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>sins of kaleido in 2 weekShit, I didnt even notice it was that soon. I was gonna play CrazyChain this month...
>>51081339Feels like a lot of releases I'm looking forward to coming up all at once. I'm definitely going to fall behind.
Anyone one play this BL, Re;quartz Reido?I bought it a while back mostly because the art is really nice and blue boy seems up my alley, but I haven't gotten around to playing it yet.
>>51082608I've seen it has the unavoidable protagonist death tag on vndb so not interested.
It's out https://www.dlsite.com/girls/work/=/product_id/RJ01655207.html
>>51082859Since it's a single route for now, I'll be curious how long it is.
>>51082859>Compatibility>Windows 11And into the trash it goes.
Guess it's gonna be one of those games with support character designs more appealing than the LIs.
>>51082859you can get a 50% off coupon for 100 yen on the devs cien btw
>>51083350That sounds like a great dealShame I'm not that interested in the game
even if tempest announced on steam is crazy. I wonder if it could appeal to vn players who don't typically read otome
>>51082901It works fine on Windows 10.
>>51083381When Voltage announced Amulit they said it's their brand for Switch and Steam games so I expect all their Switch games will be coming to Steam eventually.
>>51082859>>51082881I'm not touching this until the full game's out. There's no point in playing a single route.
>>51082532Summer is always packed with new releases since the target audience has lots of free time.I'm looking forward to this one since it gives me sparkling summer vibe. I just hope it won't have forced drama.
>>51083686The demo or the purchased game?
Is the plot of this good ? What about the sex scenes ? And who's the red flags LI(s)
blchads kino indieslop just droppedhttps://madui.booth.pm/items/8437530
>>51084000Oh, I must've completely missed that. That's awesome.
>>51084087The purchased game. I assume the demo also works.
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>>51082901Is there even a vn that is incompatible with older windows? They likely mentioned windows 11 specifically because they didn't have the resource to test on other versions.
>>51084190I haven't read it myself but apparently the switch version has a whole new route for a new character. It might be worth trading the sex scenes just for that.
>>51084890The Togainu no Chi: True Blood port to PC doesn't work on Windows 7.
>crazychain is apparently 80 hours longHow much of that is going to be useless bloat I wonder>>51084872He needs to be whipped and beaten into shape. Doesnt mc rape her brother in this one? He should get it too
>>51085119>versionHe does get it in a way indeed
>>51085133Very good news...
>>51084872guards, impregnate this faggot
Mangagamer announced they're gonna TL Lesson. Its art looks like bara shit but I've seen it has high ratings on vndb.
>>51084495Thanks! Do you know of any online guide listing system compatibility for VNs?
>>51086413it's really good
>>51086413>bara shit This is not bara. This is:>https://vndb.org/v48815
>>51086487I see a lot of bara games ranked high in vndb's boy x boy romance only tag and I've always wondered why.(same with the sh*t* games which is more concerning for me)
>>51086525>I see a lot of bara games ranked high in vndb's boy x boy romance only tag and I've always wondered whyGay men are content with the barest minimum as long as it has the kind of sexual stuff they are into.
>>51086525>sh*t* Where do you think you are?Also, for very specific niches, most people who are going to play that game are fans of that specific niche.Most people who play a bara game know they're a fan of the content. And there's not a lot to choose from, so they'll likely appreciate what they do get.Similar reasoning for why sequel VNs might get high ratings: those who bother with a sequel are mostly those who liked the original game enough to seek out more.
need more shota games
>>51086629Shotafags should be the last people finding this thread.
>>51086634Based>>51086642Newfag
>>51086642Some shota games are for a female audience, and some are specifically BL games.Ones in those categories belong on /blog/.
>>51086487I mean it still looks like soft bara compared to other JP BL VNs. And that sprite doesn't even look like it's finished.
>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2026/all-the-news-and-reviews-from-anime-expo/.238998'All the news' my ass. No mention of MangaGamer announcements, even though they reported on them in the past. It seems since Kadokawa took ownership of ANN they want to sanitise the site.
>>51086875>It seems since Kadokawa took ownership of ANN they want to sanitise the site.To be fair, ANN has always largely had that kind of reputation.
>>51087040Maybe, but they did promotional features for MG and JAST in the past.>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-11-21/mangagamer-licenses-the-pillagers-of-raillore-uuultra-c-visual-novels/.179764>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2011-03-25>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-05/jast-usa-to-release-togainu-no-chi-dramatical-murder-lamento-beyond-the-void-boys-love-games/.133814
>localize all the slop but not shingakkou or mebiuslineEops are doomed
>>51087460Same for eop otomefags. Nothing but otomate slop. Never hearing of takuyo games.
>>51087470Is Takuyo even interested in having their games localized?
Ann is stupid . Let it simmer. Happy 4th let the force be with you or something. May the odd ever be in your favor.
>>51087460>localize Shingakkou and Mebiusline>they both flopLook in your heart. You know it to be true.>>51087470They've also got Licobits and Primula. Not a whole lot more besides that and Otomate for JOPs these days either. And if the Otomate stuff keeps selling maybe it'll convince Takuyo to get in on that EOP cash eventually like others have been.
Who gives a shit? Learn Japanese or use MTL like every other third world shitter who can't speak even English.
Yes, let's not have discussion after all.I still find it a little exciting to follow localization news, just to see what comes over. And if it brings in money for the devs to continue then that's a plus for me.
>>51087460>shingakkouThat has twincest, right? That might filter a considerable portion of the already niche potential audience, so maybe that gets considered as a risk factor.
>>51087697DMMD has "twincest" as the true route as well and that's the most popular BL VN like be fr now.
>>51087715I didn't play dmmd so I wouldn't know. I thought that was just selfcest.>like be fr nowRetarded twitter zoomer spotted.
feel like there's a big difference between hidden ""incest"" you have to play through the game to find, versus advertised upfront literal twin incest regardless of twists you have to play through the game to find
With Otomate Party getting advertised, I will now start huffing my Psychedelica copium. I had totally given up on it, but I also gave up on Charade Maniacs FD and that finally got announced last time.And I wonder if Licobits Festa will have a new game reveal of their own?
>>51087742This you nonna.
>>51087508Why would they be not interested they barely sell 100 copies. License would be cheap too since they don't use big name voice actors. It's just that no one has ever approached them and many are scared off the "more plot, less romance games". And that's probably the same issue for some bl too, they don't have much porn in. Imagine translating Masquerade and not shingakkou....
>>51087886I don't remember which localization company it was, but they asked people about Takuyo once. The comments were full of retarded eops saying they'd heard/read reviews that Takuyo games don't have enough romance, focus too much on the plot, and feature proactive heroines, so they weren't interested and suggested diabolik lovers lool.
Is Distorted Code worth playing just for the incest? I was going to demo it via emulator, but voice audio isn't working (I tried multiple different xci sources). I don't want to buy it only to go through 50 hours before incest payoff.
>>51087827Hard to get hype for any potential licobits new game when their first two were so mediocre. Whats the point of leaving otomate if you're going to make the exact same type of boring games
>>51087937What's the newest good otome release you've played?
>>51087979https://vndb.org/v52603
>>51088103I remember passing this over before because the art isn't my cup of tea, but the premise sounds neat. I might check it out sometime.
>>51087697According to some /blog/ posters Shigakkou is tied up in legal bullshit with seiyuu companies so even if it ends up getting TLd it'd be unvoiced which would be a major downgrade
>>51087508>>51087886The running gag is that Takuyo doesn't care about being profitable with their otome games since it's more of a side gig they do for fun (the company has a main business that is completely irrelevant to game development). Another recently added bit to this joke is that they're only porting or releasing new games at this point because the CEO is obsessed with LambSoars and wants them to sing/cover all the theme songs for all their games.I just hope they eventually find interest in porting their stuff to PC/steam too because new gen console prices are looking grim.
>>51087697>>51087460It's not a content problem. Idk why people are still asking when JAST already said that the license for Shingakkou is too expensive due to VAs. They could localize the game without voice like they did with Majikoi, but I don't think people would be happy with that.
>>51087603Copium. If Paradise TL hasn't flopped these 2 wouldn't either and u know it.
>>51088103What about full-length otome?
Anyone here playing odalisque?
>>51089509I am. No idea why it's raping my CPU though.
>>51090567How can a Power Point presentation do this? What sort of engine fuckery have they committed?
>>51090599Probably because it's Unity so therefore it's gay.
>>51089509What’s the point of playing an incomplete game? By the time the next route comes out, you might even forget what the story was about. There’s also a chance the rest of the game never gets released, I’ve seen that happen before with partially released games.
I need to fuck roach riku, that is all.
>>51087923I'm currently playing it. The game is very plot heavy, so far there's barely any romance. I haven't seen any incest either even though the brother is important to the plot. >I was going to demo it via emulator, but voice audio isn't workingIt works fine for me, you should try using Eden or Citron.
>>51090641Some people only care about a single route of a game. Or some people like replaying routes later.From the developer's perspective, considering this game project apparently ran into funding issues before, selling this route on its own probably helps them recoup some costs while they continue to work on other routes.
>>51090759Eden worked like a charm, thanks for the suggestion anon. I won't have time to start it for a while, but glad I'll have the option.
Sera's Animate CD for that one anon and the PDF has Animate, special edition and Stella SS. The Stella SS is crinkly cause I got it super cheap/second-hand my bad. https://mega.nz/folder/kIZHAKYC#i9V64pDjmXIEIaImIcyCBg
>>51091116NTA that asked for this, but you're so based.
>>51091116Sera is an dumb manlet but thanks for sharing.
>>51091116NTA but tysm for sharing kind anon! <3Any anon that happens to have sera and noa night tempted cd?
>>51091248Oops forgot, added.
>>51091116thank you for sharing!>streaming code cardhow hard is it to rip from these? does it have any drm fuckery?
>>51091116Thanks anon
>>51091442Nah it's easy you just F12 developer tools and save the mp4 file in either inspect or network.
>>51091624oh nice, now I'm less uneasy about buying stuff that involves it.
>>51090765I can't relate then. My backlog is huge so I'd rather play other games while waiting for the full version to come out, if it ever does.
>>51091261You are the best tysm <3. Saved me 50$ for the tokuten alone.
>>51091116>>51091248Thank you, kind nona! Noa is seriously the best boy.I follow the writer on shitter, and she also wrote Sera's and Madoka's routes, but Noa's was definitely my favorite. She has an ask where people send her anon questions, and she shares her answers there. Someone once asked what inspired Noa and her games in general, and she said that across all of her games including Starry Sky and Seishun Hajimemashita, she's been heavily influenced by her favorite games, the TMGS series. If I remember correctly, her favorites are Wakaouji, Hazuki, and pianofag. I could definitely see the similarities with Waka while playing Noa. Based taste.It's kind of sad that key la Box is going to be unvoiced unless they manage to fund it through crowdfunding.
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>>51092676I'm glad they gave a heads up they'll be posting spoilery content later. I'll unfollow before then.>expecting English fans to have spoiler etiquette Wouldn't get my hopes up.
>>51092688I wish people would stop posting unspoilered CGs. It should be obvious at this point posting CGs is a shit move but people still do it. English otome twitter is so irritating.
What do anons think about Bara no ki game?>>51084190That fucker Shigure and he is not even the fun kind
>>51093221I haven't played it myself but I heard it being described as "pretty boys rape simulator" by the people who did.
>>51093221You avoid 99% of the rape scenes if you go only for the pure love endings. Now whether those routes are satisfying romance wise is a different question
>>51092676Oh I didn't realize people were actually bitching about this in the QRTs.Devs then posted a clarification of just how nothingburger the spoilers would actually be, and the first reply is someone getting indignant and still bitching.All those fans bitching as if all their otome friends weren't going to be the ones spamming the real spoilers anyway.
>>51093221I played it, it honestly was a chore for me
Has anyone experienced awful inattentiveness and lack of focus after playing an especially good game? Nowadays, I've been going from game to another but nothing seems to stick for me. I hate it.
>>51093860>bitching when they can just mute or block on their account.That's why i stopped interacting with majority of the eng fandom. Everytime i do i feel like my iq dropping more and more.
>>51091970>key la Box is going to be unvoiced unless they manage to fund it through crowdfunding.Does the crowdfund accept foreign credit cards?
>>51094460They haven't started one and they don't plan one atm. Many suggested it to the writer but she says she doesn't know/doesn't want to. Unlike eng devs jp ones rarely hold crowfunds for some reason.
>>51094139You're probably just experiencing burnout, it's pretty normal. When it happened to me, I couldn't enjoy any game that I started. So I switched to a different form of entertainment for a while, and eventually I found myself wanting to play again.
>>51094878Oh I misread your sentence, sorry. Shame the game wont have voice acting then, especially since lamina regularly work on CD projects so they clearly have a lot of connections and familiarity with plenty of VAs. Either way I'm looking forward to it since I love kazuaki
A Folie Fatale fan patch got recognized by the devs. Hopefully it turns out to be good for them, as I enjoyed the game when I played it a few months ago. Hopefully retarded english fans don't pearl clutch about the literal all-yandere game being full of landmines.If the fanTL really translates the constant use of "senpai" by one of the characters as "miss senior" though, as suggested by one of the screenshots, I'm not holding my breath about the translation quality.
>>51096657Does this patch include the translation for the DLC content?
>>51096807>DLC and Booth content do not load with these patches.Doesn't look like it.
>>51096875Nevermind, I read that wrong, they meant not to use a demo patch that's included in the game.
>>51096657Nice! It was done for free and it's free so nothing lost desu, if it van help the dev get some extra bucks. Btw if you want to play this, play the devs first game deitsa first, it's freeware! It's lile a prequel to it.
>>51097500>It was done for free and it's free so nothing lostI'm glad I don't have to settle.But true that it might bring the devs some extra money at least.
I really like Voltage console games so far, proactive MC + linear fast moving story + strong supporting cast (seriously there are so many appealing side characters). Hope they'll keep these elements as part of their signature style in future games.
>>51098449Yep, I didn't really pay attention to their works when they stuck to mobile, but I'm glad to have them on the console scene now.
>>51098457Same their mobile games were nothing special. I'm pleasantly surprised that they decided to take a more story-heavy direction with their console games.
>>51087937>Whats the point of leaving otomate if you're going to make the exact same type of boring gamesWhat were you hoping for from Licobits instead? Different quality writing from the same writers as before? Non-otome games from otome creators?
Why is God so slutty?
>>51099288>foot close upCan't believe footfags are invading otome even.
>>51099221NTA but I do think they need to find their niche. Currently they're just Otomate Lite instead of bringing something unique to the table.
>>51099292It's appealing to me because I'm so used to male characters being almost completely covered up 99% of the time, that seeing their bare feet seems almost scandalous. I can understand why men in the past went crazy over women's ankles now
>>51099288made for ahegao mindbreak
>surname is 夏秋冬 >uses the kanji for Summer, Fall, and Winter>read as "harunashi", literally "no Spring"Gotta be one of the most unusual name readings I've seen.
>>51099554Yeah, ran into one of those (春夏冬 as Akinashi) when I was playing Saihate Station and thought it was really interesting. Also related is 春夏秋冬 as Hitotose (one year).
>>51100190Sometimes I feel self-conscious about my still lacking ability to read names. Then I see wild ones like these and feel a little better.
>>51099288He's so damn cute. Looking forward to him and Rex the most, though sadly God is (obviously) a locked route
Finished Navigatore.I went into it with low expectations, but ended up liking it more than expected.Mika turned out to be a very good boy. That scene with the curry particularly warmed my heart. His and MC's development together was considerably gradual which I liked. I feel like they could've streamlined the amount of bad ends, as some were tedious, but some others were very worth playing. Also the bad end where MC decides to just drown in pleasure and bang Mika was hot.It's not what I would call a "great" game, but survival stuff like this is something I'd like to see more of in VNs, and having it in an otome was a treat.
Who's the biggest gaslighter from Otome/BL VNs ?
>>51106130
Apparently Crazy Chain turned out to be mid. Not that it's a surprise.
>>51106902Are you basing that on 3 vndb votes?
>>51106956Early votes come from hyped fans. If fans think it's a 8 then the real rating is probably around 6-7.
>>51106902How is 7-8 mid?
>>51106902you can put custom backgrounds on vndb? First time I've heard on it
>>51106990There aren't even amazonJP reviews up yet. Not sure I wanna take my opinions from a few vndb voters who say they're barely a fraction of the way through the game and call LIs "babygirl".
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>>51106902What did you expect from otomate? But at least their games aren't kusoge. Playable and can pass good time with them, but pretty unmemomorable overall including the characters. But that's the result of always playing it safe and making it average.
>>51107130Who are the good otome devs?
Are any meganes that aren't the stereotypical kinky sadists ?
>>51107169The ones that release 1-2 games and call it quits.
>>51107177Ones that come to mind:Fran and Van in Code RealizePace in Arcana FamigliaKent in Amnesia
>>51106902No one plays Otomate games and expects them to have great writing unless they're people who only played otome all ages games. You play otome for the characters, not the shit story that most of those games have.
>>51107264>only played otome all ages gamesDo Yoshiwara Higanbana and Chou no Doku have great writing? Because those are the only 18+ otome with a rating average over 8.Or are there some hidden gems?
Chou no doku sisters, are you getting anyone?
>>51107296Compared to the average all age otome, those are a step above, yes. Several doujin otome also have higher quality writing.
>>51107307>Several doujin otome also have higher quality writing.Any that come to mind? I'm interested.
>>51107307>check tags>in both games MC gets raped>in one game, half of the guys engage in rapeThis is slim pickings.
oh no rape in otome! felt def not bussin fr
I enjoyed Gayoushi. Wish she was back.
>>51107345I prefer rape in nukige.When I play otome it's for cute boys that are cute with MC and don't rape her.
>>51107345It's the laziest way to get to the sex because the characters rarely have sexual chemistry.
>rape shit Pointless when it doesn't have a h-scene, especially when otome constantly pull this off in such half assed ways. At least make it more worth my time if the characters go full retard. I've heard from some otome fans that non-h scenes is even preferable. The absolute state.
>>51107423>Pointless when it doesn't have a h-sceneWe're talking about R18 games.
Play whb if you want to be the one (MC) raping the boys
