General Eroge Impressions & Discussion

[Acseru]

Originally Posted by Spectacular_Insanity

Into English? I really want to play, but my grasp of kanji is quite pathetic, and I don't feel like trying to play the game with a dictionary in hand the entire time...

Yeah, they're transling it into english. The anime was so good that I'm having high hopes for this one.

[Suuyin]

first off, isn't it "Asu no Kimi to Au Tame ni", since the short form used on the game website is "Asukimi"? .__.
this is the guy (group?) responsible for the OP movie. though i have no idea whether there's any link between him and Shinkai. couldn't dig up much info on him/her...
the dude sure loves putting words all over his works though. if anything, i'd say the OP feels closer to that Yogurting video "Always", since that one has lots of funky colors too <.<

just installed ExE, probably gonna start on it during the weekends where there's no projects and assignments to disturb me.
by the way, has anyone played FlyingShine's "Kaiware" before? i'm kinda interested in that one for some reason (._.)

[Chewy]

For those who can read Chinese, KeyFC has released their Tomoyo After Chinese patch. You can find it on their bbs.

[cyth]

Originally Posted by Suuyin

first off, isn't it "Asu no Kimi to Au Tame ni", since the short form used on the game website is "Asukimi"? .__.

Why do you think it's "asu" in the abbreviated title instead of "ashita"? Because "asu" is shorter than "ashita". It's the same word, two different pronounciations, afaik.

[shadowplay]

Originally Posted by Suuyin

first off, isn't it "Asu no Kimi to Au Tame ni", since the short form used on the game website is "Asukimi"? .__.
this is the guy (group?) responsible for the OP movie. though i have no idea whether there's any link between him and Shinkai. couldn't dig up much info on him/her...
the dude sure loves putting words all over his works though. if anything, i'd say the OP feels closer to that Yogurting video "Always", since that one has lots of funky colors too

I think you're wrong, they made that first trailer for the game (I thought it was OP at first when I posted youtube link weeks ago) that's probably done in After Effects, and not the new fully-animated Shinkai-like OP we're talking about atm.

[Suuyin]

oh wait it's the nudie anime OP, not the psychedelic one.

yeah now i feel stupid for not checking properly which OP was being discussed before making a reply. sorry about that guys

and i guess i just took the shorter reading "Asu" because the title didn't say "Ashita"

[Oppius]

Can anyone here suggest any eroge that have psuedo-incest(stepbrother + stepsister) here like Crescendo and Hitomi My Stepsister?

Don't get me wrong.I'm not pro-incest.I'm just into their relationships.

[HashiriyaR32]

You asked?

Here you go:

D.C. Da Capo
Wind ~a breath of heart~
Canvas2 ~Akane iro no PALETTE~ (I can't remember the romanization for the jpn pronouciation of it)
Gift
Crescent Love (The original Japanese title is WAY TOO LONG for me to remember)

The first 3 either have an english patch released or such a patch is currently in development.

I could list more but it's currently 6AM where I am and I haven't had any sleep in 18 hours.

[MeganeShounen]

Originally Posted by Amex_Yohko

Can anyone here suggest any eroge that have psuedo-incest(stepbrother + stepsister) here like Crescendo and Hitomi My Stepsister?

Don't get me wrong.I'm not pro-incest.I'm just into their relationships.

Originally Posted by HashiriyaR32

D.C. Da Capo
Wind ~a breath of heart~
Canvas2 ~Akane iro no PALETTE~ (I can't remember the romanization for the jpn pronouciation of it)
Gift
Crescent Love (The original Japanese title is WAY TOO LONG for me to remember)

Ah, Da Capo. The undyling love between Junichi and his "not related by blood-sister" Nemu. Quite an example.

Anyway, I'd be recommending Shuffle!'s Kaede path (yeah, that Kaede), even though the TL patch for it is still in the works (and is it still being worked on, atm?)...

[luckyovermind]

I am surprised that no one has mentioned kana little sister yet

[HashiriyaR32]

Got another one. The original Canvas. The main character and one of the heroines (Ren Sakurazuka) are stepsiblings.

Here something interesting. Go through that list I just posted. 3 of the games share something in common. Naru Nanao was a character designer for DC and Canvas2, while Mikage (scenario writer for CIRCUS) was the storywriter for DC and Gift.

[shadowplay]

Managed to finish Asuseka, and well... nice game but didn't have that much of emotional or any other impact on me after all, game's epilogue 'After' was surprisingly short but it did add bit more depth (or meaning) to the whole thing. Liked Aoba's route the best, especially when she was exposing her more feminine character.
Anyway now moving onto Asukimi...

Btw. lot of these new games are getting really high scores on EGS, I kinda want to play that new Liar Soft game too, really interesting art and plot.

[Acseru]

Man, I wish there would be a easy way to learn japanese, so I could play all the newest eroges when they come out.

[User35785]

Can somebody suggest me a PC/Windows eroge fun to play (comedy), with full voice acting (or not too much text to read) and not too long to finish?

So far I've played Shuffle, Fate/Stay Night and School Days (I didn't complete every possible path/ending, though). I've also tried Touka Gettan, but gave up quickly since I found it boring for my tastes.
I liked the anime version of FSN, but the game was way too long and with really too much to read. About the other two ones, I didn't like much the anime version (not at all in the case of SD) but I enjoyed the game versions much more, also because unlike FSN there was full voice acting.

I'm somewhat new to erogames and next time I would like to play something good before watching the anime version, if there is or there will be one.

[johnishida]

Ummm... Why don't you try Bra-Ban? All the routes are pretty short, compared to other games, fully voiced (except for the male lead of course) and it also has lots of pretty fun moments.

I would not know what else recommend you. I started reading bishoujo games one years ago when I found out about FSN and the kind of games I like are all long ones with lots of text.

[Chewy]

Originally Posted by shadowplay

Managed to finish Asuseka, and well... nice game but didn't have that much of emotional or any other impact on me after all, game's epilogue 'After' was surprisingly short but it did add bit more depth (or meaning) to the whole thing. Liked Aoba's route the best, especially when she was exposing her more feminine character.

I finished Minami's route first and was a bit disappointed. I think I set my bar a bit too high for this game and had already formed an idea of what I wanted to see, so I was disappointed that the scenario wasn't written as I had expected. That's not to say there weren't great moments, but I guess I just expected something different. Both the music and artwork are amazing though.

[musashiken]

Originally Posted by User35785

Can somebody suggest me a PC/Windows eroge fun to play (comedy), with full voice acting (or not too much text to read) and not too long to finish?

So far I've played Shuffle, Fate/Stay Night and School Days (I didn't complete every possible path/ending, though). I've also tried Touka Gettan, but gave up quickly since I found it boring for my tastes.
I liked the anime version of FSN, but the game was way too long and with really too much to read. About the other two ones, I didn't like much the anime version (not at all in the case of SD) but I enjoyed the game versions much more, also because unlike FSN there was full voice acting.

I'm somewhat new to erogames and next time I would like to play something good before watching the anime version, if there is or there will be one.

Apparently, what you are looking for are AVG/ADV games, not Visual Novel games.

AVG games are those with dialogue text in boxes that cover the bottom part of the screen. Examples of AVG games are Shuffle!, Da Capo etc.

Visual Novels are the ones with text that cover the full screen, with the pictures faded in the background. FSN, To Heart games are examples of Visual Novels.

Anyway I digress. A game that I recommend is Happiness! I went to play it after watching a little of the anime fansubs that were out this year. It's comedic so you should like it.

Another game you might try is Kimihagu. I haven't played it yet but the character designs are nice and the story doesn't sound tragic (not tragic = comedic?)

I've stopped playing erogames for quite a while so I don't know what's currently nice and not.

[luckyovermind]

Originally Posted by shadowplay

Btw. lot of these new games are getting really high scores on EGS, I kinda want to play that new Liar Soft game too, really interesting art and plot.

Yes, interesting art, but I heard that the story was a bit boring

Originally Posted by Chewy

I finished Minami's route first and was a bit disappointed. I think I set my bar a bit too high for this game and had already formed an idea of what I wanted to see, so I was disappointed that the scenario wasn't written as I had expected. That's not to say there weren't great moments, but I guess I just expected something different. Both the music and artwork are amazing though.

Are you expecting something like Infinite Ryvius?

[relentlessflame]

Originally Posted by musashiken

Anyway I digress. A game that I recommend is Happiness! I went to play it after watching a little of the anime fansubs that were out this year. It's comedic so you should like it.

Actually, that and Windmill's latest (Tsunagaru Bangle) are what immediately came to mind for me as well. Very enjoyable light-hearted comedies which a touch of drama and conflict for good measure. They're both fully-voiced (minus the male protagonist, of course) and very full of life.

[User35785]

Originally Posted by johnnishida

Ummm... Why don't you try Bra-Ban? All the routes are pretty short, compared to other games, fully voiced (except for the male lead of course) and it also has lots of pretty fun moments.

The artwork is good and sounds interesting, maybe I will give it a try later.

I would not know what else recommend you. I started reading bishoujo games one years ago when I found out about FSN and the kind of games I like are all long ones with lots of text.

I understand. My problem is that I'm not 100% proficient at Japanese (I frequently use a dictionary - EDICT with JWPce in my case) and for me reading all that text is rather hard and tiring (but in the long term I tend to learn much from this). Also, I don't have much free time and visual novels long like FSN are maybe too long for me.

Originally Posted by musashiken

Apparently, what you are looking for are AVG/ADV games, not Visual Novel games.

Maybe you're right. What does AVG/ADV stands for?

AVG games are those with dialogue text in boxes that cover the bottom part of the screen. Examples of AVG games are Shuffle!, Da Capo etc.

Visual Novels are the ones with text that cover the full screen, with the pictures faded in the background. FSN, To Heart games are examples of Visual Novels.

I see, then I've played both genres.

Anyway I digress. A game that I recommend is Happiness! I went to play it after watching a little of the anime fansubs that were out this year. It's comedic so you should like it.

I've seen some episodes of the anime but I dropped it after a while. The game should be fun to play though.

Another game you might try is Kimihagu. I haven't played it yet but the character designs are nice and the story doesn't sound tragic (not tragic = comedic?)

I'll give it a try. Anyway, what about writing the titles in kana/kanji or linking directly to the official site? I've had a hard time figuring out how some other titles are written in japanese.

This is the official site of きみはぐ : http://xoops.frontwing.jp/product/kimihagu/

I've stopped playing erogames for quite a while so I don't know what's currently nice and not.

I see, thanks anyway.

Originally Posted by relentlessflame

Actually, that and Windmill's latest (Tsunagaru Bangle) are what immediately came to mind for me as well. Very enjoyable light-hearted comedies which a touch of drama and conflict for good measure. They're both fully-voiced (minus the male protagonist, of course) and very full of life.

Good. If it's new and/or it hasn't yet an anime version it's a plus for me.
ツナガル★バングル : http://windmill.suki.jp/product/7th/7th_frame.html