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Sapz:
Surprised there isn't already a thread for this - there's gotta be a few other VN fans around, right? :V Anywho, discuss any VNs you've played, are playing, are anticipating, etc etc. If you're new and looking for a starting point, that's cool too!

I recently read the Muv-Luv trilogy and god damn, that was awesome (don't judge it by the silly name). Extra was a bit of a slow start, although still more enjoyable than I'd expected, but I was completely hooked once Unlimited started up. I'd expected the genre shift but I was stunned just how drastically the tone changed, it was pretty excellent. I was surprised how much I enjoyed the first two given the general consensus was that they were largely there as a build up towards Alternative - the setting up the story aspect was pretty much why I went through the first two at all originally, but they're definitely worth doing if you're interested in this, both because there are an incredible amount of details in Alternative that won't really make sense unless you read the first two and because they were a fun read in their own right.

Having said that, Alternative was still the main event, and it was mind-blowingly good. The production values are absolutely ridiculous (there's effectively an infinite amount of CGs and character portraits, as well as multiple FMVs, depth, rendered 3D scenes, glorious widescreen, etc.), the OST was awesome, and I really liked how fleshed out the BETA and the history/politics/science of the war were. Probably the single most detailed story in a VN I've read - if you ignore the alternate routes in Extra/Unlimited (Alternative is linear), you've effectively got a single, 80~ hour story going from the start of Extra to the end of Alternative. Anywho, it was an awesome read, and I'd recommend it to pretty much anyone with an interest in VNs if the daunting time requirement isn't an issue, especially if you like sci-fi/mecha. Anyone else played it?

I had to cut myself short before it became a huge wall of gushing about MLA. :V

Desu_Cake:
Weird coincidence, I was actually thinking of setting up a VN thread yesterday, but I forgot.
Anywho, at the moment I'm reading Muv-Luv since my friend wouldn't shut up about it. Only on extra, but enjoying it so far. (Although Sumika annoys me quite a bit)
Also in the middle of reading Kagetsu Tohya, which is hurting my brain every time I tryto understand anything about it. Especially Imogirisou.
Read an OELVN a few days ago called Cafe 0 ~ The Drowned Mermaid, which was completely awesome.
And I'm currently working on creating one of my own.

Obsessed? Me? Nah.

qno2:
There wasn't one? Blasphemy!


--- Quote from: Desu_Cake ---Also in the middle of reading Kagetsu Tohya, which is hurting my brain every time I tryto understand anything about it.
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The flowchart alone breaks through my mind, even systematically going through each choice-tree took forever. And I still remember "that" scene... should've disabled it. There was an option for it, there was that heroine. Why did I not disable it? Thrill of the forbidden?
At least Shiki was surprisingly gentle in that one, compared to Tsukihime at least.

Currently rereading Umineko because I'm just too scared to start Chiru. It certainly seems controversial what happened there.

I'm also kind of reading Aoishiro (= on standby). Not sure if I recommend it, the "locking" of routes and certain paths can get annoying (there is a lock right at the END of a certain storyline), the writing sometimes takes a huge leap downwards (can't tell if it's only the fault of the translation), especially towards the end of a certain route or a bad end (sometimes characters know or mention things that they don't know yet and that they will get to know if you don't choose to run towards your own doom... kind of strange). Speaking of those bad or dead ends: there are quite a lot actually, wouldn't have thought it when I started reading it.  My expectations/prejudices failed me!
It also has the FSN-disease; inconsequential talk about food (that unlike FSN doesn't really serve a whole lot of purpose as far as I can tell) and  rather lengthy discussion about the origin of certain words/phrases. Not that I mind but it's probably more interesting for a native speaker.
Kind of a a shame that the encyclopedia wasn't translated though, with all those references to history and mythology I would really like to delve into that.


--- Quote from: Sapz ---Muv-Luv trilogy
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Sounds good, got to admit that I never looked into it because of the name ("sounds like a generic bishoujo game, nah").

Great Thing:
I've played approximately 1 VN, which was a demo of Katawa Shoujo, chosen because of its premise and because /a/ hated it (or loved it, I can't remember which). One day I'll crack and play through a bunch of them, but my free time's pretty much taken up trying to get through my anime/manga/game backlog right now.

Desu_Cake:

--- Quote from: qno2 on October 07, 2011, 12:38:31 pm ---And I still remember "that" scene... should've disabled it. There was an option for it, there was that heroine. Why did I not disable it? Thrill of the forbidden?
At least Shiki was surprisingly gentle in that one, compared to Tsukihime at least.

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Does it have ... sea creatures? If it does, then I'm definitely skipping it.

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