Konnichi wa (As they say in Japan). You are reading the blog “Granny and the Axe”, which means my sharpened friend (the ax in the sense)) still “stood” in my throat and persuaded me to “put on” a bunch of his thoughts. (But who needs it)
Today I would like to talk about one game in the “Visual Novel” genre – in the future.N (I can see schoolchildren starting to scream “oooh another lover of drawn tits” and stuff like that) – Clannad Full Voice.
BUT for starters, not a big educational program (what a nasty word “brrr”) for those who don’t know what a “visual novel” is – B.N
Visual novel OR Visual novel is a subtype of text quest in which the viewer is shown a story by displaying text, static (or animated) images, as well as sound and/or music. Insertion of full-length videos is often used. The degree of interactivity in such games is usually low, and the viewer is only occasionally required to make certain choices, in particular to choose an answer in the dialogue. The characters in these games are usually designed in an anime style, which, like visual novels, originated in Japan. As of 2012, this genre remains popular primarily in Japan, where most of the leading developers are located, but is also gaining popularity in other countries.
— typical gameplay in V.N
Essentially everything is clear. We read (We read a lot… READ A LOT. ) we look, sometimes we make a choice.
— Typical choice in B.N
It reminds me of something, doesn’t it?? For those who have not “touched” the topic of visual novels before, they could “feel” something close in games from the developers Telltale Games (The Wolf Among Us and the walking dead)
Genre: purely Japanese. Although it leaked to the West and even to us!
kind of like the “first” “purely” Russian V.N
Everything is according to canon)
— Familiar faces))
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Often visual novels are based on light novels (Japanese literature), Manga (analogous to comic books) and anime (fuu perverted cartoons – translation for schoolchildren)
The usual chain in Japanese industry:
Light novel – Manga – Anime – Game
Game – Manga – Anime – Ronabe, etc.d
In Russia the genre was not accepted unambiguously. There are also rabid haters
and endlessly yak fanatics
(And strange as it may seem, both the first and second ones are annoying)
The genre has its own classics
But there is also a drain.
Like any game, it has its own requirements – Plot and atmosphere, art, music, direction, pastel scenes and translation.
The plot and atmosphere – that’s what you can’t blame most of the.N.
If B.If it’s romantic, there’s a 95% chance that even the most persistent person will shed a tear
How can you not be moved by seeing such beautiful shots?
Drawing in an anime or visual novel is an analogue of grafon in some kind of “jester”
(Thanks Cap, we wouldn’t have understood). Someone plays for the sake of dialogues and plot twists, and someone without a twinge of conscience boils everything for the sake of beautiful art and +18)
Musical accompaniment is also very important. Many visual novels have not only music but also full-fledged voice acting for characters (for example, Clannad, voice acting did not appear immediately, but that also came later)
Direction – well, everything is clear here. There are short stories aimed at girls, children, various age categories, etc.d
Now we come to the most piquant part – pastel scenes)
I’m sure many will be familiar with B.It started at the age of 14-16 when you “accidentally” find this disc in your older brother’s things)))
But seriously, the pastel scenes in B.N is an incentive for the player. Are you ready to read over +100500 characters just to see. (yeah right now… no more tits. )
The Japanese even have a separate subgenre for this.
Ecchi is a genre of anime or manga, the key feature of which is the display of erotic scenes. Unlike hentai, ecchi does not directly show sexual relationships, showing, depending on the age of the target audience, erotic scenes of varying degrees of frankness with a hint of such relationships.
(Thanks again Wikipedia!)
And now the final chord – translation. And this will probably be the most important aspect of all.
Translation is the cornerstone for Russian fan V.N.
The Japanese language is not very common in our lands, so this makes it very difficult to enjoy a really good game.N.
There are only 3 options here – learn Japanese, wait for translation, or just skip all the text and play randomly (which is not “ice”(())
Translation B.N is a monumental work that requires full dedication from translators, programmers and beta testers. The story of the translation of School days to “great and mighty” is proof of this. (All useful links below)
I’ll stop at this point..
In the next part I will (exactly, really) tell you about the game Clannad Full Voice in detail.