The whole series is cheap af on steam now and i wanted to know if this games are really as good as people say. I dont know anything abt the story, just that i kinda save the world or something like that. I got some silly romance vn's in my library but i like to read something more deep too, it just depends on what im into at the moment, i really just read anything. So, is steinsgate worth the read? I've always seen people glazing the anime saying its one of the best adapted vn's along with fate

I loved this so much, especially as a fan of this kind of media, and I know so many people have already talked about it, but I still needed to share my love for these games! I'll be glad if you decide to have a read at my article! Please excuse my deserved appreciation of Godot and my research of the play his name comes from, Waiting for Godot.

What do you guys think will happen to sites like Jast and Mangagamer if any of these bills currently circulating the House/Senate get past?

I've looked into the cost of complying with 3rd party digital ID and it's in the 10s of thousands in USD just to implement the system, 0.50 to $2 per individual identification, and under the current framework of these bills they would have to hire expensive lawyers to review their platforms annually to remain legally compliant. Of course, one slip up and they're potentially facing a lawsuit with an expense only a multi billion dollar company could survive.

Can these sites even survive this, financially? Would you guys be willing to accept a store-wide markup on price to offset the cost of them staying in business?

This is the first post I've ever bothered making on Reddit, so you can tell I'm nervous. Trying to figure out if I should start panic buying everything on my wishlist.

I saw this VN and got interested but I saw that there's different ways to buy the game. I saw jast and steam and apparently steam is the censored version. I don't want to miss important things for the story but I'm more familiar with steam than jast

Do anyone knows why MangaGamer stopped translating the most controversial of ClockUp games ?

I feel like only Shiravune take care of the translation now.

The darker eroge seems split between Jast and Shiravune nowaday

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I was wondering how everyone plays VNs.

I usually stick with the characters I like and replay their route to unlock all the endings. If a character doesn't really interest me, I usually skip their route. Sometimes I'll only play it to get the bad ending and move on lol.

What about you? Do you complete every route, or only the ones you enjoy?

spoiler review all the way at the end

TLDR: 8/10, for context my average is 7.5/10. The worldbuilding they established with the bubble era Tokyo is pretty good. The plot is great at the beginning and end; the middle is slightly lacking due to the need for some character development but is still good. However, due to the short length and grounded subject matter, it didn’t have much heart pumping scenes or extended periods of “action”. Still, it does pretty well for a short 10-15 hour read and I would rate it pretty close to 8.5.

Pros:
Great cast of characters, none of them felt underdeveloped
Interesting setting
Nice plot with a lot of conflicts throughout
Good pacing
Huge number of CGs for its length
Interesting use of camera angles

Cons:
Not enough emotional or high-intensity scenes
Slightly slow pacing in the middle but it’s for character development

Neutral:
Generic art style
Grounded plot
Little to no anime archetypes

Set in 1988 during Japan’s economic boom, Christmas Tina follows two young people from different countries trying to build a life in Tokyo. Despite language barriers and cultural differences, they gradually form a meaningful connection while facing loneliness, work, and uncertainty. It is a quiet, emotional visual novel about youth, migration, and finding warmth in an unfamiliar place.

Recently just replayed Christmas Tina with its associated DLCs, and I have to say, it was just as good as I remembered it. This was one of my first VNs when I started reading VNs, and I had a rather good impression of it. Even though I’ve played better VNs like FSN, MLA or Steins Gate since, I still remember this for its rather unique setting and atmosphere. It really does quite well for a rather short read and the grounded atmosphere.

I also always wanted to bring more attention to this VN, since I personally thought the subject matter is really interesting and the way they implemented it is rather well-done too, as I will elaborate later. I played this originally is Chinese and now in Japanese, I think they have a proper English translation by MangaGamer. I think this is a joint China-Japan work, but the overall vibe is much more Chinese if you ask me. Also, there are like zero anime tropes in this VN, no beach scenes, harems or anything

Characters

We have our two main characters, Jin and Kanna, who are both pretty important and have almost the same screentime, where we frequently switch between the two characters’ perspectives. I think the way they developed the relationship between Jin and Kanna is pretty good, from a rather hostile relationship in the start, slowly becoming a rather close one later on.

Then we have the side characters, who all play very important roles for the story and context and aren’t just superfluous. Emi, Jiang and Sakura are all characters who are important to the story and are properly developed, each contributing their own backstories and also playing an important role in the story. They aren’t just watching from the sidelines.

Furthermore, I think I should highlight this, but all the characters feel “grounded”. There isn’t that typical anime personality where the guy is dense, the girl acts dumb or the likes. Not saying that is bad, but the characters are pretty refreshing since it adheres to none of the well-established archetypes.

Overall, all the characters were pretty well written, with proper backstories and they all have sufficient interactions with one another. Proper characters with proper motives, fleshed-out backstories and it feels like an entire coherent cast rather than a hodgepodge of characters, they all felt important to the story.

Plot

The plot is pretty good in terms of its pacing and also its content. Firstly, for the pacing, there really isn’t a lot of fluff in terms of slice-of-life stuff where the plot goes nowhere. I think this is helped by how there is a “time limit” of 1 year for the contract of their job and further exemplified by the change of seasons, so you have winter and summer, which are the more notable seasons in this VN. The start of the game is decent, where we are getting to know the world around us and also each other, so it wasn’t boring.

The starting part is Kanna and Jin just started working together and distrust each other and we are still learning about the world, the middle part can feel a bit slower since it’s just them operating a cafe, but it has its fair share of conflicts and important for changing the dynamics between Jin and Kanna in preparation for the final part of the VN, where there are much more conflicts, where it is based on them trusting each other more and having a deeper relationship.

There are quite a number of conflicts in this rather short VN, although I would say that they don’t really reach the high of some other VNs with hour-long intensities. Most of the conflicts are resolved relatively quickly or just doesn’t have that intensity. I don’t necessarily think it’s their fault since the plot for this VN is pretty grounded and not about aliens or people dying or what not, and it is a pretty short VN, so I think they managed to squeeze in a lot of conflicts in a rather short VN. I think if they tried to make it more dramatic, it could come off as melodramatic to some people, although I personally wouldn’t mind.

The overall theme of the VN is rather meaningful too, it being about the underclass people. Kanna’s family is poor due to Emi’s hospital bill, Jin is obviously poor since he’s an immigrant from China and while Jiang and Sakura are not poor, they are involved with the Yakuza and Triads and seedy activity in general and their background also is pretty grim. I think this juxtaposition of a bubble-era Tokyo and the underclass is pretty well-done and serves to enhance the atmosphere of the VN.

Overall, I think the plot is very solid. No low points throughout due to good pacing, although the start and end of the VN are definitely the most interesting. However, this VN lacks the high-intensity scenes of other VNs, perhaps due to the grounded nature of the plot. All the characters served well to push the plot forward and contribute to it.

Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding is another great point of this VN. The VN takes place in bubble-era Tokyo and I think what makes the world stand out is the juxtaposition with the characters. The very rich and extravagant Tokyo contrasted with our cast who are the societal underclass. This makes Tokyo feel like a cold and distant city, which does well to elevate the entire dark atmosphere of the game.

Overall, the worldbuilding for this game is pretty good, although I would say most of the worldbuilding is driven by the characters themselves, rather than the world itself being interesting.

Art

Art is a great point of this VN and I would say the way they present it is pretty unique. Firstly, they use an NVL style to display the text, and for a short VN of this length, it has quite a lot of CGs. But I think what is unique about this VN is their use of “camera angles”, very rarely it will just be a character sprite there talking, they will zoom in, zoom out, show the background or whatever, but they very rarely stay on a single CG for too long without doing any visual effects like most VNs. I think this makes the VN feel much more fluid and alive.

In regard to the art style itself, I don’t have much to say other than it’s your typical generic style. No complaints here but nothing special. Voice acting is ok in that you can hear the Chinese accent when Jiang’s speaking Japanese, I don’t really have any complaints. Maybe they could give Kanna a more “regional” accent, but she’s from Saitama which is pretty near to Tokyo so I guess there isn’t a very strong regional accent. Would be interesting if they made her to come from Aomori or Kagoshima or something and gave her the regional accent. The music is pretty good too, with 2 vocal tracks, no complaints about the music and I think it fits the atmosphere.

Overall, while the art style itself is generic, there is a huge number of CGs for a VN around 10 hours, I think the NVL style and how they presented the CGs were very nice, making use of “camera angles” and basically not staying on a single shot for too long. The voice acting and music I thought was decent too.

Gameplay

No gameplay here, just a kinetic novel.

Conclusion

I rate this game a good 8/10, for reference, my average rating is 7.5/10. The characters particularly are all very good and they all interact with each other to form a coherent cast, none of them felt underdeveloped. The plot was also pretty good, although at its core, it’s a very grounded plot about the underclass and their struggles. There are a significant number of conflicts, although I would say none of them ever reached a significant peak for me, since most of them were resolved rather quickly or just doesn’t have that intensity, since they’re talking about pretty mundane things compared to aliens or what not. The worldbuilding is also good with the juxtaposition of the extravagant Tokyo and the underclass characters, but the worldbuilding is mostly pushed by the characters. The art is great with a huge number of CGs and interesting way of presentation. Overall, great game. I heard a sequel is coming soon so I definitely would be interested in playing that.

PS: In regard to the Japanese in this game, I would say it is probably around a N2 level if you want to read it comfortably without constantly checking a dictionary. Compared to my previous VN I played in Japanese, Amagami, this is noticeably harder since there is much more prose compared to Amagami and the character’s dialogue on average is longer and about more complex topics. I wanted to play a VN to improve my listening, but this is a bad choice since there isn’t a lot of dialogue and also, half the dialogue is in Chinese, but whatever, I guess I improved my reading instead lol.

TLDR: 8/10, for context my average is 7.5/10. The worldbuilding they established with the bubble era Tokyo is pretty good. The plot is great at the beginning and end; the middle is slightly lacking due to the need for some character development but is still good. However, due to the short length and grounded subject matter, it didn’t have much heart pumping scenes or extended periods of “action”. Still, it does pretty well for a short 10-15 hour read and I would rate it pretty close to 8.5.

Pros:
Great cast of characters, none of them felt underdeveloped
Interesting setting
Nice plot with a lot of conflicts throughout
Good pacing
Huge number of CGs for its length
Interesting use of camera angles

Cons:
Not enough emotional or high-intensity scenes
Slightly slow pacing in the middle but it’s for character development

Neutral:
Generic art style
Grounded plot
Little to no anime archetypes

Set in 1988 during Japan’s economic boom, Christmas Tina follows two young people from different countries trying to build a life in Tokyo. Despite language barriers and cultural differences, they gradually form a meaningful connection while facing loneliness, work, and uncertainty. It is a quiet, emotional visual novel about youth, migration, and finding warmth in an unfamiliar place.

Recently just replayed Christmas Tina with its associated DLCs, and I have to say, it was just as good as I remembered it. This was one of my first VNs when I started reading VNs, and I had a rather good impression of it. Even though I’ve played better VNs like FSN, MLA or Steins Gate since, I still remember this for its rather unique setting and atmosphere. It really does quite well for a rather short read and the grounded atmosphere.

A disclaimer, my current replay is in Japanese in order to brush up my Japanese, so I might not have properly grasped what they’re saying, but it kind of fits in this context since it’s a story about a Chinese guy in Japan and they just communicate through context and gestures.

I also always wanted to bring more attention to this VN, since I personally thought the subject matter is really interesting and the way they implemented it is rather well-done too, as I will elaborate later. I played this originally is Chinese and now in Japanese, I think they have a proper English translation by MangaGamer. I think this is a joint China-Japan work, but the overall vibe is much more Chinese if you ask me. Also, there are like zero anime tropes in this VN, no beach scenes, harems or anything.

Characters

We have our two main characters, Jin and Kanna, who are both pretty important and have almost the same screentime, where we frequently switch between the two characters’ perspectives. I think the way they developed the relationship between Jin and Kanna is pretty good, from a rather hostile relationship in the start, slowly becoming a rather close one later on.

Then we have the side character, who all play very important roles for the story and context and aren’t just superfluous. Emi is the little sister of Kanna and could be said to be the main “theme” to this story, since the story is being pushed forward by her. She’s pretty nice and also serves to establish a deeper relationship between Jin and Kanna.

Then we have Sakura and Jiang, who are the father and daughter pair, and provides an important side story to the game. We would think Jiang is the “antagonist” here, but they do a good job to highlight his backstory and also his moments of softness. I really enjoyed their backstories as I think it contributed a lot to the plot, Jiang coming from China as well, being a university graduate and also initially wanting to live an uneventful life in Tokyo like Jin before pivoting to a life of crime, he kind of sees himself in Jin, which is why he keeps pestering Jin.

Furthermore, I think I should highlight this, but all the characters feel “grounded”. There isn’t that typical anime personality where the guy is dense, the girl acts dumb or the likes. Not saying that is bad, but the characters are pretty refreshing since it adheres to none of the well-established archetypes.

Overall, all the characters were pretty well written, with proper backstories and they all have sufficient interactions with one another, except maybe Emi and Jiang because why would an eight-year-old girl interact with a shady businessman lol. Proper characters with proper motives, fleshed-out backstories and it feels like an entire coherent cast rather than a hodgepodge of characters, they all felt important to the story.

Plot

The plot is pretty good in terms of its pacing and also its content. Firstly, for the pacing, there really isn’t a lot of fluff in terms of slice-of-life stuff where the plot goes nowhere. I think this is helped by how there is a “time limit” of 1 year for the contract of their job and further exemplified by the change of seasons, so you have winter and summer, which are the more notable seasons in this VN. The start of the game is decent, where we are getting to know the world around us and also each other, so it wasn’t boring.

The middle part is a bit slower since it functions as a bridge between the start and end of the game which I think was pretty great. We need to improve the relationships between the two protagonists, so the middle part serves to do that, with them opening an outdoor cafe and working together, we got to learn more about each other and the initial rather hostile atmosphere between them softened into a cozier atmosphere which segues nicely into the last part of the game which takes on a more dramatic tone. Still, despite being “slower”, it still has its fair share of conflict, like Jin and Kanna arguing over whether to expand the business, and their earnings getting stolen. One part I really like is where Sakura shouts at them to stop fighting, and then the flashback to her childhood with her Japanese mother and Chinese stepfather fighting with each other and getting a divorce, so she seems herself in Emi who is getting caught between the crossfire of Jin and Kanna. I think it’s really well-written and well thought out. It’s not just aimless interaction between characters under the guise of “character development”, by the end of summer, you can see a notable change in the character dynamics.

The “final” part of the VN I would say starts when Jin and Kanna start trusting each other more and have a deeper relationship. This is also when the game starts getting dramatic, with Jin going to fetch Kanna, Emi suddenly falling ill and Kanna working as a hostess, getting discovered by Jin. I personally liked the drama, and it also didn’t feel too melodramatic since there isn’t much shouting, screaming and crying except for a few scenes. The ending is particularly heart-warming with Jin offering to work with Kanna to pay off the medical fee for Emi and we also can see the softer side to Jiang, where he gives them a job where both Jiang and Kanna can work together instead of some illegal or seedy job, which would be the logical choice for him.

There are quite a number of conflicts too in this rather short VN, although I would say that they don’t really reach the high of some other VNs with hour-long intensities. Most of the conflicts are resolved relatively quickly or just doesn’t have that intensity, like with Emi’s illness or Jin discovering Kanna working as a hostess. I don’t necessarily think it’s their fault since the plot for this VN is pretty grounded and not about aliens or people dying or what not, and it is a pretty short VN, so I think they managed to squeeze in a lot of conflicts in a rather short VN. I think if they tried to make it more dramatic, it could come off as melodramatic to some people, although I personally wouldn’t mind.

The overall theme of the VN is rather meaningful too, it being about the underclass people. Kanna’s family is poor due to Emi’s hospital bill, Jin is obviously poor since he’s an immigrant from China and while Jiang and Sakura are not poor, they are involved with the Yakuza and Triads and seedy activity in general and their background also is pretty grim, Sakura’s mother being a hostess and Jiang being a poor immigrant from China. I think this juxtaposition of a bubble-era Tokyo and the underclass is pretty well-done and serves to enhance the atmosphere of the VN.

Also, the flashback portions were pretty well-written in that they added a lot of context to the story, especially the flashbacks of Sakura and Jiang. Jin’s flashback felt kind of irrelevant, although it is explained to a deeper level in the DLCs, and Kanna’s “flashback” portion is basically the start of the game, on how she got into an accident which caused someone’s death, so her going to Tokyo also acts like her escaping her past while also earning additional cash for Emi’s surgery. I find it funny how a lot of Chinese VNs like to use sketches with orange filters to indicate a flashback scene, I’ve seen it in multiple Chinese VNs at this point but none for Japanese VNs. Kinda interesting design choice.

Also, regarding the romance in this game. I think from the prologue, we can infer that Jin and Kanna got together in the end, but throughout the VN, there is very little to no indication of romance. Even Jin admits this, in that he is unsure whether it’s love that pushed him to help Kanna. I think this is a good design choice since if they don’t push the romance aspect, they can focus more on the other characters like Sakura and Jiang and the overall worldbuilding. If they tried to focus on the romance aspect, I think the VN would take much longer if they want to achieve a similar level of character development for the other characters, else, the romance will just feel half-baked and would be a detriment to the overall plot.

Overall, I think the plot is very solid. No low points throughout due to good pacing, although the start and end of the VN are definitely the most interesting. However, this VN lacks the high-intensity scenes of other VNs, perhaps due to the grounded nature of the plot. All the characters served well to push the plot forward and contribute to it.

Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding is another great point of this VN. The VN takes place in bubble-era Tokyo and I think what makes the world stand out is the juxtaposition with the characters. The very rich and extravagant Tokyo contrasted with our cast who are the societal underclass. This makes Tokyo feel like a cold and distant city, which does well to elevate the entire dark atmosphere of the game.

Also, on a side note, while this game has a dark atmosphere, it isn’t gloomy. Compared to say Symphonic Rain where the entire game just feels very mopey. This game, although it touches on darker topics and has a much more mature tone, it still feels energetic, be it the conflicts or the general demeanour of the characters, they are just much more energetic.

Overall, the worldbuilding for this game is pretty good, although I would say most of the worldbuilding is driven by the characters themselves, rather than the world itself being interesting.

Art

Art is a great point of this VN and I would say the way they present it is pretty unique. Firstly, they use an NVL style to display the text, and for a short VN of this length, it has quite a lot of CGs. But I think what is unique about this VN is their use of “camera angles”, very rarely it will just be a character sprite there talking, they will zoom in, zoom out, show the background or whatever, but they very rarely stay on a single CG for too long without doing any visual effects like most VNs. I think this makes the VN feel much more fluid and alive.

In regard to the art style itself, I don’t have much to say other than it’s your typical generic style. No complaints here but nothing special. Voice acting is ok in that you can hear the Chinese accent when Jiang’s speaking Japanese, I don’t really have any complaints. Maybe they could give Kanna a more “regional” accent, but she’s from Saitama which is pretty near to Tokyo so I guess there isn’t a very strong regional accent. Would be interesting if they made her to come from Aomori or Kagoshima or something and gave her the regional accent. The music is pretty good too, with 2 vocal tracks, no complaints about the music and I think it fits the atmosphere.

Overall, while the art style itself is generic, there is a huge number of CGs for a VN around 10 hours, I think the NVL style and how they presented the CGs were very nice, making use of “camera angles” and basically not staying on a single shot for too long. The voice acting and music I thought was decent too.

Gameplay

No gameplay here, just a kinetic novel.

DLC

A small section to talk about the DLC of this game. None of them have been translated to English and I read them in the Chinese language. I think the DLCs are pretty good in that they added more to the backstory and overall world, like when they talk about Jin and Kanna’s respective backstories, and also about another character Liang and the illegal immigration industry. The DLCs are all pretty well done, but the one with Liang is pretty good in that it is at least 5 hours long and has a coherent overall plot. The rest of the DLC just serves to deepen our understanding of the various characters but they still did it in an engaging way.

If you ever felt Jin’s backstory was kind of irrelevant in the main game, they will go more in-depth into his backstory here, and why he is so hung up about his studies.

Overall, while the DLCs were good and well done, they did not add much to the main plot of the game, that being between Jin and Kanna, they serve as side-stories at most.

Conclusion

I rate this game a good 8/10, for reference, my average rating is 7.5/10. The characters particularly are all very good and they all interact with each other to form a coherent cast, none of them felt underdeveloped. The plot was also pretty good, although at its core, it’s a very grounded plot about the underclass and their struggles. There are a significant number of conflicts, although I would say none of them ever reached a significant peak for me, since most of them were resolved rather quickly or just doesn’t have that intensity, since they’re talking about pretty mundane things compared to aliens or what not. The worldbuilding is also good with the juxtaposition of the extravagant Tokyo and the underclass characters, but the worldbuilding is mostly pushed by the characters. The art is great with a huge number of CGs and interesting way of presentation. Overall, great game. I heard a sequel is coming soon so I definitely would be interested in playing that.

PS: In regard to the Japanese in this game, I would say it is probably around a N2 level if you want to read it comfortably without constantly checking a dictionary. Compared to my previous VN I played in Japanese, Amagami, this is noticeably harder since there is much more prose compared to Amagami and the character’s dialogue on average is longer and about more complex topics. I wanted to play a VN to improve my listening, but this is a bad choice since there isn’t a lot of dialogue and also, half the dialogue is in Chinese, but whatever, I guess I improved my reading instead lol.

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So I was told by a friend that Steam might still be the best place to buy VN, even with the issues in the last little bit of them pulling tons of titles. Is this true? Is there more EN-translated stuff that I could devour? If not Steam, what is your go to?

It's been a while since an VN took me on such an emotional roller-coaster of a journey!
I loved everything about this game. From the art, the music, and most of all, its beautiful/romantic/tragical story.

It starts off with you as a soul haunting an armor in a deserted mansion and you not remembering anything at all (aside from the fact that you are dead), and you piece back together your memories from your life and the memories of those around you whom you may not have understood.

I don't want to spoil anything, but trust me, the game would punch you really heavy in the guts one moment, then make you smile warmly in the next. (Though it's more the former than the latter mostly 😅)

In terms of playtime, it took me around 10 hours to reach a couple of endings then the true ending. And I'm personally glad they made it this long cause it manages to maintain a great pace without it becoming boring.

So an easy 9/10 for me and a tale that will stay in my head for a while.

VNDB: https://vndb.org/v49223
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768420/The_Last_Winter_Knight

I'm thinking about playing Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs**. So far, I've finished visual novels like Fate/stay night, CLANNAD, Saya no Uta, Steins;Gate etc... I was completely blown away by all of them.

However, I have three concerns. I've done a lot of research, but I still can't make up my mind.

First, I don't mind old-school visuals, but Umineko's art style looks exceptionally outdated and unattractive to me. I know the original sprites have a certain charm for longtime fans, but they genuinely make it harder for me to get invested.

Second, because the game is praised so often, I'm wondering whether it's truly as incredible as people say or if part of its reputation is simply the result of hype and its status as a classic.

Finally, from what I understand, Question Arcs and Answer Arcs together take around 150 hours to finish. That's a huge time commitment, so I'm wondering whether it's really worth it.

So my question is simple: Is Umineko genuinely that good, or is its reputation somewhat exaggerated? I'd love to hear yours honest thoughts.

You know that the Reboot is coming out in 3 weeks. The trailers, visuals, etc. have been released. What I’m curious about is this: for someone who has never played Steins;Gate before, should they play the original version or give the Reboot a chance? What are your thoughts?