I think they had issues getting it up? Vampire Princess had some issuesn as it was supposed to release on Steam last week. (I already got my box in a box in a box).
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I think they had issues getting it up? Vampire Princess had some issuesn as it was supposed to release on Steam last week. (I already got my box in a box in a box).
Basileus777
Member
The lack of a public Steam page doesn't mean much of anything. The game is in QA, I'm not sure what there is even to worry about when it comes to the PC release. Even if it doesn't hit May and gets delayed a few weeks, that's nothing unexpected when it comes to Kickstarter or game releases in general.
Chuusotsu - 1st Graduation: Time After Time still hasn't reached its goal on Kickstarter, though they are so close and with 5 days left that I'm sure they will.
They have the demo up on Steam too.
They have the demo up on Steam too.
Less than 1,000 left to go, it's fine. Guess I'll chip in for that physical before it ends...
Making my way through Steins;Gate for the first time, which I picked up for PS3 back during the Golden Week sale. Decided to take a break today after getting my first ending yesterday. Between the (mostly scarring) events of that chapter and said ending, seemed like a good time for a breather.
My thoughts as the ending (it was for
) I got went along...
- "Well okay, that's pretty sad, but I get it."
-"...Wait, WHAT!? No, no, no, no, NO! Seriously, what in the actual fuck."
-"Still pretty dark..."
-"Okay then, ended better than I expected."
My thoughts as the ending (it was for
Suzuha
- "Well okay, that's pretty sad, but I get it."
-"...Wait, WHAT!? No, no, no, no, NO! Seriously, what in the actual fuck."
-"Still pretty dark..."
-"Okay then, ended better than I expected."
If that's you're first ending you still have a LONG way to go. (was mine as well).
Speaking of Steins Gate just finished it (true ending) a few days ago. Absolutely amazing final chapter the choices to get that are so random and arbitrary I don't think it's actually possible without a guide. Also guys, I need something else now :'(.
Denpasoft released some news at Anime Central on games they will be releasing on their service. I would link directly to it but it's VERY NSFW
Wagamama High Spec
Re;Lord
G-senjou no Maou – The Devil on G-String
The Bell Chimes for Gold
Eternal Hour
Hoshizora no Memoria
ChronoClock
Wagamama High Spec
The story revolves around Narumi Kouki, an academy student and the author of a manga serialized in a weekly magazine. Because the manga he draws is a risqué romantic comedy, he keeps this fact a secret from everyone around him.
But one day, as the student council president, Rokuonji Kaoruko, is searching for male members for the student council, she finds out that Kouki is the author of the manga that she has been illustrating. He then joins the council in exchange for Kaoruko not revealing his secret. However, the Vice President, Ashe, who doesn't know about his circumstances, is vehemently against his joining.
In the midst of all this, the students' requests and problems keep on pouring in, bringing a lot of trouble and romance into Narumi Kouki's life.
This comical visual novel focuses on four different heroines: Rokuonji Kaoruko, the student council president who is also the H illustrator for Kouki's manga; Ashe, the hard-working and strict vice president; Toa, a lazy genius who likes to play video games; and the naturally-talented Mihiro, who attracts all kinds of animals despite her aversion to them.
Re;Lord
In a fantasy world where magic exists, the demon realm faced an unprecedented danger. Three ”witches of disaster" appeared and invaded the demon country of Saarland. Due to the recent peaceful times, Saarland lacked the skills to protect the territory of Groesen. Recognizing the witches' overwhelming powers, such as the ability to change the form of others, they surrendered the territory to them. Half a year later, the majority of the townspeople in Groesen had been turned into dolls. Wilfred decided to take back the land from the witches, and he possesses the only ability to defeat them.
This Strip Battle SLG features a map gameplay with strategic goals and a battle gameplay with target shooting and skills level-up. Attack the witches' clothes to undress them and reveal different CGs and H-scenes! Enjoy a fully-voiced quirky main character and his sidekick in a fleshed-out story filled with slapstick comedy!
G-senjou no Maou – The Devil on G-String
You play as Azai Kyousuke, the son of an infamous gangster. Kyousuke knows what he likes and lets nothing stand in his way in getting what he wants.
Referred to as God by his classmates, he often enjoys listening to Bach and ”working" part time for his stepfather. But when a beautiful girl named Usami Haru appears in town along with an international criminal known as ”Maou," they bring with them their cat-and-mouse game of plotting and intrigue.
The Bell Chimes for Gold
Maria is a Plain Jane who works as a herbalist. Her talent for item synthesis rakes in a lot of cash. But just when she finally saves up enough money to get married to her master, he dumps her for her pretty friend!
He tells her, ”With talent like that, I'm sure you could just buy yourself a man if it came to it!"
So, she decides, ”I'll make bank selling medicine and then I'll get married! YOU'LL SEE!!!" What future awaits our heroine? If she can make enough money to get married, it's surely a happy ending. ♪
The Bell Chimes for Gold is slated to be released in Fall 2017!
Eternal Hour
Eternal Hour starts off as a slice-of-life game about the daily life of average-yet-interesting boy named Yasu Fujimoto. Yasu had a pretty peaceful youth living with his aunt, but all is slowly changing as Yasu and his friends are closing in on the end of their high school life. Yasu fears that he is running out of time, and feels a suffocating pressure made by his own indecision and lack of achievements so far.
The Climber's Club is a long-running tradition for Yasu and his friends. Katashi, the leader of the club, plans a little celebration for their graduation: He challenges the club to climb the ancient stone monolith of Epoch Tower. At the top of the rocky mountain Yasu will find a moment of peace as he tastes his first real achievement of his life, but soon after, he will also notice a figure.
A hiss will distract him from its face.
In a moment of clarity, Yasu will realize.
The face is very familiar, but it is the last thing Yasu wants to see.
His own face.
Yasu will rush to get down, but he will slip and fall from the mountain. When he wakes up, he will discover that he has an ability. A power that he won't be able to understand but will soon learn to accept.
Hoshizora no Memoria
Meet Kogasaka You and his little sister, Chinami, both of whom after the sudden death of their mother, are set to leave the city to go back to their childhood hometown to live with their aunt, Shino. Initially leaving their hometown of Hibarigasaki was difficult for You, as he was close friends with a girl who he saw nearly every day after school at the local town lookout. When she discovered that You would be leaving the town, she made him promise to return to marry her and left him with simply a kiss on the forehead to remember her by.
Once You returns to his hometown, he searches for that childhood friend, only to find his previous meet-up location is now fenced off and abandoned. While out searching, he instead stumbles on a mysterious girl named Mare who carries a scythe and claims to be a Grim Reaper. Now back in his hometown, You starts to rebuild his life, making friends and continuing his search for the girl he made a promise to. Will he eventually find his promised love? Who is this mysterious girl and why does she seem so familiar?
The Kickstarter campaign for Hoshizora no Memoria is now live! Head on over to the Kickstarter page to support the game while getting a chance to get exclusive goods! The game is set to release on Denpasoft in September 2018!
ChronoClock
ChronoClock will be coming out completely uncensored! The update will have all of the original CGs without mosaics!
The house In fata morgana if you haven't already.
I haven't. How is Steins Gate 0? Worth checking out?
Dandy Crocodile
Member
SG0 is good but doesn't reach the heights on the first game. It's like a great OVA "what if" I guess. Well worth playing if you liked the Steins;Gate characters.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Looolll. Right as I was complaining that they're releasing fuck all on Denpasoft, they finally announce G-Senjou no Maou. Awesome. I always wanted to play that one. I'll buy that in a heartbeat.
Yep pretty much what dandy said, still really great just not as great as first game.
I'll post this here if anyone is interested but I'm actually doing a giveaway for house in Fata morgana.
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1379340
I'll post this here if anyone is interested but I'm actually doing a giveaway for house in Fata morgana.
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1379340
Oh, I thought it was a sequel never mind.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
I mean, technically it is but timeline wise... No?
It's hard to explain but in terms of depth and canon consider it a full sequel.
So it does take place after the true ending?
calc84maniac
Member
It's the story of the "other" Okabe that appears during the true ending. So timeline-wise, no, chronologically, sort of?
Not sure if I'm interested then...
Does the end of it give any additional closure to the originals true ending?
Eh...kinda?
Steins;Gate Zero is a remix of a bunch of side content from drama CDs, manga, and light novels that got pieced together into a game. It's probably the best and easiest way to experience the expanded Steins;Gate universe and get most of the most interesting material it has to offer. Honestly I'd consider it to be better than the original game in some aspects.
Basileus777
Member
Not really, but Steins;Gate left very little room for meaningful expansion on it. SG0 is alright is you want to spend more time with these characters, but it never really justifies its existence beyond that.
It's both.
iceblade997
Member
So it is originally all-ages on disc with an option to play as H? Most Sekai physical copies have the patch hard-coded onto the discs, with exceptions like Grisaia where it comes out later.
What I meant is that Sekai will sell a clean version on Steam and Denpa an 18+ version on their site. At least that's what I know
Oh I meant specifically for the physical disc.
AFAIK Sekai has never sold a disc with the 18+ stuff in it, so it should be pretty safe to back. That, and that they're running the campaing on Kickstarter, not Indiegogo
Pretty sure they did for Chrono Clock and Ne no Kami, as it was confirmed so I didn't back them. KARAKARA was for sure, as they used Indiegogo for H discs, and then KS eased up, so they started doing it on there later.
Edit: I got my answer... KS states that Hoshizora No Memoria physical discs will also be the Denpa versions. Oh well, my budget is tight. At least there's still the one by Fruitbat Factory, which I'm pretty sure said it waz for all ages.
Sometimes there are random sales on fridays.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Any way, it's still just a bit too expensive.
I wouldn't pay more than $20 tbh.
Funyarinpa
Member
A "Fata Morgana" is a particular type of mirage that is complex and convincing, and appears on the horizon.
Adding to what Funyarinpa said:
Depending on your point of view, a Fata Morgana can look convincingly real. It's often depicted as a flickering image in the distance, like something that exists but also doesn't exist at the same time.
I think that's why they chose the title, think back to the endings where you step out of the mansion too early.
In some languages, Fata Morgana is commonly used as a synonym for mirage (e.g. German). In the Japanese text, the word Shinkirou (蜃気楼
is used which directly translates to mirage or Fata Morgana. So I think there's no deeper meaning besides that, it could have been called The House in Mirage but Fata Morgana just sounds cooler and more exotic. edit:
and of course there's the pun with the name Morgana, but she could have been called Mira or something similar to Mirage
KLoWn
Member
Ah I see. Now it makes sense.Adding to what Funyarinpa said:
Depending on your point of view, a Fata Morgana can look convincingly real. It's often depicted as a flickering image in the distance, like something that exists but also doesn't exist at the same time.I think that's why they chose the title, think back to the endings where you step out of the mansion too early.
In some languages, Fata Morgana is commonly used as a synonym for mirage (e.g. German). In the Japanese text, the word Shinkirou (蜃気楼
So I think there's no deeper meaning besides that, it could have been called The House in Mirage but Fata Morgana just sounds cooler and more exotic.
Thanks fellas.
The second season and movie of the anime came out lasr year, so they were probably tying into that.
purseowner
Member
Plenty of 5pb stuff announced now available to cry about never coming West - made a thread:
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1381599
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1381599
calc84maniac
Member
Speaking about 5pb stuff never coming west, apparently Chaos;Head Noah will never be officially released in English. Ever.
https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla/status/868886475584270337
Steiner says that PQube will tell you the same if you ask them at any cons (and they can't tell you why).
My guess? There's probably some licensing issue that prevents it from ever being released outside Japan. Chaos;Head has never been localized into any other language, even in Asia (unlike Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes which got Chinese and Korean localizations). This could explain why JAST USA gave up on Chaos;Head, too, despite Steins;Gate being one of their most successful titles.
https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla/status/868886475584270337
Steiner says that PQube will tell you the same if you ask them at any cons (and they can't tell you why).
My guess? There's probably some licensing issue that prevents it from ever being released outside Japan. Chaos;Head has never been localized into any other language, even in Asia (unlike Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes which got Chinese and Korean localizations). This could explain why JAST USA gave up on Chaos;Head, too, despite Steins;Gate being one of their most successful titles.
That stinks :/ Yeah it would have to be some licensing issue, then. Stinks that we only get the anime >_>
Funyarinpa
Member
calc84maniac
Member
I'm getting into conspiracy theory territory here, but it's possible that Nitro+ (with their heavy involvement in Chaos;Head) somehow screwed things over with international licensing. Maybe the voice acting? And that could have contributed to why 5pb distanced itself from Nitro+ in the future.
JAST once said that something about the requirements on Japan side for the release made it unlikely, and not being able to acquire the voice acting would certainly fit the bill there.
JAST once said that something about the requirements on Japan side for the release made it unlikely, and not being able to acquire the voice acting would certainly fit the bill there.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Damn, that's unfortunate. I'm guessing it would have to be something related to Nitro+, yeah.
I wish someone would translate the full game already, it's been years and no one has really stepped up to it
calc84maniac
Member
Maybe with this news there will be fewer qualms of creating a fan translation.
Kresnik258
Member
Aren't Nitro+ still involved in the SciAdv games? They were definitely involved in Steins;Gate at least.
I'd really love to know what's the deal with Chaos;Head though. Also, apparently ReadingSteiner has fully translated Robotics;Notes Elite but 5pb weren't interested in licencing it for overseas release. I hope that changes. A few of us have been tweeting PQube about it and the liked all the tweets we sent.
And on another topic, has anyone played Chaos;Child? I'm reading about it and it says they've pushed the horror elements in it a bit more which is putting me off, really not a fan of horror stuff. Does anyone know how prevalent it is?
calc84maniac
Member
It was after Steins;Gate that Nitro+ started having little to no involvement in the series (aside from being in the copyright bar by necessity).
And nah, it was Chaos;Head Noah that he (hypothetically) translated.