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  1. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I love Ayuayu.

  2. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    will it have H-scenes?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Probably not. Key scrubbed all the h-scenes from every version of the game aside from the original PC release.
      I haven't touched a Key visual novel in 15 years but I assume all their VNs are all ages now.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        They are all ages now, theyve even became westernized. Tsui no Stella is literal TLOU clone that appeals to the dad game niche

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >westernized
          >all ages now
          you people are fricking moronic. Consider getting a brain implant

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >tlou but anime
          I will now financially support your company

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Key haven't updated their ero VN version license since long time ago, so no

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        will it have H-scenes?

        Didnt play Kanon but Air had terrible H scenes. Some where literally less than 20 text boxes and came and went without any consequence

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Because Key always makes weird decision when creating h-scene. All of their h-scenes always to be just off context fan service or filler, but when the characters actually have sex, they just skip the scene

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            [...]
            Didnt play Kanon but Air had terrible H scenes. Some where literally less than 20 text boxes and came and went without any consequence

            Not really, no. It has romance elements, sure, plenty of it is about relationships, but it's not a typical "dating sim" like the term is used. That'd be something more along the lines of Princess Evangile, as an example, where the entire point of the thing is just going out with girls and sex gets included as a default. Kanon never needed those. They could be included for some value in the narrative but it's not a story about titillation. The exact same is true of LB, which is what I assume this moron [...] was responding to indirectly here [...] with that reply chain. No Key release has ever benefited from sex scenes.

            >No Key release has ever benefited from sex scenes
            >they aren't faking their fricking for hours like pornstars, h scenes are shit and off context!
            t.roonslator who's been plaguing /vg/ and now Ganker in xis vendetta against h scenes, translating them as memes instead

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              I personally translated your favorite h-scene with a rub-a-dub-dub included and you can't do a thing to stop me b***h boy

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              Nah you are the one who's gonna troon out since you have no taste anymore about which scenario that supposed to be the hscene and which one is not

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >Riki helps girl
                >She feels connected to him
                >They have sex
                OMG he literally groomed her what the frick Japan H SCENE LE BAD!

                Sure xixter

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                And you think a wet dream deserved hscenes than characters who is in scenario actually doing sex? Like uruha, akane, and the horny miko from summer pockets?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Who would want to frick mentally moronic people anyway?

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        moronic = cute = ero

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        You couldn't frick the really hot aunt in the original anyways, so what's the point?
        >ftw you'll never cover Akiko in her jam and lick it off in disgust

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          There's that guy who has been making doujin of her for more than 15 years.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        all women are a bit moronic, it doesn't bother me that much

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          True
          No smart person ever enjoys Astrology or True crime

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Women are basically children that you can have sex with.

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            good heavens we should make it illegal to have sex with women!

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Oh man, I came buckets to this chick.

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            I really wish the series got a fan translation or something.
            The program these were made in doesn't play nice with textractor either.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Who would want to frick women anyway?

        I guess you wouldn't understand

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >Uguu~ What are we gonna do on the bed?
          >*Uguu*

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous
      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Girls are super cute when they do stupid things.
        Like when suddenly she starts studying giving you the back because she hasn't been doing anything the whole week when she kept checking on you.
        Or when you ask her out and you can tell she's all flustered because she comes with all her stuff instead of leaving it behind first.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      No and fwiw old Key Hscenes were massive steaming turds so you won't miss much

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Probably not. Key scrubbed all the h-scenes from every version of the game aside from the original PC release.
      I haven't touched a Key visual novel in 15 years but I assume all their VNs are all ages now.

      They are all ages now, theyve even became westernized. Tsui no Stella is literal TLOU clone that appeals to the dad game niche

      Key haven't updated their ero VN version license since long time ago, so no

      https://i.imgur.com/0efXJni.jpeg

      Visual novels are video games.

      Key is pozzed now
      No h no buy

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        don't care still buying

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          But EX has H scene.

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            and it's garbage

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            I'd argue H scenes don't fit in that particular VN
            Besides, they were shoved in where they didn't exist originally and you can tell

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Fact

            and it's garbage

            I'd argue H scenes don't fit in that particular VN
            Besides, they were shoved in where they didn't exist originally and you can tell

            cope
            H literally happens during their most emotional times
            >i-it's out of place that wouldn't happen!
            nuh uh

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              okay porn addict, go kvetch about it on /vg/

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                You're literally the /vg/ = porn addict here for calling LB EX perfect h scenes "shit" according to your standards.
                Your standards where each h scene should last 2 hours long for your zoombrain gooning session or else they're shit.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                i never said anything about the h-scenes, you just assumed i was one of those two guys responding to you

                stop trying to force h-scenes into games that don't need them

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Stop removing ero from eroge. Key VNs need them

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        but summer pockets bf is their best game

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          VN H-scenes suck anyway.
          All you need is a couple of upskirts and a schizo rambling section for a good VN.

          >no h
          no play
          simple as

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            To each their own I guess. Anime art style does nothing to my peen anymore.

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              >anymore
              what happened?

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                I grew out of it.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Anon

                I grew out of it.

                To each their own I guess. Anime art style does nothing to my peen anymore.

                trooned out and wants to precensor future VNs from eroge corpos

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Yeah Maeda came out as a troony and said he sees himself as a middle aged lesbian groomer, no wonder heaven's burned pleb is so woke
        He also told all fans of key VNs to frick off as gacha is the future

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Are you bullshitting or is there something to back that up?

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Not that guy but can confirm at least half of that is true, which in turn gives the other half credibility.

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            NTA but his interviews
            If you read between the lines,, anon's conclusion on the first sentence before the comma makes sense but in nipspeak he sees himself and self inserts as one of the girls. Go figure.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      That HUD looks worse than the original, just play the original. Why would anyone pay for this?

      probably not, only the first PC release had them. If it does, I hope there's an option to turn them off because Key's H-scenes are all awful and actually make the games worse, and not in a funny bad way like Fate's H-scenes.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >they didn't meme the h like the fate hack, please censor them for me!
        homosexual

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          You didn't even play them, stop acting like you know what you're talking about

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >projecting homosexual
            Nope, 20 text boxes are long enough if you weren't a porn addict

            not wanting porn in every single thing you consume isn't a bad thing

            . Sex lasting long is a result of porn addiction.
            Not addicted = sensitive
            Sensitive = quick cum
            Not sensitive = long duration before your westoid circumcised penis can't feel pleasure.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          not wanting porn in every single thing you consume isn't a bad thing

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >Not wanting h in an h game isn't a bad thing
            moron.

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              but it's explicitly not an h game because there's no h in it

              you seem confused

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Hahaha.

  3. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Uguuuuu~

  4. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >it's real
    Thought I got memed

  5. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >featuring full voice support (the protagonist is only voiced in certain scenes)
    Lmao.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      You're supposed to voice his lines yourself.

  6. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >

  7. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    What mystery visual novels would you guys recommend beside the ace attorney and danganronpa games? Looking for games that aren't just slide show

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >Looking for games that aren't just slide show
      then you picked the wrong question to ask, there are very few that incorporate gameplay and fewer that incorporate it well

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      The DS ones and their sequels.
      Hotel Dusk
      999
      Trace Memory/another code

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      999
      The Silver Case

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        I love Silver Case but I wouldn't recommend it to a non-Sudahead in good conscience

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          It was my first Suda game

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Hotel Dusk
      428 shibuya scramble
      paranormasight
      The Centennial Case : A Shijima Story

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      AI: The Somnium Files
      Zero Escape trilogy, and yes, the whole trilogy.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >fat frick fat off of a diet of Uchikoshi feces

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >AI: The Somnium Files
        did anything come of Uchikoshi's twitter teasing stuff?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      it's an EVN but i really liked the sekimeiya
      helps that the protagonist is not a moron for once

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Surprised nobody else said Rain Code

  8. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    VN H-scenes suck anyway.
    All you need is a couple of upskirts and a schizo rambling section for a good VN.

  9. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Remake when?

  10. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Best way to play/place to get Saya no Uta?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      just buy it on jast, goes on sale often enough

  11. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    They're playable games as much as you read an audiobook, your opinion and taste is trash

  12. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Name a single good vn released in the last 5 years.

  13. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    that glove looks like potato

  14. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >no H
    Into the trash it goes.

  15. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    uguu~

  16. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Ignore CLANNAD.

  17. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >no H-scenes

  18. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >visual novel without any sex scenes
    what is even the point, who is this for

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      The game fricks your heart instead.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        I can never take any of these weeb fake feels seriously. Oh the bug eyed same face girl lost her puppy or something, who the frick cares

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >no H-scenes

      it does erotic elements, just not in the gay censored version

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Can you actually goon out to those or is it just some panty shots

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          https://e-hentai.org/s/ed74504cf4/1344936-22
          how big do you like your pixels

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            I forgot how dogshit old key vns looked jfc

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >just not in the gay censored version
        Aka the steam release, which this thread (op) shills for
        And in the future if it ever gets a

        Remake when?

        remake

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I can never take any of these weeb fake feels seriously. Oh the bug eyed same face girl lost her puppy or something, who the frick cares

      >without reminding everyone how totally not interested in the sex scenes they are.
      Oh no, I don't hide the fact that I read VNs for the porn. If your VN doesn't have H-scenes, then I'm not wasting my time with it.

      Imagine having so little taste that you refuse to enjoy a story if it doesnt have forced porn scenes
      You're like the opposite of the moronic zoomers who are scared of sex scenes lmao

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        To me, the sex is the payoff of a building relationship over the course of a VN.
        It's satisfying to watch two characters work past their differences, and are able to share a intimate moment and become a couple.

  19. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Kindle e-books are as interactive as these shitty VNs, and those aren't video games. have a nice day.

  20. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I wish VNs would just be completely banned on Steam and on consoles so we wouldn't have to deal with prudish idiots who can't go two seconds without reminding everyone how totally not interested in the sex scenes they are.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >without reminding everyone how totally not interested in the sex scenes they are.
      Oh no, I don't hide the fact that I read VNs for the porn. If your VN doesn't have H-scenes, then I'm not wasting my time with it.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Almost every instance of sex scenes in otherwise serious and plot-focused stories is unnecessary, and they are only included in order to sell more copies to people who want to jack off. Before you respond like a peabrain and call me a prude, I don't care if a porn game has porn in it. Maggot Baits? Not an issue, it's about the porn. Saya no Uta? The porn is an integral part of the plot and shouldn't be removed. Kara no Shoujo? The porn is dogshit, it has no reason to be included except to pander to morons. It's almost like this isn't black and white and there are instances of good use of erotic elements in stories, but generally developers are just falling in line and doing the same shit as everyone else in order to keep existing. That's why everything is all-ages now. The market has shifted and become Steam-centric. It's no longer about buying a copy of Fate/Stay Night in person at a store and running it off a CD, it's about buying a copy of Fate/Stay Night digitally on a storefront any house can access. You're just pissy that the times have changed.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >wall of text
        insecure much? prude cuck
        sex is good, you'd never refuse sex with a beautiful girl if offered. pretending this isn't true makes you a coward

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          I know, a wall of text is too much to read for a proclaimed VN enjoyer like yourself. It's just too hard.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >>wall of text
          Frick off phoneposter, this isn't twitter.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Would you date a girl that would deny your any sex and reason that it's unnecessary and dogshit and true love can flourish without it?

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Why would you come up with a totally irrelevant false equivalence like this? Feeling a bit disingenuous.

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >dating sim
            >dating
            >false equivalence
            shiggy

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              Okay, but nobody in this reply chain was talking about dating sims until you brought them up. What do I care if a dating sim has sex in it? That can easily be included and provide be something of value. Read what you respond to.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Kanon is not a dating sim? I'm pretty sure there's like 5 girls you can pursue but then I again it's been a long time.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Not really, no. It has romance elements, sure, plenty of it is about relationships, but it's not a typical "dating sim" like the term is used. That'd be something more along the lines of Princess Evangile, as an example, where the entire point of the thing is just going out with girls and sex gets included as a default. Kanon never needed those. They could be included for some value in the narrative but it's not a story about titillation. The exact same is true of LB, which is what I assume this moron

                I wish VNs would just be completely banned on Steam and on consoles so we wouldn't have to deal with prudish idiots who can't go two seconds without reminding everyone how totally not interested in the sex scenes they are.

                was responding to indirectly here

                You're literally the /vg/ = porn addict here for calling LB EX perfect h scenes "shit" according to your standards.
                Your standards where each h scene should last 2 hours long for your zoombrain gooning session or else they're shit.

                with that reply chain. No Key release has ever benefited from sex scenes.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          This
          Romance without sex isn't romance
          Love without sex isn't love

          Why would you come up with a totally irrelevant false equivalence like this? Feeling a bit disingenuous.

          go back trannoid

  21. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Looks like Sekai Project is not involved with this one, did they translate it in house? That's pretty cool if so, maybe we'll see more of their stuff going forward (provided they keep making games).

  22. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Key cucks will never understand the actual appeal of the visual novel medium. They only care about their copy-pasted surprise drama twist depression simulators.

  23. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >buying VNs

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I only buy physical release

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I buy e-girl romance VNs from my favorite developers.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Who is that and why are they wearing a motorcycle helmet in bed?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Only one I bought was White Album because I waited like a decade for the translation. Every other VN is an easy pirate.

  24. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Yes, really bad video games.

  25. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/2876250/_/?l=japanese
    Sound novels are soul only when they are not translated to other languages

  26. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    You have to understand most people on Ganker are under-age or still in puberty so no h-scenes is huge red flag

  27. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I still remember when this image was just a funny joke

  28. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    so people really spend 200 hours reading Clannad and there isnt even one sex scene?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Yeah, and the main girl dies at the end (while giving birth to your child), it's just some weird emo shit for the mentally ill.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        You didn't play it

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >200h
      it's like 50h if you read even close to a normal speed

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Best girl Tomoyo got the sex scenes but not on Steam

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      But Tomoyo literally had h scenes
      Don't tell me you're a Nagisa gay
      >he collected dragonballs to resurrect Ushio, kino!

  29. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Should I read Kanon? I never watched the anime either

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      yeah, the anime is also good if you prefer that

  30. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I like Kanon more than Clannad

  31. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Aren't most (all?) Key stories best experienced in their anime adaptations? Much higher production values, great songs, WAY LESS filler. I know at least Clannad is considered to be a huge improvement over the VN. Also, AIR, Little Busters etc.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Watch the anime
      Play the ero part

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      The CLANNAD anime doesn't have Kappei. It's objectively inferior.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      AIR's anime feels like a rushed mess, but I didn’t play the VN so I don’t know if it’s the same way, though I doubt it
      little busters kinda has the same feeling but not nearly as much so it’s fine

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      No
      >muh filler
      You're doing it wrong if you're playing these VNs for "the story". There's no filler.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Air

  32. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Name ONE good VN that isn't pornographic

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      https://vndb.org/v24610

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      steins gate

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >he doesn't know

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous
    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Umineko

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Kinzo and Natsuhi having sex was the best part

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          repeat that in red!

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Danganronpa, Steins;Gate, Zero Escape etc, basically Spike Chunsoft's whole catalogue, they've become experts at making SFW VN's.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous
      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        What is VNDB smoking?

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          I mean its not a visual novel, theyre classified as adventure games

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Explain these then, these are just regular ass JRPGs, no H content or any other VN specific things
            https://vndb.org/v20727
            https://vndb.org/v25796

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              vndb is legitimately moronic and run by a discord mafia. They even banned 13 Sentinels cause it was going to beat SG as the #1 ranked VN

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      planetarian, Rewrite, Himawari, Root Double -Before crime * After Days-

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Himawari
        Based.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Aqua after never ;_;

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            I honestly struggle to remember any of the plot points of this game, I only remember it being very good and extremely complex.

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              Yeah, the story is great. The only thing you need to remember is that is about moving on and accept things that can't be changed. Also, baby making sex with Aqua, unfortunately off screen

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Root Double -Before Crime * After Days-
        homie that was one of the worst ones I've ever sat through, this guy and uchi can't write story to save their lifes if they're alone somehow yet create good stuff together, it really baffles me

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Clannad wasn't that bad
      >VN that isn't pornographic
      like a car that doesn't go above 30 miles speed limit

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      The best visual novel isn't pornographic.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Someone post it

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >HE DOESN'T KNOW

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      428 Shibuya Scramble
      Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell
      And some others that have already been named. In fact, I can't think of a pornographic one that is good.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Aoi shiro. The fact alone that is has over 50 endings that kill you makes the getting the good, bad, neutral endings to get to the true ending that much better.

  33. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >Visual novels are video games.
    no they aren't

  34. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Post gameplay

  35. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Read Umineko

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Watch the anime + read the manga instead.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Watch the anime

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Yes.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      No, read Tsukihime instead. The MC in that VN actually has sex, unlike that homosexual Battler.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >The MC in that VN actually has sex, unlike that homosexual Battler
        Say it in red

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          in retrospect it was kind of funny how much incest there was in Umineko

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >Everything in the story was a consequence of incest
            You love to see it

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              everything in the story was also the consequence of NOT fricking your cousin

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >Watch the anime

      Umineko

      have a nice day troonineko poster

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        I read umineko then trooned out and named myself Shannon true story. my life got 1,000% better

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      But I did
      It was okay, I stuck around moreso for the character writing than the plot as a whole, I think at the very least Ryukishi is great at making really likable characters

  36. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    No, they are not. But they are a valid way to tell a story, more visual than a novel or an illustrated book and less complicated than a comic book.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Kindle e-books are as interactive as these shitty VNs, and those aren't video games. have a nice day.

      >Visual novels are video games
      Did not read the thread. VNs are only games if they're interactive. Interactivity is what makes games. Books, comics, movies - they're all about a predetermined story, and you can't change the experience.
      Games are about doing things for yourself. That is why everyone in the '90s and '00s wanted as much interactivity as possible. That's why people liked Duke Nukem 3D, even though it had outdated technology compared to full 3D Quake. Just because you could kick trash cans and piss in urinals in reasonably realistic city environments made it stand out. This is why GTA games were always popular, you have a living city that is interactive. In the '00s, every kid wanted a game they could "live in".

      And then today's wienersuckers and brain-dead zoomers don't need all that. They're fine with non-games, with linear gameplay, with no interactivity, where "game designers" just make a path for you.

      VNs aren't games. Unless they have a branching story that you can interact with.

      They're not. It's right there in the title. "VISUAL NOVEL".
      They're glorified comics. They separate from games, they just happen to use the same devices.

      So fire emblem isnt video games?
      SRPGs aren't video games?
      What else isnt video games?

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        These guys are somehow alive still. I bet everyone will crap on them again, for extreme incompetence, justifiably. Escu:de is probably the last gameplay VN studio left.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Porn games and VNs are different things. Porn games are just really crappy video games for coomers.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Then what are VNs for?

  37. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Dies Irae is the most blue-balling, anticlimactic and unsatisfying VN I've ever read. Every fight save for the final ones in two routes boils down to
    >And with this, I kill you
    >No actually that wasn't even my true power
    >Aaaaah frick it hurts my blood is leaking out my ass... Here's a ten minute speech on life before unleashing my newfound hidden ability!!!
    >*it was a hologram*
    >Guess that's it for me... Goodby--
    >*villain dies to some asspull stray shot from literally nowhere*
    It's infuriating and I can't believe people praise the fight scenes in this shitfest.
    Kei best girl btw

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >foreknowledge foreknowledge
      >the desert eagle is the world's heaviest, biggest, most hardcore and impossible to use gun but Shirou can use it flawlessly by being a rad dude
      >foreknowledge
      >if it was anyone else even attempting to fire a single bullet would break every bone in their body but Shirou was firing two deagles at a rate of one thousand shots per second without breaking a sweat
      >foreknowledge foreknowledge
      >it didn't do shit because his opponent is literally immune to gunfire but Shirou still kept at it for 30 minutes because I really like writing this cringeworthy shit
      >foreknowledge
      >Shirou got hit by some superhuman monster and broke twenty ribs but kept firing his atomic hand cannon aka the legendary desert eagle, the world's most insane and radical gun
      >foreknowledge foreknowledge
      >seriously, take a break and go jack off to Shirou right now
      >foreknowledge
      >eventually Shirou's opponent went away and was killed by someone else in the following chapter
      >"Tch... I'm tired of this damn foreknowledge..." said Shirou as he used his deagle to light a cigarette while playing some totally sick guitar riffs with his huge dick
      Masada is a true master, we might as well wrap up the entire genre because it doesn't get any better than this.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        The Shirouwank was cool ONCE when he did the pose with Ellie, but every other time it's literally the same shit, I hate it. The fight scenes for how verbose they are, are disappointingly samey.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Dies Irae is the only good visual novel and I'm tired of pretending it isn't.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Dies Irae fights feel like a motherfricker set a fighting game set to be 99 rounds, either someone throws in the towel and walks away, or two autists really do go at it for the whole day.

      And I love it, I can only take it in small bites though.

  38. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I just beat Ever17 and am about to play Clannad

  39. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    When was the last time we got any Muv Luv news?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      do I really have to suffer through the school shit

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        The school part is integral to enjoying Muv Luv.
        If you ever replay it, you'll notice that almost every scene has foreshadowing.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      it's fricking dead bro, give up

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Switch port last month

  40. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Thats right

  41. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Recent mystery EVNs on Steam over the past few years:
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249260/Birth_ME_Code/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1228600/Blankspace/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1414250/CORPSE_FACTORY/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1568920/Clean_Slate/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1820720/The_Divine_Deception/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/2011310/Entropic_Float_This_World_Will_Decay_And_Disappear/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/2058090/The_Game_of_Fourtune/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1338940/Head_AS_Code/ (remake)
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271300/Methods_The_Detective_Competition/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940040/The_Price_Of_Flesh
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1020030/Quantum_Suicide/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/2621950/Reaplaced/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1725910/Shards_of_Chaos/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/2091580/SYNESTHESIA/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1513120/The_Zodiac_Trial/

    Upcoming mystery EVNs on Steam:
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1728290/Decide_4_God/ (finale to the Abime series)
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1041270/Exogenesis_Perils_of_Rebirth/ (never ever)
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1349820/The_Lost_Delinquents_of_Rollings_High/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1287170/Thiefs_Roulette/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1929350/Ubel/
    >https://store.steampowered.com/app/2385550/Underground22/

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      no thanks

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      please mark the western stuff

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        that's all of it buddy, this guy goes out of his way to post this same fricking list we've all seen 20 times in any VN-related thread and specifically picks only stuff with the most unappealing artstyle you've ever seen in your life

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Oh I don't have English listed in the heading. Oops.

        that's all of it buddy, this guy goes out of his way to post this same fricking list we've all seen 20 times in any VN-related thread and specifically picks only stuff with the most unappealing artstyle you've ever seen in your life

        It's a slow small niche genre that doesn't see many new releases. Sorry that western games don't all have an anime artstyle. If you don't like the post then feel free to ignore. 🙂

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >Sorry that western games don't all have an anime artstyle
          sorry that you constantly conflate "your recommendations are fricking ugly" with "only wants to look at anime style illustrations" you hyper-autistic frick

          not a single person has ever appreciate your posts, no one new is ever paying attention to them, and you should have fricked off a long time ago instead of showing up in EVERY thread that's even tangentially related to your stupid ass spam

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Plenty of people have, to the point where it has become predictable.
            I hope the rest of your day goes better.

            Corpse Factory is the only one I've played and it was really bad outside of the artwork and voice acting.

            How about you recommend actually good Western VN's like Sekimeiya.
            https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432500/The_Sekimeiya_Spun_Glass/

            I agree with you actually. The story ended up being a letdown. The very ending was neat with the reveal but everything leading up to it was all contrived.
            >actual good VNs like cardboard cutout Wikipedia inserts in a remember11 ripoff
            >made by gay petty devs who go out of their way to trash other western VNs
            Hard pass for me. Though more games should let you solve the mystery, or attempt to, at the end. The Zodiac Trial did this but nobody played it because western game.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          I HAVE ignored it, you keep changing the header

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Corpse Factory is the only one I've played and it was really bad outside of the artwork and voice acting.

      How about you recommend actually good Western VN's like Sekimeiya.
      https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432500/The_Sekimeiya_Spun_Glass/

  42. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  43. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  44. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I love me some Uguu.

  45. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Why are visual novels so expensive?
    Is it because most of them are from Japan and the Japanese have a culture of overcharging for games?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      It's because they're a hard pass for 95% people, you rarely if ever see a player count above 200-500 and that's on launch. So naturally the fans have to overpay to keep the company in business.

  46. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    i fricking love nayuki. i ripped the alarm from the game back in middle school and to this day she wakes me up.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Too dumb.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        ditzy girls are the best anon

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          There is such a thing as too much.

          it's fricking dead bro, give up

          I still hold out hope for a sequel. It's not like the company has any other IPs they'd be better off doing.

          Switch port last month

          Just what we need, PTSD on the go.

  47. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Sure, if Death Stranding is a video game, then VNs might as well be.

  48. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    OOGOOOOOOOOOOO

  49. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >poor excuse for a game
    >poor excuse for a novel
    >appeals to mentally stunted anime addicted transexuals
    lmao no thanks

  50. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I hate Key

  51. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Remember
    First Press, Regular and standard edition only

  52. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    does wagamama high spec have a good imouto?
    i need new material

  53. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >A visual(picture) novel(book) is a video game
    You cant even go half a sentence without sperging out

  54. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  55. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    vn with great h scenes to fap to?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Musumate

  56. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    do you frick the uguu~?

  57. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    As far as presentation goes, 13 Sentinels is by far the best. Combines Evangelion/western time travel movies almost too well. RTS Gameplay is actually fun and somewhat challenging. Characters are well written because half are adults or will be at one point. Music and visuals stand out compared to anything in the genre.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Not a VN

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        It's more VN than not, if you ever wanna see the genre expand and flourish there needs to be more creative ways to present 100,000 words in a videogame

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Man I love this game so much, something I really appreciate about the way it's presented is that despite the sheer amount of shit you need to keep track of and the density of the plot the game respects the players intelligence to piece mostly everything together, even if that means some people will be filtered. The moment it all starts to click is a really one of a kind, it's a shame VW titles are still fairly niche with how much they put their heart and soul into everything they make

  58. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    A

  59. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous
    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      my favorite part is when she said "Ugu"

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      old anime is so cringe who liked this

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Go back to your isekaislop.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        You're cringe.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Me uguu.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous
    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I actually forgot Kyoto made the anime for this.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        I really miss when KyoAni adapted third-party stuff more instead of constantly adapting their own published light novels. They're all soap operas and they're boring as shit.

  60. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  61. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Drills.

  62. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    moron here, is professor layton a visual novel?

  63. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >a sex scene after every 2 hours or so
    meh
    >a single instance of a brat callling me ざぁこ
    HOOLYYYYY SHIIIIT
    why does this happen?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous
    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >some bawd bawd going around and getting into gangbangs in rpgmaker slop
      Boring!
      >wedding night, lights out holding hands and the girl says I love you
      Das it mane

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        You know all those e-girl vtubers are hags? Don't fall for their deception.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        shondo kabedon

  64. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Muv-Luv and its spin-off are the best

  65. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Extra was the best part of Muv Luv.

  66. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    *are not
    fixed fibby

  67. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    They're not. It's right there in the title. "VISUAL NOVEL".
    They're glorified comics. They separate from games, they just happen to use the same devices.

  68. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    If they have choices, sure.

  69. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    can anybody here help me remember the name of a visual novel that was popular on Ganker for a while a few years ago?

    >scifi fantasy esque
    > female goat girl with slits for a mouth
    >users here was obsessed with her
    >female lizard assassin character with an absurdly long name
    >game was infamous for not having an update in a while

  70. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I didn't save it but I've seen a screencap of moot saying that visual novels are videogames back before he bailed out and hiromoot took over. If moot says so, then it is.

  71. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >Visual novels are video games
    Did not read the thread. VNs are only games if they're interactive. Interactivity is what makes games. Books, comics, movies - they're all about a predetermined story, and you can't change the experience.
    Games are about doing things for yourself. That is why everyone in the '90s and '00s wanted as much interactivity as possible. That's why people liked Duke Nukem 3D, even though it had outdated technology compared to full 3D Quake. Just because you could kick trash cans and piss in urinals in reasonably realistic city environments made it stand out. This is why GTA games were always popular, you have a living city that is interactive. In the '00s, every kid wanted a game they could "live in".

    And then today's wienersuckers and brain-dead zoomers don't need all that. They're fine with non-games, with linear gameplay, with no interactivity, where "game designers" just make a path for you.

    VNs aren't games. Unless they have a branching story that you can interact with.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I don't care about your personal definition of what a game is

  72. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I still feel bad for not finishing higurashi, the only VN I will ever. Idk why they tried to make it """"interactive"""" on the very last chapter. The mystery is kind of over and hardly care though, is there a good summary video or anime I can just watch instead of finishing the last one with all the crystals in space

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Hey, you're just like me. I couldn't be assed to finish Matsuribayashi. It felt like they just slammed the brakes on the intrigue by making it interactive and it had too much redundant information in it.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >I still feel bad for not finishing higurashi
      I don't blame you for dropping that VN. It has horrible pacing. Higurashi has it's great moments, but you have to slog through so much boring bullshit to get to the good stuff.
      This is why I enjoy Type-Moon VNs more than 07th Expansion VNs. Nasu knows how to better pace his stories than Ryu.
      I never got board reading Tsukihime, while I had to take multiple breaks while reading Higurashi.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Good pacing
        >Nasu
        Come on. Are you even trying?
        People don't call Fate a cookbook for nothing.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          It's better than Ryu's shit. That's for damn sure.
          I still haven finished Umineko to this day due to all the fricking text bloat making that VN so fricking boring to read. Fate isn't perfect, but it kept me entertained enough to finish it.

  73. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Feels like i can't read VNs anymore as a grown adult bros... Last one i enjoyed was Mahoyo

  74. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I cant believe it..
    DOOM isnt video games...
    Serious Sam isnt video games..
    Duke Nukem isnt video games..
    Quake isnt video games..
    Its over, no more games are games.

  75. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    "VN" is such a stupid term. The use of this term continues to inflict severe brain damage on western "VN" fans, some of whom even convinced themselves that they're appreciating high literature and are embarrassed to enjoy EROTIC GAMES.

  76. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    uguu~

  77. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Wait, how fricking long do I have to wait for this to come to Steam?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      It's going to be a bit of a wait for a PC port, unfortunately. Just play some Melty Blood in the meantime.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      emulate???

  78. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I loved Kanon but I don't often get to post this pic, so...

  79. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous
  80. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    No H-scenes no buy

  81. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    For me, it's blondes. That's why my favourite is Kinkoi.

  82. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous
    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous
  83. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous
    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      hags disgusting
      surely you have age appropriate cosplay

  84. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I will write my own VN
    it will have AI art and music.

  85. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    What's your favourite VN plot?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous
    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous
  86. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    what's a nice short lovey dovey VN I should play

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      how long would short be to you? 10 hours?

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Yeah

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          what kind of lovey dovey are you looking for?

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            I'm open to anything really

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              "Onii-chan, where's my kiss?" and "Desperate Virgin Brother & Rebellious Little Sister" are pretty good if you like imoutos

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Those seem pretty nice, thanks.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >lovey-dovey

  87. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    No.

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