Can anybody recommend me any eroge games?

[Aussie2B]

Plus there's the various KEY games like To Heart, Kanon, Clannad, etc. Most of the KEY games seemed to be made into anime series with the erotic content removed. I've heard of the animes before knowing about the games they were based on, some of the games were apparently re-released with the adult content removed to make them more mainstream.

If I remember correctly, I think I read that the developers at KEY actually don't particularly want to include adult content but do so in the first release of their games just to conform to the standards of the PC visual novel industry. The clean versions are produced in much great quantities and sell a ton more.

I haven't played any of KEY's games myself, but if the anime is reflective of the stories in the games, I'd recommend them just based on that. I checked Air out at the library basically just as a joke since the covers of the DVDs made it looks like the most horribly annoying moe crap ever. I expected to hate it, and I was amazed at how quickly it sucked me in (and this is from a jaded anime watcher that isn't easily impressed). I still don't care for the style of the character designs, but it's a captivating, beautiful story in spite of that. I hear the anime version of Clannad is a real tearjerker too. I'd love to play the games someday, but I'm not sure if any are available in English (and from what I know, they're pure visual novels, so it's solely about the story, without any of the game-yness that can make dating sims and such fun even in Japanese).

[E Nice]

If I remember correctly, I think I read that the developers at KEY actually don't particularly want to include adult content but do so in the first release of their games just to conform to the standards of the PC visual novel industry. The clean versions are produced in much great quantities and sell a ton more.

I believe Clannad was made without any ero content at all. The semi-sequel of sorts, Tomoyo After, however did include such scenes. It was a ending path followup on Tomoyo's route and it includes some sort of unlockable little rpg game to play once you get far enough into the VN. The 360 release of Tomoyo After had the adult scenes removed, obviously.

I haven't played any of KEY's games myself, but if the anime is reflective of the stories in the games, I'd recommend them just based on that. I checked Air out at the library basically just as a joke since the covers of the DVDs made it looks like the most horribly annoying moe crap ever. I expected to hate it, and I was amazed at how quickly it sucked me in (and this is from a jaded anime watcher that isn't easily impressed). I still don't care for the style of the character designs, but it's a captivating, beautiful story in spite of that.

Which Air? the tv series or movie? Both were somewhat different but the same in the end. I think I preferred the movie simply because the girl's illness was not just a case of the jitters. That and the ending of the tv series just had me scratching my head when the events repeated but without the guy.

I hear the anime version of Clannad is a real tearjerker too. I'd love to play the games someday, but I'm not sure if any are available in English (and from what I know, they're pure visual novels, so it's solely about the story, without any of the game-yness that can make dating sims and such fun even in Japanese).

Oh, yeah Clannad is a tearjerker, but not until the second season. Not to say there aren't weepy moments before that but the two biggest ones occur in Clannad After Story. The game was relased on 360 but I wouldn't advise going through it without a guide. The stories are massive, with several branching paths and endings. And you can't access the true ending (what After Story is about) without collecting the 'missable' soul sphere thingies from the various ending routes first.

[Gameguy]

I hear the anime version of Clannad is a real tearjerker too.

I watched Clannad and it was worth seeing, I don't really get emotional over anime but it seemed better written than some others I've seen(My-Hime, Grenadier, etc). I watched To Heart too and that was also pretty good. Haven't watched Air or either Kanon yet.

[E Nice]

I watched Clannad and it was worth seeing, I don't really get emotional over anime but it seemed better written than some others I've seen(My-Hime, Grenadier, etc). I watched To Heart too and that was also pretty good. Haven't watched Air or either Kanon yet.

My-Hime and Grenadier aren't what I'd consider top tier shows. My-Hime suffers from how it handles events, as in nothing seems to matter as it goes on. Grenadier was just a fluff show, though it did have a nice duelling shootout scene at the end. Clannad also has a movie version but it's not that great. The only noteworthy thing in it is that it actually depicts the incident that cemented Tomoya's hatred of his father, which was only referenced to in the tv series.

I'd rank Air and Kanon below Clannad. Personally I think Kanon was overrated. The storyline in Kanon felt way to fragmented, to the point where I felt Shuffle! was better in story flow. The anime of Shuffle! is basically a fluff show until just before the end when Kaede's short story arc just broadsides you. Shuffle! is another eroge VN game, which has an English release but Europe only. I believe one of the sequel stories was also released on the DS.

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien might be worth mentioning as well. Another eroge VN but that starts normally enough until wham! The anime (aka Rumbling Hearts) depicts it very well, to the point that it's sadly depressing.

[rbudrick]

The heck with gameplay, which games have the best pr0nage in them!? Amirite? Amirite?

-Rob

[Richter Belmount]

What? No Katawa Shoujo?