Search VN other than romance
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Search VN other than romance
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I just realized that in all the Visual novels I've played there are romance. So, i was wondering if there were Visual novels where the main focus is not to find love?
Can you give me advice please? ^^
I just realized that in all the Visual novels I've played there are romance. So, i was wondering if there were Visual novels where the main focus is not to find love?
Can you give me advice please? ^^
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Re: Search VN other than romance
Here are ten well-regarded non-romance VNs which have a complete English version or translation patch:Lillandriel wrote:So, i was wondering if there were Visual novels where the main focus is not to find love?
* Steins;Gate: Mostly a suspense / science fiction story.
* Umineko - When the Seagulls Cry: A detective / suspense tale.
* Ever17: Mostly a science fiction / survival story. (Out of print.)
* Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors: A borderline adventure game about survival.
* Phoenix Wright: An interactive story about lawyers.
* Root Double: A tale about escaping a dangerous place.
* Dangan Ronpa: A borderline adventure game focused on murder mystery.
* VA-11 HALL-A: A story about bartending in a dystopia.
* Rose Guns Days: An alternate history tale about crime and politics.
* Corpse Party: A horror story about being trapped.
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Re: Search VN other than romance
Just a few that I personally have played:
The Elevator
Analogue: A Hate Story
Cave Cave Deus Video
Once an Artist
The One in Love
Locked In
I actually don't play a whole like of games that have the focus on finding love.
The Elevator
Analogue: A Hate Story
Cave Cave Deus Video
Once an Artist
The One in Love
Locked In
I actually don't play a whole like of games that have the focus on finding love.
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Re: Search VN other than romance
Feel strange to say this, as I worked on the VN itself, but The Falconers: Moonlight is a historical supernatural thriller, not romance.
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Re: Search VN other than romance
Is it vain to plug your own VN in this topic?
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Re: Search VN other than romance
Linking some more that I've played and haven't seen here:
Banality Man
Connection Pools
Diamond Rose
Encanto
Fairy Tales of Innocent Children (There's no lemmasoft thread for this one, so I've just linked the download page.)
Natalie
Nightowl
Nobody Understands MIA
Palette Swap
[redacted] Life
Reflections on the River
The Town Called Data
Those Without Names
To Libertad
Trial by Fire
Who Is Mike
Banality Man
Connection Pools
Diamond Rose
Encanto
Fairy Tales of Innocent Children (There's no lemmasoft thread for this one, so I've just linked the download page.)
Natalie
Nightowl
Nobody Understands MIA
Palette Swap
[redacted] Life
Reflections on the River
The Town Called Data
Those Without Names
To Libertad
Trial by Fire
Who Is Mike
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Re: Search VN other than romance
Thanks for all your advices. ^^ I'll try these ones.
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Re: Search VN other than romance
In the VN Database, you can search for visual novels that have (or don't have) different tags (including romance).
I've applied the filter (English visual novels without romance) for you here.
I've applied the filter (English visual novels without romance) for you here.
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"Without love, the truth cannot be seen."gekiganwing wrote:* Umineko - When the Seagulls Cry: A detective / suspense tale.
Umineko is a murder-mystery at first, but it becomes progressively more evident over the series that it is, at its core, a romance, albeit a very unusual one.
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I'd say that Umineko defies genre. If it were a print novel it'd most likely be shelved in postmodern literature alongside House of Leaves or Dorst's S, I reckon.
Also wow, Zelan, thank you so much for recommending my game! I do plan on making a Lemmasoft thread for it at some point, but I'd like to tweak it a little more first (was thinking of replacing the title image, for example).
Also wow, Zelan, thank you so much for recommending my game! I do plan on making a Lemmasoft thread for it at some point, but I'd like to tweak it a little more first (was thinking of replacing the title image, for example).
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Re: Search VN other than romance
Shameless self-advertisement: My VNs are often not about romance:
The Loyal Kinsman - a medieval murder mystery
The Thirteenth Year - a philosophical story about how religion shapes man, and about how man shapes religion in return
ADRIFT - a mystery about saving an undersea colony when technology fails
The Dreaming - a horror story about things that dwell in the darkness of the mind
Metropolitan Blues - a somber story about finding yourself when you don't even know what you are
The Loyal Kinsman - a medieval murder mystery
The Thirteenth Year - a philosophical story about how religion shapes man, and about how man shapes religion in return
ADRIFT - a mystery about saving an undersea colony when technology fails
The Dreaming - a horror story about things that dwell in the darkness of the mind
Metropolitan Blues - a somber story about finding yourself when you don't even know what you are
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