General Eroge Impressions & Discussion

[Aer0gam3r]

So yeah, "Girls Be Ambitious!" sucked. The focus on the conflict between the wealthy and the normal class wasn't very interesting and really just pissed me off most of the time. The relationship between the heroine and protag is nice, but WAY too short and not enough development. Comedy is pretty good, but was more of a side dish.

Urg, gotta stop getting tricked by game OPs >____>

[Mahou]

Has anyone completed Gleam Garden no Shoujo? Because I'd love to read something about it. I've stated before that I'll stay away from it due to the grim tone of the VN (and the - for me - no-go tags on vndb). I know from the offical cgs and a short impression in another forum that it's a dark(er) setting with an interesting story. And although I *could* stomache Grisaia's darker + grimmer moments, I somehow don't fee like it for Gleam Garden. Maybe a mini-shock "reaction" considering the sweetness that Lovesick Puppies was and thus my similar anticipations?

[Newprimus]

I've played some of Gleamgarden no Shoujo. I've finished the big-boobs' and am about 75% through the black, long-haired one's route. The way the route structure works is that you finish two of the three girls under the MC's tutelage, then do Shirayuki's, then onto the true route.

The individual girl routes so far are only strictly focused on that girl, and a problem they have, and doesn't deal with the greater issues of witches and society. I felt a little disappointed with those routes, but I'm figuring that they're saving all the deep stuff for the true route so I'm going to work towards that with some positive expectations.

[Leon_Lelouch]

just finished Tsujidou-san no Virgin Road...
got angry with the route of Ai after being that short and not really in focus when playing other route (well, still finish and understand it but with a bit irritated emotion), but then after finishing all of them there's still continuation of Ai route yey~
Good work, really good in showing the hard work and determination of the character in each scenario, and the truthness of Tsujidou's saying

Spoiler for junai:

delinquent girlfriend is not suit with Hase Hiroshi, and she being the only one delinquent girlfriend for Hiroshi while the others are not really a delinquent or stop being delinquent.... The title itself really show out the main character having Tsujidou being the central even in another girl's route

Spoiler for maybe?:

but got a bit disappointed as there's not even a little after story or the continuation after the wedding party.... well I know that the real after story had been showed in junai road, but still.... and I even waited for when they take picture together, showing most of the character with Hiroshi and Ai being in the center as the main...ughh

Good pure love game series, with their icha-icha time makes me smile and happy (hohoemashi~)

so many people asking if Tsujidou's characters go to Kawakami, what level are they in lol....

Tsujidou-san no Virgin Road (辻堂さんのバージンロード) 8/10

Hope for another great work from Takahiro-shi and Sakaki-kasa....
but please not with so much FD just for another girl in Tsujidou series like how majikoi going....
if there will be another one for Tsujidou, at least include another route for Tsujidou (maybe by making another scenario than before scenario)
well not really getting my hopes up with the last one saying Ai Last Route....

too much comment, well looking for another happy pure love that have much impact like this game again...over and out~

[Achiuakuna]

Finally got around to finishing Soukou Akki Muramasa. Didn't play it when it came out because a) robot looking things fighting each other >_< and b) someone I know who reeks of chuunibyou was obsessed with it so I thought it wasn't worth looking at.

Overall it was pretty nice. It touched on lots of topics that were interesting to me at one point or another. Though I'm still not a fan of those giant robot looking things or the lengthy description of fighting techniques(this is coming from someone who actually spent a few years practicing exactly what type of swordsmanship is being described in the game and was able to understand most of the descriptions. The fighting technique stuff being in the wrong context was the biggest turn-off for me. I just felt that the heavy emphasis was a bit out of place with the rest of the story.) But I guess they had to exist for the guys who are in for the fights.

I can never resist a solid, well developed male protagonist. It's indeed a rarity these days. Not to mention one that is fully voiced

Games like these come and go, but I don't think I will be forgetting about this one any time soon. At least, not the protagonist.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Achiuakuna

Finally got around to finishing Soukou Akki Muramasa. Didn't play it when it came out because a) robot looking things fighting each other >_< and b) someone I know who reeks of chuunibyou was obsessed with it so I thought it wasn't worth looking at.

Overall it was pretty nice. It touched on lots of topics that were interesting to me at one point or another. Though I'm still not a fan of those giant robot looking things or the lengthy description of fighting techniques(this is coming from someone who actually spent a few years practicing exactly what type of swordsmanship is being described in the game and was able to understand most of the descriptions. The fighting technique stuff being in the wrong context was the biggest turn-off for me. I just felt that the heavy emphasis was a bit out of place with the rest of the story.) But I guess they had to exist for the guys who are in for the fights.

I can never resist a solid, well developed male protagonist. It's indeed a rarity these days. Not to mention one that is fully voiced

Games like these come and go, but I don't think I will be forgetting about this one any time soon. At least, not the protagonist.

Depends on what direction Nitro+ will go from here on. Muramasa never "goes" for me though. Stuff like this is hard to come by these days. That or maybe I'm not looking hard enough

[Achiuakuna]

Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

Depends on what direction Nitro+ will go from here on. Muramasa never "goes" for me though. Stuff like this is hard to come by these days. That or maybe I'm not looking hard enough

I'm fairly new to visual novels so I can't really answer that. What Nitro+ games would you recommend? I only finished playing Saya no Uta and Muramasa, with the major gripe against Muramasa being too much sci-fi, action and combat. I browsed through the titles and judging from the covers they aren't really interesting, but then again I thought the same way about Muramasa as well so I'm afraid that I might be missing out on something good despite the story settings which I find less-than-optimal.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Gekkou no Carnavale, Demonbane games (depends on your tastes for this) and Sumaga for Nitro+

If you like Guilty Crown, Lost X'Mas is a must play as well.

Muramasa is pretty much the jewel of Nitro+ though

[Mahou]

Finished Natsuki's route in Berry's. Overall lovely with an awkward(?) beginning, but the drama was annoying. Fortunately, I was prepared because when I skimmed through the CGs, I saw one particular and was like "Okay ... THAT will be the drama of her route". Other than loldrama, its main focus is more on comedy and rabu-rabu (post-confession, obviously). I would have loved an (sub)-route for Aruha, but that's not a deal breaker.
Ena's route pre-confession showed how to do a test-dating correctly without some pseudo purposes like fending off random confessions *coughhatsukoi1/1,lovelyxcation1cough*

And I completed most routes in Hoshi no On Sanctuary. Again, ignoring all mid-dramas, I loved how Serina's route progressed the relationship seeing how I wondered how they'd do it after Serina's more comedic moments during the common route (although she's far from weak battle-wise).
Serina >= Hisui > Rina = Yomi. Rina's epilogue was satisfactory, but not a true happy-end. Hisui has a canon-ish feeling due to the start of common route and it's always nice to see how a MC melts the ice walls of the local cool-beauty/ice queen .

[hyl]

Originally Posted by Mahou

Finished Natsuki's route in Berry's. Overall lovely with an awkward(?) beginning, but the drama was annoying. Fortunately, I was prepared because when I skimmed through the CGs, I saw one particular and was like "Okay ... THAT will be the drama of her route".

You could see that drama coming even if you haven't read Haruki's route first

Spoiler for spoiler:

Because those 2 are still identical twins

Also the drama in Haruki's route was worse than Natsuki's

Spoiler for spoiler:

Because the main drama was also caused by Haruki, who litterly wanted to share everything with Natsuki and that lead to a fight between the 2

[Achiuakuna]

Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

Gekkou no Carnavale, Demonbane games (depends on your tastes for this) and Sumaga for Nitro+

If you like Guilty Crown, Lost X'Mas is a must play as well.

Muramasa is pretty much the jewel of Nitro+ though

Ah ok. I guess I'll lower my expectations accordingly. Gekkou looks like my thing. Maybe I'll give it a try. Thanks

[Cosmic Eagle]

Sumaga is great as well actually.

And Nitro+ is one of those creators that focus a lot on pure action / character based stories than the usual high school moe stuff

[Mystic_Vegetto]

Just finished Tsujidou-san no Virgin Road. I gotta say, I really enjoyed it. For me, it's probably the most enjoyable VN I've played this year so far. One question though...

Spoiler:

So why was Hiroshi playing the part of "Shou"? Was he spying on Benten for Tsujidou's group without her knowing? And what did Mito have to do with it? I couldn't really understand these parts, so I'm hoping someone can explain.

[Achiuakuna]

Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

Sumaga is great as well actually.

And Nitro+ is one of those creators that focus a lot on pure action / character based stories than the usual high school moe stuff

I can deal with moe when it appears alone. In fact I prefer the art style to be moe. But if the plot is just high school harem, each girl gets a route kinda drama along with the moe, I die a little inside

High school/simple happy settings is ok as long as the characters are not horribly simplistic and gimmecky. In fact I like looking at moe cute things being unconventionally messed up. It's a pretty addicting feeling. Sumaga seems like that kind of game if the tags on vndb are anything to go by.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Achiuakuna

I can deal with moe when it appears alone. In fact I prefer the art style to be moe. But if the plot is just high school harem, each girl gets a route kinda drama along with the moe, I die a little inside

High school/simple happy settings is ok as long as the characters are not horribly simplistic and gimmecky. In fact I like looking at moe cute things being unconventionally messed up. It's a pretty addicting feeling. Sumaga seems like that kind of game if the tags on vndb are anything to go by.

And that is why you'll enjoy Sumaga

May I recommend Subarashiki Hibi too although that isn't by Nitro. Karory did the artwork along others so that's a major bonus as well.

[Newprimus]

Subahibi is pretty heavy on abstract thinking and philosophy so be ready, but it's a very good game. It's also being translated so you could try waiting for it

[Cosmic Eagle]

More like pseudo philosophy once you see that it's merely a fine cover for full blown insanity

[Kirayuki]

I'd say the insanity is just a cover, and the game can stand on its own merits even without the philosophy things on the very end (e.g : Jabberwocky II)

[Achiuakuna]

Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

And that is why you'll enjoy Sumaga

May I recommend Subarashiki Hibi too although that isn't by Nitro. Karory did the artwork along others so that's a major bonus as well.

I already finished SubaHibi. I liked it a lot.

Wonder if Nitro+'s Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi falls into the same category. Anyone read that yet?

[Mura]

I just read summaries on the Taimanin Asagi series. This has to be one of the more in depth eroges I've come across alongside the great art drawn by Kagami. I wonder if TA3 will be the last one.....

These summaries had me there for three hours and I don't regret one bit.