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Jan 5, 2015 12:59 PM
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Hey all,

I like the fate series, recently I watched Fate Zero and FSN UBW 2014. The VN starts off very alike, so I'm wondering if it's actually worth playing after seen the anime. Any thoughts on this? Or does the Fate route differ completely?
Jan 5, 2015 1:27 PM
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Uh the anime is nothing but fan service lolol.
Jan 5, 2015 2:19 PM
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Do you think it's possible for me to skip to the part where I'm at, or will I miss some minor details that are important?
Jan 5, 2015 2:26 PM
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Jeffrey-kun said:
Or does the Fate route differ completely?

It does.
Jan 5, 2015 3:29 PM
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You wouldn't miss minor details, you would miss MAJOR details that the show never explains.

Honestly the show was made just as fan service for readers of the VN, since most people in Japan actually read the Vn which it's target audience is. The show is mostly 5% explaining things, 95% fighting.

meanwhile the VN is a infodump.
Jan 5, 2015 3:32 PM
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Read the VN.

As a rule of thumb, when picking either the VN or the anime adaptation of the VN, ALWAYS pick the VN over the adaptation.
Jan 6, 2015 4:25 AM
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alright I get it, thx all for the answers :)
Jan 6, 2015 4:39 AM
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Play HF and UBW, FATE route is SHIT.

Jan 6, 2015 5:48 AM
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The VN > the anime

Applies to everything. It's very good, although probably a lot more time consuming than watching the anime by itself.
Jan 6, 2015 10:48 AM

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ArdenFolgore said:
Play HF and UBW, FATE route is SHIT.
yes because he can totally play those routes without playing Fate
Jan 6, 2015 11:41 AM
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Luna-Aria said:
The VN > the anime

Applies to everything. It's very good, although probably a lot more time consuming than watching the anime by itself.


Another 3 months till they start releasing the 2nd season of the anime. I should be able to have enough time :)
Jan 6, 2015 11:42 AM

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Jeffrey-kun said:
Luna-Aria said:
The VN > the anime

Applies to everything. It's very good, although probably a lot more time consuming than watching the anime by itself.


Another 3 months till they start releasing the 2nd season of the anime. I should be able to have enough time :)
It's not that long compared to other VNs unless you play Tsukihime along with it.
Jan 6, 2015 11:59 AM

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Jeffrey-kun said:
Luna-Aria said:
The VN > the anime

Applies to everything. It's very good, although probably a lot more time consuming than watching the anime by itself.


Another 3 months till they start releasing the 2nd season of the anime. I should be able to have enough time :)


Good luck with that! :)

Rivayne said:
Jeffrey-kun said:


Another 3 months till they start releasing the 2nd season of the anime. I should be able to have enough time :)
It's not that long compared to other VNs unless you play Tsukihime along with it.


True, although I have like 60 hours on it and I've still not completed it fully :'D
Jan 6, 2015 2:39 PM
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Luna-Aria said:
The VN > the anime

Applies to everything. It's very good, although probably a lot more time consuming than watching the anime by itself.
Kanon 2006 was better as anime than VN :>

prob the only exception I'm aware of though
Jan 6, 2015 3:02 PM

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HaXXspetten said:
Luna-Aria said:
The VN > the anime

Applies to everything. It's very good, although probably a lot more time consuming than watching the anime by itself.
Kanon 2006 was better as anime than VN :>

prob the only exception I'm aware of though
And Grisaia of course.
Jan 6, 2015 3:04 PM

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HaXXspetten said:
Luna-Aria said:
The VN > the anime

Applies to everything. It's very good, although probably a lot more time consuming than watching the anime by itself.
Kanon 2006 was better as anime than VN :>

prob the only exception I'm aware of though

The Kanon anime wasn't bad... but it follows the worst girl's route, so the VN is still better.
Jan 7, 2015 1:29 PM
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Luna-Aria said:
Jeffrey-kun said:


Another 3 months till they start releasing the 2nd season of the anime. I should be able to have enough time :)


Good luck with that! :)

Rivayne said:
It's not that long compared to other VNs unless you play Tsukihime along with it.


True, although I have like 60 hours on it and I've still not completed it fully :'D


Wow 60 hours and not complete? u mean 100% ? u done all routes right :)
Jan 8, 2015 7:06 AM

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Rivayne said:
ArdenFolgore said:
Play HF and UBW, FATE route is SHIT.
yes because he can totally play those routes without playing Fate

He can in the 2012 version if he gets that one, not that I'd recommend skipping anyway. For scenes you've already seen in the anime you can just pick "Go to next", though.

Jeffrey-kun said:

Wow 60 hours and not complete? u mean 100% ? u done all routes right :)

took me 100+ hours to 100%. Though I took my time.
Jan 9, 2015 3:10 AM
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It's very difficult to calculate VN playtime for a multitude of reasons such as personal reading speed, whether you interrupt voiced lines or not and just how you time yourself in the first place.

But for a very rough estimation of F/SN I've heard everything from 40 to 100 hours depending on who you ask for 100% completion. 100+ sounds somewhat weirdly timed to me though, I can't imagine it taking that long really. 60-ish would be more a reasonable estimation I reckon (~20 hrs per route).
Jan 9, 2015 6:18 AM

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HaXXspetten said:
It's very difficult to calculate VN playtime for a multitude of reasons such as personal reading speed, whether you interrupt voiced lines or not and just how you time yourself in the first place.

But for a very rough estimation of F/SN I've heard everything from 40 to 100 hours depending on who you ask for 100% completion. 100+ sounds somewhat weirdly timed to me though, I can't imagine it taking that long really. 60-ish would be more a reasonable estimation I reckon (~20 hrs per route).

I leave it running in the background sometimes and/or just leave it on to listen to the OST so that's counted too.
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Insertanamehere said:
HaXXspetten said:
It's very difficult to calculate VN playtime for a multitude of reasons such as personal reading speed, whether you interrupt voiced lines or not and just how you time yourself in the first place.

But for a very rough estimation of F/SN I've heard everything from 40 to 100 hours depending on who you ask for 100% completion. 100+ sounds somewhat weirdly timed to me though, I can't imagine it taking that long really. 60-ish would be more a reasonable estimation I reckon (~20 hrs per route).

I leave it running in the background sometimes and/or just leave it on to listen to the OST so that's counted too.
yeah I would definitely not count that as far as playtime goes, should be actual reading time only
Jan 9, 2015 6:27 AM

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HaXXspetten said:
Insertanamehere said:

I leave it running in the background sometimes and/or just leave it on to listen to the OST so that's counted too.
yeah I would definitely not count that as far as playtime goes, should be actual reading time only

It won't increase it by that much though, so I'd still say between 85-100 hours for reading for me.

Though people read at different speeds and things.
Feb 5, 2015 8:48 AM

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I just downloaded this and got the thing to work fine but sadly I have exams lol :D

cant wait to play this
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