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Visual Novels Community Thread | A Little Something for Everyone
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lazyproblems
Member
Anime Expo is where Aksys and NISA try to reveal some of their big upcoming titles, so the projected end date makes a lot more sense now. Time to just check in every week or so and catch up on updates until then.
Just as soon as they get out those other 4 games that are supposed to be out in the next 3? months or so.
hahahahahahahhahah
hahahahahahahhahah
Anyways, the fact that there's still no ZE community thread baffles me, but I just talked with dresden and everything should be fine to stay here, so speculate away!
They (MG) just tweeted that preorders for Higurashi Ch.1 are live tonight.
Getting it on their website also gives a steam key, so I'm gonna get it there most likely.
Ohhh really like this piece of info:
Getting it on their website also gives a steam key, so I'm gonna get it there most likely.
Ohhh really like this piece of info:
Basileus777
Member
May 15th, not August.
I was always interested in the Higurashi content beyond the 8 story chapters, dunno if they're good or what they're about but I'd love to read those. I just hope I remember anything about the story by the time they're released
GayForMaster
Banned
Wow VNDB is an amazing place...
Basileus777
Member
Myth is that doujin title that was put on Greenlight by the non-native English speaker right? I guess Mangagamer picked it up after that.
I saw Hou in august, I got this all secondhand so ヽ（´ー｀）┌
Hours Left
Member
Happy to see the 4infinity pattern seems to be set in stone now, even though we still have a bit of a long wait for the reveal.
The fact that it presumably ends in June is interesting. >_>
The fact that it presumably ends in June is interesting. >_>
cj_iwakura
Member
Chaos;Child's demo is on the JPSN. Wow, is it bloody. I'm only dabbling in it, I still haven't played Chaos;Head.
Barrylocke
Member
So this is where the 4infinity hype train has been hiding. I was worried for a moment that I wouldn't have anywhere to sit and rock anxiously back and forth after the thread got locked.
*starts rocking back and forth*
*starts rocking back and forth*
Wait, it's out!? Kinda out of nowhere, wasn't it?
zeopower6
Member
I think Chaos;Head is pretty gory too?
FTFY
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
A 3 month countdown? Screw that noise.
grim-tales
Member
The hype just died again a little for me. I hope more words/clues are added instead of just counting down for 3 months.
Why would a game like ZE be revealed at an Anime festival?
Why would a game like ZE be revealed at an Anime festival?
Hours Left
Member
There will definitely be more words. What they will entail though remains to be seen.
And there's tons of game stuff at Anime Expo. Like most big conventions now, they run the gamut. And Aksys already has a penchant for announcing stuff there.
Got my first ending in Never 7. First play-through of VNs I usually just go through blind and see where I end up without trying to get any specific ending or ending. Ended up getting the Yuka Good route, which is sort of surprising to me given how that story felt like it was going up until the 3rd act. Really enjoyed it if only for how many times it seemed the game directly went for screwing over Okuhiko. Seriously, fuck that guy. Womanizing jerk.
I really like so far how the game mixes in typical Uchikoshi sci-fi weirdness with a more down to earth core. It's super subversive. Really plays on your expectations for typical VNs and gives it a smaller, slower more character driven tale which I like. Seems like each route is slowly going to build more aspects to the world until it finishes with one crazy big end route. If that's the way it goes, I'm really interested to see what Uchikoshi has up his sleeve.
I really like so far how the game mixes in typical Uchikoshi sci-fi weirdness with a more down to earth core. It's super subversive. Really plays on your expectations for typical VNs and gives it a smaller, slower more character driven tale which I like. Seems like each route is slowly going to build more aspects to the world until it finishes with one crazy big end route. If that's the way it goes, I'm really interested to see what Uchikoshi has up his sleeve.
I take it like 2 months and 4 weeks which is the same as 3 months(that's the way I see it). It's too much coincidence that an event where aksys goes and announces games is likely to be the date. So I take it like the real clues weren't the numbers at all(maybe the only one is the 0303) but the words they're going to give us every 1st of the month,and since all we got related to that are the uchikoshi's tweets(that points towards zero escape 3) and the greek tweet from aksys(there's nothing more greek than the alphabet) with the ring on 0 that makes sigma, so what I believe is that they've told us when they're going to announce it and teasing what it would be(zero escape 3)
Funyarinpa
Member
Hey now, the mystery of "ring" and "salt" have not been solved yet.
Also, I am quite interested in the Higurashi release. Never read it before, sounds like a start as good as any.
grim-tales
Member
Hey,
I just found today there was a very short lunar eclipse where the moon turns red (I think?), probably just coincidence. Not sure there'll be more clues for a while.
I just found today there was a very short lunar eclipse where the moon turns red (I think?), probably just coincidence. Not sure there'll be more clues for a while.
cj_iwakura
Member
Chaos;Code sure is a looker. Shame odds of a localization are slim to none.
There also was a solar eclipse quite recently and I thought there might be a connection. Another thing I thought might be connected was Easter because of the bunny.
But that's just what happens if you tease something for a quarter of a year...
There's maybe a 5% change that the long wait is a fake-out and something will be announced sooner, but there's no way of predicting anything right now.
At this point, I'm 95% convinced they really want us to wait a quarter of a year. I can't stress that enough, a quarter of a year...
Funyarinpa
Member
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Eh, I don't really care now. I'm already convinced this is Zero Escape 3 and it's going to revealed on June 26th.
That's all I need to know...I'll keep checking up on this thread, but nowhere near as much as I was up until now.
grim-tales
Member
It better be something amazing as we're waiting that long.
Even if it is ZE3, who's to say we're going back to the dark atmosphere of 999? You dont have to really "show" anything but just describe things well.
Even if it is ZE3, who's to say we're going back to the dark atmosphere of 999? You dont have to really "show" anything but just describe things well.
grim-tales
Member
All 4 of those numbers have a digital root of 9.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Well let's not forget that Sigma
got his arms torn off and his eye taken out.
Funyarinpa
Member
HO
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SH
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Don't hype me even more, don't hype me even more, don't hype me even more...
...HYPED
It's more of a psychological horror and the gore is described rather than shown, but yeah it's not an innocent VN.
cj_iwakura
Member
Within five minutes of Chaos;Child, it shows a man slumped over a keyboard with blood erupting from his face.
Right now, there aren't many other VNs available in English on the Vita. There's Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters and you have Steins;Gate, the Grisaia Trilogy and maybe Clannad to look forward to.
So you're best friend is PSP backwards compatibility. Both Corpse Party games are great (the second one is more of a VN than the first one), Sweet Fuse is similar to VLR/DR and the Hakuoki games are supposed to be quite good.
cj_iwakura
Member
Chaos;Child has a great OP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSk5psIGIik
Same vocalist as Steins;Gate's?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSk5psIGIik
Same vocalist as Steins;Gate's?
Her name is Itou Kanako. Some of her stuff is available on itunes if you search for いとうかなこ. I think she also did the song for Chaos Child and some other games/anime. Love her work.
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Banned
I like her since hearing some of her songs in Jingai Makyou.
Funyarinpa
Member
Yup, works on Vita. Never finished the game, but I liked what I played of it.
grim-tales
Member
Sweet Fuse sounds a bit like 999/DR with dating sim elements.
cj_iwakura
Member
Sweet Fuse is great. The highs aren't as high as Hakuokis, but it doesn't lose steam either. It's good all the way through.
Welp, I thought we were almost there.
Definitely Steins;Gate (coming out soon); if you played the two Corpse Party on PSP there's also Corpse Party Blood Drive that might, hopefully, come out this year; the two XBlaze (the first is already out but I didn't play it yet so I can't personally comment on it); VA-11 HALL-A is looking great; Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters (again, didn't play it but it should be more of a srpg than a VN) and obviously Danganronpa Another Episode, but I assume you were going to buy it anyway.
But yeah, now that you have a Vita you might also want to look more into its library than just VNs, we're never gonna get that many in english that you can play only those.
You don't really need to know anything about 999, the only things that are referenced are conveniently explained by VLR.
Definitely Steins;Gate (coming out soon); if you played the two Corpse Party on PSP there's also Corpse Party Blood Drive that might, hopefully, come out this year; the two XBlaze (the first is already out but I didn't play it yet so I can't personally comment on it); VA-11 HALL-A is looking great; Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters (again, didn't play it but it should be more of a srpg than a VN) and obviously Danganronpa Another Episode, but I assume you were going to buy it anyway.
But yeah, now that you have a Vita you might also want to look more into its library than just VNs, we're never gonna get that many in english that you can play only those.
cj_iwakura
Member
Be warned that I'm told the Vita version of TTGH has very small text. I have the PS3 version.
It's like 80% VN/20% SRPG, and barely an SRPG. You position people on a field and wait for ghosts to attack, without knowing where they are.
It's like 80% VN/20% SRPG, and barely an SRPG. You position people on a field and wait for ghosts to attack, without knowing where they are.
Mmmm that VA-11 HALL-A seems intersting didn't know that one, who is bringing it? Will it come in a retail package?
Really? I swear people were saying the opposite.
It's not japanese game, Sukeban Games are the devs but Ouren (he's also on gaf) is handling the Vita version and no, it's a digital only game. It'd be cool if they managed to find a way to fund a retail release, though.
cj_iwakura
Member
The VN portions take up most of the game. Battles take a few minutes, if that. Keep in mind it's not a very long game, though.
Basileus777
Member
The SRPG portions are more than 20%. I'd probably say it's more like half and half unless you're speeding through the game and ignoring anything optional.