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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.5039
>>5037You can find it for download on Anime-Sharing. Register an account on the forums and search "Melancholic Dream Tower". The Mediafire link is still working.
No.5040
Is there any way to play Kichiku Megane in the year of our lord 2k25?
No.5042
>>5040Outside of MTL, no. Shocked it never got picked up by anyone after all these years.
There's a partial patch floating around, but it is not even 1/4 of the game and is pretty spotty.
No.5043
Why do so many Bl games have such a butt ugly art style? I wish some of them could look as pretty as the guys in otome games do.
No.5044
>>5043Really? I think otome tends to have very boring and same-y designs. Which BL games do you think are ugly? Have you tried Lamento yet?
No.5049
>>5039>>5038Thank you, nonas!
>>5043I don't know if I fully agree with you, but despite my love of BL games, there are a lot with art styles that don't appeal to me. I think they're not objectively ugly, but rather, the art styles of a lot of them don't appeal to you. For example, I don't like a lot of DRAMAtical Murder's character designs, but other people love them. Have you tried Lamento like
>>5044 suggested? ADELTA's games are also visually appealing, in my opinion. If you're bothered by more "edgy" or "dirty" art styles (I'm thinking things that look like Slow Damage or the CAGE series), you could try Sorcerer's Choice, as it has a more "dreamy" look, for lack of a better term.
>I wish some of them could look as pretty as the guys in otome games do.I kind of get what you mean, but I think this comes down to there being a wider variety of otome games available in English. It's easier to overlook the unappealing art, whereas BL is relatively neglected. I will say that I'd kill for more BL games to look like Diabolik Lovers in art style.
No.5050
>>5049>I don't like a lot of DRAMAtical Murder's character designsThat's wild to me, I think the reason it's so popular even amongst the other ones in the Chiral line is the character designs being so colorful and "pop-y" even the boys who's routes I hated like Noiz look appealing.
>>5044Seconding ADELTA having great looking ones, they're a little more grounded than a lot of VNs but they work well for the atmosphere the games have.
No.5052
>>5050>That's wild to me, I think the reason it's so popular even amongst the other ones in the Chiral line is the character designs being so colorful and "pop-y"NTA but as someone that also dislikes the designs I think you're exactly right, and that's why I don't really like their looks
None of them really have any elements that tie their collective designs together as a group so it looks like random cosplayers from different series hanging out together
Out of the NC games, I'd pick Lamento as having the nicest overall designs, Chinatsu Kurahana really excels at designing ensembles and it's unfortunate she'll likely never return to BL after making that Prince-sama Three Houses money
No.5054
I'm not even into blondes usually but Noiz's design makes me bark.
No.5055
>>5050>That's wild to meAYRT and I knew it would be an unpopular opinion. I even know a scrote who laments that no genderbent DMMD game exists, as he thinks the character designs were 'wasted' on male characters.
>>5052 already stated what I wanted to say better than I could have regarding DMMD's designs, so I don't have much else to add. I tend to prefer more plain things, and the designs looking like they "go together" is very important to me. I also prefer Lamento's designs, as they feel more cohesive and subtle, but I understand this is probably unpopular.
No.5056
>>5055>>5052That's fair, Lamento is more visually cohesive for sure and kemonomimi is a short cut to cute boys. I've just never heard anyone dislike the DMMD designs till now thought they were universally loved.
No.5058
>>5056>thought they were universally loved.Personally, I never got around to playing DMMD until last year, so since I had no nostalgia nor played it in my early fujo years I think I'm much more critical of it than most fujos I've talked to
I probably would've gone nuts over DMMD if I played it at release, but having over a decade to read other BLs made me nitpicky about things like character designs and pacing
I like how Aoba looks though, his plain dark shirt and jeans keep him from looking overdesigned and with the puffy jacket and mullet he gives me 80s futurism vibes! If the rest of the cast had a similar style it would've made more sense why they all felt obligated to wear random bright colors
Noiz especially reminds me of when someone makes an OC right after learning color theory from Tumblr and thinks people regularly coordinate their clothes to have three exact colors throughout
No.5063
Did y'all play Haiiro no Arcadia ? I played Riou's (super hot) and Koichi's (super romantic) routes.
No.5064
>>5063I haven't since it doesn't have an English patch, did you just MTL it?
No.5065
>>5064Indeed but I do plan to replay it if it ever gets an official translation or even a fan patch. The game isn't that long relatively so I hope it gets picked up one day.
No.5067
>>5020I think Camp Buddy has both of these iirc.
No.5074
I just finished Sweet Pool.
>>4949 and
>>4952 were so right. Fuck Tetsuo and everything he stands for. How is it even possible for a character to suck so consistently? He's like proto Noiz except at least Noiz had an interesting backstory. Tetsuo is the most non-character I've ever seen. He's just nothing. Who decided it was a good idea for him be the main love interest?
Youji was also incredibly boring as a main character and a mega retard. I guess him and Tetsuo are a match made in heaven. I started cheering when
Kitani walked in on them having sex and shot them both dead. Fucking deserved.
It's such a shame that such a cool concept was wasted on such shitty characters. Every single time I explained the plot to my non-fujo and casual-fujo friends they were all taken aback by how dark and interesting the story sounded for a BL game. In a drunken haze I even played a bit of the game for them, and they all loved the way it looked and sounded. Not to mention how novel and strange the choice system was. I've never seen anything like it. Such a goddamn waste…
I loved both Zenya and Makoto's route though. They deserved a better MC than Youji.
No.5075
>>5040I'm currently playing it with Luna Translator using Google Gemini for MTL (you can register a free Gemini account and get 1500 queries per day), and the translation is surprisingly decent. Not as good as a human translation obviously, but I could understand the story and relationships in all of the routes, with only a few hiccups in the translation. Suggest you give it a try, cause I don't see Kichiku Megane ever getting picked up for an official English release. It's a very old game, and none of Spray's games have gotten official English releases… which is pretty sad, cause Kichiku Megane was quite popular in Japan and is one of my favorite BL games.
No.5076
>>5075I'm not worried about translating it, I want to practice my moon. Actually downloading and running the game is what I'm not sure how to do because it's so old. Are there still links on Aarin or something?
No.5077
>>5076I can confirm it's in the aarinfantasy BL game torrent. You might find some other stuff to practice with in it too.
Locale Emulator should be enough to get most things running on windows 10+.
No.5079
>>5076You can find links on Aarinfantasy, YaoiOtaku, or Anime-Sharing. I know the Aarin big BL game torrent is still being seeded. For running the game, you just need to set your system locale for non-Unicode languages to Japanese. This can be done in Win10 under Language Settings -> Administrative Language Settings -> Language for non-Unicode settings -> Change system locale -> Japanese. Then, download, unarchive, and mount the files on a virtual drive using a program like Daemon Tools or PowerISO. If you did everything right, the install screen for Kichiku Megane will pop up with Japanese characters correctly displayed. I tried all this recently and can confirm it works.
No.5088
>>5087His eyes were cute as fuck
No.5089
>>5082I went out of my way to try and avoid this in my own permawip BLVN project by only having the cute guys as dateable and everyone else is ugly or women.
No.5093
>>5092>spot sexy horned man on front page>click and immediately learn he's from a BL game but you can't fuck himARE YOU SERIOUS
No.5096
>>5094God I went apeshit when I saw his eyes
No.5098
>>5097I loved it, pretty dark with each route having an unhealthy and fucked up element
murder, suicide, blackmail. The 19th century setting also appealed to me.
No.5099
>>5097I played and enjoyed it some years ago. The novelty factor is that you can choose whether to top or bottom IIRC. Best boy didn't have a route but they gave him his own spinoff which evens things out.
No.5100
>>5098>>5099Thank you, nonas. I'll hopefully get around to it one day because it seems like something I'd enjoy. I think it's the lack of praise I've seen for it that's making me hesitate. I wonder why nobody talks about it.
>gave him his own spinoff which evens things outIs the spin-off any good? I don't own that one yet.
>>5082I thought about this more, and while he's not as high on the list of characters anons have already named, I'd like to add this guy. I don't know if "hotter" is the right word, but I wish he'd had a route or something kek.
No.5103
>>5101I guess in a lot of the marketing of them as a group they like to have them fulfill certain niches
>Akira’s the token seke so he gets more masculine clothes>Konoe’s the cute one so he’s always smiling >Aoba’s the giant slut (probably because he’s the most popular)>Towa’s the menhera so he always has guro or gothic motifs>Youji’s leftovers No.5114
"Low amount of rape" BL VN and yet every dude seems to be raping the protagonist's ass off wtf.
No.5115
>>5114But is most of it dubcon or just straight up rape? I don't really take it seriously unless the narrative itself does.
No.5118
>>5116Kintouka.
>>5115I have no problems considering routes with some dubcon scenes consensual overall but these scenes were reading like rape to me with the MC clearly begging them to stop during the sex. It didn't help that the narrative portrayed MC as a loser who would accept abuse from anyone cause of childhood traumas and not wanting to remain alone so he just felt like a pitiful abuse victim to me, which is why I couldn't keep going with the VN.
No.5119
>>5118Ahh, that sounds like it might be difficult to sit through, yeah. That's why I like the cocky kind of BLVN protagonist uke who can handle anything. It's too easy to feel bad otherwise.
No.5130
>>5118>MC as a loser who would accept abuse from anyoneYeah this just treads into humiliating and pathetic territory so I'm not into it either.
No.5134
>>5121Welcome to the club Matsudasister, did you like the slasher movie style bad end too?