2013-05-26, 20:47 | Link #4022 |
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Finished Grisaia no Rakuen completely (well minus the extra H-scenario's) and while playing it it seemed very good. But after letting it all sink it, it seems that this story is very flawed.
Let's start with the good. The first 60- 70% of the game was very good. Spoiler for route spoiler:
My main problem was the final act Spoiler for summary of the final act, thus huge spoilers:
My other complaint was the out of nowhere sci-fi, which was almost nonexistent in the previous 2 Grisaia games Spoiler for Thanatos project:
The Afterstory was meh. Spoiler for Afterstory:
The prologue chapter on the otherhand was very good Spoiler for prologue:
It was however still a fun but short ride and reading Rakuen felt like as if i was watching Iron 3. The pacing, tension, characters and twists were good. The execution to the buildup of the first half of the story was excellent but the actual climax and main story was lacking edit: i don't think Rakuen has explained what exactly happened in Kajitsu >_> Spoiler for spoiler:
Also for the people who haven't played the game, don't read my spoilers. It takes the fun out of it if you decide to play it Last edited by hyl; 2013-05-26 at 21:52. |
2013-05-27, 16:02 | Link #4024 |
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Unfortunately no, but there is a heroine choosen at the end of the afterstory and i know already that some might not like it
Spoiler for afterstory ending spoiler >_>, don't read it if you are going to read Rakuen:
edit: forgot to add this: for me Rakuen has so far the best soundtrack from any eroge that i tried/read this year Last edited by hyl; 2013-05-27 at 16:23. |
2013-05-27, 17:37 | Link #4025 |
ダメ人 - 人間失格
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Mah, I think I'll remain content with just Grisaia no Kajitsu. Some dramas were a bit too extreme, but overall I have enjoyed my time with it. I was never interested in part 2 and have no real motivation for Rakuen for the time being, at least. Just waiting for Da Capo 3 x-rated .
In the meantime I'm killing time with Maou to Odore - Code: Arcana and playing Sakurasou on PSP. It's not much VN-ish due to the heavy emphasis on the game-development schedule, but it has its share of funny moments so that I can hold out until the end. I won't go into further "details" as that would belong the thread in the sakurasou sub-forum, but Sorata's perma-tsukkomi act nearly every dang second sentence is nerve-wrecking after a while. And I may try Ojousama wa Gokigen Naname (for no special reason).
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2013-05-27, 17:52 | Link #4026 |
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can someone give me their thoughts on this game.
http://vndb.org/v629 I'm trying to fill in the hole the Grisaia series left so I need some suggestions please
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2013-05-28, 03:29 | Link #4027 |
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Half-time (sort of) report on Tsujidou-san no Junai Road.
This game is made by Minato Carnival, which I think is a sister company to Minato-soft, which is responsible for the Majikoi series. Playing through Tsujidou-san, I can see the resemblance; the humor, wacky characters, and quality story writing. If you liked Majikoi, there's a very good chance you'll like Tsujidou-san no Junai Road. So I finished one of each of Ai and Maki's routes. This game is sssoooooooooooo gooooooood. I love it. It's got hilarious humor and heart-pulling drama, and everything on the spectrum in-between. I'm so glad I started this game on almost a whim after looking for another banchou game after Koiseyo Imouto Banchou. From my experience so far, both Ai and Maki's routes have their vast breadth of humor and great drama; emo enough it pulls the heartstrings but not so much that it becomes annoying. While the theme is similar, of a normal person like the protagonist and a delinquent girl falling in love, how each route does it is uniquely different and enjoyable in its own way. And I love how heroines don't just conveniently disappear from each others' routes, and instead play some part in each story. Now if you really, really hate stories about delinquents and banchous then maybe you won't enjoy Tsujidou-san no Junai Road, but this game is soo damn good with its characters and story that I have to strongly recommend this to everyone. I marathoned Maki's route a whole night, slept four hours, and finished it after midnight. That's how much this game just holds you.
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2013-05-28, 04:10 | Link #4028 | |
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Now, in terms of pure entertainment value it doesn't get much more awesome than Akagoei, the humour is amazing and always present, the characters are so much fun and with Kaito and Tsuki you pretty much get the best protag and the best maid of all time. Kaito basically acts like a weak joker, so everybody always assumes that he is all bark and no bite even though he is freakishly powerful so it is always entertaining waiting for the wolf to shed its sheep clothing. Read it for the humour and Kaito being a total badass but don't expect a grand conclusion for anything ever in this series. Also, Reminiscence comes out this Friday, it's set 150 years after Akagoei and shares some characters, with the main heroine being Kaito's daughter. My most wanted game for this month, can't wait. |
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2013-05-28, 04:44 | Link #4030 | |
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I loved the humor in all of Akatsuki no Goei's titles, and Kaito and Tsuki's tandem are the best for me with their witty and snarky back-and-forth banter. And I agree, the game falls flat on its face whenever it tries to come up with satisfying endings. And Shuumatsutron was completely screwed over during its first release, being a broken, glitchy mess that needed a patch just to get route progression right. And Midorikawa Hikaru being reduced to a butt monkey was just comedy gold for me (I liked his character's sister in the third title though).
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2013-05-28, 04:50 | Link #4031 |
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I love Akatsuki no Goei series. You dont look at the plot. You have to enjoy the conversation between the characters and their humour to enjoy it. Yeah, plot-wise it wont satisfy those people who is looking for eroge with strong plot. But the dialogues and jokes are the funniest among all the eroge I played. Hence my favourite eroge of all time.
If you play the fandisc(the second one), you wont be available to stop laughing when you play the extra route about Son losing his virginity. There is a warning sign which pops up saying, "Due to his wishes, his pen$%& is portrayed bigger"(Kaito said its small like hell).
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2013-05-28, 05:13 | Link #4032 |
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Don't get me wrong, I loved the hell out of it, and I really wish more comedy eroges were around like Akatsuki no Goei (and MapleColors/MapleColors 2/Unival/that Sengoku Gakuen title by the same company). I just wished that it had better endings and a better, more coherent story so that overall it'd be strong, but its humor was enough to win me over.
I enjoyed the fandisc so much my sides were hurting at most of the gags, but I also loved the Tsuki-Kaito dynamic in it in Tsuki's route. Now I have to go off and reinstall Unival Paranormal Girls whachamacallit. The humor in that one cracked me up badly too.
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2013-05-28, 10:25 | Link #4033 |
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Lol. Yeah, the ending is weak. The PSP version added a special ending for Reika:s route in the remake of the second one. Though PSP version had to take out certain comments/dialogues which was quite disappointing. I loved Raita:s philosophy of Used-product(secondhand girls) are trashes and stuff and how he was the victim of bullying.
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2013-05-28, 12:53 | Link #4034 |
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I wish I found out about Reminiscence earlier. Trying out the trial now, and the option to bother Aksella's cleaning had me in stitches (and the resulting "reward" as good eye candy, mmmmmmmmmm).
I missed this kind of humor. All the tongue-in-cheek insults, tsukkomi-boke, breaking the fourth wall gags, oh god how I miss them all since my last AkaGoei title.
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2013-05-28, 15:46 | Link #4036 | |
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Looking forward to how Aki's route is going to play out in the game, you don't see this kind of brother-sister relationship very often. They really fucking hate each other. And not in the cute harmless "onii-chan no baka!"-way, it's actually deep burning hatred, pure and absolute. |
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2013-05-28, 20:35 | Link #4037 | |
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One more good thing about Reminiscene is.....we have Yuuki back! It doesnt hurt to have a character we are familiar with(Though his hair changed).
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2013-05-28, 23:31 | Link #4038 | |
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And the sibling loathing thing, yes. It's not just something new you see aside from the oniichan imouto pandering that's common out there, but their hatred of each other is so genuine that it's just refreshing to behold for some reason. Same. I was laughing pretty hard when Yuuki showed up and he and the lead suddenly bonded together over breasts.
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2013-05-29, 04:55 | Link #4040 | |
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Eina. Greatest tsundere, easily-embarrassed imouto ever.
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