Forever_ambivalent wrote:
I forced myself to watch a minute of it.
I later got a headache
Just god no. It was godawful. It killed instafeels for me.
Never again.
Yeah. I should have put some sort of warning on that one. Sorry about that.
That said, I believe it's required viewing for anyone considering doing a KS Let's Play.
I like all the girls in KS, but empathize with Hanako the most.
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Actually, I wouldn't mind if the cast of ST:TNG or even of XMDoFP did a voiced version of KS. But constructive criticism here:
On second thoughts, I'm not convinced LP works for KS.
Post-Yamaku, what happens? After The Dream is a mosaic that follows everyone to the (sometimes) bitter end. Main Index (Complete)—Shizune/Lilly/Emi/Hanako/Rin/Misha + Miki + Natsume
Secondary Arcs: Rika/Mutou/Akira • Hideaki | Others (WIP): Straw—A Dream of Suzu • Sakura—The Kenji Saga. "Much has been lost, and there is much left to lose." — Tim Powers, The Drawing of the Dark (1979)
First, the medium isn't particularly popular. Second, the voice when you read may mess what others believe the voices of the characters are meant to be (I for one translate everything in my mind and give them Japanese VO. Why? Because I can :p)
Lastly, the routes available and what you pick only cater to a small number of audience and may cause the other majority/minority to judge you prematurely because of that--over-reaction also may reflect negatively.
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They say they hate Shizune? What is this? BLASPHEMY!
SHII-HAEL! Shizune>Rin>Emi>Hanako>Lilly "A writer is a light that reveals the world of his story from darkness. Shapes it from nothingness. If the writer stops, the world dies with it." - Alan Wake
Yes, I write stories. Currently working on: The Haunting: A Love Story
Mirage_GSM wrote:I think that one might be violating the license. It clearly ripped off game assets.
If NeumanProductions is in the US, then it probably doesn't matter, due to the fair use exemptions to copyright law for parodies and for commentary and criticism.
A few friends and I are in the process of a Let's Play of Katawa Shoujo. The main person reading has studied voice acting and improv, so hopefully the end product is well read. Along with some funny side commentary, I'm hoping the series become very fun to watch.
I'm aware that there have probably been many posts like these over the years, so instead of simply asking to watch, I'd like some input.
What is the strongest element of the playthrough? What is the weakest? What would you recommend we add/remove to improve the experience?
Here's a link to the first episode:
I personally think episodes 9-11 provides the best first impression of the series, so if you don't want to make a huge commitment, I'd recommend those. I'll provide the link to episode 9 below:
If you took the time to look at this, thank you very much for your time. Here's hoping for a nice discussion.
Marvelous done, keep it up and don't listen these fuckers.
Mirage_GSM wrote:Well, I'll try to make this the most constructive I can: Don't make a Let's Play of Katawa Shoujo!
And because I want to be constructive I'll tell you why:
There's aboslutely no reason to do such a thing. A Let's Play is a nice thing to
a) have a look at a game to decide whether it is worth your money or
b) when you have decided a game is not worth your money but you want to have a look at it anyway.
Katawa Shoujo doesn't cost any money! Heck the bandwidth for downloading it is only a fraction of all the youtube videos of a Let's Play.
And when you download it and read it yourself you get the benefit of not having to listen to that irritating and juvenile voiceover. Honestly you and your friend(s?) joking and giggling while Hisao is having his heart attack is killing every bit of immersion and atmosphere 4LS worked so hard to put in there. I don't even want to know what you did to romantic scenes or - heaven forbid - the H-scenes.
And why are you reading the text out loud to your watchers in the first place? Assume they can't read? It's right there on the screen in front of them. I can sort of understand why some Let's Players do this in some games when the script is too small to read on the video, but that's clearly not an issue here.
Finally, if someone installs the VN and reads it himself, they can continue at their own pace and don't have to wait for you to get the voice right or finish doing jokes that don't have anything to do with the VN. It was easily legible without even toggling full screen.
So every aspect of watching KS as a Let's Play is an inferior experience to reading it yourself.
You, and all your kind are lowly lickspittles, weaklings, pathetic fools.
You are not a critic, you just own a keyboard.
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Heh ! I have said nothing against this let's play, I just encourage him choose to Hanako. (best girl of the game)
And your reaction is a bit exaggerated, anyway
"With my eternal life, I will see the world through to its end. Until everyone who won't like me is gone."
— Porky Minch
"Can you face your fears ?"
— Hanako
I speak from the noise
Souls and shapes, forever twisted
the lost voices of the damned
lure the bringer of despair
Zarys wrote:Heh ! I have said nothing against this let's play, I just encourage him choose to Hanako. (best girl of the game)
And your reaction is a bit exaggerated, anyway
Zarys wrote:Heh ! I have said nothing against this let's play, I just encourage him choose to Hanako. (best girl of the game)
And your reaction is a bit exaggerated, anyway
You are bald and foolish!
Only strengthening my identification with Hanako!
"With my eternal life, I will see the world through to its end. Until everyone who won't like me is gone."
— Porky Minch
"Can you face your fears ?"
— Hanako
I speak from the noise
Souls and shapes, forever twisted
the lost voices of the damned
lure the bringer of despair
Alpharius wrote:You, and all your kind are lowly lickspittles, weaklings, pathetic fools.
You are not a critic, you just own a keyboard.
Seriously? He's right, in all honesty. TC can make a KS LP for fun and some people might enjoy it, but it will never stand up to actually reading the VN. It just won't. That isn't mean, it's true, and it is constructive as far as I'm concerned.
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