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I will say if you don't want forced stuff, stay away from Secret Sorrow and Hypno-Training. The first, especially, is one of the few games I've put down because the main character's actions and rationale disgusted me, and I played Euphoria to full completion.

I wouldn't hold out hope of any solution to the adv problem, Jango. I just requested a refund from Steam for this, since Frontwing's response when people brought the issue to their attention was "we couldn't replicate it, so therefore it doesn't exist."

I can't answer that, but having just crushed Eiyuu Senki, I'm definitely hoping that Gold gets a full 18+ translation, and soon.

Corpse Party. Normal. Corpse Party. Anyway, that's a tremendous list, if way, way too long. Welcome, newbie! I only post in here once in a while, but I hang around this site a lot, and you've chosen wisely. This is a great community, and I suspect you'll enjoy it. My current obsession fits right up your alley: Princess Evangile. Do yourself a huge favor and read it. There are very few choices that matter in the story; basically, it's closer to what you might call a kinetic novel than anything else. Just choose one girl every time, and you'll get a great, in-depth story. U

Fate/hollow ataraxia.

Depends on the game. If I really like it, I have to complete everything. If not, I'll generally fall away in the middle. That's a lot more likely to happen with nukige, for me; a good story like F/SN or Katawa Shoujo will keep me invested all the way through. Some nonsense like Boob Wars, though, I'll usually find something else to catch my attention.

DAMN. Not only all of my yes, I'm actually going to borrow some other people's yes to give to this. I have not been happier to see VN news in... ever, probably?

Shu Takumi.

While that's true, there are nukige that try, and nukige that don't. Hoped for the former, got the latter. C'est la vie.

Well, that was certainly a VN that happened. Saw Touma Kojirou's Detective File sitting there, thought "Hey, I like musicals, and this involves Phantom of the Opera! Sounds like fun," DLed it, and... I so wish I could write eroge, so I could fix this one. There was so much promise here if they tried to make a proper mystery out of it, but alas. It had its enjoyable moments, but it felt less like a story and more like a contest to see how little plot they could cram in between scenes. It did kind of reset my clock, though, so I feel a bit better equipped to tackle a properly story-heavy VN

Grisaia, hands down.

In my case, it definitely wouldn't be my favorite one, since I know it's not an exemplar of the genre (Princess Waltz, ftr.) It would definitely be one of my favorites, though, and what I'd say depends on who I was showing it to. If I knew them, or knew anything about their tastes, that'd influence my recommendation. If I didn't know, I'd ask first. If they had any interest in fantasy, it'd probably be Fate/stay night. If they were more the spy genre type, I'd give them Grisaia. Deus Machina Demonbane, if they were into sci-fi, giant mech anime, or Lovecraft. People who preferred slice of

Feels kind of weird coming in here having just finished Grisaia, enjoying Yumiko's route as much as I did, and finding myself in so small a minority, but such is life. Maybe had something to do with me taking the routes in flag order, and having had a break between the first and the remainder, but Makina's left much less of an impression on me than the others did. She kind of drove me nuts through the common route, and it made it harder for me to get engrossed in the storyline, though I did find the good ending satisfying enough. I think it also helped that I expected to like Amane and Yumiko'

Plowing through Grisaia right now. Finished Makina, Amane, and Sachi, working on Michiru, then wrapping up with Yumiko. Then the agonizing wait for Meikyuu...

Waiting might be faster, by a tiny bit. Bright side of learning Japanese, though, is you'll never have to wait again. Now if only I had any capacity to learn languages... damn you, underdeveloped language centers! *Forever English-only*