Well like many others i and my wife are new to this genre of gaming but it seems quite interesting and we think we would like to try it out. we read the other post about sudgested games and here is my dellima, we want to try some bishoujo games that both i and my wife can enjoy. just to give you some back ground on what type of anime/games we like we love the Lunar series games because of its romantic and funny story lines and the final fantasy series as well particularly FF8 because it was such a sweet story as far as anime goes we are big fans of animes such as tenchi muyo, gun smith cats, ninja scroll, and about any kind of fantasy anime. so maybe you could give me some advice on what would be a good title that we both could enjoy i dont wish to purchess a game that is so based on women that only guys would enjoy it. well anyway thanks in advance for your advice!
Hi,
Hmm…from the looks of your post, it seems like you prefer something soft and easy. I personally would suggest, amoung the titles currently available at peapri, Snow Drop. And of course, once Brave Soul comes out, you should give that a try too.
Yes, like Lamuness, I’d suggest Snow Drop too, since it’s quite “soft and easy” . Might be kind of a pain to play sometimes, through, since it’s hard to unlock the second part of the game. but it’s a nice game and has some fantasy in it (or what would you call a story that includes a supernatural being?) and it has a good story .). Don’t except the same kind of gameplay as in Final Fantasy, through (no killing lots of monsters here), since msot adult bishoujo games tend to focus more on making a good story rather than gameplay.
I’d suggest Brave Soul if Peach Princess manages to get it out too. I’s the only “pure fantasy” game that Peach Princess has considered to release so far. They’re more focused on releasing titles whose story is taking place in our days, rather than fantasy or sci-fi… I’ve wondered if this is a wise thing to do, since fantasy is quite hot nowadays and so are RPG’s.
Hmm … alright and any others? what about xchange or little my maid? what types do those qualify as?
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Originally posted by DragonMasters:
Hmm ... alright and any others? what about xchange or little my maid? what types do those qualify as?
Well Little My Maid isn't out yet, but it falls into simulations/adventure fantasy as categories go. (Always hard to say having not actually played it. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img] ) X-Change is more of a humor adventure game. Well, raunchy humor really. (Kumiko-san once mentioned that you had to be in a "Porky's viewing mindset" to enjoy it or something like that.)
Otherwise, I agree with the others, your best bet would probably be Snow Drop for now and Brave Soul once it comes out. The others PeaPri has out doesn't seem to fit as much but you can try them out. I'd probably recommend Tokimeki Check-In and Critical Point for the storyline/adventure novel aspects more than X-Change or Water Closet, but that also reflects my personal game preferences.
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Originally posted by DragonMasters:
Hmm ... alright and any others? what about xchange or little my maid? what types do those qualify as?
Most of the games Peach Princess releases qualify as multi-path-multi-ending games or roleplaying games (although the way you role-play is different from what you see in most western games), if that's what you're asking.
Oh! I forgot to mention Little My Maid [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/redface.gif[/img]
Well, I can tell you a little of Peach Princess's other games:
Little My Maid: This will be much unlike Peach Princess's other games, since it's a quite huge game compared to the rest of Peach Princess's games. Also, making just one or two certain decisions or moves through the game doesn't decide how the story will end, unlike in some others of Peach Princess's games. It's also the closest to a Simulation that you could get in english. Your freedom in this game is quite big too, and you can make "bad" or "good" choices as you see it fit, or just roleplay your character and let him behave as you think he should behave accoring to the events that happened before the game started. This game also has, much like Snow Drop, some fantasy aspects in it [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
X-change: Well, I son't think I'd recommend this game as your first gmae to play. Sure, it has many fun moments, but the story is nowhere as good as in Peach Princess's other gmaes. Also, your freedom is quite limited here. You can't choose to avoid certain events, like you can in all of Peach Princess's other games, unfortunately enough. This game is the oldest of Peach Princess's games (Crowd released it four or five years ago, if I remember correctly) and lacks character voices. So unless you aren't interested in X-change for some special reason (many buys it just because of the transgender theme, I'm told).
Ater closet: This is the "newest" of Peach Princess's games. And it's also has a different gameplay than the others of Peach Princess's games. There's five playable characters inte game, and their paths/stories are entangled into each others (for example,a s Julyne the nurse, you will meet Ikumi Mitarai, another playable character.. both may affect the other's path, depending on what you choose to do when they meet) (this is called the Multi-sight in japan, and many of the best adult bishoujo games in japan has it). Because of this, it will take you quite some time to figure out all the apths in the game and get the "good endings" for each character). It's, I'm told, a quite fun game, but it's mainly "toilet humour" that is used in this game (and stuff like that) so you might not like it.
Critical Point: The first sci-fi adult bishoujo game to be released here in the west! It has a quite interesting story, and many possible paths, but there's a great risk of your character dying during the story, since his mission is a dangerous one!
The game if fun with many fun, intersting and exciting moments, but the only "problem" is that it might not take allt hat much time to explore the whole gmae - some people in here managed to explore all of the game in just two days or somethign like that. This game (the Limited Collectors Edition, at least) is the cheapest of Peach Princess's games, through, and in my opinion worth the money [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
Tokimeki Check-In: My favourite adult bishoujo game so far! In this game, you play Takayuki, the owner of an Inn. The in gets many guests... and quite a lot of those are females, of course. You have to interact with the guests at the inn, as well as your own co-workers there, and who knows... if you play your ards right, you might actually find the one you truly love during the days the guests are staying at the inn [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]. The game offers quite a lot of freedom, you can choose to go to quite a lot of places and do many things. But remember that you have to roleplay your character int he right wat to find love. Sometimes you also need to be on the right place to be able to make a difference or to know something or you'll never be able to find your love. lots of possible endings in this story, too!
Gibo - Well, this, game's main theme is incest, the story is a quite dark one and I don't know much else about it ^^;;. But this game seems to be a quite brutish one, so maybe you should avoid it if you don't like it.
Well, that's it. Want to know anything more?
thanks for the help guys i went ahead and orderd snow drop. course if my wife hates it i will have to hurt you all 
just kidding anyway thaks again for the help i will tell you guys what we think of it once we get it!
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Originally posted by DragonMasters:
thanks for the help guys i went ahead and orderd snow drop. course if my wife hates it i will have to hurt you all :P just kidding anyway thaks again for the help i will tell you guys what we think of it once we get it!
Play through the whole gmae, then break through to the second part of the gmae, then you may give us your comments [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img].
Good luck with Snow Drop! [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
oh and by the way we also order the check in one as well since it looked pretty cool and you guys were raving about.
I hope you enjoy the games. It may be hard for a newbie to adjust to this new style of gaming (in the western world at least), and may take some time to get used to how these games work though. But yes, please feel free to post comments or questions about the games and I am sure someone here (if not myself) will be able to help you in some way.
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Originally posted by DragonMasters:
oh and by the way we also order the check in one as well since it looked pretty cool and you guys were raving about.
So do we get blamed if you don't like TCI as well? [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]
Just kidding. But most of the regular posters list either Snow Drop or Tokimeki Check-In as their favorites and that has to count for something. And like Lamuness-san said, most of us are willing and eager to help you with questions on the game. (Usually the problem is getting us to shut up! [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img] )
I interviewed 31 people for my Bishoujo game survey project, and about 1/3 of the people were new initiates of the genre, as one can infer that from their list of favorite Bishoujo (and domestically licensed) games. Tokimeki Check-In! topped the charts for most of them, so that’s another indication that Tokimeki Check-In! is a favorite.
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Originally posted by bokmeow:
I interviewed 31 people for my Bishoujo game survey project, and about 1/3 of the people were new initiates of the genre, as one can infer that from their list of favorite Bishoujo (and domestically licensed) games. Tokimeki Check-In! topped the charts for most of them, so that's another indication that Tokimeki Check-In! is a favorite.
Really? Were there any particular reasons given for TCI being favored? Just curious mainly. Personally, I thought it had the most broad-range appeal of the games and that's why it was the one I gave out as gifts this past Christmas to try and get my friends interested.
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Originally posted by ekylo:
Really? Were there any particular reasons given for TCI being favored? Just curious mainly. Personally, I thought it had the most broad-range appeal of the games and that's why it was the one I gave out as gifts this past Christmas to try and get my friends interested.
Only about 1/3 of the total participants participated in the second phase in which I interviewed people about their interests, both Bishoujo and non-Bishoujo as well as other things. I had asked them briefly what they liked about the game, but it's not quantifiable with numbers so I have lots ahead of me when I write my independent thesis on this. But, some of the things people said were "Original Japanese voices with no colloquialization" "Complex characters and lots of interactions" "Emotionally moving" "Consensual situations and not a setup for H-scenes."
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Originally posted by DragonMasters:
Hmm ... alright and any others? what about xchange or little my maid? what types do those qualify as?
I'd advise against XChange if you're going to play with your wife. The main character is so horny that he (she?) doesn't mind getting raped.
Anyway, back on topic for a moment…
Tokimeki Check-in is a good game if you like funny, romantic storylines. It is a little complicated, though, and it can be hard to unlock the paths you want. First and foremost, only go after one girl per game.
Snow Drop is very sweet and the art looks gorgeous, but it too can be a difficult game. Feel free to ask for help–we’re all helpful enough here.
From your description of what you like, you’ll probably want to stay away from Water Closet (unless, by some chance, both you and your wife are into that…in which case I neither [edit: have a problem with it] nor want to know 
and XChange (it’s a very old game, it’s very short, and I doubt you’d like some of the content). I’m not sure about Critical Point–it does have an interesting story (interesting enough to get me to flat out skip all the sex scenes once it started picking up because I was more interested in the story), but it’s very much a sci fi story and not at all sweet or romantic either.
[This message has been edited by Nandemonai (edited 06-03-2002).]
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I'd advise against XChange if you're going to play with your wife. The main character is so horny that he (she?) doesn't mind getting raped.
Well, that's not always true. It's true that he in soem cases enjoys being "raped" or "forcefully seducted" or whatever you want to call it, but not always. In some cases he clearly dislikes it. And even if his _body_ might enjoy it in some cases, that doesn't men that his mind enjoys it .). In some cases, what the mind and the body thinks/wants is two entirly different things [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Spectator Beholder:
Well, that's not always true. It's true that he in soem cases enjoys being "raped" or "forcefully seducted" or whatever you want to call it, but not always. In some cases he clearly dislikes it. And even if his _body_ might enjoy it in some cases, that doesn't men that his mind enjoys it .). In some cases, what the mind and the body thinks/wants is two entirly different things [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img]
*shrugs*
I think it's obvious by now that I have big problems with this aspect of XChange [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]
So I'll refrain from ranting about it and scaring the newbie.
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Originally posted by Nandemonai:
*shrugs*I think it's obvious by now that I have big problems with this aspect of XChange [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]
So I'll refrain from ranting about it and scaring the newbie.
Heh, maybe so... but it might be wise to not "scare of" newbies like that. After all, there is people who like X-change 1 and people who might still like it no matter how "limited" it is compared to Peach Princess's other games. And it must have had quite a few fans in Japan, considering that Crowd throught it good enough to make a sequel (and from what I've seen on Crowds forums, there have been requests of the Japanese fans that Crowd makes an "X-change 3" too [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img]. But whenever or not X-changes popularity is based on the sequel or not, it has still been quite popular... even for Peach Princess, it seems [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Spectator Beholder:
Heh, maybe so... but it might be wise to not "scare of" newbies like that. After all, there is people who like X-change 1 and people who might still like it no matter how "limited" it is compared to Peach Princess's other games. And it must have had quite a few fans in Japan, considering that Crowd throught it good enough to make a sequel (and from what I've seen on Crowds forums, there have been requests of the Japanese fans that Crowd makes an "X-change 3" too [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img]. But whenever or not X-changes popularity is based on the sequel or not, it has still been quite popular... even for Peach Princess, it seems [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
*shrugs*
I can actually sort of see that. If XChange 2 does greatly expand on the concept, it could actually be interesting. I just have a philosophical objection to the way XChange 1 portrayed nonconsentual sex (i.e. it doesn't exist). As I understand Japanese culture, this tends to be less of a big deal over there.