Topic: Visual Novels

@Themagusx1 Ok, have fun!
Doodling has turned into designing a plush
I definitely don't probably have ADHD
Definitely not

@EllaTheQueen6 Thanks. What kind of plush are you designing?

@Themagusx1 A plush of a VTuber model I made for personal use
I won't actually be making the push most likely

@EllaTheQueen6 Gotcha, that makes sense.

@Maxenmus Picked up Root Double physical for £13 last month and have grinded through to the final route of four. Thanks for your feedback to my message last year.

It's been a real mixed bag so far. For the most part I agree with your comments about the characters feeling uninspired. The artwork and character designs also feel somewhat lacklusture and prevent me from getting fully invested. Have started skipping the exposition dumps and get this feeling that the whole thing could have shaved a good number of unnessesary hours with a bit of competant editing (Route 2 is almost unbearably long).

However! Considering how easily I usually drop uninteresting games, something has kept me going here. The steady but satisfying unravelling of the mystery, some of the intelligent concepts and workarounds the characters use to solve situations and the plots overal tinge of darkness have seen me invest over 30 hours so far. Its basically hit that point where I cant give up after this long but fortunately its finally getting juicy with the plot reveals.

Anyway, my question for you or anyone else reading. I hear Takumi Nakazawa was director and wondering how this compares with Ever 17? Have been meaning to start it since the dawn of time but now slightly put off if Root Double is representative of his style.

Thanks for reading this far!

@EllaTheQueen6

I'm currently on Volume 7 of Grisaia: Phantom Trigger. God Tier.

@JustMonika AWWWWWWWW CHOCOLA AND VANILLA
Man I can't wait for my plushes to arrive, I seriously do not regret going in debt for them. I was thinking about getting a Chocola nendoroid at some point too.

I'm looking to begin Bustafellows this weekend.

I vaguely remember the marketing for the game; seems it has a fairly good animation budget?

Not just the usual still-images.

Still playing Chaos; Head Noah. I just have two more ending one of the regular and then the true ending.

@Themagusx1 I need to play that, I hear it's good. I just know it's very long, like Steins;Gate

@EllaTheQueen6 You will enjoy it. It’s not family friendly though, but if that’s not an issue it’s a great one to go through

@Themagusx1 I mean, it doesn't nessecarily haev to be family friendly, just not 18+

@EllaTheQueen6 I do think it’s got an M rating,.

@Themagusx1 To be fair, so does Steins;Gate. Do you know the CERO rating? I think that it has a CERO C rating, which is 15+

@EllaTheQueen6 The cero rating is D so it’s 17+. I think if the rating is not an issue you would enjoy it.

Finished Root Double: Before Crime *After Days - Xtend edition xD
Now starting Root Letter (not related!) and its a suprisingly refreshing tonic after the marathon of RD, just make sure to go for the original artstyle work instead of the Last Answer editions photo mode.

The Protagonist is actually fairly likeable with a sense of humour, the music and visuals are calming, no problems with the interface and the whole thing is zipping along nicely.
Picked it up for eshop sale £2 earlier this year and if it continues this well to the end i'll probably pick up the physical.

As for the review on this site... remove this score from the equation and you get a metacritic of 71% which sounds about right. I somewhat doubt NL adhered to their 2 person review backup policy on this one. I'll say no more.

Not bad at all, so far recommended.

@Andyv01 I've got Root Letter down as a 6/10 personally. It wasn't bad but it was fairly forgettable (literally considering I barely remember anything about the characters or what happened in the plot). Agree that the review here was terrible though.

The legendary Muv-Luv and Muv-Luv Alternative are coming to Switch next year!

Began going through Vampire The Masquerade Coteries of New York over the weekend. I love this universe. I read all the paperback clan novels twenty years ago. I thoroughly enjoy the romanticized aspect of vampirization, so chances are good I'll enjoy this immensely regardless of its lower budget.