I blame Japan for not releasing a lot of their popular VN to the West. I want to read Tsukihime remake but it’s unavailable in the West.

@@KhanMann66 yeah it's such a shame tsukihime remake didn't get release to the west, well seeing how popular fate franchise is, i'm pretty sure they gonna reconsider it

@@ronnieandreas8572 it just got a fan translation that’s amazing

It's coming out in 2024

@@thetruemrf7481 yeah i just heard about it recently, finally our prayers has been heard by type moon

Just means you can do another video on the topic as well as keeping this older one as a record of the past, as it were.

​@@joshuaanderson1712nah they're still good games and it hasn't really changed much

Where did you sakura no uta?

@@dudi.x9659 I read with the spanish patch

Sakura no Uta? Not Saya no Uta?

@@ilucasz Yes

@@soooslaaal8204 Didn't know there was another with a similar name.

I actually prefer Hollow Ataraxia to FSN. Sure it has a lot of fan service in there, and sometimes it meanders about due to the nature of its storytelling, but I think it's ultimately the more interesting visual novel experience. Also, it serves as "Medusa route," and she's way more interesting there than in FSN. Not to mention Caren, Bazett, and a certain other protagonist are all excellent characters in their own right.

@@Cav829 Oh Medusa's route was the first one I focused on lol, that game made her one of my favs.

​​@@Cav829 angra is the greatest fate protag

Where can I read this visual novel in English?

@@nicholas_bolas2018 There is sadly no official release for HA. If you google "Play Hollow Ataraxia" you should find what you need in order to play it.

Well said, Fata Morgana is such a masterpiece. The characters are so human its scary

Man idk what it is, I tried repeatedly and just can't get into Fata Morgana. I get like 3 hours in and just doesn't hook me at all. I think it's gonna end up being my VN equivalent of Madmen, where I recognize there's amazing writing in it but it just doesn't do it for me.

​@@EE-jp5evmaybe it's the slow writing? it really does pick up though and is 100 percent worth going through the slow parts

​@@EE-jp5evIt's weird cause the later stuff will make the first parts way better in retrospect

Umineko anime does not exist 🗿

Never enjoyed myself so much reading a visual novel (except Umineko), still think about some of its dialogues every day

In summary, the writer is a huge sadist

Nor Saya No Uta...

​@@ilucaszisn't that the one with the meat monster

@@lilzeddy Yep!

Same....

still waiting As night reincarnation get pickup

Define "high quality". Going off the vndb average score, there's whole bunch with around or above an 8.00 average score.

try policenauts, yuno and eve burst error

@@__diosito__ Much appreciated. Gonna look them up when i get home.

@@AngeVNs Is that all in English though, and is all of it even well translated. There are plenty of great VNs out there that either don't have an English translation or do have one but has been advised by Japanese readers as being poor quality.

Glad I could help~!

As someone who plays both, Do you think I should start With Higurashi or Umineko? as a Mystery genre which do you think succeed more in their goal of keeping suspense?

Go read your copy of House in Fata Morgana and Steins;Gate now. Definitely worth it. And they will wreck you real HARD.

@@kraney195 If you're planning to read both, you may want to start with Higurashi. They're separate stories, and I wouldn't say Umineko requires Higurashi to make sense, but it can definitely enhance the experience, since there are a few nods back to it. From a mystery standpoint, I think Umineko's the best though. Both are good, but Umineko really leans into that side of things, and I'd say does it really well overall (though there may be parts that you could have issues with).

@@soulscyther666 Oh, they're both high on my lists of VNs to read. I am reading Chaos;Head Noah right now, so I'll obviously want to wait until afterwards for Steins;Gate. Really excited for both though.

Facts brother

Is there romance in the series?

" read especially their different spin-off series" I think the main timeline is superior to the spin-offs TBH.

Yeah, F/GO and the other spinoffs are good and all but it just doesn't match up to KnK, Tsukihime, F/SN and Mahoyo.

Appreciate it! Thanks~

The Devil on G-String is also genuinely great although I despise the MC most of the time. I also think people are not giving Chaos;Head enough credit. Yes, the world is less fleshed out than in Steins;Gate, but it does some genuinely creative stuff with it's delusion system and the MC Taku is an absolute character study of hikkikomori and social anxiety. No VN simulates losing your mind better.

@@gilroyscopa The issue with C;H at least for me is that while the first half does a fantastic job of ratcheting up the tension and paranoia surrounding the events taking place. The second half mostly consists of info-dumps, and leads to an ending that felt rushed and tropey at least in my eyes.

@@Lokd0wn Yeah, you're probably right. Still, I like how little you know what is real and what isn't at times, once the obvious delusion-transitions stop.

@@gilroyscopa Oh yeah, if someone wanted to make the arguement that C;H has the best opening chapters of all the Sci;Adv stories I could definitely see where they're coming from. As while to me the likes of S;G and C;C have better story and characters overall. The setup done by C;H is masterfully done, just a shame they could only sort of stick the landing. It should be noted that I haven't read the C;H Noah routes yet. The official translation is apparently pretty bad. And there's still some contention as to whether the CoZ patch translation is all that good. But I am aware of what happens in the Noah routes as a friend who knows Japanese gave me Cliff Notes of them a few years ago. And none of them seemed particularly outstanding, aside from the revelation about one of the characters in a route ending that completely flips some stuff in C;C on it's head.

He showed vndb in text very briefly at the way beginning If you want Erogamescape scores I made a video on that recently: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jrunoMZptKeYdKs.html

VNDB with its Gaussian Average rating.

As someone who watched the anime years before playing, strong yes. I am continuously impressed by the pacing and how well-written it is. It can be frustrating at times, but you have to understand who the characters are and all of the flaws that they have. All of the build up makes it more cathartic when things start developing.

Make sure to do the side routes in closing chapter before doing the main route on it, even if you don't like the character. It shows sides of other characters that you don't see in the main route and really fleshes them out

As far as I understand, the While Album 2 anime only covered the opening chapter part of the story, which is merely 10-15% of it lol. The other 85% is closing chapter and none of that was animated at all.

Look up the 07th Mod online. It's a Mod that should help

Yeah, definitely pick that for lip sync + much better translation

There are other timelines? Or parallel universes?

@@tallesrodrigues5994 the only timeline that exists currently Is the steins gate world line , every entry takes place on this world line except chaos head since that came out before sg and takes place before it. There isn't quite parallel universes but world layers are a concept from the series

@@kheggz6734 Yes, I remenber that, for a moment I thought they had broken the rules of the series in a spinoff (like Fate did)

I also prefer Chaos;Head (I played the OG ver) over steins gate As great as steins;gate is it gets pretty predictable in the middle. At least Chaos;Head remain unpredictable 90% through the game and you can actually feel MC Paranoia seeping into your brain The resolution is really weak tho. The initial concept hardcarries it till the end but they thrown it to trash for finale. Honestly I think it'll be much better if Chaos;Head just make the MC insane and let us sit in his brain the whole way. I mean it's a real cool concept, playing as insane person, choose which delusion he's gonna see and watch him either went full insane, get better or in between

nope

if it didn't haruki would blame himself and self isolate for 3 years

@@AlkonKomm two most useless person in the room. Haruki & Kazusa. Love to see that.

Both

Thanks~! I haven't read too many of those types of VNs before. But I will direct you over to itch(.)io for that genre. LGBTQ+ works are popular over there from my limited knowledge!

Just keep on reading. I struggled a bit to continue during the first half. Then it became my most favorite vn and re-read it several times. Also make sure to read all the different routes.. one of them was so freaking shocking to me :)

@@MrEDET The Ferris Route, that was cut from the anime completely, is genuinely great.

Steins;gate has absolutely atrocious pacing. the people who manage to stick with it get rewarded with a very exciting second half, that honestly makes it hard to stop reading.

@@AlkonKomm As a science nerd the bad pacing didn't matter to me at all. All that riddling over what's happening was fun to me. Plus: I'd attend Kurisus' lectures every day.

@@MrEDET Hey. So I kept reading and finally finished it 2 days ago. Now I have some free time on my hands, I might as well share my opinion (I have no one else around me who reads/plays visual novels). SPOILERS FOR STEINS; GATE: So, basically I read the first entry in the franchise Chaos; Head like a year ago, it was interesting but I hated the protagonist, though he did redeem himself in the later parts. I have been hearing so much about this and Umineko for so long, so I decided to finally read it despite my upcoming exams (my big mistake). I started and read 5 hours straight on weekends cause Kurisu. But my experience got distorted because I was able to read only like 20 minutes on weekdays. The beginning was pretty great for me, though I had a lot of questions but all of them got answered in the later sections as it was the case with Subahibi. Steins; Gate is a huge improvement from Chaos Head in all aspects like production quality, art, story and characters. I absolutely loved all the characters and their interactions (but I want more Kurisu and Okarin). Okarin is a great protagonist probably my top 3. Kurisu- the best girl, the best assistant. I oved her online toxic personality. Endings: Suzuha Ending - I think this ending is most wasted when it had a great potential. It felt kinda short to me, I was really interested in how Okabe was getting mentally broken and started listening to his intrusive thoughts such as seeing Daru almost get hit by a car. I was hoping they would explore it more, but it got rushed. Faris Ending - I didn't expect much, but I liked Faris in the end. Good route. I loved how everyone is alive, but no one knows Okabe and it was probably the happiest ending. Luka Ending - Wait, did they just sacrifice Mayuri and just kept on going? Mayuri Ending - it was great, but why Kurisu? Kurisu Ending - same with Mayuri Route, but double the pain. True Ending - I was kinda disappointed that Kurisu was not saved, so I got really happy when Okarin was given a chance to save her. Big Mistake, Okabe got traumatized, he didn't deserve it honestly. This is easily the best ending and is among my most satisfying endings because of that final interaction with Kurisu. My complaints are that Okabe can be real dense sometimes, such as talking about Time Travel Machine in Public places (like that time Faris heard). I mean dude learn some self restraint, you hacked into one of the biggest organizations on Earth and you are talking about openly? Also, he allowed anyone to become a lab mem and send messages which was kinda fine, but letting them send D-mails without knowing its contents was stupid imo. Plot twists were not good as in other vns like 999 or When they cry series, they were kinda easy to figure out like Suzuha being Daru's daughter, I mean she went to the same event as Daru saying she will meet her father there and they have similar hair color. Also, I knew Okabe was involved Kurisu's death because she said in the very beginning of the game that Okabe wanted to talk to her in private and then she gets killed mysteriously. Finally, not enough CGs of Okabe, I mean it would have been much more impactful in serious situations if we could see Okabe suffering like we did with that CG of him holding Kurisu's dead body. Well, I think I talked too much, overall it was enjoyable and fun, though not enough Kurisu for me. I will watch anime sometime in the future and see how it holds up (though they rarely do).

While I would disagree that it’s on the same level, I really like Tsukihime as well. I feel the story is a bit more hard-hitting, and while Fate/Stay Night can be seen as three different stories elaborating upon a core set of themes, Tsukihime is two stories where each route adds a layer onto the overall picture. The Far Side of the Moon routes focusing on Akiha, Hisui and Kohaku are some of my favorite writing ever, and it was crazy seeing the story get a different dimension as you advance through the routes. Even though Arcueid is the mascot, it’s with those three that Tsukihime really shines. >that being said, I could do without the incest. I don’t care if Shiki is adopted into the family, it’s inherently weird banging the girl you’ve thought of as your sister your whole life, and it really doesn’t help that Akiha keeps referring to Shiki as Nii-san after doing it like animals twice in a row.

MuvLuv TDA is a great addition for it

how many muvluv are there? Is it one of those oversaturated franchise that overstayed it's welcome like Fate?

​@@kraney195 from what I know the one's mentioned by Charlie500 above are the only ones and a spinoff mech game, i think.

@@kraney195 You may consider it like that. So far the studio that made the core MuvLuv series (MuvLuv and MuvLuv Alternative) has made like three major spinoffs and a lot of minor ones that were based on the MuvLuv Alternative universe. Also for people who just heard about MuvLuv, to not get confused, MuvLuv Extra and Unlimited are not two separate games and are merged together in one game just titled MuvLuv.

@@ketanvirbhadre1634 MuvLuv TDA(The Day After) is a continuation of MuvLuv Unlimited.

Danganronpa sucks not making it in a best top just in a decent place

Yeah, Dies Irae is really underrated.

I read The House in Fata Morgana last month and I agree completely. There are moments you just can't believe what happens.

The only criticism I had was only at near the end where our protag is treated like a Mary sue Christ figure and just constantly preaches while everybody just bow down to him out of character, it's like naruto's talk no jutsu his opponents away. Im also not a big fan of it's spiritual and supernatural aspect of it, something which also got more prominent at the end, that's maybe why I prefer it's more grounded prequel Requiem.... So do you have any recommendations similar to that? Best I could find is Aiyoku no Eustia

​@@kraney195Well the entire point of that last part was that no one actually wanted to do what they were doing they just thought they had to and were being stubborn. Plus it wasn't real anyway