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MehHakker Wrote:Hmmm I want to play some of these visual novels...

yea me too.. shame they're so massive o_o

Senseito Sakura Wrote:

MehHakker Wrote:Hmmm I want to play some of these visual novels...

yea me too.. shame they're so massive o_o

To download, or to read?

I'm pretty sure you'll have no trouble downloading with all your internet connections which are like at least 10 times, up to 200 times faster than mine.

As for length, well, the length is usually attributed to the fact that there is usually many arcs, but if you just read through a single arc, it'll be many times shorter.... Which can probably still be very long. I've never read anything that is ridiculously long, but from my pathetically little experience, I'm far from the position of being able to generalize.

And there are short ones that you can finish relatively quickly. True Remembrance and Narcissu are good choices for that matter. And short does not equal poo poo. Like for anime, 13 episodes doesn't at all mean it's worse than 300 episodes. (Infact, I prefer 13 episode series far more than 300 episode ones. I hate long anime full of filers and no storyline progression. Waste of time. But that's kinda off topic to VNs.)

(This post was last modified: 30/03/2008 10:53 PM by Assassinator.)

Narcissu is one of Goshi's top recommendations =)

Speaking of which, I read a few chapters of it - should finish it off sometime.  So far, it's really a pessimistic drama, but I'm quite interested to see where it goes. ;)

As for the program SkyDX mentioned, I'm a bit dubious.  Sure, translation is possible, but how is the text grabbed?  OCR?

(This post was last modified: 01/04/2008 06:06 AM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)

isn't ocr for scanners? i guess it would have to actually read the characters, because it has to display them for you without losing resolution so it would have to be actual characters, then maybe that app goes into it and translates it... I'll have to look into this when i get home

beaner2k6 Wrote:isn't ocr for scanners? i guess it would have to actually read the characters, because it has to display them for you without losing resolution so it would have to be actual characters, then maybe that app goes into it and translates it... I'll have to look into this when i get home

Optical Character Recognition.

By OCR, he means by the programs that are programmed to recognize the shape of characters. Basically used to extract text out of graphical media. For example, like getting subtitles out of hard-subbed videos.

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Speaking of which, I read a few chapters of it - should finish it off sometime.  So far, it's really a pessimistic drama, but I'm quite interested to see where it goes. ;)

Narcissu isn't that long. Takes maybe around 3-5 hours or something?. Read it in one go. You'll enjoy it more.

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:As for the program SkyDX mentioned, I'm a bit dubious.  Sure, translation is possible, but how is the text grabbed?  OCR?

Yeah, i don't completely believe in this program either. I guess a program can be made for certain types of VN using the same engine, since the text will be always stored and read in the same way, but different VNs have very different engines, and thus it will become very difficult.

(This post was last modified: 01/04/2008 07:52 PM by Assassinator.)

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(This post was last modified: 02/04/2008 10:54 AM by SkyDX.)

SkyDX Wrote:Got it working but as expected the results are rather bad, maybe I can find a better dictionary file^^

Wow, that's pretty bad.

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But I find that having previously watched the anime, it spoils the VN a lot (at least for the route that the anime takes). You already know what's going to happen, so it's not as interesting.

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Assassinator, from some time past Wrote:Meh, at least to me, whatever format, the 2nd time I watch it is always a lot less enjoyable, mainly because I already know the storyline, and what's going to happen. So most of the "interestingness" will be gone. And there is little left without the storyline.

My theory is that if you have the time to watch the same thing over again, it'll be a way better investment of that time to just watch something new. After all, you'd never run out of stuff to watch, even if you watch 24hrs a day. Watching new stuff will give you a higher enjoyment/time ratio.

So I pretty much never watch the same thing twice. (Or play the same RPG twice, read the same book twice or anything like that for that matter.)