General Eroge Impressions & Discussion

[MeganeShounen]

Clannad demo... haven't heard of one.

On another note, a full CG trailer of GIGA's new upcoming game, Baldr Bullet Equilibrium, which seems to be a direct sequel to Baldr Bullet REVELLION. (The latter was actually a remake for one of GIGA's early games, Baldr Bullet.)

The video link for the heavy metal CG trailer after the jump.

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Jumped.

(Ah, so that's how you use Youtube links here.)

[Narumi]

More like the PS2 all-age port of Revellion.

[zalas]

Looks like there's a MPEG1 version of this (video that was shown at AlcheFestival 2007) on famitsu's site, but they require registration to be able to download it, as to limit server load. Gonna go see if I can go download it...

Darn, it looks like they've stopped allowing downloads of it. Oh well...

[oi_pinoy]

Do you guys play untranslated games? Its quite hard following the story..

[kct]

That is something we do at times, although for some reason we seem to get what is happening within the story.

[MeganeShounen]

Originally Posted by oi_pinoy

Do you guys play untranslated games? Its quite hard following the story..

Years of watching anime and a certain love of the Japanese language can be a good drive in order to play games. Though, you'll still need help if you're not adequately adept at reading/understanding Japanese.

That, and lots of context clues from the game itself, probably. I guess you can detect the mood of conversation from the voice-overs and such.

Aw hell, don't take it from me.


Just a small thought... I remember someone telling me "Instead of waiting for someone to translate something to you, use that time to learn the language yourself.". I guess it's easier that way.

[Hemisphere]

Seconded. It's better to learn Japanese on your own than have somebody else do your playing for you. The experience is gratifying, and you learn to like the story/characters more on your own terms.

[Soljashy]

Originally Posted by MeganeShounen

Just a small thought... I remember someone telling me "Instead of waiting for someone to translate something to you, use that time to learn the language yourself.". I guess it's easier that way.

I third that emotion.

[Newprimus]

AGTH and Atlas help a lot too.

[KeybladeMaster]

well, i don't really get to play ero-games, the only one i have liked is Tifatanx2 (no story, but the control's pretty good... and you get to see Tifa doing movements from other games, lige Dhalsim's Yoga Flame or Geese's Raising Storm XD)

[Cloudnine]

I forgot to post this last time ^^;;


http://www.erocha.jp/ <<< not safe for work

In a nutshell, a live chat using CG characters and professional VA. A 'live' eroge so to speak... ^^;;

Not my kind of thing, but seems pretty popular in some of the bbs boards lately.



There's even a session running later today at 12~ XD

[Flame-X]

is there a site that has a collection of hentai game OPs videos for dl?

[-Nyu-]

Hmm, not only eroges, but you can give it a try:
http://www.visual-novels.net/vn/inde...d=13&Itemid=26

There is a question I can't find an answer for.
I've read that Little Busters! won't have h-scenes. But why is it rated 18+ then??

[relentlessflame]

Originally Posted by -Nyu-

I've read that Little Busters! won't have h-scenes. But why is it rated 18+ then??

It isn't; anyone can buy it without validating their age.

[-Nyu-]

So what's that??
http://www.paletweb.com/login_adult.asp?ItemNo=01182

[Orrin]

Might want to take a look at Little Busters webpage then, I think I trust Key more on that subject.

http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/newsoft/products.htm

Or why not take a look at Getchu.

http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=230125

In other words, Paletweb seems to have made a mistake.

[Varion]

Indeed they have. They've done it for a couple of games before that've been for all ages.

[Newprimus]

I'm looking forward to this one, coming out later this month:


http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=392005

Game homepage: http://www.axl-soft.jp/products/03/index.html

Company homepage: http://www.axl-soft.jp/main.htm
(Because the comic on the front is funny)


I have little clue what all the descriptions say, but it seems like Otoboku, only more extreme, and the main character's also a leet secret agent or something. Sounds like a winning formula to me!


EDIT: I also fell instantly in love with the OP.

EDIT2: Those Japanglish impressions are sooooooo funny. Or is it Wapanese?



EDIT3: Trial version. Hmmmmm. It's like Full Metal Panic and Otoboku merged into one. It wins.

[luckyovermind]

After some silence, looks like we have a nice month ahead of us.

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Little Busters! by Key - 27/07/2007


The game everyone has been waiting for! which is going to be delayed



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Bullet Butlers by propeller - 27/07/2007


For anyone who loved their previous work: ayakasi




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続・殺戮のジャンゴ ─地獄の賞金首─ by nitroplus - 27/07/2007

Written by Urobuchi Gen, need I say more?

[CelestialShadow]

After 6 hrs, I'm finally done with Narcissu 2. =D
Overall, I'm pretty pleased with this piece. It's filled with food for thought indeed and a lot of "aaah so that's why she..." moments which tie back to narci1.
It is heavy on its seemingly common themes dealing with life/death, "kindness" in lying, how one views death from different perspectives etc. I loved the parallelisms and symbols which recurred a couple of times to relate to the themes and plot/subplots - eg. the potatoes and dog of flanders. I guess it also helps that the overall tone is not overly negative (i think), making it easier to digest than expected.

Spoiler for plot:

I am still confused with certain points in the story.

I do not really understand why himeko chose to approach setsumi other than her resemblance to the little girl under her care during the flashback. From what i understood (or at least from setsumi's pov), the reason why she avoided her sister and her best friend was because they don't want them to suffer like Aloise. So isn't she "creating" another "Aloise" by getting closer to setsumi? Perhaps it was akin to her lingering affection with the map book? To me, it felt as if her actions contradicted herself.

Also, did she already know at least a little about setsumi's health condition? She did say something about setsumi being one who unlike her, hasn't fallen completely into the "hole", and has the possibility of "climbing up" again. (about entering 7F and recovery i suppose)

The third thing that I didn't really understand were the final bits　particularly the last few lines about "魔法"　and "誰を選んでも、心まで殺しちゃダメ".「魔法って祈りのこと？ 誰って誰？証人のことか？」とか。

*goes off playing Narcissu2 OP song 10 times...i just can't get enough of it.