Anyone else going underwater with Ray Romano one last time?There's a really good 18% discount if you already owned Mobiushttps://store.steampowered.com/bundle/71615/Utawarerumono_Past_and_Present_Rediscovered_Double_Pack/
>>739688073>Final Uta game[Strong man crying]
>>739688073Tears to Tiara died for this shit.
NOW?jesus fuck I didn't play the second one yet FUCKKKK IM GOING TO BE LATE WHY DID THIS STEALTH DROP FUCKKKKKK
>>739688571*meant the first one. FUCKKK I DIDNT PLAY MOBIUS YET AHHHHH
>>739688073i heard this was originally a porn game and i assume the console and steam versions are turbo censored.Should i play the old porn games or the new ones? is the porn relevant at all?
I hope Shunya's panty shot button is still in
>>739688652Utawarerumono 1 is an eroge yes. >Is the porn relevantNot really. You still get scenes were "and then MC and his girl had sex". You'll get some alteration on some stuff though for example like one girl who rapes MC instead just sucks on his blood instead. Uta2/3 are not eroge but there's fanservice in these.
>>739688786You miss out on an old 2001 cg of a vampire sex sceneabsolutely censorious
>>739688901that being said sorry other than nosuri and maybe anju Uta 1 had much better girls. fuck quon. eruruw is so much better than quon by a LARGE mile. quon's a bitch.
Are Zan 1/2 worth checking out?
>>739689287I kinda wanna buy them for a refresher before I play Mobius but fuckkkk I'm already late to the party fuckk fuckk fuckkkkI'd imagine them as kinda bad for actual plot and just funsies for just seeing the set pieces or cutscenes in person
>>739689369Zan 1 is literally 3 hours long lol. 2 is a big improvement.
>>739688073I still haven't played the Mask duology and Monochrome Mobius. They're still in my backlog.
>>739688073Downloading now. Hope the gameplay is less barebones than MM's.
I haven't played any games in this series.Where do I start and where do I go?
>>739690348Here's the play order>Prelude to the Fallen>Mask of Deception>Mask of Truth>Monochrome Mobius>Past and Present Rediscovered
>>739690348Prelude to the Fallen > Mask of Deception > Mask of Truth > Monochrome Mobius > Past and Present Rediscovered.
>>739690348Prelude > Deception > Truth > Mobius > This new one. The Zan games are just very cut down versions of Deception and Truth in musou genre format, basically just fanservice games.
>>739688652Its pretty similar to Fate in that regard. The 1st game had kinda shitty sex scenes because that's how you sold VN's back then.
>>739690478>>739690462Why does it start as Fire Emblem and then turn into an action RPG?
>>739690643>action RPG?That's only the zan games which are musou spinoffs. 1~3 are tactics games and 4~5 are 4 niggers in a row.
>>739690813Turn based?Alright I'm in.How long does it take to beat 5 games?
>>739690898Mask of Truth says it's 80 hours long on vndbThe others might be 30 hours
>>739690964Good lordAnything I should know before I start?
>>739688652Uta 1 is the only one that had porn and I prefer it over the remake mostly because I think the sprites are very nice
is this shit even good?i watched the anime like 10 years ago and it sucked ass, just some masked dude surrounded by uga buga tribes
>>739691045Not really. There's 1 missable event early on in the 1st game. Eruruu doing laundry after the 2nd fight.
>>739688073the sex fox got me into these games >/vt/ fag she's based and actually does long playthroughs of good games
>>739691180Depends on if you like SoL, anime shit like harems, and jamming sci-fi into fantasy settings.
>>739688073i didn't play the gacha game since they never localized it. It just kinda pisses me off picking up a game when I skipped the previous game so I'm likely gonna skip it.
>>739691180I like it, but its slow. If you don't like slice of life and world building you won't like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STg4Ya8bEFo
>>739691882The gacha is just alternate universe shit like Adult Nekone and Anju, it's not relevant at all. They're doing an offline release of it regardless though, it might get localized. It has more text in it than the trilogy combined with all the shit that was built up over 7 years in it though, so wouldn't be surprised if Shiravune passes on it
Which do I use?
>>739690428>>739690462Thanks, I would suck your cocks
>>739692383Original. The special one has some songs from the 2nd game thrown in that don't really fit.
Does the PC port quality improve after Prelude because this is actual ass, 30fps 720p hard caps?
The cool thing about Uta 3 is that they use Uta 2 anime opening and endings as insert songs. Haven't seen that ever happen.
>>739691180why are there so many /v/ermin like you
>>739692749The whole trilogy is like that, it's simply how the engine is unfortunately, they're meant for Vita.Mobius and the new game are Unity games, easy to run at max settings 60fps
>playstation (west) is missing the Haku games only has the remake, zan and mobius, the mask games were delisted for whatever the fuck reasons>switch (west) has fucking nothingThis truly has become a pc series again.
So the console release is JP only? are they going to eventually bring the english console ports over, or is PC the only option for EOPs?
>>739695691Monochrome Mobius took an entire year to come to the ps5 in english after the pc release.
>>739692749There's this mod for all 3https://github.com/AGraber/Utawarerumono-Resolution-Hook
>>739691180If you can't appreciate SoL, you don't deserve the kino that comes after.
>>739688073I’m going to start this Friday bros… keep the thread alive til then! (I’m on chapter 5 of danganronpa 2 right now)
>>739690898My playtimes for each in order were ~25, ~20, ~35, ~30. I read fast though.
Nekone daughterwife
>>739696812Uta3 had a lot of kino but good lord the rushed pacing is really noticeable. mfw nobody actually cares about Oshtor at all. :/
I never played any of these games but I saw the game in the OP on the Steam store and it looked comfy so I preordered.
>>739697501Its a sequel to a prequel. You should really play the games in order.
Oh cool. Liked the first one a lot but haven't played any more. Do they get better?
>>739697412Protag wank is too strongIn the möbius games everyone loves him
>>739697559>You should really play the games in order.Yeah, you're totally right!I won't, though.
>>739697768Don't complain with it starts directly after the previous game and you've got no idea who anyone is or what's happening.
>>739697652Prelude was my favorite but most people like the mask duology more
>>739697891MoD is objectively the best one.
>>739694721They got delisted because the license Atlus had expired. Same with DT2. >>739695691Nisa will probably publish it at some point. Please understand Aquaplus is run by retards.
>>739688073The final game came out 10 years ago, nothing after Futari no Hakuoro matters.
That's the kind of game where I don't understand how they get financed.
>>739700272Uh rude. We are ALL excited for the sequel to the prequel to the all ages sequels of the eroge from 25 years ago. Bitch.
I'm not gonna care unless Haku and Kuon reunite
I don't care about Oshtor though
>>739701265That bitch died so the chad iceman could get his harem back
Oshtor was glazed as fuck but he died kinda like a bitch so I never cared about his origins.
>>739701265FUCK QUON. NO NOT IN A HORNY WAY SHE SUCKS TSUNDERE SUCKS EVEN NEKONE WAS BETTER
>>739701265this, I don't care much about more backstory for a guy who we know dies
>>739688725It is, but unfortunately her new outfit has pantyhose.
>new sovlful JP kino game with no gacha comes out>cue chink army storming in to ensure it's instantly in Mixed reviews status with "uhh it doesn't boot on my chinkware laptop"Every single time.
>>739688073>underwater Ray Romano my belovedMM was pretty weak but I teared up when they played this song towards the endhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOPc_P6Q7UM&list=PLp6FocNjP15pRf1y4CoJwujwlmeAQ7gaq
>>739702624nobody reads my post but I was wrong, this is the song that plays at the endhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7oUvfwBKqA&list=PLp6FocNjP15p0T4hva5FiuesGV59fXcu5
aight
>>739703826cringe
>>739702624>>739703359I read your posts
>>739688073I need confirmation Haku and Kuon are in this
Is this an actual new game? The last thing I knew is that they had a gacha
What's touching a girl's tail feel like /v/ros?
>>739706552only a gigachad would know (none here I'm afraid)
Why is the camera movement so janky when running left/right? Thought it might have been because I disabled the auto camera follow but reenabling that made things even worse (especially if I try to turn the camera while moving).
>>739706891All the budget went into getting Shuichi Ikeda back. Please understand.
>>739689287>MusouLol fuck no
>>739706891The vsync settings are fucked and broken
>>739707464Thought that might have been it but of course trying to enable the 30/60 caps did nothing lol.I remember the first game being low budget but it's impressive how bad some aspects of the sequel are too.
>>739688073So what does Aquaplus expect will keep their heads above water now? Are they going to try and "modern audience" Dungeon Travelers like Marvelous and Compile Heart are doing to Senran and Neptunia?
"hey these guys want to interview us to drum up excitement for the big, final game in the series. what should we say?""hmm, how about we make it clear that it's not our choice that this is our last title, and that i'm filled with immense sadness that my life's work will end unfinished""almost perfect. let's then end it with a limp advertisement with our next title that nobody asked for"
>>739708175So what exactly is forcing him to end the series?
>>739708308it must be some internal drama, but the weird part is that they're explicitly ending it instead of just letting it diehonestly as i'm thinking through it i can't think of a single other time a company has actually said a series is over. they always leave the door open, even a tiny bit.
>>739708175Project Kizuna is just the Utaware team and writers getting a fresh canvas. As much as I love Utaware it definitively ended with MoT and the two JRPG entries are fun (granted I obv have no idea where the new one goes, but it's still beginning in prequel territory) but I think it's good they're expressing they are moving on to an entirely new story.
>>739708534I'm sure part of it is due to Haku's VA dying. Nips really hate replacing actors for whatever reason.
>>739708558They do good work and I think a clean slate is a good idea, but only if they actually *want* a clean slate, as opposed to abandoning something they want to keep doing.Uta has always been a weird series. One title in 2002, then a decade-and-a-half gap and they release a pair of sequels that are incredibly good, then another large gap and they release a Dragon Quest-esque prequel nobody really wanted, and then finally they announce they're going to make exactly one more game, the series is dead forever, and also it's somehow a sequel to the prequel nobody wantedstrange decisions
>>739709230>and also it's somehow a sequel to the prequel nobody wantedThe last 20~ minutes was by far the most interesting part of MM. I did want this game, even if I never expected it to happen.
>>739697412I like where Haku ends up, it's perfect for someone like him, but how he got there was really annoying. I don't like that he sacrifices himself after being told over and over to cut that shit out, and he comes back like 10 minutes later anyway.
>>739709470I'm being reductive, and you're right. If the sequel plays up those aspects more then it could be kino as hell and a way to truly end the series in a satisfying way.But I'm also nervous it won't, so I'll wait for someone else to tell me it's good.
>>739688786What happens with the scene where a certain baka gets tricked into doing anal?
>>739701636came here to bitch about this>removed Munechika's skirt tooFUCKKKKKKKK only Mikazuchi's design is not a downgrade imo. I wish I could keep Oshtor's uniform.Also the reason for deleveling is pretty fucking stupid but I'll take it
>>739708972Honestly I think it's a good choice, I fucking love Haku (and Keiji Fujiwara) so for me, Haku with other voice is preposterous and just sounds off. I think Oshtor's seiyuu does an alright job of emulating it but it ain't the same at allKinda sad though, they could explore more of Tuskur or the rest of the world, but at the same time, it's nice to stop before it becomes some insane shadow of its former self
>>739709230You forgot the gacha. After they advertised the sequels as not being gacha.
>>739691045NTA but Mask of Deception and Mask of Truth are basically 2 halves of a singular story so a lot of people have issue with Mask of Deception because nothing happens for like most of the game but it makes perfect sense when you contextualize it as just the first half of Mask of Truth. It's basically a Trails in the Sky FC and SC situation if you've played them.
Friendly reminder that Haku > Hakuoro
>>739711557I liked deception's slice of life situations because Haku is very entertaining and the characters around him are too. Not that I disliked prelude or Hakuowlo or something but I was tired of the 9999th scene of Hakuowlo drinking sake by the endI never talked about utawarerumono with other people before I didn't know we had people on /v/ who played it, this thread makes me happy
>>739711557would anyone disagree with this? they're both regular dudes who get thrust into godhood by accident, but Haku is way more likable, funny, and overall just a better execution on the ideaThe only way Hakuowlo is superior is that we actually got to see him use the wish god alien for evil after he lost his first cat wife. The scientists crying that they didn't want to die and him going "haha, wish granted" and they become immortal mindless slimes is a top 5 gaming moment and I will remember it forever
>>739688073How does Utawarerumono compare to trails ?
>>739711591The issue with Hakuoro and why he's mogged by Haku is that he starts the game as a complete character and is basically already perfect as a mature and competent leader. Haku's so compelling because he has a character arc and grows as a person to make the person you see him become in MoT hit so much harder because you see the person he was in MoD.
This is the most trans video game I’ve ever seen.
>>739711825Gameplay is massively better in Trails but in terms of story, characters and worldbuilding Uta is unmatched. Some of the strongest of any JP game if you ask me. Though in terms of gameplay Uta has a really nice gameplay narrative cohesion that really makes me appreciate it more than it would otherwise justify because of how great it is at conveying the story in gameplay.
>>739711825Very different, but I absolutely love both so there has to be some crossover there.They both have a ton of text and focus on large casts and world politics. Trails has much more traditional RPG combat, Uta has a more traditional RPG story. Uta is at least 50% a visual novel, Trails is not, but only in presentation because there's still a ton of dialogue and slice of life and fan serviceI think Uta was a much better story with a better cast and cooler reveals. However Trails feels a lot more complete of a series.
>>739711919Yeah. I love Hakuowlo'(s seiyuu) though, but he's a pretty rigid character. And I think Haku does the whole mystery amnesiac thing better too imo.I remember Uta 1 being more SRPGish on the story too, so you got more situations where you're marching or doing diplomatic stuff, which hurts his characterization a bit more. Since you see Haku getting thrust into a military role all of a sudden and struggling with his newfound responsibility it hurts way more. Also this scene >>739696812 literally makes me cry everytime, probably one of my favorite scenes in all of fiction
>>739711825I third what the other anons said, I'm also a big fan of both series.Is the overlap really that big? I guess they do hit some of the same spots.
>>739711809I love when you get those surprise darker moments that really hit you. For me it's the one at the start of MoT where you get the funny scene of the soldiers flashing their asses at the enemy soldiers only for it to be bait to get them into coming closer so Haku cam pour boiling oil all over them and burn them alive. Shit went hard.
>>739712350I feel like Trails is as close to a VN as you can get with a JRPG and Uta is as close to an SRPG as you can get from a VN with both having a similar focus on worldbuilding and characters. I'd say they fall into a similar niche so it's a pretty easy recommendation for someone who has played one to try the others.
>>739711919Making him an intelligent and educated adult was the right choice for the story, but yeah, Haku is great because we get to see every step of his growth.One of my favorite story details of MoT/MoD is that Kuon was wracked with guilt over waking him up, and initially stayed with him out of obligation. She expected to unveil a walking god, she instead got an IT guy who couldn't even fend off a wolf. Going from there to godhood is just cool as hell.
Nekone rape correction
>>739709535Haku was always setup to sacrifice himself and I thought it was well executed, he's just that type of guy. This is probably the only story I have ever read where a character dies, has an incredibly emotional goodbye, and was revived 20 minutes later and I still found it insanely hype. I was oscillating between tears and jumping out of my seat during the final hours of the story, what a finale even if the pacing is pretty jank towards the end
>>739712532for me, it's Atuy
>>739712536MoT is damn near perfect outside of THAT antagonist and his homo squad near the end. It's such a massive black stain on the story.
>>739712515Yeah that's a good point I love how Haku works as a contrast to the expectations you'd have from the first game of who he'd be which makes perfect sense in story given she's literally Hakuoro's daughter.
>>739712608I really dunno why Raiko couldn't have been the final boss. He's the perfect antagonist imo.
>>739712682I'm sure he was originally. MoT is pretty clearly 1.5 games stuck together. They really wanted the ending they had, but weren't willing/able to make a 3rd game and what we got was the result.
>>739712532Nekone is BEST waifu.
>>739712598Big Aruruu for me. Still a brat but now built for sexooo
Man, I bought MM like a year or so ago, haven't gotten round to it yet. Really need to do so.Anyone who got the new game, is the quality better than last time?
>>739712536Completely agreed. Haku's thing is that he doesn't have much of a life of his own and lives through other people. He inherits the goals and drive from other people: Kuon, Oshtor, his brother, etc.Most stories would frame this as a bad thing that he eventually gets over, but Uta actually argues this is a fine way to live. If you love people, and you show that love by helping them achieve their goals, then what's the problem? More than that, it's the perfect personality to grant godlike powers to.I didn't even mind the death-to-resurrection thing. For one, we knew he was going to die the moment he put the mask on. We got to spring loose the previous game's MC so he can get with his canon wife, which is 10/10 trope and I wish more games did it. And his resurrection is pretty ambiguous; we know that Kuon finds purpose in looking for him, but does she actually find him? If so, is he even in a physical form that can be with her on earth? It leaves plenty to your imagination, and is a happy end without being overly contrived. I love it.
>>739713006Her and Kamyu's timeskip designs are pure sexo. Actually Niosuri is also really hot and...Also it's kinda funny that the dude literally wanted to make a kemonomimi game because he fucking likes it, so they told him "yeah but you gotta come up with a reason for the cat girls" so he made some weirdo sci-fi story. Pretty chad moveHad no idea about this prior to the recent interview>>739713130It's mostly the same, they clearly reused a lot of assets too. But I only just did the prologue so far. I'm expecting a lot of reused areas at least for the first half. But like I said on the thread I play a lot of trails so I'm used to that
>>739713224Not much of an issue with asset reuse, but unlike Trails games, MM had some pretty fucked NPC models and such. I'm wondering if they fixed some of those issues in the new game.
I forgot this game came out and we never got a translationhttps://vndb.org/v40027
>>739712536I love how MoT shows how much he's coping by pretending he's as super human as Oshtor is while the mask is barely holding his body together
>>739713368Ah, that. Honestly they look about the same? But I haven't booted MM in a while.Weren't they faceless for a bit in MM until they updated it? (I only got into Uta recently so I haven't played MM on release). I remember they changed and rebalanced a lot on MM too or something
>>739713384Nope, but there's actually a chance considering Shiravune took on translating ZAN 2 and rereleasing it.
Ive always wanted to play these, where do I start? I once heard the anime is a must watch too, this true?Also are there sex scenes in any of these? Asking so I know what versions to get.
Didn't this story end like a billion titles ago?
>>739713447That'd be neatZan 1 was pretty bad but I still bought it just to support them
>>739713453see >>739688786only the original PC version of the 1st game has sex, basically
>>739713368MM later patched in faces and such to the NPCs, the new game has it all in by default. The animation quality and such remains all the same though, like another poster said if you played the Trails of Cold Steel games it's about on par with those
>>739702624>>739703359I read your post because I ctrl + f + "underwater ray ramano"
>>739713208Didn't the soundtrack's cover art imply they met at the end?
>>739688073Oh fuck I was halfway through the first game (the rpg, I played the VN's) and I wanted to finish it before the 2nd one but I didn't know it was today.Is it the final one? No 3rd ever?
I really liked Monochrome Mobius, should I play all of these before I play the final game?
>>739713224>reason for the cat girlsThere's a lore bit about this in Uta 1 that I wish they did more with. They state that the animal hybrids that inherited the earth were genetically wired to love and obey humans, effectively maintaining the "domestication" of their base species.This reveal re-frames huge parts of the game in a pretty dark way. I thought they'd revisit it in more detail in 2 and 3, but either they changed their minds or forgot.
>>739688073https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHO7CwFmvqk
>>739713453You can play Utawarerumono 1 original PC with the H scenes, however there's also the remake 'Prelude to the Fallen' which has newer gameplay features, high quality art and some narrative changes (mainly to tie it in with later series narratives and to remove H scenes).Afterwards, you can play Mask of Deception and Mask of Truth in sequential order, which wraps up the main series narrative. These titles have no H scenes, instead being all-ages titles.Monochrome Mobious and MM Past and Present are newer entries in the series, that rely on your knowledge of the series narrative to follow the origin of certain characters (that may or may not divert from preconceived notions of the story). These are full on turn based RPGs.
>>739713701Yes.Prelude is highly recommended.MoD is a must before MoT since basically they are one big game split into two.
>>739713701I think MM is the weakest of the series by far, so yes, I think you will absolutely devour them.Keep in mind that MM is Dragon Quest lite, where those three games are 60% visual novel and 40% SRPG
>>739713701yes, definitely. It's wild you didn't beforehand, but I think they are definitely worth it.
>>739713507>>739713758What about the anime? Are they just an adaptation of the games? I read once it's its own thing the connects to them
>>739713731Yeah I remember that isn't it the reason the two MCs are literally surrounded by pussy? I don't like the haremish aspects that much but I think it's a pretty funny and slightly elegant way to justify MC wank>>739713701Huh I'd like to see what you think of the games going in that order
>>739713437Loved the scene where he's training before the capital invasion and easily beats Atuy. Normally it would be hype to see how strong he's become, but you could feel the dread knowing that this is the beginning of the end for him
>>739713584>like another poster said if you played the Trails of Cold Steel games it's about on par with those1+2 or 3+4?
>>739713896The anime is fine, but since these are VNs, you miss out on some niche details, like some characters stories not getting adapted wholly or at all. The anime feels more like a nice side product to enjoy and dislike after you've finished with the games.
>>739713731It just explains why everyone in the story has such a natural affinity and liking towards the 2 protagonists.
>>739713896The original anime series follows the first game's story quite well, the OVA even finishes off most of the important side stories that the TV episodes missed.The anime for Mask of Deception and Mask of Truth has many changes and alternative scenes, plus a bunch of brand new scenes. They are made with the modern "franchise" design so that fans of the game will want to watch the anime too, and you're supposed to play/watch both for a different view on the story.
>>739713808>>739713837>>739713886>>739713915thanks anons, i will start playing prelude asap and report in until this thread is over! i really liked the combat a lot and the just general vibes and banter between all of the characters was kino. im a sucker for turn based rpgs though
>>739714051hope you enjoy it anon. Very good and fun stories that still bring a tear to my eyes.
>>739688073I'm picking it up as well as the Zan games since they're on sale.
>>739714051I hope you're prepared that it's really a VN with some combat for flavor, and not a typical SRPG with some story between missions.I hope you'll enjoy it, it's a really good series.
>>739714090Touka is so fucking stupid I want to steal her bikini and run away while she screams
>>739714051I'm very particular about my SRPGs but Uta was fine, I liked the VN parts way more though lol. You might get a bit miffed on the pacing since there's way more text but if you enjoyed MM I think it's safe to say you'll love the VNs, godspeed anon
>>739691146>and I prefer it over the remake mostly because I think the sprites are very niceI liked the original Utawarerumono's gameplay better too because it's less balanced and your units can become OP as fuck by the late game IIRC.
The mask games would be tolerable if you cut 75% of fucking tea and booze drinking scenes that do nothing to advance the plot. There's seriously so much drudgery and padding.
>>739714159we love our bird tard guard wife
>>739713896Uta 1's adaptation is pretty solid if you watch the OVAs as well, if someone didn't want to read the first VN and watched the anime instead I wouldn't think it's a huge deal although reading the VN is still superior. The adaptations of 2 and 3 should be avoided, 2 is infamous for having a director that didn't even read it fully leading to wildly differing story elements and flanderized characters. The ending of 2, which is one of the best scenes in the series and imo one of the best cliffhangers in anything period, completely lacks weight as a result of this. 3's adaptation is technically sound and follows the source material 1-1, but it's incredibly dry and feels like a condensed speedrun of a 50 hour VN even with the 2 cour episode count
>>739714241Those are the best parts.
>>739688073Damn, feels sour coming into a definitive declaration of this being the final thing. I was always hoping on getting something covering a younger Tuskur and events from before the first game.As far as I'm aware it's their most popular and best performing IP though, so I wouldn't be surprised if they revived it eventually to keep the lights on. Aren't they still supporting the gacha, or is that done?
>>739713925Same. I went from disliking the twins (mostly because their trope doesn't interest me) to them rocketing to my top 5 because they were the only ones that knew where this was going, and without them he'd have been a pile of salt before the halfway mark.
>>739714351gacha will EOS but they are making an offline version so we can read the stories. Idk if they have plans to translate that though
>>739714241That's really only Deception, and I thought deception had a really good variety of SoL and low stakes action anyways, endless booze scenes decsribe Uta 1 a lot bettter.
>>739714154Well, i played through all of muv-luv (the main trilogy) and loved those, though they were a bit of a slog to get through during the filler parts. especially extra
>>739714159She was my first retarded swords autist. I didn't realize how common the trope was, now they're one of my favorites archetypes.
>>739714502>laura and toukafagbased, my brother in arms. You understand me!
>>739714241normally i'd agree, but they were good contrast to the rest of the game, which was dark and political and kinda sad, and the slice of life music was SO good, I never once wanted to skip a scene
>its a vn where the protagonist actually has a voice and isnt silent unlike muv-luvalready 100x better desu. really wish they made hade all of takeru's lines voiced.
It’s just the vn with more gameplay (it’s worse) and less story
>>739714241I wouldn't cut out a single one of those scenes. It's not padding, it's SOL.
>>739713208Loved loved LOVED the version of the original theme playing when he finds out he can't take the mask off. Such a small touch but it's one of my favorite scenes because of it.
>>739714681>It's not padding, it's SOL.relax chatgpt
>>739713937NTA but cold steel 1+2 looks better than MM
Speaking of using OSTs from the previous game I cried when the more vocal version of the MoD OP plays in the MoT credits.>>739714747Are you retarded? Nothing about my post would imply AI, you dumb nigger.
Really like her voice desu. Its not doing the typical anime waifu thing where they try to sound like a child.
>>739714648If he sounds familiar, first game's protagonist is voiced by the same guy as Kiritsugu from Fate/Zero and F/SN.
>>739714847>anon is so fucking new to the internet that he doesnt know that "its not x, its why" is the biggest giveaway of something being AI generated>anon is so fucking autistic he doesnt get a clear joke about it
>>739714648it's mostly thanks to the lack of sex, weirdly enough. VNs have a strong tradition of silent MCs if there's h-scenes. mostly due to self-insert reasons, and also because voice actors tend to turn their nose up to sex sceneshard to imagine the Uta games without a voiced MC. Uta 3 would have been a far inferior game without it
>>739714648Voiced protagonists always make a VN better when it's not some dating sim.
>>739714630MoD is a game I retroactively like way more once I finsihed the story and could appreciate that this is the last time we really get these cozy, laid back vibes. I remember expecting Haku to reveal his identity at the mid point of the story in the Truth, so I was caught off guard by how he gradually becomes more and more serious to the point where even when he's alone with Kuon he speaks the same way because it's no longer an act. It's why the mom scene hits so hard, it'd be very easy to fuck up the premise but the writers do an amazing job with his loss of identity and how heavy his burden has been.
>>739714905nta, but you are being weird and stupid
>>739714905Take your meds anon
>>739714848Enjoy the game anon. The soundtrack will forever live rent free in my head
>>739714848Glad you do, you'll listen to it A LOTOver time I warmed up to her but I remember being a little tired of seeing her by the end of the first game>>739714913Does the original PC version of 1 not have voice overs?>>739714952Whoa I didn't remember making this postI also think Haku is more relatable because most of us are lazy computer nerds too. At least that's part of what made me relate to him, and he's super sleazy sometimes as well
>>739715035is the game really just locked at 30 fps? i mean its fine for the vn parts but i know there are goint to be srpg parts eventually...
>>739714952Same I fully expected it to be something revealed before the game was over but no Haku was determined to keep it up for the entire game. You really get that sense of him really doing his everything to keep up the lie such that you can't help but feel for his struggle.
>>739714848Aruruu's "otou-sa~an" completely utterly wrecks me
>>739715073>Does the original PC version of 1 not have voice overs?Nope, it was completely silent. Voices came with the PS2 all-ages version.Based Mirror Moon (the group that fan translated the original PC game) managed to import the PS2 voices into the PC game's script and thus we had a hacked PC version with voices that even Japs didn't have until the remake was released.
>>739714952Absolutely. It's such a well-balanced and executed story in every way, which is impressive enough for video games in general, but for a multigame, 150+ hour series? I don't think I can think of another.
>>739715101>>739696305
>>739715225Makes sense. There goes my chance of hearing seiyuus moaning though (I think)
>>739714952Yeah MoD is full of comfy SOL because MoT has literally no breaks despite being much longer than MoD the sequel it an emotional roller coaster that never lets up.
>>739714952MoD was a game I had so much fun going through I was genuinely surprised it ended. It's one of the few games I never checked how far along I was in just because I wanted it to keep going. I can't imagine playing the mask duology as they were coming out, the wait for MoT might have been enough to kill me.
>>739696305huh, im not sure what this does. because the game has reslution options that go up to 4k, and putting this in the game folder isnt seemingly changing anything. Am I just retarded?
>>739715073>Does the original PC version of 1 not have voice overs?Totally silent.What I liked about the remake is that even though they took out the sex scenes they don't try to pretend the sex didn't happen. You get all the lead up, the sexy CGs, etc.In a lot of ways the new VO + leaving the actual sex to your imagination is hotter than the literal nudity of the original.
>>739715683I liked that too. Those games are pretty horny. Lots of bath scenes and near nudity shots
Gonna be real honest I was not a fan of the gameplay in MM. Characters are good, obviously. Story up to where I'm at has been good, though in lower quantity than usual for obvious reasons. Not sure how is it gonna be on the final half of the game, I'm only halfway through.But the gameplay... yeah, I'm mostly just tolerating it for the other aspects. And I don't mean just the combat (the combat is meh but not TERRIBLE) but the overworld and traversing around and stuff feels so cheap.
>>739715683The H scenes were really crappy anyway. It's easy to get railroaded into the shitposting mindset of "no sex scenes = censored = trash" but the remake is a better game in every way.
>>739715774It is a very humble and cheap looking game but I kinda liked it. I think the combat system worked alright, I enjoyed the ring system, and I liked the game enough for getting platI love 4niggas in a row though so I might just not be the best to judge it.
>>739715893>I love 4niggas4 niggas in a row brothers unite!
>>739715774You say that like it's a controversial opinion
>>739715937>get into utawarerumono and then got two 4niggas in a row games from itfeels good to be pandered toProject kizuna is being called an RPG so I hope it's also a 4niggas game, although I'd also be very okay with a VN too.
>>739714305>3's adaptation is technically sound and follows the source material 1-1they fucking ruined Haku's sacrifice, holy shit. why did they change camera angles so many times?For the rest I pretty much agree I'm just glad MoT turned out the way it is seeing the anime director.
is MoD anime that bad I kinda wanted to re experience the story by watching the animes, I think Kuon in the anime artstyle looks kinda cute
>>739707782>Are they going to try and "modern audience" Dungeon Travelers like Marvelous and Compile Heart are doing to Senran and Neptunia?Yes.
>>739716269Its a lot like the Persona 4 anime if you've seen that. The slice of life is good, but all the plot focused episodes are kinda shit.
>>739716269If you already played through the games it's worth a watch, the director made a fun anime at least even if it doesn't follow the game.Fuantei na kamisama playing in both MoT game and anime hyped me too much.
>>739713746I'm also retarded and post songs that come to mind from certain posts, so I just wanted to let you know I've never heard this before and I really liked it. Thank you.
>>739701265Isnt this a prequel game?
>>739706498Its a new game but it's a prequel to the trilogy about Oshtor so you already know how it ends.
>>739716838Yes*
>>739715363There are plenty of h games that have popular anime seiyuu voicing them. Just pick anything from from Yuzusoft.
>>739717091Yeah that was what I wanted to know. Is there any for saori hayami or a site I can check those
>Been having weird utawarerumono-esque dreams the last few days>see this threadWell fuck okay.I've only played the original decades ago and never seen or played anything else but I suppose now is the time to continue.I really just liked the pseudo-tribal comfiness and the mysterious ending of 1.
>>739715651did you figure it out? I think you doxxed your steam, dingus
Speaking of sword retards.
This franchise is genuinely special.
>>739716281I hope they get sold to a chink sweatshop company next and forced to gargle Xi Jinping's balls for eternity.
>>739718283They look way better in their 3d models, than in the opening cinematic, whew
>>739707782>>739719072They'll make DT3 and just release it on DMM Games like they did with 2. It sold fine there for being an old game. Aquaplus is one of the only JP devs who could not give less of a shit about what's happening in the West, they made no effort on their end to get the console port of this thread's game localized and they didn't even bother trying to get >>739713384 localized either.
>>739718185>id you figure it out?i did not figure it out and its ok if /v/ knows my steam.
I'm gonna skip monochrome mobius and skip right to this game. How bad of an idea is that?
>>739720127Same as if you played MoT before MoD.
>>739720127terrible>>739720056basically from what I read you won't see any effect until you actually get to a SRPG battle, since it only fiddles with the internal resolution for the 3D parts of the game. In Utawarerumono 1 it takes quite a bit of reading to even get to the first fight
>>739720127They're doing the Trails thing where they do a bunch of flashbacks to the past game, but they're really brief and this game so far entirely hinges on you knowing who tf Shunya is. Good luck.
>the very last Utawarerurumono game just stealthdropped>only about a 1/3 of the way through E33decisions...
>anons saying this game was shadowdropped >I was literally counting down the days to it and retweeting the countdown art on xitter>even took some time off work for itam I autistic?
>>739720127completely retarded, the first game ended on a cliffhanger for this reason
>>739719948>They'll make DT3 and just release it on DMM Games like they did with 2. It sold fine there for being an old game.B-but I was told by big name figures who swore up and down that NOTHING can succeed on PC without Steam!Regardless, good for them, I guess. It just doesn't help me much, guess we gaijins are going to be stuck with "global standards" Compile Heart/Marvelous/Inti Creates/D3P forever. At least we got LoveR Kiss and Tokyo Clanpool. And several dozen Kagura Games eroge for some reason. Really wish they would have released DT2 and 2-2 on anything other than some shitty DRM-megacucked Asian store with mostly gachashit.
>>739720376it's not very popular, expecting most people to know about it was even coming out when it didn't even get a big trailer till a little bit ago is somewhat preposterous.
>>739720376Little bit. I had this wish listed because I played mobius a few months ago but you can really only find it on Möbius’s steam page
How the hell is this 55 gigs?
>>739720376I joined a shitcord to watch someone illegally stream the 2024 Aquaplus Fes just to see the game reveals and this was one of them, I watched their phone recording of the OP multiple times and I started getting anxious when we were getting close to Fall 2025 and there was still 0 news about the game, took them until Winter to actually delay it to today's release date. Right there with you with counting down the days brother.Anju is looking cute as always btw.
Just a heads up for anyone who cares. I thought I'd have a look at the glossary since I hadn't yet and I'm pretty sure I accidentally spoiled myself. It has the face of a character which I'm pretty sure is supposed to be a big reveal later, and I've already got a pretty good idea of where Munechika's arc is going because of it.
>>739720482>B-but I was told by big name figures who swore up and down that NOTHING can succeed on PC without Steam!Japan doesn't have a Gabe cult thankfully. I would check up on the DT games rankings on DMM when they were released there and they hovered around the top game rankings for a while, and would generally come back if there was ever discounts later down the line. DMM isn't irrelevant so I'd imagine they're happy with how the games have done.The Johren ports for Westerners definitely did jackshit, that goes back to Aquaplus not really giving a fuck about the West though, if they did they would have made an exception to their DRM policy to allow GOG if they wanted the westernbucks so bad.It does sound like they're preparing Switch ports of the DT games going by recent interviews, none of their console releases support English though so I suppose you're SOL there.
>>739717246It's pretty rare to see someone as big named as Saori in eroge, which is what that anon is talking about. She was doing porn before she made it big, makes me wonder if she has done anything since she made it big with Anya back in 2022. Saori has been in VNs like the OreImo psp VNs, for example.
>>739722494>saori voice acted for a dangit ron paul fan game in 2025what the fuck
>>739721081I rapidly scrolled through it earlier just to get rid of all the New notifications, thanks for the heads up
>>739714241Kinda agree for Truth. While the story needs moments of downtime, I feel like it has too many SoL scenes for what's happening in the story.
>>739722785wait what?>>739722494Ah damn it. I know most seiyuus do porn before fame, so hopefully she has something old..>>739720906Based fellow autist, I'm not alone anymore
>>739724012I really can't recall too much downtime in Truth. The tension of Haku's deception alone gives the SoL stuff a completely different flavor
Is this the game with the big titty bird chick stripping naked while playing a card game?
>>739724634Yes.
>>739724634Yes
>>739724970>enf fetishone of the hottest scenes in the trilogy
>>739724970>>739724976That's my fetish.
In the middle of playing Monochrome already to refresh my memory. Playing on Easy and... yeah it's easy. Played it on Hard the first time 4 years ago pre-nerf and it was pretty great. I hope they keep the difficulty this time instead of nerfing it. Hard difficulty should be Hard.Really do love Munechika's gap moe, although maybe she's not as mature enough in the prequels to qualify as gap moe.
>>739688073>Final>prequel about a personal character storywho cares?
>>739726785They're hinting at time fucky wucky shit that brings it into future territory but yeah this is why they're calling it quits here and starting a new IP
>>739726785>personal character storyDid you even play the game you're upset about?
>>739688073Like final FINAL?Last trilogy they said it was final
>>739726959point being theres nothing new here.
>>739727006So that's a no then.
>>739727115it does not continue the story.
>>739724970i love how stupid she wasevery party member realizes Haku's deception at a different time in the story. her? she never got it. at the literal end of the game she's still going "???"and that's why she rules, and why her brother - who is very intelligent and immediately sussed out the deception and pretended not to notice - also rules.
>replying to shitpostersoshtor wouldn't do that
>>739726969I hope it's not, just think of the possibilities. Tuskuru is Japan, and Yamato is based on China. What if they did a story on the west or Europe with culture also based on the location the characters are in.Still got MM on my backlog, but it's way harder to be interested in a midquel
>>739727167Yeah, I really like her, but I am a Rurutieh guy myself.
>>739727216Yamato is in Russia.
>>739727215wtf yes he wouldOshtor WAS a shitposter. he loved shitposting so much he created a disguise to shitpost anonymously.
>>739727216We don't know what Project Kizuna will be, but it sounds like they just want a fresh start in general. There probably also is some internal drama that will never see the light of day.
>>739688073>sequels to literal porn games>they are now full of censorship and family friendly Lol, lmao even, you wouldn't touch this crap if you had a sliver of dignity
>mask of deception ending>makes you think the sequel is going to be an epic tale of how haku fools everyone kojima style>five mins into mask of truth, everyone and their moms already figured out ostor is haku
>>739727390Based. Rerutieh is best girl.
The brand of person who complains about the series change to all-ages have never actually played any of the games, nobody gives a fuck. Half of them are just the girls raping Hakuoro (with one being uncomfortable drunk sex) and having it never be mentioned again. Never expect Yuzuha's to actually be extremely relevant to the story though
>>739727717I really enjoyed that Mikazuchi fell for his act, but the moment they traded blows, the guy immediately went "hold the fuck on."
>>739702615>sovlfulYou sure? Because Monochrome Mobius lost all the Utawarerumono soul.
>>739727717it's been a while, who actually realizes?i remember the twin and Ougi
>>739727717It's just the twins and Ougi and Oshtor's mom who figure it out immediately
>>739702615>chinkno wonder I couldn't see the bad reviews by default
>>739727216I was hoping we'd bump into another culture that DIDN'T go with the hybrid thingsmaybe Europe went with robots instead so there's AI datacenters that are named after norse and celtic gods or something
>>739727216>Tuskuru is Japan, and Yamato is based on Chinadafuq isn't yamato clearly japan?
>>739727915>>739727917Then it's Mikazuchi, Kuon, Atuy, and Rulu who figure out later on. MM retroactively makes it kinda awkward that Munechika never realizes the truth, in the mask games you could just wave it aside as them not being super close but you find out she's known and traveled with him for a while now
>>739727717this isn't true at all, in fact great care went into both the length and circumstances of each individual character realizing the truth. that's why it was so good!!!Kuon realizing the truth only after he accidentally slips into Haku speak with "hazard pay" is a 10/10 A++++ top kino moment in all of gaming. that and the fart scene immediately afterward.
>>739727717I don't remember it being like that, except clearly for Nosuri's brother, poor Maroro never recovered after seeing him doing his act poor guy.
I'm glad the title screen does the whole "flashback to the scenes you just played" like in MM, was afraid of it just being a black screen>>739728119that whole sequence with Anju and Kuon is fucking amazing. One of the reasons I love both so much
>>739727558The all-ages duology is better than the first game thoughbeitever.
>>739727717>thinking Haku could ever pull off something like thatYou're own fault, really>>739727915Nekone were in on it from the beginning, it's impossible to fool the twins due to soulbond magic fuckery, Ougi knew immediately and kept quiet, Mikazuchi realized it wasn't Oshtor immediately upon fighting him very early in the game, Anju figured it out at some point I forget when, Kuon figured it out as soon as she returned, Atuy figured it out on that boat ride, I honestly forget when but Rulutieh figured it out at some point early while they were moving the army but it felt pretty late game when she confirmed it, Nosuri was retarded for the longest time and only had a gut feeling suspicion I think, and I forget if Kiwru or Jachdwalt ever figured it out until the very end scenes.
>>739728298I never really understood why some people were so hung up on the first game having sex scenes when the sex scenes in the first game were just there because it was mandated for VNs at that point in time to have sex scenes.
Seeing the state of modern anime fantasy depresses me, Uta's Ainu inspired setting and aesthetic was really as simple as the writer thinking "hmm, medieval western fantasy and sengoku japan is overdone, let me try something different" and going from there, is that really so hard?
>>739728387I take that back. I think there was a specific scene where him and Jachdwalt spar that made him realize it but he just chose to play it off and ignore it. It was a joke scene too because Ougi already knew and pressures him into sparring against Jachdwalt knowing he's a shitty fighter and Haku not being able to back down because of his facade.
>>739727961It's complicated, but yes, it's all clearly Japan. Most of the world outside of Yamato pulls inspiration from native Japanese people, mostly the Ainu. Yamato is based more on Japan after the Taika Reform.Thus the conflict between the two nations has a lot of levels to it. in more western terms it'd be like a culture based on Arthurian England vs. one based on imperial Britain.
>>739728727I see that's interesting. I felt both were pretty japanese but yamato is literally called yamato, so I can't see it as anything but japan kek
>>739728727>>739728851It's worth noting Yamato is literally called Yamato because the founder himself is a millennium old Japanese man.
>>739728727Interesting, it's just that it's all so wide and big, with the main city in Mask of Deception having a "forbidden city" vibe to it, and then there was that arc where there's a foreign country that tries to invade Yamato that felt like Mongolia, which made me think it was all based on China.
>no longer get Shunya pantsu while exploring):
Why does it feel like so many things are coming out today holy fuck
>>739730276MODERN AUDIENCES!Fuck Reiwa Japan.
>>739730620I mean I took this screenshot in this game, Shunya briefly has the old outfit too. Munechika gets replaced with shorts after the prologue though...
>>739726353I remember it was pretty hard until I could kill the enemies in the over world then there were pretty much just boss fights because I never lost the level advantage
>>739730761yeah it's nothing with that, ignore that retardand Munechika still shows her fat ass with her shorts all the time in the new outfitI'm sure there will be some fanservice cgs later
surprised the game wasn't spoiled to dead but i guess people had standard with this series
>>739730912It's because it's Japan-only and the Japanese tend to have higher standards with spoiling things willy-nilly.
I played Mask of Truth and Mask of Deception up to the point where Haku became a guardian deity. Do I need to play anything else to get caught up on lore before playing this?
>>739731005...but it's not?
>>739729657Its so far ahead in the future the continents moved a bit, Tuskur, is japan, Yamato is russia and china, but yeah it pulls a bit from that.>>739728005Munechika is also a canonical idiot with yes milord vibes. There's a reason she's haku's nieces nanny. She's only good for fighting and baby sitting. Not that that's a bad thing in her position.
>>739731034Just gotta play Monochrome Mobius before this one
>>739731034>Do I need to play the 4th game before the 5th?Yes retard.
rip
>>739727390Best girl
>>739731034Mobius is the only game you need to play before this one
>>739730912It's pretty niche and the people that like it are pretty better people on average due to all the emotional stuff being its highlight and said people wouldn't generally be the type to want to ruin things for others. This is one of those situations where you'll never find another person in real life who likes it, even if you went to 20 conventions, but if you did I'm sure it would be an instant bonding experience.
>>739730912The mask games were spoiled within days but thats thanks to loc being unannounced. I actually bought a JP copy for vita and considered learning moon with it and shortly after it got an official EN release. The mask games together are like 100 hours or more(reading) however. These were released the same as JP.
>>739731258sound good in the end of people who like to spoil everything on game launch
>>739707782I want a new dungeon Travellers so bad.
>>739726969>>739727216Lost flag covers some parts of what happens to haku and friends post game, but I'd much rather they cover this in its own title. My understanding is that all the female chars ascended to godhood at later points in life in the story but maybe some lost flag autist can explain it better. TLDR harem end. Ironically with his niece too but I don't know how that played out.
I want to wait until someone reaches the ending to tell me if it's good or bad, this is one of my favorite series ever and my life will genuinely get a little bit worse if it ends poorly. All three VNs have exceptional endings but you never know
>>739731745Menbros…
>>739688073They are just milking the series with these 2 trash jrpgs.
>>739731770I've been playing it all day. I've been enjoying it so far, but who knows how it will end. Pic related is the best part so far.
>>739731978Why does Mikazuchi larp as an oji-san and lust after children when Munechika is right there
>>739691662>actually my vtumor is epic and based and not a whore like the other onesshut the fuck up vtranny
Are the NPCs still these uncanny faceless mannequins like in the first game?I love the original Uta trilogy but so much of Mobius just kinda rubbed me the wrong way, I got maybe a little less than halfway through and didn't feel like playing anymore.
>>739732702No. Also they patched Mobius so they aren't faceless anymore.
>>739732750Neat, thanks for the info.I'll probably go back and finish it some time.Actually maybe I'll just play the trilogy again too, it's been a couple years.
>>739731745I don't pay attention to any gacha shit. The way that stuff is monetized and works means everyone is a god or goddess and there's time travel and other dimensions and other crap that flies in the face of canon and QUICK BUY NOW LIMITED EDITION ATUI WITH HAT and other crap. I still adore Aquaplus, but man, them attempting a gacha really pains me.
>>739732983I've seen speculation that they feel safe under Yuke's (they acquired Aquaplus around August last year) enough that they could move on from the gacha to completely focus on console games (also Yuke's themselves doesn't operate in the mobile space). With how much more volatile gacha had gotten since 2019 (Lost Frag) I definitely can't see them being brave enough to try and get back in.
Shiravune please.
>>739733136>Yuke's (they acquired Aquaplus around August last year)I had no idea this happened. Well, I hope it works out for them. It generally doesn't bode well when companies acquire other ones since it affects their creative freedom and such, but I guess we'll see. I'd love to see Aquaplus make more stuff, either brand new things or a return to VNs. If they can join together with Sting again (which is great at the game side of things) I would look forward to video games again.
>>739733342"you killed the banditsthx"
>>739733630>either brand new things or a return to VNs.Both are happening!https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/aquaplus-announces-jasmine-visual-novel-revivalhttps://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/aquaplus-announces-new-rpg-project-kizunaThere was an interview just last month regarding how things are going with them and Yuke's now that they've settled in therehttps://www.rpgsite.net/news/20033-aquaplus-yukes-show-interest-in-bringing-dungeon-travelers-tears-to-tiara-to-current-platformsIt's at least one of the more trustworthy companies they could have ended up under in my opinion, Yuke's is well known and historic in the niche Japanese games space. This wasn't like, Netease acquiring them thankfully. They were previously under a conglomerate called HIKE who did the "we're abandoning consumer media" shtick so I see where they ended up as an upgrade.
>>739731745Lost Frag was pretty crap and I wouldn't take anything they introduced in it seriously. And this is coming from someone who played it until EOS.
>>739733342This is the normal jrpg experience for me and has been for like 10 years at this point. Except for her name.
>>739734060Wow, that's fantastic news. No one can write VNs the way Aquaplus can, the interactions are just so endearing and lovable. Thanks for sharing this info to me, it made my night.
>>739716269They fucked over Nekone hard in the MoD anime, which unfortunately bleed over into the MoT anime too.
>>739716281>>739719072>>739719948>>739720482>>739721434They already said they may have the DT ports and DT3 be switch japan exclusive due to westoid faggotry lol.
>>739734294Oh I couldn't care much about it either, just the lore snippets for more closure.
>>739735090>they already said they may have the DT ports and DT3 be switch japan exclusiveThey will still go to PC probably head to GOG or somewhat better.
>>739735659Aquaplus has a DRM required policy, annoyingly, so not even the DT PC ports ended up there. They'll probably do a Johren release again for an English DT3 if that game actually happens, but that might even be up to Shiravune if localizing it is worth it if that's all they can do. It could remain a JP exclusive game if it happens.
>>739735754>They'll probably do a Johren release againNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!>oh, you moved a folder on your PC? Windows forced another update on you? your computer farted? time to waste another activation of your exactly three (3) allocated. out of activations? fuck you goy, buy it again.
>>739688073Is this game set in the main story or alternate story like Lost Flag?
>>739736235No one knows. The previous game was unclear and no one in these threads is far enough into the new one to say.
>>739735754Wouldn't surprise me if the johren DT ports sold like ass.They may forego a PC release entirely to get free nintendo direct marketing.
>>739736560Nintendo is not putting a Dungeon Travelers game in a Direct unless it's massively neutered to a comical level.
>>739689287Zan 2 is good, 100% skip the first one though.
>>739724970So was Oshtor regularly playing strip poker with her throughout Mask of Deception? This happens far too quickly for it to be a new thing.
>>739737318Oshtor loved getting naked with the bros. She probably started joining in at some point and everyone was too drunk/polite to say anything.
>>739736606reminder the westoid direct is already skipping some jp direct games lol
>thread made me interested in finally checking out this series>see those historical lows on the trilogy gamesIt'll probably never be that low again but it still hurts buying at the current prices
I've played a bit of the first game and I kinda liked it (besides the gameplay). Is the story good though?
>>739737958They're half off pretty much every major sale. Just pirate them and then buy them at Christmas or whatever if you want to support the devs.
>>739738149Yes
>>739738149The story is the focus, if you're getting into this series for the gameplay you're going to be sorely disappointed.
>>739738220I wanted to play it for the story but I got hit with the dogshit waste of time gameplay and I kinda just stopped playing. I'll pick it up again.
>>739738304Gameplay is like 30% of Prelude, 20% of Deception, 40% of Truth, majority of the game for Mobius, seemingly significantly less of the game for Past and Present considering it unlocks instant enemy kills if you just kill 3-4 enemies in an area and then defeat an easy boss that spawns.
Nekone love!
Rank the openings:Uta OVA > Uta3 Game > Uta Prelude > Uta Anime > Uta2 Game > Uta 2 Anime (Op1/2) > Uta 3 Anime.God I love the OVA's opening so much. >>739728387>>739727915In order:>Nekone (because she was there)>Twins obviously>Kuon during the fight with Anju>Mikazuchi when they faught>Jachdwalt and Ougi kinda already knew>Rulu when she ends up accidentally seeing Haku with Oshtor's mom>Atuy (?), I think it's when she kisses him but it's just more of I don't think she really cares lol>Anju and Kiwuru I think was the last one to find out and it's only during the mask unreveal scene.
>>739740686I remember not liking Nekone that much throughout Uta2 but the ending of Uta2 to Uta3 just made her one of my favorite characters. Sad they changed the ending in 2. (Did they retcon it still in the anime and went "lol forget what happened in 2 anime") Honestly, shit was so peak legit felt so bad for her as he fucks up the W for Oshtor.
>>739727390>Her and Hakus daughter is in gacha hellSad
>>739741126No, they did not fix that in the MoT anime. Which cuts out most of her character development.
>>739741475lmfao that's hilarious. what about Kuon's birth since Uta1 didn't cover that either.
>>739727390I remember really liking her but then I watched the anime (honestly it was a bit too much in the games too) but the whole fujo OMG I LOVE YAOIIIIIII shit got me a little turned off ngl....
>>739706552best trope
>>739688073I actually REALLY enjoyed the previous game. It was one of the best balanced JRPGs I've played in so long. It also had a novel turn order system. Story was pretty good to. It's definitely the best JANK JRPG I think that has been released. Also holy shit the sequel is 50gb, the original was only 25 wtf am I in for?
WAIT IT RELEASED, WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME
>>739744004I live in Japan and I've literally seen no marketing. This game is being left to die :( I think Aquaplus has people that just kind of want to move on from the franchise, and fair enough, it kind of ended perfectly with mask of deception anyway.
>>739744078Mask of Truth I mean.
>>739744078doubt aquaplus has the money for marketing right now, they basically just got saved from bankruptcy by another parent companywithout that they may not even be doing switch ports and would have decided to close up shop instead
Recommend your obscure jrpg, eroge or not, from a dying company anons please. I want to suffer from bitterness. I know bunny black (rip), Alchemy meister is more of a srpg
>>739744297Young people are just too illiterate to be able to read long form VNs nowadays. Makes me sad. I wonder if we every get a grand fantasy VN ever again.
>>739744437>we will never have a grand fantasy vnI would buy all of them if they were fucking translated man. My nihongo skills is still too low. It fucking sucks because a lot of them have kino setting/story
>>739744437Anon, the VN market is thriving because of the switch right now.Amusingly enough compile and IF are barely kept on life support due to all the otomeslop they keep shitting out.
>>739744507Wait Compile Heart is stile alive?
>>739744495you have had over 2 decades to learn and people keep telling you to learn asap because overseas localization are going to dry up quickly, on top of what does get trannylated are literal fanfics
>>739744564depends, do you consider being a literal chink puppet company to be "alive"?
>>739688073whats the play order for these games? also why did they stop doing h scenes?
>>739744648Because they never wanted to do them in the first place.
>>739744583Man 2 decades I was still a baby, I didn't even know english yet. I am making up for lost time
>>739744564being a chink puppet company is not a joke by the way, they love shilling gachaslop despite failing to get any slice of that pie, to the point most of SvS is how traditional gaming is dead and outdated and how japan should get on with the times with the gambling simulators
>>739744648>what's the play order of these games:/
>>739744648Play the VNs in order then the JRPGs
>>739744376No, fuck off. I'm gatekeeping your ass.
>>739744376just continue playing more compile heart slop like all the compileniggers
>>739744376>Alchemy meister is more of a srpgCalling eushully a dying company is comical.
>>739745272Ah well.
>>739688073Glad I waited until now to go all in on Uta stocks. Nabbed MM when it was under $20 and it paid off with a nice discount for this new game. All the VNs are cheap enough now I guess. Prelude was still cheaper in the past but the others are better than previously.
>>739736036>oh, you moved a folder on your PC? Windows forced another update on you? your computer farted? time to waste another activation of your exactly three (3) allocated. out of activations? fuck you goy, buy it again.This was my experience with them too. Fuck Johren.
>>739744078You're not looking hard enough.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NheniQOSgVM
>>739736036>>739748748Just pirate it retards.The point of buyfagging is supporting the devs and fast-tracking updates (for early access slop/quickly updated games).In this case you can just buy it then use the pirated copy or crack it yourself by just downloading the crack.
>>739688073Is monochrome mobius actually any good? The VN trilogy is one of my favorite things ever but I remember trying to play MM for a couple hours and was just so bored I couldn't force myself to keep going. But I'm wondering if it gets good later on.
>>739749630There's some good scenes here and there but overall it felt pretty mediocre. The last few hours are pretty good and the hook for the sequel is interesting
>>739688073so, whats censored this time?
>>739750671probably a b8 but i'll bite
>>739750949I'm erect
>>739749573cringe
did they ever go back on the butt slap scene?
>90% of the discussion both on here and reddit is about the play order and which anime to watchvery sad, no one actually has anything to say about the games themselves
it's a VN bro. the gameplay is basic as fuck, do people talk about the gameplay in drakengard except how much it fucking SUCKS? i mean luckily uta gameplay doesn't SUCK.
>>739688073Are there still copious drinking scenes in this one? I would drink along to the older games and get absolutely shitfaced in like an hour tops.
>>739753286Are you blind
Question to the anons who are farther than the first obelisk: Is the game too easy on Hard? So far it's really easy, MM wasn't super hard or anything but some bosses had bite at leastAlso (spoilers for the third hour of the game or so) this character looks like they are from another franchise entirely, but at least they're cute
>>739688073Looks like it’s falling apart at the seams judging by the trailer. Those action titles are substantially more polished
>>739688356Good
>>739754696Yes. I'm about 10 hours in and the area minibosses are only just starting to do anything to me.
>>739753286Are you retarded
>series seem interesting>can't stop reading up about it>ok, this actually looks like it's worth checking out>I spoiled at least half of big events and plot points for myself while looking into the gameauueghh...
>>739756858That's why you should have just played the vns first anon
>>739756858I'm glad I went into it blind. I didn't even know it was an "isekai">mfw Uta1 twistDi is honestly wasted as a villain though. That's my biggest gripe with Uta1 and the fact you can't fuck the other girl who loses her mind. (I mean before not after you sick fucks! She's not even mentioned in Uta2/3 so ouch....) You'd think so because MC kept meeting up with her in secret and kept petting her and shit wtf.
>>739756973If you fucked her before she went a little hitler then no one would care
>>739756973Sakuya is also super cute, I love her design seeing her retarded literally broke my heart thoughAlso did it blind so the ice twist in Uta 1 was when I got super into the series. I fucking love this trope
How long is Monochrome Mobius anyways? I'll see if I can tackle it this weekend so I can get started on this one. Speaking about Uta1 while I sorta get it now, I swear to god the whole background of the plot is confusing as fuck. Especially that one mindscrew scene where Aruruw "dies". I sorta get it as MC is probably crossreferencing the two events but shit's confusing since there's just a time jump and they pretend it like never happens. Even had to watch the anime to do another double take and I was still confused.
>>739757103>How long is Monochrome Mobius anyways?I got plat in 49 hours but I spent way more than I needed trying to make the equivalent of the Metal Slime spawn for a cheevo. I think I was doing the wrong method because as soon as I did it in a different way the fucker spawned.But I think the game is around 35-40 hours for a normal playthrough, the platinum is not that hardAnd yeah I was a little confused too. But I think it fits since Hakuowlo is remembering a lot of jumbled up stuff and is as confused as we are iirc
>>73975710330-50 hours depending on how fast you play jrpgs
>>739757089yo i was fucking losing my mind when >it's revealed hakuowlo is just some random university student archeologist. I thought it would just be full fantasy so seeing it as post apocolypse[/spoiler ] was top tier shit FUCK. I now wanna replay the entire series again.... I can probably make do with the anime but Uta1 adds Eruruw (I'm not complaining but the fact she's there in some random scenes just awkwardly standing in the back) everywhere and makes them the main couple (which they really should be) makes the ending a bit awkward since I don't think Uta1 anime even ends with revealing Kuon.>>739757254>40 hoursFUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK man if someone beats the game, I'll peak in here just tell me please if the ending is good or bad for this one.... I want more but I don't want to play two games to get blueballed AGAIN.
I'm a filthy anime only with no motivation to play the games, but it's nice to see this series continues to live somewhat.
>>739757293Yep. Seeing more ruins in the mask game was really cool too, I love seeing old ruins with overgrown vegetation and stuff. Did you play the original PC game? I played the remake and I felt Eruuruu was already heavily pushed there as the main girl anyway. Dunno if it changed from the original.
>>739757769Nope only played Prelude (Remake) and watched the anime. It's still the same like all the girls kinda sleep with Hakuowlo (Karula/Eruruw/Yuzuha are canon. I don't remember if Ulthury is canon, they changed Touka's event iirc and we all know Camyu turned into a vampire (lol)) but it did feel like Hakuowlo and Eruruw had the most emotional connection.
>>739744583reminder that they paid money to these cretins to rape their gameThey deserve zero sales
>>739744078that's why prequel games with Oshtor just sound uninteresting as fuck to me.
>>739757769> Dunno if it changed from the original.They didn't change anything at all between the originals and the remake, the only exception are the sex scenes getting removed. Other than Yuzuha's for continuity reasons.
>>739758516Good to know it was a faithful remake, my autistic ass would want to play the original otherwise. I still wanna try it because the sprites are charming, who I am trying to fool
>>739690552?? Fate sex scenes were decent and had character work in them
>>739756973Prelude was amazing until the end, but Japan always has to throw some weird twist in every game. >Woah this is great, I'm a commander protecting my dog girl village>final chapter>"Utsulnemetiea activate!">OhRaging Loop, the list goes on.It was still a good experience though.
>>739760842You should always go in expecting a switcheroo
>>739697501Man I hope they have enough digital copies reserved for you, anon!
>>739760842The twist was kino and elevated the whole thing
>>739758516I mean.... iirc Karlula still does thank you thank you thank you thank you to MC for helping her and you literally take of Eruruw's clothes off while cuddling with her. It just fades to black though.>>739760842fuck off elevated kino
>>739760842>turns out, I was the villain all along, pls kill me>you play as the rest of the party killing the MC>he's somehow back in the third game, completely finewhat a retarded story, please just commit to something, hate this kind of writing where nothing matters
>>739760842The entire game (and series) is built on top of that twist. It's not a rugpull, it's a re-contextualization.
>>739762469Are you stupid or something?
>>739762469how on earth did you spend 200 hours on a series of games and still not understand them? what on earth...
>>739762487I mean later games are built on the twist sure with adding robots but Prelude to the Fallen is pretty much all medieval fantasy
>>739762649And it doesn't make the later games bad. I like the series I should clarify lel. I also like Raging Loop even though it threw in scientific explanations. And I will probably like Raging Loop's sequel too.
>>739762826>>739762487Abel-Camus turning into Abh-Kamu or whatever to show the dragradation of language was a cool piece of world building
>>739762649I'm really not following your complaint here. It might *appear* as medieval fantasy with catgirls, but there were signs almost from the first hour that there was more going on than that. The way Uta handles twists can be best summarized as "everything has an explanation, even the things you don't expect"Take the robots you mention. At first it's easy to see them as magical, animated armors. Then you learn that they're essentially hazmart suits combined with the power loader from Alien, and it re-contextualizes them, the nation that's using them and why, etc. etc. You didn't expect those things would be explained, but they were, and the explanation is cool as hell.
>>739763319It's a remark on how VNs need a scientific explanation for their cat girl liquor drinking strategy rpg, not a complaint
>>739760842Fuck you faggot, the twist in Prelude is genuinely fucking brilliant. One of the best twists in the medium.
>>739764047Yeah whatever I'm not gonna dunk on a niche series I actually enjoy
>>739691662Good hag taste Anon.
>>739754696Is she an HMX model android?
The twist gets the most attention but I thought the creation myth for the setting was awesome, both Uitsualnemetia and Onvitaikayan worshippers are correct and they don't necessarily contradict each other, they're just missing parts of the whole story
I put Prelude to the Fallen in my top 25 games but I can still joke about the cliche sci-fi plot twist. It's not bullying.
Do any bratty lolis get corrected?
>>739768314>they couldnt show this in the VN
>>739768614Loli ass is too powerful for CERO
>>739768614>>739768920Her bare butt was censored for the western release actually.https://exhentai.org/s/d82967701d/935593-63
How good is the gameplay/combat of the series?
>Zan is still $34 eachwhat the fuck
>>739769650basic as fuck. fun mini game to time the rhythm of shit though so at least you're always engaged.
>>739744564their Ariana game was pretty good imo
>I'm just saying the mech battle was kind of silly>"Local man bullies indie JRPG"
>>739771285it was a pretty mild complaint and an even more mild reaction to it. nobody even called each other a slur. i think it's fine.
>>739744376Bunny Black 3's translation released a few days ago. Just play that.
>>739758252Reminder we cognize from retards like jello that they straight up lie to the JP side by giving them a good translation first and zogging it up after getting approval.
>>739773707Wait for real? BB1+2 are my favourite eroge out there.
>>739774171https://github.com/arc-tl/bunnyblack3Yeah, it's by the same guy that translated 1 and 2. Not sure if there's a pre-patch out there, so you'll have to patch the game yourself if there isn't. BB3 has tech issues that he couldn't fix though, so it might be bugged here and there.
>>739774392Nice, thanks for the heads up anon. I'd honestly given up hope in BB3 to be honest. It was the tech issues for why it wasn't translated before until now if I remember correctly.
>>739750671It's problematic now to see pantsu of teenage girls. Need to adjust to westoid standards, pleasu understand.
I hope it really isn't the actual finale of Utawarerumono, but I guess they kind of wrote themselves into a corner with the end of MoT. I really hate prequels because everything is already set in stone. I already bought this and will start playing it this weekend, but I still want to voice my displeasure towards prequels. I want to know what happens next, not what things happened in the past but were completely irrelevant. (or else they would have been known)
>>739775321damn bro, get that one trending with Pirat Nation and Mangalawyer
>>739776813Doesn't really matter, with how that game looks (quote literally animations from 20+ years ago) it will not sell with or without shitstorm. I feel almost bad for bashing it. lol
>>739775758It is hard to imagine a sequel that doesn't do the pandering Star Wars thing where everybody has some relation to the previous entries.
>>739778189Well, it would be a story continuation so some of that is required. It's not like the Mask games weren't full of references and cameos as well, but those established characters did step aside to let a new story be told so I don't see why they couldn't do that again. You could move time ahead again possibly since the animal people age slowly.
>>739688073it died after the very first game, fuck 'em for going SFW
>>739775758My hope is that whatever they're moving on to is just set in the other parts of the same world, but not really connected besides the origin of the population.
sometimes I wonder if /v/ really is filled with bots
>>739778189>>739779874You could tell a story about the ice age survivors but I’m pretty sure all the monsters/onviyatan got nuked so it’d have to be a new threatThey made up a new continent for the JRPGs so it could work (depending on how this one ends)
>>739775321the sad part about seeing this is that utamono is niche enough that the people pushing the second half of the image will never play it
>>739719121All the game's budget went into animating them unironically.
So, what's next for Aquaplus? They announced Project Kizuna and a Jasmine revival 2 years ago then got bought out by Yuke's last year. Also, why did it take them so long to port their games to the Switch lmao, especially if they're just going to pander to the Japanese crowd.
>>739781359I think it'd be easy enough for there to be a lot of unintended consequences of everything that went down in MoT. Like you mentioned there's the climate vastly changing and it wouldn't be hard to think of a bunch of other things that went haywire without the Mikado (or others) maintaining them, creating a bunch of chaos. Well, I don't blame Aquaplus if they're tired of writing it 25 years later.
>>739783095ToHeart 3 maybe?
>>739775321?>>739750949 b
>>739783095They vehemently refused to port anything to the switch until they were basically bankrupt, got bought by another company, and that company started to force them to do switch ports.
>>739715683Iirc there's a patch to add vo from the all-age version to the pc version. Of course, the sex scenes are not voiced. I actually couldn't get into prelude. The combat feels worse compared to uta 1, 2, and 3. I remember losing units even on normal in uta 1 and getting raped by monkies in stage one and had to turtle in a corner on hard. Prelude seems to have mixed all 3 games together to produce a mix of unsatisifying slop for combat.
>>739783646That's her outfit from the 1st game. She changes into shorts like 30 minutes into the 2nd.
literally no one is even talking about the new game
I'm busy finishing pragmata first
>>739688073>under water ray romano>without the pornpointless
>>739783968>aquaplus was basically dead for a decade because their beloved ziony effectively banned non-kosher jp games and killed the vita>they were the first ones to get fucked over by valve by banning DT whose sales would have put them back on track>and then they refused to port jack to the switch>now they basically shadowdrop this gameim surprised the thread didnt die at like 50 posts tops
>>739731418I pirated the Japanese version on PS3 before the English version came out. and then bought physical for the vita. The crit timing is much easier on vita. Ps3 had more effects though.
>>739783968I'm busy finishing Expedition 33 first
>>739784049>mask games>pointless
>>739784049you never played the original because nobody who did would say this retarded shit lmaoFucking godawful H
>>739783968They released it on a Wednesday. Maybe it will pick up on the weekend? I'm personally replaying Mobius and will have it finished in a few days before moving onto the sequel. >>739783303That'd be cool, but at the same time I feel like it's a monkey paw to have a VN set in the current day. Smartphones, streamers, gacha, etc kind of make me depressed so they would need to it back in the time of the originals. >>739784394Please don't feed the "Aquaplus SFW" schizo.
>>739741054Uta anime best. The intro was perfect.
>>739783968Because nobody bought it. According to chink and jap reviews on Steam (there's only 53 total reviews), the game has multiple problems on PC, like black screens and crashes. Also, Aquaplus is STILL retarded and didn't release English versions on consoles, so you're not going to see much discussion from English readers here.
>>739783968busy replaying MoD/MoT
>>739783968There is 5 hours of cutscenes before there's any real gameplay, I'm barely into the actual swing of things now. I wouldn't have it any other way with Utaware really but we'll probably need people to finish the game to have real discussion.Also seems like a lot of people didn't know this was coming out. Makes a pretty big difference in the West when you go from Atlus/NISA to just Shiravune making some tweets I guess. I'm the autist who was living and breathing this game's announcement since 2024.
>>739784636>black screens and crashesWorks on my machine. The only problems I've had were some graphical bugs with weapons not appearing on the field and once Halu was invisible in combat. I think the weapon thing got patched though.
>>739784636works on my machine too so far>>739784686god I wish Karulau would amazon press me
>>739783968i just got into these games and am almost done with prelude
what the fuck does this screen even mean? I don't remember it in MM >>739784896Enjoy the ride bro
>>739784896enjoy anon, currently replaying MoD/MoT and I'm having a great time
>>739783095Jasmine will probably get a full reveal late this year and release next year. Although Yuke's says they're "creating an engine for visual novels" so who knows if that will halt it a bit. Kizuna is a full fledged 3D JRPG again and since they just released one I could see it taking until 2028.The Yuke's acquisition only finalized in the last few months. Yuke's wants to port Dungeon Travelers, Routes and Tears to Tiara to Switch. They've expressed interest in doing ToHeart 3 and Dungeon Travelers 3 but those are simply ideas floating around and nothing more at the moment. They also said if they do ToHeart 2 it won't be a remake like 1, just a port.Expect a lot of ports pretty much.
>>739784636>>739784814The black screen bug is exclusively if your language is set to Simplified Chinese according to the shiravune discord. That's why there's a bunch of negative Chinese reviews.
>>739785238Japanese developer incompetence that miraculously turns into something based. But also retarded of Aquaplus to not test it when chinks are probably where most of their profit comes from nowadays.
Touka my beloved
>>739785238>The black screen bug is exclusively if your language is set to Simplified ChineseUh, based?
>>739785531>But also retarded ofd Aquaplus to not test it when chinks are probably where most of their profit comes from nowadays.I hope this makes them realize steam ports are not worth it and turn into a switch exclusive dev.They would really use the nintendo direct free marketing.
>>739785616dumb as a bird but that's why she's amazing
>>739785993>begging for PC ports for his baby toyfuck off tendie retard
>>739786323Are you retarded? This literally did launch for ethe switch.
>>739785993It's too late. They had a literal decade to and didn't do anything in that time and now they're playing catch-up. But I guess a start would be bringing over the Underwater Ray Romano games to the west, considering the games already have English support.
>>739787036OG Uta was a PC only gameNobody buys 3rd party games on Switch because you toddlers only buy Bing Bing Wahoosnow kill yourself
>>739786323?
Uta isnt big enough of a francise to have its own dedicated schizo in every thread
>>739688073>Japanese anime game>looks like a PS3 titleAnime games are only made in China. Japanese anime games don't exist, it's just a bad joke
>>739783968I say the main problem is nobody fucking played Mobius and this was essentially fucking stealth dropped. Like what the fuck man? Now I only got 3 weeks to finish this and Mobius before I'm back RTO......
>>739787498At least this is one upfront purchase and it'll still be playable in 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 years
>>739787643>50, and 100 yearsThat's very unlikely.
>bump limitGood thread, although light on talk of the actual game. Will need to have another one once people have had a chance to play it. Although that also means that I would need to avoid the thread to avoid spoilers. See you guys next time.
>>739788053They did not do Nekone justice in the MM games. She looks derpy.
>>739788053I’m starting tomorrow because I’m doing the final chappy of DR2 today
Can anyone playing the game check if it's really black void under Shunya's skirt or is it a black pantyhose with detailed panties underneath?
>>739788335It's not a void but there's no detail. The new Neptunia has panty shots too but onenof the new girls has pantyhose so they just didn't give her any detail... Only Falcom has that panties under pantyhose magic I guess.
>>739788335Its not a black void, you can see up past her hips.
>>739787498>lookse like a PS3 titleThat is praise at this point when the alternatives are blurry goyslop graphix or chinks doing ADHD overanimations to hide their lack of talent.
underwater ray romano started as a porn game but it cleaned itself up for console release (sorta like Type-Moon did) since it had a lot of worldbuilding and plot to tell beyond just having PLOT to showbut it lost a lot of its spirit after that one dude died. it's been going for a VERY long time
Good, but not best girls spotted.
I remember trying to map it out and forgetting my conclusion, what part of the world did the great bridge connect to, that is, Arva Shulan? Given Tuskur is Japan and Yamato is likely Russia/China, is Arva Shulan the Philippines or something?
>>739789531Its China. Yamato is basically all eastern Russia.
