0:28 that's the weird thing. Steam, officially, allows the existence of eroge and other "adult content" games on the storefront... the problem is that, basically, the process of approval is highly inconsistent; it is suspected that some of the staff is biased against Japanese games. Heck, it sometimes happen that a completely-not-eroge Japanese VN gets rejected. Also, removal of +18 stuff from those games isn't always caused by publishers wanting to get on Steam, anyway. It often happens in Japan itself, if the game is to be published on consoles; sometimes such "cleaned-up" versions are made just to reach a wider audience, if removal of adult content doesn't detract from the story too much.
@zerodepravityarchive1478 FSN does not have an official English release or Steam release in the first place. That said, Type-Moon just announced about a week ago that FSN is now getting an official English translation and will be available on Steam and the Switch. It's the Realta Nua version released in 2010 which does not have eroge scenes. Nasu removed them when the game was first remade because he didn't like them and didn't want them there in the first place.
Cheers brother. I played pvp games nonstop for the last 14 years. So happy I discovered VN's. I read through 999, Steins;Gate, Danganronpa, The house in Fata morgana (omg what a novel), Saya no Uta, Raging loop and right now I'm reading tokyo Necro cause of your recommendation:) Thank you for all your stuff
VNDB also lists if the game has +18 patches/editions, and where to get them. Or other patches (like some community made patches that give better voiceovers and such). VNDB usually lists all the storefronts you can purchase the game from. And if the game is set to be localized, it probably has info on that too. It also lists the voice actors for the characters in the VN (info some people might like).
I started using magpie for MapleStory but it also worked wonderfully on things like Touhou and old VNs, where the windowed mode is too tiny but native fullscreen mess up computer resolution. It's a really impressive and light application, it surprised me when I saw it was one of the tips
Aight I'm gonna be real with you I'm not sure why I watched the whole video (it's pretty well-made btw) when I don't even play visual novels but thanks for bringing up Magpie, that is definitely helpful to me for playing older games.
Holy shit, I also face the same problem, some VN cannot go fullscreen and Magpie is definitely a good tip I must go and get it. One time I want to play Koi ga Saku Koro Sakura Doki, it does have fullscreen, but error, so magpie I must get
I would say the top tip is to learn japanese since a lot of banger visual novels won't ever get a translation, like eustia. You only have to learn the alphabet, then go read, you will soon pick up the grammar and kanji naturally. I'm surprised people make a huge deal of learning japanese, it's all distractions and a waste of time. Just start immersing from day one and you will be surprised by how far you can get without learning "the right way".
Always cool to find someone who like Utawarerumono. It was the first Eroge I played that had tactical gameplay in it, such a cool combination. Even the anime series was awesome and still holds up. I binge rewatch it every 3-4 years . The scope of the story is so well done, most series would take the entire run time just to gain control of the first region, Utw does it in it's first 1/3rd.
this video might be good. I may or may not will read the new FSN remastered when it release (haven't finished a single visual novel since 2 years ago and it was me replaying steins gate yet again) Got my hands full with jrpg, genshin and tekken for the past year but vn translation just keeps teasing me to play especially type moon, with the big 3 type moon release, Mahoyo, Tsukihime, FSNR, I might binge all 3 😅
Lossless Scaling upscales even better than Magpie. (at least for me) But it costs 7 Euro, tough. But it also allows you to add frame generation to any game regardless of your graphics card, so I think it's worth it.
#1 Good tip. #2 Also good tip. #3 Best tip in the video for me, had no idea about this. #4 Good tip as well. #5 Too much of a hassle for me since I'm not from the US and don't want to get a credit card. Plus Steam allows for local credit cards which makes it extra easy for me.
My personal favs. Hourglass of Summer, Phantom of Inferno, Kana Little Sister, Yume Miru Kasuri: Drug that makes you Dream, School Days, Pretty Soldier Wars and Lightning Warrior Raidly.
You’d be surprised how much story content can be added by 18+ patches, even though it is obvious you are joking. Nukitashi is one of my favorite visual novels, but not just for the h scenes, but it has a great plot and comedy. Without the 18+ patch though, the game is horrible because you lose almost all of that, since the whole visual novel is erotic in nature, considering the story is hosted on a sex obsessed island
Dunno why anyone would want to play VN's without the 18+ content. Something like Phoenix Wright had a decent chunk of gameplay/exploration focus, but most VN's basically just come down to making choices (though I also wouldn't mind an 18+ version of the original trilogy with every single one of the cute girls getting lewded, no exception. This does not include Oldbag since she's not cute in the first place). Anything else would need 18+ content. I'm not exactly a VN player though. I've played a few and I usually just want more game to my games. If I want anime-style story I read manga or watch anime.
@@thenonexistinghero if you want sex scenes, you can just watch hentai? Do you only watch movies that show sex? Or only read erotic books? Not everyone needs/wants sexual content in their media. I've read enough VN's with sexual content and most of them are badly written (the h-scenes, at least) and not worth the time.
In all seriousness, it can depend. Sometimes, H scenes only exist because, at the time, the creators think their game wouldn't sell, FSN comes to mind, and the infamous "mana transfer" scenes or MLA which has this random tentacle grape scene just slotted into the middle of this very depressing narrative.
VNDB you can also turn specific spoilers on in tags, so if you can't handle something like rape (and its subset tags) you can highlight it on in profile settings and enable spoilers so you at least know what you're getting yourself into (I'm fine with it in horror but specific very popular VN it happens before first choice made me think I should at least know it'll happen). And unofficial fan translation links are great on there to, or I never would've found the Plastic Memories PS Vita VN that I really loved even over the anime, Angel Beats 1st Beat as well and the fact that the translation for the Golden Time VN has been on hiatus for years that has me really annoyed. Also Magpie will be good, Aokana can stop randomly stretching on scene changes when I'm not plugged into a HDMI and Kanon won't stretch out on said HDMI
Extra Tip! Magpie settings may be very RAM consuming, so there is an option for lower specs, it is called "Anime 4K (Light)" You will have (almost) the same HD quality of the vn. Reccomended for laptop users
I like Magpie, it works great, if your VN is one resolution down, like if you have 1080p monitor and the VNs resolution is 720p, then it will look great or if you have steam deck, its gonna look great almost whatever resolution, since its a handheld. I have 1440k monitor and the detail loss is quite more noticable with 720p VNs, even if you mess around with Magpie upscale options. If you try totono or The Fruit of Grisaia on my monitor, it just doesnt look the same. Also, I'll CONSIDER other stores than steam ONLY when those publisher's translators stop putting western memes and butchering original material.. As of now, every other VN translation from every publisher is butchered in one way or another. They gonna get all my money when they start putting that money into proper translations, which they dont.
the problem with tip number 5 is that would only work if I live in America. But because I'm from a much poorer country so only on Steam would the price be affordable, plus it also doesn't help that I'm still a university student that have bills to pay.
@@Ch05en0ne GOG does not have VND as a currency, Jast USA still price it in USD so it's annoying to pay, Kagura Games has too limited choices compare to other sites like MangaGamer
@@Ch05en0ne GOG doesn't have VND as a payment currency, Jast USA still price their games in USD so it's annoying to pay, Kagura Games have a pretty limited selection of games compare to other sites like MangaGamer
Steams sensitive content regs are all over the place Stein;Gate & Robotics;notes = approved Chaos;Head Noah = unapproved (reversed due to fans demanding they relook) Or Dungeon Travelers 2 & 2-2 = unapproved Dungeon Travelers 1 (The To Heart 2 spinoff OG) = slated to release in 9 days? (Very likely to get banned before then) Then there is all the 18 plus games that dont need patches to begin with.
I'm old ... I was interested what the video was about, but than I was, Steam? There are enough visual novels on steam to warrant a mention? I remember the pain scouring the internet for some 18 part downloads from some dodgy sites years before anything visual novel was released on steam or even officially got translated...
Screw Johren. I should be able to play Dohnn dohnna on as many devices as I want, I paid full price! I had to sail the seven seas to play on my steam deck.
Damn, all my friends have seen my saves and cgs on Aokana and Further Than the Blue Sky and are just like wtf and move on with life (They do joke but I do to). Horror ones are somehow easier to explain due to sex scenes in them usually being fucked up and not good material (And something like Saya no Uta is more graphic novel style than anime with the exception of Saya herself), but that's probably bad for a different reason. Also appreciate most publisher store don't show what I bought and just say the store so I can lie and say I bought sfw ONE (i did actually buy it) and not nsfw Aokana.
Laptops have a desktop mode. I read through most of the Nekopara series in front of my TV with a controller in hand. That said, reading my physical copy of Frontwings ISLAND anywhere in the house was a godsend.
VNDB ruined their rankings. So much random crap has been allowed to sift to the top now. Needs to add a filter to view without the games with minimal number of review scores.
"Johren DRM depends on the title" *Is playing a song from a game with the worst Johren DRM ever* Sorry i'm just salty about the fact you only get 3 downloads, and updating OS counts as one. Tried to play Dohna:Dohna the other day and got hit with that fun fact...
Then you have people unironically defending censoring eroge games because " the H scenes aren't necessary, go watch porn bro!!! " What a bunch of clowns
This involves having to deal with living beings, getting a partner would take decades, downloading a VN takes a day at most Even then some partners may not be comfortable or would be reluctant to do some weird things
1) My appearance is mid 2) socialising is mid 3) Getting a partner would take a decade and a signifcant amount of effort and money 4) Slice of life in visual novels gets to the jokes and fun stuff quicker than an actual relationship 5) the possibility of toxic relationships, your partner may be manipulative and even toxic which would be extremely damaging especially when you have invested so much time and effort and money 6) Your time would be compromised, you would have to follow and go through with your partner's plans and also your friend's plans, this would be annoying for someone just trying to focus on one particular thing that is fun for example anime. Sometimes you just want to binge watch anime but you can't because your friend or partner has plans for you or wants to play games with you. Having multiple sources of dopamine can lead to burnout and the feeling of being lost as you don't know what you have accomplished and experienced and just feel like you are going with the flow and do not have any influence in what you do. It feels like you are trapped. 7) if you do get a partner the likely next step would be marriage, this is very costly and very time consuming 8) It is incredibly hard to get a good-looking and attractive girlfriend, this is because we are grown in a society where men are expected to approach girls and women's expectations are incredibly high, this leads to having a girlfriend with mid appearances. It may feel annoying to spend all this time and effort on a girlfriend that looks mid. 9) visual novels include many heroines to choose from and you can experience many heroine routes, getting a partner would restrict you with only dating that partner as doing otherwise would be considered cheating. This is fine for people that are very in love, but if you have a mid looking girlfriend then this is problematic. 10) socialising can lead to a lack of focus in academic studies. Having people constantly trying to start a conversation can be very focus depleting and can lead to people burning out quicker. Imagine having a friend constantly messaging you whilst you study or you're in school and someone keeps trying to talk to you. And to makes matters worse if you decide to ignore them for a significant amount of time, then it would lead to falling out and the relationship/friendship fizzling out. 11) when you have a partner, it is natural for you to start living together especially if you are getting married, sharing a house could be constricting as you feel that someone is constantly monitoring and judging you and don't have any privacy to yourself. You could just shout and sing goofy songs or just say internal monologues when you have a girlfirend in fear that she may think you're cringe and not cool. Also you can't just relax and master bait to good eroge or po*n in fear of your girlfriend catching you and being called cringe. 12) your girlfriend has access to all your stuff and as a result you could feel that your privacy is being invaded especially if your girlfriend is nosy. 13) when you have friends you actively have to be self conscious and check that your appearance looks good because your friends will judge how you look. In addition if the environment is poor and your friends are bad people, you could get into dr*gs which is very harmful but this is kinda rare 14) friends may feel like you are drifted from them or you are away from them once you get a partner as you will have to juggle between personal life studies friends and your partner. This can lead to you spending less time with your friends and may even cause conflict which can lead to toxic situations. I'm too far gone
0:28 that's the weird thing.
Steam, officially, allows the existence of eroge and other "adult content" games on the storefront... the problem is that, basically, the process of approval is highly inconsistent; it is suspected that some of the staff is biased against Japanese games. Heck, it sometimes happen that a completely-not-eroge Japanese VN gets rejected.
Also, removal of +18 stuff from those games isn't always caused by publishers wanting to get on Steam, anyway. It often happens in Japan itself, if the game is to be published on consoles; sometimes such "cleaned-up" versions are made just to reach a wider audience, if removal of adult content doesn't detract from the story too much.
Is that why FSN isn't on steam?
@zerodepravityarchive1478 FSN does not have an official English release or Steam release in the first place. That said, Type-Moon just announced about a week ago that FSN is now getting an official English translation and will be available on Steam and the Switch. It's the Realta Nua version released in 2010 which does not have eroge scenes. Nasu removed them when the game was first remade because he didn't like them and didn't want them there in the first place.
@@purelysmetalnightcore God I hope that is true, if it is this is the greatest news I've heard ever since I heard of the tsukihime remake.
@zerodepravityarchive1478 The announcement has been all over social media and is on Type-Moon's official YT channel, of course it's true 💀
Oh it's pretty obvious that there are more than a few twats on their payroll that hate anime games
Cheers brother.
I played pvp games nonstop for the last 14 years.
So happy I discovered VN's. I read through 999, Steins;Gate, Danganronpa, The house in Fata morgana (omg what a novel), Saya no Uta, Raging loop and right now I'm reading tokyo Necro cause of your recommendation:)
Thank you for all your stuff
Glad I could help!
VNDB also lists if the game has +18 patches/editions, and where to get them. Or other patches (like some community made patches that give better voiceovers and such).
VNDB usually lists all the storefronts you can purchase the game from.
And if the game is set to be localized, it probably has info on that too.
It also lists the voice actors for the characters in the VN (info some people might like).
Holy shit, magpie is something ive been needing my whole life. Thank you for enlightening me.
That ost used in the video...
i smell a 'Stella of the end' review video coming out soon
I'm done reading it. Currently writing the script~
Magpie could work quite well for older eroges, I'll give it a try.
It works well with everything for me so far lol
I started using magpie for MapleStory but it also worked wonderfully on things like Touhou and old VNs, where the windowed mode is too tiny but native fullscreen mess up computer resolution. It's a really impressive and light application, it surprised me when I saw it was one of the tips
YOOOO i literally just discovered ur channel and have been watching ur vids all night and then this drops
Been into vns for quite a while and just now learned about Magpie, immediately downloaded it
wow never knew about magpie. Thanks for the useful info. Now i can finally try out the vns that i didnt cause the quality was bad
Great video, Dohna Dohna ost is so damn good every time, I never tire of it.
Aight I'm gonna be real with you I'm not sure why I watched the whole video (it's pretty well-made btw) when I don't even play visual novels but thanks for bringing up Magpie, that is definitely helpful to me for playing older games.
Magpie upscales applications in general. It's just mostly used for VNs
感谢分享，Magpie是一个非常好的软件！
Holy shit, I also face the same problem, some VN cannot go fullscreen and Magpie is definitely a good tip I must go and get it. One time I want to play Koi ga Saku Koro Sakura Doki, it does have fullscreen, but error, so magpie I must get
I would say the top tip is to learn japanese since a lot of banger visual novels won't ever get a translation, like eustia.
You only have to learn the alphabet, then go read, you will soon pick up the grammar and kanji naturally.
I'm surprised people make a huge deal of learning japanese, it's all distractions and a waste of time. Just start immersing from day one and you will be surprised by how far you can get without learning "the right way".
Always cool to find someone who like Utawarerumono. It was the first Eroge I played that had tactical gameplay in it, such a cool combination. Even the anime series was awesome and still holds up. I binge rewatch it every 3-4 years . The scope of the story is so well done, most series would take the entire run time just to gain control of the first region, Utw does it in it's first 1/3rd.
Recently finished Utawarerumono trilogy (cried at the end)
Didn't know about magpie really good tip to enhance the whole vn experience
this video might be good. I may or may not will read the new FSN remastered when it release (haven't finished a single visual novel since 2 years ago and it was me replaying steins gate yet again)
Got my hands full with jrpg, genshin and tekken for the past year but vn translation just keeps teasing me to play especially type moon, with the big 3 type moon release, Mahoyo, Tsukihime, FSNR, I might binge all 3 😅
Lossless Scaling upscales even better than Magpie. (at least for me) But it costs 7 Euro, tough. But it also allows you to add frame generation to any game regardless of your graphics card, so I think it's worth it.
#1 Good tip.
#2 Also good tip.
#3 Best tip in the video for me, had no idea about this.
#4 Good tip as well.
#5 Too much of a hassle for me since I'm not from the US and don't want to get a credit card. Plus Steam allows for local credit cards which makes it extra easy for me.
Tip #5 is the most important one to remember. Never buy VN's on Steam.
Where can we find most of them if not on Steam
@@8kuji On their publisher's stores such as JAST, Mangagamer, Depnasoft, etc etc etc.
Also, when you don't buy through steam, you don't have to explain to your friends your interesting new hobby
Either I explain my interests in passionate detail, or I go bust. I'm not taking the coward's path!
Steam allows you to hide what games you have now I believe. Pretty recent update
@@TheAugustHail Yeah, your friends don't need to know. Still wouldn't risk it though.
I'm pretty much known as the VN guy to whoever adds me lol. I have no shame, nothing to hide
Huh. I didn't know about Magpie
My personal favs. Hourglass of Summer, Phantom of Inferno, Kana Little Sister, Yume Miru Kasuri: Drug that makes you Dream, School Days, Pretty Soldier Wars and Lightning Warrior Raidly.
Yeah, I need those 18+ patches for all those extra story scenes I'm missing out on...can't miss out on all that extra story.
You’d be surprised how much story content can be added by 18+ patches, even though it is obvious you are joking. Nukitashi is one of my favorite visual novels, but not just for the h scenes, but it has a great plot and comedy. Without the 18+ patch though, the game is horrible because you lose almost all of that, since the whole visual novel is erotic in nature, considering the story is hosted on a sex obsessed island
Dunno why anyone would want to play VN's without the 18+ content. Something like Phoenix Wright had a decent chunk of gameplay/exploration focus, but most VN's basically just come down to making choices (though I also wouldn't mind an 18+ version of the original trilogy with every single one of the cute girls getting lewded, no exception. This does not include Oldbag since she's not cute in the first place). Anything else would need 18+ content.
I'm not exactly a VN player though. I've played a few and I usually just want more game to my games. If I want anime-style story I read manga or watch anime.
@@thenonexistinghero if you want sex scenes, you can just watch hentai? Do you only watch movies that show sex? Or only read erotic books? Not everyone needs/wants sexual content in their media. I've read enough VN's with sexual content and most of them are badly written (the h-scenes, at least) and not worth the time.
@@_JustMonikabecause you're a clown
In all seriousness, it can depend. Sometimes, H scenes only exist because, at the time, the creators think their game wouldn't sell, FSN comes to mind, and the infamous "mana transfer" scenes or MLA which has this random tentacle grape scene just slotted into the middle of this very depressing narrative.
I am a simple man, I see someone shilling utawarerumono and I give them a like
I am in awe that magpie exists thank you
Pretty sure Meteor World Actor is on sale on JastUSA as well now unless Badge and Dagger is the 2nd title
Now it definitely is and bought already on both
How funny, i learn all these tips by myself over the time, but is good to know for new people
VNDB you can also turn specific spoilers on in tags, so if you can't handle something like rape (and its subset tags) you can highlight it on in profile settings and enable spoilers so you at least know what you're getting yourself into (I'm fine with it in horror but specific very popular VN it happens before first choice made me think I should at least know it'll happen). And unofficial fan translation links are great on there to, or I never would've found the Plastic Memories PS Vita VN that I really loved even over the anime, Angel Beats 1st Beat as well and the fact that the translation for the Golden Time VN has been on hiatus for years that has me really annoyed.
Also Magpie will be good, Aokana can stop randomly stretching on scene changes when I'm not plugged into a HDMI and Kanon won't stretch out on said HDMI
Extra Tip!
Magpie settings may be very RAM consuming, so there is an option for lower specs, it is called "Anime 4K (Light)"
You will have (almost) the same HD quality of the vn. Reccomended for laptop users
love this video. good work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Super helpful tips, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Great tips. I wish I'd known about Steam sanitizing VNs and publisher stores before I bought Saya no Uta and 2236 A.D. there...
"Sanitizing" isn't the right word. More like butchering to a pulp.
Damn rip
Thank you for the tips for Magpie omg !
I never knew about magpie. And my first VN was bible black. Way back when they dump games into ISO files instead of currently standard setup
wish i knew magpie when i read majikoi damn why did i only hear it now
Magpie and Nyrna are a must
What's Nyrrna? I tried to google search it and the results just show Nirvana, both the band and the religious concept.
Man thanks you for providing visual novels title i like murder mystery and thriller and your video are best
Good info
If you playing yosuga no sora... You're a legend
2:01 Woah woah hold up. Is our man just casually showing us he read Bible Black? Absolute madlad
SECRET TIP - 6# *_Ryuugames_*
the publisher store is always in japanese and sells in yens... so it wont work
I like Magpie, it works great, if your VN is one resolution down, like if you have 1080p monitor and the VNs resolution is 720p, then it will look great or if you have steam deck, its gonna look great almost whatever resolution, since its a handheld. I have 1440k monitor and the detail loss is quite more noticable with 720p VNs, even if you mess around with Magpie upscale options. If you try totono or The Fruit of Grisaia on my monitor, it just doesnt look the same.
Also, I'll CONSIDER other stores than steam ONLY when those publisher's translators stop putting western memes and butchering original material.. As of now, every other VN translation from every publisher is butchered in one way or another. They gonna get all my money when they start putting that money into proper translations, which they dont.
For some reason, whenever i use Magpie, the graphics seem to get worse on VN's. It just gets more blurry for some reason
the problem with tip number 5 is that would only work if I live in America. But because I'm from a much poorer country so only on Steam would the price be affordable, plus it also doesn't help that I'm still a university student that have bills to pay.
Steam isn't only store providing regional pricing. Some stores/publishers like GOG, Jast USA, and Kagura Games also provides regional pricing.
@@Ch05en0ne GOG does not have VND as a currency, Jast USA still price it in USD so it's annoying to pay, Kagura Games has too limited choices compare to other sites like MangaGamer
@@Ch05en0ne GOG doesn't have VND as a payment currency, Jast USA still price their games in USD so it's annoying to pay, Kagura Games have a pretty limited selection of games compare to other sites like MangaGamer
Steams sensitive content regs are all over the place
Stein;Gate & Robotics;notes = approved
Chaos;Head Noah = unapproved (reversed due to fans demanding they relook)
Or
Dungeon Travelers 2 & 2-2 = unapproved
Dungeon Travelers 1 (The To Heart 2 spinoff OG) = slated to release in 9 days? (Very likely to get banned before then)
Then there is all the 18 plus games that dont need patches to begin with.
You're telling me games like "Sex with Hitler" can exist on steam but not VN's with 18+ scenes?
I am the bone of my sword
3:47 well Baldr Sky is absolutely broken and completely unplayable on Steam, so yea lol. Also didn't know about Magpie, ty for the tip
Thanks for the video
I still find it hilarious that Mangagamer hasn't updated their website since they launched in 2008.
They say they're working on it. But when it will be out no one knows
I don't get what the point is in cutting out 18+ content from Steam VNs, if 18+ games exist on Steam?
I'm old ... I was interested what the video was about, but than I was, Steam? There are enough visual novels on steam to warrant a mention?
I remember the pain scouring the internet for some 18 part downloads from some dodgy sites years before anything visual novel was released on steam or even officially got translated...
Don't the official websites these days usually have these patches?
Though VNDB is a useful resource, it’s become controversial for removing VN entries for bs reasons.
wait wait wait. Making lovers!.. wtf is that 4:56?!!!
Screw Johren. I should be able to play Dohnn dohnna on as many devices as I want, I paid full price! I had to sail the seven seas to play on my steam deck.
My fear is having people joking about me because i played a sex "game" 😢
Damn, all my friends have seen my saves and cgs on Aokana and Further Than the Blue Sky and are just like wtf and move on with life (They do joke but I do to). Horror ones are somehow easier to explain due to sex scenes in them usually being fucked up and not good material (And something like Saya no Uta is more graphic novel style than anime with the exception of Saya herself), but that's probably bad for a different reason.
Also appreciate most publisher store don't show what I bought and just say the store so I can lie and say I bought sfw ONE (i did actually buy it) and not nsfw Aokana.
VNDB is blocked in my country. I have to use vpn.
I buy VNs exclusively on the Switch because I can read them everywhere. Do you read them on your laptop? Isn't that uncomfortable?
Laptops have a desktop mode. I read through most of the Nekopara series in front of my TV with a controller in hand.
That said, reading my physical copy of Frontwings ISLAND anywhere in the house was a godsend.
Euphoria
Ysn review when?
Don't download anything with NTR tag.
yes the first tip is to download 18+! 😂
6. Japanese
VNDB ruined their rankings. So much random crap has been allowed to sift to the top now. Needs to add a filter to view without the games with minimal number of review scores.
"Johren DRM depends on the title"
*Is playing a song from a game with the worst Johren DRM ever*
Sorry i'm just salty about the fact you only get 3 downloads, and updating OS counts as one. Tried to play Dohna:Dohna the other day and got hit with that fun fact...
My visual novel tip is "learn Japanese". Also learn how to use alcohol 120 if you're broke.
Then you have people unironically defending censoring eroge games because " the H scenes aren't necessary, go watch porn bro!!! "
What a bunch of clowns
Frat bros. Claim to be sex positive... have as much sexual intelligence as a Christian priest working for morality in media.
1. Don't read it
2. Go outside
3. Socialize
4. Get a partner
5. Never touch visual novels ever again
This involves having to deal with living beings, getting a partner would take decades, downloading a VN takes a day at most
Even then some partners may not be comfortable or would be reluctant to do some weird things
Guess why I read vn😅
1) My appearance is mid
2) socialising is mid
3) Getting a partner would take a decade and a signifcant amount of effort and money
4) Slice of life in visual novels gets to the jokes and fun stuff quicker than an actual relationship
5) the possibility of toxic relationships, your partner may be manipulative and even toxic which would be extremely damaging especially when you have invested so much time and effort and money
6) Your time would be compromised, you would have to follow and go through with your partner's plans and also your friend's plans, this would be annoying for someone just trying to focus on one particular thing that is fun for example anime. Sometimes you just want to binge watch anime but you can't because your friend or partner has plans for you or wants to play games with you. Having multiple sources of dopamine can lead to burnout and the feeling of being lost as you don't know what you have accomplished and experienced and just feel like you are going with the flow and do not have any influence in what you do. It feels like you are trapped.
7) if you do get a partner the likely next step would be marriage, this is very costly and very time consuming
8) It is incredibly hard to get a good-looking and attractive girlfriend, this is because we are grown in a society where men are expected to approach girls and women's expectations are incredibly high, this leads to having a girlfriend with mid appearances. It may feel annoying to spend all this time and effort on a girlfriend that looks mid.
9) visual novels include many heroines to choose from and you can experience many heroine routes, getting a partner would restrict you with only dating that partner as doing otherwise would be considered cheating. This is fine for people that are very in love, but if you have a mid looking girlfriend then this is problematic.
10) socialising can lead to a lack of focus in academic studies. Having people constantly trying to start a conversation can be very focus depleting and can lead to people burning out quicker. Imagine having a friend constantly messaging you whilst you study or you're in school and someone keeps trying to talk to you. And to makes matters worse if you decide to ignore them for a significant amount of time, then it would lead to falling out and the relationship/friendship fizzling out.
11) when you have a partner, it is natural for you to start living together especially if you are getting married, sharing a house could be constricting as you feel that someone is constantly monitoring and judging you and don't have any privacy to yourself. You could just shout and sing goofy songs or just say internal monologues when you have a girlfirend in fear that she may think you're cringe and not cool. Also you can't just relax and master bait to good eroge or po*n in fear of your girlfriend catching you and being called cringe.
12) your girlfriend has access to all your stuff and as a result you could feel that your privacy is being invaded especially if your girlfriend is nosy.
13) when you have friends you actively have to be self conscious and check that your appearance looks good because your friends will judge how you look. In addition if the environment is poor and your friends are bad people, you could get into dr*gs which is very harmful but this is kinda rare
14) friends may feel like you are drifted from them or you are away from them once you get a partner as you will have to juggle between personal life studies friends and your partner. This can lead to you spending less time with your friends and may even cause conflict which can lead to toxic situations.
I'm too far gone
@@Joe_Harrison
Lol, lmao
@@Joe_Harrison I hope for your sake this is a troll my man.
Have you tried to learn japanese using themoeway method? Since it involves reading visual novels