YU-NO

It has a localized Windows version released in the 90s. It's censored though.

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>>2942316
That I didn't know. I'm just glad the unofficial translation got the official voice package crammed in with the first version.

I downloaded this about a year ago after seeing it recommended somewhere - /jp/, maybe? - but never got around to it. I know nothing of it so I'd qualify for being able to do a blind playthrough, but I have no experience Let's Playing so I think I'd probably find some difficulties.

However, now that it's been mentioned, I can properly add this to my backlog. Thanks for that.

>>2942307
I don't have anything against an LP but an LP for a Visual Novel, really?

>>2942307

Yu-No intro is rad as hell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSji0-Al9zc

>>2942389

I'd assume OP would just like to relive game, and an LP is the easiest way to do that from a fresh perspective. I've done the same thing before - finished a game, then looked up videos of other people playing it. It's nice to see not only another player's reactions, but the things they do differently.

Personally, I'd hesitate to watch a playthrough of a VN I'd already experienced, but... saying that, if presented with someone charismatic enough playing Umineko, I might just be swayed. OP probably just has similarly strong feelings for YU-NO.

>>2942389
I've seen those before, but rather, they're called "Let's Watch" ~

>>2942307
Okay, where do I download this and how do I set it up? The art and music have me intrigued
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJAEU6II3sk

>>2942439
I got it from a torrent that already had all the files needed, but the translation team's content is here:
http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=YU-NO_-_The_Girl_that_Chants_Love_at_the_Edge_of_the_World

>>2942396
No one else could have said it better.

Man, I remember being in my college's library, flipping through a book about Japan like a giant weeaboo faggot, and I saw it had a whole section on how amazing and revolutionary Yu-No was. I actually played through the first couple hours on it on my old laptop, but it exploded and I don't know if I wanna slog through the moderately slow start again. I guess I'm a NEET now, though.

>>2942307
It's just not the same without the dithering.

>>2942389
It's an adventure.

>>2942576
It may be an adventure game, but with the amount of dialogue, it probably is indeed on the Visual Novel side. Unlike most VNs though, this one can be more interactive~

>>2942564
You can brush through the prologue with CTR.

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>>2942575
U wot m8
The dithering is all there. The graphics of the PC version are from the PC-98 version.
This shit isn't the Saturn version.

>>2942307
What's the best way to play yu-no on Linux?
Wine or a virtual machine?

I played this game a couple years ago, but I realized I no longer have the patience to get through complex visual novels like this without a guide. I just did one blind playthrough and got the ending where the guy makes up with his mom... but for the rest of the endings I had to follow a guide every step of the way.

It's a shame too, because the canon in-game save state crystals was a really cool feature that adds a lot of depth to the game. I just could not figure out for the life of me when you were supposed to use them.

>>2943145
Use them at junction point, i.e. when the crystal is blinking. Just be careful when using them at points where the junction is caused by expending an item since your inventory is carried over.
The automap should help to avoid guides since you can see whether you're going in the right direction or not. Together with the crystals you can easily scout ahead to see where an action takes you.

>>2943145
I actually finished it without a walkthrough; the map and glowing crystal is the for that.

>>2943170
I had to check during the Triangle mountain route because I did it before the mansion route and therefore didn't have the fitting stone and no idea that I could get it there.

>>2943173
I believe that makes sense, there's also a wooden katana that can potentially be missable (in the wrong room at the right time), and getting into Mio's route can be tedious since it requires to give an item to her at the right time, which if you give sooner, there won't be any hint of the story progressing the right way.

>>2943305
Wait I take that back, the map does hint it but rather a little more further into the flowchart when you realize you're not heading into the desired route.

>>2943305
I think you could use the sword instead of the bokken.

>>2942389
>>2942396
I'd be willing to do that, but my times are usually night in Americaland.

>>2943408
You could just chuck them on youtube afterwards. I may do one, I don't know how charismatic i would be but i sure can talk about things directly in front of me.

>>2942439
The chiptune like soundtrack's catchy as hell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJNDaeM05iI

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An special section

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>>2944128
A special section*
And finally, how the map looks like in-game.

>>2944013
Chiptune like? It is chiptunes. The windows version is simply a port of the original older PC-98 version.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-9800_Series

>>2944208
Yeah the music in the windows version is recorded straight from the PC-98.

I would play this if it wasn't an eroge. Eroge just irritate me.

>>2942564
Was that book 'Otaku: Japan's Database Animals'?

>>2944269
congrats on being a faggot, but the console version on saturn has no eroge.

>>2944296
I'm sorry to hear that you're a homosexual, but there's no reason to project that onto me.

>>2944304
says the guy thats afraid of a little ero

>>2944304
posting you cant play eroges because of the ero on a thread about an eroge, what kind of reaction were you expecting?

>>2944313
>>2944315
See >>2944304

>>2944323
calling me a fag doesnt do anything to prove you're not one yourself

>>2944269
There are very little H-Scenes in this, and none at all in the Sega Saturn version. It won't hinder the plot too much and you can easily skip those by holding CTRL for not even a minute~

>>2944328
See>>2944304

>>2944339
Yeah, I don't get how people can let something so small and insignificant ruin their impression of this game. Pretty great story, worth playing.

Not only are the h-scenes easy to skip, but those scenes don't reveal any important plot-related aspects in terms of the game's twist, so there's nothing that'll be missed out thankfully other than character affections being more elaborated.

>>2944269

No, it was just a book about Japan. Like, its history and stuff, with a small section dedicated to gaming and an even smaller subsection dedicated to PC Gaming.

This is a brief idea of what it is:
Takuya Arima is a young student whose father, a historian who has conducted various researches, disappeared recently. During a summer vacation Takuya receives a peculiar package from his missing father, along with a letter containing information about the existence of various parallel worlds. At first Takuya doesn't take it seriously, but soon he realizes that he possesses a device that allows him to travel to alternate dimensions. Is his father alive, after all? If so, where is he?

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>>2943408
Would be fun if you could. If you compare the old-style with the new, there's a drastic change. The classic anime styles are more realistic I find.

>>2942307
This game looks pretty damn neat. I doubt it's a masterpiece (what ever is?) But the visuals are nice and the premise seems interesting.

Just tell me one thing before i get into it. It's not a hentai game, right?

>>2945568
There are very few h-scenes but that's very minimal to the overall story and they're easily skippable as the main plot takes most of the game's focus.

>>2945568
It would have been better without the sex and with a proper ending that actually makes sense.

But it's worth it despite all that, I swear. I don't regret the time I spent with it.

>>2943085
Wine doesn't seem to work (it sure didn't for me when I tried): https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=28823

>>2945568
It really is a masterpiece. Steins;Gate is probably the closest modern equivalent to it, but it's still very different.

>>2942307
Reminder that the title is an homage to Harlan Elison's short story The Beast that shouted Love at the Heart of the World.

>>2942307
So, the remake isnt worth waiting for at all? Couldn't someone just mod the old soundtrack back if it is that vital?

>>2945768
It's going to be on PS4 and Vita so that's going to make modding difficult.
I haven't kept up with the news but the last I heard was that they were changing the gameplay. I fear nothing good is coming from this thing.

>>2945780
Well, I mean the console release alone means they are likely removing the pornographoc elements.

>>2945780
>they were changing the gameplay
Maybe some QTE's during the h-scenes: "Press Y to thrust."

>>2945703
Neat. I loved Steins;Gate so that's good to hear.

>>2945617
>>2945605
Hmm, fair enough. I can handle a small amount of H-scenes.

>>2945794
As long as they still allude to sexual stuff I'm fine with that.

>>2945734
Now that's something I didn't know--that's pretty neat.

>>2945780
If the gameplay change is the Jewel-Saving, concept, I'll be sad... I loved that feature, despite it being less convenient at the beginning of the game.

Was anyone else immediately drawn in by that intro?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSji0-Al9zc

>>2946776
There's a clue hidden in the opening.

>>2946853
Pretty sure some literally got stuck on finishing the game by not watching the intro.

>>2948110
Or you just only watch it in the beginning and forgot about that stuff when you reach the point where it matters.

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>>2942307
>voiced by adult link in OoT
>vn/graphical adventure

Are you kidding

I don't know why some use a walkthrough for this when the game literally shows you which paths you haven't taken.

/r/ing torrent link.

>>2949495
It can still be hard to do the right thing at the right time. It's of course possible to do without a walkthrough, but it's a bit 'grindy'.

>>2949572
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7500973ee55f3456af2b6af932d26f762aa87c4e&dn=%5BFuwanovel%5D%20YU-NO%20v2

>>2949691
>Fuwanovel
That was cruel, anon.

>>2949572
http://sukebei.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=76178

I extracted the folder, but get a "The game is not installed. Please install to proceed." error when I try to run it.

I'm running Vista 32-bit, and get the same error when trying to run it under XP in compatibility mode. Wat do?

A comparison of the old and new (arranged) Yu-No soundtrack has been put up on on the remake's HP: http://yu-no.jp/special/.

The new soundtrack does capture the spirit of the original. Getting my hopes up for this remake!

>>2951015
The guy probably didn't check to see if his thing worked on other computers. My install for the game isn't portable, and needs to be installed from the original cd-rom/iso before applying english patch.

>>2951015
Have you tried installing PowerISO and run the file as a CD Image file by mounting? What I did was to install it by mounting, then applied the English patch and then moved the three Voice folders in the YUNO folder inside the installation's default location in Programfiles/Classics.

>>2951257
If you look at his link i doubt he has the ISO, just the directory of the game.

>>2951230
Yonao seems to be doing great with his rearrange soundtrack. The bass sounds better than I expected.

>>2951015
Yeah, you need to mount the ISO and install it first. Here it is:
https://mega.nz/#!pFIHzZZS!HCSAd3p7xRm20_jwVJgffi947Vsf79Vu9jwfzD2E-10

>>2951015
Here's the whole package compiled in a single zip, it has the ISO as well.

https://mega.nz/#!j8QgCZ6b!msIPwTMBZl049x7Ms3y8dfgAv-z1TU1qJ7B-R2opv3s

>>2951317
I guess mine was unecessary. I wonder if the remake will be localized. I doubt it, but a fan translation could be a thing too.

>>2951325
There's next to no fan translations on the PS3. Don't expect fan translations for PS4 or Vita.
Localization seems a lot more believable.

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>>2951317
Doing god's work Anon

>>2951813
The remake isn't going to have those small animations, right?

>>2951015
From the first comment:
>Still says "Game is not installed" on a fresh install (if you already installed Elf Classics, it'll work). You need HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\elf\Classic\1.0 present. Here's elfclass.reg from the other unpatched torrent, double click to add: http://www.mediafire.com/?9i1160c7aaqs7cc

Does that help?

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>>2951818
Even if it does, the new character designs look like shit, so it would just be like polishing a turd.

Well, let's be generous here, it doesn't look like complete shit but I'm not a fan of the style, and they took too much liberties with reinterpreting the characters.

Look at this fucking gayboy here, try to guess who this is.

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>>2951874
How looks like the faggot he's supposed to be.
The design I disliked the most was Takuya, which is a bit odd because you barely even saw him in the original so there's nothing to compare him to, but he just looks too smart.

>>2951936
Yeah the new designs look rather bland compared to the 90 style. We never saw Takuya's eyes in the original too so that's new.

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>>2951252
Ah, that makes sense.
>>2951257

As >>2951273 stated, it was just a directory of an already installed game without an ISO.

>>2951306
>>2951317
Thanks, anons. Downloading right now.

>>2951828
First thing I tried, but the link was dead.

Thanks for all your help, bros. Pardon my late reply, I got caught up playing THPS.

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>>2952415
Success. Thanks again for all your help, guys. Quick question, how do you save? Right clicking doesn't do anything, and when I hover my mouse towards the top I only get the options Quit Game and Display.

Or is it as simple as not being able to save during the prologue? Love the graphics and music, by the way.

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>>2952592
Click the circle on the bottom left and youll get the option to save. I don't remember exactly if you can save during the prologue or not though.

>>2952606
The circle isn't available during the prologue, but I was able to save after the roof scene using the command menu, so I think the circle appears once you finish the prologue. I'm good to go now. Thank you.

>>2952592
Good to know, did you also manage to get the voices to work? It can be tricky setting it up for some, but at least most mirror sites already have them combined with the game data.

>>2954169
>did you also manage to get the voices to work?
Yeah, >>2951317's upload had everything I needed. It was as simple as dragging the contents of the 3 voice folders into the main directory. It's a really good game so far, though I admit I've gotten lost/stuck a few times already, and I'm barely on day one.

>>2954445
It can be tedious sometimes when there's no hints, but it's often best to know that there can be event triggers when investigating the same objects a few more times (with extra dialogue most of the time too), but it becomes easier.