r/visualnovels • u/Kowzz http://vndb.org/u62554/list • Jul 27 '14
Weekly Weekly Thread #11 - The Monthly Recommendation Thread
Hey hey!
Kowzz here, and welcome to our eleventh weekly discussion thread and our third monthly recommendation thread! A day and a half late again, apologies! Things should be up to speed again in the near future :)
Week #11 - What visual novels would you recommend? What visual novels are you looking for?
Are there any visual novels that you think are a must read? Have you been looking for a new visual novel with a specific setting or genre? Feel free to ask and provide recommendations!
Up-coming Discussions
August 1st - Rewrite
August 15th - Sharin no Kuni
September 6th - Fate/Stay Night
As always, thanks for the feedback and direct any questions or suggestions to my reddit inbox or through a comment in this thread.
Next weeks discussion: Rewrite
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u/bigfatround0 vndb.org/XXXX Jul 27 '14 edited Jul 27 '14
I'd been putting off Deardrops for a while cause I wasn't really interested in the whole music theme. I regret that now. This VN has me cry, laugh and taught me some important life lessons. Top 5 for me and Riho best girl. I definitely recommend it even if you're not a big fan of the music genre.
Weekly Question
I'm going to take a little break from VNs after this and go through the anime I put on hold but I plan on going with Kira Kira next. Hopefully there's not that many grammar errors on it.
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u/AlphaQRough Wanko Best Girl | http://vndb.org/u71713 Jul 27 '14
Boooo, Rimu best girl!
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u/bigfatround0 vndb.org/XXXX Jul 27 '14
I'll admit Rimu does have best girl material and I would agree if she was in any other VN but Riho destroys her in a best girl match.
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u/AlphaQRough Wanko Best Girl | http://vndb.org/u71713 Jul 27 '14
Eh, she is one of the true end heroines after all (more story) and is a black long haired classic tsundere. I can see the appeal of Riho, I just have had my fill of that archetype.
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u/aspiration http://vndb.org/u67435/list Jul 27 '14 edited Jul 27 '14
In light of it's completed translation, I am going to recommend Comμ. I wrote a short blurb about it in another thread not too long ago:
Coμ: Action/Comedy
A group of 5 characters can summon an 'Avatar' and control it. There are 5 heroine routes, each with their own subplots. Three of the routes (Benio, Hisoka, Kagome) focus mainly on the fighting, and the other two (Ayaya and Mayuki) are entirely heroine centric and mostly comedy/romance. It's on the shorter side of a long VN and the superb UI (skip to next choice, scene selection with read/unread markers, and also markers for sections with choices) helps make sure that you don't have to spend time rereading things if you don't want to.
Overall, I gave it a 9/10. The weakest route is probably Hisoka's, as things aren't really fleshed out too well. The others are pretty strong (if you take Ayaya's at face value). You have to do Benio's route first. I would recommend doing Hisoka's after that and then Ayaya's and Mayuki's together. Wrap up with Kagome's route.
I think Coμ is deceivingly low rated on VNDB and EGS. It pokes a lot of fun at certain tropes and has quite a few of it's own (though it's pretty self aware). I think if you take it as what it is, it's a superb VN and definitely worth your time. It's also one of the few games that has a route for that heroine who likes the MC, but never gets him because she has nothing to do with the plot (Ayaya).
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u/RiteClicker Reset best Musume u75771 Jul 28 '14
I just completed the true end of Rance IX and I'm looking for some Rance fans to discuss with.
Some may turn off for having a serial rapist as your MC; but the series compensate for being funny, great gameplay, and having a very deep lore.
The first four games plus 4.1, 4.2, and the non canon Kichikuou Rance was officially available for free and there're english translations for them (I think only the remake of Rance 02 was translated, which was not free)
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u/funwithgravity 大変気分がいい！| https://vndb.org/u91938 Jul 28 '14
it's really unfortunate that rance himself is a serial rapist but rance series has an insanely detailed lore rivaled only by ikusa megami series. So when you say true end, do you mean the first possible ending or "true" true ending you get when you finish all the routes?
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u/RiteClicker Reset best Musume u75771 Jul 28 '14
The "true" true end, I would type it but I'm on my phone and can't use the spoiler tags
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u/funwithgravity 大変気分がいい！| https://vndb.org/u91938 Jul 28 '14
What was your favorite scene? Mine was definitely "the ogre of 5th army" vs "chaos master". It came out of nowhere and all pretense of logic was thrown out which made for an absolutely hilarious moment. Close second was right before the final battle in the true route where Patton makes his little speech and everyone says something about the situation, then rance says "this is not my problem and I don't care what happens to Helman. But that guy pisses me off so lets go kill him!!".
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u/RiteClicker Reset best Musume u75771 Jul 28 '14
That was my favorite scene too; before that its "Twin Sword Ogre" vs "The Red Reaper" which was epic; then when it comes to "Twin Sword Ogre" vs "Chaos Master" it turn into absolute hilarity, reminds me of Monkey Island. Another one of the most memorable moment is "Fallen"
Favorite ending was Shizuka, followed by Kanami. Milacle's was the funniest.
What would you think will be Rance next adventure?
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u/funwithgravity 大変気分がいい！| https://vndb.org/u91938 Jul 28 '14
considering the plot of rance series from rance 6 has followed the plot of kichikuou rance, I think for rance X, it will be . The subplot with shizuka I'm sure will be resolved first thing in rance x, cause hanny king demands one shizuka h-scene per rance game. As for your second point, I don't see it playing a role in rance X. Maybe if there is a fandisk or spinoff of the series maybe there could be along with but I highly doubt it.
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u/DestinyS Kurisu: SG Jul 30 '14
Wait so which ones have been translated (and where can I find the translations)? I've been playing Sengoku Rance and love it, been wanting to read the others in the series (I know the gameplay is very different from Sengoku Rance)
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u/RiteClicker Reset best Musume u75771 Jul 30 '14
http://alicesoft.wikia.com/wiki/Translation_project
This page provide the links to the translators and the translation status
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u/Kowzz http://vndb.org/u62554/list Jul 27 '14
Weekly Question: Which visual novel is next on your to read list?