An interesting site offering recommendations of mainstream eroge likely to appeal to lady gamers (avoiding titles obsessing over male homosexual antics) comes to my attention; the list makes interesting reading, and is of course of interest to lady erogamers looking to enjoy an engaging story and fine art, as well as many male erogamers too, judging by the list.
The first ten titles (the number in brackets is the number of points in total):
1 (61)『AIR』Key / AIR
2 (54)『Forest -フォレスト-』Liarsoft / Forest
3 (52)『沙耶の唄』Nitro+ / Saya no Uta
4 (48)『赫炎のインガノック -What a beautiful people-』Liarsoft / Sekien no Inganock
5 (41)『アトラク＝ナクア』ALICE SOFT / Atlach-Nacha
6 (39)『蒼天のセレナリア -What a beautiful world-』Liarsoft / Souten no Celenaria
7 (36)『”Hello, world.”』Nitro+ / Hello, World.
8 (33)『Phantom -PHANTOM OF INFERNO-』Nitro+ / Phantom of Inferno
9 (32)『腐り姫〜euthanasia〜』Liarsoft / Kusarihime
10 (25)『サフィズムの舷窓』Liarsoft / Saphizm no Gensou (yuri)
A strong showing by Liarsoft, and by Nitroplus. Also some quite obscure titles there.
These are compiled from a fair number of opinions. There are, of course, much more than 10 in total, so you may well be interested to peruse the site in question, as well as this matome.
I have some firsthand familiarity with Inganock, which really is a stylish masterpiece of engaging and original story coupled with great art. Also looking at the elsewhere listed but less well placed titles, such greats as Utawarerumono and even Sex Friend are mentioned, so it seems to be an interesting list.
Don’t hesitate to offer your own suggestions; they can’t all be Liarsoft titles…
I would love to play some of these, but I bet Inganok, Kusarihime and Atlach-Nacha aren’t in english and because they’re probably quite rare, there are probably no english patches for them either…..
T_T
I have to torrent up for saya no uta on pirate bay. I HIGHLY suggest playing it, one of the most unique stories I have come across. It is not often you find yourself praying for the world to end.
I saw on a couple of sites people were trying to get together a group for atlach nacha but were having trouble which is a shame.
Aren’t there any adult women shouta fans? The same way there’s all these l♥♥i loving guys? It’s also really strange that these covers show girls instead of guys, and lolis at that. No wonder lolis are so popular, both genders love them. O_O
Anyways, #6 looks like it’d be potentially hot. #1 makes me feel like I’m in an airport just from looking at it.
i love eroge…but i cant read japanese :(…but i love games with great stories.just not tragic endings that really brings a guy down.
I’m a female erogamer, and Kao no Nai Tsuki was the first I ever played, and what got me into the genre. I judge eroge by whether I can feel any attraction to the male protagonist – pretty hard to do when he’s a total cipher, like in a lot of them. But Kao no Nai Tsuki wasn’t like that at all. Oh, Hayama Kouichi. So much love.
Kinda surprised to see Saya no Uta here… Yeah, f**kwin story, but I would think a bit too guro for your average female gamer….