Pyramid Head wrote:By smoking orange crush.
Okay, i'm lying. Opium scented incense (yes such a thing exists) goes really well with the Hanako arc, salt and vinegar potato chips go well with the Rin arc, and good beer goes with anything. Though if i am actually looking to get the high referred to as feels, i actually start by watching Pulp Fiction or Falling Down so that my adult mind is lost to pitch black humor and i'm more likely to get the high.
I think I like you more and more with every post of yours I stumble upon.
ShinigamiKenji wrote:I'm wondering if the first girl is always the favorite one, since it happened to me and, from what I've seen, many other people. Perhaps it's because she introduces you to this fantastic world. Emi was a good choice, BTW. I began with Hanako and I felt it was the most emotional one.
The best order, I think, would be to play the girl you liked the most to the girl you liked the least (of course, leaving Kenji ending aside). I did it and while I had all the feels, I wasn't feeling so empty in the end (but empty enough for me to dwell into the Fanfictions section, which I must add is quite a good read after you finish the game).
And do not rush the arcs, read the story and the descriptions, some subtle details are in the text. Leaving some time to make the feels subside is good, too. I spent almost one and a half months to finish it. (and going through exams with all the feels... )
Well, you're a bit late. I finished the game at 100% a few weeks back. Now I'm checking out some fanfics.
As for the first girl always being the favorite one, no. But she does have a special place in everybody's heart. As everybody who has studied a bit of psychology would know /as well as anybody who's had two or more relationships/, it's usually the same with love outside of the screen.
Basicly, after some experiance you judge past relationships with a clear mind and a base of comparison, therefore you can have a clear /or not so much/ favorite. On the other hand, the first experiance always brings more data to your mind, and your mind holds on to it tighter. It leaves a bigger impression and lasts longer in your memory. For example, Emi was my first arc, and I absolutely loved it, both the girl and her story. Hell, it inspired me to pick up running and I've been doing it for a month now. And after reading the rest and thinking back to all of them, I like Lilly best, yet Emi feels sort of special.
In other words, the first one feels better, but you can also usually make a clear comparison. Am I making sense?
Helbereth wrote:Revisiting it months or years down the line -after you've forgotten most of it- to recapture the magic, one might say. I've found a lot of media is actually better on the second look -- especially if there's a long time between viewings.
Pick up a book you read ten years ago, or watch a movie from the same time frame, and you'll see what I mean (some of you may not really have that as a viable option, I realize... younguns). There are some people who read certain books every year; Christopher Lee (played Saruman) read the entire Lord of the Rings series every year since his youth -- long before he was cast in the role.
That's my advice on 'getting the most out of this' and I think it can be applied to most anything else.
To be honest, after I finished KS and wandering "what now?" for a couple of days, this is the conclusion I came to. After all, although I am just 18, I am a rather avid reader and I do like to reread books and rewatch movies from time to time.
After I finished the game, I read a couple of fanfics, spent some time checking out fanart and drawing a little of it myself. Then I decided all that's left for me is to drop it for now. Not erase it, just remove the icon from my desktop, and come back to it some months later.
And here's the thing, I'm not sure if this will work like most books I reread. Because usually on the second run I more or less just skim through and pay more attention to details, to the writer's style and to other things not storyline-related. And though I still get a large amount of satisfaction, usually most of the feelings and suspense aren't there.
But I can't be sure, because this is actually the first romantic novel, or novel with deeper romantic subplot that I have read and truly felt. So I'm wondering, will the feels still be there when I come back?
Was gonna also post one thing also - doing Lilly's arc first would've probably spoilered it a bit too much as to how to play out Hanako's arc, because during Lilly's arc you get to see as a byproduct of what the solution with her is moreso.