Wanderer

Amen, brother. And the true route as well, since it features Erika a lot, too (I used a temporary switch to a 100% save to cast a skip glance to untranslated routes).

White Album 2 does seem quite an interesting game (more music world goodness after Kira Kira and Deardrops is much welcome), but a 6% translation is not yet something to go madly enthusiastic about. Likely still a llllooonnnggg time before it's completed.

Good to know. I already have a few story-driven Japanese eroges with stalled or very slow translations getting dust on my hard drive (11 eyes, Honey Coming, Real Imouto, Yosuga no Sora...)

Good to know. Then it's getting it and putting it away in hope translation is fairly quick and does not stall (unlike Honey Coming and 11eyes).

Well, I've already played my way through more translated eroges than my signature can fit. 1/3 of the common route usually isn't much play at all, not much more than the prologue. So I'm uncertain whether it already justifies a play. But with the limited progress on most games I'm interested in, I might as well download and store it already, hoping translation is fairly quick. Anyway, thanks for the info. Holy crap, 6 gb, this is another huge game; DL shall take a good while.

Hmm, a pity they have not released any partial patch beyond the prologue one. I assume 48% should cover at least the whole common route and maybe one heroine. It's heartwarming to see such steady progress, even if they still have a llllooottt to do (it seems they are still midway the first translated route). OTOH, this game's routes are indeed rather long. Still no progress, sigh, not even about finishing the nearly done Shiro route. I want my Erika fix. Are they ever going to do a partial patch ? This might be interesting. I suppose this is stalled, and even

Done playing the common and translated routes of Fortune Arterial, Dracu-Riot, and Hinomaru. As it concerns FA, Kanada's route felt fairly heartwarming, even if her problem feels a little forced (a common problem in eroge plots) and Kiriha's was really not so bad to my tastes as I expected (her character gets some decent depth, and she's really gorgeous). No doubt this may rank as one of the best eroges I've played, and I got even more impatient to get the translation of the other routes (especially Erika and true; she's my preferred heroine, and I wish to get the full vampire plot). Oh well.

Seconded, although I'm waiting eagerly for the Erika route first and foremost. By the way, the patch vndb entry says: Now, I'm broadly aware that the true route is about the vampiric metaplot and the past relationship of the protagonist with Erika and the Yuuki sisters, but what is the omake and hidden stuff about ? Just curious.

And now I have cleared the common route in Fortune Arterial. As good as, if not better than, I expected. A top-notch VN, quite recommended. My congrats to the translation/editing team, it reads quite well. Now I feel rather sad that I won't be able to complete it for the Universe knows how many months, but it was inevitable and expected. I might go on and play Kanade's route, but I dunno if doing it would be worthwhile, since I can't touch the Erika or Haruna ones yet Kiriha is the least interesting route to me, no matter how gorgeous the character looks (but I still prefer Erika), si

Theoretically speaking, yes it does not need to be EXPLICIT sex scenes, in that regard it's a matter of taste more than anything else, but it still feels much more fitting and natural if the story definitely shows that all-the-way physical intimacy and erotic passion is the natural, default outcome to a successful romantic relationship between grown-ups. Leave kissing and holding hands as fulfillment to childhood crushes, I say. Yes sex sells just like violence, and for this reason both of them are often added to stories with flimsy reasons. All the same, decently-done erotica and violence

Done well in comparison to the rest of the story or not, h-scenes in a VN with a significant romance element bring fulfillment to that component of the plot. It's like lethal combat in an action-adventure story. Done well or not, the killing is an integral and necessary part of the story for aesthetic and narrative reasons. Moreover, they add realism to the story: in real life, successful romance after early adolescence most definitely does not typically remain chaste for long without compelling and rare reasons. If anything, in my opinion h-scenes in eroges are often a higher-quality depi

Indeed. But too bad the English patch shall be for the all-ages version, even if I very well understand the reasons for the choice (expanded version). At first glance, Yoakemae Yori Ruriiro Na - Brighter Than Dawning Blue does not seem a romance-lite game, and chaste romance definitely annoys me. I would deem myself more than happy enough with a complete patch of Fortune Arterial in reasonable times.

Well, I've kept a cursory glance on the thread, but admittedly the latest discussion held little interest for me (if anything, it encouraged me to make ever 17 even more of a low priority). In the meanwhile, I nibbled at the common route of Fortune Arterial and achieved the first two endings in Guilty the Sin. To my considerable relief and pleasure, the latter game's supernatural elements all in all seemed more urban (dark) fantasy (which I fancy) than horror (which I loathe). The heroines' voluptous character design seems definitely appealing, too. Of course, nothing like the overall visual p

Just done getting Shield 9, G-string, Downhill Night 1&2, and We Love Master. For technical reasons, I've split my most recent playing time between Fortune Arterial (gorgeous !) and Guilty (despite horror elements, not bad, so far).

I assumed that the backlog can be opened up by clicking on the "fast rewind" button right of the dialogue window, but no matter how much I click, nothing happens. It does not even highlight when I hover over it with the cursor, so apparently it's unactive.

Then it falls under my general dislike of chaste romance. Doesn't mean I' never going to play it (I'm planning to play Symphonic Rain sooner or later, after all), just that it loses priority to just as good adult eroges. Btw, since you have experience with Fortune Arterial, any idea about why I'm unable to use its backlog ?

From memory: all untranslated parts of Mother-Daughter Lesson, some bits of To Heart 2 and of the Flyable Heart fandisc, Yumekoi Tensei, Kuru Kuru Coeur, Three Methods to Conquer the World plus fandisc, Saikyou no Furyou ga Nyotaika!, Mahou Shoujo Fairy Knights, Seitenshi Yumiel Shadow Crusade, Mahou Shoujo Sae Deluxe, Monsters Survive (till I ragequit), other Black Lilith games and "mahou shoujo" nukiges.

That's sadly true. Although the degree to which protagonists suffer from this malady does vary from eroge to eroge. You may have a few where the guy is at least partially aware of what's happening, and does not yet act on it for one reason or another (lack of social skills, does not want to ruin a friendship, incest issues, etc.). By the way, I completed Sexy Demon Transformation, and I've started Fortune Arterial. Indeed it seems quite good, and it's visually gorgeous. Now I really understand the term "scenery porn" in an eroge !! Too bad I can't apparently open the backlog, so I have to b

I am not much enthused about chaste romance, so all-ages VNs typically end up low in the playing priority scale, unless quality is truly exceptional. I mean, I can perfectly enjoy fiction with little or no romance, but when it is a strong story element, I much prefer to see it reach its sweaty and messy natural fulfillment, too.

Unless you have issues with the Littlewitch aesthetics (i.e. all women are more flat than the Russian steppes or the American Great Plains), definitely yes. Good, pleasant story. The right amount of comedy and non-oppressive drama, pleasant endings. Just be mindful to check and apply a manual correction when you install the English patch, since in my system, it did use a wrong default installation path (it apparently created a duplicate of the correct destination folder within it; not so easy to notice with the Japanese name of the folder) and so aborted the installation. Well, I have

Ok, given the feedback in this thread so far, I've decided to go and get Shield 9, G-senjo no Maou, Koihime Mousu, We Love Master, and Downhill Night 1 and 2. Gotta take me a while to download all of that (in addition to the other scheduled non-eroge stuff). In the meanwhile, I've been playing Sexy Demon Transformation. Quite a nice little nukige, even if the protagonist is horribly oblivious about love, and the demon possession idea is interesting. After that, Fortune Arterial and Majikoi (gotta toss a coin to tell which I play first).

Honestly, this doesn't seem any appealing to me, even if I get it may have very good routes. I shall have to give more thought on the issue. I might get it for completist reasons anyway, but probably I won't play it any soon.

I'm an avid reader/watcher of many types of geek fiction, including VN since I discovered the wonderful world of translated eroge a year ago or so. Sharin's subject was quite original, which helped me tolerate the fact it was not any really lighthearted, and the sister route (which I deem the true one for this reason) provides a good opportunity to overthrow the oppressive political system of the Wheel Country, and so yields a true optimistic ending. An upbeat ending may help me tolerate otherwise overbearing amounts of drama. Having said that, at the moment I feel no potential urge to rep

Shield 9 seems kinda interesting, but it isn't available on this site, right ? So I'd have to seek for a torrent with good health and the english patch.

G-senjou no Maou I might well get, if it isn't any darker than Sharin no Kuni, even if subject is not my preferred cup of tea. Tsukihime I had considered, but then I read it has a downer ending in one of its main routes, which is a big no-no for me. Fate Stay Night I got, but for one reason or another I can't remember well I deemed it low in my playing priority scale.