2004-06-01, 19:44 | Link #1 |
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What's with eyes in hentai games?
Specifically, the eyes of the protaginist...they don't exist!
Protaginist Boy always seems to have a little bit of hair over his face with the eyes in shadow....or sometimes just not there.....it's rather creepy sometimes....not very emotive. Anyone know why, and/or some exceptions? The only thing I can think of, without much confidance, is that the artists don't want to spend time drawing the boy when no one's going to be looking at him very hard. Last edited by Fronzel; 2004-06-03 at 15:07. |
2004-06-01, 22:28 | Link #5 | |
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2004-06-02, 12:11 | Link #8 |
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Do girl style dating sims do this too? I know there are girl-oriented dating sims out there, like Angelique, but I rarely see them.
Yes, the lack of eyes and general personality (if you noticed that too) is so the gameplayer can "role play" and envision himself as the protagonist. I think its creepy too. But when you think about it, most RPGs let you pick the name of your main character so you can name it after yourself or whatever you want. Many games are first-person point of view. Still freaky if you ask me. |
2004-06-02, 18:10 | Link #9 |
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Most bishoujo games will do this. There are some exceptions though, like Vagrants (and yes, the guy is voiced too). It's so prevalent that there are 4koma comics about it. For example, in one about Kanon, Yuuichi comments on it and walks past Nayuki, who doesn't him because he didn't have a face
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2004-06-02, 19:45 | Link #12 | |
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2004-06-02, 19:59 | Link #14 | |
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There are reasons, such as the examples many of you have cited that the male lead you are playing is a virtual rendition of yourself. It has been tradition since the early days of such games, more likely with the idea: "who the heck cares how the male lead looks - you bought this game to ogle at the cute girls anyway." Lately however, there are increasing games where they do give character to the male lead that you portray. A good example of these are Key's "AIR" and "CLANNAD," TYPE-MOON's "Tsukihime" (though this isn't technically an ero-game since it is an ero-doujin-game) and "Fate/stay night," Circus' "D.C.~da capo~," age's "MuvLuv," Nitroplus' "Demonbaine," and the like. |
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2004-06-02, 20:17 | Link #15 | |
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PS: Here's the comic I was thinking of regarding eyeless male characters: http://ragna-fan.net/~himuro/kanon/mina1/m08.htm Last edited by zalas; 2004-06-02 at 20:48. |
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2004-06-02, 21:55 | Link #16 | |
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heh, after watching the anime, if i were to have made a game of it, it probably would have turned more into something like Thousand Arms or Azure Skies (an H-game action RPG!) i always wanted to cut things along the death lines like shiki, or summon weapons from seemingly nowhere like Ciel ^_^; Oh yes, and Omaren: while most H-games are made with horny guys in their early to late 20s in mind, there have been many console ports with the sex scenes removed (Comic Party i think is an example of this) and other things added (heh...some of the games got kind of short when you removed the sex) such as new characters (i.e., Subaru for comic party) so you could play those with fewer weird looks another interesting thing is some company has taken some ero-games and turned them into overly intricate DVD menus and released them in the states (unless these titles were already overly intricate DVD menus) |
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2004-06-02, 23:51 | Link #17 | |
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It started as an ero-doujinshi-game and they basically took the industry by storm from there. It was just that good. |
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2004-06-03, 07:06 | Link #18 |
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From what I have seen, most games of *that* type are pretty similar and, unintentionally, funny. I mean: "Ahn... Ahn... Ahnahnahnaaaahn!!1" is supposed to be erotic? I think it's hilarious.
As to details like eyes; are there other "details" either? Asian artists are lazy bums. (With their salary, can't blame.) |
2004-06-03, 09:20 | Link #19 | |
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2004-06-03, 12:09 | Link #20 | |
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well in holland.. ha.aha harder baby harder... sells like hotcakes
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