What was the first visual novel you played?

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Re: What was the first visual novel you played?

#76 Post by pricklish »

If I remember correctly, the first Visual Novel I read was Fatal Hearts. (Without knowing what a VN was)
The Visual Novel that made me crazy about Vns is Little Busters! (I knew what a VN was at that time)
Little Busters! is also my first JVN I read.
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#77 Post by KalaCansado »

The first VN... should be ace attorney , but seems that I played it when I was very small,
I got scared by it XDDDD
But later I found it is very fun to play ^^

And why I want to make a game...I think is because one of a magazine talking about people who make games themselves, and I was effected by them ,that's why I start to make one ^^

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#78 Post by Arowana »

The first VN I ever played was actually a Lemmasoft game called Dream Savior Gakuen several years ago. I had never heard of VNs before and thought it was the coolest thing at the time. It really inspired me to try making my own VN. :D

I used to stalk the forums for the sequel, too, but sadly it seems that it was abandoned...

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#79 Post by uselessp »

I'm new in this forum. But I at least have played several VNs.

The VN I read for the first time was Planetarian ~Chiisana hoshi no yume~ (Although that I didn't know that it's a kinetic novel until I made a search in wiki and google.) that was given from my relative as my 13th birthday.

Also, Planetarian is my favorite novel. I loves the idea of the knowledges about spaces, how we humans will do in the future, and hope.

when I reached the ending, I truly cried from the deep of my heart. (For real!!)

Now I'm going to finishes all of the games Key made. (Well, I'm not interested of the adult versions, so I just played the all-ages version.)

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I think the first VN I ever played was Yo-Jin-Bo. It was hilarious, so I went and bought Date Warp,loved it, and from there I just kept playing more and more.

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#81 Post by Merqurial »

Honestly? It is the one I'm working on with Gear. :/

*noobness revealed*

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#82 Post by Hijiri »

Merqurial wrote:Honestly? It is the one I'm working on with Gear. :/

*noobness revealed*
You. Stop what you're doing and play Narcissu. Now.
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#83 Post by Anna »

Merqurial wrote:Honestly? It is the one I'm working on with Gear. :/

*noobness revealed*
Say whaaa... o_o;;

Go read/play VNs now.

Narcissu, True Remembrance, Fate/Stay Night, Planetarian, Umineko, Higurashi, Ever17... there are many good ones!

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#84 Post by redeyesblackpanda »

I'm going to have to mention Clannad. Sheesh, I'm surprised. Two posts, and it's still not mentioned...
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#85 Post by Hijiri »

redeyesblackpanda wrote:I'm going to have to mention Clannad. Sheesh, I'm surprised. Two posts, and it's still not mentioned...
Narcissu and True Rememberance are much better for those getting introduced to VN's since they don't take a whole lot of time investment. F/SN, Clannad, and When They Cry are more for those who already know what they're getting into (WTC can still be good for beginners though since they are in chapter form. Of course, your mileage may vary)
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#86 Post by Anna »

redeyesblackpanda wrote:I'm going to have to mention Clannad. Sheesh, I'm surprised. Two posts, and it's still not mentioned...
It's not like I mentioned all VNs worth playing, and yeah I forgot to make mine noob-proof. I don't think Umineko is good to read first either, since the episodes are very long on their own.

If you edit my example-list to make it more noob-friendly it would probably be something like... Narcissu, True Remembrance, Planetarian, OMGWTFBBQOTL, Saya no Uta (watch out very 18+ and horror), 999 and... maybe Memo? I haven't tried it yet but heard some good things. And you can just look around this forum for VNs as well.

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#87 Post by wordlesswriter »

I'm not entirely sure if you'd count Radiant Historia for DS as a VN. It's pretty awesome~
My 1st Ren'Py VN was Katawa Shoujo. After I played the 1st time through, I found out there was a whole community that made games with the same engine, and you guys BLEW MY MIND.
So, while having that as my first game definitely has raised my expectations to a considerable degree for what I think is "quality", I also try to keep in mind the time it's taken to be made.
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#88 Post by Fungii »

....Enzai.

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#89 Post by chocojax »

My first VN was Umineko. Woke up every day at 6 just to read it before school started, lol.

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#90 Post by Victoria Jennings »

Fungii wrote:....Enzai.
...I feel really bad about it, but same here. And for some reason, even though it was fucked up in a lot of ways, I still played for all the endings. orz

The first one I played that I really enjoyed, though, was probably Digital: A Love Story.

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