Japan is no longer the only country to embrace the visual novel as an artistic and erotic medium; now several other countries have been pursuing their own native developments to varying degrees of success, as can be seen below:
Korea:
Taiwan:
Thailand:
USA:
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You know, if there was a Marvel dating game with 2d art it in instead of 3d, I'd play it.
Hell yeah I would too.
Not surprised at the last one...
It would be interesting to see a competition between countries in making visual novels. Wonder which country would win?
Lol, the western countries won't be even in the top 10. probably japan and south korea would be around, if not, top 3
The one that has Charles de Lint writing the plot.
>> But you're cute. Wanna make out?
NO!!!
Korean and Chinese ones look interesting.
XD USA FAIL!!!
last one looks like a man
China is wonderful
Huh,the USA one sucks! yep an African American is saying this. Some people can't make games for s**t in this nation I'm living in.
Why, no, this TOTALLY isn't ripped off from Kotaku.
http://kotaku.com/5375974/how-different-dating-games-are-in-different-cultures
banstick?
It came from the comments of some random Japanese blog (not Itai News). Who cares about the source?
Kotaku has ripped off sankaku complex many times before anyway, so who cares?
Well, considering the past comments on certain artists/china as a whole, this looks like a case of hypocrisy.
As far as source goes, the typical thing is to give credit where credit is due, even if it is some "random Japanese blog". This was not done.
And the fact that Kotaku may have ripped off this site many times before doesn't justify Sankaku doing the same. That's just unprofessional and sinking to their level.
The comment copied 5 links from a thread posted on 2ch a while ago, which it did not source either. There is no need to give credit in these cases, and as a rule we only credit 2ch in passing if at all (though we certainly don't take credit for their work). Most Japanese sites do exactly the same thing (as "hiroimono") so I fail to see any problem.
The only problem here is that a stream of mentally deficient anon couldn't work out that the Kotaku piece was actually indirectly sourcing Itai News, which itself is just lifts 2ch threads verbatim, so they erroneously started accusing us of improper sourcing. If the piece had come a month later they would all have forgotten about it.
End of story.
@.@ there are so much competition now days x(
china and japan have best but usa is a failure, epic grand king failure
WINNING IN MAKING DATING SIM GAME IS NOTHING TO BRAG ABOUT! LOSER!
The one from Taiwan makes me nostalgia for some reason. I dunno, but I like it better than all of them except Korea and Japan.
Americans don't attempt anime style because it simply isn't as popular in the US as it is in Asia. Also, Western culture (Meaning Europe and the US) has an obsession with Machismo. This is part of why the visual novel style of game hasn't caught on in the USA and Europe. Because it's all romance, there is rarely any action therefor it is not Macho enough and "gay." Even though the object of the game is to have sex with women, go figure.
Also, Western gamers just expect an experience where they are an active participant rather than a passive reader. We expect fully interactive 3d environments and the ability to make meaningful choices that affect the outcome of the game. Visual Novels just can't offer that.
i think it's false the truth is they started throwing out foreigneirs around 10 years ago and their visual media became shit, cartoons is a good example. and you should not go saying Marvel or DC represent American styles when 90% of the artists are a mix of
European, Latin, Asian, etc.
geez just take a look at the shit they have made out of the Transforemers with their "Animated" version
here all toys frrom that line were left over, while the japanese versions sold out completely
Wanna make out?
yes
>no, fuck off ugly bitch
The author forgot to state that he stole this from kotaku, not sure though if they took it from somewhere else as well...
shame on the author
I don't even read Kotaku.
It came from the comments to:
http://kirik.tea-nifty.com/diary/2009/10/28-bc22.html
Most likely the commenter remembered it from 2ch.
Shame on anon for being an idiot.
Please put a decent one for America. And by decent i mean Katawa Shoujo the demo was fantastic cant ait for the final
usa looks like uglier brats character
No Philippines because they are pirates.
YARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
WE HAVE PEG LEGS AND PARROTS ON OUR SHOULDERS...
AND WE DOWNLOAD AND SELL STUFF FROM THE INTERNET!
actually most pirated stuff here is from china..
its just more "visible" here..
here in the failippines, you can buy pirated japanese AV disks beside HUSTLER #2397846, at sidewalk stalls..
YARR WE BE STEALIN YOUR EROGE YAARR. AND SELL IT FOR CHEAP. YAARRR.
YARR!
About the China's one, it's not complete yet?
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/forums/topic.php?id=3792
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NO PH? sad...ROFL
I'm surprised the USA eroge didn't have "beat the shit out of and steal cash to buy a real whore" as an option. Also why is it a sunset at 2:30?
Darn, too bad the laws won't allow us Malaysians to produce our own eroge :<
Btw, not just the USA one is damn fugly, the dialogue itself is pretty much a boner breaker;
Man: Hi.
Woman: Hi.
Man: Hah.
Woman: Heh.
Man: Ah.
Woman: You're cute(!?), wanna make out?
Man: YES/NO/Wait whut?
I'm gonna take the 5th option on the screen that let's you pull out a 9mm, and shoot her in the fucking head.
Isn't the USA one from Leisure suit larry? Thats not a dating sim.
epic lol at USA and i thought korea had shit animations lol
It DOES have shit animation, it looks good only if it's a picture.
you guys know lot of the anime are drawn in korea because of outsourcing right?
Korea's sure is more soulful. They seem to put more heart into their art. :l
This, my friends, pretty much sums up what I think of the difference in art direction in games between Asia and America (and to a lesser degree, Europe).
I wonder what's more "gay", preferring to watch cute and pretty girls, or preferring to watch sweaty muscular space marine type guys in a Gears of War-like setting?
Excluding Japan, among these pics I prefer Thailand's artwork.
SC knows how to generate advertising hits.
Hey. In Russia
http://galyonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/russia-500x375.jpg
wasn't this posted two days ago?
Can someone tell me what the name of the Chinese one is? I think I wanna check it out.
Wait, I'm stupid, there is a post about it here.
Did it get released yet? (I guess not?)
If USA's top programming capabilities meet with japan's top designers, any game would be EPIC.
Provided they dont miscommunicate....
Didn't some of the Tokimemo staff work on Brooktown High? One would figure that counts for something or other.
Also, there's no ero in that game (and don't let the imagery in the kiss scenes fool you!) Maybe a screen grab from Heileen or Summer Session would be a better looking representative?
Also, major boo on no Euro representation! Hmmm... a Middle Eastern eroge would be most intriguing (it's always fun until al-Qaeda calls jihad!)
Wow! America's has to be the best! (Sarcasm)
.....I'm just going to say USA stay away. I don't really care.
Re Angel is just ren-ai not eroge
actually the US and especially Europe have a lot of fucking hot erotic comics.
sometimes even the japanese ones fail in comparison.
so bringing up a fugly random wannabe japanese eroge is just ignorance.
The post is about eroge, not erotic comics.
GTFO
USA -1
Visit those countries, there is a VERY HUGE DIFFERENCE in the faces of the women there.
Bugh~ Uragh~
no.
LOL WTF at the USA ones. HAHA!
Canada should make a novel game spin-off called "To Love 2 much maple syrup" :P
Hasn't it been continuously pointed out that 98% of their eroge are edited versions of japanese ones?
Take successful ones in japan, edit the story to their liking, then change some of the pictures very slightly like altering backgrounds or hair colors.
Hopefully w/o retarded censorship (because of single unconstitutional ruling half a century old and single poorly worded law).
Well my country officially fails hard at eroge.
American female char design is in its best tradition -- a horse faced girls. Just not to irritate their homemade ugly fat feminists =)
France will be very late!!!
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Shit, I'm Thai. And I think that Re-Angle project got scrapped long time ago due to government suppression, but hey, how did the Journalists managed to found it?!
That's a sad thing, Thai universities' women uniform (black skirt, and (rather tight) shirt) is one of the best outfit out there. T___T I wanna play it for crying out loud.
you kidding... Our government did something like that AGAIN!?
Speaking in terms of history, Taiwan has a much longer history of H-game making than China...which to this day, still does NOT have any (marketed) H-games, due to *harmonious* laws on the banning of all lewd and "lowly" media.
The Chinese game presented in this post is a somewhat controversial topic BEFORE it was released, since it was a bishoujo-game done in a style VERY close to Japanese standards (loved by post-80's Chinese but abhorred by the old-timers), and because the Story of the Red Chamber was already made into an H-game by the Taiwanese 10 years ago...but after it was out it was a milestone. If only they can keep it up...
Re-Angel is Good sim-date game.
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Ha ha ha
USA Makes me laugh...
~fap fap fap fap fap sees usa frowns~
I give the USA Eroge a FALCON PUNCH!!!
With many eroge from different countries appearing, I guess Agnes Chan and her feminazi allies have lost the war
I think they chose the worst possible game from the US.
I remember playing a US 3D game that was just an advertisement for Axe body spray and it still looked better than most Japanese 3D games.
Mojo Master:
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2852/mojomaster200507250141260846jy.jpg
blegh that image sux too >__<
true... true...
For once, China's got it right. I think.
Does any of this eroge has sex scene ?Beside the Japan version of course
oh god...last one looks evil
You people are fucking stupid
the US one was just put there for lulz, you have to be fuck-tarded to think it is representative of all US eroge.
Dammit China, stop confusing your own people such as myself!
One of these things doesn't belong...
What the fuck U.S.A.! What-the-fuck.
wow USA's sure does stick out like a sore thumb...
KOrean and Thai are the best out of the new kinds
at least the us still has its military...
i can't stop laughing at the american one.
such QUALITY!
For the UK they could have used Tomb Raider because lets face it that entire game series was just an eroge you could shoot things in.
chun brother is surely pure man！！
The Chinese and Thai ones look promising.
i like usa's better
You lie, or you don't watch anime. Take your pick.
Ugh.. I really want to puke after seeing the U.S.A one... (just what is so cute about that THING?..)
actually USA got many talented 2D artists (just look at conceptart.org),
but I think something is lost when translating conceptart to 3D (for example, you can see WoW concept sketches compared to ugly 3d model in game)
and why don't they make 2D love sim instead of ugly 3d like LL Larry?!!!!
The "Bratz" phenomenon.
Makes me want to falcon punch the developer.
Katawa Shoujo is technically Japanese due to the original character concepts being from a Japanese artist.
OMG! Go China! I'm not sure if you picked the worst for a US-VNish shot, but I definitely find the art in pic3 very appealing. #2's nice too.
America sticks out like a sore thumb.
I know!
My dick may only have one eye, but even he's weeping into his beer! T_T