I get it... I'll finish Eustia soon...TM... Anyways. Get ready for the best Mech drama with hotblood action and just baller JAM project music. One of the highest rated Visual Novels of all time. Ever 17 was good, Clannad was good, but MuvLuv Alternative is a man's visual novel. It's a story for a true man.
This is a sequal though to MuvLuv Unlimited, Don't ask me about that thought I have never read it + Show Spoiler +
And the premise is......ENGRISH
War vs BETA(read Zerg)
BWANEZ lol that intro never gets old
There is no CG collection in this game explains the lack of pictures in this read
Protagonist
The main Character in MLA is Takeru, you were this whiny ass little bitch back in Unlimited, but you now are a true baller. Takeru basically goes back in time with all his new learned skills and knowledge that he learned in Unlimited and tries to change the outcome of Unlimited. Thus the title ML-Alternative.
Heroines-The characters that drive the story, <= this is a lie
I won't go into the heroines mainly because I feel they aren't important. The entire story is event driven, not character driven but they are Meiya-An oujo type character, she's a relative of the Shogun Chizuru-A leader type character, you call her Yinchou (Class rep) Kei-A quiet type character. likes Yakisoba Mikoto-A genki type character, daughter of a super spy Tamase-A Loli type character, she's the Daughter of a UN leader
Honestly I think the side cast were more important. For such a great story the main heroines didn't really get many shining moments, except Meiya which I can write alot about, but I won't because that means I'll have to do the same for the other characters, which I can't. especially Kei which I can say almost nothing about except for her love of Yakisoba lol.
Side Cast Professor Kouzuki- She's a genius, but she failed so hard in Unlimited, that's why you are here to make things right. She can be a bit of a villain at times. She's also kind of a sadist, and she's a person that wants to save the world even if staining her hands with blood.
Kasumi-She's quiet and likes to hang out with a Brain, she wakes you up every morning, and she can speak with BETA(read Zerg)
made by Kouzuki, She's also your girl friend, and unknown to your knowledge she's that brain that Kasumi likes to hang out with. Apparently BETA really likes Brains.
Major Walken-I will give you a spot here because you were an awesome American dude. You were baller till the end.
Tsukuyomi- A Japanese Imperial guard, devoted to protecting Japan, Meiya, and the Shogun Yuuhi.
Marimo- She's your teacher. Gives of a real mother like feel.
Oh, how'd Osanasomething go? The translation I got DIDN'T ***ING FINISH RAN'S ROUTE, the only herione I actually cared about. It's pretty hilarious either way but I was seriously disappointed. I finished El's before but can't get myself to do the other two after Ran's story busted halfway through.
On May 23 2011 01:22 neobowman wrote: Oh, how'd Osanasomething go? The translation I got DIDN'T ***ING FINISH RAN'S ROUTE, the only herione I actually cared about. It's pretty hilarious either way but I was seriously disappointed. I finished El's before but can't get myself to do the other two after Ran's story busted halfway through.
I didn't read Ran's route, Osana is still on my computer though
On May 23 2011 01:22 neobowman wrote: Oh, how'd Osanasomething go? The translation I got DIDN'T ***ING FINISH RAN'S ROUTE, the only herione I actually cared about. It's pretty hilarious either way but I was seriously disappointed. I finished El's before but can't get myself to do the other two after Ran's story busted halfway through.
I didn't read Ran's route, Osana is still on my computer though. Finished the Yukino and Puchin and Ezekiel routes
On May 23 2011 01:27 neobowman wrote: Which VNs have you read so far anyway?
Ever 17 Osana Fate Stay Night Edelweiss Galaxy Angel Narcissu 1 and 2 Shuffle Soul Link Seikai Seifuku Kanojo Chaos Head Sengoku Rance Daiteikoku Tears to Tiara Utawarerumono G String Sharin no Kuni Eien no Aselia Seinarukana X Change 1,2 and 3 X Change Alternative Kira Kira Clannad Kannon Little Busters! EX Cross Channel Most of the Da Capo stuff
Me too but I got used to it. And the music, sound effects and the ****ING STORY makes it so worth it. If it really bugs you, then you could wait for the PS3 release. They could probably patch the artwork into the PC version.
MuvLuv Alternative is really really good. MuvLuv Extra, while IMO necessary to fully appreciate Alternative, was not nearly as good.
Extra was your super generic romantic comedy harem. Takeru is your generic harem male lead, indecisive and all that crap. Then in Unlimited, Takeru wakes up in an different world, where Humanity is getting wiped out by the Alien BETA. 80% of the population has been killed off over 30 years of war, and pretty much all of Eurasia has been lost.
Then Unlimited focuses on Takeru growing from a shitty /a/ hero, to a pretty badass /m/an. Unlimited gets bad-ended though. Takeru gets looped back to the beginning of Unlimited at the start of ML Alternative, and then is determined to stop the events that bad-ended Unlimited from happening again. Queue lots of awesome battles and stuff.
All the girls from Extra are present in Unlimited/Alternative. Since Humanity is getting its ass handed to them by the BETA, the draft age has been massively lowered, and girls are getting drafted. A huge portion of the men had already died out. So all the girls from Extra are basically reintroduced as soldiers, which gives Takeru a pretty large culture shock. And later on, pretty much every single one of them gets their own moment to be badasses. Especially Kei:
Blasterion, there is actually a pretty huge CG set for this game :p
I don't think there is a CG mode, but the CG pack you can download from hongfire is 209 MB (aka its pretty big lol)
Oh yeah, Blasterion, you should put a note that this VN can get gory as fuck. Like there is a certain scene in MLA that makes that scene with Mami from Madoka look like a childish joke.
On May 24 2011 09:21 Sentenal wrote: I don't think there is a CG mode, but the CG pack you can download from hongfire is 209 MB (aka its pretty big lol)
Oh yeah, Blasterion, you should put a note that this VN can get gory as fuck. Like there is a certain scene in MLA that makes that scene with Mami from Madoka look like a childish joke.
that's ok they can find out that by themselves it's already labled as 18+ and I think most people can hang on to their sanity even after that scene Takeru did it,
On May 24 2011 23:30 Sentenal wrote: You should play Get Raped by BETA: The Game, that comes with MuvLuv Altered Fable. Its a turn based strategy game, and its very hard on very easy.
Oh, I didn't know there was a blog like this in TL. I never had motivation to touch MuvLuv series... just purely for the reason they are series -_-;; For some reason I generally play games that are stand-alone, probably because I am too lazy to inform myself of the background by playing entire series. And now I have much more better reason to avoid this game it seems: I have absolutely zero immunity against gore qq.
Edit: btw what is the purpose of this blog? Just random impressions & recommendation I guess? I would love it if you had mission statement but I am not that optimistic xD
On May 25 2011 00:25 Hesmyrr wrote: Oh, I didn't know there was a blog like this in TL. I never had motivation to touch MuvLuv series... just purely for the reason they are series -_-;; For some reason I generally play games that are stand-alone, probably because I am too lazy to inform myself of the background by playing entire series. And now I have much more better reason to avoid this game it seems: I have absolutely zero immunity against gore qq.
Edit: btw what is the purpose of this blog? Just random impressions & recommendation I guess? I would love it if you had mission statement but I am not that optimistic xD
No I just write random shit that I think of that have certain amount of relation to the VN think of it as a really really shallow and shitty review, you can check out my other Visual Novel Read series in my blog section
On May 23 2011 01:27 neobowman wrote: Which VNs have you read so far anyway?
Ever 17 Osana Fate Stay Night Edelweiss Galaxy Angel Narcissu 1 and 2 Shuffle Soul Link Seikai Seifuku Kanojo Chaos Head Sengoku Rance Daiteikoku Tears to Tiara Utawarerumono G String Sharin no Kuni Eien no Aselia Seinarukana X Change 1,2 and 3 X Change Alternative Kira Kira Clannad Kannon Little Busters! EX Cross Channel Most of the Da Capo stuff
last time i checked getting wiped out at turn 30 does not count as finishing a vn
On May 23 2011 01:27 neobowman wrote: Which VNs have you read so far anyway?
Ever 17 Osana Fate Stay Night Edelweiss Galaxy Angel Narcissu 1 and 2 Shuffle Soul Link Seikai Seifuku Kanojo Chaos Head Sengoku Rance Daiteikoku Tears to Tiara Utawarerumono G String Sharin no Kuni Eien no Aselia Seinarukana X Change 1,2 and 3 X Change Alternative Kira Kira Clannad Kannon Little Busters! EX Cross Channel Most of the Da Capo stuff
last time i checked getting wiped out at turn 30 does not count as finishing a vn
IIRC the game needs to be either run with your system in Japanese Locale, or with applocale. That's what I did, and I didn't have any problems running it.
IIRC the game needs to be either run with your system in Japanese Locale, or with applocale. That's what I did, and I didn't have any problems running it.
I did do that, that's why I don't have a clue what to do next, unless someone knows what that means in Japanese.
IIRC the game needs to be either run with your system in Japanese Locale, or with applocale. That's what I did, and I didn't have any problems running it.
I did do that, that's why I don't have a clue what to do next, unless someone knows what that means in Japanese.
Did you use the English Patch thing to install it? Also, I'm not sure if the more recent, all-age version of it works with the patch, I went with the original release.
IIRC the game needs to be either run with your system in Japanese Locale, or with applocale. That's what I did, and I didn't have any problems running it.
I did do that, that's why I don't have a clue what to do next, unless someone knows what that means in Japanese.
Did you use the English Patch thing to install it? Also, I'm not sure if the more recent, all-age version of it works with the patch, I went with the original release.
Oooh that's an installer; I thought it was just a patch to be applied after you install the game. Thank you so much. :D
Now it says "Copying Alternative.rio..." and the progress bar is stuck. Might be because it's one large file so it takes time, I sure hope it's that and not another problem.
Edit: It moved to the next file! Yay!! Thanks again man, I'm really looking forward to be able to play this.
IIRC the game needs to be either run with your system in Japanese Locale, or with applocale. That's what I did, and I didn't have any problems running it.
I did do that, that's why I don't have a clue what to do next, unless someone knows what that means in Japanese.
Did you use the English Patch thing to install it? Also, I'm not sure if the more recent, all-age version of it works with the patch, I went with the original release.
IIRC the game needs to be either run with your system in Japanese Locale, or with applocale. That's what I did, and I didn't have any problems running it.
I did do that, that's why I don't have a clue what to do next, unless someone knows what that means in Japanese.
Did you use the English Patch thing to install it? Also, I'm not sure if the more recent, all-age version of it works with the patch, I went with the original release.
Does all age include " that" scene?
I heard it toned down on alot of that stuff, but I think i has at least some version of THAT scene.
IIRC the game needs to be either run with your system in Japanese Locale, or with applocale. That's what I did, and I didn't have any problems running it.
I did do that, that's why I don't have a clue what to do next, unless someone knows what that means in Japanese.
Did you use the English Patch thing to install it? Also, I'm not sure if the more recent, all-age version of it works with the patch, I went with the original release.
Does all age include " that" scene?
I heard it toned down on alot of that stuff, but I think i has at least some version of THAT scene.
That was the second time I rage quit a visual novel over character death. The first being eustia
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