From: HeroicGammaRay | #043
ctes: totally forgot you existed. i've already deigned to speak with edwardsdv, so i don't think it gets any lower than that.
ed: i heard that different people wrote different routes, or something. would explain (but not excuse) inconsistencies. i'm not sure if you were around when everyone was raving about it, but it was really off-putting - like these guys had never read a good work of fiction before. i know some people who like it HAVE done so, which makes it all the more confusing. was going to post a rant in the ks topic after i'd finished it, but it was so bad i never got to reading the last route. should do that sometime.
EDIT: First of all :(. I'm not that bad.
Shizune's route is only bad if youre LOOKING for an overblown cheesy soap opera. Its biggest strength is actually its /lack/ of action. But yes it is really off-putting. I know zea at least admits to thinking its not actually all that good, hes just formed some sort of emotional bond with emi. I dont understand HOW because theres not a ton there in my opinion but thats what's clouding his judgement. I dont know what Mac's excuse is but at least he didnt literally give it a 10.
And yeah he has heart attacks so inconsistently. He can have one walking up a hill or completely miss one despite putting in endless hours of manual labor. Plus like you said I am like 90 % sure a heart arythmia doesn't mean "super susceptible to heart attacks" and nothing else like they made it seem.
Clearly the way to deal with this is to read some shuffle. KS has actually made me hunger for a better Vn immediately which is kind of rare. I was considering muv-luv, or maybe skipping round in Shuffle to see if there was much that got left out of the TV adaptation. Also considering going for an entirely random choice on vndb. Any suggestions?
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