Visual Novels

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Do you play visual Novels?

  • No, because that’s fucking gay

    Votes: 83 15.7%

  • Yes, because I read them for the plot

    Votes: 196 37.0%

  • No, because they’re not really video games

    Votes: 34 6.4%

  • Yes, because anime girls are better than real women

    Votes: 116 21.9%

  • No, but I think about playing them

    Votes: 68 12.8%

  • Yes, but I do it ironically

    Votes: 33 6.2%
  • Total voters
    530
Gundog finally came out and I finished my first playthrough

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It's gundam approved.

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Seriously why the hell has this never been done before? A gundam visual novel where you interact with a dysfunctional crew and move around in a ship? The closest thing to this in 45 years was a campy fmv game and some fan made lesbo shit.

Anyway, I enjoyed this immensely. Writing is great and has a nice blend of horror, mystery, action and romance. songs are excellent and there's a pretty cool new game plus that I'm still checking out. Recommend you don't finish the demo to minimize spoilers.

The big elephant in the room is the option to be a man, woman or some.. they/them thing that looks kinda like sideshow bob. The writer was smart enough to navigate that particular minefield by not forcing anything in the man route and not being troony. There is only one npc with they/them shit and they look like a butch Asian lesbo. (You do get hit on a couple times by it, but the writer was based enough to have the MC react with nausea if you consistently ignore... Whatever the fuck they are) Otherwise a great choose your own adventure title I like. Very curious to see how others feel about it.

(There is a weird ass interface issue the one time you type in an ingame password on ps5 that feels... Unoptimized. Not a game breaker but you have click buttons rapidly to get out of it. )
 
Frederica Bernkastel said:
Do the Evangelion VNs come anywhere close to that?
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Sort of? I don't think they've been entirely translated yet but off the top of my head there was one set up as a dating sim with an original character and one where shinji goes all detective Conan on some violent ass murders... That randomly have evas and monsters involved.

That one actually has combat in it. That's the one thing missing from gundog id love.

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Michael Wade said:
Gundog finally came out and I finished my first playthrough

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It's gundam approved.

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Seriously why the hell has this never been done before? A gundam visual novel where you interact with a dysfunctional crew and move around in a ship? The closest thing to this in 45 years was a campy fmv game and some fan made lesbo shit.

Anyway, I enjoyed this immensely. Writing is great and has a nice blend of horror, mystery, action and romance. songs are excellent and there's a pretty cool new game plus that I'm still checking out. Recommend you don't finish the demo to minimize spoilers.

The big elephant in the room is the option to be a man, woman or some.. they/them thing that looks kinda like sideshow bob. The writer was smart enough to navigate that particular minefield by not forcing anything in the man route and not being troony. There is only one npc with they/them shit and they look like a butch Asian lesbo. (You do get hit on a couple times by it, but the writer was based enough to have the MC react with nausea if you consistently ignore... Whatever the fuck they are) Otherwise a great choose your own adventure title I like. Very curious to see how others feel about it.

(There is a weird ass interface issue the one time you type in an ingame password on ps5 that feels... Unoptimized. Not a game breaker but you have click buttons rapidly to get out of it. )
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That pronouns are a hard fucking sell but if other people say it's worth it I'll give it a shot
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I've played and enjoyed a few VNs in the past but it seems that chapter of my life has closed. Every time I try in the past few years I just have no interest anymore and never revisit any VN I try once.

Anyone else feel that way? Like you suddenly can't immerse yourselves in slow, drawn out stories? Especially if you lack direct control or the choices don't matter much. The longer and the more passive the VN is, the less I can get into it anymore.

The last VN I played all the way through was Song of Saya and that was really damn good. I don't think any VN has ever grabbed my attention right from the opening and carried it all the way though like that one. I was so engaged for a while that I couldn't stop thinking about it.

The last VN I tried was Crimson Gray and I didn't like it nearly as much as I thought I would. It certainly wasn't bad though. One thing that was annoying was how it was supposed to be a period piece from the 1980s but really didn't feel like it most of the time. Also I found the MC to be a bit unrelatable.
 
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Space_Dandy said:
I've played and enjoyed a few VNs in the past but it seems that chapter of my life has closed. Every time I try in the past few years I just have no interest anymore and never revisit any VN I try once.

Anyone else feel that way? Like you suddenly can't immerse yourselves in slow, drawn out stories? Especially if you lack direct control or the choices don't matter much. The longer and the more passive the VN is, the less I can get into it anymore.

The last VN I played all the way through was Song of Saya and that was really damn good. I don't think any VN has ever grabbed my attention right from the opening and carried it all the way though like that one. I was so engaged for a while that I couldn't stop thinking about it.

The last VN I tried was Crimson Gray and I didn't like it nearly as much as I thought I would. It certainly wasn't bad though. One thing that was annoying was how it was supposed to be a period piece from the 1980s but really didn't feel like it most of the time. Also I found the MC to be a bit unrelatable.
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There are still a good handful of relatively short VNs. Planetarian can be finished in a sitting and the narcissu games (I havent read them so don't quote me on the quality) only clock out at about 3 hours long. I've been meaning to read Return to Shironagasu Island and if you like shorter stories and mysteries, that might be up your alley as well. I definitely don't blame somebody for not wanting to read VNs as the ones that are considered the best are like 50+ hour commitments with a usually slow opening. Though there is something about long VNs having incredibly satisfying payoffs that you can't really get with the shorter ones.
 
Space_Dandy said:
I've played and enjoyed a few VNs in the past but it seems that chapter of my life has closed. Every time I try in the past few years I just have no interest anymore and never revisit any VN I try once.

Anyone else feel that way? Like you suddenly can't immerse yourselves in slow, drawn out stories? Especially if you lack direct control or the choices don't matter much. The longer and the more passive the VN is, the less I can get into it anymore.

The last VN I played all the way through was Song of Saya and that was really damn good. I don't think any VN has ever grabbed my attention right from the opening and carried it all the way though like that one. I was so engaged for a while that I couldn't stop thinking about it.

The last VN I tried was Crimson Gray and I didn't like it nearly as much as I thought I would. It certainly wasn't bad though. One thing that was annoying was how it was supposed to be a period piece from the 1980s but really didn't feel like it most of the time. Also I found the MC to be a bit unrelatable.
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I want to say "Skill Issue" but I get it. It 'aint me. But, I get it.
 
Space_Dandy said:
I've played and enjoyed a few VNs in the past but it seems that chapter of my life has closed. Every time I try in the past few years I just have no interest anymore and never revisit any VN I try once.

Anyone else feel that way? Like you suddenly can't immerse yourselves in slow, drawn out stories? Especially if you lack direct control or the choices don't matter much. The longer and the more passive the VN is, the less I can get into it anymore.

The last VN I played all the way through was Song of Saya and that was really damn good. I don't think any VN has ever grabbed my attention right from the opening and carried it all the way though like that one. I was so engaged for a while that I couldn't stop thinking about it.

The last VN I tried was Crimson Gray and I didn't like it nearly as much as I thought I would. It certainly wasn't bad though. One thing that was annoying was how it was supposed to be a period piece from the 1980s but really didn't feel like it most of the time. Also I found the MC to be a bit unrelatable.
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I don't play too many VNs myself. Most of them just don't do a good job of grabbing me with the art style. Too much focus on the Wifu romance shit instead of plot.


Gundog appealed to the mecha fanboy in me and was a breezy sit. (2 or 3 days to finish) Although I'm very interested in replaying it to see what else it has in store. They are clearly leaving the door open for more stories in the verse but it's not a massive plot. (yet) the writer takes a lot of influence from old school PC 98 games like snatcher and policenauts.
 
Michael Wade said:
I don't play too many VNs myself. Most of them just don't do a good job of grabbing me with the art style. Too much focus on the Wifu romance shit instead of plot
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I'm semisurprised that more Western VNs dont go the CYOA route (I say semisuprised cause I know this niche ends up dominated by weebs and troons).
 
Señora Airi said:
I'm semisurprised that more Western VNs dont go the CYOA route (I say semisuprised cause I know this niche ends up dominated by weebs and troons).
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Oh yeah It's super rare. I remember Warhammer 40k rogue trader, having some brief choose your own adventure moments. It was so good I wanted to go out and buy a CYOA but there's literally nothing else out there like it.

Meanwhile vampire the masquerade has like 10 of those dam things you can buy on the app store. Go figure.
 
Chunking through Grisaia Phantom Trigger atm.
Mesmerizing how the writing quality's held up for so long in this series. Only thing I'd point a finger at is the food segments can get repetitive.*sigh*
 
HexFag said:
There are still a good handful of relatively short VNs. Planetarian can be finished in a sitting and the narcissu games (I havent read them so don't quote me on the quality) only clock out at about 3 hours long. I've been meaning to read Return to Shironagasu Island and if you like shorter stories and mysteries, that might be up your alley as well. I definitely don't blame somebody for not wanting to read VNs as the ones that are considered the best are like 50+ hour commitments with a usually slow opening. Though there is something about long VNs having incredibly satisfying payoffs that you can't really get with the shorter ones.
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If a VN is shit and you hate it, just drop it and move on.
 
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Poop A Loop said:
Just finished chapter one of ChuSingura46+1 S.
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Finally finished ChuSingura46+1 S. That thing is a doorstopper.

My biggest problems were the stilted translation, that the final antagonist was kind of shallow, and tons of re-used action CGs, but overall it was really great. I stopped caring about re-used CGs when I saw that the credits for non-VA roles were maybe 3-5 people in total. There was more heart and care put into that game than the slop put out by western studios so if it means some art gets reused I don't care.

Totally worth full price.
 
The new part of HBR is pretty comfy. Funny that I'm finding the dome life to be far more interesting than what the main task force is doing.
 
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