Best VNs

Umineko may be at it's core an occult themed murder mystery but it is hardly violent or creepy.

Do not do something you're not confident you can do well. Fucking pisses me off when a vn tries and fails y miserably when it can do x well. Keep anything and everything japanese out of it.

Have you played tokimeki memorial and /or True Love, they had a mini stat bulding system which helped you earn money and get stuff and also build your stats, this was important because for example it would be easier to meet and hang out with girls from sports clubs if you played that as your hobby, or if you maxed your looks, some girls will throw themselves at you .I miss those dating sim elements, and i think a dating sim is just a VN with some actual gameplay elements.

Hang on, I might be confusing it with higurashi, aren't they related in any way? A friend showmed some parts of the Higurashi anime and that shit was fucked up.

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Tokimeki memorial is that one Arino played one time in Game Center CX, right? Dating sims elements are cool, I'm considering using those, I'm afraid of making the thing grindy or a race against the clock, tough.

Made by the same people.

I think Shuffle! was a romance/mystery VN then again it may have been an eroge.
Higurashi was definitely a mystery type VN though.

I'm fine with those.
Who knows what directtion this thing goes on…

If you can read moon I think Chaos;Head was a psychological/mystery VN also the prequel of sorts to Steins;Gate. I'm not sure if it ever got a translation, though chances are it did.

It got a full english patch. I read the English one, but I dunno man. The protagonist was a huge fuckboy. Dunno if that matters to OP, but that sure ruined it for me. But on it being related to Steins;Gate, I can't even remember if they reference it in any way other than the name of one of the ost tracks. I know the creators said it was, but I dunno.

I dunno what kinda time you have to read all these VNs OP, but zero escape has some puzzle game to it and the final part is coming out soon if you wanna get on the ball with that. Bare in mind the name convention is bonkers since it started as 999, then went Zero Escape: virtues last reward when they wanted to put it all under a Zero Escape brand, and ends with zero time dilemma coming out the 28th of this month

I'll check it out

Its easy when you have 4 monitors, just play a bunch of them at once with 4 wiimotes.
NEET, and I don't have to finish them all, if it's feeling bland or not what I'm aiming for I can always stop midway through.

Oh yeah the MC is a massive faggot, but it's the kind of genre OP is looking at so I just thought I'd suggest it as it might be of use.
Also when I say related to Steins;Gate, it is, sort of. The events in Chaos;head are alluded to in Steins;Gate, or rather they mention an "incident".
There's also the Committee of 300, who are the masterminds behind the antagonists of both series.

I missed that entirely, thought it was just CERN turned Cyberdyne. Been a while since I read it though
Ease up on those dubs, god damn. Making a man feel inadequate here

One issue with the zero escape stuff though, you gotta have the handhelds(either) for anything but the latest entry. Don't get the phone port, its bare bones. 3ds pirating is an easy dream these days though if you don't wanna toss money at nips. 999 is a DS game, so you'll need the cartridge or just play it on a DS emulator or something since DS rom carts are a pain in the ass to get working on the 3ds

Here's the obligatory Saya no Uta mention. It's a horror/mystery story with great atmosphere. Doesn't do anything interesting mechanically though.

Did someone say moon?

Kara no Shoujo is pretty good.

Did someone say moon?

You guys have any opinions on Chaos;Head, Chaos;Child and Robotics;Notes?

is UAB worth playing in the least?
Am I gonna be put on some list for playing it?
Is there even a decent story or is it just a loli-fucking simulator?

All I really know about it is the memery I've seen posted around

memes + lolis, but yeah, worth playing.

If you're posting here, you're already on that list. So fuck it, enjoy the game.

Nigga

Love Plus had that real time stuff

First there's Sengoku Rance. It's actually one of my favorite games. Everything about it is great/amazing, highly recommend.

Clannad is half romance in a high school setting and half adult life. Some people find it dull, some people it hits too close to home.

ef - fairy tale of the two. Romance, but done fairly well.

Symphonic Rain is short but sweet music/romance focused.

Saya no Uta is babby's first VN, but great nonetheless.

Kamidori Maester Alchemist is Final Fantasy Tactics lite, featuring the biggest man-slut in the history of porn. The draw here is the porn, not the gameplay or story.

Little Busters! is power of friendship.

Majikoi is power of friendship + dick.

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VNs are not games, and Mark is a tard for thinking they are.

Got excited because I saw a bunch of new titles, but then I realized that it was a /jp/ list and most are still in Japanese.

Mark doesn't think they're video games.

Most of them aren't video games, but they belong on Holla Forums just like light novels belong on /a/.

I'm not a lolifag and really enjoyed it, if that says anything.

I'm surprised no one has said everlasting summer, its free on steam, though I guess not everyone likes old Russian VNs with somewhat bad art.

Are you a lolifag after you played it?

Chaos;Head is flawed but is overall great, however if you wait for a translation or read Japanese you should play Chaos;Head Noah. It is apparently as high quality as Steins;Gate, since it fixes the main issues with the original version, such as the linear amount of endings and the lack of character development outside the main character.
I haven't personally played either Chaos;Child or Robotics;Notes but from what I have heard Chaos;Child is exceptional and Robotics;Notes is a pretty weak title.

It's complete fucking shit.

Also I forgot to post this.

I think the era of people being crazy enough to translate million-word-long texts for free is pretty much over. I think all the people involved in that have all pretty much aquired sexual disabilities, become SJWs, and/or killed themselves at this point

Anyone got the jew webm?

somewhat

nah, it still happens. Just that you're starting to realize how slowly these VNs actually do get fanslated.

"Somewhat bad art" is being charitable, but I did enjoy it. I liked the blending of escapism and nostalgia.

I know, I was trying to be charitable because I really enjoyed, and wouldn't want someone to gimp out on enjoyable story just because the art is shit. damn, I got caught shilling a free game

Y'all niggas is gay. OP, play Fate Stay/Night. It's up there with Yu-No and Steins;Gate.

It's alright. The sex scenes are hilariously bad writing though. Perfect example of how not to do sex in a VN.

A prostitute of intellect I see.
Does she tip her labia?

first up, stop playing western crap

m8, that's fucking hilarious. Of course you're not supposed to take the sex scenes seriously in a VN, they're just there because it's pretty much a requirement.
Unless it's a Nukige, then you're not supposed to take any part of it seriously.

Unteralterbach is actually pretty clever and well written.
It's best if you can speak German and have an understanding of the culture.

wvaughan.org/audio/ch-nanami.ogg

That sure looks tasty.

Would character development do the game well? I thought a huge part of the game's charm was how everyone else felt like a perfect stranger, and that you're the odd one left out, unknowingly involved in some larger occult madness

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Odious Manly Genuflection With Terrible Fury: Only True Lamentation is genuinely my favourite visual novel.
Little Busters! comes in second and is probably the only story to make me laugh until I cried and then cry until I laughed.

Well, obviously the only option is to make a game about cripple loli monstergirls.

Underrated post, holy shit.

i'll be lambasted for mentioning a tranny sjw's game, but digital: a love story

free, too.

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Digital: A Love Story was great. Excellent even (for an OELVN).
It's the 'sequel' that was ass.

Yurifag here, is this worth a buy?

I'm tempted to throw my money at it so Steam will put out more unconsored eroge, but isnit worth paying for?

I'll pirate it ifnit isn't.

I'm sorry it wasn't weeb enough for you user.

Oh shit, how bad is Analogue?

I was planning to read it.

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there are better western art out there.

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Otoko Dogeza Jigoku is a complete joke.
Mind you, however, it's one of the best jokes ever told.
I have to play Crimsoness too.

Its when the author starts to push the SJW agenda. You can ignore it for the most part, and have a decent time. Solid VN, has a few interesting mechanics and there is a definite feeling of choice.
Hate Plus is a railroaded story, though. You can only read it, and nothing you do really matters. And when the author really strong armed the strong wymin make horrible choices business. And there's not a thing you can do besides watch the story unfold, even in the present.

If you're not a Jap, don't try and write in Jap stuff. It always ends up being weeb trash when that happens.

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Danganronpa, 999, and their sequels

dangit ron paul is a collection of batshit insane plot twists. A lot of it doesn't make much sense when you look at it closely, but it is a wild ride your first time through. It captivated me more closely than any other game the first time I played it because I was very curious as to what would happen next.

999 on the other hand has less ridiculous characters and story, but it's more of an actual game because there's a whole bunch of different endings and the puzzles are pretty good.

DR2 had better murder cases than 1 (especially Ch. 5) but I'd say everything else was somewhat worse like the less contained setting, less memorable characters (still very fun though), and the ending was pretty cheap (as far as those type of endings go though, I'd say they executed it pretty well).

VLR has more complicated ending/timeline than 999, better characters, and better puzzles but the story is pretty dumb.

What exactly is wrong with the art? I see people complaining about it in every thread but they never give any specific criticism. I can't see any obvious flaws with it but then again I'm not a weeb attention whore.

Try Saya no Uta, it's a real ride. I can also recommend Fate/stay night but it's pretty long.

I would say that it executes it well, as only a maximum of one character gets extra development per each new route, as they fill Rimi's place, effectively keeping the overall atmosphere the same (or even more enhanced, especially with Orihara's route).

I don't like lolis or lewd VNs, but from all of the reaction pics I've seen posted from it I do like the artstyle, at least compared to generic animeshit.

its more about how to make settings, good characters and shit, after all a VN its just a book with pictures in it.
There are some books that help you how to set up a story and stuff.

What are you, a homosexual?

No, loli is an eastern thing. Stop this shit.

Steins;Gate is the only non-Otome VN I've ever enjoyed.

I still need to finish Norn9

Why are weebs so obnoxious?

loli love is universal

child sex trafficking is a big issue even in the first world, but regional law tends to make it easier in Japan than in, say, the United States.

But Japan and the US aren't the only countries on the planet.

Basically, the closer you get to Russia, the larger the density of loli prostitution is.

Germany's closer to Russia than Japan.

Literally not what I said.
Loli is a term for an Eastern artstyle character.

I'd like to think that but tumblr nose really does not help.
Also fuck casuals.

i see how you are trying to merge cp and loli on your statement so i'll call your b8 a 1/10, you tried

see image

That is not true and never has been. It mostly refers to Jap drawings since it's mostly Japs who draw lolis but it's not exclusive.

Why do weebs have such an intense hatred of any girl who has a nose?

2d loli is pretty casual in general tbh

I'm confused at what point you're trying to make.

the term "loli" is because of this

someone always tries to claim "3DPD, I only like drawn loli!"

It was a term coined specifically to those characters in the art style from Japan, which is of Eastern culture. It is exclusive to Eastern related topics as it was only used there until retards came around and had the misconception that it was a term applied to anything they thought was children.
It's not because the existence of a nose, it's the way it's drawn. Western drawn noses are ugly as fuck and huge as hell- which is what the artstyle is. Noses exist in anime too, just more smaller and nicer looking.

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muh vanilla nigga.

If I was at my desktop I'd post the loli housewife one right now

horrible

Anyway lets get back to VNs, this derailment always occur when a supposed moralfag comes in, we should know better than to fall for the same bait everytime.

You can also take ideas from Tokimeki memorial 2
There is a phase where you play as a schoolkid, you can wander around town and make some friends, if you can befriend some of the girls they will remember about you when you meet them again years later. I think it was a nice detail.

No one asked for your opinion.

Reminds me of that one VN with the yandere that will say different stuff after you do her ending and come back to the game at certain times.
>10 years later and the game still has new content

would

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name of the game?

Pretty sure he's talking about Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi. It breaks the fourth wall in a few places and the yandere gets upset if you don't play the game for a long time.
Too bad it's not translated.

Duly noted. Thanks for answering the question.

I dont think he was talking about kimi to kanojo

I think that if you come back to it after 10 years (or set your PC's clock forward 10 years) she says different things.
I haven't read it though, so I'm not 100% sure.