2011-07-21, 15:20 | Link #2821 |
ダメ人 - 人間失格
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Germany
Age: 37
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Stricktly ero-games: Fortune Arterial. It's sooo much superior than the lame anime version. It's a shame, really. Erika's path was awesome and cute. The true path + true end was quite conclusive even though it had for me as romance fan one huge flaw (which I won't say due to spoiler reasons).
Sharin no Kuni + Fandisk: The fandisk was quite epic. And Natsumi in SnK (1) is sooo adorable Shuffle! Essence+: If only for the abosolute non-drama route of Kareha-senpai. Majikoi: Kazuko >= Chris > Miyako = Yukie > Momoya, simply put. From the very little I've understood, I enjoyed it. Can't wait until the full translation patch will be out. @Muv-Luv: The school life-comedy Muv-Luv was average. It was a shame that 90 % of Sumika and Meiya's routes were basically the same except for the choice selections. I don't care for the gloomier Muv-Luvs because I don't enjoy those settings. |
2011-07-23, 02:16 | Link #2823 |
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Xanadu
Age: 29
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At the moment? This list is changable when the July eroges are released.
1. Twinkle Crusaders: The gameplay feature itself is very addicting, while the heroines are lovable in their own way. Just have to give a hand to tsundere Nanaka But Ria is close to #1 along with Azel 2. Haruka ni Aogi, Uruwashi no: The art is just beautiful in this visual novel. The characters were surprisingly done well (especially one specific character that just loves to give you the finger ) 3. Diamic Days (Trial): Yes!! Another Lump of Sugar game Waiting patiently for the full version to be released soon, this has already gotten my interests just by the trial alone. 4. Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke o: Itoshisa no Photograph: Just got its English version released yesterday so I decided to give a try. Since I'm a fan of the Sono Hanabira games, I can safely assume this will be my favorite 5. To Heart 2: Waiting patiently for the English translation to get finished before playing after the trial. But being the Leaf fan that I am. I instantly placed this as one of my expected favorites.
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2011-07-26, 10:37 | Link #2824 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
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Picked up the English adaptation of "Deus Machina Demonbane" with some extra credit I had at J-list.com. The idea of mixing Cthulhu mythos, japanese mecha, magical girl wotnot, and eroge just sounded too amusing to pass up.
So far the writing isn't too bad. As usual, I'd like to smack the protagonist in the head as he has opinions and behaviors I really don't relate to much. Complaints: 1) Why in the hell do I have to hit the return key after every god damned sentence when there's no decision to be made? This is a complaint I have about almost every "visual novel" game's default settings. It'd be different if there were animation or image changes with each sentences but there are entire pages of text that could be displayed in one action. 2) In two hours of play, I've had maybe... 3 decision points. Not exactly a "choose your adventure" rate of interactiveness. Anyway, other than that, its been kind of amusing (though personally I'd have been a lot farther along in "winning a girl" than the idiot protagonist :P).
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2011-07-26, 14:27 | Link #2825 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Backyard of Moriya shrine
Age: 39
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2011-07-27, 19:20 | Link #2826 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
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Anyway.. if you've never played a visual novel game before - this isn't a terribly expensive way to test the waters ($39.95 rather than the usual ~$90-$120 wanted for many of the Japanese games). I'll recommend it.
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2011-07-28, 05:48 | Link #2829 | |
ダメ人 - 人間失格
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Germany
Age: 37
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Spoiler for Spoiler just in case:
@Topic: Currently, I'm enjoying Natsu no Ame and Kourin no Machi ~ Lavender no Shoujo. The former has really beautiful CGs and to my surprise even a few furiganas over the usual kanji overload. Not that it would help me, but nontheless a surprise. I can't say much about Kourin no Machi, but one of the possible "heroines" claims to be able to communicate with animals (no spoiler because it's on most character descriptions) . Quite cute how she insists on it. And I'm replaying Ef ~ a fairytale of the two. Still as awesome as my first playthrough! |
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2011-07-28, 06:30 | Link #2830 | |
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Anyway, still playing Little Busters but on pause for now. Recently finished Princess Waltz so now I'm on Da Capo II and G-Senjou no Maou. Man, that Kamidori Alchemy Meister looks nice, especially the gameplay. And besides, that blonde elf looks my kind of waifu (since I love pointy ears and blondes in anime...) so no translation for it yet kinda hurts me...
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2011-07-28, 09:23 | Link #2831 | |
今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている
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It's storyline is far more serious, like the final arc of Zanma Taisei against Therion and Nyarlathotep. Being able to control the Deus Machina is a plus obviously. Since unleashing Hyperborea Zero Drive and Grandcross is damned pleasing.
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2011-07-28, 10:53 | Link #2834 | |
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Join Date: May 2010
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Reading Vermillion: Bind of Blood after having finished Muramasa (so gooood).
Vampires are always a nice theme and I like the protag and his hot partner. Soundtrack seems to be full of great tracks too. Quote:
Kamidori is great, even though the characters and story are complete ass. Very addicting gameplay. Its "prequel" Himegari Dungeon Meister was a better game, in my opinion. |
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2011-07-28, 11:45 | Link #2836 | |
ダメ人 - 人間失格
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Germany
Age: 37
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Sadly, no. VNDB has no information on it and google didn't show any results of an english patch either (only the 2-parts-hentai movie-OVA) |
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2011-07-28, 11:55 | Link #2838 |
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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Ermmm, actually Demonbane is not a bad read. The story line, especially 2nd half is pretty fast paced and interesting. Well unless you are not into mecha at all, or anti-Lovecraft. I also like the true ends for both Al and Ruri. Raika's story is a little stand-alone, so I don't find it particularly appealing. And some of the BGMs for the fights are really cool, even if repetitive. The only thing I dislike greatly are the non-heroine H, and how they weave a plot to make them necessary and I can't click through them completely.
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2011-07-28, 12:22 | Link #2839 | |
今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている
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2011-07-28, 12:41 | Link #2840 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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I mostly bought Demonbane for the Lovecraftian aspects... the mecha parts actually bore me. The second half of D.E.M. Demonbane does read better (though the extended fight scenes can get tedious when they're just trading punches and yelling without advancing the storyline). As for the general story aspects, the character designs are pretty archetypal without much complexity (as well as the storyline if you strip off the Lovecraft layer). As for the non-heroine H... well, sex magic is just an intrinsic part of Lovecraft mythos (especially the gruesome bits).
The art complaints.... well yeah, I've seen better art but I took the "size of his manhood" to be subjective impressionism (*feels* huge to him and *looks* scary to his partner). Again, for $40 the game is a relatively cheap investment to legally check the VN scene out. I'd place the overall quality of art and story somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. And my main complaint about VNs continue... not enough decision points, something I've found true in almost every Japanese VN I've played. As the Bioware story flowcharts show (or any good D&D module), you can make the viewer *feel* like they are getting lots of input into the story even when they're being herded down relatively small plot conduits. Just for context, I liked Utawarerumono (though the ending just pissed me off) and AIR. Shuffle! was passable. I've got a few more in the to-do queue
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