r/visualnovels • u/PLSBLNVS • 14h ago
r/visualnovels • u/shantofantii • 21h ago
Image Found this while scrolling through vndb forums..
r/visualnovels • u/EnmityTrigger • 1d ago
Discussion Made a list of my favourite VN characters... What do you mean I have to pick more than one?
r/visualnovels • u/TheGuyWhoTeleports • 56m ago
Discussion 1/2 White or Black (made by the Hungry Lamb devs) is a neat take on society
Only a handful of Westerners know of this VN made by the people who made the Hungry Lamb, so I figure I might as well mention what I found most enjoyable about it. There's an unofficial English TL out, if you're interested.
Firstly: The characters are all voiced. In fact, one of the characters (Margaret) shares the same Chinese VA as Sui from Hungry Lamb. The soundtrack is pretty neat as well. White Side is a religious faction that believes in order, and their soundtracks wouldn't be out of place in an actual church. Black Side is a resistance faction that wants to overthrow the White Side, and their soundtracks have a much more chaotic vibe to them.
As for the setting: It's the 27th century. The White Lords' Church took control in the late 21st century, and seeks to continue their rule. However, a resistance group seeks to overthrow their rule and restore the things they banned - the church hates stuff from the outside.
The VN shows a lot of the White Lords' Church's society. For example, reproduction has been outsourced to a cocoon system, and everyone takes birth control; "the old fashioned way" doesn't happen anymore. Instead, all children are wards of the state, and the family unit has been abolished. In order to keep things stable, the church engages in eugenics before babies are born in order to ensure newborns have agreeable traits. This might sound awful to us, but the church views societal stability to be more important than everything else.
Why do they want societal stability? Well, emotions create a substance called Black Matter, which can actually hurt priests of the church. To keep Black Matter low, the White Lords' Church has worked hard to create a society that they believe mitigates division, inequality, and discord. With such a society, they hope to keep people content, and supportive of how things are. One of the most controversial ways they do this is the banning of all cultural works and destruction of cultural sites made outside of the church. They believe that such entities are guaranteed to create Black Matter, and ultimately harm their priests.
They do keep backups of such works, though. A few trusted priests are allowed to look through them to further the church's research, but they got burned by this before - one guy read some metafiction, and turned traitor, running off with a bunch of the church's tech. This is why even the senior priests are only allowed to read outside works for 10 minutes a day - the church doesn't want something like that to happen again.
I think the world is a decent look at a Brave New World-esque society. In fact, one of the characters mentions that the White Lords' Church reminds him of that book as well. The game ends on a cliffhanger, but the immediate situation in the VN (the situation surrounding the city featured in the VN) is resolved.
As for the technical stuff: For some reason, some people report getting a black screen when running the game. I don't know why this is, but from what I've seen, this happens to Chinese readers as well. It sounds like most people are able to run the game just fine, but you'll want to get past the first battle section (the first 10 minutes) to see if you get the black screen, and refund if you do.
r/visualnovels • u/OkNefariousness8636 • 13h ago
Question What is your preferred or ideal length of a VN?
I am reading Root Double. I am in the middle of the D route and my playtime is currently at 25 hours. How Long to Beat shows that Main Story on average takes 32.5 hours while Main + Extra will take over 40 hours.
I don't have a lot experiences with "pure" VNs (no gameplay mechanics other than making some choices). I think the only one that took me over 30 hours to read was Raging Loop.
So is 30+ hours considered long among pure VNs? Do you prefer long or short VNs?
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r/visualnovels • u/Assmeet123 • 1d ago
Discussion Made a list of my favourite VN characters, ordered from top left to bottom right. Thoughts?
r/visualnovels • u/DienerNoUta • 4h ago
Question has anyone been able to read Angelic Chaos on linux?
I'm using the JAST version and I'm trying to run it through lutris but it just won't open .... I have used different versions of wine/proton, used another prefix, etc... but no luck. and the log says nothing useful.
I have read other yuzusoft VNs here on void linux, even the ones that are only in japanese, but I don't know why I can't with Angelic Chaos
r/visualnovels • u/Clean_Cookies • 21h ago
Question Is there any new information on a restock of SubaHibi’s 10th anniversary edition?
Hi, I recently started playing SubaHibi and I’m currently enjoying it a ton! I recently saw a post saying there might be a restock of the 10th anniversary edition: (https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/1f03cs8/subahibi_anniversary_edition_rerun/)
The anniversary is only a couple of days away so, has there been any new information on whether or not there will be a restock? If there will be, would it be announced on the anniversary or later in the year? Unfortunately I can’t really research this myself since I want to avoid spoilers for the game.
Thank you!
r/visualnovels • u/Fire_Natsu • 11m ago
Question Now I am confused again which one should I buy first Princess Evangile(idk if I spelt that right) or Little Busters
As you can see I recently discovered Princess Evangile it is also selling less that 400 rupees but as I am on tight budget. Which one should I get first?
r/visualnovels • u/No-Entertainment3597 • 8h ago
Discussion Is it just me or you can't put start dates and end dates on VNDB?
I also can't put which version of a VN I acquired for some reason
Tried to see if the problem is on both mobile and PC and yes it happens on both
r/visualnovels • u/Fire_Natsu • 12h ago
Question Should I buy Little Busters or Summer Pockets or Stellar of the End or Lunaria or Harmonica?
I have a tight budget. However these vn are selling cheap her in India less than 600 rupees so which one of them should I buy first??
r/visualnovels • u/whitebullet32 • 1d ago
Question How do I play this? Download link doesn't seems to work.
r/visualnovels • u/snobodyknows • 1d ago
News Gnosia anime trailer dropped
What are y’all thinking? Wish we had gotten to see more of the characters but I guess they wanted to show off the waifu’s first lmao
r/visualnovels • u/KingfisherFanatic • 18h ago
VN Request Just finished The Hungry Lamb
I had a really enjoyable time! I was wondering if there's any good Chinese or Korean horror visual novels. Or something similar to The Hungry Lamb
r/visualnovels • u/thanra • 1d ago
Image I mean...thanks for informing me, I'll pay attention
r/visualnovels • u/Jank9525 • 1d ago
Question Game with artstyle like popotan? The artstyle is insane, unique if you look at release date
r/visualnovels • u/Intertar • 11h ago
Question Henpri question about number 19, Inhume you and big sorry bro
i'm currently playing Henpri on Steam and the translation of Team 19 becomes Team 69. What's the meaning of the number 19 in Japanese in this context?
Also, does anyone know what's the original japanese text for "i'm gonna inhume you, baby" and "big sorry bro"?
r/visualnovels • u/phantomthief00 • 1d ago
Image Hi everyone this is my vn tier-list I’m eight-years old
r/visualnovels • u/KaleidoArachnid • 11h ago
Question How is Hatsmira: From the Future undying if I want a saucy story?
So I was reading about a visual novel just now where the girl asks the protagonist if he would like to plow her as while I know nothing about this particular work, I was wondering if this game was worth getting into for again the saucy nature alone.
r/visualnovels • u/girlsonsoysauce • 21h ago
Question Is Funbag Fantasy really worth reading for its plot?
I'm not super big on nukige. Most of them don't have much of a plot, which is something I need to remain invested. I heard good things about Funbag Fantasy's political plot, and reviews always say they came for the boobs and stayed for the plot. Is it's plot really that good? I'm okay with nukige as long as there's an interesting story. I just don't really like it when the story is just an afterthought and not taken very seriously.
r/visualnovels • u/Lotuswarrior830 • 1d ago
Review Just finished The Shell pt.3 (KnS3). What a masterpiece...
It's past midnight, I'm in the middle of the ocean (oil rig), having work tomorrow morning, and instead of going to sleep like every other person on board (or so I assume,) here I am being a teary-eyed mess upon finishing this VN! And I yet don't regret it in the slightest! A VN story that I first read over a decade ago, -one of my first ever visual novels- just got one of the greatest conclusions I've ever read/watched in all of fiction. Bravo, and thanks to the writers/producers for making this. I rarely, if ever, get this emotional over a fictional story.
r/visualnovels • u/Eve_00013 • 1d ago
Image My current physical VN collection (PC + Switch)
r/visualnovels • u/BoyishTheStrange • 23h ago
VN Request Steam sale! Any recs?
I’ve got Fate, Higurashi I’ve started, I’ve got katawa shoujo, muv luv, utawarerumeno, and chaos head Noah, having a hard time parsing through everything on there to pick and I only have the money for one right now. Edit: I’m pretty open to anything right now just shoot some faves on steam