visual novels?

[SolidusSnake]

Ya I was pretty surprised by the goofiness at first. I heard that it was inspired by HP Lovecraft, so it was kind of jarring when the humor and hot blooded robot action were far more prominent than soul-crushing horror. It's a bit of a hodge podge but in a good way.

[Tiamat]

I finally 100% completed Demonbane and now I'm sad it's over. I'll have to replay it sometime. The villains are pretty crazy in this I gotta say. Which girl do you like the best Solidus?

I'm certainly looking forward to future domestic releases of Nitro+ titles.

[perrandy]

al is dead?

[Tiamat]

eh?? why would she be dead? also probably best to put spoiler tags on anything like that....

[SolidusSnake]

Ah that's hard to say... I liked most of the girls in the game but I would have to say Al. She was really cute and it's just awesome that the necromonicon can be my waifu. Ruri was hot but she was a little too arrogant for my tastes. I also liked Elsa, too bad she didn't get a route. I have to say that I only completed Al's route so far. The ending I got was so satisfying and so perfect that I didn't want to ruin it by seeing any others! I'll probably play the other routes later though.

I'm also really looking forward to more Nitro+ stuff, Saya no Uta seems like my kinda thing (I'm crazy like that), so I hope JAST hurries it up with their releases.

@perrandy: lol dude, just keep playing the game... also you really should have put a spoiler alert when you posted that like Tiamat said >_<

[Atomrabbit]

Hmm...I just finished reading the whole of Umineko no Naku Koro ni, and despite the ending getting a lot of criticism, I thoroughly enjoyed it and would instantly recommend it to any fan of the genre.

If you can read & speak Japanese, I'd recommend the PS3 version, Majo to Suiri no Rondo, as it's vastly superior to the old NScripter novel, but it's a bit pricey at about $100.

All the steps to start playing the game in English can be found at http://witch-hunt.com/

Another one I can recommend is School Days, which is essentially a long, animated movie with player interaction, though I can't say I care for the two sequels it had. It's meant to be coming out in english this year.

[Tiamat]

Haha about the same as me. Al was my favorite, thought Ruri was the hottest, and really want an Elsa route lol. The way the 3 main routes are done though, each of them fills in some gaps and explains some things you encounter in the other routes so its cool. Al and Ruri's are more similar than Leica's though imo. It's weird how almost all the choices are in the first half of the game, and after the route is selected there is only 1-3 choices left for the rest of the game.

which ending did you get for al? there are two good endings depending on your last choice

[SolidusSnake]

*(spoilers)*

I got the epically un-Lovecraftian ending where you wander through time and space with Al as a hero of justic. Awesome !

I'm pretty curious about the other routes, especially Leica's, since it doesn't seem like she has nearly a high enough power level to deal with Cthulhu and the other great old ones... I am pretty curious about her backstory but it would kinda leave a bad aftertaste helping with her issues while Cthulhu rapes all of time and space, though I'm sure the writers come up with a way to make it all work out in the end.

[Tiamat]

That was the first ending I got too, and also my favorite. It's just straight up badass. I used white text for spoilers below but they are very minor.

the 3 main routes:
Al route - 2 good endings, 1 bad ending. bad ending is f'ed up and you really have to make purposely stupid choices to get it.
to get it you must spoiler Not have sex with Al when given the choice near the end of the game spoiler
Ruri route - 2 endings, 1 game over type ending
Leica route - 1 ending

Leica's route is very interesting and different. I assume you have a vague idea what it will focus on as long as you figured out what her "secret" is (imo it is really obvious) even if you've only done one ending. Namely.... spoiler It focuses on metatron, sandalphon, and vespasiaus a lot spoiler

[SolidusSnake]

Yeah I figured out Leica's "secret," pretty early on, they really weren't subtle about it. I'll probably pick her up next since I'm really curious about all the business of the Moon Child project or whatever, also I have a thing for sexy nuns.

I've been thinking about picking up Higurashi now since it's only 20 bux on Jlist for the american version. I really liked the TV series.