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girl dick energy posted:Goddamn, Gnosia's a bad game. no
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May 22, 2022 08:58
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gnosia is great. good art, some neat music, cool characters. and this is before you get into what is a nifty and experimental framework that pretty much executes it as well as it could. theoretically a version with more variants of dialogue could possibly work better. but that would change up the feel of the game drastically since a lack of variety of dialogue goes a long way to giving it the puzzle feel and would end up feeling like a different type of game. e: and when stuff changes up it ends up having more impact since the dialogue is so typically rote. game works Snooze Cruise fucked around with this message at 09:30 on May 22, 2022 |
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May 22, 2022 09:21
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theblackw0lf posted:Playing through Rewrite+ and it’s the quickest I’ve been hooked on a Key game. Intriguing plot elements start happening very early into the game, and there’s less SOL moments. Seems more plot driven than their others. I'm a big fan of Rewrite, even though it can be a little overambitious at times. It's the only Key game I've enjoyed (though I haven't tried "Little Busters"). The routes are mostly written by different authors (I think a couple might be written by the same one) so there's some inconsistency between them, but I personally like the variety. IIRC the Lucia one is written by Ryukishi07. The common route is really funny.
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girl dick energy posted:Goddamn, Gnosia's a bad game.
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May 22, 2022 09:40
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girl dick energy posted:Goddamn, Gnosia's a bad game. 
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May 22, 2022 10:32
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The actual werewolf-game mechanics are definitely the weakest part of Gnosia, tbf. The devs do about the best job possible of making a social deduction game with AI players work, but the characters and overarching story are what make it worthwhile; there's not enough meat to the game that I'd want to do extra rounds for fun after finishing the story.Ytlaya posted:I'm a big fan of Rewrite, even though it can be a little overambitious at times. It's the only Key game I've enjoyed (though I haven't tried "Little Busters"). The routes are mostly written by different authors (I think a couple might be written by the same one) so there's some inconsistency between them, but I personally like the variety. IIRC the Lucia one is written by Ryukishi07. Yeah, he did Lucia's route, and you can kinda see his personal trademarks in it (starting with the fact that all the lines of text in her route are like twice as long as every other route on average). Compared to the other routes, it does feel a little bit like he was given a document detailing the game's characters and setting and then left to do whatever he wanted, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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May 22, 2022 11:32
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Gnosia is a brilliant unique game. The simplicity and repetition make it so easy to find all sorts of small tells and repeated behaviours much in the same way as if you have a regular game of Werewolf with friends.
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May 22, 2022 11:56
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Having heard arguments about the game's merits from two different threads, including a lot of very reasonable points, I acquiesce. Let me rephrase. Goddamn, Gnosia is not a game for me.
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May 22, 2022 14:47
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I thought the actual mechanics got way too easy and repetitive and getting the final few things to unlock was not especially enjoyable
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May 22, 2022 14:58
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I absolutely adored Gnosia and I wish I could forget everything about it and play it fresh again
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May 22, 2022 15:27
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Gnosia is good, but info unlock grinding was hell.
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May 23, 2022 03:00
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gnosia is good but it's very easy tho
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May 23, 2022 12:56
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Nevermind. Saoshyant fucked around with this message at 20:28 on May 24, 2022 |
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May 24, 2022 18:31
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I don't know anything about it but this portion of a steam review gives me redflagsquote:When I saw the warnings for the game having sexual themes and nudity, I didn't expect it to be as bad as it was in context. I can deal with nakedness, ghosts, and naked ghosts, but what I got was fully rendered CGs of women being in sexual poses, undressed, while being mutilated by thorns or drilled with holes. It was incredibly uncomfortable, and not in the fun way horror media likes to provoke. I felt grossed out by the fanservice-y way these female characters were depicted, especially the underage teenage schoolgirl. Maybe if it had happened once, I could have brushed it off as a way to be deliberately shocking by juxtaposing sex and horror, but it became clear that this was going to be a recurring theme. Naturally, male characters never received the same treatment.
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May 24, 2022 19:12
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I'd take it, IF it was a PSN version (laptop is a toss-up as to whether it will run)! I often don't mind engaging with media that contains some pretty...horrific content, so the above would be a " Good to know!" thing, rather than a complete deterrent for me.(To be clear, I also love some wholesome-rear end media, too!  I just played Unpacking and it was lovely.)
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MegaZeroX posted:I don't know anything about it but this portion of a steam review gives me redflags Uh, it's been like two years since I played, but I don't remember anything that lovely. But apparently the console version is censored in comparison and that's the one I played, so I'll trust this review. Nevermind, then.
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May 24, 2022 20:27
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It's definitely on the 'eroguro' side of things but it's not as constant as that review makes it out to be. On the other hand I played the PS4 version that had some stuff cut out so
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yeah, I was just talking about death mark last page. it's exactly as bad about that stuff as the review implies, which is a shame because it could have been really cool otherwise  Read After Burning posted:(To be clear, I also love some wholesome-rear end media, too! I also finished Unpacking recently and it was excellent. Very sweet game, made me cry. Now I'm plinking away at dark star mode 
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May 24, 2022 20:45
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Its been a year since I played Death Mark, but the steam version does have three or four CGs where female characters are being attacked while naked. It's not omnipresent throughout the story, but it is super jarring and out of place when it does happen. When it happens to the female companions, they brush it off afterwards like nothing happens, so its really easy to see how the PS4 version cut them out entirely. The sequel to Death Mark, Spirit Hunter: NG, is much better about this in that there are none of these scenes (at least, iirc). There is some sickening body horror, but nothing titillating like in Death Mark.
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May 24, 2022 20:51
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DemoneeHo posted:The sequel to Death Mark, Spirit Hunter: NG, is much better about this in that there are none of these scenes (at least, iirc). That's a relief, actually. I got a cheap bundle (at Fanatical) with both NG and Death Mark because I wanted to play NG, since I had good memories of Death Mark but hadn't found a cheap copy of NG on the PS4, and I was feeling deflated like I had just wasted my money in more "uncensored" titillation garbage that wouldn't even fit the tone of the game.
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May 24, 2022 20:55
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Does anyone have a Steam Deck, and if so, how does it work with visual novels? I'd assume the small screen wouldn't be too much of an issue since most of them have pretty big text, it would be rad to be able to read some of this stuff comfortably in bed.
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May 24, 2022 22:59
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Rockman Reserve posted:Does anyone have a Steam Deck, and if so, how does it work with visual novels? I'd assume the small screen wouldn't be too much of an issue since most of them have pretty big text, it would be rad to be able to read some of this stuff comfortably in bed. I assume it's fine, I never had any trouble reading VNs on the DS or PSP or Vita or Switch and those all have smaller screens
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May 25, 2022 06:11
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Limited Run are doing a physical release of a pair of Yumeutsutsu games - has anyone got any opinons on these? I'm always looking to waste money on physical switch games. https://limitedrungames.com/collections/all-games/products/yumeutsutsu-re-master-re-after-switch
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Jun 1, 2022 15:04
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Depends how you feel about the main romance being literal incest I guess
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Jun 1, 2022 20:18
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Perhaps I shall find a different way to waste my money on switch games.
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Lord Bob posted:Perhaps I shall find a different way to waste my money on switch games. Type Moon is releasing an updated version of Witch on the Holy Night later this year and it will have English as an option. I have no idea if it's a good VN, though...
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I've still only done two routes in Re:master and they were nice. The sister is the absolute most boring choice compared to the other three, also.
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Ornamented Death posted:Type Moon is releasing an updated version of Witch on the Holy Night later this year and it will have English as an option. I have no idea if it's a good VN, though... I’ve read comments from quite a few people who think it’s Nasu’s best written novel.
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Jun 2, 2022 03:50
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Key's new Visual Novel, Loopers is out, written by Ryukishi07 https://www.siliconera.com/keys-loopers-visual-novel-debuts-in-switch-eshop-worldwide/ quote:People won’t need to head to a foreign Nintendo Switch eShop to get Key’s visual novel Loopers. Now that the shop update is live, it is available both inside and outside Japan. People could pick it up, with English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese localizations, immediately. It costs $24.99.
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theblackw0lf posted:Key's new Visual Novel, Loopers is out, written by Ryukishi07 Ryukishi doing a time loop story? I'm in, despite my disappointment over new Higurashi. I predict he will use the phrase "catbox" 2,578,917 times.
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Man, for real? I am unreasonably excited about time loop mysteries. Give me all of the hot time loop garbage, just shovel it right into my mouth. Is Ryukishi the only writer on this one? Anyone got any opinions on this company's previous VNs?
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Hyper Crab Tank posted:Man, for real? I am unreasonably excited about time loop mysteries. Give me all of the hot time loop garbage, just shovel it right into my mouth. Is Ryukishi the only writer on this one? Anyone got any opinions on this company's previous VNs? Yea he's the only writer. Developer is Key, of Clannad, Little Busters and Rewrite fame. Which are some of the most acclaimed VNs ever. Last time Ryukishi07 collaborated with Key was on Rewrite, for Lucia's route (which was excellent, rushed romance aside).
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Pretty short too, around an 8 hour read. Not that it's a bad thing frankly.
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theblackw0lf posted:Key's new Visual Novel, Loopers is out, written by Ryukishi07 Hyper Crab Tank posted:Man, for real? I am unreasonably excited about time loop mysteries. Give me all of the hot time loop garbage, just shovel it right into my mouth. Is Ryukishi the only writer on this one? Anyone got any opinions on this company's previous VNs?   times a hundred. I am the biggest sucker for time loop media (although I was warned away from trying 12 Minutes).Absolutely grabbing this later today.
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Higurashi Rei translation dropped on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1941110/Higurashi_When_They_Cry_Hou__Rei/ Which, if I'm correct, means all of Higurashi is now officially translated and available on Steam. fez_machine fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Jun 3, 2022 |
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Jun 3, 2022 03:11
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Side story?
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Gaius Marius posted:Side story? Yeah, it's non-essential side stories and epilogues.
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Jun 3, 2022 03:28
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If it's like the anime there's a pretty substantial epilogue chapter that does some bridging with Umineko, and two much less serious ones.
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Substantial is a bit of a stretch, Saikoroshi is maybe 2 hours long tops. It's interesting enough to probably be worth reading after the 8 main chapters but I don't want to overstate its overall impact and placement in the WTC-verse. I'd argue especially now where most of the Higurashi/Umineko threads have been exhausted in other media (badly for the most part IMO) it feels close to being as superfluous as the rest of the post-finale Higurashi chapters to me.
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