No.5825
>>5822I don't think there's a way to play without seeing het or yuri, sadly. And I think you have to toggle bl to be viewable in the settings, because I think it's off by default. There is a sfw bl spin-off, but I haven't checked it out.
>>5823Kippei's cute, but I chose Seijirou first because he was just my type. And I didn't bring Kippei with me on my first run because I wanted the encyclopedia girl to read me all the lore. Kinda wish there was more Seijirou content, but being a game mainly meant for men, I see why Kippei got slightly more content.
No.6046
>>5900Good luck. Make sure to use a guide, unless you really want to go in blind. There's a pdf on f95zone that's pretty thorough. There's another guide out there with a map, but I think it was in Japanese and I'm not entirely sure where I found it. I tried looking for it just now, but no luck.
No.6050
>>5815This looks really neat, thank you.
No.6052
>>5824agree wholeheartedly about seiko. apologies for the mild yurifag sperg but i was young (way too young) when i played the og and was genuinely surprised by her storyline and her love for naomi, which i thought was portrayed in a pretty heartfelt way. but every other piece of media reduced her character to “lol isn’t it crazy that she’s GAY and a PERVERT” and it just became another moidy aspect of the series. like the other anon, though, i’m so nostalgic for the main game that i don’t think i could every truly resent it, kek.
and the entire kizami and yuka segment is, in fact, iconic. No.6055
>>6052Yeah I hated how Seiko got treated in stuff like Sachiko's birthday, she's a genuinely really likable character and it wasn't super common for lesbian characters feelings to not be played off as nothing but a joke.
No.6057
>>6054I liked Kuro a lot! I wish the combat had a bit more bite to it but all the characters were pretty fun, and I enjoyed it a lot more than CS.
No.6059
>>6046I might have to, I'm getting filtered at the very beginning of the game.
No.6096
>>5810>that shitty 'anti visual novels' videoI legitimately thought it was satire the first time I watched it because of how much basic information he got wrong lol. Like, I do not understand what compelled that man to make that video.
>I hate seeing my favorite medium of storytelling get written off as 'porn' or 'shitty dating games' when a lot of them have way more heart put into them compared to manga and anime (especially with indie VNs) which doesn't get written off nearly as much. Me, too, nona. I don't think it's possible to successfully parody something without having knowledge of what you're parodying. It feels like the writers are too afraid of being sincere, and fall back on making 'ironic' stories. I actually love genre-shift type stories (like VNs that start out as slice-of-life and become something else by the time they end), and I hate that they're often associated with more DDLC-type VNs.
>>5813>i've wanted to pick up Hatoful for a while! i'm not really into otome thoughNta but if it makes the game any more appealing,
the otome elements basically disappear in the game's last - and longest - route.>>5818I've wanted to try this one, but I've also heard it's kind of difficult and I fear I may never finish it.
No.6103
>>6096>I've also heard it's kind of difficultAYRT and while it's not the easiest game, it's not super difficult once you get through the first playthrough. The game itself is pretty fair. It gives you a lot of hints (especially if you bring Rikana) and tends to tell you if something is a bad idea
like the doll scene. You also get Homura's unique item that heals a lot up to three times and no limit on saving. So it gives you a lot of chances to fix any fuck ups you made. And then after that first playthrough, you get to keep your levels and items you left in your box. And losing a party member doesn't automatically mean you fucked up. I was able to beat the game with only Homura once because Rikana died and Seijirou ran away like two minutes later. It wasn't my first playthrough though so Homura was a little overleveled.
>>5823>tried to give me flags with the pseudo-shotaI already replied to you before, but I forgot to mention that as long as you don't sleep with him when resting, you shouldn't get Kippei's ending. Same applies for all the characters. You need 80+ affection to get a relationship ending and there's like 6 bed rests which is 60 affection and there's dialogue that bumps the affection as well as healing. And even if you got a lot of affection with someone, you don't end with them unless you sleep in the last bed with them (the 7th and final bed, I believe).
No.6108
>>6096>that spoilerooh! colour me interested then, the bird boy designs are so cute
>>6103i heard there's apparently a threesome ending with the two boys? also Homura is such a hot protag, a part of me would want to hunt for the het content too but ngl when I play blvns i'm in the mindset of just wanting to see bl (i remember being irked that Hadaka Shitsuji had het scenes with Sayaka and each butler and I remember getting those scenes asap with each butler to get them out the way so I could still get 100 percent completion, thankful none of them are canon to the dark or light routes at least)
No.6116
>>6108>threesome ending with the two boys?Yes, there is. You need to get both the guy's endings and have their id cards which are given after you get their ending. The pdf guide that appears when you search for "Abaddon Princess of the Decay guide" explains it more. Just ctrl f "harem" to get to the page.
>>6113>how many BL endings are there total?I think there's technically 6
(I say technically because some are epilogues and some are endings, can't remember which is which exactly though). The regular endings (which I think are actually epilogues) I think you get as long as you don't do the secret
Yuki route. The true ending variants you only get if you do the true ending route,. The ntr endings where you cuck the third party member you chose. And then the Kippei x Seijirou ending. You can do the Kippei x Seijirou ending and cuck one of them to get one of the ntr endings for the guys. There's also a few extra bl cgs that aren't tied to endings and are missable. Like there's two bl rape tapes and both Kippei and Seijirou have a gay death rape cg
Not as bad as it sounds. The rapist isn't like an ugly bastard or anything and there's no blood afaik.>new vs old art stylesIt's just a novelty of the game tbh. Picrel is the newer style, which I personally find it takes me out of the experience considering the rest of the game is 8-bit. It's a toggle in the settings and I think the 8-bit style is the default, but I could be wrong. There's no advantage other than older style has less space so there's usually a part that gets cropped sometimes (It's not much, just a few pixels).
No.6128
>>5810>Even people who know of hatoful should actually fully complete the game instead of just playing one route and dropping it.I've tried convincing friends this so many times over the years. I'll get them to do 2-3 routes maybe but they still treat it as just funny haha and have no intent to reach BBL even though I keep telling them it's there. It's fun hearing their surprise when the game has more work put into it than they expect for "just a joke", but I want them to experience the true oh shit moments and come away as affected as I was.
And then play Holiday Star.
No.6134
>>6122yess we need more equality like this lol, i remember reading the f95 page and seeing moids being shook by how equal opportunity this game is, bi rights i guess
No.6137
>>6128>I've tried convincing friends this so many times over the years.NTA but same. It drives me nuts because I don't want to ruin it for them, but they're like, "haha yeah it's a funny bird game. I don't understand why you love it so much, though." I've had 2-3 friends finish it entirely, and they all agreed it was kino. The others just gave up and forever know it as the silly bird game. It's only, like, 8 hours long, and I want others to have the same experience that I did… When I initially played, I didn't know about the last route, so hitting it was SUCH an experience for me that I want to share with as many people as I can.
>>6134Also NTA but can you imagine what an upset there would be if regular galge started having BL routes?? It makes me wish more games were brave enough to do it kek.
No.6233
>>6232Ooh I've heard good things about Graces, I have a friend who's really into the tales series (I've only played vesperia but I'm yet to finish it) and she'd always tell me how gay Richard is and how I need to pick up graces at some point since he and Asbel have such a homoerotic relationship… Since it's getting a switch release soon, I've heard Zestial is insanely homo too
No.6234
>>6232There have been a few jrpg ships in my past (most popular example, Riku/Sora) where "r63 one of them–do you see The Vision?" opens the third eye of some anons. Some of them are just so genuinely dense that they don't register interesting dynamics/tension until it's funneled to them in the form of girl/boy.
No.6235
>>6234>most popular example, Riku/Soraspot on
>Some of them are just so genuinely dense that they don't register interesting dynamics/tension until it's funneled to them in the form of girl/boy.On a related note I remember naruto's sasusaku and narusaku fans actually admitting that if sasunaru was straight, it would be the superior ship, story and chemistry wise.
No.6679
Finally started playing Final fantasy 16 now that it's on PC. I'm still relatively early into the game, I only just got Jill as a party member, but I'm having a great time so far. The combat feels great even if I'm not always the best at it. I know there's the easy mode and assist rings but I genuinely want to git gud for this game.
No.7457
I picked up animal well after hearing good things about it and cause the graphical style looks really nice. I'm only about an hour in but I'm having a great time. It's a metroidvania with no dialogue so far, just exploration and atmosphere. It gets kinda spooky too.
No.7458
>>7457I loved the atmosphere as well! Some parts were frustrating, but the animals themselves were so cool I wasn't mad even as I died 20 times in a row.
No.7460
>>7458Can't believe I got spooked by
a dachshund of all things.
No.7553
>>5813dude holy shit this is a classic yaoi ship. my password's still based on these two 10 years later, lmao
No.7567
>>7460Ok there was something worse in the game. Fuck that
ghost dog chase sequence. I got it first try but my heart was pounding. I'm a huge wimp.
No.7568
>>7567Haha, nice job nonna! That the exact segement I was saying killed me 20 times in a row, but it's so cool I love that creature.
No.7578
>>7568Yeah I understand. It IS really cool design-wise. Once I realised what the game was asking of me I left that segment until the very last moment and did research on what the best approach was so that did help. I got the normal ending last night and then grabbed all the collectables I didn't find before so all that's left for today is the true ending. And I'll have to decide whether I do some of these hard endgame puzzles, though I'd just use a guide cause I've never been much of a puzzle person. and I may just call it after getting the true ending. Great game.
No.7710
>>7693Whaat? The music was part of the charm, how can they make an OFF without Pepper Steak? I was interested in it but it really is a shame that they want to replace the music.
No.7731
>>7693Oh wow! I'm just hearing this, yeah I'm pumped for it! I loved Off back in the day.
>>7710I hope at least Pepper Steak is kept. It's so iconic, I couldn't imagine an OFF without it. I used to listen to it on repeat while studying/drawing.
No.7738
>>7731>>7693>>7710Thirding that it won't feel right without Pepper Steak, truly one of the greatest video game battle themes. I will check it out for the new bosses though and I'm sure it will be nostalgic.
No.7822
I like to have something to do on the side while listening to a podcast or watching a livestream or long video essay so I modded my 3DS so I had access to the program that can remove the free to play gating from pokemon picross and it was both a great and terrible idea. The free to play pace would've been glacial but now I'm extremely addicted to these picross puzzles. At least with the way my desk is set up I can't comfortably play with my 3DS attached to the charger so I'm forced to quit once my battery goes red.
No.7873
I started Nier replicant, the remade version on modern platforms. I had experienced the original game through a let's play from the Something awful forums but that was a long time ago and a lot of details are vague in my memory now so I'm glad this remake exists. Right now I'm still very early in the game but I'm looking forward to finally playing it myself.
No.7932
Just beat Suguri on a weekend, 100 hours of getting good at a shmup (just to bully Shifu) was pretty fun and satisfying. Thinking of either beating Hard Arcade or getting around to the rest of the O_J shmups.
>>7693Yee. So looking forward. Rip pepper steak for sure but nice to bring back a classic nonetheless. Hope it becomes a big hit.
>>61224 month later reply, I've also been playing this and been pretty fun, been difficult managing my fear stat though. Still gonna push through and hope Homura and Kippei get together in my run :3
No.8319
>>8318I only know about Love Nikki because my friend played it but although I knew there were some guys, I thought the fandom was all about the yuribait rather than hetbait.
No.8320
>>8319Guess I won't be interacting with the fandom much. I'm fine with accounts that post pretty screencaps of their nikki but I don't care about yuri.
No.8517
Been taking my time with Nier replicant cause I didn't wanna burn myself out on the parts of the game that you need to replay multiple times. Now I finished the remake exclusive ending and I can say I had a good time with this game. Love the story and characters but the gameplay still feels clunky even in remake form. I'd love to recommend this game to people but it's with the disclaimer that you gotta be patient with it.
No.8518
>>8517>was obsessed with uncovering all the untranslated data of OG NieR>that era of Gestalt fans seeing all the cut story for Papa NierMan, what a time to be a Drakengard fan. I want a new game that connects both but I don't want another Drakengard 2. Baby cannibalism and dehumanization of women doesn't really work for the dei audience.
I have not seen the new content yet, but maybe, a big one, they'll bring back Papa Nier in an important role. Brother Nier's a great design but Papa's wasting on the 360 and PS3.
No.8520
>>8518I'll be honest and say I'm a casual fan so there's a lot that I missed out on. I could probably look around for some side material though I never ended up playing the mobile game. As a sidenote I'm not exactly pleased with the remake ending they added. My first thought is that it's fanficcy.
Kaine brings you back complete with your deleted save and the entire area they added for it is an automata reference. It cheapens the sacrifice in my eyes for the sake of fanservice. No.8521
>>8520Back then, I remember there was this video [spoiler]That showed how to restore your save on the PS3 with a flash drive[/spoiler] (what is the spoiler shortcut) that was super popular. Ending E was designed to be painful and it worked.
That feels like a very modern gaming decision where they need journalists to boost them up.
No.8523
>>8521I just wrap the text in ** but if you go to options in the top right and customize formatting you can change it.