/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Is summary enough to enjoy Alternative? I don't need it to be "epic"

Just in time.

I haven't been reading these threads for about a month, what VNs would you recommend to read if I want to catch up?

すぴぱら is pretty damn good. Makes the lack of H hurt even more.

>>9039224
Sure

>>9039222
In terms of April releases, a lot of people read monobeno and "harumade, kururu" is starting to get attention, if that's what you're asking.

>>9039222
創刻のアテリアル was last month's hot title, it's like magic the gathering made by eshully.
Also many people enjoyed はるまで、くるる。 though I didn't try it personally.
The rest is your generic high school romance drama mixed with porn with plot games.

>>9039230
>>9039234
Yeah, thanks guys. I find myself clearing my backlog more often than reading new titles, but having a rough idea of what's being discussed here is always good.

>What are you playing? What are you looking forward to? What have you finished? You know the drill.
Nothing, at lerast not visual shit games.

Why don't you neckbeards get laid instead of playing porn games with shitty story?

This is unexpectedly turning out to be pretty hilarious, it doesn't seem like it's going to be able to keep this up, though.
The art style doesn't really tick with me either, but it's still pretty nice.

>>9039222
My summary of April (mostly because I'm bored waiting for すぴぱら to finish downloading).

Soukoku no Arterial: Good gameplay though easy to break but HORRIBLE writing, voice acting and story in general.

Venus Blood -Frontier-: Most refined VB gameplay-wise but story and character-wise it's a step down from the previous entries. Loved the soundtrack though

AngelGuard: Wasn't that bad for a first effort but mostly very generic in every ways

Monobeno: Look REALLY good and it manages to create a pretty interesting mood but the writing and story are subpar. Also Natsuha made me feel like a criminal.

Harumade, Kururu: Hand down the surprise of the month. Start as a nukige but quickly develop a pretty interesting story and setting. The character interactions in general is very nice and it can be both funny and touching.
It's upper middle level quality wise but because this year fucking suck Harukuru is pretty much one of the best title of the year so far.

Mahoutsukai no Yoru: Look extremely good.
For the rest it depends on how much you like Nasu I guess. By his own admission the story didn't even start in this so you'll have to wait for the sequels to get it (Nasu also stated he didn't even start writing the second episode so good luck waiting for it)

Finished Sumaga. The only thing that salvaged the second half of the game was Oki's route and a somewhat decent ending but holy shit, it tries really hard to make you stop reading it and never touch it again.

>>9039273
I dropped it during Garnet's first route years ago.
If the second half is that bad too I wonder where its popularity come from

>>9039277
>>9039273
ITT faggots with no reading comprehension at all

>>9039269
>Nasu also stated he didn't even start writing the second episode
So 2015 at the earliest?
Sure is hard to be a TM fag

>>9039288
Trying too hard.

Currently reading the new Oreimo game~
Nothing coming out this month that looks good. I guess it gives me time to do other things.

>>9039213

So /jp/ still has VN generals? I thought they moved to /vg/.

>>9039469
Nope, the true eroge experts stayed in /jp/. /vg/ is for english-only people. You might see some discussion about untranslated titles there, though it's mostly initiated by new people (<10 eroge finished in japanese) who want to show off before the non-japanese speakers.

>>9039579
I always feel uncomfortable whenever they discuss untranslated games because it's like you can feel the dick-waving. Here at least no one thinks being able to read a game is an amazing feat.

>(<10 eroge finished in japanese)
I feel like a fucking idiot. I haven't even finished one eroge in Japanese yet. I always end up dropping everything I read, even if it isn't difficult.

Speaking of OP's image, I'm trying to get better at moon just so I can read Rail-Soft titles. I downloaded Albatross Koukairoku's trial when it came out about two years ago and it was just too much for me. Maybe I'll be able to read it in another three years. Fuck.

A high-school moege where all character interaction bleeds EROGE out of every pore and they decide to make it all-ages. Fantastic idea, really.

Does "Virtue's Last Reward" count as a VN?

>>9039277
Go away, moogy.

I'm going to post a picture of Moogy every time you mention him.

>>9039648
There is a good chance that you are always going to have trouble with them if VNs are your only contact with written Japanese.

/jp/,

/v/ is discussing how VNs should evolve, let's teach those snotty kids a thing or two >>>/v/140088491

>>9039706
Let's not

>>9039666
You don't have to be moogy to realize that Sumaga is a pain in the ass to read.

>>9039711
Why not? After all, we're the experts on the subject.

>>9039706
Holy shit those guys are idiots they don't know what they're talking about I can't believe they said that fucking morons.

I didn't open the thread.

>>9039752
>implying I'm not being ironic
>implying you didn't open the thread

>>9039773
Okay fine I opened it (to make sure it wasn't a duckroll) and I may have accidentally scanned a few words, but I didn't read it.

*goes and reads it*

>>9039706
Who cares about /v/? It's ridden with normalfags and a breeding ground for circlejerking tripfags who continue their faggotry here.

>>9039645
It sure is pretty though.

Is touhou a VN? How do I avoid bad Endings?

>>9039805
>>140092569
EPIC /v/ raid bro xD

>>9039811
>xD

Can't you guys come into /v/ for a day and scare away the normalfags? I'm begging you.

>>9039825
No, we warned you goddamnit.

>>9039825
You already spammed the /jp/ copypasta. What more do you want from us?

>>9039825
go back to your shitty board
we don't care about it

>>9039830
>>9039833
>>9039835
Okay.

>>>9039833
>from us
>tripfag called /ɐ/ - Animoe & !MaNGa posting image macros
lmao

>>9039833
You really should go back to your board, dude.

>>9039843
No matter how long you have been here, posting "lmao" still makes you look stupid.

>>9039857
dude i've been on /jp/ fro FIVE years. shut up, newfriend. go back to /a/.

>>9039857
So does greentext and claiming to have been on a board longer than it has existed.

Therefore maybe--just maybe--he was making a joke?

>>9039833
Go back dude. You clearly don't belong here.

Please stop defiling the only thread on this site I can still enjoy,
you're breaking my heart.

>>9039645
It's all a ploy to get you (or rather the Japanese) to buy the ero-version next year.

>>9039645
How I wish the character designs were up to par with the backgrounds, at least the faces.

>>9039852
>>9039874
Since you asked nicely, I won't visit /jp/ for a while.

Tried playing that Oreimo Portable game for the PSP.

Is Kanako in the first or the second one? That's the only reason I'm playing.

Also, those endings where it shows you with their kids.
I'm assuming it's the second, and I've wasted my time.

>>9039892
Yeah, minori is the pretty backgrounds-company, they always sucked at character art. I have a hard time being impressed at this after Monobeno.

>>9039928
rolling

Just finished 吸血殲鬼ヴェドゴニア.

This title took longer than expected to finish because of its numerous flaws, almost made me want to quit at several points, made me play other games at other times instead. Battles were dumb/annoying, battle/action sequences description were boring, vampires were boring, plot was extremely linear and predictable. Patching is a must, and somehow even though I followed a walkthrough I got 97% on CG.

Anyways, I guess I like bittersweet endings a bit.. although there wasn't sufficient buildup to deliver sufficient emotional impact. Thus what I get were small/moderate gifts after grinding through a heap of shit. Out of all routes I thought Leanhaum was the worst. Maybe its because I gutted her with my own hands 3 whole times in other routes before doing hers last, and the fact that much of her route had significant overlap with Misako's. Skip function was also weird, it was rather slow and pauses a lot. Oh, and Fritz was an annoying mutt.

Enjoyable moments in the game: Phantom phone ring tone, predicting Mora having a regenerative hymen and getting it right, *high-fived* myself., and just Mora in general: she's fucking adorable.

Looking forward to Otosen3.

It's nice to see the ero back after they went all ages with the second one.

>>9040141
How is the gameplay in those games anyway? Looks somewhat like Advance Wars going by screenshots.

>>9040121
At least you finished it, I dropped it faster than Angelos Armas.

古色迷宮輪舞曲 got delayed until July? Damn, it has an interesting concept going for it so I was waiting warmly...

>>9040203
My expectations for that game are so low, I can't see them pulling it off well.

>>9040211
I don't expect them to pull it off well but the idea is still neat. Guess I'll have to try the demo.

>>9040121
Oh, I guessed right and Mora actually is the only reason to read it. Wish there were more fanart of her.