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A new bl game general after the last one was locked because of the missing thread pic. What's your favourite? Did you play one recently that you'd like to talk about? Is there a BL game localisation you're looking forward to?
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>>361 No.4093
>>4090>Episode 1 is out, but I think it's supposed to get continually updated with new episodes over timeHate how video games are now adopting the WIP fanfiction model where they release in parts and you have to wait years inbetween them, or, worst case scenario, they get abandoned, except at least when fanfics stop updating, you never spent any money on them.
No.4096
>>4093I agree so much, and I really don't see people in VN communities talking about this enough. There's a non-fujo VN which released in episodes, and you have to pay $20 for each of the 4 episodes, Each episode is approximately 5-10 hours long, depending on your reading speed. Each episode is basically just a route. You're paying $80 for a 40-hour VN with 4 routes. It's the exact same monetization model as those mobile games. I hate it so much.
I really want to play Boyhood's End, but not if I'm unsure if it's actually going to be finished. I can't justify spending that much money on an incomplete story.
No.4112
>>4107Ah that's unfortunate Ive had this on my list for ages since the characters looked rather cute, I understand some characters being locked in the first playthrough or having a recommended order for your playthrough but enforced just runs me the wrong way too, I like making choices, are there bad ends at least?
No.4114
>>4107Oh, I remember playing this but I didn't think it was good. The choice on who tops or bottoms during sex scenes was an interesting novelty but otherwise I just didn't find the plot or characters any interesting.
No.4128
>>4107I don't mind enforced playing order, but it's bizarre to have an enforced order when the game appears to be around 8 hours long??? Like, how much plot is really happening in this game to warrant that?
No.4130
>>4128>>4112It had a "mystery" so the enforcement comes from the fact that as you completed each route another would unlock there are multiple endings for each character, good, bad, ect. So there are choices but bleh, I think if I was more invested in the characters it would be cool because there is trial and error, but in practice it just frustrated me since again there were only a few I cared about and being forced to redo a route was annoying enough that I don't think any true ending would be worth it.
>>4114Yeah honestly the ability to decide seme/uke was the coolest part and it should be implemented in more VNs.
No.4156
>>4146I heard about it before. I've been told the writing for the routes varies in quality quite a bit. Never played it myself cause my JP would have to be a lot better than it is now.
No.4164
>>4161China always makes the best BL shitposts
No.4167
Anybody played 大穢 yet? How long is it? How is the gameplay? Why does VNDB list is as having two parts?
>>4037Mecha BL and modern/future war settings with sexy uniforms. 1930s East Asia settings. More horror BL games. I loved UUUltra C, so anything with kaijuu really.
>>4039I love salaryman uniforms!
>>4040I wish more VNs plagiarised Sweet Pool… Too niche, I guess.
>>4041>Yaoi in the Yayoi period…That would be all the rage.
No.4168
>>4045Lkyt is on Steam (though it might be the censored version):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2337450/Lkyt/You can pay even with a PaySafeCard there. I highly recommend it as a method.
>>4051Lamento only has a fan translation (look it up on Aaarinfantasy).
No.4170
>>4165>>4162This looked interesting to me, but the price was absolutely crazy given its length. How has it been so far? Is the Steam version censored?
>>4168>Lkyt is on Steam (though it might be the censored version)NTA and it's not censored! I bought it on Steam a while ago, and everything was there.
No.4197
>>4170> but the price was absolutely crazy given its lengthSteam has frequent sales at -50% and more. From what I've seen, it gets discounted quite often.
The only version with sex scenes is the DVD version (I think?), but it might not even have English subtitles.
https://vndb.org/r77591Anyway, I've done 3 out of 4 endings (thanks to the helpful tip in the Steam community).
No.4222
>>4220Not very high waisted trousers either. This kind of thing is pretty common with any historical setting when it comes to suits sadly, it's kind of like the everpresent beachy waves of historical costuming.
When those details are included though, it makes a big difference.
No.4227
>>4144I just got 100% completion. I went into it without any expectations but I can definitely feel the love you mentioned. I don't always like tsundere MCs in BL but I thought Lucil was a fine character. I liked both of his love interests too and the way in which all of the endings contributed something to the overal plot and backstory. I'll have to listen to the drama CDs next.
No.4233
>>4227>>4231This one's on my list because of the nice art and the fact that I couldn't find a lot of fantasy VNs that weren't moidshit, let alone yaoi. If you two both liked it, I'm really looking forward to it.
No.4235
>>4233Yeah, if I try to remember other fantasy BL VNs I know of there's Lamento, Kuro no tsuki, Silver chaos, Galtia and Angel's feather. Those last two don't have a full english patch and I found Kuro no tsuki bad enough that I never finished it.
No.4253
Way overdue post,
>>3667 here. I hope nonnies don't mind the reviewfagging.
We finished the game a few months ago and most of my opinions are still the same. Asato is definitely my best boy, his route felt the most organic (and probably most safe for people who aren't really into the heavier aspects of BL, sans the bad end scene), and we liked him so much that we still send each other the askn we come across and follow lamento artists just to see more of it. As for the side endings and the other two, they weren't really doing it for me. It's already hard to really enjoy side ends/bad ends in most n+c games (minus Mayu's in sd due to its hilarity) so the devils not being all that impressive was expected. Rai's route struck me as an otome route for bpdchan Konoe self-inserters over a real love story between two characters. I'm a bit bitter, I was secretly rooting for him to be the best because I really liked his design and initial attitude towards Konoe. As for Bardo, it was also pretty good at the start, but the game (at least personally) has a tendency to set up something fun to look forward to and ends up turning it in a direction that fucks everything completely. I just sat there thinking how cringe he turned out even if the premise of his jealousy was cool in concept. The overarching story of Konoe's relation to Leaks and the little romance between his dad and Leaks were great, though. As it is for other n+c games, I only really enjoyed one route, but I really appreciated how the story was told and all the non-romance elements built up an amazing world. I'm glad there are still fans of it around who draw fan art and comics.
No.4254
>>4253>Rai's route struck me as an otome route for bpdchan Konoe self-inserters over a real love story between two charactersI'm so glad someone else shares this opinion because he always ends up being the most popular boy in discussions online. I really didn't like him at all, which is a shame because his design is nice. He felt a little too husbando-esque or something for my taste. Even his bad ending, from what I recall (sorry, it's been a few years), gave me mixed feelings because from what I remember,
unlike the other two boys, he doesn't do anything fucked up or evil to the protagonist.>Asato is definitely my best boy, his route felt the most organicI agree that Asato's route felt the most "canon," and that's usually what I tell people to pick on a first playthrough. I also tell people he is the most compatible with Konoe. It's actually kind of crazy how much online consensus seems to be that Rai is the "true route" when Asato makes the most sense thematically and in terms of characterization. Unfortunately, I thought Bardo was the most fun character-wise (in theory, at least, but I also just like older characters), but I acknowledge he is kind of ugly and his route does him dirty. It does piss me off how cringe they made parts of his route, as being a lot older than the rest of the cast, I think he should've had more stability and maturity than what he displayed.
Was Asato your favorite character overall (counting side characters)? Leaks was my absolute favorite character in the VN. I also thought Firi was fun, but he didn't get enough time in the spotlight.
No.4255
>>4254>that Rai is the "true route" when Asato makes the most sense thematically and in terms of characterizationRight? Rai had the most choices, the longest route, and the most CGs, if my memory serves me right. It's so odd. They made the "true route" the least BL-like.
>I thought Bardo was the most fun character-wise>I think he should've had more stability and maturity than what he displayedThat was my problem with him, too. It felt like I wasn't looking at the fun, 40-something geezer he was introduced as at the start of the Ransen arc anymore, even if it was all an act to begin with. His writing could've fit him if he were a decade or two younger, but then it wouldn't make sense for him and Rai to be so tightly tied together. That's why I'm not a fan of their routes even if they're fine as side characters like they are in Asato's good end.
>Was Asato your favorite character overall?I would say yes. I like it when two characters struggling with similar things find courage in each other and move on from their painful pasts together. Him and Konoe being so close in age also makes it the most natural out of all, as boring as that makes me. The parts of the story with him and Kaltz were also very good.
I have to agree that Leaks is among the best overall characters, though. Every time he was on screen I kept smiling from how dramatically evil he is, he really put me back in the early 2000's. Firi was a bit annoying, but his "betrayal" scene was crazy good, so I can't say I dislike him.
No.4287
Should I start Lkyt or Hashihime first?
No.4288
>>4287I'd say hashihime but I'm very biased and never even played Lkyt.
No.4335
Is anyone here going to check out Masquerade? Judging from the impressions I've seen it seems to just be torture porn for the sake of torture porn and while that's not my thing personally it may appeal to people who liked hadaka shitsuji.
No.4361
>>4338Is it free to download somewhere?
No.4362
Finished masquerade (still have a few more alt CGs to get but everything else is basically done)
It’s very stupid and silly but the route where the protagonist became a sadist and turned everyone into his sex slaves was kinda hot, same with the super abrupt romantic endings (I legit wonder how many writers this game has since half the time it’s almost geikomi)
I wanted sensei to have a sex scene too though in the sudden romantic BL ending! My boy Numata didn’t get a coke enema to just get a kiss! He wanted the dick!
No.4363
>>4362The scene with the cows is fucking nasty though, that’s the downside to the sadism route.
No.4364
>>4362>I wanted sensei to have a sex scene too though in the sudden romantic BL ending! My boy Numata didn’t get a coke enema to just get a kiss! He wanted the dick!Interesting that there aren't bad ends and romantic ends for each character. Though based on what little you shared I'm surprised the game has romance at all.
>>4338 this really doesn't scream cute ending.
No.4365
>>4364That’s what I mean by sudden kek
It literally goes from a scene of the protagonist either getting spanked or whipping a his rapist bully to lovey dovey sex under the stars or tsundere to lovey dovey sex in the bully in his huge ass mansion in a matter of minutes.
>>4361If it’s not right now it’ll probably be up in a few days (I just bought it though)
No.4373
>>4372I believe this and the historical shota game were some of the first BL translated into english officially and I always wondered whether this would actually give people a good impression of the genre or not. I got both games on sale once but haven't gotten to them yet.
No.4374
>>4373By shota game I assume you mean Enzai? I think Enzai is better written than this one but I don't like the characters as much. Enzai is 90% just abuse and bad things happening to MC. Absolute Obedience even when it dabbles with fucked up things never feels dark or miserable in the way Enzai does so it's more fun to play.
No.4375
>>4374Yeah, I meant Enzai. It sounds like I'd probably prefer absolute obedience as well.
No.4377
>>4373My pet theory is that they attempted to hit both the gay, and the fujo audience. And just managed to drive off the former, and sort of satisfy the latter.
Gay dudes do like BDSM stuff more than the average het, so they got that one correct. But the gay dudes I know find most yaoi ukes to be wet blakents and often look too underage (even when well overage) to fap to, even when girls are able to shlick it just fine.
Most of the translated VNs around were for men, and were fluffy fuwa fuwa school romances.
With that in mind, localizing Enzai first was such a dick move. I liked Enzai at the time and have a fondness in my heart for it, because I was 13 and enjoyed visual novels and it was the very first yaoi one I played, but I also vividly remember the complete brain-break when the guy got penetrated by a baton and then had to drink piss.
That said, Absolute Obedience was a fun game, very much 'like the eroge but for the girls' despite the fetish-y content, things were not too extreme, and even if you weren't into the fetish in question, you could still enjoy it because the boys were Ok written and hot. Sadly, I think Enzai had already done most of the damage.
No.4379
>>4377NTAYRT but your theory is pretty sound and I had never thought about it from that perspective. Like for a lot of grandma fujos, Enzai was my first because it was the only translated one back in the day and it was so intense I can never forget the shit I saw in that game, the piss drinking and being raped with all sorts of objects with blood dripping everywhere were so intense my little teenage mind was forever tainted by it. I was always wondering why the fuck they picked up such an extreme title instead of something more vanilla but trying to reach the male audience would make sense.
As for Absolute Obedience, I don't even remember any obscene fetishes being in it, at least in comparison to Enzai. It's a shame I've lost my copy ages ago, it could be a fun game to revisit.
No.4414
>>3828I did! I used textractor with deepL and it was pretty much 70% understandable! great story, great characters, pretty nice sex scenes.
The music and art are beautiful and it's right up there with Shingakkou in my top BLVN list!