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JustMonika
01/05/18 4:11:09 PM
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It's too late for me :(
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Sylph
01/05/18 4:15:31 PM
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You will end up in Katawa Shoujo land and it will be all over.
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JustMonika
01/05/18 4:16:57 PM
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Sylph posted...
You will end up in Katawa Shoujo land and it will be all over.

I already bought one during the Steam sale. DDLC was the first one I ever played :l
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Funkydog
01/05/18 4:17:17 PM
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You know what you need to do to yourself to save yourself.
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Anisoptera
01/05/18 4:18:32 PM
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You can only appreciate Katawa Shoujo if it's your first visual novel because the writing and pacing is so bad.

Gateway to visual novels:
Doki Doki Literature Club
Katawa Shoujo
Hatoful Boyfriend

Casuals will still street away from other visual novels because it's "cringe" to get emotionally infested in an Anime game. It's cringe to try to date a virtual girl.
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Puglia77
01/05/18 4:18:42 PM
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That reminds me I have a bunch of Sakura games to play from the Humble Bundle
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FL81
01/05/18 4:19:35 PM
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kirbymuncher
01/05/18 4:22:20 PM
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JustMonika posted...
Sylph posted...
You will end up in Katawa Shoujo land and it will be all over.

I already bought one during the Steam sale. DDLC was the first one I ever played :l

what did you buy
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FreshOverlord
01/05/18 4:24:30 PM
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Don't play Nekopara
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JustMonika
01/05/18 4:25:13 PM
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kirbymuncher posted...
what did you buy

I don't wanna say
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kirbymuncher
01/05/18 5:28:40 PM
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if it's on steam it can't be that embarrassing

besides I've probably read worse lol
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JustMonika
01/05/18 5:39:10 PM
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A Little Lily Princess.


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kirbymuncher
01/05/18 5:44:45 PM
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looks cute

I never played it but it's the same devs as long live the queen which I thought was pretty fun. they're probably the best english VN developers out there right now
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Eevee-Trainer
01/05/18 5:53:06 PM
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Agreed, I grabbed a bunch of highly-rated free VNs on Steam just before Christmas. >.>;;

My opinions are already pretty meh of the genre though, those I've played so far aren't particularly impressive. But I guess that's what you get when you go free.
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Garioshi
01/05/18 5:54:38 PM
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Zero Escape is the series of VNs you should play after DDLC, then you can get into the Infinity series.
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darkphoenix181
01/05/18 5:55:53 PM
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doki is supposed to show how stupid other VN are actually
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GiftedACIII
01/05/18 6:14:39 PM
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darkphoenix181 posted...
doki is supposed to show how stupid other VN are actually

Only bland high school dating sims with little substance (so not the big stuff like Clannad). Obviously not the whole genre since Salvato is a big fan of VNs and was inspired by the good ones.
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LightningAce11
01/07/18 4:51:24 AM
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What are some good free steam vns I can get?
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Eevee-Trainer
01/07/18 4:52:19 AM
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LightningAce11 posted...
What are some good free steam vns I can get?

I'll second this because so far I'm having an underwhelming experience so far.
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JustMonika
01/07/18 6:13:12 AM
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LightningAce11 posted...
What are some good free steam vns I can get?

I dunno.

I've only played 2.
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Rika_Furude
01/07/18 6:15:38 AM
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darkphoenix181 posted...
doki is supposed to show how stupid other VN are actually

im sure theres tons of dumb vns out there, but stuff like higurashi, umineko, clannad, steins;gate, zero escape, phoenix wright, muv luv alternative, girasaia, etc are great
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OwlRammer
01/07/18 6:28:53 AM
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i like princess evangile its vanilla enough for me, no freaky monsters or alternate dimensions or dying people and whatnot
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SGT_Conti
01/07/18 9:21:22 AM
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FreshOverlord posted...
Don't play Nekopara

I liked it ironically until I started liking it unironically. It's a hole no one deserves to go down.

Puglia77 posted...
That reminds me I have a bunch of Sakura games to play from the Humble Bundle

The Sakura games are...I think I've heard to them referred to as the Call of Duty of visual novels. I've only read a couple but they never really hooked me.
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GiftedACIII
01/09/18 12:15:32 AM
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LightningAce11 posted...
free

Oh, now that is something that DDLC is an outlier on.
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Turbam
01/09/18 12:15:55 AM
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What about Ace Attorney?
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Itachi157
01/09/18 12:17:01 AM
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Before you know it you learn to read Japanese and you're constantly reading a new VN every few weeks...
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UncleBourbon33
01/09/18 12:17:36 AM
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I unironically like Nekopara and the Sakura games.

They've got boobs. What's not to like?
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JustMonika
01/09/18 12:18:03 AM
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I dunno, I got a game called like Fault or something and was just kind of like "Meh" maybe I'm done with it.
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Itachi157
01/09/18 12:20:08 AM
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JustMonika posted...
I dunno, I got a game called like Fault or something and was just kind of like "Meh" maybe I'm done with it.


It helps to try to find the type of stories you're interested in. Not too familiar with Fault, I think it's some sort of fantasy game?

I tend to like horror/creepy games so I try to find VNs along those lines.
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FL81
01/09/18 12:29:52 AM
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LightningAce11 posted...
What are some good free steam vns I can get?

Katawa Shoujo

not on Steam, but it's free
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soulunison2
01/09/18 12:30:28 AM
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Garioshi posted...
Zero Escape is the series of VNs you should play after DDLC, then you can get into the Infinity series.


Why would you recommend that Garbage
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Flintgrandad
01/11/18 2:17:31 AM
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soulunison2 posted...
Garioshi posted...
Zero Escape is the series of VNs you should play after DDLC, then you can get into the Infinity series.


Why would you recommend that Garbage

shut the fuck up
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soulunison2
01/11/18 2:19:59 AM
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Flintgrandad posted...
soulunison2 posted...
Garioshi posted...
Zero Escape is the series of VNs you should play after DDLC, then you can get into the Infinity series.


Why would you recommend that Garbage

shut the fuck up


But why would you recommend garbage
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Garioshi
01/11/18 5:54:43 AM
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soulunison2 posted...
Garioshi posted...
Zero Escape is the series of VNs you should play after DDLC, then you can get into the Infinity series.


Why would you recommend that Garbage

which one is garbage
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DocileOrangeCup
01/11/18 5:56:33 AM
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juicebox4
01/11/18 5:57:10 AM
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Steins;Gate got me first tbh and it & 0 remain the best ones I've played. DDLC was amazing though.

Gonna try that Psycho Pass one on PS4 when I have some time off where I'm not uber tired.
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Fishy
01/11/18 6:09:26 AM
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DDLC is about 100 hours too short to get anyone into VNs.
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Eevee-Trainer
01/11/18 6:11:19 AM
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juicebox4 posted...
Gonna try that Psycho Pass one on PS4 when I have some time off where I'm not uber tired.

Oooh, I didn't know that was originally a VN. I saw the anime and it was good stuff.
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Garioshi
01/11/18 6:16:07 AM
#40:


Fishy posted...
DDLC is about 100 hours too short to get anyone into VNs.

You're not wrong.
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TrojanPony
01/11/18 7:18:09 AM
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Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit Hole is a great read. The longest chapter has pacing issues but it's a serious mindfuck and a lot of headscratching until you realize what is going on. It's a crazy long read at about 30+ hours but it's worth going through.

If you want something shorter, Yume Miru Kusuri is a great romance VN with a nice small cast, and Saya no Uta can be read in an afternoon and is among my favorites.
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SGT_Conti
01/11/18 7:26:04 AM
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I still have the list of recommended VNs when I had the general. Honestly, I'm not very familiar with most of them, but there might be a couple people who know about a good chunk. The list itself is also kind of old because the old topic purged like half a year ago and there just wasn't really enough interest to warrant remaking it.

Mostly reading only
Muv-Luv (third part not out yet but planned with no specific release date)
ef: a fairy tale of the two
eden*
Grisaia series
Higurashi When They Cry (getting improved reTL that's about half finished)
Umineko When They Cry
Rose Gun Days
Higanbana
Princess Evangile
Katawa Shoujo
Steins;Gate and 0
Devil on G-String
A Profile
Himawari
One ~To the Radiant Season~
Moon
Planetarian
Clannad
Tomoyo After
Rewrite
Kindred Spirits on the Roof
Ever17
Never7
Root Double
Fate/Stay Night
Tsukihime
Saya no Uta
Fault Milestone
Kikokugai
Swan Song
Narcissu
World End Economica
True Remembrance
Flowers -Le volume sur printemps-
Yume Miru Kusuri
Corona Blossom
Lonely Yuri
Symphonic Rain
Sugar's Delight
Analogue: A Hate Story
Hate Plus
Negligee
Catch Canvas
Strawberry Vinegar
Sakura Fantasy

VN / game hybrids
Shadowgate (point and click adventure game)
Uninvited (point and click adventure game)
Trace Memory (point and click adventure game)
Long Live the Queen (raising sim)
Blazblue series (fighting games? not sure how much gameplay is actually in story mode)
Zero Escape series (point and click puzzle solving)
Ace Attorney series (murder mystery trials)
Danganronpa series (murder mystery trials)
To the Moon (top down adventure game)
Aselia the Eternal (kingdom/army RPG)
Yumina the Ethereal (small party RPG)

Stuff that's technically translated but I recommend avoiding
Cross Channel (2 TLs, both not very good)
If My Heart Had Wings (really bad TL, someone's making a reTL patch but no idea when it'll be done, if ever)
Sharin no Kuni (Just finished kickstarter for reTL, strongly recommend waiting)

Untranslated stuff
MinDead BlooD
Abyss -Homicide Club-
Furuiro Meikyuu Rondo
White Album 2
Aiyoku no Eustia
Sakura no Mori Dreamers
Axanael
Majo Koi Nikki

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Eevee-Trainer
01/11/18 7:31:29 AM
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@SGT_Conti posted...
I still have the list of recommended VNs when I had the general. Honestly, I'm not very familiar with most of them, but there might be a couple people who know about a good chunk. The list itself is also kind of old because the old topic purged like half a year ago and there just wasn't really enough interest to warrant remaking it.

Hot damn that's quite a list. I've seen the When They Cry anime at least, good stuff.

Any idea which of those are free? I have Narcissu, at least, but I'm broke af so I can only go for freebies.
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SGT_Conti
01/11/18 7:35:07 AM
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None of the ones I recognise on the list are free other than Katawa Shoujo. The cheaper ones like Planetarian and To the Moon are around $5 or $10, and they range to the higher end of the price spectrum like Clannad which is $50, but really good. I have a key for Fault Milestone One on Steam if you want the key.

And if anyone else wants it, I have keys for Nekopara Vol 1, 2, and 0 as well, also on Steam.
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TrojanPony
01/11/18 7:43:43 AM
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SGT_Conti posted...
Mostly reading only
Muv-Luv (third part not out yet but planned with no specific release date)

Amendment; Alternative is out.
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Eevee-Trainer
01/11/18 7:46:54 AM
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SGT_Conti posted...
Clannad which is $50, but really good.

Yeah I've seen the anime, I'd gladly drop $50 on the VN.

Anyhow, I'll probably pick up Katawa Shoujo then. I keep hearing about it so it's probably pretty good.

As for the free keys ... thanks for the offer but I'm good. I have a huge backlog of games to clear anyways. xD
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Yomi
01/11/18 7:53:44 AM
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The first visual novels I played (without even knowing what a visual novel was at the time) were the Ace Attorney games. I've been trying to get into more VNs as of late (already finished DDLC) but I kinda want to keep focusing on studying Japanese so I can enjoy them in the original at some point.
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Spidey5
01/11/18 7:55:46 AM
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Someone mentioned Fault Milestone. Fault Milestone ended up being a favorite of mine, and I've read the big ones like Umineko, Higurashi, Rewrite, and Fate Stay Night.
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kirbymuncher
01/11/18 9:59:58 AM
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Eevee-Trainer posted...
Any idea which of those are free? I have Narcissu, at least, but I'm broke af so I can only go for freebies.

true remembrance, narcissu, katawa shoujo probably the only 3 good free ones I know

first two are fairly short (like, 2-3 hours?) and are somewhat gloomy/sad. narcissu is a lot more gloomy though. katawa shoujo is a fair bit longer and has actual heroine routes and a more normal sort of highschool romance storyline
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CartmanMustDie
01/13/18 3:29:03 AM
#50:


ctr f "if my heart had wings"
Oh damn it's alive
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Flintgrandad
01/15/18 5:21:39 AM
#51:


soulunison2 posted...
Flintgrandad posted...
soulunison2 posted...
Garioshi posted...
Zero Escape is the series of VNs you should play after DDLC, then you can get into the Infinity series.


Why would you recommend that Garbage

shut the fuck up


But why would you recommend garbage

Are you calling me garbage? I'll have you know that in this year of 2018 this kind of thing is moddable under the new rules of the ToU board etiquette. You better watch yourself.
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