 57 secs.. and i'm still not done..
*Sigh* if only the things missing weren't behind that annoying Random luck drop.
My save for dangan 1 is at 32 hours only. i just can't believe it.
To answer the question .. the game artwork section is filled with concept art, all the music in the game and all the events & CGS , but right now what is annoying me is that this stuff is just some side activity bullsh*t
It's just bonus promotional art in the extras section.
Basileus777
Member
2 or 3 hours maybe? I don't remember more specifically than that.
Ah, alright, that isn't too bad. I thought it was worse, since I read the game takes about 12 hours to get through and Steam was telling me I only spent 7 xD
Dracandros
Banned
The physical copies of Clannad (and side stories) will not have any DRM or CD-Check at all now.
I just saw the email as well. I think it's a net positive though I didn't care about the DRM.
Dracandros
Banned
I think it's a positive move as well, and I did have my concerns with DRM but it wasn't a big deal for me either. It's still annoying to hear a disc spin though.
There is never a guarantee that any game will successfully play on a newer OS (or that you can redownload it in the case of many consoles/handhelds) many years down the line, and DRM only complicates that issue.
It's time to throw more money into Clannad's BackerKit now and to hope for the best for this game's translation and future VNs.
Basileus777
Member
And a week later it's now 85% translated and 57% edited. For whatever reason, progress has definitely picked up.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Glad that they finally seem to be kicking into gear on this. It seems like we shouldn't have to wait too much longer judging by those numbers.
I really hope they managed to find a pace they can keep for Umineko, so far it's been kinda slow
Basileus777
Member
Umineko isn't being retranslated, they are just editing the scripts, so it shouldn't take as long.
Oh really? Is it considered a better translation than Higurashi?
cj_iwakura
Member
The Witch Hunt did a stellar job. Was a little sad they didn't want to help on Ougon Musou Kyoku.
Yes, but this is partially because the original translation for episodes 1-4 of Higurashi was very poor to begin with. The Umineko translation has quite a few unnecessarily translated words ("____ obaa-san" comes up a lot as an example) and is pretty awkwardly phrased in places. It's not the worst fan TL but it's far from the best.
cj_iwakura
Member
Heh, I got emails complaining that I didn't keep honorifics in our translation of Ougon. I had them call her Auntie Eva.
Honorifics are a real pain, but I'd rather localize them properly unless the team I'm working with happens to want to keep them around. While there are nuanced honorifics, oba-san is as straightforward as they get. Personally, I'd rather translate that as aunt, and only use the more endearing auntie for "oba-chan".
I've read a bit more of eden, and so far it's been fairly interesting. I barely got to the part where the MC is assigned to guard the girl's room, but I liked how the dialogues were used to build the world and the interpersonal relationships between the MC and the other characters.
Anime News Network did an interview with Uchikoshi about Zero Escape. Not that much of interest, but I found this part to be pretty hilarious.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2015-08-13/interview-zero-escape-series-creator-kotaro-uchikoshi/.91629
Kodaka's Uchikoshi's wingman. Haha. I'm not sure a guy that's super obsessed with despair is the kind of dude you want to help you with the ladies.
Playing Remember 11 right now. Good start. Uchikoshi sure pulled the
twist out early. Did not expect that.
ANN said:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2015-08-13/interview-zero-escape-series-creator-kotaro-uchikoshi/.91629
Kodaka's Uchikoshi's wingman. Haha. I'm not sure a guy that's super obsessed with despair is the kind of dude you want to help you with the ladies.
Playing Remember 11 right now. Good start. Uchikoshi sure pulled the
I'm in the wrong body
Finished eden*. I liked it, but it really did drag at the second half, like everyone said. There were multiple points where I was like "oh this seems like a good ending point" but... alas, it kept going. Probably would have been a lot better if they could have condensed some of that second half. The ending still got to me, though. ;-;
I think I'll try X-Note next, in terms of VNs. I don't know how it is at all, but I have it on Steam, so might as well give it a try.
I think I'll try X-Note next, in terms of VNs. I don't know how it is at all, but I have it on Steam, so might as well give it a try.
Crash Station
Member
Kodaka and Uchikoshi are total besties. Gotta love top tier VN makers having such a good friendship.
Basileus777
Member
I finished Xblaze Lost Memories. It's essentially a fandisc to the first Xblaze that spends much of its runtime recapping the first game. It eventually stops doing that, but even then it's not really all that compelling. I wouldn't recommend it unless you are buying it on sale for cheap in the future. Even the really mediocre and flawed first Xblaze was more enjoyable.
Nekopara vol 0 is like 30 minutes long and not very good. Thankfully it's cheap enough that selling Steam cards almost makes it a free purchase.
Nekopara vol 0 is like 30 minutes long and not very good. Thankfully it's cheap enough that selling Steam cards almost makes it a free purchase.
Yeah, I wasn't a fan of Lost: Memories either, especially since I played the first XBlaze to completion; I really didn't need or want to sit through the recap. It didn't help that there was a marked increase of fan-servicey shots, too. Just a bleh experience overall.
The two Zero Escape games, 999 and Virtue's Last Reward, might interest you.
R_thanatos
Member
Thanks for the info.
I'm not happy by the xblaze report.i was one of those who enjoyed the first ..but wanted more answers to the story . not a recap.
I guess i'll wait a little before purchasing it.
Nekopara being so short is quite understandable given the price and his origin.
How fan servicey are we talking ? Is it on the same level as the pool chpater in the first game ? or more ... you know ...
calc84maniac
Member
I would say that the recap does give a number of answers about the original story, it's not a complete repeat. And that's only half of the game.
And... I think it had about the same amount of fanservice as the first game (which definitely had a number of shower/bathing scenes in addition to the swimming pool scene).
cj_iwakura
Member
Day 13 of Heaven's Feel. Things are finally happening, I think. If I have to deal with any more Special Cooking Works, I'll kill Sakura myself.