Yuri Game Thread

Recent News:
VD:Bhikkuni out on Steam Jun 20th
Kotonoha Amrilato trailer is up >>2358695
Ebihime making Blackberry Honey a yuri game about Victorian maids >>2358095
JAST's Katahane translation is finished, now in editing. No release date yet.
New Atelier announced, features two girls? as protagonists >>2354918
Blue Reflection coming to the west for PS4 and PC >>2354207
NoA2 new TV trailer >>2355622

Don't think I've seen this talked about: https://purin-productions.itch.io/white-violin

>>2361472
was mentioned briefly when it was first announced, then ignored like most supposedly-in-progress projects because most will sink without a trace. they still appear to be working on that but it's nowhere near done, and it only says 'a bit' of yuri, so...

>page 10

>>2361472
It failed to get funded on kickstarter twice, it's a dead project.

>>2361472
>>2361647
It's in the same boat as Devil Gene R now.

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>looking around vndb.org
>find a fantastic Touhou VN featuring Medicine and Hata no Kokoro visiting other girls and having sex with them
>that dev apparently fell off the face of the Earth two years ago, leaving a new game featuring Medicine in Eientei unfinished

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>>2361778
>a fantastic Touhou VN featuring Medicine and Hata no Kokoro
That's some weird ass crack.

>>2361847
crack is love. crack is life.

>>2361764
While they're both dead projects, it's not very fair to compare an unsuccessful KS to a successful one where the dev gave up and ran with the money.

>>2361847
It's worth it.

>>2361885
I think some devs start their first project thinking they're going to Ben the next Key or Nitroplus or Alicesoft and are unwilling to compromise on their vision however impossible it is for a team of their size on a budget.

Also a lot of times these "teams" only means of communicating is online, so a vital member might drop out without a word leaving the entire project in limbo forever.

>>2361932
>Wanting to be those het loving devs.
If I recall, Alicesoft has made two yuri theme works (Atlach-Nacha and that one we're you play as a female doctor seducing female patients) and Nitroplus has only made a half one (Toyoko Necro)

Success would have been the high budget Yuri devs, but they went to shovelware.

>>2361963
It's not about whether they prefer het in their works or not, it's about their size and success. A lot of KS devs expect to sell thousands of copies of their first project and immediately skyrocket to the top of the chart where big VN devs reside, but it's actually physically impossible and will never happen.

>>2361966
This is what I meant. These indie devs go in thinking their project is going to be the next Kanon or Demonbane or Rance.

But people forget there is a ton of history in Japanese VN devs. The staff of Key originated from a studio called Tactics, and I doubt many people have heard of their two most successful games (One and Moon)

Then my other point was that those studios are actual studios. People meet in an office and work together on a project. Some people in the western VN dev scene have good reputations, but a lot of emerging groups can't afford their work, so they throw all their chips onto an artist or musician or writer (or all of the above) they've never met who does not deliver, takes the money and runs.

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>>2361932

A few weeks ago there was a discussion about submissive protagonist /u/ games. Catch Canvas' Estelle route is pretty much on that line at the end, for anyone interested. The game is really short and doesn't have any variation to my knowledge so be warned if you're expecting, well, a good game.

>>2362763
Kohaku route in Aoishiro is really submissive as is all the routes in Akaiito

Does anyone know anything about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Girls_Festival ? I looked at the titles involved and about half of them are notably yuri subtext-y, but I don't know what it is besides a "rhythm game." I don't play Japanese-only release games, but some on here might, if anyone is interested.

>>2363043
I played it. There's not much story beside: "we doing live shows!". And too little music.
It's fun as a rhythm game, though.

>>2363043
have you played any Project Diva game? Miracle Girls Festival is Project Diva but with CGDCT animes.

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If anyone still had doubts about who the main heroine is.

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>>2363184
Yeah I'm glad that a duo, doesn't matter which one, is on the cover. NoA1 only had Arnice.

>>2363189
Can't wait for it to flop like rest of gust games this year

>>2363204
Hopefully the fanbase that was accumulated with the first game will support the sequel.

>>2363204
Then I'll start to hope for mobile to just kill console games already.

>>2363231
Back to /v/ faggot.

>>2363184
>Best girl being the main love interest
What did you expect?

>>2363184
>>2363294
I'm sad. I can only hope that the limited edition features Ruenheid on the cover.

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>>2363294
>>2363296
At first I really thought pic related would be the box art.

I'm not complaining though, seeing how on this one >>2363184 we see subtle hand holding.

>>2363343
>intertwined fingers, subtle.

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>Recent Activity
>Last game bought was MEA
The new AI overlord is scary, but too stupid to know that I don't own a PS4.

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>>2363361
>tfw you're so gay even the robot can detect it

>>2363361
Amazon just tries to get me to buy hetshit and Netsuzou Trap.

>>2363361
>>2363372
>MEA
Ew
>Netsuzou Trap
Ewww

>>2363372
Did you do something to upset it?

>>2363372
Nobody deserves that. Send a complaint.

>>2363372
>hetshit and Netsuzou Trap.
Kinda redundant.

>>2363361
yeah, it thinks I should want Senran Kagura for ps4, which I don't own...
But in books it suggests My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness

>>2363431
>tfw your A.I. Overlord tries to give you a crippling depression
Every time.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/632900/Serment__Contract_with_a_Devil/

I remember this looking a lot more basic when it was announced.

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>>2363551
>light yuri

>>2363551
what is this I don't even

>>2363551
looks promising i guess?

>>2363556
Based on the descriptions it seems like they mean CGDCT type things

>>2363576
And to be honest, that's preferable to what most western "yuri" devs seem to think we want, i.e. lesbians getting cucked by random men

>>2363571
>Light yuri (GxG) romance
>noname dev
>published by shitkai

>>2363551
Character designs are cute, gameplay's simple but
no less than say an atelier game. Writing was funny aside from a few things but humor is subjective, worth a play when it releases to me at least.

What I didn't like about it was the excessive fourth wall breaking (Funny the first couple times but then it got stale) and cringy faceless no name male characters ("lolicon" fans of some side character and other random interjected dialogue of male characters that contributed nothing to the tone, setting, or characters relevant to what was going on)

>>2363594
Sounds terrible. Why would they think anyone would want that?

>>2363431
Because I put the /u/ lit collection on my tablet, Google keeps suggesting lesbian books to me. Amazon JP keeps sending me suggestions for ecchi/harems though because I bought a VDM BD from them.

>>2363599
The whole thing is cynically designed. They thought that would appeal.

>>2363603
So basically HuniePop, the RPG.

Speaking of, I hope they make the MC gender selectable again for HuniePop2.

>>2363599
Because they are idiots who believe it is actually possible to appeal to everyone.
They are hardly alone in that mindset. Just look at all the recent "stealth" games with a focus on combat.

>>2363603
>>2363617
Unrelated note:
This is why I think buying mildly/subtextual yuri game/anime/manga is not going to incentivise more yuri, but more of the same shit. You gotta send those emails and tweets.

>>2363580
>most western "yuri" devs
it's almost like you choose not to play 90% of the western yuri games so you can keep bitching about the two you hated
your fetish is weird

>>2363184
Dropped

>>2363615
HuniePop's MC choice barely made any difference at all though.

>>2363594
>What I didn't like about it was the excessive fourth wall breaking (Funny the first couple times but then it got stale) and cringy faceless no name male characters ("lolicon" fans of some side character and other random interjected dialogue of male characters that contributed nothing to the tone, setting, or characters relevant to what was going on)

Let me guess. They're Neptunia fans.

>>2363700
It was nice of them to give the choice anyways. Even a pronoun change here and there does wonders. It made the constant Bejeweling from something I wouldn't have touched to an actually fun experience.

>>2363657
>This is why I think buying mildly/subtextual yuri game/anime/manga is not going to incentivise more yuri, but more of the same shit.

Subtext yuri is funny if the artist actually likes yuri. Someone who puts faceless male lolicon clearly doesn't. They just want a loli game.

That being said, I only buy subtext if it's a manga/game from Japan. I don't believe there's any reason that a small and irrelevant western dev won't go full yuri. These are usually shitty, anyway.

>>2363711
>Subtext yuri is funny if the artist actually likes yuri. Someone who puts faceless male lolicon clearly doesn't. They just want a loli game.

The faceless dudes being a thing is pretty shit no matter how minor they are but hey, they still made the main character female and chose to include some amount of yuri so it's not all bad, I feel? Hard to judge until I have seen it for myself.

At the very least if it is gay enough it will be the third yuri dungeon crawler in existence.

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Valkyrie Drive is out in 3 hours on Steam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYA-VNeRypw

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dITOIUP6clo

>>2363988
Funnily enough, there's still no pre-order/purchase or price for it. Don't know how often that happens.

So XCOM 2's new expansion will have relationships between the squad members or something like that. Don't know to what degree like romantically or something else.

>>2364010
Huh. Well even if it isn't gay there will probably be mods. I already run all female games every now and then with everyone named after almost exclusively yuri-related series so this just makes it even more gay.

But more importantly now when my soldiers die it won't just hurt me, but hurt them too! Perfect.

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>>2364010
I want to romance a snake with my qt recruit.

>>2364008
Only certain games are allowed to do pre-purchase, most games can't. Don't know how Valve makes that determination though.

>>2364014
There are mods that let you play aliens in campaign right? Maybe that will be possible.

>>2364010
Probably something akin to squad coherence. As in gameplay relevant, not interpersonal. Don't know, though.

>>2364010
>>2364012
>>2364020
Here's the interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezh4wuzgn0k
'Bond mates' that's what they're called.
>>2364014
>>2364017
Apparently there will be a new class that is half-human half-alien.

>>2364008
Wasn't NoA the same?

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>>2364024
Yeah they're defectors but not fully aliens https://www.gamespot.com/videos/xcom-2s-new-expansion-lets-you-control-aliens-e3-2/2300-6439474/

What a missed opportunity.

>>2364017
I'm hoping they make it compatible or something.

>>2363996
The combat theme they've used in the couple of trailers is pretty much the perfect "charging through hordes of monsters to save your loved one just in the nick of time" music.

So I just finished the Jap version of Seabed and I don't think I will buy the localized version. Firstly, I don't think they will be able to do a good job with the localization, secondly, it's one of those titles that despite being good I don't think I will want to touch again anytime soon.

>>2364048
That scarring and depressing?

>>2364026
I only found out after it came out on PC so I don't know.

>>2363996
I really hope they do the thing with the Extra menu from the first game and give us all 3D models to look at freely as well as the soundtrack menu with the comments.

>>2364050
It's certainly not as dramatic and heavy as what you think it will be, I mean even the characters themselves don't dramatize the events in their life. However, the ending is enough to make me feel all hollow inside though.

The localized version is still worth buying if you can't into moon.

>>2364057
How worrying. I only heard good things about it from /u/. Then again this place is masochistic.

>>2364008
That's how it's been for all the Senran Kagura and Neptunia games, and a bunch of others as well. I think pre-purchase is only available from major publishers.

>>2364059
For all the bitching about the lesbians and tragedy trope that is all too common (by myself included), suffering can just be so fucking delicious sometimes.

>>2364059
Different anon and this is a different issue, but when I tried the trial version I found it didn't sustain my interest. I came back to it a few times and still have some intention to give it another chance at some point, but I think it has a style of storytelling that's pretty easy to bounce off.

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>submissive, slightly older protagonist
>dominant, slightly taller roommate LI
>decent moment to moment writing
>good looking CG
>all wrapped in a damn incest "give up your life or break up with me" plot
I know other people ITT will probably like incest but it's pretty crushing to find a VN that gets literally every other preference I have throw incest into the mix.

>>2364117
What are you on about?

>>2364117
That sounds like a checklist of my fetishes. Gib sauce pls.

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It's out! http://store.steampowered.com/app/550080/

Also cheap as fuck if you have SV.

>>2364118
>>2364119
Oops, forgot to mention the thing I was talking about: Love Ribbon.

>>2364118
My guess is love ribbon

>>2364121
Does the complete edition come with the DLC?

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It's good to see that Japan knows who the true OTP is.

>>2364140
Yep

>>2364152
It's almost like she has no competition ;_;

>>2364117
>decent moment to moment writing
>good looking CG
you have very low standards

English version of Nurse Love Addiction is pretty much confirmed for Vita
https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/6281-nurse-love-addiction

>>2364202
Cool, I guess. Does anybody buy Vita games though? Especially ones that are already on another system?

>>2364156
How long is the game?

>>2364202
>Vitabros get Nurse Love Addiction
>PCbros get Valkyrie Drive

Spread the (yuri) love!

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>>2364216
>bros
there are no bros on /u/

>>2364218
Everybody's a bro here. You can be a bro even if you have a vagina, bro.

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>>2364222
we aren't friends

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>>2364227
Of course we aren't. You have no friends, bro.
https://youtu.be/yLnd3AYEd2k

>>2364232
you're right. i wish i lived in america so i could buy a gun and shoot myself bro

>>2364233
Don't be like that, anon. We can be friendless together.

>>2364233
You better shoot some people you don't like first, that's the American way.

Can you guys get a room?

>>2364227
Don't worry, no charge for them.

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>>2364234
okay

>the state of this thread
>>2364199
Maybe I do; I haven't played much of these. Still, were it not for the incest stuff I'd have really liked it.

>>2364057
Damn, I thought this was supposed to be a happy yuri game so I started looking forward to it.

>>2364222
everyone is an oneesama here, imouto-chan

>>2364271
But you're my bro, onee-bro.

>>2364253
Let's be honest anon, do the description and the mood of the story give you a happy vibe? Because I'm sure as fuck they don't.
It's a good game from my perspective, but I'm also certain it's not for everyone.

>>2364379
Most edgy VN actually have good ending. When they're het, that is.
So really, the synopsis and mood doesn't really mean much.

Good and bad ending are sometimes relative. I think Rebellion had a good end, although most people disagree. But I know what people usually do as bad ending for yuri stories.

>>2364233
Shooting yourself to death is a bad idea because it's super easy to fuck up and just put yourself into a coma, or become a vegetable

>>2364386
Out of the all the edgy Yuri VN's i've played, most didn't have downers.

Toyko Necro has a good ending

Atlach Nacha...is really bitter sweet, but not a downer (Its far more hopeful then the game itself)

Aoishiro's true end is happy.

Akaiito's has happy endings.

>Reading Steam's top reviews for VD
>None of them mention the lesbianess of the game.
What is the meaning of this?

>>2364409
There's a lot saying you can grop and kiss your "waifus", though.
Blame Takaki for that.

>>2364409
got a good sum up of How Gay Is It?

>>2364505
the premise of the game is basically "girls touch each other's breasts and fight together to deepen their bonds"

>>2364505
Gayest game ever.

>>2363184
Guess I'll wait before buying the game to know if all the endings are only about those two, since I don't give a shit about bland love interest #21579.

>>2364510
It was confirmed that relationships won't affect the endings.

>>2364513
>give 3 main characters and promote the game around them for one year
>the love interest is actually already decided and nothing will change
Yeah, without me if that's the case. Not to mention the game feels like some weak waifufag bait with all the girls put in it who actually don't have any interest story and relationship wise.
Maybe it will turn out good but the last previews are not promising.

>>2364519
Yeah Gust just keeps missing the mark.

I just need to hear that Lilysse is dead or something and I'm done with this franchise.

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>>2364523
>Lilysse is dead or something

>>2364523
Maybe we should just stop buying Gust games for the yuri if they fuck up this one

>>2364508
Gayer than Cho Aniki series?

>>2364529
Oh wow I take back my statement. That looks like /fit/ had a field day.

>>2364527
It's sad because they're pretty much the only devs who are making yuri games nowadays.

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>>2364505
It might be a little bit gay.

>>2364527
Maybe we should just stop using this board, there's very little yuri on it.

>>2364531
After the shitfest that Blue Reflection was I think they really like to forget we are a potential audience

>>2364232
relatable

>>2364519
Except one character is presented as a rival since the very first moment, you just assumed she was a romantic interest (although I still think a non-true ending might be with her).

>feels like some weak waifufag bait with all the girls put in it who actually don't have any interest story and relationship wise

That's bullshit already. And it's the most yuri game we will ever get, anyway.

It's not supposed to be a harem game (and that's good), so the reason they're using these girls was never meant to be romantic interest, but just to avoid using males like the first game.

>>2364527
As long as the yuri is well done I will support the game. There's just so little yuri game dev out there that I just can't afford to be picky if the game deliver full blown yuri.

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>>2364536
Viola is simply the best.

>>2364541
>shitfest that Blue Reflection
You mean the game with an all-female cast and a canon lesbian who's in love with the main character and the MC character doesn't refuse her? Anon that's quite literally gayer than 90% of the Atelier series which most of us enjoy here.

We just expected too much from BR. It's still very gay.

>>2364545
To be fair, as long as they're not making haremshit like everyone else and using cute girls as protagonist, I'm still buying their games.

>>2364546
I'm just tired anon, I don't want to live with high expectatives and get disapointed, it's like they think putting the least effort in the yuri part means we will still buy the games based on that

>>2364546
How much screentime do interactions between that "canon lesbian" and the MC have, exactly?

>>2364551
Your expectations for yuri in videogame should always be "maybe some cute subtext".

>>2364551
I haven't played BR but from what I've seen it's about the same level as your average magical girl show and never advertised itself as anything but that so I don't know how you could expect too much from it.

And I don't understand the random bitching about NoA2. Are you all on the rag or something?

>>2364556
I'm not bitching about NoA 2 but if they kill Lilysse it'd be a dick move, about BR I'm sorry for being hopeful

>>2364560
>if they kill Lilysse it'd be a dick move
Why do you autists keep saying this? Doesn't this game take place a couple hundred years later or something? She's dead of old age unless something went horribly wrong.

>>2364560
Fact is that NoA os supposed to be a tragic story. I don't mind if Lilysse is dead on NoA2, actually, although I hope she isn't. But if they go with the ending Arnice erase her memories being canon, then I'll be annoyed because I hated that ending.

Doesn't help much that this time the story is written by the guy who wrote GITS SAC and Blood+

>>2364561
Well, considering the kind of story it is, she could be around, like Arnice. I think it'll be a problem if they don't even mention her and pretend she doesn't exist. Most anon are probably worried because every promo material of Arnice doesn't even mention Lilysse.

>>2364566
>she could be around, like Arnice.
That would qualify as something went horribly wrong, I think. Don't you remember that Arnice desperately wanted Lilysse to just have a normal life?

I doubt they'd pretend she doesn't exist since she's basically the entire reason Arnice exists as a character, but if they did that would be stupid indeed.

>>2364572
I do believe that if she's around, she will be some sort of antagonist. Maybe even the moon goddess.
I think bringing Arnice back just because isn't a good idea either. Something going on with Lilysse would justify her in the game.

But I'm not the anon complaining about it. I'll only complain if something bothers me once the game is out. It's stupid to assume things before that.

>>2364556
>>2364561
Not an excuse to side-step the yuri established and promoted in the first game.

No Lilysse no buy.

>>2364563
>GITS SAC and Blood+
>the guy who made shitty shotacon bait with the Major
>and fucking Blood+
Oh no, that's maximum trash. The more I know about NoA2 the more I hate it.

>>2364578
I bet lots of games you buy don't have Lilysse in them.

>>2364581
Yeah but none of them are titled "Nights of Azure". The game I bought because of Lilysse.

>>2364579
To be fair, the woman who wrote the first game is the one who wrote the route of the demon girl wanting a harem of princess in Saga Frontier..that still marries a man in her human ending. So not much better.

I think and hope the producer is the one actually building the story. Because then we will have consistency between both games, since changing writers can bring problems.

>>2364581
That's a really bad analogy

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>>2364561
>>2364563
>>2364572
The thing is, NoA's story wraps up perfectly so there's no need to bring Arnice back at all unless they're trying to make her a mascot character for the franchise or something. But Lilysse is so integral to Arnice's character that Arnice without Lilysse isn't Arnice at all, which ruins her appeal. And it's all confusing because NoA2's story can't follow on any of the endings of the game so there has to be some kind of retcon or something. It's an entirely reasonable fear but I'm not going to shit the bed until the Japs get their hands on the game.

>>2364578
That's exactly why people suddenly bitching that the game has a main couple/triangle and isn't a choose your own harem is dumb.

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>>2364584
>that still marries a man in her human ending

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>>2364585
It was a really bad joke, actually.

>>2364586
>they're trying to make her a mascot character for the franchise or something.
Yeah they're whoring her out for a waifu appeal. At least that's how it seems so far.

>But Lilysse is so integral to Arnice's character that Arnice without Lilysse isn't Arnice at all, which ruins her appeal.
Agreed. They're destroying the main selling point of the first game.

I'll still be there when Nips start streaming it but I'm pessimistic about it.

oneesan-tachi we know literally nothing about arnice's role in the sequel. wait until we do know things before you complain about things.

>>2364591
You know, west keep saying this "waifu" bullshit way more than Japan. I can see most japanese reviews with no "ore no yome" and similar, but any west game with anime girl is full of idiots saying shit like this.

>>2364594
Should I use the "puritan self-insert otakus" then? You know, those guys that complained how that one reverse trap from Valkyrie Drive anime has a girlfriend.

>>2364595
That's more likely. Aren't those just the exepcuon, though? If you want to consider that, I think I remember one review on Yoru no Nai Kuni page saying yuri is "kimoi".

I really don't think most people buying the game have problem with yuri or want to date those girls. They could just buy Persona for that.
In fact, one complaint using "Yuri" on Blue Reflection said that "it wasn't yuri enough".

>>2364593
That's what makes it so agonising. There's basically zero indication in the promo material for what she's doing in the game, but it's a weird to completely omit even a sentence reference to the entire central plot to the first game.

>>2364599
I prefer they show annoyingly little rather than way too much, like western movie and game trailers.

>>2364591
Would you play NoA 2 if the yuri in it is better than NoA 1, just that Lilysse is already dead by the events of the game?

NoA was supposed to be a tragic game, I don't see its sequel continue from its happy end.

>>2364609
No. Who's to say that NoA3 won't shit on the yuri from the previous game then?

I won't be baited.

>>2364584
>So not much better.
By the sounds of things, actually a lot worse.

>>2364610
who's to say everything in the world won't suck? you can only judge each piece on its own merits not on whether some future thing might happen, or you turn into one of those 'I won't watch any anime because the canon married lesbians might SOMEDAY kiss boys' people

>>2364609
The game doesn't continue from any ending because the Curia still exists and the planet still exists. I'm not saying it can't be done well and the game is still on my day 1 CE preorder list until I see evidence otherwise, but I feel similarly to >>2364610. Even if the yuri between the new characters is really good, if they show they're willing to just throw away a developed relationship, I don't really want to get invested in any new ones they might have.

>>2364616
That's a terrible analogy. If NoA2 shits on yuri from the previous game then my reasoning will be justified. If they did it once chances are they'd do it again.

>>2364618
What kind of fucked-up logic is that? Lilysse being dead or otherwise absent in NoA2 would be bad, yes, but it would also do nothing to "shit on" the yuri. If a girl loves a girl and one of them dies, things don't suddenly stop being yuri.

If that were the case, then I guess you should also say that Titanic has no romance because the dude died in the end.

>>2364618
How about you calm the fuck down and wait until we actually know what the deal is before complaining.
If they fuck it up we can shit on it together, but if they don't you'll just look like a tool.

>>2364617
Why can't the Curia still exists? The Curia is a organization, not a person. There's just a new pope.

Anyway, the game isn't actually being written by the Blood+ guy, he's just helping. The one writing the game is the Fatal Frame director.
A reminder that every canon Fatal Frame ending is the tragic one.

>>2364631
>but it would also do nothing to "shit on" the yuri
Arnice says she literally can't live without her and how she was supposed to die from the blue blood long ago. Now to see Arnice up and running without Lilysse shatters that whole dynamic.

It's the choice of including Arnice in order to market the game for more shekels is what's turning me off. It destroys the narrative and point of the first game. See >>2364586

I rather they both be dead than this pandering garbage.

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>>2364544
>you just assumed she was a romantic interest
My bad, I though this kind of illustration was hinting at a love triangle. Silly me.

>>2364678
>trusting a Japanese game artwork

Remember Danganronpa V3.
Remember that an official artwork for Disgaea 1 is Yuri between Edna and Flonne.
Remember that in artwork for Firis, Ilmeria seems to be in love with her.
Remember that there's yuri kiss on Senran Kagura official artwork.

Just take any artwork for japanese games as fanart.

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>>2364681
Not that anon but even the devs called it a "triangle" and said they're the main characters. Also the very first artwork had them all on cover and the very first piece of tease for this game had something along the lines of "Under a new moon Love Love and Love blooms". Ruhenheid was also in the first trailer and not Liliana. Also in the first screens with both Alushe and then later even "comforting" Liliana.

>>2364681
>1:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svk79N-rDmA
So they're also discussing like friends in this video. I really need to change my googles.

>>2364686
But that was why I said she would be a rival. She can still be in love with one of them, but won't be the main heroine.
Didn't we just assumed she liked Alushe? On the last few trailers she looked to be interested in Liliane as well.

She'll die at the end to protect their love

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>>2364692
>She'll die at the end to protect their love
YAMEROOOOOOOOOO

>>2364681
Not that I don't believe you, but I'm gonna need to know specifically what you're talking about for each of these. For research purposes, of course.

>>2364681
NoA1 actually delivered after its official art so it holds more water.

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>>2364726
I've seen this before, but it's only now that I'm seeing the spit trail. Thought it was just licking.

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>>2364730
There's another one where she's looking at Firis after Firis took a bath.
Funny thing is, Liane could pretty much be in all of these situations instead.

>>2364704
Funny that when NoA1 wasn't out yet, people here were all: "fuck this shit. It won't ever be yuri. It's clearly made just for waifufags."

And now we're back at that.
Hopefully the end will be the same.

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>>2364734
I don't have that one.

>Funny thing is, Liane could pretty much be in all of these situations instead.
Yes, what a missed opportunity. Liane was the best part of Firis and /u/ as fuck but they marketed this brat instead.

>>2364738
I think it's this one. Just mistook tooking a bath by brushing hair.
And, well, I think the artists don't know much about the game when they do these arts. That or Yuugen likes crack shipping.

>>2364742
Well here's hoping the next game really features two main girls so they won't lead us astray.

>>2364737
I'm sure it will. Someone will always have an excuse to complain, and they are usually wrong.

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>>2364747
Actually I just realized the reason they have Ilmeria with Firis is because Liane is drawn by NOCO and Firis by Yuugen. They have to collaborate to put both of them together, and it must be hard doing intimate scenes. Having two designers actually hurt gay arts.

I hope they show more about the next game soon, too. But they'll probably hide is to not take focus from that shit online game.

>>2364752
Ah that makes sense.

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>>2364692
Can we have lesbians less dying and more loving, pretty pls? I swear if I see a slither of a carpet-munching lez anywhere I suddenly feel the urge to prepare them for war

It's kinda funny how people see a cover and immediately think that that's gonna be the relationship when there are countless examples (that I can't give, because I'm a lazy piece of shit) where it didn't matter. Cover is just a cover you paranoid nee-sans.

>>2364810
But it's two lesbians alive and happy and only one lesbian dead. Mathematically, we're still good. That's how utilitarism works.

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>>2364810
Lesbians are always either dying or destroying the world for their waifus.

>>2364738
Who the fuck holds a hairbrush like that? A handle is there for a reason, dumb 2D Japanese girl.

>>2364863
If you've got a lot of knots in your hair sometimes it's the only way to get it through them. Of course, her hair looks pretty straight.

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Wow the women in this game are smoking hot. Can't wait to make sweet love with 'em. But seriously, I'm having a lot of fun with this game, even if I'm still learning the mechanics. Having yuri option is a plus.

>>2364993
Wait, what? Yuri option? I need to finally play it.

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>>2365001
>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4oc1uvr5vl96m/Yuri

>>2364544
>It's not supposed to be a harem game
I hope you're right, I find the harem setting to be a huge turn off even in yuri; not only it makes the romance fickle when every character flocks to a single one just because, but it also forces a bad end on every non-winning girl.

>>2364993
sigh, I guess I'm finally going to play a blobber.

>>2365011
I thought the basic game didn't have any romance at all. That or I didn't notice it between running away from enemies way above my level and looking for quest items in foggy swamps.

>>2365093
>I thought the basic game didn't have any romance at all
It doesn't. There are a few sexual encounters with women but nothing approaching romance.

>>2365092
I was just wondering how do you call a blobber but with one character instead of a blob. First person turn based RPG is boring and not elegant enough, while a dungeon crawler isn't too accurate either.

>>2365045
In a harem, by definition, every girl is supposed to win.

>playing Dragon Dogma
>wanting to try Selene or Quina as beloved
>keep getting Aelinore as one
fuck me really

>>2365113
yeah ignore her quest.

Also there's a ring thing that'll let you get your waifu of choice if you make sure to give it to the girl you want and then not talk to the other girls whose affinity you've gotten up high.

>>2365118
>yeah ignore her quest.
Yeah, I've been thinking this is the only way. I'll just ignore the quests of girls I don't want next playthrough.

>>2365113
>>2365119
If you have multiple characters with maxed out affection, the last one you talked to before entering the Greatwall is chosen as your beloved. Aelinore's quest doesn't lock her into being your beloved, it just counts as talking to her basically and lots of people head straight to the next main quest after doing hers.

>>2365113
Talk to your intended love interest with maxed out affection before you start the final quest. Don't talk to anyone else.
Don't be dumb like me and go to the blacksmith before you set off to sell some unwanted stuff. Granted, Aelinore's running animation on a chubby middle-aged man looked funny, but still.

>>2365124
>Aelinore's quest doesn't lock her into being your beloved, it just counts as talking to her basically
It's been a long time but as far as I remember it's still a problem if for example you want your beloved to be Quina or Mercedes. Both of them will have left the game by the time you complete Aelinore's final quest, so there will be no way to talk to them again and make them your beloved.

Is Dragon Dogma one those Dark Souls like games? Because I ain't got enough fingers for those (literally, I have my right index finger amputated).

>>2365156
Not particularly. It's actually pretty lax. There might be a perceived difficulty in the beginning but you're typically running around in an autonomous group that is pretty much overgeared. I suppose it would really depend on which class you play as. Some of the melee classes could be a little hard.

>>2365156
I don't know what it's like to be missing a finger, but surely you'd just start using your middle finger for the shoulder buttons on a controller instead and after a bit of time you'd be used to it?

>>2365161
Kinda, yes. Thing is it's not fully amputated so the stub gets in the way (and the stub is just short enough that using it would be a hassle). So anything that requires fast reflexes for shoulder buttons is pretty hard for me. But if it's keyboard and mouse controls are reasonable then I probably won't have any problems.

>>2365156
Nah. It can be if you play exclusively with offline Pawns and at lower level, but after you hit level 35+ it's more bearable.

If you can't into class management or not using hybrid class mod you can gimp yourself permanently though.

>>2365156
The only really hard enemies in the game are bandits when you're a low level new player, but you can just avoid them until you're good.

>>2365162
The game actually has great keyboard and mouse support. The camera has some acceleration, but only when you're using a melee weapon so it's not that bad. Somebody may have released a mod to disable it entirely, too, but I haven't looked. The way abilities work is a bit unconventional for PC, but I got used to it pretty quickly. Everything's properly rebindable, too, but I think they're single bind only.

I switched to the PC version after hundreds of hours on the PS3, and despite my familiarity with the controller, I really preferred using keyboard and mouse.

>>2365186
Cool, I'll get it once the sale starts.

>>2365186
>The only really hard enemies in the game are bandits when you're a low level new player
Well, the bandits and the entirety of the Bitterblack Isle tbqh. Even at my level I can sometimes still get overwhelmed by the Living Armors and/or Garms or got sneak'd by Death.

>>2365186
Yeah, fuck those bandits, fuck being a mage. I was near 100% convinced that the game is a waste of time.

>>2365262
>walk to a bandit
>start rolling towards where you need to go
>bandit fucks off
Ez.
That or ragequit the game after you dealt with twenty fucking bandits and then get a game over screen after one cunt with a bow shoots you in the back.

>>2365263
But anon, those female archers just wanted your attention. You're the rude one.

>>2365156
Speaking of PC controls, KB/M Dark Souls with MouseFix is surprisingly decent. I even prefer it for some fights because controlling the camera on a gamepad is kind of awkward. If you're interested in those, try it out.

But yeah, DDDA can be played on KB/M just fine. Climbing will take some getting used to, but overall enemies are pretty forgiving, until you get to certain high-level areas like Bitterback Isle. That one is optional, though, and by the time you get there you'll get used to KB/M controls anyway. I'd recommend reading up on vocations and their playstyles before you dive in, though. Also on character creation as well, since the way your character looks affects the gameplay somewhat. Can't really go around climbing dragons with cowtits and a giant ass.

Not >>2365156 but I'm extremely casual and only play games for yuri. The only game I'm decent is Skyrim and even I know it's an easy game. If I play Dragon's Dogma on easy do I get bad ending (like some other asian games)? What is the easiest class?

>>2365282
>If I play Dragon's Dogma on easy do I get bad ending (like some other asian games)?
Nah, go for it.

>What is the easiest class?
Strider is by far the easiest class to work with.

>>2365282
>only play games for yuri.
Dragon's Dogma doesn't really have much yuri, or romance at all, or even a big story. Keep that in mind I guess.
>If I play Dragon's Dogma on easy do I get bad ending
Nope.
>What is the easiest class?
I guess Magick Archer could kinda be considered the easiest class since they have an autoaim spellbow, but they're not the easiest to make a good build for. Not that builds really matter all that much until the endgame and expansion content.

Dragon's Dogma is a fairly casual game so I don't think you should worry too much about picking what's easy. You can change classes at any time by talking to the guy in the main inn, so you're really free to do whatever you think might be fun.

>>2365282
>The only game I'm decent is Skyrim and even I know it's an easy game

I found this amusing for some reason. Not that I think it's false. Ranged weapons OP.

>>2365282
There are no difficulty settings in DDDA. There are several things that can make the game more difficult or easy for you, like for example hiring high-level well-equipped Pawns (sort of your party companions) to carry you through tougher parts of the game or instead playing with no Pawns at all and exploring at night for that maximum l33t h4rdc0r3 experience.

>What is the easiest class?
Fighter or Ranger. Fighters are basically your standard warriors in any RPG ever, Rangers can cheese bosses from afar.

>>2365289
>playing Brain Splitter: The Class
Speed-focused class might be tough for someone who isn't familiar with RPGs in general.

>>2365282
Game is pretty easy. Anything difficult can be overcome with a bit of free roaming to pick up extra exp. You can take allies that support you, support your allies, or let them be a mini-party while you be a sorcerer in the back cooking up magic for five minutes.

Easiest class would be Magick Archer probably. I went with a solo night hunting build (not possible with expansion anymore, I think?) and could take down most things with little effort. Of the three starting classes, I would recommend Strider, simply because it is unique to Dogma and not that complicated, you just climb monsters and stab them in the fucking eyes. You can change classes at an inn at any time and unlock the hybrids or focused classes later.

No bad endings, just look up how to romance in advance if you want yuri. It's easy to screw up.

>>2365295
>There are no difficulty settings in DDDA.
There are, though.

>>2365301
Oh right, they patched them in. I forgot, my bad.

>>2365295
>Speed-focused class might be tough for someone who isn't familiar with RPGs in general.
Strider also has balanced stat growth and you can still snipe monsters with Mighty Bend. You don't even need to use Brain Splitter for melee Strider nowadays, just climb them and spam Hundred/Thousand Kisses.

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Is there anything yuri about Omega Labyrinth? I know it's all about life and no hometown but just wondering.

>>2365305
Tenfold Fury with Liquid Vim can absolutely melt most bosses, though, unlike Mighty Bend.
Striders also kinda squishy up close. I'd just go with a Strider Pawn with Rusted Bow and some melee class that can take a hit for myself if I wasn't sure about the difficulty. But the game isn't that difficult that it would really matter, though.

As long as you're not playing as a Mage. Might as well off yourself then to save bandits some work.

>>2365308
>Striders also kinda squishy up close
Like you said, it doesn't really matter unless you're playing on hard. Also Tenfold Fury still need Blast Arrow to guarantee boss-melting capabilities tbqh.

>>2365307
Isn't the MC male?

Nurse love addiction is already out on the PSN for ps vita, so i'm thinking on buying it. Will the cg adult scenes be included or will they be removed?

>>2365320
What adult scenes? It's all ages.

>>2365320
It was never an adult game. Vita was the original platform.

>>2365328
Oh, my bad! I thought it had adult scenes for sure, thanks for clearing it up

Ladykiller in a bind is 50% off in the steam sale.

>>2365338
Where's that image when I need it? You know the one.

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>>2365338
>>2365341
I know I've slacking off.

>>2365338
don't start that, we haven't hit bump limit yet.
though if someone wants to go through the curator list and round up the best deals...

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>>2365344
>366x354
Are you even trying?

>>2365346
The servers are too overloaded to get all the discounts on the curator to show up. The biggest ones I can see so far:

Monster Monpiece 80% off
Heroes of Legionwood 80% off
Dex 75% off
Nurse Love Addiction 50% off (only 50 but it's an expensive game, 50's still notable)

>>2365307
No. Generic haremtrash.

A little lily princess is 45% off.

>>2365338
Even if the author would offer it for free to play I would not downlaod it either knowing what the author thinks of lesbians in her(his) works.

What curator do you guys use on Steam for yuri? I use Hella Yuri, are there any better ones?

Ecchi Sketch - 30% off
Shadows of Pygmalion - 20%
NoA - 30%
Incompetent incestuous sisters .a.k.a. Love Ribbon - 20%
Ne no Kami - 50%
NLA - 50%
Highway Blossoms - 60% OST is also 50% off
Sakura Dungeon - 40%
ALLP - 45%
Stardew Valley - 40%
Yuri ghosts on the roof - 30%
some SonoHana game (since when do we have them on Steam?) - 40%
Sweet Fantasy a.k.a. that Russian (?) swamp thing - 50%

>>2365346
Alright.

Prey -34%
Fallout: New Vegas -75%
Loren the Amazon Princess -50%
Dishonored 2 -50%
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines -50%
Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition -56%
Dragon Age Origins -75%
Sunless Sea -70%
Dex -75% (minimal lesbian content, but it's a good game)
Love, Guitars, and the Nashville Skyline -40%
The Stargazers -60%
Negligee -40%
Nurse Love Addiction -50%
Highway Blossoms -60%
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition -60%
A Little Lily Princess -45%
ATOM GRRRL!! -60%
Heroes of Legionwood -80% (don't know much about this one, but it's pretty cheap)

>>2365363
No.

>>2365365
>Ecchi Sketch
Wasn't this het?

Oh, there's also first Flowers game (30% off).

>>2365367
It was made by the people who fucked up... Sweet Volley High, I believe.

I think the devs promised it wouldn't be shit for yuri fans this time around but I don't think anyone reported back on it.

>>2365367
Yeah don't support that trash. Fuck that dev.

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>>2365319
>>2365354
This is the MC
Was it so hard to Google?

Not that it probably isn't still a kusoge

>>2365366
>>2365369
>>2365365
Pretty nice selection. Pity Valkyrie Drive released only yesterday and will now be eclipsed by other yuri goodness.

>>2365365
>>2365366
Serious question. Why not just pirate?

>>2365383
Serious question: Why do you care what other people do?

>>2365367
Don't support the dev.

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>>2365383
I never pirate yuri. You are the targeted audience. If you want more of it you need to support it.

>>2365383
Do you want more of the thing you like? Well, why should anyone bother making that good thing if they're not going to make any money off it? Yuri is a niche enough genre that piracy can actually hurt it.

>>2365383
Yuri games are the only games I don't pirate

>>2365383
I like supporting the devs. Also if people don't buy games then devs won't make any more games because there would be no buyers.

>>2365383
Pirate the shitty harem games with side yuri because they're not really for us. Pay for the ones you'd like to see more of.

>>2365370
It's not het. One of the three romancable girls has an ex-boyfriend and the only male character who appears on-screen is the MC's father.

It's also not particularly good.

I'm playing Backstage Pass. I'll be honest, I never played this kind of game before and despite the voice acting making me cringe (even if it's not that bad) and all these animu boys, I'm enjoying it... A bit. Can't wait for the romanceable girl to appear.

Are all VNs slow paced? Tell me about all about your VN experiences in general and what I should expect.

>>2365383
Eh, I pirate games too sure, but I liked to be able to support some of my favorite devs.

And I usually doing it during the sales anyway, so not gonna spent a fortune over here.

>>2365438
In general western VNs move faster than japanese ones. Backstage Pass is unusually slow for a western-developed game, in my experience

I wonder how many years it will take before we get a truly great western VN. Something that sets the standard for all. Something we can actually be proud of.

So long as the western VN scene is filled with cottage industries and tumblrinas who think that making games is easy, that day will be long away. And then you have Sekai Project snapping up anyone who has an once of talent and squandering their work.

>>2365473
I just want a western VN to try and take us in for the long haul. I want to be pulled in, given an experience, infodumps, the whole package.

The problem is that people just can't seem to dedicate themselves that much to it.

>>2365473
>I wonder how many years it will take before we get a truly great western VN. Something that sets the standard for all. Something we can actually be proud of.

a) When someone actually gives a million dollars to a VN development team, instead of them being made on a budget of $10K.

b) When people finally accept that 3d walkaround narrative adventure games ARE "western visual novels"

>>2365479
see again that "budget of $10K" thing. this is why you get to pick between "two hours long, shiny, shit writing" (most of sekai project) or "ten hours long, mediocre art, decent writing, no voice acting" but you never get "sixty hours long and fucking gorgeous"

>>2365486
True, plus, vn's are actually kind of fucking expensive. They thrive off the obsessive fan market, which isn't as strong round these parts.

>>2365479
There are a lot of people willing to dedicate themselves to developing good games. Problem is, these people can't survive off sunlight and 2D lesbians.

>>2365486
>but you never get "sixty hours long and fucking gorgeous"
It's extremely rare for even high value hetero JVN's to get that kind of treatment, hoping for something of that level to come out of the west and from a niche like a Yuri VN no less is fucking ludicrous.

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>>2365486
>When someone actually gives a million dollars to a VN development team
>see again that "budget of $10K" thing
Japanese VNs don't have that kind of budget either yet they have better VNs.

>>2365488
now i want a story of a writer who thrives off sunlight lesbians
every day she must lie naked in the grass to be stimulated by her ethereal lover

>>2365492
They have a lot more than $10K and professional experience to go with it. The entire west has less than ten people working fulltime in VNs, total.

>>2365479
The problem seems to be accountability.

Most people starting VNs have no experience making even small scale stories. As I've said before, they jump in headfirst thinking they're going to be the next Ryukishi07 or something and quickly realize they've bitten off more than they can chew. Or if they put together a team they have no way of keeping that team together or focused on work when their only means of communicating is the internet.

How do you go about compensating someone you haven't personally met for their work? Do you pay up front? What if they take the money and then don't deliver on their work? Unless you have an actual contract of employment there's not much you can do? What if the creator asks for payment after finishing their work and the developer stiffs them on the bill? I believe that has also happened before.

>>2365492
No, Japan just has budgets of $500k+ for high end commercial JVNs. Stop expecting JVN quality from the West when the best a VN team can hope for is getting a $10~20k budget from crowdfunding.

>>2365490
Akaiito and Aoishiro are exceptions to the rule alas. They look amazing to this day.

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>>2365493
Praise the Sun!

>>2365501
Yuck sunbro what have they done to you...

>>2365502
He praised the sun too much.

>>2365498
>Japan just has budgets of $500k+ for high end commercial JVNs
I doubt Flowers, SonoHanabira and Nurse Love Addiction were that high budgeted. That seems a lot for even Aoi Shiro/Akai Ito.

has anyone played any of the yuri jam games? are they worth reading through?

>>2365508
https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4054
Source links are dead, but some original blogposts are quoted in the thread. You can estimate the cost yourself.

>>2365486
>When people finally accept that 3d walkaround narrative adventure games ARE "western visual novels"
You could say that yes, these are a subgenre, but they almost always depend 100% on environmental storytelling and disembodied voices because these devs can't afford to implement 3D character models.

>>2365486
Dude if you ackowle that then Gone Home is techincally a Visual Novel. And no VN deserves to be lumped with that.

>>2365521
>>2365520

I was thinking more Telltale stuff with actual characters and choices and so on, not pure walking simulators which are really more their own thing.

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>>2365521
It is technically a visual novel. And there are worse games out there than Gone Home.

>>2365525
Begone from this place demon.
>>2365522
>Telltale
>choices
I agree with your point though. Gone Home was more like Myst in actual genre than a vn.

>>2365479
Embric is up there with my favorite JP VN's

>>2365438
>otome
Can't find anything about any yuri options. Whose macarons are you expecting?

>>2365486
>b) When people finally accept that 3d walkaround narrative adventure games ARE "western visual novels"

Besides Gone Home and Life is Strange I can't think of more western games with lesbians that fall in this category. What are more examples?

>>2365586
Tales of the Borderlands if you apply a liberal definition because there's a lesbian couple in the later half.

>>2365498
Sure, let's ignore that most visual novel classics (Tsukihime, Fate, Higurashi) were cheap doujin projects maybe by one guy alone.
You don't need money to make something that will be considered good.

And let's be honest. Shitty english dub would kill any high budget VN project.

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>>2364027

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>>2365645
Disgusting. Pic related is lamia.
Breeding Season and the game that spawned from its putrid corpse only really pander to furries.

>>2365697
tell us how you really feel, anon

>>2365638
>most visual novel classics
>three games
'Kay. Also, FSN was a commercial project.

>>2365645
How does Breeding Season/Cloud Meadow work? You need to make children right? Does that mean homosexual "events" are just filler?

>>2365709
> Also, FSN was a commercial project.
Clearly with no high budget.
Most old visual novel also has shitty art.
Japan doesn't care that much about budget, that's why things like Touhou and KemoFure can become such big success.

West on the other side don't give much value to things not tied to a famous brand.
So it's not like we don't have visual novel with potential to be a big success. Even if we had, no one would care.

>>2365725
>Most old visual novel also has shitty art.
Key word being "old" here. A Western VN with Touhou-level art will not become a successful project in 2017, unless it's absolutely amazing in every other aspect of the game. And that's something you can't accomplish unless you either have high budget or can live off sunlight lesbians and dedication, working on your personal project for years and years.

Even a Japanese VN with Touhou-level art won't be successful in the current year, for that matter. Japanese might "not care that much about budget", but they still do care about how the final product looks and plays.

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>>2365528

It's Nicole.

>>2365697
eh that lamia isn't thicc enough or exotic enough.
>>2365645
has anyone asked if its possible to sex two females and get eggs, ive tried with the latest patch but didn't seem to work.

>>2365744
>but they still do care about how the final product looks and plays.

Again, not a game, but KemoFure says otherwise.

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>>2365845
Lolis With Animal Ears looks fine. It's not quite like pic related.

>>2365725
>Japan doesn't care that much about budget, that's why things like Touhou and KemoFure can become such big success.
And there are western indie games made on a small budget that turn out to be huge successes too. Look at Undertale. (Not a VN obviously, though it does technically have /u/ in it) It's less likely for a VN to turn out to be that kind of surprise hit in the West, though, because most western gamers are suspicious of VNs and most weebs worship Japan too much to trust anything western-made. Probably the closest to a big low-budget western VN success would be Long Live The Queen. Which also has /u/ in it, maybe that's the key.

Still, often when people bemoan that the west hasn't produced a masterpiece, they have something specific in mind that IS unreachable without money. Like the 60-hour epic with hundreds of CGs and full voice acting. Or a game with its own TV series.

>>2365845
Amazing! You're a Friend who is bitter.

How was Queen of Thieves? Did anyone here play it?

>>2365895
I heard it was really grindy, don't remember hearing much comment on the romances though

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>>2365366
Not exactly yuri, but Carpe Fulgur Collection (Recettear, Chantelise, and Fortune Summoners bundle) 80% off and a bunch of Neptunia games 65%+ off.

>>2365895
Quite bad to be honest, from start you are reminded hard that all the 3 sisters are bi and you have many hetero attraction scenes you can't really avoid even if you want to play it as girls only.

Aside of that the plot is weak and idiotic as hell after we learn of Queen of Thieves fate and how retarded that turned out where the ending seems to be just rushed without much sense.
it's like the writer gave up in the middle of the story.

>>2365282
Dragon's Dogma is best played on the normal difficulty. Hard mode is only hard for the first few levels, then you start outscaling everything even faster than on normal difficulty so the whole game becomes pretty easy.

>>2365953
speaking of bisexual games england exchange has a new /u/ route in testing but the game is still dumb

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NoA2 spin-off manga announced
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-23/nights-of-azure-2-game-gets-manga-spinoff-in-july/.117883

>>2365977
Gently caressing her sword. How lewd.

>>2365981
>Gently caressing
.. i spend too much time on something awful

Does anyone here have a spare 25% coupon for Valkyrie Drive?

>>2366014
No, but I have a spare coupon for Senran Kagura.

>>2366066
>Taohua
the fuck kinda name is this, she better be chinese

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>>2366066
Gimme!

>>2366068
She's probably the dark-haired oriental beauty archetype.

>>2366066
Since it's Ebihime, will they talk during sex as if they're in a classic literary novel? I hope they do.

>>2366066
Cute.
Could do with fewer maid uniforms though.

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>>2366083
>Could do with fewer maid uniforms though.
It's a game about Victorian maids. Having fewer of those would be false marketing.

You plebeian.

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>>2366083
>fewer maid uniforms
>fewer
>indicating a desire to see a smaller amount of maid uniforms than what is currently present in the game
Reported to FBI.

Been looking at the steam sales are is there anyone that can tell me if Soulset and Final theosis are worth the price tags? Also I heard there is some problem with Valkyrie Drive wait for better sale at only 10% Or grab it now?

>>2366106
VD is even cheaper if you have Shinovi Versus. The problem is jiggle physics not working properly. Devs acknowledged the issue and I'm sure they'll fix it soon seeing how the port is in-house developed and pretty good otherwise.

I still recommend getting it.

>>2366109
Also if you don't have SV and buy VD you'll get a coupon for SV.

SV is nice and it plays better than Estival Versus but EV is gayer.

>>2366106
well valkyrie drive is just out so it'll almost certainly have better discounts at christmas, it's realy more about whether you feel like waiting. are they actually oging to bother updating it? have they with their other games?

While I haven't played them, from what I've heard and my own investigations I would steer clear of Final Theosis. SoulSet appears to be well-received, though you will have to play male routes to get the whole story, and it's on my list of games I'd like to play eventually

>>2366106
I've been playing VD a bunch, and I've only had a single crash so far. Some other users have reported more serious issues, but the devs usually patch these games quickly.
And seeing how the game just came out this week, it'll be a while before it gets any other discount.

>>2366112
Just would like to thank everyone for their quick replies. Incredible when this thread can be so slow moving sometimes. I might bite the bullet for Final Theosis because its so cheap and there isn't a single English review. Someone needs to tell u/ if that game truly is garbage. Great I guess I will just hope there is a decent skip function for Soulset.

As for VD so I get a discount if I have Shinovi versus? Interesting I was always thinking of getting. EV I already have and with the DLC characters so that was fun. Is the water gun game of Senran Kagura any good? Not on steam?

>>2366120
If you have SV on steam, you should've gotten a 25% discount coupon for the VD complete edition that stacks with the launch discount. Check your inventory; if it's not there then restart your steam client and it should show up.
The SK watergun game just came out in Japan, it'll be a while before it gets brought to the West.

>>2366014
I do.