pandaphil wrote:I thought the guys over at MetaDating did a pretty good LP. Having different people reading each character helps a LOT. Even if they did giggle way too damn much.
In their defense, the parts they played through were not all that serious/dramatic yet, and I know I for one didn't know how serious this game would be until i got at a serious point in the game.
Uh...The game starts off with a heart attack and a depressing upheaval of some guy's whole life.
As someone who's played a few VNs (granted, more perverse than this one), this thing punched me in the face with its seriousness from the start.
<KeiichiO>: "I wonder what Misha's WAHAHA's sound like with a cock stuffed down her throat..." <Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played." <KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
pandaphil wrote:I thought the guys over at MetaDating did a pretty good LP. Having different people reading each character helps a LOT. Even if they did giggle way too damn much.
In their defense, the parts they played through were not all that serious/dramatic yet, and I know I for one didn't know how serious this game would be until i got at a serious point in the game.
Uh...The game starts off with a heart attack and a depressing upheaval of some guy's whole life.
As someone who's played a few VNs (granted, more perverse than this one), this thing punched me in the face with its seriousness from the start.
Considering that most mainstream game devs these days more or less tiptoe around their audience like we're made of china, I found such a punch in the face quite refreshing.
Holy shit how do I practically have 50 posts already
Goddammit KS stop consuming my life
I mean it
Xanatos wrote:Uh...The game starts off with a heart attack and a depressing upheaval of some guy's whole life.
As someone who's played a few VNs (granted, more perverse than this one), this thing punched me in the face with its seriousness from the start.
I actually started KS thinking it was some cripple emotional porn, before i even saw Iwanako i found myself caught in the story and was quite surprised at how well made and honest it was. I don't really play VNs by the way. KS is my first and is probable that Analogue will be my second.
"It is not reason, more or less furnished, but will that makes the world march"
"Unfortunately, if you can think of something really stupid, someone out there probably believes it." -Xanatos
Banryu wrote:Considering that most mainstream game devs these days more or less tiptoe around their audience like we're made of china, I found such a punch in the face quite refreshing.
I wasn't aware there was any tiptoeing.
<KeiichiO>: "I wonder what Misha's WAHAHA's sound like with a cock stuffed down her throat..." <Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played." <KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
Banryu wrote:Considering that most mainstream game devs these days more or less tiptoe around their audience like we're made of china, I found such a punch in the face quite refreshing.
I wasn't aware there was any tiptoeing.
It has to do with things like obvious-ass tutorialish stuff for supposedly-adult games, constantly-lowering difficulty levels, and other things sprinkled whether light- or heavy-handedly to ensure that general audiences won't be offended by them. I... I'm probably not explaining it very well. It just has to do with the modern video game industry, I guess. I'm studying game design so maybe I'm more conscious of it than I realize other people are... or, maybe I'm cynical and hypercritical. However you want to see it. *shrug*
Holy shit how do I practically have 50 posts already
Goddammit KS stop consuming my life
I mean it
pandaphil wrote:I thought the guys over at MetaDating did a pretty good LP. Having different people reading each character helps a LOT. Even if they did giggle way too damn much.
In their defense, the parts they played through were not all that serious/dramatic yet, and I know I for one didn't know how serious this game would be until i got at a serious point in the game.
Uh...The game starts off with a heart attack and a depressing upheaval of some guy's whole life.
As someone who's played a few VNs (granted, more perverse than this one), this thing punched me in the face with its seriousness from the start.
well...
girl asks guy out
guy gets heart attack
I'm sure there's some twisted sense of humor somewhere in that sequence
inquisitivenegro wrote:well...
girl asks guy out
guy gets heart attack
I'm sure there's some twisted sense of humor somewhere in that sequence
Nah. The twisted humor comes from the censor.
<KeiichiO>: "I wonder what Misha's WAHAHA's sound like with a cock stuffed down her throat..." <Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played." <KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
As someone who's played a few VNs (granted, more perverse than this one), this thing punched me in the face with its seriousness from the start. 
