Is katawa Shoujo the gateway drug of visual novels?

[Chiaroscuro]

For me, it depends on whether you count Gyakuten Saiban as a VN series. I'm looking to get into more VN's because I just finished the KS demo for the first time (v.2) despite having it for a while, I just dipped in every now and then. The problem is I'm on a Mac really, and I don't really know how to find good Mac VN's with English translations.

[EternalLurker]

http://www.insani.org/

[Csihar]

http://www.insani.org/

Which leaves us with what, Narcissu?

Good luck Chiaro, that and KS are the only VNs with a decent reputation that I've found for Mac. 95% of the time it's Windows only.

[Chiaroscuro]

Well I'm dual-booting Windows 7, but it's been borked for a short while now, may have to get round to fixing it. >_<

If I do, what's say... the best 5 VN's to get? I've really enjoyed my first play of the KS demo.

Oh, and is Narcissu worth downloading?

[Leotrak]

Oh, and is Narcissu worth downloading?

yes

[Chiaroscuro]

Oh, and is Narcissu worth downloading?

yes

haha, good enough for me. d/ling now.

[Juno]

Go try Narcissu 2 as well. It's a prequel to the first game.
Try True Remembrance too.

[EternalLurker]

http://www.insani.org/

Which leaves us with what, Narcissu?

OMGWTFOTL, man, OMGWTFOTL!

>_>

More seriously, they also have LEAVEs, Red Shift, Moonshine, and May Sky, which were each good in very different ways (largely LEAVEs+Red Shift: story; Moonshine + May Sky: sound). Plus several others which...weren't. But your mileage may vary.

Anyway, other VNs usually run fine through Crossover and the like.

[Xybaro]

I agree with all the VNs mentioned on this page as recommendations.

Especially.... True Remembrance

[EternalLurker]

Also, despite the obvious increase in production quality (better artwork, good voice actors (some better than others), more new songs, etc) as compared to part 1, I didn't like Narcissu 2. Though perhaps that's partially because of the religion overload, not to mention the fact that, well, there isn't much new about the story after Narcissu 1.

[RikuDawn]

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

[neumanproductions]

Also, despite the obvious increase in production quality (better artwork, good voice actors (some better than others), more new songs, etc) as compared to part 1, I didn't like Narcissu 2. Though perhaps that's partially because of the religion overload, not to mention the fact that, well, there isn't much new about the story after Narcissu 1.

I still can't get Narcissu to download properly. Maybe it was never ment to be.

[EternalLurker]

From here?

Amusingly, it was released on April 1st and Haeleth's site never updated to mention it, which seemed mighty suspicious. But that link's valid.

[Chiaroscuro]

I'm enjoying how rich the story seems to be, but I don't know, the lack of art is kind of a put off for me? I like the character design of KS, and it's quite lacking in Narcissu. I understand it's supposed to be all about the imagination, but, well... I just find it kinda empty.

[Csihar]

I'm enjoying how rich the story seems to be, but I don't know, the lack of art is kind of a put off for me? I like the character design of KS, and it's quite lacking in Narcissu. I understand it's supposed to be all about the imagination, but, well... I just find it kinda empty.

Yeah, the visual aesthetic definitely takes a while to get used to. The soundtrack totally makes up for it though, at least for me.