Visual Novel Suggestions for Newbies (or not-so newbies!)
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- Not super familiar with visual novels? Looking for some new VN’s to get from the various summer sales? Either way, this is the right video for y'all!
I go over different titles that are great starters in different visual novel categories such as kinetic, gameplay, otome, and general VN’s! Hopefully you find something here that piques your interest!
A new video is finally out, wew. My recording situation isn’t great so please excuse the birds you can hear chirping in the background rip.
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"Saya no Uta"
BOLD choice... and I don't disagree with it.
I think this was my third visual novel, but this one was the one that hooked me into the genre!
Would definitely recommend the Steins Gate series, its even on sale for the summer sale
The Science Adventure Series as a whole is great, not just Steins;Gate.
Not just Steins;Gate, and Steins;Gate 0 but Chaos;Head, Chaos;Child and the 2 Robotics;Notes too.
Nice to see more VN videos. Don't necessarily need the recs (I'm already neck deep in the VN sphere as it is) but want to show my encouragement for your Youtubing.
Thank you so much for your kind words, they go a long way! :) and haha I feel you on the recs, my backlog is insaaane right now oh boy.
Betsuni I wholeheartedly agree with your message!
100% going to reccomend doki doki, has to be my favourite! the characters are so cute! 10/10
It's one of my favorites too!
Your cosplays are great!! 😊
I would 100% recommended Our Life Beginnings on Steam! I have a soft spot for it as my introduction to visual novels and I find it’s story so sweet. It is a free game with an option to buy dlc, but even without the extra content there is so much to play!
I keep meaning to go back and continue my playthrough!
Nice video!
Personally for somebody playing VNs for the first time I'd recommend Danganronpa or Steins Gate.
Steam also has Lucid9 which is great and its free.
For PS4 I just played Worldend Syndrome and it's beautiful.
All I have played is katakana shoujo and I loved it, what do I play afterwards? (Preferably cheep and I'm not into horror)
Ddlc background music, obviously ! 😆👌
A lot of my favorite Anime are based on VNs, but the only one where the stuff I've heard about how the VN is different has made me want to play it is School Days. But School Days the game isn't on Amazon so how I do I even figure out how to play it and Shiny Days?
Katawa Shoujo is another good beginner game. It’s incredible for a free game, and I frequently hear people site it as their introduction to visual novels. As long as you can get through the (admittedly a little slow) common route, the game is so good.
Also, can we talk about the soundtrack for a second? The person who did the majority of the composing had very little experience, and was probably just using GarageBand. Yet there were such masterpieces like Moment of Decision and Wiosna.
I started the genre with danganronpa series after that ace attorney trilogy and now I am giving worldend syndrome a shot
In case you guys didn't knew Saya no Uta is getting an official release on Steam this month. Its also a remastered version so yeah.
This also means the other upcoming Nitroplus/JAST projects will also be released in Steam (Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi, Sumaga, Togainu no Chi)
I saw the news about Saya no Uta !! It's super exciting! :D
@@Sayadear Indeed. Also you might want to take a look at Totono as well.
@@KoyomiMidori, can't wait to see people calling Totono a "DDLC ripoff".
Wait Togainu no Chi is coming to the west???? God i FUCKING HOPE 😭😭 Playing it is impossible for me atm because it wont run on my pc
Here is a recommendation: Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-
I started with Fate/Stay Night, which is a huge time investment, but it is free and has amazing characters, amazing story, and incredible plot. Top recommendation for beginners
Well, I wont call F/SN is free as the publisher never intended to make it a freeware, but rather Type-Moon refusing to release an official English release coupled with it already put off from physical or digital Japanese market make most people consider pirating it an only viable option for now.
But otherwise, yes quite good with beginners although kind of long, and for those who want to get into Fate, playing this would resolve 70% of the route order-unless you hate reading. The porn section can be switched off though (recent release don't even have them)
Love how different this rec list was. Of course I still have to get around to the staples like saya no uta and planetarian. But I am adding the letter to my priority list. Looks really good. So far my kill count includes katawa shojo, doki doki, g-senjou no maou and grisaia. All which are damn good I’d say. Currently reading imhhw and it seems mostly aerodynamic educational slice of life. But it’s cute I suppose.
Oh nice, Grisaia is one of my top VN's. It's so good.
I kinda disagree on Grisaia, primarily because it's absolutely massive and it kinda gets a while for a lot of people to get into. Personally, I think having common routes that are immediately interesting is very important especially for beginners to genre.
My personal favourites are The fate series and Nekopara they’re both really good visual novels
That's some pretty new stuff recommendations. It seems a good recommendation for female audience though. The only ones that I'm into is just the two at the start, Saya no Uta and Planetarian. Personally, for male audience I would recommend something like Ever17, Evenicle, and Princess Evangile because they're better representation of what you can expect from the Japanese side of VNs (outside of Otome game - I have been interested to try them for a while, but haven't gotten into it, though Hakuoki looks interesting).
Princess Evangile is the absolute average of romance galge you can expect from devs like YuzuSoft and Navel, Ever17 is a good intro to the sort of weird mindbending stories that 5pb (Steins;Gate) and Ryukishi07 (Higurashi, Umineko) that is fairly unique to the medium, and Evenicle is in all honesty the softest of all the games that can fall into the 'brutal' territory (I personally prefer Sengoku Rance from the same dev, but Rance is an acquired taste) that you can expect from devs like AliceSoft and NitroPlus.
Kamidori and Sengoku Rance introduced me to VNs and everything came after
Have you tried utawarerumono?
Awwwwwwww no Raging loop, Steins; Gate, or Death Mark on the list?
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls: *Am I a joke to you?*
Personally I will really not suggest Song of saya to a Newbie if i don't know there taste, itss a bit extreme.
Can u pls recommend imouto paradise series?
I saw the hentai. Lol.
Lol damn Saya no Uta is wild
I whould recommend doki doki for beginners haha because its the first vn i played.
Sayadear, please PLEASE try Hustle Cat. It's extremely cute VN with funny and relatable (a bit too relatable tbh) protag, lovable cast of characters and good writing. It's also lgbt friendly, and mc is customizable.
I've actually started playing it! I just am not very far in yet. I was sort of sad when I found out that the character I'm the most interested was locked until you completed every route :'(
@@Sayadear yeah, that old mcr stan is hard to get. He's worth it tho! I hope you'll have the patience to go through all the routes!
@@who2785 MRC stan?? Does he canonically like MCR, that's wild and I love him even more LMAO. He definitely has the vibe of one if it isn't canon. But yeah, hopefully!! My backlog is just insane so it always takes a while for me to finish games, but I'm looking forward to revisiting Hustle Cat!
@@Sayadear It's been a while since I played HC so I don't remember if it's canon or not. But I'd be surprised if he didn't have his own black parade jacket.
I really hope you'll find some time for your hobbies. Best wishes for you, Sayadear
Whats that game with the school girl with green eyes?
That's Doki doki literature club
It's free on steam
Can we be friends on steam?
funny how u included a fata clip but didnt recommend it :'(
Good list, a lot of western VNs which I appreciate because a lot of hardcore otaku will massacre anyone who gives good ratings to them.
Ahhh, thank you!
@@Sayadear I know right? As someone who prefers Japanese VN as a whole I do think they get a ridiculously bad reputation from a lot of people who havent even tried them (primarily r/visuanovels)
Monster Prom seems like a game that would scare people off rather than getting them into visual novels.
It may for some! I based this on my personal experiences though :) I have a ton of friends who aren't really into visual novels yet, but they love Monster Prom and want to find more games like that. They've been looking into more VN's because of Monster Prom, which has been super exciting for me! But of course, it varies from person to person.
Personally from playing Monster Prom with my friends, they have gotten them more interested in VN's because of it. And this is after trying hard to get them into stuff like Higurashi, Amnesia, and Hatoful since those are always seen as pretty beginner friendly. I will say games like Dangan Ronpa I think would turn people off from VN's more, and there's a ton of VNs with stat raising in them so it makes the transition a bit less rocky I think than more gameplay heavy. Another big bonus that it's highly replayable and multiplayer, and each session isn't too long, which has always been a big problem with getting people into the medium since it's a big time investment. Being able to play with other people, and how you can do little games with each other when deciding turn order, makes reading for an extended time seem a bit less daunting to someone not as used to it. But yea that's just my own experience.
@@Sayadear That's interesting, I may give it a try. Guess you can't judge a book by it's cover.
@@ElioLappi Why do you think Danganronpa makes the transition harder? I'd think it's actually easier since it has a lot of gameplay.
I love Ace attorney and P5
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Nightshade is the worst otome I have played.
Im gonna be totally honest I.. wasnt a fan of Saya no Uta 👁👄👁
Ouch, my poor ears
What about your ears? :0
@@Sayadear The part at 4:30 was a lot louder than the others and with headphones that kinda killed my ears at that moment :(