Tell me about it. I started looking into the routes and what people generally think of them after I uninstalled it and after going through some unknown forums with a bunch of people thinking it's great I ended up on reddit where some guy was summing up his favorites after spending 100+ hours on finishing the whole thing and he said he cried and some shit. I'm pretty sure I have cancer now but I did this to myself and should've known better.
It's really weird. Everywhere I look on forums people seem to be praising the game. Saying it's their "favorite VN" or "in the top 20 of all VNs" and there's hardly a bad word said about it. Then I look at sites or blogs that review VNs and there it's the complete opposite with people calling it out on bad writing and horrid pacing and the general mismatch of the story where it makes promises that it then takes hours to make good on (if it does at all) and hinting on some greater pay-off but never delivering. Though even if most of the reviewers say that they don't like the writing and think it's outright bad more than once during the game they still give the game 7s and 8s. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they're putting what's essentially the "gameplay" here on the backfoot like all reviewers seem to do when it comes to game reviews.
Jeremiah Brooks
The fuck are you doing here?
Michael Morales
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Joseph Cooper
it really doesn't matter we can tell from the context and even if we can't it's not really all that important
Bentley Bailey
I just figured it can be a little jarring to have the ID change. On second thought I guess having something in the name field will cause even more confusion and possible derailment.
Juan Ross
Any good upcoming VN's?
Brayden Collins
The first part of Kuroinu should be coming out soon. Sucks that mangagamer decided to go full Jew and release it in parts though.
Adam Cox
Maggot baits is getting localised soon, mite b cool, though I generally find that the h-scenes in Clockup games drag on a bit too long and tend to go a little heavy on the ahegao wailing. I usually have to mute voices during sex.
It's an unfortunate truth that most people who read VNs have terrible taste. I've never been able to work out why. I guess all we can do is try to find the diamonds in the rough.
Landon King
I finished Steins;Gate 100% today and I loved pretty much every second of it after it started picking up a bit in chapter 2. Is SG0 any good? The only VN I've read otherwise are Ever7 and Amnesia.
Mason Rivera
Steins;Gate 0 is honestly one of the better examples of a sequel out there. It's not as good as the original, it's got a few redundant things and a bunch of missed opportunities but it's almost there. It definitely feels like a sequel/prequel/midquel/whatever to Steins;Gate, and doesn't just feel like a repeat of the first one like a lot of sequels tend to do. It also introduces second best girl and the soundtrack is even better, plus the story also alternates between the point of view of more than one character and has two pretty hype moments. The biggest downside would probably be the new artstyle, it's still pretty good, but it doesn't feel as unique or stylish as the original one's artstyle, which is also kinda jarring considering sometimes they'll go and use sprites from the old game in certain sequences for some reason. Unlike the first game though the routes deviate in a root like progression instead of being a straight line with the option to stay in an ending or continue the story, and there's an order of routes you should probably take in order to enjoy the story a bit more, so I'd recommend looking up a spoiler free guide for that.
