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Black Rabbit
its worth trying
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Itsuka Komine ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
Look, if you got problem just get lost. Its not place for hypocrites for complaining other's preference when you don't even spent a money for a game
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jpo5
nothing special in this one, but not a bad one either, your time will be well spent (if not wasted :P)
Ps. If you dont like VNS this one is not for you move on and find something else
happy reading!.
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Itsuka Komine ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
is it romcom?
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jpo5
kind of, hope you like it, i say give it a try, its free anyway :)
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Itsuka Komine ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
uh maybe later, I'm still fed up with romcom theme, but thanks for answer
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jpo5
hmm, if you prefer a darker kind of Vn (excluding those monster.NTR etc tags) i will recommend - the letter, Kara no shoujo, G-senjou no Maou.
or try a mix of romcom and simulation like Miracle Snack Shop - Gijeog-ui Bunsigjib.
if you need a non hitch, smoothsailing story (romance mostly) ill recommend my 2 favs - hoshi ori and Ginharu both are extremely long but the plus side is no cheap climax or stuff + good plot they are your avg slice of life but with extra sweetness, or try Hatsukoi 1/1 it has a mix of everything.
or you can try Sunrider series which combines simulation with VN.
most jap vn have romance or hentai stuff in them, if you need a vn with unique stuff you should look towards western vns or series like Steins;Gate, Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Higurashi no- Naku Koro ni,Utawarerumono: Futari no Hakuoro
there are more but the post will drag on :D
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PrinzKulit
Dayum, these recommendations just reminded me how much time I've spent playing VNs. It's kinda depressing and satisfying having finished those games.
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jpo5
you should try and make your own vn too, i do that all the time
if your completely new to developing consider getting tyrnobuilder to make vn or if you know some programming start with renpy.
makeing vn , making your own story, own twist own ending is nothing but pure satisfaction.
cheers.
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hakim homecent
do you have a recommendation for game like evenicle and what is the best VN game you have ever play ?
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jpo5
did you play sorcery jokers? devil on g string?
best ever vn for me....just a personal opinion- i like light hearted stories with sweet stuff because i consider vn as excuse to escape reality, real lives are full of rollercoaster rides and i like games which have sweet stories- no violence,no drama, no dark themes etc....
yeah i know i sound like some boring guy now XD
my all time favs are hoshi ori, Ginharu, and A sky full of stars + fandisc, Miracle snack shop.
other favs of mine (a bit of action and drama) -Sunrider academy, SenrenBanka, NobleWorks, Princess Evangile,Grisaia series,
Hello,Goodbye,Wish upon the shooting stars, Wolf tails,
and many more but these are some i always keep on my pc
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Sufuurin
i can definitely vibe on the sweet stuff because that's what i love them for, it doesn't mean i don't enjoy other good stuff that doesn't involve the usual moe stuff. also i hate how i know most of the VN's you mentioned and even played them. im kinda knee deep at VN's or maybe im already drowing on it but heck i don't care what happens ill consume it, i have all the time and ways to do it
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hakim homecent
nice, i have watched all Grisaia series in anime. is there any new addition at VN series like sequel or something ?
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Itsuka Komine ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
I already played both Kara no Shoujo (1 and 2) and its true ending, and G-string? I forgot to finish Haru's route. But overall I prefer such mystery theme indeed.
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Amadeuuus
For those who have played this one. Is the story worth it, or is it just a thinly-veiled porn with a plot?
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komo cakeps
seconding this question. so far what I've seen is some generic chara intro and then you're suddenly thrown into detective work.
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Shinonome Satsuki
Hey do you know how to install this game ? When i mount the iso file and then run the setup it says that it might have some virus so it doesn't open
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jON dOE
its just a false positive, disable your AV before installing
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LoliDaisuki
I'd suggest you read my previous comment. You are straight up being disrespectful. Think about it? Are you really the one that's right here? Actually you don't even need to think about it, you know that you are wrong. You just want to keep arguing for no apparent reason. I'm not sure what brought you to think that the only people that read Visual Novels are people with autism. Have you yet noticed that you are the only one that has been throwing insults and have been name-calling left and right? It's hard to say we were offended as much as you were. It's a type of game, it's impossible to say and for it to be true that VNs are only for people with autism.
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Anonymous
Just stop it man, don't' bother arguing with people who are not mentally mature enough to understand that people have different preferences. They're probably delusional teenagers who thinks that they know everything and the world revolves around them. That or they are insecure about their tastes that they have to shit on other people's preferences to have a false sense of superiority about their own preferences.
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LoliDaisuki
Don't worry, I stopped 25 days ago, lol.
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Supersede
You honestly think that saying they saying they should uWu themselves to death shouldnt be taken as the joke that it was?
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LoliDaisuki
Whether it was a joke or not, it shouldn't be said, and I've no way of knowing whether you were joking or not. Besides that, you also insulted the people who play visual novels and the visual novels themselves in many ways besides telling the people to "die." It's just not right. Your insults are in no way justified. And I see that in one of your previous comment you openly admitted that you are being biased. That I respect, but if you are going to say something biased about a topic that well, one of the main reasons people are on this site for, isn't it better to just not say it at all?
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Supersede
Do you understand what a forum is? Its for free and open discussion. If you think that no one out there is going to have conflicting viewpoints than you, you should just pull the plug now.
It's obviously a joke. uWu themselves to death? You're being incredibly thick. I didn't say they should go commit suicide and hang themselves in their garage. Have some sense.
and no, its not better to say nothing at all. You didn't create this. This isn't your child. This isn't your lifes work. You took it way too seriously.
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LoliDaisuki
Well, first off, this is a comment section, not a forum :p. Anyways, it's not that I took it too seriously it's that you said many things that you shouldn't have said.
Also: conflicting viewpoints? People can have different view points, but there is also two words that describe this little debate. Right and Wrong. Not different viewpoints.
I don't see why it wouldn't be better to not say anything at all? Do you enjoy insulting things that people like in front of them? If you were to just say that you disliked them or hated them, then that'd be completely fine.
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Supersede
Definition of forum
1a: the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
b: a public meeting place for open discussion
The club provides a forum for people interested in local history.
c: a medium (such as a newspaper or online service) of open discussion or expression of ideas
Judging from recent encounters, it is obvious you aren't going to win the smart battle with me, so you should stop. Take your grievances up with Merriam-Webster.
Sure, I am controversial, I know. I do have to work on that, I appreciate reinforcing that. I'll stop. I'm just going to leave it as each to their own even though I have no idea how this has a following.
Edit: Who are you to think that you are "right" and I am "wrong"?
Isn't that incredibly hypocritical to the point you are trying to make?
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LoliDaisuki
To your edit there. I wouldn't really say it's hypocritical, because I think only one way could be seen as correct. It's like a right or wrong answer. I don't mean to start a little debate again but I think it was already proven by the amount of likes I got and the amount of dislikes you got. It wasn't really that you were wrong but it's more like what you said was bad, and I'm not only referring to your first comment.
Edit: these are actually really fun for me so thanks for this chance! I hope you give VNs a try! Really! They aren't as bad as you think. If you're a beginner, then I suggest Grisaia. It'll definitely get you hooked to VNs! One of the best stories! As the other guy said..
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LoliDaisuki
I see where you're getting with the definition of forum, but, most the time forum has a general definition among the community as to not use the literate definition of it.
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Supersede
Sure. It's not unlike people saying "this is the marketplace of ideas" when there is nothing being bought or sold.
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my flamewar sense is tingling better prepare the popcorn
https://i.makeagif.com/media/1-21-2016/qPYmc4.gif
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LoliDaisuki
I don't really like Sakura.
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Itsuka Komine ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
I prefer

Prunus serrulata
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Yarielist Yggdrasil
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I'd love Cherry instead cherry tree ...
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KEVIN ALEXANDER
LOL my 3nd daughter is going to born this year and of course visual novel, eroge are my second favorite game.
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Singgih Fakhri Azmi
does this game has rpg gameplay ?
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LoliDaisuki
No, it doesn't, there is a RPG tag if you wish to search for RPG games.
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haunted
ur mad for no reason lol, get over it and go play other things instead of whining about people enjoying things
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Lucas Felicio
Chill out man, novels are boring and shit, but tastes are tastes. Was pretty fun to read your comment thought.
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Supersede
Lol, yeah, I know. I was going to edit my initial response but I kind of wanted to tear into the pedo a little. Never thought there was actually an audience for this stuff.
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sos
Here comes the self centered, bratty kids who thinks the world revolves around them. Real mature of you to judge books by their cover and people by their preferences and online avatar names. Seeing that you are a frog in a well and have no idea about visual novels, I won't say much because I know that this is your ignorance speaking. If you were to bash those eroges or nukiges which had no story and showed unnecessary nudity, I would have been fine. But nope, you had to touch on visual novels some of which has amazing stories that you probably have never experienced based on your comments. Want to roast people who plays visual novels? Come back after playing Higurashi, Umineko and the Grisaia series. Judging something without having prior knowledge about that subject, shows your stupidity not your superiority.
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LoliDaisuki
That's an interesting way to say that someone is secluded without much information. Frog in a well... Never thought about that analogy, always thought the phrase living under a rock suited it perfectly. I might use that phrase in some of my future writing.
Also, I personally have never played Higurashi nor Umineko, I'm not a huge fan of deaths, especially of young girls. I haven't watched it either. I'm sure the story is great but it just doesn't sit right with me.
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sos
Yeah Higurashi is quite gory, same with Umineko but at least adults are getting killed there not little girls.
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LoliDaisuki
Yeah, I agree with your statement about Umineko. I'd be more okay to play that.
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Supersede
He has lolicon in his profile picture and screenname, if that doesn't command judgment, I don't know what does. The books title is literally "Underage Nudes" so there's no reason to read within. How fucking thick can you get?
Isn't it ironic that apparently I think the world revolves around me because I made light of a shit genre of games yet you just admitted that you wouldn't have shown the same condemnation if I went after whatever the hell you just said. You're no less biased than I, I am just more vocal about it.
As much fun as hearing Asian voice over of awful moans and such and clicking "Next" sounds, I'm going to take a hard pass. Way too many actual good GAMES to play and life is rather torturous all on its own with out masochism. I don't need to piss on an electric fence or pass a kidney stone to know that fucking sucks. There are just some things in life that one has a strong intuition for. Its called a survival instinct. This is one of those.
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LoliDaisuki
I personally think that if you don't like Visual Novels, that is your call, your opinion, no one can change that. I respect your opinion of hating Visual Novels. I do not dislike you for hating Visual Novels. I also think that you should not be making fun of others who enjoy them and most of all, telling them to die. As a person, you should not be making fun of and insulting someone based on their interests. It's also the most polite thing to do to not insult to your greatest content something that someone likes in front of them. For example, if you and I were walking beside each other and out of nowhere, I start talking about how much I hate dogs, how I want all dog lovers and dogs to die, and how they are all shit, and you were a dog lover. I'm 100% sure you would find that disrespectful and rude. And in fact, that is disrespectful and rude, I should not be saying something like that, especially in front of someone who loves dogs. That is indeed what you have done, don't you think that it's a bit rude? I'm not sure how I can get you to understand but do you see why and how I'm saying it's disrespectful? (By the way I love dogs, so don't get me wrong, this is just being used as an example). Aside from my original comment, as of now, I am not trying to start an argument, I respect your opinion and it is in my belief that you should also respect others' opinions. That is all, I hope you have a great day.
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sos
Lol, you don't even know the lingo of basic visual novels and you are here judging people who plays them. Eroge and nukige means the visual novels that you described before, ie. those with heavy porn and no sensible storyline. But visual novels come in many forms, for example Umineko and Higurashi that I mentioned before, has no porn but are still considered visual novels. And they have a god damn good story. Grisaia that I mentioned before has small amount of porn but the story is the main focus and same here as well, the story is one of the best.
Now, your statement that, "Asian voice over awful moans and such clicking Next" this refers exactly to Nukige and Eroge (As its name says Erotic-Game or Eroge). Even I do not like these, but these are not the only things that visual novel has to offer.
I do not mean to sound as if some kind of elitist but I can clearly see that you have no knowledge about these things and it is completely fine not to have them. But judging something by its cover is not something you should do escpecially in cases of visual novels. And by Visual Novels I am talking about the ones that are actually good.
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LoliDaisuki
Oh yeah, I remember reading Grisaia, definitely one of the best stories, I did go Makina's route, but at the H-scene, it just didn't feel right, I then downloaded the all ages version. I'm all about the story for VNs, I just take the H-scenes as something to enjoy that's different.
edit: Also, I had no idea that my comment made such a debate, I apologize for any inconvenience.
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LCK Gaming
i mean you're not wrong also why'd you delete your previous comment??
was it too offensive for some people
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Supersede
It wasn't my doing. It was a moderator deletion.
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welp it was fun while it lasted
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komo cakeps
oh look someone who gets easily offended by somebody prefering lolis over, oh I dunno, fucking OLD HAGS? go and wife a 35+ old single mom with kids from Chad and Tyrone. you wanna play this virtuosity game? let's start with YOU! or fuck off with your virtue signalling here. you mistook this site for twitter
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Mr Penguin (EleroGames)
All of the characters look the exact same. Stupid argument.
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hey freak show is been a while
did you already got married with a little girl?
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Pablo Raho
Wait, That's Illegal.
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tell that to him, who approve marrying children should be legal
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Everfall
i just like to come here and see how everybody wants to be the warrior at the poseesion of the true and only valuable opinion and word. Kinda fun to see how people cant actually feel offended at the least thing that a complete stranger says and need to have the impulse to solve their lives that are filled with impurity. What a time to be alive. Well i think i will commit UwU and die now.
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Pablo Raho
It's legal in India at least
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Supersede
Hey now. Don't be so "easily offended"
Degeneracy should be given an open mind! https://media2.giphy.com/media/wTTaiw8GECOK4/giphy.gif
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LCK Gaming
ahh that makes sense
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LCK Gaming
jesus fuck man you killed him
also if you wanted to break down this dudes name i think it means "I love you little girl" or "i like you little girl" or something like that
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LoliDaisuki
Too bad I didn't exactly see how he "killed me." Got deleted before I read it.
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Supersede
You can still see it on my profile. lol. Enjoy
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Tarkanos
Someones mad, go play your Battlefield or whatever dope
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LoliDaisuki
Why the hate on VNs? And you're telling the people who read VNs to kill themselves? You're shit, get off the internet, thank you very much. Just because you have dyslexia and can't read doesn't mean they suck.
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🤴🏿👑 King Gilgamesh 👑 🤴🏿
Holy shit.. These women are holding weapons!
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Black Hell
i know what you mean ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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極死七夜
masterpiece,even compare to danganronpa
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Blaze76
I doubt anything other than Ace Attorney can even come close to Danganronpa but your comment intrigues me to try this.
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極死七夜
these two game are both 9.5 out of 10 to me, please have a try
(v3 doesn't count
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Rico Bigbro
boi.. have you tried 999 trilogy ? that's one is good too
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Blaze76
I remember finishing the first game on the DS but I have yet to try the rest.
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Luis David Palacios
They are the most mainstream and marketed options in the genre though.
Sure, the classic AA trilogy and the first dangyhanronpa, back in the DS/PSP era are cult classics and we all remember them with love, but once you truly dwelve into this world you see they are only like the tip of the iceberg.
It also doesnt help much that the vast majority of these stuff is in japanese only or fan translations, hence why those two became super popular being a few of the officially localized ones, but yeah, saying that is like saying, i dunno, that nothing comes close to dbz in anime.
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Blaze76
I agree, they are very mainstream and I am well aware that there are other amazing titles in this genre but obviously as you mentioned most of them aren't translated and never get released outside Japan. I played a lot of really good fan translated ones as well, like Detective Conan & Kindaichi Case Files: Chance Encounter of 2 Great Detectives (you should try it) among others, but in my opinion AA and the Danganronpa games have really mastered the "detective work" aspects, can't really say the same for their plot however. Unsolved Crimes on the DS also does a good job.
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Everfall
although its not really the same kind, i also recomend YU-NO, for me is a masterpiece.
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Alucardla
Hey.
Are there choices or just reading?
In other words, is it kinectic?
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LoliDaisuki
You can go different girl routes, don't worry, although it isn't in the form of choices. At the first and only choice with Yamanami-san you can choose to obey or not to obey, obeying would bring you down her route, not obeying would bring you to be able to choose from all the other girls, except for Okita's route who is chosen from the chapter selection screen.
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極死七夜
it involves search and deduction gameplay part
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Fiona
Interesting, a VN not translated by the usual incompetence. I'll have to give this a try.
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Zero Kurapika
Looks fun.
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Foxy 9000
for however want the 18+ patch:
http://www.irodori-soft.com/steampatch.html
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the smeagols will be proud of you
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LoliDaisuki
Appreciate it.
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Neko2 Channel
NICE BROTHER.....THANK YOU
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Yarielist Yggdrasil
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Their first product in steam perhaps ...
and using Kagura Games trick to get extra sales from Non-Porn side ...
(it still good even without porn tough)
Good Drawing, VA, BGM is all good ...
Oh yeah, thank you for mentioning it ...
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Eros Kami
Porn is just a bonus for those who appreciate good art.
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riiiight
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Yarielist Yggdrasil
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Amen for that, bro ...
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loadinghub.com
Thanks :D
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Foxy 9000
Your welcome >:3
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Yarielist Yggdrasil
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VN again ...
Should make SLG type instead ...
yeah, good quality, setting and story. (one of the better quality compared other)
But still not my cup if it's not RPG ...
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LoliDaisuki
Go play RPG games then, if it were rpg it would be tagged RPG.
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Yarielist Yggdrasil
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Sometimes there are VN which have small part RPG gameplay ...
Ex : Princess Waltz (but anyone RARELY mention it)
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Everfall
Now im intrigued, i should search that one once i finish barldr sky, wich i also recomend, pretty fun tbh, at least for me
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Fiona
If you want a RPG/SLG or really any gameplay elements with Visual Novel I can suggest games made by Alice Soft, Eushully and Unicorn-A. Most of it is untranslated, but there is a few that is in english.
Of course there is also games by compile heart with the neptunia series and the like.
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Yarielist Yggdrasil
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RPG is still doable to translate ...
SLG is a lot harder to translate (also a lot editing picture for menu icon) ...
as far as I know Eushully only have Kamidori get decent translation ...
Dunno the other ...
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Fiona
Well Sengoku Rance by Alice Soft is translated into english. I recommend that. Some of the other Rance games from Alicesoft got translated aswell but that's assuming you can tolerate Mangagamers "Incredible" translation work.
Some Eushully games have UI translations. Unfortunately that's about it for those.
Unicorn-A game's are mostly focused on Sengoku/Three Kingdoms lore. Nice SLGs personally, albeit untranslated and has a layer of complexity. Alot of kanji in that game.
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Yarielist Yggdrasil
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Already play most Rance ...
I don't like machine translation from other Eushully game ...
Haven't seen translated Unicorn-A game tough ...
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Everfall
try kamidori alchemy meister from eushully. im in love with that game tbh, i always recomend it when someone ask for hybrids VN, its not machine translated, it has a good translation.
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SwordSaint
There's not much SLG and RPG VN being localized because the engine that is being used to translate those are different from a normal VN it requires a lot more resources and really do you think that those VN's sold like crazy they are lucky to get 30% profit from those games. And also the market for VN is very specific and that's why a few of them used kickstarter as there's a saying in this market that "You don't need 1000 people to pay $1 each you just need 1 person to pay $1000.
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Leonhart
Well duh, it's not meant to be a game in the first place. It's just reading, and quite a bit better experience than just reading novel PDFs on the net 😄
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Asesh Maharjan
Nah. Reading novels is on a whole different level. Imagination
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Leonhart
It's true, but imo there are pros and cons. A good VN is a different kind of experience. The subtle emotions in the voices that can never be fully transmitted through text alone, the music and even the art are all pros, even if a con is that it doesn't demand as much imagination.
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Yarielist Yggdrasil
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Sorry for being RPG maniac, but that's what I am ...
I also don't mind if TLoTR or Harry P get VN (don't have to be Anime) ...
(I like their story)
also I already test this a bit ...
it really is good compared any average VN ...