Decline Visual Novel Recomendation Thread

[Maxwell's Demon]

Don't extensive animated sequences go against the premise of a visual novel? There's only so much streamlining I can take.

 

[Gangrelrumbler]

Not really. Visual novels are basically barebones anime. If you want to make another quirky harem comedy but are unable to keep up with a weekly schedule of a manga and can't convince an animation studio to film your shit, then visual novel is your choice. You can have all the funny cute girls, but at a budget price. Why bother drawing hundreds of pages if you can just draw some expressions, add a bunch of CG and you're done. The only step lower than that are light novels. Not that I dislike visual novels but it's pretty obvious why are they like that. Evidenced further by the fact that they never really picked-up outside of Japan.

 

[Maxwell's Demon]

That's unfortunate. The first visual novel I read was Saya no Uta, so perhaps I've set too high expectations on the medium.

 

[Maxwell's Demon]

Well, Tokyo Necron still looks interesting. I mean, I'm willing to grant the conceit of visual novel-SRPG hybrids, I might as well give this a go.

 

[LESS T_T]

Steamspy number of STEINS;GATE shows how China is the dominant power in weaboo sector on Steam: http://steamspy.com/app/412830

Before Chinese language update: 50,439
Now, after Chinese language update: 107,407

Geography
China 47.83%
US 14.01%
Japan 4.83%
Russia 4.35%

Yeah it's dominant in other sectors too, but in weaboo sector I think it would surpass English speaking audience.

 

[LESS T_T]

 

[M. AQVILA]

That's unfortunate. The first visual novel I read was Saya no Uta, so perhaps I've set too high expectations on the medium.

Have you played Cross+Channel? It's pretty good and the translation quality is probably the best I've seen so far among VNs.

 

[Maxwell's Demon]

I haven't played it, but it looks interesting.

 

[M. AQVILA]

I haven't played it, but it looks interesting.

If you liked Saya no Uta then you might also like Cross+Channel. It's mostly a psychological and mystery VN, but it also has its dark moments.

 

[Raghar]

Have they improved the HIT THE CAT game?

 

[TigerKnee]

Subahibi's translation isn't as bad as the Twitter guy made it out to be, as far as I can see.

 

[TigerKnee]

It's the actual content itself that is pointless literary wankery.

Thought that was the entire point.

Too late for stopping, I already beat it. The only chapter I really dislike is Looking Glass Insects.

 

[LESS T_T]

"Steam no longer allows information about or links to uncensor patches for games containing 18+ content" via Reddit: http://steamcommunity.com/app/560250/discussions/0/1479856439032666968/#c1479856439033844346

Dharker Studio [developer]

Steam reps have told us that they no longer allow any information or links to the uncensored patches on steam, so they all had to be removed. We will gradually be updating our own website with info on how to install the patch.

 

[Irxy]

China 47.83%
US 14.01%
Japan 4.83%
Russia 4.35%

Those numbers are kind of proportional to overall population.
Now that China is not that poor anymore and they can afford to not pirate everything becoming a major market for whatever is inevitable.
Wonder why we don't see any/many of them on codex though.

 

[Gangrelrumbler]

China 47.83%
US 14.01%
Japan 4.83%
Russia 4.35%

Those numbers are kind of proportional to overall population.
Now that China is not that poor anymore and they can afford to not pirate everything becoming a major market for whatever is inevitable.
Wonder why we don't see any/many of them on codex though.

RPG Codex is widely considered a secret meeting place of all kinds of trouble-makers. Visiting the site even once warrants a one-way trip to gulag in China.

 

[LESS T_T]

Really, GabeN? Really? This looks like an outright "loli" hentai without actual hentai scenes.

 

[InD_ImaginE]

who love little girls!

GabeN no police in the internet GabeN

Like seriously tho, the description is pretty much a jailbait. Maybe this is how you get to FBI list of internet pedo

 

[karoliner]

Steam turned into DLsite so gradually I didn't even notice.

 

[Haba]

in before

 

[Gerrard]

Steamspy number of STEINS;GATE shows how China is the dominant power in weaboo sector on Steam: http://steamspy.com/app/412830

Before Chinese language update: 50,439
Now, after Chinese language update: 107,407

Geography
China 47.83%
US 14.01%
Japan 4.83%
Russia 4.35%

Yeah it's dominant in other sectors too, but in weaboo sector I think it would surpass English speaking audience.

Mostly because most of the visual novels are not even available for purchase in Japan and/or don't have the Japanese text in them, because Japanese publishers are retarded (a lot of older ones can't even be bought new anymore).

 

[LESS T_T]

Steam turned into DLsite so gradually I didn't even notice.

You don't say, all these things are only listed in last few days:











I didn't include shovelware devs' cash grab attempts with things made with free anime assets.

 

[Irxy]

No wonder they prohibited devs from posting porn patches on forums... Still, can't see it going on like this. Steam will either officially allow 18+ content to some extent or ban all those pseudo eroges. Likely the latter.

 

[karoliner]

If they were fun stuff like the Rance games i would be interested, but its mostly rpg maker crap and super boring VNs.

 

[Irxy]

This one looks pretty interesting. Horror, dark fantasy, dream battles. Clearly not your average nukige.

Chinese only though.

 

[LESS T_T]

Really, GabeN? Really? This looks like an outright "loli" hentai without actual hentai scenes.

And it's gone even before released. It seems GabeN doesn't want to be arrested by FBI.