I’m open to test the waters and things alike but the short scene is either, in the small amounts of VNs I’ve read, put in the climax of the character’s storyline, or there’s multiple H-scenes within that one part. If you know some VNs that have very minimal H-scenes, i’m open to try it. Yeah i’m definitely going to read ever17. But with Fate/Stay Night, I was looking around and apparently you have a 3 way with rin and saber which is just unattractive. But with that patch, that game looks a lot more appealing. Will definitely read it with the patch, thanks!
Beep beep. H-scene hater coming through~
I couldn’t even start the Makina route. She started getting pretty creepy as the common route went on… (I thought Grisaia was pretty bad though, so I didn’t really want to get into any of the routes at all.)
Eww, Ever17. Eww Cross Channel.
Quick notes on Cross Channel. I did like… 5 routes in that VN (first five weeks of course) and wasn’t aware I even did the first route until the H-scene came up because I was skipping through so much rubbish. It hurls you right into it, gives you a really early H-scene, and then gets really repetitive and confusing. Struggled to keep an interest in it at all. Youko route was fairly interesting, but it was nothing special.
Do you have a VNDB list so I can see what you’ve read? (We should really make a topic for that.) I’ll give you some recommendations anyway, but a list would help find VNs you might like. Oh, Key isn’t the best at VNs, so don’t just stick with them. They do great work and have a solid structure for their VNs (usually) but there are some amazing stories out there that are just better overall. Staying with Key is limiting your genre choices too, which isn’t ideal. Stepping into new territory is refreshing~
All of the fanmade patches I bring up are patches I’ve personally checked to assure they don’t remove anything important or sentimental, so don’t worry about losing anything~
First up: G-Senjou no Maou. One of my favorite VNs~ This isn’t natively all-ages, but there is a patch by the people who did the english translation called the “Nudity-free patch.” It still includes suggestive text and imagery, but explicit content is removed. You lose some comedy moments, but I’m not big on comedy, so that’s fine. The H-scenes in this VN aren’t badly written though. There are things added to not make them just awkward money-grabbing inclusions, but it is perfectly fine without the explicit content~
To get the best experience from this VN, there is a specific route order to go through, so a guide is recommended. You will unfortunately miss out on things if you don’t. The VN isn’t very well organized with it’s routes, but the story is so hypey and great.
Second: Coμ. A recently translated VN that comes with on option in the menu to turn H-scenes off. The H-scenes in this game are totally pointless, and there is enough leading up to and following from each H-scene for you to fill in the blanks without being shown it. Now, I want to note something before I recommend this… ratings wise, I gave this a 6/10, which is a high average to me, but I imagine most people would think higher of it. It’s a favorite for a lot of people. I found the overall experience to be underwhelming, but I enjoyed every moment of it. There’s a bunch of great characters, a great soundtrack, good world-building and hours of content to invest yourself in, so there’s really no reason to think negatively of it.
As mentioned above, Narcissu is great. Whenever Narcissu is brought up, I make sure to recommend Moonshine and Tokoyo no Hoshizora. They aren’t as good as Narcissu, but they are worth reading. Christine Love’s Digital and Analogue are really interesting too.
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Yeah, personally I quite enjoyed Analogue. It’s a short and unique experience, plus it’s not hard to pick it up on Steam. That said, it’s not a traditional visual novel, though, so know that going in.
Well all these Visual Novels should keep me busy for a year or so. Also never thought about having a VNDB account, I have a MAL account and all but not VNDB, thats something to add to the bucket list.
I will definitely definitely recommend Symphonic Rain. Sure, it isn’t epicly long, but it will surely take you on a journey 
Necro posting is very much encouraged here on Kaza. We don’t have too many new topics created around here, so discussion in old topics is usually pretty welcome.
That said, the H scene thread is probably the only thread on here that should remain dead. Things tend to get pretty heated in that thread, and nothing ever really comes from it.
“Nothing” is a bit extreme. You get those glorious internet points out of it.
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Dude bro if you just dislike H-scenes, just play Emiya ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUs8FEsDUZ4 ) during them, it instantly turns any H-scene into a comedy.
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I’d still recommend Umineko. It doesn’t center itself around scaring you and its primary purpose is definitely not to creep you out. While arc 1 is centered around being scary, it mostly drops the scariness around arcs 2 and 3 and after that there’s basically none. It’s mainly replaced with actively pushing you into trying to figure out what’s going on rather than just being shocked at the events.
That being said it’s still suspenseful as all hell and quite brutal every now and then so if that isn’t your thing that’s that. Plus I’m immensely biased when it comes to Umineko so my side of things might be colored a bit.
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I’m not so biased about Umineko and I can vouch for this. While yes, it is gruesome, its intent isn’t to scare you or gross you out. The main intent of Umineko is mystery, after all.
What are you guys talking about, Umineko is HORRIFYING.
Haven’t you seen the quality of the writing?
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So I recently picked up Coμ following Takafumi’s suggestion (and put aside S;G once again). So far, I’m quite liking it. The storytelling in the very beginning was a bit all over the place, but it’s stabilized now. Pretty much all characters are interesting and likeable. The setting is entertaining. I’m not far enough into the story to say more, but I can at least say that I have yet to see anything bad about it… except maybe that the translation seems weird at some points.
Also, that feeling when I start the game, the very first line is spoken… and I recognize the VA immediately~
Bad writing, bad cast, horrible pacing, AND a mystery that is both flexible and unsatisfying. Pretty scary~
The quality of the storytelling drops in some routes. I think Benio’s is the worst offender. There are two standout routes though.
What was the first line again? Was it the girl’s speech?
“Now, let the tale begin.”
spoken by Kagome while showing a greyscale CG of Girl A
If possible, I’d like to look into the VA cast of the game some more, but I’m afraid of getting spoiled in the process, so I can’t use wikipedia…
Ah, yeah, Kagome’s VA is good. She was mentioned recently in the Key Birthdays topic~
And yeah, I avoid looking at the VAs, the Soundtrack and fanart until I’ve finished a VN.
I would like to play anime games but it mostly as visual novels, Is there anyone recommend visual novel games to me?
Im sure many people here would be happy to recommend you something, but you are going to have to be more specific in what you are looking for.
For example, would this be your first VN? Then I would absolutely recommend something by Key, such as planetarian, or CLANNAD when it comes out in a couple months.
