Other Canidates: Oretsuba, Asairo, Zero Escape 1, Dies Irae, Amagami, Chaos;Head Noah, Katawa Shoujo, Hoshizora no Memoria.

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I'm on chapter 10. Why is there always music playing in the background that makes me feel like I'm supposed to be sad? What am I missing?

For the purposes of this poll think of many or few in relative proportion to the length of the VN you're playing. I favor more choices over less and I especially like multiple endings per LI

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I'm trying to get back into visual novels again, and I specifically want to use my switch for more visual novels. Which ones grab your attention fairly early on, and have an amazing story overall?

I have Fata Morgana and Tsukihime a piece of blue glass moon but looking for other ones.

And did nit receive them. Its been three days and im still waiting for a code. Tried contacting the support that ive bought the points from the point-market website which is listed on dlsite, but they only respond that "they can do nothing about purchasing from external sites".

How can i get my points?

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I haven't read too many visual novels and there's a sale on JAST right now, so I'd like some recommendations for good vns that are on sale. I've already got Totono in my cart.

VNs I've already read/am reading and enjoyed:

• Science Adventure series (have read all but S;G 0, A;C and the numerous spinoffs)
• Higurashi (up to Watanagashi-hen)
• Muv-Luv Extra (lacrosse wtf)
• KnS/The Shell Part I (I read a bit but decided I'd wait until I've read Cartagra, and don't think I'll buy that right now)
• Subahibi (up to Jabberwocky)

Maybe I should just finish reading all those ones first, but I like to have variety in the media I consume.

Edit: another question actually, does the thing with visual novels on steam not receiving revenue because of the banks affect vns like totono or 9-nine (another vn I plan to get on steam), or is it purely games with h content built in? If they’re all ages versions on steam, would the developers still get my money? Or is it better to just buy on JAST?

A work friend of mine showed me DDLC a while ago, and that game changed everything for me. I’ve since played You and Me and Her a love story and Lucy: The eternity she wished for. I feel like these games are as good as it gets in the psychological horror genre (beside lucy, i think that was just a sad story, still loved it) Any recommendations for me based on these? Thank you in advance!

edit: i have also played Miside, another great game

I’m looking for some vn’s with the romance being bdsm based. Basically where either the pair decide this thru choice or one partner requests it and the other obliges. No BL VN’s (sorry just not my thing) and are in English or translated to English. Thank you for your time.

Hiya Guys, I know I just made a post sort of recently but this was something random that comes to my mind. Basically I'm hoping to get peoples opinions on what they feel I like from my visual novels. I know its a really weird question and I do have my own ideas so I'm not trying to form a opinion about myself with just other peoples inputs but just curious to hear about other peoples insights to help expand my own knowledge of myself a little more too so I can maybe better select what to consume in the future along with just gaining greater insight into myself. This is my VNDB page for interested people in taking a look https://vndb.org/u240237. Thanks again in advance everyone!

Hiya guys! I'm looking for something on the shorter side to read. anything under 15 hours would be nice. As for what I want it to have... I think anything people find interesting or funny! I'm open to all genres except horror like saya no uta. it can still have a little horror like with Subahibi or psychological horror of a sort. But other then that though it can be thought provoking, it can be moege it can be anything! if you want to have an idea of what I have read: This is my vndb that is pretty up to date! https://vndb.org/u240237

Hi I just discover this game about 2 weeks ago, I enjoy it very much but I don't know any other active community about this game besides here. Just hoping someone can help me answer some questions.

To capture the takeda generals I've already repelled the blitz and got the ninja from defending from shimazu luckily. But for the other 2 cavalry generals it's been about 10turns since I got the ninja and they're still no signs of showing up, can they still appear if the only houses still standing is shimazu, iga and Miko? I know they can't join youkai. I was in a war with mouri and shimazu when I repelled the blitz while neutral with iga and Miko so can all 3 appear from shimazu for example? Or they have to be 3 different houses? And do I have to already be in a war with 3 houses for them to appear in those or will they join the other houses once I declare war?

Also if anyone has any points run, would appreciate it since the one on wiki needs at least 200 something points and I don't have that. Thanks!!

Disclaimer: This ranking can be inaccurate since the overall rating is simply the sum of three indivudual ratings divided by 3. There is no perfect way to combines the ratings since the three websites uses three different rating systems (\"Bayesian adjusted mean\", \"mean\", and \"median\").

Any thoughts?

Welcome to the weekly "What are you reading?" thread!

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With a new year, comes new runs on VNs you'll never play before or replaying old vns you read before. What visual novel are you currently reading and how do you like it so far? What your thoughts on it? Currently, im playing Va-ll Hall-a for the first time. I really love the visuals, the music, the characters, and the conversations the characters has while being a bartender and serving out drinks. I love the cyberpunk atmosphere.

Basically what I mean is the kind of works that feature a cast of non human characters in them, but the catch is that the player can go on romantic adventures with them as the game has different routes that give the game unique replay value depending on who the player chooses.

I am not sure if there is a better way to say it, but basically I wanted to discuss dating simulators that involve non human characters as like I said, rather than the game focusing on human beings, the game has a strong focus on supernatural elements such as succubus and vampires.

So i've been playing this vn in japanese and am really enjoying it tbh. However, everything related to the combat system and ui is just very confusing to me (especially cause the kanji are small and hard to read). There is honestly a lot of information that i dont understand so i was wondering if there's a spoiler-free guide or if someone can explain it to me

Im struck in this visual novel. No matter i choose it ignore my decition and always get a BAD END.

I tried multiple Walkthroughs from:

The Pdf file come in the Extras folder

https://sagaoz.net/foolmaker/game/k/carnevale.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJU90LC_WeA

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What annoys me even more is, that i cant go to the Extra menu to see the CG gallery, like every other Visual Novel can from the Main Menu.

Again, i tried downloading a 100% save file from https://sagaoz.net/foolmaker/game/k/carnevale.html

But nothing happens.

This is my main menu scr:een, not even the load option appears here.

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This is what i should have, this was taken from the pdf file:

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Additional Info: To play the game I install it with runme.reg, and setting my locale to Japanese, despite running runme, it still requires the CD key (in this case i open runme. reg with notepad and fill the 4 boxes with 3 digits each of the serial in order).
About the language, my Windows licence only allows one language, but I don't know if it matters or not.

I’m trembling, literally. I don’t talk like that and it’s my first time ever saying something like this but i am literally shivering and I’m about to throw up and i wanna get this off my chest somehow. The first dialogue, outside the school, the grotesque imagery caught me off guard. I brushed it off as some edgy twist. How i was wrong.

Matter of fact, everything is wrong, there’s nothing right. Fuminori, his condition, his friends and how he sees the world and people. And Saya. There’s something off i can feel it.

The first break i took was when the scene immediately shifted to that weird sex act between Saya and Fuminori. It’s hard to explain, but i thought i had ED. Never in my life was i unable to get hard (aside from her being a child, EVERYTHING was so wrong that I was unable to get an erection) i felt dizzy, the music “SIN” burned into my ears and the view in front of me made me want to quite the game. That’s like the first 15-30 minute of the game.

After around two days i decided to power through that horrifying sex scene. Everything was normal, yes Fuminori’s treatment of Yoh made me furious but i don’t blame him, she’s a monster of cluttered meat. It’s what happened after that made me make this post.

Fuck I’m trembling.

I knew there was something wrong Saya, that since she’s the most beautiful thing in his distorted vision, it would logically mean she’s the most disgusting thing in a healthy person’s eyes. But i never expected it to be like this.

When Oumi went to scold him and the house was empty, when she said the place smelled of rotten meat, when she went to the kitchen and stepped on some weird slime (which i thought will be some cliché monster or something) turns out to be different. I felt complete sorrow when she went to the living room, every piece of dialogue made it clear that whatever Oumi was feeling, you should feel it too. I was scared shitless. And i knew the living room will be a bad idea. She fell on her knees, slime covered her jeans, her crotch, and her neck? I took a moment to comprehend what happened then felt shivers for the first time in my life. She looks up, she dies, Fuminori saw the front door open and a “pleasant” smell whiffed through it. That’s when i felt like throwing up. He stepped inside the living room and saw a patch of green grass… pieces of fruits… and Saya eating for the first time… my dude immediately took a bite and praised how good it tasted. That’s Oumi. When Saya said she already ate the good parts. That’s Oumi. When he said that they can finally eat together. They ate Oumi.

This is cringe and i hate to say stuff like that but i really mean it when i say that not a single game made me FEEL things like this game did in the span of 1 excruciating hour. I was literally panicking, i was panting, i threw my phone and took time to get some fresh air.

WTF is this game? Why no one told me it was like this? I thought it was some edgy lewd VN but it’s fucking not. It’s a nightmare. THIS is horror, THIS is psychological horror. The ONLY time i feel safe is when i turn it off.

RIP Oumi and may God help me finish this mess of a story. I am sacred, i am trembling, my finger tips are bloodless and i am sweating. Please help me.