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What Are You Playing? General VN Discussion Thread (September 2025) (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world to c/visualnovels@ani.social

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Welcome to the General VN Discussion thread!

If you have something you'd like to talk about but don't think it's worth posting as a separate thread this is the place for you.

Did you start playing something new?
Are there any games you're looking forward to?
Are you looking for suggestions on what to play?
Do you have some feedback or questions about our community?

These and any other topics are welcome here - as long as they are VN or community related.

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[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I've been listening to Umineko soundtrack over the last few day and man... just hearing these songs again hits as hard as when reading the VN. These emotions just stay with you.

Speaking of Umineko, if anyone here knows Japanese and is interested in theatre, the 4 episodes of Umineko stageplay are currently available for free on the Shinidan YouTube channel until September 5th.

Direct links for the lazy

On the actual reading side, I decided to check out Rescue Refused linked previously by @Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social. It's pretty neat.
There isn't much there due to the game jam limits it was made for but it was a short and enjoyable idea with cute art style.

Next up is another short VN, Here Even The Sun Shines Differently. It's a story about an Ukrainian refugee who migrated to Japan after Russian invasion. It talks about the feeling of isolation as well as (not) adjusting to new environment and reality. Pretty emotional journey despite its length (under an hour of reading), has some light horror elements throughout.

Demo for PROJECT MIX received a new update. It's only some technical stuff like bug fixes, intro skip and Simplified Chinese localisation but I'll take any chance I can to shill the game (please end up good and don't do anything stupid that'll make me regret this devs!).
Give it a shot if you'd like to play Va-11 HALL-A in VR.

Lastly, no patch list updates this month. I didn't stumble on any new projects during my random browsing and I didn't have time to do some proper searching. Feel free to drop a comment or message me if you know of anything worth adding to the list (both old and new).