What Are You Playing? General VN Discussion Thread (July 2025)
What Are You Playing? General VN Discussion Thread (July 2025)
Welcome to the General VN Discussion thread!
If you have something you'd like to talk about but don't think it's worth posting as a separate thread this is the place for you.
- Did you start playing something new?
- Are there any games you're looking forward to?
- Are you looking for suggestions on what to play?
- Do you have some feedback or questions about our community?
These and any other topics are welcome here - as long as they are VN or community related.
I'm gonna be honest, I didn't do squat in terms of my plans for last month. I was sick for a good chunk of June (still am to some degree) and when I wasn't I was extremely busy. All in all, I had neither time nor energy to play things. Maybe this month? Please.
Not all is lost thankfully. I did manage to find a bit of time to update our VN Patch list with a new rule (#3) as well as patches for: Ciel Nosurge, Katawa Shoujo, Ushinawareta Mirai o Motomete and Yaku ~Yuujou Dangi~.
I do hope things will settle down a bit as I could really use some proper rest. Well, that and my backlog won't clean itself.
Edit: I completely forgot to mention that Project Mix, the VR visual novel I wrote about last month, was successfully funded on Kickstarter! While not all stretch goals were met we did manage to reach both handholding and Shoji Meguro so that's a win in my book.
If anyone is interested in the project it has a demo on Steam you can check out. Also the KS campaign is still open for late pledges... just sayin'. (⌐■_■)
Any recommendations for vns without a lot of romance? Any genre fine.
Ace Attorney
Your request was very broad but I've really enjoyed "of The Devil", it's and indie courtroom mystery VN with gambling mechanics! Episode 0 is free :>
Yes sorry I didn’t give any helpful information. I’m pretty new to VNs, just know the romance factor isn’t high on my list.
It's kinda hard to suggest anything without knowing what you've already read. I'll go with some popular and safe choices for now.
- If you don't mind long winded mystery novels with lots of slice of life moments then Higurashi and Umineko series are always a decent choice.
- VA-11 HALL-A is a great low stakes story set in a cyberpunk future.
- Go! Go! Nippon! has a tiny bit of romance depending on your choices but is mostly about visiting famous Japanese sightseeing spots.
- I haven't played it myself but I've heard a lot of good things about Slay the Princess. It's more of a meta story with things changing each time you play.
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a short but fun mystery story if you like the series. It's free too.