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I found one of the "System Time Events". If you boot up the game today (November 23rd), the character Chieka pops up before you get to the title screen and makes a comment about today being "Great Big Brother Day", which I believe originates from a Japanese pun on how you can read today's date.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

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For the convenience of others, here is a link to the original VN that this title is the Fan Disc of:

On 10/6/2022 at 10:35 AM, sdadasrt said:

Does this game work? https://erogegames.com/downloads/eroge/hot-and-lovely-5-r2066/

Sorry for the late reply. I only just noticed your post. Yes it does work, but it is is ten "stages" of "memory" to unlock ten very simple animations. Steam charges $1.99 for this if you actually were to buy it rather than download it here and my opinion is they are over charging for it, badly.

Each "stage" is twenty face down cards, two sets numbered 1 to 10 randomly placed. There is absolutely no variety between one stage and the others. There is no turn limit or any other sort of limit. You can keep flipping cards until you get it right (at least I never ran out of turns or got any sort of "game over").

Quoted from the game description above:

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A very interesting puzzle game.

Either a case of blatant false advertising, or the author of that description has lived the world's most boring life.

Ugh, one more for the never should have been written pile.

Widows, the divorced, never been married, all those are fair candidates for story writing, but once you're married, YOU ARE DONE. If it isn't with your spouse, keep your dam pants on.

What

The

Fuck

Somebody who has read further into this VN then me, please tell me that Kanzaki Dengorou gets thorough karmic retribution that results in at least a three month stay in nearest hospital's ICU. The guy is a complete asshole.

I'm slightly confused. I get that there are two versions of this title, each with a different protaganist, but does the protagonist from version "a" exist as a side character in version "b", or does the alternate protagonist not exist. If he does exist, how can you have a "pure love route" when the married heroine is sleeping with a man who isn't her husband?

And one more VN for the "Never should have been written" pile.

SPOILERS! Don't read this until AFTER chatper 3-8.

So this is just a minor pet peeve in VN design in general, not specific to this title save for the fact this title is also guilty of it. I'm not sure what the proper name for this is but if this were a console video game I would call it a loading screen. The game makers go to the trouble of making a nice bit of artwork to use in transitions from one scene to the next, but transition away from it automatically so fast you don't have a time to truly appreciate it. It should wait on a click of the mouse or some such BEFORE continuing on. As I'm getting fed up with this, I managed to take a decent screen shot of it and am (going to try) uploading it here for anybody else who actually wants the opportunity to examine it in detail.

You need more than the 3/4 of a second the game actually gives you to take a picture that busy all in.

Fun fact: The minor side character Kariya Wakana from Sabbat of the Witch makes an appearance as a faceless background character in one of the background images used for the train station. She's on the hard right edge of the screen, but she matches her sprite from Sabbat right down to the outfit.

To help identify which BG image I'm referring to it's the same BG image that is up when the protagonist gets into the accident mentioned in the above description of the game.

All ages? BOO! 🖕

I've only played the prologue and am still exploring the town on "Day 1", but so far this game has a quality translation (assuming it wasn't English to begin with).

Is this one of those titles where the H-scenes are primarily the heroine getting violated upon defeat?

Useful tidbit of info for this title, you NEED a mouse to play this game. There are keyboard controls to mange dialogue and the text history, and you can use the arrow keys or WASD for basic map movement, but there are no keyboard controls for menu navigation or combat.

Since I can't, in good conscience anyways given I'm a software pirate, exactly write a letter to Alicesoft congratulating them on intelligent, not so much software design but PRODUCT design, I'll leave an ode to them here.

First thing they did right: They actually included a comprehensive instruction manual! (@Ivan Thank you for taking the time to include it.) I thought this to be an extinct art form, but apparently rare examples of this species can still be found in obscure corners of the world!

Second thing they did right: The instruction manual actually tells you where your save files are located! You don't have to hunt for them!

3 hours ago, PoiPoi said:

Is this the steam version that has cut out some H content? Or the JAST. Don't know if the JAST has cut scenes. 

While I'm not familiar with the distinctions between the Steam version and the JAST version, or if their are other versions as well, note at the top of this page, Just below the the large font size heading "Evenicle 2", the tag "Adult only". That's a very good indication that this is NOT the all ages version with the H content cut out.

Fun Fact: If you pay attention to the VN's Logo that shows up from time to time between scenes, you'll notice a sub-title in obnoxiously small print (It's technically in the box cover art on this very page up above, but forget reading it, unless you know what your looking at, you can't even recognize it as text.) I FINALLY managed to parse what it says. For anyone who cares, it reads "I'll find my way home".

Very minor spoiler regarding a link between this VN and both "Primal Hearts" VNs. In fact, I'm not even sure this actually counts a spoiler, but I'll put in a spoiler box just to be absolutely safe.

On 1/27/2022 at 12:13 PM, bellsprout said:

Dang, I survived scrolling to the bottom without reading anything haha. I played this one long time ago with maybe ATLAS or the vntl tools, I forgot, it has an enforced route path so to speak, I can't get to the 'main' heroine's route before other's. Kinda sapped my motivation for playing it...

 

Though seeing this are translated now, is there any active tl on the fandisc? kinda interested on one, maybe two of the supporting characters...the maid and the one carrying a fan..I think.

The fan disc is built into this title. In fact, I litterally just started it. However, it is locked behind the "base game". If you want to play, I suggest just enabling the skipping of unread text and blasting through the four "base game" routes.

The enforced playing order, hidden by a spoiler box, is:

During the segments where you make a choice, you'll notice the heroines faces appear alongside some of the choices. During one such segment, the face of the teacher "Yomise Tokino" shows up as if she is a heroine. I'm 90% certain you have to select that choice as part of the effort to activate Otonashi Saku's route.

2 hours ago, Vulkandrache said:

I dont deal well with overly dramatic stories.

The only 3 "non-fluff" VNs ive read were the original Bible black (pretty good),

Saya no Uta (extremely boring, had it been longer i wouldnt have finished)

and Sakura no Mori Dreamers (did not finish; quit ~2/3 trough; not because of the gore).

 

Which of these 3 would you say comes closest?

I did not read the spoiler.

 

I'll start with the conclusion: Given your statement "I dont deal well with overly dramatic stories." this probably isn't the VN for you.

It is closet to Sakura no Mori Dreamers by virtue of the fact I haven't played the other two. I started bible black but got discouraged by it's lack of good ends, or at least the difficulty of finding the good endings and Saya no Uta, if it's the title I'm thinking of, seems to be overly depressing and filled with gore, so I didn't even touch that one.

These are minor spoilers, as you pretty much figure it out very early into the common route, but they ARE spoilers since it wasn't mentioned in the description, so I'm hiding it a spoiler box, but I can't really further answer Vulkandrache's question with out mentioning it. Unlike above, the warning "read at your own risk" isn't really necessary. Like I said, they're only technically spoilers in the sense it's not mentioned in the VN description.

This one IS a spoiler, so reader beware, but it's a relatively minor one, and it is probably helpful towards answering Vulkandraches's question.

While I, personally, am enjoying this VN, I am a little annoyed the by the misdirection/Bait and Switch of the description. It makes sound like a lighthearted fluffy rom-com romance about high society, but it really isn't. Had I actually bought this title rather than being an illegal cheapskate and playing this pirated version, I would be writing a serious letter of complaint to Neko Nyan Soft and Akatsuki Works (English Translated version and original Japanese version companies). Given that I AM an illegal cheap skate, "I got what I payed for" is probably accurate.

On 1/22/2022 at 5:53 AM, Vulkandrache said:

The combination of description and tags sound slike this could be a decent mix of comedy and serious story.

Anyone played this already?

Now that I've played 2 and a half routes, I feel I can provide an informed answer to your question.

The story has a much darker theme than the rom-com about high class society that the description and tags suggest. While there are certainly rom-com elements present, I would not claim that to be the heart of this VN. As of the two and a half routes I've read, it does NOT get into gore or depravity, but don't expect a lighthearted fluffy romance.

Major spoilers follow about the overall plot, but not much about specific characters, read at your own risk.

I'm hardly an expert in music, but one of the sound tracks in this VN given the title "Oath" sounds familiar. I'm pretty sure I've heard pieces like it in other games, though I can't actually name any of the top of my head. Is it based of of some famous piece of music? If so, does anybody know what it is?

Only because it's appropriate (anybody who's been around on this forum for a while and pays attention to the shoutbox will understand):