There’s no August summary yet, so here are my thoughts on some of the upcoming titles. I’ll leave doujin eroges out of the list, as most have already been mentioned in some of the earlier posts.
Kono Uta ga Owattara: Delayed from July, and released at the start of August. As Lancer-X predicted, the reviews suggest that it does contain utsuge, horror and nukige elements, but with none of them being executed successfully. It also seems to have come with some of the teething problems that can crop up in first releases from new brands. Probably a pass unless you’re really into the genre or a big fan of the artist (in that case, Resign’s probably a safer bet though).
STEINS;GATE: No comment necessary. Hopefully if Demonbane goes well, JAST/Nitro+ will be able to give this an official release.
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi: A week or so ago, the trial was finally released, so one assumes that it will actually be released this month. I had a look at it, and yeah… aside from it being a Feng title, I can’t understand why so many people have preordered it (amongst other things, it’s sitting at the top of getchu’s preorder rankings). The trial was also very short, and didn’t even introduce all of the heroines, so it’s hard to consider it as a representative sample of the game. It’s probably not going to be a terrible eroge, but everything in the trial was very average. After all of the delays, I think a lot of people might be rather disappointed by it.
Suzukaze no Melt: A little while ago, there was a discussion on #denpa, on whether certain eroge companies would actually sell more copies of their eroges by employing better writers. The original company in question was Circus, but I think the argument would also be relevant to Whirlpool. Their two regular artists are some of the best in the business, and as long as they’ve got scenarios that aren’t terrible + provide a decent foundation for the artwork to shine, there’s possibly no need for them to try and create a ‘masterpiece’. Chances are I won’t be getting this, unless the scenario turns out to be unusually good.
SEX LIFE: Following on from the art discussion, I think G.J? have realised that people will only buying their eroges for the nukige value, so they’ve taken the logical step and dispensed with any pretense of a scenario altogether. There’s not really a need to comment on it, as the game doesn’t seem to leave any middle-ground - it’s targeted directly at fans of the artist/pure nukiges, who will probably like it, but for everyone else it’s a default pass.
No Pants!! [or Pantsu]: … is there really a full-price market for this? Ridiculous concept aside, even for a nukige, the game looks vapour-thin.
Cthulhu Great Hunting: I salute the intrepid souls that have preordered this fandisc. 
Akizora ni Mau Confetti: The trial left me with very mixed impressions, that on the whole weren’t too positive. The backgrounds + music are both fantastic, but besides the obvious issues with the bizarre CGs and tachie and the potential for problems stemming from the fairly generic scenario establishment, I don’t think the writer’s done all that good a job either, as the text is fairly pedestrian and none of the characters seemed particularly memorable. I’m not ruling it out completely, but it’s looking like a pass. I read (I think it was on gamestyle) that etude were aiming to surpass their previous work in quality - very, very slim chance of that happening.
Oppai Sensou: While it’s obviously not going to be this month’s best eroge, this is actually the game I’m most looking forward to. Softhouse Seal have really outdone themselves with the setting, and although it doesn’t have my favourite Seal writer on it, I can’t see how it won’t be immensely amusing to play.
Majino Complex: The third (and presumably final) installment in the Sakakoko/Don-chan trilogy. If the other two games are anything to go by, expect great characters + brilliant voice acting offset by a fun, but somewhat inconsistent scenario. Although the game should come with an optional feature that will explain what happened in the past two eroges, it’s probably best to play the series in order to get maximum enjoyment. It should be available for dlsales on the day of the package release.
