What Ero-games are your favorites at the moment?

[SweetSpring]

put it this way...when teaservant1996 puts himself in the shoes of the protagonist, he is not having sex with underage girls, he is having sex with older women. I've got to hand it to the kid, he is the man. :D

But he did say he doesn't play them...

...yet.

At least he knows where his avatars came from :p

edit: teaservant is female... oh my...

edit2: isn't it a rule for many internet forums to be at least 13 years of age due to risk of meeting strange people online?

Sushi-Y, about Narcissu side 2nd...wow just wow...did they hire an artist to do the CGs now? Though it looks lovely, how does this bode for their 'minimalism'?

i am a SHE!!!!! and my sis is guarding me for visiting here...''onee-chan~~~someone is bullying me~~~"

[Shinova]

Then teaservant wins for swooning older women and the rest of us win for..... ehem... ;)


This is getting into some bad territory. Ehem.


Anyway, Prism Ark is great! The battle system's simple and easy to get into. I love the characters, and the voice work is quite top-notch. I love how they miskey the BGMs at certain points in the game. :p

Oh yes, and the artwork quality for this game is OVER THE TOP. :eek:

[Potatochobit]

she is a teaser, get it straight, ok~! :joke:


maybe i will checkout prizmark but i personally dont like rpg/dating sim combos. i just could never really get into sakura wars even though i have pretty much the whole collection. even games like soul link i dont really enjoy. maybe if they put Hscenes in a metal gear solid remake..... naw :)
its probably beacuse i like more happy or realstic stories with my kisses. Air made me mad, but KGNE did not. its probably because Air focus' on despair no matter how hard you try, where as KGNE you can win!

[Erhjegel]

Prism Ark is huge, though. :( Like 8GB huge. My hard disk cries!

[Shinova]

Prism Ark is huge, though. :( Like 8GB huge. My hard disk cries!

It's about 6 gigs. School Days was bigger, at like 8 or 9 gigs.

But School Days was also entirely animated, while Prism Ark isn't. So in that sense, I find Prism Ark much more impressive in a sense. :D

[Sushi-Y]

Right now, I'm enjoying the EX patch Type-Moon released for the hanafuda minigame in hollow ataraxia:
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/9138/hanaexbndv3.jpg (http://www.typemoon.com/c70/hana_ex/index.html)

FINALLY, a Karen + Little Gil team (+ Lancer aniki as bonus ^^ *love*). Plus Nasu quality story ^^;
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/3074/ha2wt3.th.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ha2wt3.jpg) http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6787/ha3wo1.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ha3wo1.jpg)

Gil-sama trying to hit on himself cracked me up :heh:
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1783/ha8hk9.th.jpg (http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ha8hk9.jpg)

By the way, I love Karen's auto-skill:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1614/ha1vi2.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ha1vi2.jpg)
"Holy Shroud"
Renders the Noble Phantasms of one male character from the enemy team useless.
MP Cost: 0

Brilliant. ^^;

[Erhjegel]

It's about 6 gigs. School Days was bigger, at like 8 or 9 gigs.

But School Days was also entirely animated, while Prism Ark isn't. So in that sense, I find Prism Ark much more impressive in a sense. :D
Oh. I see. I meant the DVD version of Prism Ark, that is, just to be sure. Its around 8GB. ;_; School Days wasn't that big for me, for some reason.

Oh well, whatever! They're both fun games for me. :D Size doesn't count, it's the fun that comes from it (don't take this out of context plz).

[Shinova]

Well it terms of fun I'm personally really enjoying Prism Ark.

I'm about 2/3 or 3/4 of the way through Kagura's arc. She's the miko girl.


After the first half, her "condition" reminded me of a certain character in the Touhou series.



EDIT: Kagura :love: :love: :love:


EDIT2: Finished Kagura's arc!! Yaaayy!! I personally quite enjoyed her character.



Meh, the final boss was kinda pathetic. Loads of hitpoints, but weak attacks. His strongest is easily manageable if you keep your party's health up to near-full, which was pathetically easy with Kagura (you and the "heroine" are the only ones who get to fight the bastard) who gets ridiculously good healing capabilities further in the game.

The single hardest guy in the game has to be Darkness Knight. Maaaaan, that guy just pissed me off so many times during the game. "Ankoku Satsu!!" and one of my characters gets killed off with twice his/her hitpoints-worth in damage.

Second hardest has to be Sister Hell. Her Fortis Apis attack is so awesome---except when it's used against you. :eyebrow:

I totally did not expect Darkness Knight to actually be,

the protagonist from the previous game!! LOL!! That fact explained so much about why he was sooooo damn hard to beat in this game!! :heh:

[Sides]

Just noticed that there is a new Eve game coming out soon.
Any idea if it is another remake of an earlier games of the series ?

http://www.eve-newgene.com

[naruto_girl12]

i didnt really like hentai but i have seen school days and high school girls and school days is cool ^^

[Sushi-Y]

The mini demo for Narcissu -Side 2nd- that was distributed during Comike70 has been made available for download at Stage Nana:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/Sushi-Y/nanavol252.png (http://stage-nana.sakura.ne.jp/)

うむ, いい感じにできている。

The style is very much the same as the previous game. Once again, Kataoka-san has showed off what meaningful writing should be like: you don't just read the words, you actually feel them.
The preview in the end really got me going, I wanna read on~

The theme song "Narcissu", sung by riya, was beautiful. It could've very well been the OP (or ED) for a full-fledged visual novel game.

Kataoka-san mentioned a ponkotsu character is going to show up in the game. I'm looking forward to that. ^^ If we're lucky, we might actually get to hear Gotou-sama's ponkotsu voice here. :heh: (Gotou Yuuko did all the voices for the previous ponkotsu characters in Nekoneko soft's previous games, like Hiyori from Mizuiro and Nanami from Ramune) (ponkotsu voice = think Mikuru voice)

Setsumi-sensei's "tei tei!" also made me laugh. :heh: Her CV, Ayakawa Rino, is also the CV for Katase Yuki, the main heroin of Mizuiro. The "tei tei!" came from there.

======================
The demo was pretty short, I'm sure the guys over at insani will pop out an english translated version soon enough.

[Valdra]

For the record, there is indeed a translation of the preview going on, confirmed by Haeleth over in this thread (http://forums.haeleth.net/viewtopic.php?t=859). Can't wait for that.

Also liked how they kept the same music (minus the new vocal song which is great too) and the same letterboxing as the original in the preview. Would've liked to hear some new stuff, sure, but considering I can't actually listen to the original's music without feeling like crap still I'm not bothered; it's got more than enough power left in it. And the letterboxing? Well, that's just Narcissu. Doing it in typical visual novel style (like here (http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/397/narukivs1.jpg)) wouldn't have been quite the same.

Anyway, more Setsumi, no one's complaining :)

[PGilis]

Just noticed that there is a new Eve game coming out soon.
Any idea if it is another remake of an earlier games of the series ?

http://www.eve-newgene.com

They said "New Generation", but Kojiroh and Marina are still there. :heh:

Anyway, i don't recognize some of the characters. Most likely, it's a new sequel to the EVE saga. How many sequels this saga have now? 7? 8? More?

I think this one is already one of the longest bishojo game sagas ever! ;)

[Potatochobit]

i have a question about the comic party for PC

the aquaplus Comic Party DCE this is the remake of the dreamcast version?

and the leaf Comic Party (Renewal Package) this is the original PC game with the HCG in it? or did they add in the newer characters also?

[Valdra]

Update: the Narcissu -Side 2nd- pre-ver translation is done! Get it at Haeleth's site (http://www.haeleth.net/narcissu2/). Pretty short, but should be enough to keep people's expectation's up for the full version.

[Cloudnine]

i have a question about the comic party for PC

the aquaplus Comic Party DCE this is the remake of the dreamcast version?

and the leaf Comic Party (Renewal Package) this is the original PC game with the HCG in it? or did they add in the newer characters also?
CP DCE is the Dreamcast port (Mikage added, new scenarios, no ero-scenes)

Renewal package is the original CP with ero-scenes.

I recommend playing the original/renewal version instead~ (´・ω・｀)

[Potatochobit]

so i checked out prizm ark, and the limited edition comes with the previous game prizm heart and they have added more scenes to it? is prizm heart also a good game? prizm ark is like 130$ but i didnt see any for sale at himeyashop, what other stores ship internationally that would have it?

himeya shop did have all the music CDs. whats are these special sound packages? are they voice recordings for the characters?

[fto]

hmmm ive been looking through this entire thing but does anyone know a game that is good to play rather than just click and read with possible H lol.. Possibly something similar to Utawarerumono, but possibly more fun, or possibly with more things that the player could choose.

[Sushi-Y]

so i checked out prizm ark, and the limited edition comes with the previous game prizm heart and they have added more scenes to it? is prizm heart also a good game? prizm ark is like 130$ but i didnt see any for sale at himeyashop, what other stores ship internationally that would have it?

himeya shop did have all the music CDs. whats are these special sound packages? are they voice recordings for the characters?
First of all, it's Prism Ark. It's written in plain letters.
http://www2.pajamas.ne.jp/prismark/index.html

Second, there are no additional contents in the Prism Heart DVD included in the Prism Ark limited edition: you're simply given the chance to get a game that has been long out of print.

Third, you can buy the limited edition at Paletweb (http://www.paletweb.com/) for $109.99. Nobody knows when it'll go out of stock, so buy it fast if you really want it.

As for the sound packages, read this post (http://z4.invisionfree.com/aquastar/index.php?showtopic=2773&view=findpost&p=3708269).

[Shinova]

hmmm ive been looking through this entire thing but does anyone know a game that is good to play rather than just click and read with possible H lol.. Possibly something similar to Utawarerumono, but possibly more fun, or possibly with more things that the player could choose.

Well Prism Ark does have a pretty good RPG combat system. Think Final Fantasy.

You can equip your character with all kinds of different stuff. Too bad you can't equip the other members of your party, but they're probably best staying as they are. They're all very specialist types and excel at their class, so better keeping them that way.

[fto]

Well Prism Ark does have a pretty good RPG combat system. Think Final Fantasy.

You can equip your character with all kinds of different stuff. Too bad you can't equip the other members of your party, but they're probably best staying as they are. They're all very specialist types and excel at their class, so better keeping them that way.

is it just a RPG game? or is it a H-game too??

[fto]

bah i checked the internet for Prism Ark, but its all sold out.... Does anyone know a good game where the player could choose a lot of stuff??. would be nice to have some H in it lol

[Shinova]

is it just a RPG game? or is it a H-game too??

It's both.


<==== Kagura from Prism Ark.

[fto]

ah well like i said in the other message.. do you guys know any other good RPG game with some H in it??. just want the RPG to be good where the player could choose a lot of choices

[Cloudnine]

ah well like i said in the other message.. do you guys know any other good RPG game with some H in it??. just want the RPG to be good where the player could choose a lot of choices

Eien no Aselia [Xuse] (Personal favorite~~)
Tenkuu no Sinfonia [F&C] (SLG style gameplay, superb art and story)
Utawarerumono [Leaf]
Galzoo [Alicesoft]
Majokko ala Mode [F&C]
Any game by Eushully, Softhouse Chara, and Studio E.Go!


http://web.phoenix-c.or.jp/~eushully/eu08/eu08_top060809.jpg

I'm currently playing 峰深き瀬にたゆたう唄 (Mine fukaki se nitayutau uta) So far I really like how this game is shaping up. A bit straightforward and somewhat difficult (battles can be really annoying if you don't prepare yourself), but still pretty enjoyable.

[fto]

hmmm does these games lots of options in it?? where you could choose things?? i really hate games where everything is just one way and the player really has no options

[fto]

o yeah i looked at some.. but i cant find the info of the games for some of them?? do you know where i could look at the info of the gamews??

[Shinova]

Can you read Japanese?

[Erhjegel]

hmmm does these games lots of options in it?? where you could choose things?? i really hate games where everything is just one way and the player really has no options
I assume you're able to understand Japanese, or, at the least, have some understanding of some commonly-used kanjis.

Eien no Aselia, for one, has six possible endings, and more added to it with the expansion, as long as you make the right choices.

[fto]

yeah i read japanese since i am japanese lol

[Shinova]

Oh about Prism Ark:


After you finish it once, play it again. There's new scenes that come up that weren't around the first time.

Ever since the upgrade to 1.01 deleted all my saves, (:mad: ) I finished Priecia's arc and am re-doing Kagura's and I'm getting into this mini-arc with that guy trio (Acti, Ein, and Jung).


Another funny thing is that you start at level 30, and you keep all the equipment you gained during your earlier runs through the game, but the enemies' levels are all at their original levels! In other words, SING THE CURBSTOMP SONG!!! WOOOOO!!! :D

EDIT: New scenes for everyone, actually.

[fto]

hmmm well the sad thing about prism ark is that from all the sites i wen ti-- iTS SOLD OUT!!!
so about those other games you told me... could you tell me a site for the game and possibly the info of the game??

i dont mind if its in english or japenese (the info) thanks

[cyw1988]

Hmm... I've got aselia, tomoyo after and Fate Stay night on the top of my list...

[Erhjegel]

Not to be an idiot (futile effort), but how did you update Prism Ark?

If it sounds greatly idiotic, do know that I haven't played it yet...still kicking some space free from my hard drive. >_<;

[Cloudnine]

Not to be an idiot (futile effort), but how did you update Prism Ark?

If it sounds greatly idiotic, do know that I haven't played it yet...still kicking some space free from my hard drive. >_<;
Update patch for 1.01 - http://www2.pajamas.ne.jp/prismark/arkupdate101.exe

Their support page is here - http://www.pajamas.ne.jp/%7Esupport/

I love Pajamas-soft games, プリンセスうぃっちぃず is still one of my all time favorites. Yet I still haven't had the chance to play Prism Ark >.< I have a feeling that once I start it, I won't be able to put it down for weeks... (new quarter is about to start >.<)

[Shinova]

I love Pajamas-soft games, プリンセスうぃっちぃず is still one of my all time favorites. Yet I still haven't had the chance to play Prism Ark >.< I have a feeling that once I start it, I won't be able to put it down for weeks... (new quarter is about to start >.<)

Probably a good idea to put it off for a bit. I personally am enjoying Prism Ark more than I did with Princess Witches at the moment. :) (But I still have to play Princess Witches to the real conclusion. I think I hit a bad end in that game during my first and only run through it)

[Spuffy]

I was planning to start with Scarlett when I during cleaning by a chance found 'December when there is no angel' and just had to replay Shinobu's (Hiroko Taguchi http://nekomimi.se/misc/emojis/11.gif ), Asuna's and Yukio's scenarios. That game sure is my favourite from Leaf. Good thing the scenarios are kind of short, so not much wasted time.

[fto]

for Eien no Aselia.. does the expansion pack actually make the game better?? and also do you need the first package for the expansion package?

last thing lol.. this is also for PC right?

[Cloudnine]

for Eien no Aselia.. does the expansion pack actually make the game better?? and also do you need the first package for the expansion package?

last thing lol.. this is also for PC right?
永遠のアセリア EXPANSION is more or less a sequel of Eien no Aselia that follows two of the original heroines, Tokimi and Kyouko. It does not make the original game better, but for fans it's a nice addition to have~ Tokimi <3

Eien no Aselia isn't required to run the expansion, but it does contain numerous plot devices, scenes, and spoilers to the original so it would be best to play that first than to start on the expansion.

This is for the PC version. There is a PS2 version of Eien no Aselia, of course minus ero-scenes, but with more scenarios and CGs.

If you like this game, I recommend trying スピたん Spirits Expedition - In the Phantasmagoria - It has a good s-rpg battle system, but lacks storyline.

http://www.xuse.co.jp/product/spirits/img/top_02.jpg

[Sushi-Y]

yeah i read japanese since i am japanese lol
In that case, you can always go here for reviews and recommendations:
http://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/

It's probably the biggest eroge (all-age games too) review/feedback site out there, useful if you want to know what other people think before buying a game.

[cyw1988]

Argg looks like i am really a laggard hahaha.. didn't know there were so many Bishoujo games out there... =X So far the ones I have played are mostly all the popular ones where the hype about them are too big for japan alone to handle(so it spreads to me hehehe). Oh ya, anybody has any idea whether 0verflow is actually going to do a joint release for school days and summer days??

[Erhjegel]

Spitan, I forgot to mention that. It's great seeing the regular Spirits in Eien no Aselia get the spotlight!

<3 Shia.

[Benoit]

Erogamescape is mostly a popularity contest for bishoujo games.

[DaFool]

This thread has become so popular lately, or maybe its because of more bilingual people posting. (or more like, bilingual people with excessively huge hard disk space)

[Erhjegel]

How about Tayu Uta? People seem to be saying that it's a great game as well.

(Better start getting it now...)

[martino]

I want to play PurpleSoft games translated in english(without the use of any text hookers)!!! *cries very loudly* :upset::upset:

Damn! Their games looks so nice...

[fto]

hmm well i looked through lots of games info.... but does anyone know a H-RPG game that has characters that are not kids..... (freaks me out). if i want to play H game, i really want the characters to be a little old (i dont mean like a adult, but al least more older than ones that look like 10 year old kids) im kinda hoping for games with characters that is similar to utawarerumono (at least the girls dont look like 10 year olds) but possibly ones better than it??. Would be nice if the RPG part is fun and somewhat long ( i dont like super short games that could be finished within a hour or so)

i also hope the game has lots of choices the player could choose.

if you know any good game of this type.. pls tell me the info and possibly where i could buy it. (info could be off a site)

dont mind if in japanese or english

[arias]

hmm well i looked through lots of games info.... but does anyone know a H-RPG game that has characters that are not kids..... (freaks me out). if i want to play H game, i really want the characters to be a little old (i dont mean like a adult, but al least more older than ones that look like 10 year old kids) im kinda hoping for games with characters that is similar to utawarerumono (at least the girls dont look like 10 year olds) but possibly ones better than it??. Would be nice if the RPG part is fun and somewhat long ( i dont like super short games that could be finished within a hour or so)


Since no one seems to be answering your questions and you are persistent.. I am honestly not too familiar with the RPG eroge genre. I don't play much of it. I'll point you to the game "Soul Brave", and it's been released in English in North America. I can't point you to sites but I'm sure you can google it to find an online store to purchase it from.

ayyo's website at http://www.makenaidesuwayo.com/

has several reviews of eroge games. You can look through the past history to see previous eroge RPGs and go from there. Hope that helped.

e.g. http://www.makenaidesuwayo.com/2006/08/26/tayu-uta-first-impressions/#more-959

http://www.makenaidesuwayo.com/2006/08/22/eroge-review-kuutei-senki/#more-957

[Shinova]

Replayability seems to have been one of Pajamas Soft's main goals with Prism Ark, cause I just started my third run with Fel's arc, and there's even more new stuff going on!

What makes these things even more interesting is that they make it almost seem as if the protagonist, Hyaweh, had gained some sort of pre-knowledge of those things. Like how something used to happen over and over in the first two arcs, so the protagonist then does something that prevents it from happening again in the third.

My first thought upon seeing this happen again was, "Higurashi!" :p

Of course, without the horror and psycho girls.;)




(PS: Onigiri bombs! :heh: )


Wow, it's worth beating those special mokujins. I got "sura's shout" which ups my ATK by a lot, and with another ATK+ spell I managed to take out Sister Hell with a single attack. LOL. :heh:

[Benoit]

I'll point you to the game "Soul Brave"
It's "Brave Soul"!

[Spuffy]

hmm well i looked through lots of games info.... but does anyone know a H-RPG game that has characters that are not kids..... (freaks me out). if i want to play H game, i really want the characters to be a little old (i dont mean like a adult, but al least more older than ones that look like 10 year old kids)
Maybe you should give Leafs Tears to Tiara a shot. It's from the same company as Utware. Most of the charaters, save for one or two have looks matching your preference. There is a playable demo with four levels available as download at Leaf's HP.



And for the record, Scarlett is awesome.
Nekoneko sure left the scene with a bang.

[arias]

It's "Brave Soul"!

I am getting old.. :upset:

[martino]

Has anyone here played Soul Link???

[zalas]

Soul Link was a decent game. It suffered from two faults in my opinion...:
1) It was waaay too easy to die in the first third of the game, mostly randomly.
2) Shuhei's idiot brother's romantic escapades didn't really interest me that much in the second third of the game.
Other than that, it gave you a nice warm feeling after beating the game, kinda like the end of Shawshank Redemption.

[martino]

Could you please give me any spoilers for the endings, as I was wondering how it could end...compared to the anime.

And how was it so hard to stay alive? Just because of what choices you made? This game looks more like a FPS to me from your description :)

If I'm correct, there is no english version, right?

[Thany]

Maybe you should give Leafs Tears to Tiara a shot. It's from the same company as Utware. Most of the charaters, save for one or two have looks matching your preference. There is a playable demo with four levels available as download at Leaf's HP.Lol why are you talking about this game then?:p
It has quite a few loli H-scenes inside and the H-scenes are extremely random :p
Most h-rpg don't even have any loli characters to begin with, so I wonder what he complains about :o

[fto]

Lol why are you talking about this game then?:p
It has quite a few loli H-scenes inside and the H-scenes are extremely random :p
Most h-rpg don't even have any loli characters to begin with, so I wonder what he complains about :o

i dont mean loli, but i mean the characters look like childrens... i do like the h games, but i just cant stand loli h- scenes (i dont mean that they are 9 year olds, i mean they looks like kids although they may be older).. for example this game tayu uta. http://www.makenaidesuwayo.com/category/games/
though it may not be h-rpg im just giving examples....

i just dont like the characters looking like kids like this one that all, if its a h-game

[Thany]

i dont mean loli, but i mean the characters look like childrens... i do like the h games, but i just cant stand loli h- scenes (i dont mean that they are 9 year olds, i mean they looks like kids although they may be older).. for example this game tayu uta. http://www.makenaidesuwayo.com/category/games/
though it may not be h-rpg im just giving examples....

i just dont like the characters looking like kids like this one that all, if its a h-gameNone of those in this game are, you probably just never played the game. Tears to Tiara is way more loli than this game is (which is not at all^^).
Also, you should just deal with the H-scenes you don't like, because in most h-games you will find plenty H-scenes you wouldn't want to see... But rares are the game that won't have a single scene that doesn't bother you =p

[Shinova]

I'm probably the only guy who's really playing Prism Ark on these forums so this might be an unanswerable question, but does anyone know how exactly to pull of team attacks?

I only managed to do it during one fight by sheer accident or coincidence with Priecia and Kagura, and would like to know the exact mechanism as to how to get it to work. (There's combinations for all the characters)

[fto]

None of those in this game are, you probably just never played the game. Tears to Tiara is way more loli than this game is (which is not at all^^).
Also, you should just deal with the H-scenes you don't like, because in most h-games you will find plenty H-scenes you wouldn't want to see... But rares are the game that won't have a single scene that doesn't bother you =p

im not saying that they are lolicon.... im just asking if there are games that have characters like utawarerumono.... that all.. ones with characters really looking older

i have plenty of games that are like the one i gave and example of, that why im asking for a game that is a little different. and you cant blame me that Tears of Tiara is way more loli, since its just one thing that someone suggested that i havent even seen yet.

also no i dont have a problem usually with the H-scenes, and even if i did i really dont mind if the game is good.

[Potatochobit]

Soul link is a below average game, stay away or go watch the anime instead.

[Shinova]

Soul link is a below average game, stay away or go watch the anime instead.

Doesn't the anime kinda suck too? :D

[Cloudnine]

I'm probably the only guy who's really playing Prism Ark on these forums so this might be an unanswerable question, but does anyone know how exactly to pull of team attacks?

I only managed to do it during one fight by sheer accident or coincidence with Priecia and Kagura, and would like to know the exact mechanism as to how to get it to work. (There's combinations for all the characters)
Here's a link to the Team Attack Movelist (http://faxia.web.infoseek.co.jp/game/pajama/prismark/ta.htm)

I haven't played the RPG portion yet, but it seems like team attacks are executed using two characters and their special attacks. For example, Using Hyaweh's レッドホットショット (Red hot shot) and Priecia's レッドホットショット(Red hot shot) you get ハートビートシュート (Heart beat shot) which deals upped phys. damage.

[Shinova]

*bows repeatedly*

[Thany]

im not saying that they are lolicon.... im just asking if there are games that have characters like utawarerumono.... that all.. ones with characters really looking older

i have plenty of games that are like the one i gave and example of, that why im asking for a game that is a little different. and you cant blame me that Tears of Tiara is way more loli, since its just one thing that someone suggested that i havent even seen yet.

also no i dont have a problem usually with the H-scenes, and even if i did i really dont mind if the game is good.You know what? Just try any h-rpg by AliceSoft, you won't get these kind of problems at least^^

[zalas]

Soul link is a below average game, stay away or go watch the anime instead.
I have to point out that the anime is one of the worst game->anime adaptations I've ever seen. :)

[fto]

You know what? Just try any h-rpg by AliceSoft, you won't get these kind of problems at least^^

yeah i actually found some good ones.. thanks.

[cyw1988]

U know guys, I haven found a HGTA(H game turned Anime) that is better than the game... There are those that are good eg, Fate Stay night, Shuffle etc. But they are far from surpassing their game counterparts.

[MakubeX2]

U know guys, I haven found a HGTA(H game turned Anime) that is better than the game... There are those that are good eg, Fate Stay night, Shuffle etc. But they are far from surpassing their game counterparts.

.......You need to watch less and play more.

[Riker]

.......You need to watch less and play more.
Erm, didn't he say he hasn't found an anime adaptation that is better than the game? So how would watching less and playing more help?

Hmm....

My bad, didn't see the "n" at the end of his misspelling of "Haven't"
Ahh... I saw it as "have" when I read his post the 1st time too. :x

[MakubeX2]

Hmm....

My bad, didn't see the "n" at the end of his misspelling of "Haven't"

[Cloudnine]

U know guys, I haven found a HGTA(H game turned Anime) that is better than the game... There are those that are good eg, Fate Stay night, Shuffle etc. But they are far from surpassing their game counterparts.
Well, both are different mediums to telling a story so there are obvious strengths and limitations to how well they do. So instead of seeing as direct competition, it's better to see it the anime version as a compliment to the original game~

[Veg]

Ofcouse Prism Ark ;).

[Clamp-X]

My fav hgame is Utawarerumono.

this is the only h game that i didnt care about the hcg scenes. The story is simply amazing and the battle system is fun to play with. ;)

[sibladeko]

I generally like my games to have gameplay, so I'm not really fond of eroge unless there's something for me to do...like obsess over stats!

That being said...
I really liked Quarttet.
And cough, Green Green (Don't mention the anime around me please.)

[SilentKnight]

my favorite by far: Tenshi No Inai Juunigatsu (December When There Is No Angel)

[Potatochobit]

oh? how is that game i was quite intersted in it awhile ago but i never got a chance to play it.

[zalas]

oh? how is that game i was quite intersted in it awhile ago but i never got a chance to play it.
Depressing, and probably manages to insert sex into the story most naturally, although the sex itself gets kinda... unrealistic at times <_<;

[JarOfMayo]

Uhh... Been playing YoakeMae, DCII... stopped though.. Yoake... and I might actually be happy if the anime avoids this... has an excessive (if you are trying to clear routes) amount of food scenes... Too many eating scenes!!!1:eyespin:

Can't stand playing through Yoake anymore lol. Its a pretty game but gah darn eating scenes are annoying. Even if I can skip them, GAH! Stop EATING! :eyespin:

uhmm at the moment.. well been re-reading CLANNAD again.. though that probably doesn't qualify in the catagory here.

One trial version of a game (18+) I looked up recently was realllyyy good... I think its just me but it has a good combination of mystery story, jazz music and pretty art... uhh not sure why it interested me but it hooks me with its music and story mostly... uhh some aspects are kinda afluke but... something really clicks about this work.

I highly suggest taking a look at it, easy demo install (unzip basicly). Its called Pianissimo (http://www.gungnir.co.jp/innocentgrey/products/pro_pianissimo/pp_index.html).

[Spuffy]

Yesterday I was looking up some of the game to be released this year and stumbled upon ninetail's (http://www.ninetail.afrox.net/) 'Dea EX Machina'. Not that it seems to be any special, but their promo video (http://dl-2.drabbit.net/dl/ninetail/0824_eve_promo_mv.zip) (not completely worksafe) gave me a good laugh. Fun and kind of different.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2269/mccoyuo0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I also need some time to try out Caramel Box's Alicematic (http://dl-2.drabbit.net/dl/caramel-box/alicematic_lcm.wmv) (safe clip) demo. I like the art and Hiroko Taguchi also has a role in it as well.

I guess I'll also play some MuvLuv next week once my copies of the all ages versions arrive. If only to see the first one in widescreen goodness and how some of the more shocking scenes from Alt. looks like now.

[MeganeShounen]

Uhh... Been playing YoakeMae, DCII... stopped though.. Yoake... and I might actually be happy if the anime avoids this... has an excessive (if you are trying to clear routes) amount of food scenes... Too many eating scenes!!!1:eyespin:

Can't stand playing through Yoake anymore lol. Its a pretty game but gah darn eating scenes are annoying. Even if I can skip them, GAH! Stop EATING! :eyespin:

Eating huh? Didn't imagine that...

Someone once told me that Yoakemae forces you to play through a single path first (Feena's) before you can go after the girls. How's that?

I guess that does make the eroge-to-show transition easier... linear plotlines...:heh:

[JarOfMayo]

Eating huh? Didn't imagine that...

Someone once told me that Yoakemae forces you to play through a single path first (Feena's) before you can go after the girls. How's that?

Yea... Its pretty linear.. Nothing changes at all in Feena route. Need to play through again in the sense of chosing answers for girls to get different things, before clearing Feena though none of the choices matter... lol

Get enough flags for so and so and after last choice available its a linear dive toward "concluding story" and "ending". You can skip and all, but try not to lose a save... lol... I lost mine once and had to go through the first part manually twice over... and damn watching people yap yap yap about eating and whats for breakfast/dinner is torturous. lol :eyespin:

[Potatochobit]

LOL! when you first said there were too many eating scenes i didnt think you were talking about cakes and cookies.... i think its time to go outside for some fresh air.

[Cloudnine]

Can't stand playing through Yoake anymore lol. Its a pretty game but gah darn eating scenes are annoying. Even if I can skip them, GAH! Stop EATING! :eyespin:
Well, that's how it usually is in eroge titles like yoake. I actually like everyday peaceful scenes like that and August-soft games have an impressive knack for this~~ (ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ

[Spuffy]

I just found something interesting; Softhouse mini (http://www.qmax.co.nz/) actually offers international sales (http://www.qmax.co.nz/mini/MAIL%20ORDER/MAIL%20ORDER.htm) from their homepage with payment through Paypal. Price - $80, EMS shipping included. If you were to buy Natsukashi from Himeya that would cost you $117...
Too bad I'm not really interested in their games (since I would like to support this), but I would like seeing other softhouses considering doing the same.
Or maybe I'm not up to date and there are already other softhouses doing it.

[DaFool]

.nz? New Zealand?

What's up with Japanese eroge companies and their using foreign domain names?

(Yes, I'm looking at you too, minori.ph!)

[Spuffy]

Dont forget selen.ag.

Maybe for an exotic touch...

[Overflow]

I've only tried one since i turned 18.. and the one i tried was a demo.. It was called Anonono i'm thinking of buying it but im not too sure.

[Valdra]

lol awww, someone actually cares about age ratings.

Anyway, seen as people were talking about this the past few pages, paletweb are now shipping the Prism Ark standard edition here (http://www.paletweb.com/selectpage.asp?code=00805) for $80 + shipping. Go! Buy!

[MakubeX2]

Prism Art is good.

But Sengoku Rance (http://www.alicesoft.com/rance7/) looks better if Alicesoft manage to incoperate elements of Nobunaga's Ambition into it.

I suggest holding back your money for now.

[Tmoo]

i'm too poor to buy an ero-game. and the ones that i download off bittorent always screw up.

[Theclow]

i'm too poor to buy an ero-game. and the ones that i download off bittorent always screw up.

Alot of them are fun only for a couple of days IMO I've never tryed a PS2 ero game and the onle ones I've tryed are Hitomi -My stepsister- and I'm gonna serve you 4 both for the PC of course.

[MakubeX2]

Old news but since no one is talking about it.....

Alicesoft have put up one of their old classic, Kichikuou Rance, up for free legal download via BT.

http://www.vitae.jp/malkuth/page/kichikuou.

There's some others too on the annoucement Page :-

http://www.alicesoft.com/annai.html#free

Quite a lot of titles, but I don't see any BT seeds for now.

It's nice to see them giving some of their old games for free. I hope other oldies that's still around will do the same here. Namely Elf. It's about time that we see some obscure old stuffs like Dokyuusei 1 & 2, Kakyuusei 1 and Yuno will recieve a new lease of life via free download.

[Erhjegel]

i'm too poor to buy an ero-game. and the ones that i download off bittorent always screw up.
Regional and Language Settigs as well as Non Unicode Settings in Japanese?

[deaddeath]

And why? Mine are Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien,Kisaku,And Comic Party. The reaons why I like them are simple:I like Kimi ga Nozomu Eien the game because I loved the touching story. And I liked the sad atmosphere around it as well. The H scenes aren't too bad. And I liked some of the side storys in the game too.For Kisaku its because the games Mini games are fun to play sometimes.I like the characters. And I like the main character he may be a nasty old man but his character is pretty funny sometimes.And the game overall is pretty funny.(Even some of the H scenes made me laugh.) And as for Comic Party I like it because its entertaining,Its pretty hard at first if you don't know Japanese very well.And I found the storys behind each character were touching,funny or sweet. What about you guys?
Hentai? I don't think I played Hentai before

[Tmoo]

i've discovered that problem, but my laptop wants the installation cd to install the japanese language pack---which i lost.

[luckyovermind]

You can borrow an installation disk from one of your friends, all you need is a couple of files from the I386 folder...(if you are using XP that is...) Although I doubt it may be a problem with cracked version of games rather than an issue of language setting.

I copied the I386 folder on to my hard disk, so I can change between japanese and english non-unicode easily every now and then.

Oh, by the way, talking about illegal download is prohibited on this forum. So be careful about that.

I've only tried one since i turned 18.. and the one i tried was a demo.. It was called Anonono i'm thinking of buying it but im not too sure.
Seeing that your user name is actually overflow, I would strongly recommend you to try schooldays XD... that is a joke

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It appears that I never replied seriously in this thread, so here goes...

I have played:
===elf
Dokyusei 2

===visual art's key
kanon
air
planetarian ~ the reverie of a little planet
Clannad (partial)

===kindle imagine develop
memories off
memories off 2nd
never 7
ever 17

===leaf
Utawarerumono

===nitroplus
saya no uta

===nekoneko
giniro
mizuiro (hiyori route)
120yen of summer
120yen of winter

===stage-nana
narcissu

===DO
kana little sister

Needless to say, I love all of them. Favourite being kanon (yeah sure) currently playing clannad, slowly and steadily...

[martino]

Are Memories Off any good btw?

[Shinova]

Finished four out of I think seven arcs in Prism Ark and the game is a lot, lot better than I expected it to be. It's quite good.

Wouldn't make a good game-to-anime conversion though, since the "main heroine"'s arc is the weakest of them all. Every subsequent arc after hers is much, much better. :p

You have to play through all of them, however, if you want the whole picture. Every arc adds to the whole experience.

[luckyovermind]

Are Memories Off any good btw?


There are, in total, five games in the memories off series, with a few spinoffs as well.

Memories off (1999)
You play the game from the standpoint of a second-year high school student. Three years ago on a rainy day, your beloved girl friend died in a tragic car accident when she was trying to bring you an umbrella. Another autumn came and you meet different girls in school. Would you move on and start a new life? Or would you rather live forever in memories? Rain, will it ever stop…

As you can see from kj1980’s post on “a history of erogames”, memories off, alone with kana little sister, snow, DC da capo, wind a breath of heart, are all major hit games that were very much influenced by KEY’s crying formula. This is the introduction of ONE by kj1980:
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ONE ~kagayaku kisetsu e~ (1998)
You play the role of a high school students named Sasaori Kouhei, who on the surface is enjoying high school life by meeting several girls. But deep within in his inner self, you yearn to spend an eternity with your sister, who died several years ago - one in which you blame yourself for her death.
---------------------------------------------------

You see the parallels here? XD

Memories off 2nd (2001)
This time, you play the role of a third-year high school student. You have just started a relationship with a cute girl half a year ago and created precious memories together. At the same time, you meet a number of new girls. What would you do? Who will you choose?

Yes you have sensed it: it’s a typical love triangle story, and sometimes love quadrangle! (I know I’m going to be bashed for this crappy introduction)


Memories off ~ you who changed to memory (2002) (don’t blame me for the translation, Google did it…)
You are a university student in this game. Because of the change in character designer and scenario writer, a lot of fans of this series don’t like this game. I won’t comment on it, as I never played this game. Since one of my favourite scenario writers wasn’t involved in this project (who worked for memories off, memories off 2nd, never 7, ever 17, remember 11, and eve 5 to date), I lost interest in all subsequent memories off games.

Memories off ~ then (2004)
The setting of this game is extremely similar to memories off 2nd. And again, I don’t know too much about it.

Memories off #5 ~ the film which broke off (2005)
You have the dream of becoming a filmmaker. But your best friend who shared the same dream died in an accident. Along came a girl who wishes to make film with you together, but could she be the murder of your best friend?

There are several spinoffs as well. Pure, festa, after rain, then again, to name a few.



Personally, I give memories off and memories off 2nd an “““A””” rating. But compared to what I consider to be “””S””” class, e.g. KID’s EVER 17, KEY’s KANON, LEAF’s COMIC PARTY, DO’s THE FAMILY PROJECT, AGE’s MUVLUV, NEKONEKO’s GINIRO, CIRCUS’s SUIKA, memories off has plenty of room for improvement.

And according to all those reviews I have seen over the years, memories off 3 rates some where around """C""", memories off 4 rates """B+""" and memories off 5 rates """B"""

[Cloudnine]

===nitroplus
saya no uta (song of saya)

Heh, definitely an odd one out if the list... ^^;;

[luckyovermind]

Heh, definitely an odd one out if the list... ^^;;

I played that game in two halfs. The first half made me sick for a whole week (nearly vomitted)... and I stopped playing it. After a while when I picked up the 2nd half, it's not worse than a first class mystery / horror novel.

I heard that someone is translating that game, wish him luck...]

[martino]

There are, in total, five games in the memories off series, with a few spinoffs as well.

Memories off (1999)
You play the game from the standpoint of a second-year high school student. Three years ago on a rainy day, your beloved girl friend died in a tragic car accident when she was trying to bring you an umbrella. Another autumn came and you meet different girls in school. Would you move on and start a new life? Or would you rather live forever in memories? Rain, will it ever stop…

As you can see from kj1980’s post on “a history of erogames”, memories off, alone with kana little sister, snow, DC da capo, wind a breath of heart, are all major hit games that were very much influenced by KEY’s crying formula. This is the introduction of ONE by kj1980:
---------------------------------------------------

ONE ~kagayaku kisetsu e~ (1998)
You play the role of a high school students named Sasaori Kouhei, who on the surface is enjoying high school life by meeting several girls. But deep within in his inner self, you yearn to spend an eternity with your sister, who died several years ago - one in which you blame yourself for her death.
---------------------------------------------------

You see the parallels here? XD

Memories off 2nd (2001)
This time, you play the role of a third-year high school student. You have just started a relationship with a cute girl half a year ago and created precious memories together. At the same time, you meet a number of new girls. What would you do? Who will you choose?

Yes you have sensed it: it’s a typical love triangle story, and sometimes love quadrangle! (I know I’m going to be bashed for this crappy introduction)


Memories off ~ you who changed to memory (2002) (don’t blame me for the translation, Google did it…)
You are a university student in this game. Because of the change in character designer and scenario writer, a lot of fans of this series don’t like this game. I won’t comment on it, as I never played this game. Since one of my favourite scenario writers wasn’t involved in this project (who worked for memories off, memories off 2nd, never 7, ever 17, remember 11, and eve 5 to date), I lost interest in all subsequent memories off games.

Memories off ~ then (2004)
The setting of this game is extremely similar to memories off 2nd. And again, I don’t know too much about it.

Memories off #5 ~ the film which broke off (2005)
You have the dream of becoming a filmmaker. But your best friend who shared the same dream died in an accident. Along came a girl who wishes to make film with you together, but could she be the murder of your best friend?

There are several spinoffs as well. Pure, festa, after rain, then again, to name a few.



Personally, I give memories off and memories off 2nd an “““A””” rating. But compared to what I consider to be “””S””” class, e.g. KID’s EVER 17, KEY’s KANON, LEAF’s COMIC PARTY, DO’s THE FAMILY PROJECT, AGE’s MUVLUV, NEKONEKO’s GINIRO, CIRCUS’s SUIKA, memories off has plenty of room for improvement.

And according to all those reviews I have seen over the years, memories off 3 rates some where around """C""", memories off 4 rates """B+""" and memories off 5 rates """B"""
Hmmm...my favourite type of B-games...cry...
I better start learning Japanese :)

[Gundam Pilot]

I never heard of an Ero-game but Hentai games!? WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[arias]

I never heard of an Ero-game but Hentai games!? WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hear the tissue industry rejoice. :D

[ansaris]

i've discovered that problem, but my laptop wants the installation cd to install the japanese language pack---which i lost.

Changing Language and Regional Settings to Japanese is not really necessary, all that is needed are the Japanese fonts. Some swear by this.. You can probably find the pack torrented somewhere if you can't find your Windows CD.

[martino]

Have any of the "Welcome to Pia Carrot" games been released in english?

[dont]

There are, in total, five games in the memories off series, with a few spinoffs as well.
-

ONE ~kagayaku kisetsu e~ (1998)
You play the role of a high school students named Sasaori Kouhei, who on the surface is enjoying high school life by meeting several girls. But deep within in his inner self, you yearn to spend an eternity with your sister, who died several years ago - one in which you blame yourself for her death.
---------------------------------------------------

You see the parallels here? XD


"ONE" is Original A PC ERO GAME FORM the STAFF of KANON,AIR and CLNNAD

[Cloudnine]

くそ~~~~! The meteor has landed~~It's a direct impact! (on my wallet >.<) Yukichi-san is down! down!

(Just ignore my inane ramblings of you don't understand it ^^;; )

*cough* Back the main topic, a ton of eroge was released a few hours ago (excluding preorders) and some of the titles out look really promising. Just to name a few on my watch list~

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/4611/c268385packagers6.jpg
ぽっと -Rondo for Dears-
I fell in love with the character designs on first sight, expecially Asuha <3. While Ankh games have never made a solid impression on me (natsu natsu), Potto looks to be a good production.

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/492/c268425packagets8.jpg
魔法、ひとつくださいな (Mahou, hitotsu kudasai na)
Fairly interesting storyline involving magic. The main character comes from a lineage of famous magicians, though he himself sucks at it. (Louise from ZnT? Kazuki from Maburaho?) I seem to be drawn to these type of settings lately ^^;;

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2725/c284845packageeo6.jpg
PP - Pianissimo
Looks to be a outstanding suspense thriller from the main web intro. Innocent Gray's previous title Cartagra (カルタグラ) is one of the best suspense/murder/thrillers games I've ever played. I have high expectations for this one~ Definately check it out into it of you like murder mysteries!

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6957/c272905packageez0.jpg
Balder Bullet Revellion
The highly anticipated Balder Bullet Remake. No description needed. They revamped the ADV portion of the original game, the ACT portion has met with mixed reviews though...

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/5351/c249705packageek0.jpg
Silvery White ～君と出逢った理由～
Excellent art and character models. The box art just screams buy me ^^;; The storyline looks fairly standard, but with a few twists involving legend/myths and mysterious powers. Reminds me of the 舞-HiME game.

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6867/c263305packageia0.jpg
カラフル アクアリウム (Colorful Aquarium)
Debut game from Eufonie. Absolutely love the character designs (too moe~) Story basis is a lighthearted, school comedy with maids ^^ A winning combination indeed!

[dont]

PP - Pianissimo
2 round end, it's bad than caratagura

Balder Bullet Revellion
just play the action part,the story part is not good

Silvery White
one of my friend tell me this game is good,i'm not start yet

[martino]

All of them in Japansese, huh...

There don't seem to be any new game released in english though... :(

[relentlessflame]

There don't seem to be any new game released in english though... :(Well, if you're talking about major productions from noteworthy companies (i.e. the types of games that get animated), the amount that get released in English each year (commercially or otherwise) is at or pretty near zero. And even if you broaden your scope to include any ero-game/visual novel releases of any kind (including those where story is decidedly less of a focus), you'd still be lucky if there were one a month (if that). So yeah... basically, until the English market really increases significantly, I think that's simply the way it'll be. And if the abysmal sales at Hirameki are any indicator, it looks like it'll be that way for a while. As usual, the answer is to keep brushing up on your Japanese...

[Cloudnine]

Two other games that came out on the 29th. These I'll definitely be getting soon this week~! (・∀・)b

http://i9.tinypic.com/34ii6hg.jpg
いな☆こい! (Ina☆koi!)
Played the demo and loved it! Excellent art and overall production, especially the OP~ (< grab it here > (http://whirlpool.co.jp/inakoi/inakoi_dl.htm)) The basis of the story looks like your standard school life scenario, but with a bit of an twist involving goddesses (kitsunemimi <3). Sudden cohabitation with a goddess? Only in bishoujo games! ( ´ー｀)b

http://i9.tinypic.com/2e38o4x.jpg
こんな娘がいたら (abbrev. Conboku)
Conbuku is very different from the games Akabeesoft has made in the past. Their last game, Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo is a masterpiece in scriptwriting, rivalling Key in terms of story and character depth. Hopefully the dialogue and script in Conboku will match their previous works (despite following the more standard fare bishoujo style). I have faith though since Akabeesoft rarely ever dissapoints~ ^^

[luckyovermind]

Have any of the "Welcome to Pia Carrot" games been released in english?
I do know someone is translating the first PIA game, the project page this here:
http://www.mattsmessyroom.com/projects.html#pia
It started about half a year ago and is now up to 33% of the script.

All of them in Japansese, huh...
There don't seem to be any new game released in english though... :(
Well, can't complain about that... I, too, am "patiently" waiting for the wind a breath of heart english patch, which gipface san is likely to hold that up for another month.

くそ~~~~! The meteor has landed~~It's a direct impact! (on my wallet >.<) Yukichi-san is down! down!
[SIZE="1"]
Man... Your wallet is going to be depleted in no time... I'm starting to worry about you...

[martino]

I'm waiting for the Wind patch as well. I even brought the damn game in Japanese...and all I can understand is "konnichi wa"(well, maybe a bit more, but it doesn't make any difference).

[Benoit]

As usual, the answer is to keep brushing up on your Japanese...
No, the answer is to spread awareness of the genre. Sales aren't going to rise out of nowhere.
I even brought the damn game
I don't understand why people feel the need to insert an r into the word BOUGHT.

[Sushi-Y]

PP - Pianissimo
2 round end
I'll try to guess what that means... You cleared the game once, but it was too painful to go through it a second time (for scene/CG collection), so you had to give up... どう？当たってるかな

I played the demo for it and fell in love with the atmosphere (which is something innocent grey is great at, apparantly). I suppose its story might be a possible weakness, which would be fatal for a suspense thriller. Hopefully it can pass my standard.

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For the sake of getting some feedback, I'll paste on a mini review I wrote on ef over at Aquastar.

ef -First Fan Disk- (http://www.minori.ph/lineup/ef/index.html)

First of all, this is only a "preview" version of the full game, ef - a fairy tale of the two (which wil be released in two installments, as ef - the first tale and ef - the latter tale). The -First Fan Disk- package includes various bonus goods, such as setting booklets and comics, as well as the main game disk.

The game itself was short (after all, it's only a "preview" of the actual game, the first of which will be released in December), and I mean short. No matter how slow of a reader you are, you'll get through this in less than an hour. Most eroge demos are longer than that. ^^;

Considering that this was only meant to give the gamers "a taste" of what the full game will be like, I'd say minori did a very good job. However, for such a short "game", the 2,500 yen price tag does seem a little expensive, even with the bonus goods.


First of all, and most importantly, the game has amazing visuals. Not only are the CGs beautiful, there are plenty of movements too: eye blinks and mouth movements are a standard, and plenty of variations in character portraits.

One thing minori mentioned in an interview is that they wanted to break the traditional image of a visual novel where a character is usually presented as a tachie (立ち絵, a standing portrait) on screen, placed over the same background image that gets reused all the time. Only once in a while does an original image appear as an "event CG".

Instead, they wanted to go for a game where the visuals remain fresh (as opposed to seeing the same portraits over the same backgrounds over and over again) through methods such as manipulating the camera viewpoint/angles and creating art variations that's unique to every scene. By doing this, minori is hoping to give the game a "cinamatic" feel, as if it's like watching a movie.
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6562/untitled2yo2.th.jpg (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled2yo2.jpg) http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/8812/untitled3rq8.th.jpg (http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled3rq8.jpg)
The results are quite impressive, even regular talk scenes appeared to look like special events, even though it's really just the result of unique placement of camera viewpoints and character portraits over background images that may change to reflect interactions from the characters.
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4752/untitled1hr1.th.jpg (http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled1hr1.jpg) http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5809/untitled5lg6.th.jpg (http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled5lg6.jpg) http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4760/untitled6kg3.th.jpg (http://img100.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled6kg3.jpg)
Not only are the screenplays unique, the characters show quite a bit of animated movements too for a visual novel (eye blinks, mouth movements, occasional body movements). For talking scenes (like the church scene with Yuuko above), you can be tricked into thinking you're watching a super-high quality anime. ^^;

While I'm on the topic of quality, let's talk about the art. Having an innovative idea for visual presentation is great, but the art has to look good too. As you can see from the screenshots, there's no need to worry about that either. The "completion level" (the amount of details placed into the art by an artist before it's declared "done") for the arts in this game is very high. You can't complain with Nanao Naru-san as the character arts/designer either. As for backgrounds, well, I'll let them speak for themselves.
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/884/untitled4zr5.th.jpg (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled4zr5.jpg) http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7610/untitled7gk5.th.jpg (http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled7gk5.jpg)
The background scenaries give off quite a strong European look, but some parts are quite Japanese-ish too. It's quite an interesting blend.

As for the sound department, the character voices are all very fitting of their image. Yuuko's cheerful voice was a little surprising at first, because I didn't expect her to be such a bright type, but it felt just right after a while.

The music is the usual blend of instruments, the "daily life" category of tracks are all nicely paced and soothing to the ears. The piano tracks aren't bad either. The violin track in the end was a nice surprise too.

Finally, the all-important story. Honestly, there's not enough here for me to judge yet. After all, this is more like an introductory disk where the main characters from the first arc of the game make their appearances. I got through this in 30 minutes, and nothing spectacular happened in particular.

I will admit though, the concept is very interesting: different main characters with either stories occuring during different episodes, yet, all of them are connected to each other in some ways, ultimating weaving them all together into one single tale. Main characters from one episode may become supporting characters in another episode, while people they're related to one way or another become main character themselves. I suppose what minori is trying to do with ef is to demonstrate the complexity and intricacies of human relationships, not unlike some western TV dramas, I suppose. ^^;

Anyway, that's that. The game has already proven itself worthy in the visual and sound department. If the story is actually any good, then we might have a winner in our hands (provided they can maintain this kind of visual quality throughout the game, which will be hard).

ef -the first tale- will be out in 2 months, I look forward to it. ^^

[martino]

I don't understand why people feel the need to insert an r into the word BOUGHT.
Sorry, it's a typo. It's not like the world has ended... :(

[Shinova]

*ef*

Looks really good. Backgrounds may even give Prism Ark a run for its money.

[JarOfMayo]

I played the demo for it and fell in love with the atmosphere (which is something innocent grey is great at, apparantly). I suppose its story might be a possible weakness, which would be fatal for a suspense thriller. Hopefully it can pass my standard.

ef -the first tale- will be out in 2 months, I look forward to it. ^^

Ohhhh yeah same for me Pianoissmo is just something that drew me in so well. And yeah... something about ending the demo on a gorey cliffhanger was making me go huh? :eyespin:

Yes... I await ef too ;-; so well done. I remember I read a review that actually... complained that due to the approach taken, they basically bonked the CG mode from the game lol. Pretty sure its not available in the trial right?

[Kensuke]

http://i9.tinypic.com/34ii6hg.jpg
いな☆こい! (Ina☆koi!)
Played the demo and loved it! Excellent art and overall production, especially the OP~ (< grab it here > (http://whirlpool.co.jp/inakoi/inakoi_dl.htm)) The basis of the story looks like your standard school life scenario, but with a bit of an twist involving goddesses (kitsunemimi <3). Sudden cohabitation with a goddess? Only in bishoujo games! ( ´ー｀)b
Any relation to Utawarerumono? Because that blue haired girl looks a lot like Eruruu or Aruruu, heh.

Well, I might try the demo.

[donthuang]

Ohhhh yeah same for me Pianoissmo is just something that drew me in so well. And yeah... something about ending the demo on a gorey cliffhanger was making me go huh? :eyespin:



PIANISSIMO.....

MUSIC:8/10 (Litte wing's Jazz really not bad)

GRAPH:7/10 (not bad,but カルタグラ's "color" is better than pianissimo)

Vocal: 9/10

Character acts :8/10 (KUON chan relly moe, HAa HAa)

STORY: 4/10 (this is the only problem...sigh)

[Cloudnine]

Any relation to Utawarerumono? Because that blue haired girl looks a lot like Eruruu or Aruruu, heh.

Well, I might try the demo.
There is no connection to Utawarerumono (besides being too moe~)

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/4087/ci02bp3.jpg

Sarasa! <3

[Sushi-Y]

Yes... I await ef too ;-; so well done. I remember I read a review that actually... complained that due to the approach taken, they basically bonked the CG mode from the game lol. Pretty sure its not available in the trial right?
There still are event CGs, but they may not be as noticeable since minori went to great lengths to make every scene look like an unique event. And since the characters are still animated (eye/mouth movement) even during these special CG events, you might not realize you're looking at an "event CG" at all.
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2712/untitled8je1.th.jpg (http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled8je1.jpg) http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8303/untitled9zu2.th.jpg (http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled9zu2.jpg)
(Event "CGs"?)

Also, there is a "memories" option in the main menu, but it's not selectable.

For what it's worth, all the game mags that did coverages on the game listed it as having a CG mode, so who knows, maybe -the first tale- will have it.

PIANISSIMO.....

STORY: 4/10 (this is the only problem...sigh)
I hear the writing gets really dry near the end. I'll keep my expectations low and hope for the best. :heh:

Speaking of which, I still don't have it yet. 遅いぞ Canadian customs.

[arias]

Speaking of which, I still don't have it yet. 遅いぞ Canadian customs.

Sushi, where did you learn your japanese?

[JarOfMayo]

There still are event CGs, but they may not be as noticeable since minori went to great lengths to make every scene look like an unique event. And since the characters are still animated (eye/mouth movement) even during these special CG events, you might not realize you're looking at an "event CG" at all.
Also, there is a "memories" option in the main menu, but it's not selectable.

For what it's worth, all the game mags that did coverages on the game listed it as having a CG mode, so who knows, maybe -the first tale- will have it.

I hear the writing gets really dry near the end. I'll keep my expectations low and hope for the best. :heh:

Speaking of which, I still don't have it yet. 遅いぞ Canadian customs.

Yea... darn need to see -ef- myself to get a better idea :eyespin: looks sooo good though...

Yea... Only demo play on pianoismo here too... Trying to get it, but gonna take time... mmmm I sorta agree about the story...
Its kinda hard to see how to get Kudoh out of his predicament... especially when the only current solutions are... kinda hard to believe lol And yes.. Kuon is so moe :D

[MeganeShounen]

I was randomly browsing Getchu when I found this:
http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=326065

Looks like some sort of Circus fandisk with some of their characters? I can recognize the Da Capo 1 & 2 girls... anyone care to verify?

[Cloudnine]

I was randomly browsing Getchu when I found this:
http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=326065

Looks like some sort of Circus fandisk with some of their characters? I can recognize the Da Capo 1 & 2 girls... anyone care to verify?
That's the new fandisc coming out on 12/22. There's four different mini scenarios to play through for the most popular characters from their games.

Yume and Otome from DCII
Kotori from DCI
Sae from Kujiura
Yomi from Sukumizu 2

*reads through the synopsis* And yes, there's more ero content ^^;;

[Cloudnine]

Canvas2 DVD Edition was just released yesterday ^^ Tomoko fans rejoice! *dances*

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f131/adam2006th/c297845package.jpg

F&C really love milking their franchises >.>, still this one I can't pass up on since Tomoko is now a main heroine (she was introduced in the anime only) Her illustrations are absolutely cute~!

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/6055/c297845chara2wm4.jpg

Takeuchi also makes her debut too~

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9305/c297845chara1dq3.jpg

[Erhjegel]

Hm, just sort of throwing this around, but is anybody else also playing Tenku no Sinfonia 1, or 2? Just got it and it seems to be great, though I've heard a lot of people say that the differences in difficulty between the two is huge.

Also managed to get Relict 1 and 2. Wow, I'm gonna be busy with eroges with SRPG style combat. XD

[Mpy]

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[Mpy]

I'm sorry. :P

[Valdra]

Hurrah, more interesting posts by Sushi and Cloudnine. That ef game looks gorgeous >_>

Anyway, just a couple of questions for those of you here who have played Prism Ark through (which appears to be a few at least) and feel like answering... how many battles are there actually? Just curious how much it focuses on them or if they're just an occasional side thing. After getting hold of the second OP on DivX Stage 6 (the song is love, btw), and hearing more and more good things about it I'm reeeally starting to want it now >_> Also, how's the writing in terms of complexity between 'not that difficult' and 'kanji chains of doom'?

Finally, anyone know if the Amazon JP listed cover (not worksafe) (http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4661/coverfv3.jpg) for the regular edition... well, is the cover for the regular edition? Cus that's so blatant :(

Sushi, where did you learn your japanese?
http://z4.invisionfree.com/aquastar/index.php?showtopic=2188 may or may not help you. Just goes to show visual novels can be a pretty good learning aid :D The lead translator of the Higurashi chapter 7 translation patch apparently learnt quite a bit through Air too.

[Shinova]

Hurrah, more interesting posts by Sushi and Cloudnine. That ef game looks gorgeous >_>

Anyway, just a couple of questions for those of you here who have played Prism Ark through (which appears to be a few at least) and feel like answering... how many battles are there actually? Just curious how much it focuses on them or if they're just an occasional side thing. After getting hold of the second OP on DivX Stage 6 (the song is love, btw), and hearing more and more good things about it I'm reeeally starting to want it now >_> Also, how's the writing in terms of complexity between 'not that difficult' and 'kanji chains of doom'?

http://irorin.x0.to/erogame/gamek/prismarkk.html

That's the walkthrough. Scroll down. Do you see those hyperlinks? Those are links to mini-sections that, I believe, give you hints how to beat the corresponding battles. From the number of links you can get a general idea how many battles there are.

And the writing complexity isn't difficult.

Do note that the last chapters of each character have little to no choices; you're set on that character's main story path. Doesn't mean they're short.

[Cloudnine]

Finally, anyone know if the Amazon JP listed cover (not worksafe) (http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4661/coverfv3.jpg) for the regular edition... well, is the cover for the regular edition? Cus that's so blatant :(
Lol, yes that's the cover for the standard DVD edition that was just released recently. I've seen the cover at a nearby shop and it looks really beautiful in person. (<3 the art... a poster version would be nice~ ^^)

The original limited edition had a less revealing cover.

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8774/c139381packageml9.jpg

[Valdra]

http://irorin.x0.to/erogame/gamek/prismarkk.html

That's the walkthrough. Scroll down. Do you see those hyperlinks? Those are links to mini-sections that, I believe, give you hints how to beat the corresponding battles. From the number of links you can get a general idea how many battles there are.

And the writing complexity isn't difficult.

Do note that the last chapters of each character have little to no choices; you're set on that character's main story path. Doesn't mean they're short.
Rightyho, thanks :) That's quite a few more than I expected actually.

Lol, yes that's the cover for the standard DVD edition that was just released recently. I've seen the cover at a nearby shop and it looks really beautiful in person. (<3 the art... a poster version would be nice~ ^^)

The original limited edition had a less revealing cover.
Well, the limited edition's also going for quite a bit on Yahoo Japan, so I don't think it's quite worth it >_> The standard one's growing on me though, mainly because I reeeally like the art style, particularly all the soft shades. Thanks :) The internet wouldn't give me an answer either way, sofmap has the LE one listed instead. I'd love to be able to just walk in a shop and check like that xP

Still, after playing about with one or two of the chapter demos (including the two battle ones where I got owned but had fun while being owned... ) I think this'll be next on my 'to buy' list. Oh Natwest, why are you so slow at issuing credit cards?

[Sushi-Y]

Well, let's see... I guess I'll just dump my game comments here this time.

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Katahane (カタハネ) (http://tarte.deal.co.jp/products/katahane/katahane.html) (11/22/06)
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/3018/c220453packagekp4.jpg

Probably like many others, I was drawn to this game by Fue-san's art. The drawings are refined and neat, it makes them really a pleasure to look at.

Now then, the game is, I suppose, what you would call a "group drama", almost like a play. In other words, the player's view isn't restricted to one single "protagonist", instead, the viewpoint shifts from character to character as the story progresses along, much like a play.

The story is split into two major portions, Shirohane (シロハネ) and Kurohane (クロハネ). Shirohane makes up the majority of the game, taking place in "present time" while Kurohane tells of a historical tale that happened "in the past" (relative to Shirohane).

In Shirohane, the story revolves around Wakaba and her friends on a journey to find actors who would act in a play that Wakaba's in the middle of writing. The play is based on a famous historical tragedy called "Angel's Guidance". However, in Wakaba's hands, the play was completely rewritten to have a happy ending. Despite the play being incomplete and modified silly, Wakaba still managed to find some people who are willing to act in her play. The story of Shirohane focuses on Wakaba's quest to recruit enough actors for her play, and to successfully carry her play out.

Kurohane, on the other hand, is tale of the past that tells of a tragic story of a princess and those around her. Kurohane is the historical truth behind the tale of "Angel's Guidance", and the event that Wakaba's play will be based on.

Tarte (the game's creator) was generous (bold?) enough to release the entirely of Kurohane (total of 11 chapters) on their website as their trial version. And this is what this post will be mostly about.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/627/12463125251249512493062418010263761126085182617833 209ue4.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376112 6085182617833209ue4.jpg) http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2795/12463125251249512493062418010263761126085202617800 209mv3.th.jpg (http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376112 6085202617800209mv3.jpg)
The story of Kurohane itself is very much like a play, the premise is quite simple, and the development, although nicely done, can be predictable (not to say there weren't surprises though). The stage and cast is limited, which isn't really a problem if you think of Kurohane as a theatrical play.

I won't go into details about the plot, but to quickly describe it, it's a story that takes place in the country of White, where Coco, a doll from the country of Blue, and Efa, a doll from the country of Red, arrived to assist Christina, the princess of the country of White, in a theatrical play called "Angel's Wing Flap".
However, little did anyone know at the time that there are certain forces from Red and Blue conspiring to use this play as a chance to create conflict between the 3 nations, and to ultimately spark a war...

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/7479/12463125251249512493062418010263761126085202617853 209xu8.th.jpg (http://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376112 6085202617853209xu8.jpg) http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/687/12463125251249512493062418010263761226085002617831 209tf8.th.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376122 6085002617831209tf8.jpg) http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1686/12463125251249512493062418010263761126085232617819 209qw8.th.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376112 6085232617819209qw8.jpg) http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/7876/12463125251249512493062418010263761226085222617849 209cq7.th.jpg (http://img49.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376122 6085222617849209cq7.jpg)
Character-wise, I'm pretty satisified with how they're portrayed. Christina is very much a stereotypical princess, you could say her innocent selfishness is part of the cause for the tragedy.

Efa is, well, kawaii~ :heh: A national treasure from the country of Red, Efa is a highly sophisticated doll lent to the country of White for the upcoming play.

Coco is absolutely adorable. Although she's not a high-class doll like Efa, her personality will melt your heart. ^^ I loved her in every single scene.

Dua and Ein is a great pair together. To be honest, their development was probably the biggest tragedy for me in Kurohane, especially considering Dua was my favorite character in Kurohane.

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4656/12463125251249512493062418010263761226085222617838 209uu9.th.jpg (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376122 6085222617838209uu9.jpg) http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/2117/12463125251249512493062418010263761226085222617840 209rb3.th.jpg (http://img75.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376122 6085222617840209rb3.jpg) http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/3541/12463125251249512493062418010263761326085002617814 209wy7.th.jpg (http://img355.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376132 6085002617814209wy7.jpg) http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/8774/12463125251249512493062418010263761326085002617826 209da0.th.jpg (http://img355.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376132 6085002617826209da0.jpg)
Like I said earlier, the story can be a little predictable at times, but only in terms of "what", not "how": you know what's going to happen next, but you have no idea how it'll affect the story. For some, this "scripted play" feel is still enough to be a turn off, but considering Kurohane is supposed to be a historical drama to begin with, I don't find it to be a problem at all.

The love between Christina and Efa is also another "significant" development in Kurohane. I don't consider myself a yuri fan, but I swear, these two managed to make me totally ballistic.
(>ヮ<) kyaa~~

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/5549/12463125251249512493062418010263761326085022617808 209fz6.th.jpg (http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376132 6085022617808209fz6.jpg) http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/3002/12463125251249512493062418010263761326085022617818 209uc4.th.jpg (http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376132 6085022617818209uc4.jpg) http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1258/12463125251249512493062418010263761326085032617814 209uj8.th.jpg (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376132 6085032617814209uj8.jpg) http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2922/12463125251249512493062418010263761326085032617818 209rj2.th.jpg (http://img162.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1246312525124951249306241801026376132 6085032617818209rj2.jpg)
The music was, in one word, great. Since Kurohane is a generally dark and serious story, the tracks are mostly a collection of piano and violin arrangements with a classical touch (plus some "battle music" too ^^; ). I'm sure Shirohane, the "main" part of the game, will feature even more upbeat tracks.

Well, I think that's enough screenshots. Voice is not included in the downloadable Kurohane (which would probably make the file size huge), but the final game will be fully voiced (male+female cast).

It's also quite fun to read through the list of characters in Shirohane (http://tarte.deal.co.jp/products/katahane/shirohane/chara.html) and Kurohane (http://tarte.deal.co.jp/products/katahane/kurohane/chara.html) just for their profiles.
My current favorite is Silvia-neesan (Shirohane) (guess who's playing Dua? ^^; )
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/778/shirochr08rm3.jpg

Oh yeah, this is an eroge, apparantly.:heh:

[DaFool]

So is it a kinetic novel?

[kj1980]

btw, if you haven't noticed, I don't play that much ero-games as I used to nowadays... I guess I'm just getting too old. The point has come where I have over a hundred ero-games that I haven't played yet stacked right next to my computer, which (if I bought it at the actual retail price, which I never do) amounts to over 880,000 yen. Reality has finally hit upon me that for the same price, I could've gone to Guam, Saipan, Hawaii, and Tahiti, AND still have money left over. ...And realizing that, I decided to sell these games to a used game store for 1/4~1/2 the price (I was actually surprised some would actually take it for 5,000 yen for the premium, but) and recuperated 65% of the money that I wasted. Lesson learned, I'm gonna use that to go to Guam.

So, I have taken a break on buying ero-games unless I know it is really great (i.e.: amount of doujin groups doing doujinshis of that ero-game at Comike)

Sure I may see bunch of ef posters in and around Akihabara...but I'm still not tempted to buy it...despite it being drawn by Nanao Naru. Let katatsuki release Sacchin's scenario on their remake of Tsukihime, and I'll definitely buy.

So...what's the next big thing after "Fate" and "Higurashi"? I haven't seen it yet.

[Shinova]

Fate's coming to PS2 with some new content, isn't it?

What Typemoon's next big thing is...... it's a mystery.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Lol, yes that's the cover for the standard DVD edition that was just released recently. I've seen the cover at a nearby shop and it looks really beautiful in person. (<3 the art... a poster version would be nice~ ^^)

The original limited edition had a less revealing cover.

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8774/c139381packageml9.jpg

I might have been playing that once since its an RPG and has some damn fine artwork. That is if the DVD weren't so chock full of dummy data so as to push it onto a DVD9 which I don't even think I can burn let alone read. Although this is a new computer now that I think of it. In Lieu I am playing Diablo. Or Rather Tayu Uta by Eushully.

Edit: Hey cool this DVD-Drive does support everything up to but not including Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. I love it when my computer crashes because I always make a killing on the next one and its always free.

[Sushi-Y]

btw, if you haven't noticed, I don't play that much ero-games as I used to nowadays... I guess I'm just getting too old. The point has come where I have over a hundred ero-games that I haven't played yet stacked right next to my computer, which (if I bought it at the actual retail price, which I never do) amounts to over 880,000 yen. Reality has finally hit upon me that for the same price, I could've gone to Guam, Saipan, Hawaii, and Tahiti, AND still have money left over. ...And realizing that, I decided to sell these games to a used game store for 1/4~1/2 the price (I was actually surprised some would actually take it for 5,000 yen for the premium, but) and recuperated 65% of the money that I wasted. Lesson learned, I'm gonna use that to go to Guam.

So, I have taken a break on buying ero-games unless I know it is really great (i.e.: amount of doujin groups doing doujinshis of that ero-game at Comike)

Sure I may see bunch of ef posters in and around Akihabara...but I'm still not tempted to buy it...despite it being drawn by Nanao Naru. Let katatsuki release Sacchin's scenario on their remake of Tsukihime, and I'll definitely buy.

So...what's the next big thing after "Fate" and "Higurashi"? I haven't seen it yet.
880-... (゜Д ゜；)

Well, I'm glad you made your decision. It's true that these kind of games are meant to stimulate your attention (and spending urge), even though you might not actually have the time/motivation to play through them. But a tsumige- library of that size is just...

For me personally, running across a game that I consider to be "interesting/worth buying" is a rare thing that probably only happens once every few months. And not living in Japan means no impulse buys either. Besides, if I had to buy something out of impulse, then it's probably not worth it.

The next big thing? Maybe that next TYPE-MOON game that Nasu and Takeuchi-san mentioned in the latest interview with Dengeki G's? Ryukushi07-san's next project that he's starting on after the Higurashi disk planned for C71? Who knows. Even the most successful games from other top companies don't have the level of widespread popularity and support that Fate/stay night and Higurashi got (except maybe Key's games, partly thanks to Kyoani) (even then, the population is far more limited compared to Fate and Higurashi's fanbase).

For me, the next big thing would be Key's "Little Busters" (I buy Dengeki G's every month just for the SS and 4-koma comcis). Will it send shockwaves through the community? Probably no more than CLANNAD did, but that's fine with me. I don't need my games to be social phenomenons before I buy them.

[Cloudnine]

Fate's coming to PS2 with some new content, isn't it?*nods*

The deal breaker for me is full voicing using the majority of the anime cast. There are some extra events/CGs (I bet there will be a Sakura date event in HF :3), other than that, it should be the same game.


Katahane (カタハネ) (http://tarte.deal.co.jp/products/katahane/katahane.html) (11/22/06)

I love Tarte games ever since Hinatabokko (ひなたぼっこ). Their character designs always slightly differ from the norm, which is refreshing and equally interesting at the same time.

I have to admit, the art in Katahane looks magnificent. I get a very "cinematic" feel from the demo, especially with the widescreen CGs and overemphasis in lighting and effects.

umuu... release date is coming soon~ and it's near the new console release date as well... (difficult choice indeed)

[JarOfMayo]

For me, the next big thing would be Key's "Little Busters" (I buy Dengeki G's every month just for the SS and 4-koma comcis). Will it send shockwaves through the community? Probably no more than CLANNAD did, but that's fine with me. I don't need my games to be social phenomenons before I buy them.

I'm working through my "pile" so I can be mentally prepared for Little Busters. lol... :eyespin:

Except I add to the pile every once in awhile :heh: Doesn't help that I replay CLANNAD on occasion either...:heh:

[Potatochobit]

i want to buy the fate remake but do u think they will re-release it on PC?

[Lord Faust]

Hello I'm new here. I'm also new to the visual novel genre. Actually one of the reasons I signed up here is because it after weeks of lurking and 'stealing' tips from here, I guess it's only appropriate to register to say thank you and hopefully I can get more assistance from time to time. Thank you.

I'm also glad that there are so many visual novel fans here. The following visual novels are the ones that I have played.

Kana~ Little Sister ( My introduction to the B-Game genre )
Crescendo ( Simplying amazing, excellent translation and story-telling )
Private Nurse ( Poignant, completed but still far from getting 100 %)
Narcissus & Narcissus side 2nd demo ( Not eroge still a good read )
Secret Wives Club ( Deleted the game half way through cos more sex less story)

Out of these Crescendo would be my favourite. Ayame's and Kyoko's paths are favourite for reasons best not mention here, especially Ayame's

Sorry if off topic but one B- game I would really like to try is Tenshi no Inai 12-gatsu if it ever got translated. I read that the game it self has a very depressing atmosphere and has some sad endings. I asked around some where before whether using a program that could translate the Japanese text to English would be appropriate for some one who has no knowledge in the Japanese language. But the answers were discouraging and I gave up on the idea. So if it is not too much to ask, could some one please direct me to a site where could explain the story of the game in some detail in English please? Sounds really interesting, the story that is. Thanks again in advance.

[luckyovermind]

Hello I'm new here. I'm also new to the visual novel genre. ...

Glad to meet someone who is also new ^^ As a person who is still struggling with CLANNAD and GINIRO, all the talks about newest games like prism ark and ef here made me feel out of the place sometimes... :heh: , well, enough rambling…

Below is my personal interpretation…(I know it’s bad)

December when there is no angel is LEAF’s experimental work. The protagonist is a high school student, who has confusion and emptiness typical of young age, but a bit extreme maybe. Then he meets a few girls, who is *surprisingly* same as him, or even worse mentally. And essentially, they use H to fulfil this emptiness,

What is life?
What is sex?
Beside sex, is there anything else between us?

And the end you may see a light, however dim. The scenario writer didn’t solve any practical problems for these youngsters. He just presented it, in the name of sympathy.


Perhaps from the above paragraph you can deduce: there is a lot of H in this game. The game’s value is highly controversial. Some even say it’s rubbish.

And you are right, perhaps the best part of this game is the grey atmosphere. On the surface it is the beautiful CG by LEAF’s artists, but you can sense the forever depression underneath. (I know it’s a VERY BAD example, but I will say it’s along the lines of Narcissu)


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Sorry I didn’t know any english reviews or sites of this game, maybe someone else could help?

The probability of a translation being done is very small. As I said it was highly controversial and had a lot of erotic reference. The theme was a bit negative also. But on the plus side, its length is medium, maybe some good hearted translator will pick it up? ^^

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On a side note, If you like tear-jerking stories (rather than overall depressing ones like 12-gatsu). I highly recommend giniro. It’s written by narcissu’s author a few years back (at least for the first chapter). Newlife anime’s patch has dropped out of the edge of internet, but agilis did the novelisation of 1st chapter (which is a complete medium length story by itself). Go here: http://neechin.net , click on the FILES to find out more XD

And you haven’t tried any of plantarian, ever17, phantom of inferno and hourglass of summer yet? They are available in English you know.

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Off-topic: Whenever can I see the light of DO's "the family project" translation *cries*

[MeganeShounen]

I was wondering why anyone hasn't posted anything about this one yet. Maybe because it's not that great a game compared to the ones posted before... but as a fan of the series, might as well break the ice about it.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3275/1161186397211rq6.th.jpg (http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1161186397211rq6.jpg)
ToHeart2 ~Another Days~
More girls for good ol' Takaaki to push down... err, befriend. ;)

Seems like they're really going for the sequel-sequel approach. Also seems to include a whole new slew of winnable girls. Maryan-sempai and a new girl named Harumi (bottom right) as well.

Now, I'd wish they would do the same for D.C. II. :rolleyes:

[Riker]

Actually, it was mentioned in the New Announced Anime thread and the To Heart 2 the anime thread.

Here is a more complete version of that magazine article.

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/6291/moeren17222rz8.th.jpg (http://img462.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moeren17222rz8.jpg)


Seems like you can still choose Tamaki and Konomi. New scenarios?

[MeganeShounen]

Ah, damn. I didn't notice that. Thanks for the heads up, Riker~

So wait, the HMX girls are really winnable this time around?

[Potatochobit]

idk, ilfa was pretty winnable in the previous game :heh:

but i didnt like them mushing it in with the twins story line. hopefully the ending will stay seperate from other characters this time.

[Sushi-Y]

The deal breaker for me is full voicing using the majority of the anime cast. There are some extra events/CGs (I bet there will be a Sakura date event in HF :3), other than that, it should be the same game.
I bet there won't be one. :heh: Especially considering that there are many jokes in the community about how Sakura was the only one who didn't get a date with Shirou in the game (which is why she turned black ^^; ). It has become a kind of "iron tradition" (just like a Sacchin/Ilya/Fuji-nee scenario).

Besides, she got her date in hollow ataraxia (kinda :heh: ).

I have to admit, the art in Katahane looks magnificent. I get a very "cinematic" feel from the demo, especially with the widescreen CGs and overemphasis in lighting and effects.
The art is very pretty indeed. Although regular talk scenes appears to be limited to one character on the screen at a time (reminds me of Scarlette), which feels a little lonely sometimes.

I liked Kurohane, I just hope Shirohane won't disappoint either.

I'm working through my "pile" so I can be mentally prepared for Little Busters. lol... :eyespin:
Judging from the official site's current state, I'm guessing it'll be another year or so before a possible release, so there's no need to worry about it now.

i want to buy the fate remake but do u think they will re-release it on PC?
That'd make it a reverse-port, which is very unlikely.

On a side note, If you like tear-jerking stories (rather than overall depressing ones like 12-gatsu). I highly recommend giniro. It’s written by narcissu’s author a few years back (at least for the first chapter).
Giniro is a good game, the nameless girl's (Ayame) story certainly was quite a tear-jerker (so was Sagiri's story...). All of Nekoneko's games were quite good, really. When it comes to sad/melancholic scenarios, Kataoka-san's right up there with Maeda-san. (Those of you who played Narcissu will have an idea)

I was wondering why anyone hasn't posted anything about this one yet. Maybe because it's not that great a game compared to the ones posted before... but as a fan of the series, might as well break the ice about it.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3275/1161186397211rq6.th.jpg (http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1161186397211rq6.jpg)
ToHeart2 ~Another Days~
More girls for good ol' Takaaki to push down... err, befriend. ;)
I was more surprised at Leaf's other announcement of that big 3D RPG game they're making with 5 big-shot illustrators (Karen x Mitsumi Misato x Kawata Hisashi x Amazuyu Tatsuki x Nakamura Takeshi).

君が呼ぶ、メギドの丘で, it's called.

[Lord Faust]

luckyovermind thanks for your insight on 'December when there is no angel'. It's good enough for me. Personally I don't really care for the H- scenes, but more interested in the underlying stories/tones the games convey. Crescendo is a fine example where the game could also be enjoyable without the H -scenes. Well, all you did is further deepen my curiosity about the game...^_^

Thanks for the heads up on geniro too. That I shall check out soon later. Anyways wallet a bit tight and lacking in hard drive space so will not be getting any new B - Games any time soon. Thanks again luckyovermind...^_^

[luckyovermind]

Giniro is a good game, the nameless girl's (Ayame) story certainly was quite a tear-jerker (so was Sagiri's story...). All of Nekoneko's games were quite good, really. When it comes to sad/melancholic scenarios, Kataoka-san's right up there with Maeda-san. (Those of you who played Narcissu will have an idea)

Maeda-san has the master technique when it comes to make you cry and laugh, whenever he want....
Kataoka-san's writing is, beautiful, just beautiful. (I know I'm reading translations but I can still feel it :D)

I think leaf is going to use fake 3D anyway, so...

Thanks for the heads up on geniro too. That I shall check out soon later. Anyways wallet a bit tight and lacking in hard drive space so will not be getting any new B - Games any time soon. Thanks again luckyovermind...^_^

In DWTINA, H is somewhat essential and ties strongly to the story. One of the most prevalent comment on the erogamescape is that "you wouldn't want to recommend this game to normal people", and "this is truly an 18-kin game". But it appears that you are already addicted to it, good luck then :heh:

Gin'iro - Gin = silver and iro = color. The link I gave you points to the novelisation. which means you are not required to have the game. That being said, it helps to have the game in hand, as the viewpoint