Well, this will have English text unlike the previous Japanese releases with only Japanese text. It will be censored if one considers the original game however, so if anyone is interested in Blue Reflection Quartet, keep that in mind.
>>736571842stop shilling censored slop nigger
>>736572041Many minutes later, how is this post still up?
>>736571842Why even bother releasing this when you're censoring the one thing people played this game for?
Wasn't this censored into oblivion?
>>736573635Trying to reach a bigger audience maybe, not to mention the standards/guidelines of the platform holders themselves. Considering the precedent established by Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and even Valve to an extent, it's very likely that an uncensored release of the original Blue Reflection wouldn't be allowed by Sony and in the case of Nintendo platforms, it would only be released in Japan at best if one considers LoveR Kiss: Endless Memories. Games with some fanservice can be made and published, in theory, it's just that some platform holders may not allow said game or, best case scenario, it would only be published in a specific country or region. We may never exactly know but as already mentioned, many games have run into issues throughout the years and the first Blue Reflection has more (mostly optional) fanservice than other games developed by Gust.
>>736574075Yes.
>>736574094What bigger fucking audienceNo one will give a shit about this
>>736575557Putting aside the platform holders themselves, people who don't want a lot of spicy content in anime style games...I guess.
Before the thread dies, something that will be censored in Blue Refleciton Quartet...
censored garbage
>Updated rerelease not unlike Atelier's DX ports>Supposedly WON'T include previously released DLC unlike the Atelier DX ports>Has Deluxe/Premium physical editions>THESE HAVE THEIR OWN DLC OUTFITSIf you even consider getting this censored cash grab you are beyond saving
>>736577917A bit hyperbolic there but it's true that Blue Reflection Quartet has some good things and some bad things.
Nips lost
>>736579013your acceptance of this behavior is directly negatively impacting me.
>>736579013please, kys
>>736579412Out of left field, no! And don't be shy, say it like it is (kill yourself).
>>736571842 I feel like Japanese devs are making games with one hand behind their back lately. S-Korea and China are on their heels.
First time I'm hearing of this re-release, what's censored?
>>736579716Mostly the scenes where the characters are naked in the original game (they are now presumably wearing the same towels offered as DLC) and the scenes where the characters are in their undies (they have more clothing). Blue Reflection: Second Light also included as part of Blue Reflection Quartet should be the same or at least mostly the same.
>>736579716Pretty much everything.
>>736571842It's funny and a little awkward to me how they constantly depict themselves with white skin, but when I visited Tokyo everyone was so god damn yellow.
>>736579797japan has fallen
I was looking through the DLC to see what wouldn't be included and just realized the bath towels they used to censor the bath scenes in Quartet were actually DLC outfits from the original https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/4379/BLUE_REFLECTION_Bath_Towels_Complete_Set/
>>736571842If they didn't have different a hair cut, I wouldn't be able to tell them apart.
>>736571842>It will be censored if one considers the original game howeverSo it's worthless.
>>736571842Blue Reflection Cartel
>>736571842This is not getting US version right?
>>736580178That's what I said, they are wearing the same towels in that censored scene.>>736580697It'll be released in the west...but only digitally...
>>736571842So on july 26th ps5 has one game?
>>736571842I'm not a pedophile so I will be preordering this
>>736580853PS5 has more than 600 games now, mostly multiplatform games as always.
>>736581309Heh, even if you weren't just trolling or having some fun, it's still a game rated CERO C with some fanservice, if you play the game you'd still have to deal with designs like these.
>>736574094There is one group of people who like games with cute schoolgirls and buy games like this. There is another group of people who hate the first group of people and have no interest in games like this. While there are some games that are supported by the second group to spite the first, that only happens if the game is built from the ground up to be repulsive. A censored fanservice game will get 100% of its sales from the first group but the audience will shrink due to the fanservice.
>>736582442Not a bad post. There are some people who would want to play a game like Blue Reflection if the game has less fanservice or if it's kind of tame (just look at ResetEra...), but then we have the fact that a lof of the content that can be considered fanservice is optional and, optional content or not, one can say that the argument ''it's not for you'' or ''you aren't the target audience'' applies if it really is ''I'd play this if it had less fanservice''...games developed by Gust sell maybe 200,000-450,000 copies worldwide at best, so even if people who would buy a censored version really exist, one still loses fans with a censored version and these games don't sell much compared to AAA games anyway. This whole situation is a mess, games with fanservice, with some exceptions, aren't in a good place right now unless we were talking about gacha games, and even with those games it depends...Blue Reflection Sun ran into issues when it was still available in Japan...
>>736571842I keep seeing this shit posted. What even is this game, a VN?
>>736582918In simple terms, RPGs. The first Blue Reflection is a turn-based game, the sequel Blue Reflection: Second Light has ATB (Active turn-based) combat.
>>736582918It's an a rpg, and a terrible one at that.
>>736583203Oh...this is great.
>inside of you there are six Utas>three of them are crazy>the other three are also crazy, but pretty mellow about it
>>736571842holy sameface
>>736585023Thats what Japanese girls look like\the pretty ones anyway
>>736584941I don't know if someone could live with that.
>>736579943nips worship white men and women, they are pathetic, literal cuck race
I ranked my favorite characters in the series for no real reason. Characters that only appear in the anime or gacha aren't included.>>736571842I would be pretty excited about Quartet if it was better executed. If the censorship wasn't there, Sun/Ray were more substantial, and/or they did something to improve the original games, it would be a great collection. As is, I'm glad the series isn't completely dead and forgotten, but I wish it was receiving better treatment.
>>736572041Fpbp.>>736572821Blow it out your ass faggot.
>>736586432Great ranking, but I can't deny that no Fumio made me say ''aww''. Blue Reflection Quartet could be better even if one doesn't consider the censorship.>>736586601The n-word with an r is considered a racial slur and you know that one of the rules is ''don't be racist outside of /b/'', if you want to be racist or use the n-word with an r, do it there. Also, you wrote an inflammatory post without a provocation beforehand, which could be considered trolling.
Going to bed, have a free bump
>>736586815>no FumioShe'd be #21 if I went that far, at least, and I still like her. After that, though, I'd start getting into characters I don't really care about, like Tennis Girl and Track Girl.
>>736587948I believe you. Tennis Girl and Track Girl...you mean Rin and Rika.
>>736588693Hinako's panties on the floor.
>>736588736That wasn't an intentional reply...
>>736580827>but only digitally...playasia has a physical version up for preorder with english text
>>736588760It does seem like something that would be relevant to Ao's interests, though.
>>736589113Ao? Not Kirara?
>>736588817Like the Japanese version.
>>736572041FPBP
>>736576785>>736579797I’ve seen people try to argue that trannylators aren’t an issue for them because they learnt Nip speak, but shit like this demonstrates that this just isn’t true. They are getting consulted on the ground level of this shit, and they are listening.
>yuri sim
>>736591356Maybe Kirara as well.
>>736596891It's not even Yuri. It's bait.
>>736577917>Supposedly WON'T include previously released DLC unlike the Atelier DX portsIs this true? That's be the main reason to get it.
>>736598960Blue Reflection: Second Light exists.
>>736599406noisypixel.net/blue-reflection-quartet-details-timeline-mode-story-updates/>The developers also confirmed that the collection does not include save data bonuses or previously released downloadable content.
>>736599435Wow that's ass, I assumed "supposedly" meant rumor but it's outright confirmed. That was a genuine point of consideration for me.
>>736599508It is an odd choice. I like the idea of Quartet, but they've sure done a lot to make it unappealing.
>Second Light without the dlcUnironically unplayable. Why the hell aren't they adding all the old dlc?
if I remember rightisnt this game's modding works the same way as atelier ryzaif it is then it should be possible to get back the uncensored outfits from the old versions right?
>>736601326That's weird.
>>736571842Why do 3 of them look the exact same?
>>736603725Mel Kishida loves short hair.
>>736601456Specifically in this sense it's likely to happen. But more broadly it doesn't solve other issues, like console players wouldn't have this option, or making devs think that "it's okay to push censorship, they still buy, let's add more", or the game might have some unexpected technical difficulties to achieve that (and having someone to spend time doing that in the first place instead of being out-of-box), and others.
>>736587948>I don't really care about, like Tennis Girl and Track GirlAlways went for the tennis girl but they're both very cute
>>736571842Sailor Moon games?
>>736605510Only released in Japan unfortunately, but they exist.
>>736605510They're mahou shoujo games, anyway.
>>736607197Some of the beat'em ups and fighting games were released in the west.
>>736577917>took them 9 years to port the first game to Switch>it's full censored and without the bonus contentit's so fucking over... I was really hyped when we got the announcement but all the stuff they removed made me wish I could go to Japan just to kick them in their balls.
>>736603725Because you have poor attention to detail.
>>736573635>>736574094it's been like 7 years since KT decided to step away from fanservice and stuff. like most jap devs, they listened too hard to the dumb westoid audience.
>>736572041FPBP kill all snoyjeet subhumans
>>736572041fpbpLet those faggots at Gust eat their own shit.
>>736571842High schoolslop yurislop jrpgslop censoredslop didn't need to have an OST that goes go hard
>>736579797>Blue Reflection: Second Light also included as part of Blue Reflection Quartet should be the same or at least mostly the same.Tie was already pretty tame and they were wearing bathing suits at bath scenes. anyway, expect the first game to make characters disappear when you move the camera to low angle shots.
>>736572041>>736573635/threadno in game h (girls lezzing it out, or that one game with the male protag, actually railing them this time instead of blueballing) no buynude mods don't count
>>736608284>anyway, expect the first game to make characters disappear when you move the camera to low angle shots.The first game has a fixed camera for the entire school section
>>736605161Rika stands out because she's the only character who wears the track uniform.>>736607778I've never heard of this, not counting the possibility of fan translations, the Sailor Moon games were officially only released in Japan as far as I know.>>736608213Is there anything that isn't ''xslop'' to you?
>>736599435That's a very strange choice. Maybe because some of the outfits would have been censored anyway? Pretty annoying that some outfits were locked behind the digital deluxe edition and not available through other purchases, even the season pass.
>>736571842I have the two OG games on the ps4 so i'm not sure if i should buy this. I don't particularly care about the gacha and i could just watch the anime.At least the Ryza DX collection came with the DLCs and some extra stuff, but this one only comes with more censorship
>>736611158Blue Reflection: Second Light will have more playable characters and the first game will have auto-save now...but that's probably everything that's new if one doesn't count new DLC and the content related to Blue Reflection Ray and Blue Reflection Sun.
>>736611158If I were to buy it, it'd just be for Ray, so in my case, it's probably not worth it. If you've played the two games already, it might not be worth it either.
She's a normal girl but she hates being called that.
>>736611578With how often I have seen this auto-save thing mentioned, both here and other places, I'm probably in minority but I never found this thing being useful in games. Most of the time it was saving at such points where I tend to make preparations and stuff first and then make a save myself, so loading autosave would generally miss all of that.
>>736574094>Trying to reach a bigger audience maybeThe bigger audience that doesn't exist. These people have their heads in the fucking clouds.
>>736614527Yeah, even in game with auto-save I always manually save the game and I'm not the only person who disabled the auto-save in Blue Reflection: Second Light.>>736614685Even if that wasn't the reasoning, a lot of games prove that if Koei Tecmo tried to publish the game uncensored, it's very likely that one of them would say ''no'' or it would only be allowed in Japan at best.Anyway, this thread now has 100 posts, can the thread die now?...lol.
>>736614954What's it matter? The game already is only getting a physical release in Japan. Everywhere else is digital. They have no faith in the western audience to sell physical games, but are trying to appeal to them regardless.They are actively being retarded
>>736616364Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake was released physically in the west and the same goes for Nioh 3, Koei Tecmo is just inconsistent with physical releases in the west but digital-only release or not, not available in the west means less sales.One can take for granted that something like the recent Dead or Alive games that aren't Dead or Alive 6 where it's ''the game is available in English but it was only released in Asia'' are the exception, not the norm, it's not something that Koei Tecmo wants for most of its games, that's for sure. For Koei Tecmo, Bandai Namco, Nintendo, Sega etc, the western market is important, a game not being released in the west means less sales for them and they don't want that.Of course, it's a censored release if one considers the first game, some people won't get Blue Reflection Quartet regardless...as already mentioned, games with fanservice aren't in a good place right now and Koei Tecmo censoring or not censoring the game is ''damned if you do, damned if you don't'' regarldess if the game is censored or not, none of them may give a good result with everything already discussed...
>>736616785>games with fanservice aren't in a good placeI'll just say gacha games exist and leave it at that
>>736616905>gacha>fanserviceIf you mean obese hags and chinkified slop sure
>>736616905The post above (>>736582763) said ''unless we were talking about gacha games, and even with those games it depends''.
>>736571842holy sameface, do "people" really enjoy this slop?
>>736617238People like Mel Kishida's art, yes.
>>736609465fuck it's true. it's been so long since I played it that I completely forgot about that. but I remember that we could basically see Hinako panties just by moving her around like crazy in the classroom.
>>736618603The PS4 and PC versions have skirt physics.
>>736618603You pretty much could see her panties just by running around on this dlc uniform >>736610447 which the new release won't have at all.
>>736620351Those aren't her panties, it's a black bikini bottom, Hinako's real panties are very different.
Before the thread dies...this image.
>>736571842>>736621565
>>736571842this shi will flop and kill the franchise btw
>>736624593Koei Tecmo doesn't have western studios and only publish Japanese games unlike Square Enix and Bandai Namco which have published some western games, but it's true that western sales are important for Koei Tecmo like most Japanese companies.>>736624635Eh, Blue Reflection Quartet isn't really a new game, it's a re-release of two games developed for consoles with new features (and more censorship in the case of the first game) and content based on the anime and the dead mobile game, but new game...not really. It remains to be seen if there is a genuinely new Blue Reflection game someday...I doubt it.
>>736624635Hope it kills Gust, too, honestly
HEBES!
>>736625183they're high schoolers anon
>>736601326Gust hasn't done this with any of the Atelier DX games so we really have no clue until they clarify what's upProbably they want us to pay for them again
>>736625183Not really but anyway.>>736625403Correct.
>>736626471the actual non-meme definition of hebe is 12-15 years old aka middle schoolers.These girls are high schoolers
>>736626634That's what I said. The Blue Reflection characters aren't ''hebes'' or, very young teenagers at most.
>>736625417>>736627182who does this asshole think he is
>>736629552I like that scene.>>736629721Someone who refused to let the thread die, it's fine.
>>736629786and now expect to see this thread for three days no doubt
that fucking pisses me off and i will start posting my drawings if that's the case
>"ultimate definitive" edition>no playable utaWhat the fuck were they thinking?
>>736629902This thread reaching the bump limit remains to be seen but who knows.>>736629994LOL! I like that filename.
>>736631360>This thread reaching the bump limit remains to be seen but who knows.stop trying to downplay it you know how it goes every time
>>736631360Uta is perfect.
>>736631741Fuck Uta. Right there on the floatie. Now.
>>736631494Not every time: >>736270109That one and obviously many other threads didn't reach the bump limit. More or less an hour ago i had the idea of ''let the thead die'' but I guess someone didn't want to let the thread die yet. I don't know if I want to post much more in this thread so, again, it remains to be seen...this thread doesn't even have 150 posts for now after all...>>736631741I really like Uta in Blue Reflection: Second Light.
I might pirate this for the offline version of Sun, but everything else seems like a huge downgrade.
>>736629994It is quite a shame.
>>736200694 idk if this counts but this old rika drawing but i highly doubt it meets the standards of being on par with the other drawings but like the kendrick lamar song at this point i feel like posting my drawings getting saved is damned if they do damned if they don'talso that is not a nine in that hinako drawing it was a line i forgot to erase
and now after another two weeks of sulking it's time to draw once again
>>736633378i can draw like that i felt like it
>>736632846Well, it's an okay drawing more or less, it shows potential. That blue thing not a nine?...I really doubt it but okay.
>>736633573>That blue thing not a nine?...I really doubt it but okay.literally a scribble when thinking of an idea of what to draw hinako doing
>>736633573>Well, it's an okay drawing more or lesshttps://youtu.be/dVS9Sn11eQ4?si=DIf4fglGWiQJaovl&t=26
>>736572041>>736573635I have no idea what the game is do they fuck?
>>736633975Yeah, they fuck yo mama.
>>736634235you don't talk about my momma, son. you don't know my momma, son.
>>736634271Oh I know your mama, I fucked her last night.
>>736633975They are RPGs developed specifically for consoles and PC, so no, none of the games have explicit content. The spiciest things in the games are characters not wearing clothes (non-explicit nudity), revealing outfits and swimsuits, a character grabbing (or trying to grab) the breasts of another character and one character using the lap of another girl as a pillow.
last one, some blue reflection character could be anybody
>>736635175Handmade drawing, interesting. With time, it could look like Yuri or Rika, not bad.
I couldn't help but think...what if Blue Reflection had a scene of a character unhooking her bra?...maybe that would be sexy or hot for some people but it would be very spicy for the game and Gust didn't want to spend a lot of money on animations, it's not a coincidence that the animations are limited (even considering the fact that it has a PS Vita version) and that when a character opens a door, it's always off-screen.An animation unhooking her own bra would be too much (maybe) and it would have cost money.
>>736571842I don't give a shit about the censorship what I want to know is how buyers of the first 2 games will be treated. If we get a big enough discount I might just buy it. Have they made any statement regarding this?
>>736636837I've not heard anything about a discount for owners of the original games. There won't be a physical Nintendo Switch 2 version (not even a game-key card) and the official website says that ''the Nintendo Switch™ and Nintendo Switch™ 2 versions of this game are separate products. While the contents of these two versions are the same, save data cannot be transferred between them. Be careful not to make duplicate or incorrect purchases.'' if you get the Nintendo Switch version and want the Nintendo Switch 2 version, you'll have to buy the game saparetely maybe, it's like some games developed by Compile Heart that don't offer a free upgrade or anything...So, if one considers that there won't be a free upgrade for the Switch 2 version or a paid upgrade, I wouldn't expect much regarding a discount for owners of the first 2 games...
>>736582442I tried playing these for porn purposses, it didnt help it was too girly.
>>7366368371. There is no discount.2. There is no save transfer for anything special.3. It is possible certain DLCs will be missing from the game.4. The originals are probably going to get delisted.5. Fuck Kishida and KT.
>>736637727If you mean the Blue Reflection games, what did you expect? They are basically magical girl video games with designs like this and one of the girls (Rin Sanada) is in love with a boy.
>>736638243I thought it had something good for both kind of players it turns out its for girls and lesbians. I'll still buy the ps5 version to support games like these.
>>736638561Well, in a way, it IS a game with something good for both kind of players, the simplified gameplay, low difficulty, emotional story and romance between Rin and a boy who goes to another school could be appealing to a female audience in particular...but then there is Shihori and multiple fan service scenes in the game...Blue Reflection kind of has an identity crisis, the first game in particular.
Is the reason they aren't including DLC for jewish reasons or are they just cucking out because muh swimsuits?
>>736639114BR1 had some collab dlcs with FF15 which never technically came out in the west so the inclusion of the files may be pulled entirely. As for everything else we have no idea what potentially may be removed. Some may be cut due to excessive fanservice but who knows, we don't even have any real confirmation on anything.
>>736639114Most of the DLC is either bikinis or collab stuff (most of which was limited time), so it's safe to assume they'll get the axe. The only one I'd expect to stick around is Second Light's Ether Synthesis function, which I have no idea why was DLC in the first place.
>>736639297I would hope Koei Tecmo could make a deal with Koei Tecmo to have the Atelier and Nights of Azure costumes.
>>736638969Would that 1st game be heavy censored for the ps5 version? I hope not but usa is mindcotrolled by feminists so...
>>736639552The parts of the game people are making a fuss about are the segments of the day that take place in the locker rooms and showers between gym class. Also when Hinako (the main character) gets home and can choose to take a bath before the next day.Japan loves to have their scenes inside women's private spaces so you have the usual body comparisons and other catty things going on while they shower and change clothes. The revised versions have them in towel wraps instead of just strategically placed in naked barbie doll form, and they're further along in the changing process in the locker room. (I think the costume set was summer casual clothes or sleepwear, there's actually a lot of costume DLC) Hinako will probably have a towel on in the tub.(The beach they can hang out at is actually a repurposed Zack Island from Dead or Alive Xtreme 3)
I hate that I have to skip this for morals. I really wanted another BR game but they censored it for Nintendo. Absolutely fucking dogbrained retards
>>736639114The ESRB says that ''female characters are often depicted in swimsuits'' but that can also be because of the second game...who knows.>>736639552The game is going to be censored worldwide...>>736640265Great post.
>>736640326The 2017 original is the only thing that came out before content policies.Second Light went through the usual content policies and Apple made them take down several cards in the mobile game. The anime didn't even sell enough copies to the point they cancelled the bluray release, requiring the interactive story to fill in that part of the plot.
>>736640780Are those CGs in Sun Quartet version?
>>736641398Probably not.
>>736642361I like Yuzu.
>>736577917>no switch 2 physicalC'mon lover kiss can release uncensored and put a physical switch 2 cart(not gamekeycard) out.
>>736644520It's a shame that it won't be released for Nintendo Switch 2 physically.
>>736633771Huh.
I doubt that this thread is going to survive another night. We'll see.
>>736571842Chances we get a PC mod that restores all the censored content?!
>>736647460It's likely, games developed by Gust are easy to mod, that's what people say.
>>736639414I really enjoyed the DLC dreamscapes, especially the Ryza ones. I'll be very disappointed if they don't include them.
>>736644520Not in America
Girls under 18 are a non-starter for nudity, even if in the original Japanese context it's presented as teasing, a joke, or something perfectly normal and not sexual because there's no penis in vagina. Years of Hollywood abuse of actresses and parental groups concerned if the cartoons on TV were okay for their kids to watch set their own standard for the west. Even if those standards and regulations only applied to over the air broadcast television, it became the corporate safe option.
>>736648921Good post.
>>736574075No, it was censored into Morrowind
>>736571842Holy sameface
>>736650048https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zXDo4dL7SU
>>736650228It's Mel Kishida's art style...
>>736648209I never got around to trying any of the DLC. Some of it does look a little interesting, though, unlike BR1's costumes that I have no real interest in.>>736650330Granted, he does pretty blatantly reuse face shapes sometimes, but so does pretty much every artist. I like the Ako/Chihiro/cute gremlin face.
>>736648265It is if one counts GOG.
>>736629994>>736631741I watched the anime before playing the game, and she was so different in behaviour that it really put me off, it was like a completely different character.
>>736571842keep shilling censored masterpieces cracker
kok
>>736651618Awesome post.
Damn, this was monkey paw of the decade for me. Here we were, making comfy threads about jks and pantsu. Wishing for another entry. Then nope, they give us the opposite. Threads will be forever tainted with the stench of censorship and disappointment.I am planning on buying Quartet, replacing the censored BR1 with the ps4 copy and ebaying the censored version. Will the two middle games be long or will they just play out like DLC?Im scared they are going to go back into BR2 and remove the upskirts that are possible.
>>736648265I haven't bought this game partly because I heard the English translation is pure ESL garbage and it certainly seems like it. Shame.
>>736653312>Damn, this was monkey paw of the decade for me.Yeah, it's a shame, because it could have so easily been a great compliation.>Will the two middle games be long or will they just play out like DLC?I'm not familiar enough with Sun to guess how lengthy it will be, but the way Ray was described made it sound pretty insubstantial. I got the impression that it was mostly going to be a walking simulator where Ruka and Hiori revisit their memories of certain key events from the anime and look at anime stills, followed by a boss battle or two at the end.
>>736653673>loli in microbikinis>Text that have not gone through a localization for the modern audienceYeah i dont think you appreciate any of this.
>>736653879Google MTL would sound less stilted than whatever that is.
>>736653975You should be far enough as an english speaker, weeb and man living in the age of MTL to read that 'esl' sentence and correct it in your head in a second or almost instantly and do this without concious effort. The fruit is worth the squeeze and you walk away for such utter minuscule reasons. Your walking away with more than your putting in considering the content that is yabai now by most
we shall draw more BLUE REFLECTION tomorrow
>>736656538Do these scenes do anything gameplay wise? I'm constantly asked "Wanna take a bath?" and she sometimes says unique things, but otherwise is it just to ogle at her naked or what?
>>736657324Some of the choices for what to have Hinako do at home influence what sort of scenes can trigger at school the next day, and those can have a minor mechanical impact. Others are just for flavor, though, which if I remember correctly includes all the bath options.
>>736655440Beautiful art.
>>736651361its because theres a giant hole in the plot since the gacha was never finished. 3 simultaneous projects going on at the same time with 0 communication so everything is a mess.
>>736658909as opposed to ugly art
>>736662957Cool.
