WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW?

author=suzy_cheesedreams
in 10 I would rotate each character into the fight every single battle as they would all get experience points that way.

I definitely did that all the time, except for revisiting/capturing earlier monsters that give very little exp anyway.

Yeah, was never fond of Cait Sith. He forces his way into the party. He's got cool abilities...that you will never have a practical use for. And then, yeah, that death scene. You know going in that he isn't really dying, and then the other one shows up as the old one is being destroyed? Talk about a pointless scene, and because you already know that Cait Sith is just a guy in Midgar somewhere, there's totally no emotional weight to the scene, but they have spouting purple prose as if it's two different Cait Siths. Cait Sith is a meh character that was intended to be cute, but is just annoying, and that would be forgivable, except he's also got the worst and most emotionally pandering scene in the game.

Never been too fond of Visual Novels, but umm...

Deponia. Play this freaking game. That is all.

That's not all, actually.

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, and Ringworld are both pretty old, but they're still really great stories, and they were made in the point and click era so they have significantly more gameplay than the typical modern VN (or at least the ones I've seen).

Actually, I would swear Makio Kuta made a really neat sci-fi-comedy for a jam here in the past couple of years. If I could ever remember the name, I'd definitely recommend it.

EDIT: Got it! U. U. P. Gemstar!

author=zoe
What is a good example of a solidly made sci fi visual novel with a satisfying amount of content? I'm going to play DRAMAtical Murder Re:Connect as a reference, but I was wondering if any of you folks have some more recommendations.

Never played a VN before!

VA-11 HALL-A

I don't even like it and I still think you should play it.

author=pianotm
Deponia. Play this freaking game. That is all.

Not a visual novel no, but if you're a fan of adventure you should definitely follow piano's advice! Deponia's really good. All of Daedalic's adventure games are good, but there's just something about Deponia's art style and characters that elevates it above the rest.

A video of an old, low-def show like Friends, yes.

A video of an HD show is much, much larger.

author=zoe
What is a good example of a solidly made sci fi visual novel with a satisfying amount of content? I'm going to play DRAMAtical Murder Re:Connect as a reference, but I was wondering if any of you folks have some more recommendations.

Never played a VN before!

I'm personally not fond of sci fi so the only game I can think of is Danganronpa which only has some mild sci fi near the ending parts.

I hear 2064: Read Only Memories is pretty good aswell. That looks sci fi. Or rather, cyberpunk, but I can't even tell the difference since they're both the same to me.

Edit: Just looked up the difference. Well, ok, apparently they are not the same to me as I can at least stand sci fi while I can barely stand cyberpunk. Aliens > Corrupt Governments.

A sci-fi VN? Man, if Memories Neverlasting ever had a public download, I would suggest that. I played a private demo way-back-when, but, it's this weird mix of RPG and VN elements and has mechs.

*Edit: Also, even if it had a public demo, the "satisfying amount of content" point might kick it out of consideration, now that I think on it. As far as I know, it hasn't moved an iota since I play-tested that demo. Then again, the dev has gone commercial with a different project, so, that game was probably put aside (maybe forever) to focus on that.

^ Have you ever played the Fedora Spade series? If not: They're freeware Game Maker games. A bit more on the "old PC graphic adventure" side of things, with menus and inventory and such. It's been a long time since I played those, though, so I have no idea if they're still easily found on the internet.