| i was debating whether to post this in Anime, General, or Games, but since VN's are games i guess this topic belongs here. Do you play Visual Novels? for those of you who don't know, visual novels are basically a cross between a video game+and a book. you get to make ur own choices as u progress through the game as the protagonist. visual novels are sometimes known as dating sims in the west. VN's usually have different endings based on the choices u make, usually have around 13 Different Endings.... I've only played translated demos of Visual Novels and a few full VN's since they are 100% japanese and there are only a handful of translation groups.Btw most visual novels are 18+ but there are some all age versions like Ever 17(which i have btw) these are some screnies from Narcissu ( a free visual u can download from http://narcissu.insani.org) |
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| I don't really play them often but i have played them. Right now i have Tsukihime and Planetarium installed on the PC. I'm just waiting for mirrormoon to finish FS/N UBW atm. |
Faust721Sep 23, 2007 12:57 AM
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| I'd jump at the chance to play a translated version of Tsukihime or Fate/Stay Night and their respective side stories. Unfortunately, my low level of tech savvy discourages me from finding uploads and language patches. Shame. |
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| in the middle of playing Planetarian and Clannad right now. Planetarian is translated but for Clannad it's difficult cuz i have to refer to baka-tsuki's currently WIP translations. |
| Most of what I play are visual novels. At the moment I'm working my way through Apathy - Gakkou de Atta Kowai Hanashi and Utawarerumono, both of which are fun though Utawarerumono's strategy parts are a bit clunky. I also really recommend Ever17 to anyone looking for a good game, it's pretty much the best story-centric (non-H) visual novel for sale in English. |
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| Are there any VNs that aren't dating sims? |
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| I play some here and there. Well, used to. |
Faust721 said: I don't really play them often but i have played them. Right now i have Tsukihime and Planetarium installed on the PC. I'm just waiting for mirrormoon to finish FS/N UBW atm. wow u got tsukihime >_>" im jealous :(. did u buy it or download it? im assuming u bought it since downloads for VN's are nearly impossible to find. Kanashimi said: I attempt to play a lot, some of them yaoi and some of them just for the fun. I have a real problem finding translators, so I attempt to use a translating program. It gives me a lot of gibberish and Engrish, but it makes some parts easier to understand. lol i tried using a translator program, it did nothing XD.i guess learning japanese is the only way to go, =(. P.S. FS/N is still not finished?..i thought they were close like 90% done or was that tsukihime? |
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| I did dl it and got an english patch for it. They are a lot easier to find than you think. Tsukihime is fully trasnslated and as for FS/N, only the Fate route is done and they are currently editing the UBW route. |
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Arekkusu said: Sadly, in Tsukihime's case it's the other way around. Unless you want to spend over $250 on Yahoo auctions Japan it's impossible to find.wow u got tsukihime >_>" im jealous :(. did u buy it or download it? im assuming u bought it since downloads for VN's are nearly impossible to find. Also visual novel downloads really aren't that rare. |
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Entropy said: Arekkusu said: Sadly, in Tsukihime's case it's the other way around. Unless you want to spend over $250 on Yahoo auctions Japan it's impossible to find.wow u got tsukihime >_>" im jealous :(. did u buy it or download it? im assuming u bought it since downloads for VN's are nearly impossible to find. Also visual novel downloads really aren't that rare. are u talking about Full Commercial VN's?im only able to find some, utwarerumono, school days, FS/N, Tsukihime, and a few others thats it. :/. maybe its just im bad at searching :(. 250$??didnt know they were that expensive. :/ well u can always go to japan but i dont think anyone is willing to do that. P.S. School Days is Eight Frikken Gigs ><". and here i thought downloading 4gigs(ever 17) at 1-3kb/s will take forever xD |
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Arekkusu said: 250$??didnt know they were that expensive. :/ well u can always go to japan but i dont think anyone is willing to do that. Tsukihime isn't being produced anymore, so there won't be any difference. |
| They're usually not THAT expensive, though most are more expensive than you'd think. I've bought pretty much every visual novel I liked and could find for less than $50, but most popular ones will run you a good $75 at the least. |
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| ive played school days, but i couldnt understand half of it so i just stopped playing |
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| hmm. i actually havent. i mean i played KoTR 1,2. and Dungeons and Dragons...Yes..people..im a D&D NERD! and Damn proud of it! anyways. are they all onPC? or? :). ^__^ |
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DimmuBorgir said: hmm. i actually havent. i mean i played KoTR 1,2. and Dungeons and Dragons...Yes..people..im a D&D NERD! and Damn proud of it! anyways. are they all onPC? or? :). ^__^ Visual Novels are for PC, and PS2 and recently on PSP...(Jap only dammit T_T, im still not fluent in jap yet gr...speaking a language fluently should be easier :() but there are some english ones, like Ever 17 that u can buy, not sure if there are any other english ones..anyone know?. But then there are translation groups =D. gotta love em. without em, We'd be stuck watching dubbed anime, english mangas, etc..:D Sobzob said: they stopped making it?...so the only way to get it is downloading it. darn, i want to play it :/Arekkusu said: 250$??didnt know they were that expensive. :/ well u can always go to japan but i dont think anyone is willing to do that. Tsukihime isn't being produced anymore, so there won't be any difference. hm, i guess no one here played Narcissu? its a free Visual Novel translated by Insani. :o u guys missing out on an amazing storyline.... |
ArekkusuSep 23, 2007 9:15 PM
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Arekkusu said: Sobzob said: they stopped making it?...so the only way to get it is downloading it. darn, i want to play it :/Tsukihime isn't being produced anymore, so there won't be any difference. You can always try to find someone who doesn't want their copy anymore and buy it. That's when the prizes get about as high as Entropy said. |
| It's kind of a hobby of mine to play VN.. but not just any kind, only those with the decent stories are worth it ;) Currently playing Karen.. reminds me of an english translated game from way back -> Come See Me Tonight .. The story line from the start is about similar, the good part is the main character isn't as irritating! YAY! ^_^ |
| I Do!! and I'm addicted to it.. Crescendo Tsukihime Fate and Sono Hnabira are my faves so far |3 . . . never really took interest in vn's at first but after watching Tsukihime (animé) I got interested on what the game is all about then after playing it... I got hooked ==, I want to exchange files.. I'll share whatever you want me to share.. as long as I have it heheh just give me a private message or comment if you are interested ^^ the vn I've played are in this forum: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=11582 |
kukakuJun 18, 2008 11:53 PM
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| My Top 2 Visual Novels: Tsukihime Kagetsu Tohya |
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| I've tried, and really couldn't get into them. So I'm going to have to say no on that one. =O |
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| I've played the Phoenix Wright games, those should count I think. |
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| I have only played One:to the radiant season and yume miru kusuri so I'm still new to visual novels but they have already hooked me. I Just played Yume Miru Kusuri for 5 hours straight and finished Mizuki's route. Gotta get my hands on tsukihime and fate/stay night soon. |
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| FS/N, F/Ataraxia, Little Busters, Clannad, Utawarerumono, Yume Miru Kusuri, Ever17, Tsukihime, and Kagetsu Tohya. Those are the ones I've either completely played, in the middle of playing, or have played a little. I do also have Tomoyo After but I don't really feel like playing it, rather just wait for translation. EDIT: I forgot I also have played a bit of Kana's Little Sister. EDIT2: I also forgot I have Saya no Uta, fail for not remember. |
KaruraFeb 23, 2008 12:18 PM
| I'm currently playing through a bit of Fate/Stay Night...It's very...interesting as a visual novel...>_> |
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| The only visual novels I've played were A Dream of Summer, and CLANNAD (still currently playing) |
| I've played Air, Little Aid portable 2 and Suzumiya Haruhi no Yakusoku all on PSP |
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| hmm... well... its really nice that all these fansubs are out there for some games... but yea... |
| I used to play them quite regularly Though I haven't been playing em as much as I once did |
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| The only one I have played (out of the three or so I own) is Hourglass of Summer. It was good, but I probably won't buy any more... |
| Visual Novels? I liked them when they were good and called Adventure Games. |
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| That was among the most meaningless posts I've read all day. Congrats. And after watching School Days, I half want to play the game, half really don't want to play the game. |
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TheWestExit said: roflVisual Novels? I liked them when they were good and called Adventure Games. I'm playing Utwarerumono and am going to start on Fate/stay night when I have time. |
| I've played most of Tsukihime, I really like it. |
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| From time to time I'll boot one of the three currently installed on the laptop here or if I'm bored enough I'll go to the external and grab one of the many I have on there. So yea, it's a definite yes that I play them. Speaking of that I still need to go finish Come See Me Tonight and Come See Me Tonight 2 (two I was currently playing before I moved). |
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| So why are you even posting here? |
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| Why do I get the feeling you've never played one... |
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| Yep i play them.Although i do seperate Visual Novels and Bishoujo games as 2 seperate things. Many because visual novels tend to be an animated story with no interaction e.g. Narcissu or Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu. Bishoujo games are the typical "decision point" interaction games |
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Syaoran said: Yep i play them.Although i do seperate Visual Novels and Bishoujo games as 2 seperate things. Many because visual novels tend to be an animated story with no interaction e.g. Narcissu or Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu. Bishoujo games are the typical "decision point" interaction games That's not correct. Those visual novels where you can't make any decisions and just read are called kinetic novels. The term 'bishoujo game' simply implies that the game is centered on the interaction with pretty female characters. Anyway, yes, I play them ^_^ I've only gotten into VN very recently, though, and I've only played about 3 or 4 games so far. |
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| I love visual novels... I have every one of Key's works (though I can only understand Planetarian and Clannad), all of Type-Moon's works (though F/HA isn't working at the moment), and a few others I can't remember. So in total, 10+ at the moment. |
| I just started playing ever17 and so far it has been great. |
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| I also play them, bishōjo games are realy great, not as good as anime mind you but still very enjoyable ;) Played about 12-14 perhaps, dont know if you'll let me pass off games i've played through once or twice for "played". Since there are realy so many possibilities to try out in these kind of games that there are only a few maybe 3-5 that I have completely played through meaning I've gotten all the endings, never gotten all the CGs not enough of an bishōjo game otaku for that XD Played games like: Sagara family, X change 3, do you love horny bunnies 1(and 2), Idols galore, Kana, Kango Shicyauzo, Yume Miru Kusuri, tokimeki and Private Nurse. Hmm I cant remember any more over the top of my head but I've played a great deal more. However I would like to ask all you guys who have played these kind of games, which one is your favorite? Mine is Private Nurse with Sagara Family coming in a strong second ^^ |
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| Is Clannad fully translated? I've been seeing screenshots posted around of a supposed translation patch, but I dunno if I should bother if the whole thing isn't done :\ |
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| i played some before. From what i hear, Clannad's Main story is translated. The after stories are partially translated. |
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raysel said: Is Clannad fully translated? I've been seeing screenshots posted around of a supposed translation patch, but I dunno if I should bother if the whole thing isn't done : You can find the unfinished patch in some places (which covers everything except for the After Story) but I think it shouldn't take them that long to finish now. According to Baka-Tsuki's wiki, the status of the translation is 99,9%. |
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