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Post by bonesnapdeez on Nov 3, 2022 9:42:00 GMT -5
There's one chibi side story. But it's the last one; I have to get through two more normal ones first.
And yeah, this type of localization is perplexing. It's like they're trying to make the game more palatable for normies. But normies aren't playing Jake Hunter, weebs are.
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Post by Ex on Nov 3, 2022 10:07:54 GMT -5
I guess they're hoping to attract normies to weeb games. If that's the case they are naively misguided to put it nicely.
With the DS one, there's six main cases and six chibi cases.
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Post by Sarge on Nov 3, 2022 14:05:04 GMT -5
The chibi stuff is quite funny. And yes, they should have just kept it Japanese.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Nov 8, 2022 13:16:41 GMT -5
Aight, finished the 3DS Jake Hunter game.
Not bad overall, not one of my favorites. The mysteries were decent enough, but at the end of the day I think I prefer weird ritualistic murder mysteries (see Chaos;Head or Kara no Shoujo) to the seedy underworld mafia/yakuza type drama of Jake Hunter.
Commenting again about how terrible the localization is. 90% of the game does its best to hide its Japanese routes and then the last mystery is all about a Japanese culture festival! Well, okay then.
You can actually play the game exclusively with the d-pad (maybe once you get past the title screen at least) which is something I don't recall seeing before. Don't know how practical this is, but a surprising feature.
The pacing of the game is all over the place, with a 9-ish hour main story, four 2-hour side stories, and then a half-hour chibi gag story.
This and Trace Memory are like 6/10s for me. I need to sit down and write more thorough reviews; been slacking on that.
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Post by Ex on Nov 8, 2022 13:41:25 GMT -5
This and Trace Memory are like 6/10s for me. I'm glad you gave both of those games a playthrough, even if they weren't jams for you. I think that Trace Memory's sequel Another Code R is considerably better than its predecessor. And it's possible you'd enjoy Jake Hunter: Memories of the Past more than you did its 3DS successor. But I'll say it one last time; Hotel Dusk and Last Window are the best adventure games out there (obviously IMO). Miles beyond any other adventure games I've played, and I've played a few. It's worth emulating both games if they are too pricey to buy legit these days. You won't hurt CiNG doing so, that studio is long bankrupt. Alright I give up on trying to get you to play them now. I prefer weird ritualistic murder mysteries Then these games may be your jam:
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Nov 8, 2022 13:48:18 GMT -5
Theresia looks interesting. It was removed from the VNDB so I assume there are many interactive elements.
Again and the Zero Escape games are on my "to play" list.
Honestly, the Danganronpa character art is so repellent to me that it makes me not want to play the games.
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Post by Ex on Nov 8, 2022 13:51:53 GMT -5
Overall I think the three Zero Escape games would be big hits for you. I've beaten the first two, very much murder mysteries ahoy (with mysteries inside of enigmas inside of conspiracies). Looks like Steam is the least expensive way to buy the games legit these days: store.steampowered.com/bundle/2638/Zero_Escape_Trilogy/It was removed from the VNDB so I assume there are many interactive elements. Theresia -> Yes there's a fair amount of interactive stuff. And even rudimentary dungeon crawling. But the game's a visual novel adventure at heart, no doubt about it. It's also difficult if that matters.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Nov 18, 2022 19:19:13 GMT -5
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Nov 19, 2022 16:37:34 GMT -5
Return to Shironagasu Island, the random doujin VN featured in this thread's original post, is now on the eShop!!! I played a bit of the game (on the PC) some months ago, but became frustrated as it's really easy to get stuck in an unwinnable situation. I'm gonna give it another go with a walkthrough in tow. It is cozy and I love the indie Japanese aesthetics.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Nov 23, 2022 13:30:16 GMT -5
Return to Shironagasu Island, the random doujin VN featured in this thread's original post, is now on the eShop!!! I played a bit of the game (on the PC) some months ago, but became frustrated as it's really easy to get stuck in an unwinnable situation. I'm gonna give it another go with a walkthrough in tow. It is cozy and I love the indie Japanese aesthetics. Update: I double dipped and grabbed the Switch edition.... And beat it! (minus the bonus chapter which I'm still working through). DO NOT RECOMMEND.The game has a lot of potential. It has the spooky haunted Western manor aesthetic: people are trapped and there's a killer on the loose. Conspiracies are revealed as the investigation unfolds. The first hour or so is really riveting. Then it falls apart. The point and click segments suck. They're slow and everything needs to be "checked" one hundred times. Worse yet, there are elaborate timed point and click segments. The timer continues to tick as character dialogue is shown onscreen: you will loose these segments if you don't crank your text speed to max in the config menu. Additionally, the "pointer" sucks on the Switch. You need to have it calibrated just right (or be very careful if you go the touchscreen route). There's a bomb diffusing segment that's infuriating. After multiple attempts and a detailed walkthrough handy I only made it out alive with like five seconds to spare. As mentioned, it's also easy to save oneself into an unwinnable situation. A mistake made in the game often doesn't have consequences until later on (and you will have saved in the meantime). Anyone not using a walkthrough needs to juggle a hefty bundle of saves. This really should have been a kinetic VN. The gameplay elements suck and while the story is also pretty bad it's at least entertaining.
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