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Posted by FlareNetworkC on 09.16.2014, 06:04 AM:

  Visual Novels

Tell me I'm not the only one who is or has played one.

I'm currently playing through Higurashi, tis very interesting. Trying frantically to find a copy of Fate/Stay Night.


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Posted by Saddletank on 09.16.2014, 07:35 AM:

 

I thought visual novels were books with illustrations. Your posts implies they are computer games/stories.


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Posted by saviour2012 on 09.16.2014, 09:12 AM:

 

quote:
Originally posted by Saddletank
I thought visual novels were books with illustrations. Your posts implies they are computer games/stories.


its both such as steins gate was a visual novel game


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Posted by Roarkiller on 09.16.2014, 09:54 AM:

 

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Originally posted by Saddletank
I thought visual novels were books with illustrations. Your posts implies they are computer games/stories.
A visual novel is kinda both at the same time. Eroge are a sub-branch of visual novels (fans would passionately disagree though). The idea is that a story, hence the term "novel", is told in a visual manner, where the picture fills the screen while blurbs of text generally fill a small box at the bottom of the screen. Hence, visual novel. Imagine a silent movie where, instead of moving pictures, you have pictures that change only periodically, and the text/dialogue is shown at the bottom of the screen instead of between scenes. If there's budget, you might even get VAs to voice the dialogues too.

"Girlfriend of Steel", the game I sent you that time, is an example of a visual novel. More famous examples include anything from Key (Clannad, Air, Kanon, etc), Type Moon (Tsukihime, Fate series, Garden of Sinners) and the Higurashi series.


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Posted by Saddletank on 09.16.2014, 10:18 AM:

 

Ah, okay. I seem to have been misunderstanding this for years. For example I have a pdf copy of Haruhi Suzumiya and that appears to have been a traditional paper-and-cover book. I understand the Monogatari series is the same.

How does one tell which it is if someone just talks of a visual novel?


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Posted by arren18 on 09.16.2014, 04:40 PM:

 

Saddles, I think you've mixed it up with light novel. Haruhi and Monogatari are examples of light novels. Visual novels are, as explained, a type of computer game with limited gameplay and a focus on telling a set story.


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Posted by Saddletank on 09.16.2014, 04:45 PM:

 

Duh. Me dim and old. You young and wise. Me crawl back into hole.


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Posted by arren18 on 09.16.2014, 06:54 PM:

 

It's an easy mistake to make!

As for me, VNs aren't really my thing. I've played Phoenix Wright, if you count that, and on my computer I have Hatoful Boyfriend, a dating sim parody featuring pigeons.


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Posted by husky51 on 09.16.2014, 07:42 PM:

 

quote:
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Duh. Me dim and old. You young and wise. Me crawl back into hole.


I am in my own cave as well, Saddles... lol

arren:
Hatoful Boyfriends, dating sim featuring pigeons..... unusual combination, don't you think??? lol


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Posted by FlareNetworkC on 09.16.2014, 08:48 PM:

 

Garden of Sinners was actually a Light Novel, Roar. P.S. Speaking of Type/Moon, did you know that the guy who wrote Fate/Zero also wrote Madoka Magica? Yayness!


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Posted by Roarkiller on 09.21.2014, 08:20 AM:

 

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Originally posted by FlareNetworkC
Garden of Sinners was actually a Light Novel, Roar. P.S. Speaking of Type/Moon, did you know that the guy who wrote Fate/Zero also wrote Madoka Magica? Yayness!
Oh yea forgot they did other media as well. Madoka was awesome except for the third movie.


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quote:
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Posted by FlareNetworkC on 09.22.2014, 07:33 PM:

 

Haven't seen Rebellion, loved the series. Is Rebellion at least semi-tolerable?


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Posted by arren18 on 09.22.2014, 08:01 PM:

 

Going to have to thoroughly disagree with Roar and say it's great. It's not quite on a par with the series which is one of my favourites, but I honestly thought they did a fantastic job of making a sequel that was true to the feel of the original. However, I get the impression it's a bit of a love-it-or-hate-it deal.


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Posted by Saddletank on 09.23.2014, 02:21 PM:

 

I hear about this series a lot, perhaps I should watch it - what comprises the full Madoka Magica "story"?


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Posted by arren18 on 09.23.2014, 04:13 PM:

 

The original series is twelve episodes long. I don't know how much you already know about it, so I'll avoid giving too much away and just say that it's a twist on the magical girl genre.

Beyond that, there are two recap movies, which slightly condense the series to set up for the third movie, a sequel. I would say that none of them are essential for enjoying the overall story, but the sequel movie is in my opinion very good.


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Posted by Roarkiller on 09.24.2014, 10:27 AM:

 

The build up to the series ending was spectacular in itself, so much so that it made Rebellion look like a bad attempt at a sequel.

Back to topic, Insani is a good place to start out. I recommend Red Shift for a quick intro to what VNs are because of how short it is. Otherwise, I recommend Narcissu for its strong story.


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quote:
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Posted by magical dream panda on 01.04.2015, 04:30 PM:

 

quote:
Originally posted by FlareNetworkC
Tell me I'm not the only one who is or has played one.

I'm currently playing through Higurashi, tis very interesting. Trying frantically to find a copy of Fate/Stay Night.


those are the interactive stories where you chose how the story ends right?
if so I've played them

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