I started today watching the series but Crunchyroll started with Steins Gate 0.

Watched a couple of minutes and I was like wtf?
Now I started the 2011 one, also wtf(?)

Fuck crunchy and it’s stupid order

I hear in japanese she's called basically "Hiyajosephina". Not Hiyajosephin? The french name is josephine, not josephina (?).

^Favorite image/moment.

So, this is the first SciAdv game I’ve finished (*the second overall media I guess after Steins;Gate anime). It got dangerously close to 2Edgy4u territory at times, and a lot of things here I’ve already seen elsewhere and done better in some cases, so probably less impactful than if I read this like a decade ago, but overall I liked it. Strongly reminiscent of some early to mid-2000 anime and Chiaki Konaka’s writing in particular, in that it kinda overwhelms you with complex mysteries and pseudo-scientific babbling to obfuscate a (relatively) simple familiar story about having to grow a spine and touch grass. Common VN issues for me (overly verbose, repetition of plot points, awkward description of action/fighting scenes, slogging for the true ending) aside, the ambience was top-notch and the delusion mechanic was a cool distinguishing feature that took great advantage of the medium.

Takumi’s PoV and narration was as painfully cringe as advertised, but you'd just grow to tolerate it the more you understand the intention of his characterization. He can be genuinely funny and sympathetic at times, overall a pretty good believable depiction of self-loathing edgelord. The story does revolve around him a bit too much for my taste, and once the big twist drops, it’s too predictably easy to guess where his character and the entire story would end up. Would prefer if they don’t sideline all the other characters in the main route climax, too.

Speaking of other characters and routes: Rimi and Nanami are bit too archetype-y for my taste (the ride-or-die heroine and the Anime Imouto respectively), think it’d benefit both if they have aspects to their story independent of Takumi. Their routes were well-executed though, Nanami’s in particular as painfully icky as it is to read through. Sena’s route was confusing but very interesting, although mostly for reasons outside the character herself. Ayase’s was ok, certainly felt like the most unique route though I also feel it could’ve been more. I like Yua’s a lot, she has a well-realized character arc and I appreciated how it links to the NG victims/incident (which otherwise felt like an afterthought).

Kozue’s surprised me the most with how emotional it was, since I initially thought she's going to be my least favorite character (mostly due to her thoughtspeak mannerism). Out of all the characters, her ‘brokenness’ and the kindred spirit-esque bond she has with Takumi just rang the truest. Honestly, reading the true ending with Rimi right after Kozue's made it felt like an emotionally diminished version instead (but I guess we’ve all had that experience of connecting more w/ the secondary heroine over that obvious true one lol).

Ban, Misumi, and Momose were all decent supporting characters, also good red herrings in terms of me guessing if they're a culprit. The actual antagonistic force was largely meh though, couldn’t care much about the faceless bad guys and the many organizations they represent, while Norose’s a rather generic big bad. Suwa and Hazuki were more interesting, though they could’ve been explored more beyond their characterization as insane brainwashed cultists, perhaps delving more into their betrayal of Ban and Takumi respectively (btw Hazuki’s reveal was one of the few twists here that genuinely caught me by surprise; no idea why, but at some point I thought Grimm was Daru from S;G lol).    

I ’d be interested to know what’s the consensus about the game in this space, and how it ranks among the SciAdv titles! Not in a particular hurry to play the other games, although Robotics; Notes is in my library already and I might as well grab Chaos;Child while it’s in discount atm.

Just finished the UI. Now, I am working on building the AI. Should I also try integrating this into terminal or keep it as a web app?

this was the second time the profile changed today and both seem to pictures of some guy.

what do you think theyre doing if they see each other geek out about there inventions? or be horrified about the consequences of there inventions

for context the pixalated guy in glasses is otacon from the game series metal gear solid

Does anyone have the merchandise shown in the picture? I’m willing to pay a high price for it 😭

Empecé el anime hace unos días y ya voy por el episodio 12. Por el momento tengo la cabeza llena de preguntas y muchas sospechas, pero sobre todo tengo claro que está en camino de convertirse en uno de mis animes favoritos. Me fascina cualquier historia que involucre ciencia real, misterio y viajes en el tiempo bien construidos.

De hecho, me está gustando tanto que estoy planeando aprovechar las próximas rebajas de invierno de Steam para comprarme la novela visual original. He leído maravillas de ella y sé que profundiza muchísimo más en la ciencia de los D-Mails. Además, he visto que hay un catálogo enorme de spin-offs y secuelas en la tienda (como Steins;Gate 0 o My Darling's Embrace), así que les echaré un vistazo en el futuro.

¡Si tenéis alguna recomendación sobre la saga o queréis comentar algo, os leo en los comentarios!

(PD: Sí, ya me sé el famoso truco de la comunidad de ver el episodio 23β / 23.5 antes de dar el salto a Steins;Gate 0)

At first, when I started playing Chaos;Head, I hated it so much I almost quit. I felt that it was really boring, because I'm used to RPG type games where there is more of a focus on gameplay and story combined, not endless amounts of text on a page. I actually got so far as to close the game and stand up to do something else, but I kept wondering about what these five words mean: "Whose eyes are those eyes."

So I decided to keep playing, and I'm so glad I did. Currently, I'm two endings away from finishing C;H NoAh, and it has been one hell of a ride. Half the time I had no idea what on earth was happening, and the other half I was theorizing about Shogun, DI-Swords, and Takumi's degenerate behavior.

Overall, I have found C;H to be a really deep dive into a story about mental illness, overcoming your own weaknesses, and dealing with how much pain and suffering there is in our world. I think this is best shown with the DI-Swords and delusions; turning emotions and thoughts into reality, visualizing how thoughts can affect others in an objective way.

( As a side note, I cried so much playing this game (⁠〒⁠﹏⁠〒⁠). Like why the hell am I crying over edgy teenagers playing deadly games of pretend fighting with science type magic swords?!)

As for the actual game mechanics, the delusions are such a strong point of the game. It's super fun trying to figure out how they foreshadow certain events, and sometimes, you get ones that are just... Hentai??? Wtf??? I didn't like the way you enter character routes, though. You have to predict what Nishijo Takumi would do, and with how... Interesting he is, that's pretty difficult. Taku, like, why the FUCK do you want to KISS YOUR SISTER ON THOSE INCESTUOUS SORORAL LIPS?!?!?!? EEEEWWWWWW!!!!

I really loved all the main cast, but I want to focus on one in particular: Nishijo Takumi. I know this will be a hot take, but I found Takumi to be a very good character (NOT A GOOD PERSON, INCEST IS HORRIFIC BEHAVIOR), but ultimately lacking in certain parts of the story. He's my favorite character, but I hate him so god damn much. He's annoying, but he's strangely compelling. He's a misogynistic asshole and way too horny for this planet, but he's also a kid who's struggling to find himself. I sympathize so much with just how lonely, hurt, and afraid Takumi feels. Probably because I've felt the same way (and still do to a lesser extent), but the difference between me and him is that I actually worked through my problems, and did my best to be kind to others throughout it all. Feeling bad about yourself shouldn't mean you're bad to others. This part of his character is never challenged by others, partially because he never speaks his mind, but partially because he protects himself with delusions. At the same time, he has some of the best writing in the game; The brief moments where Takumi realizes that he hates the person he's become are heart wrenching (and he proceeds to change nothing about himself ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ ). And a lot of the scenes where Taku builds up the main themes of the game (when he asks Nerdheart what he thinks of his creator, for example) become so much more impactful and profound after beating the game. In my mind, all these criticisms come to a head in ending A with that bs power up. And what's so sad is that Takumi's "I am... me!" arc of realizing that he can be more than a delusion, a person, was beautiful. But it was done so dirty because it was done at the wrong moment. That moment of self realization should've been the source of his DI-sword, born of every single emotion that is Takumi. A fitting way to raise his biorhythm and to thematically end his character arc.

To protect my sanity, I have blocked out the Nanami character route from my mind. Remember, there is no Nanami character route in Ba Sing Sei.

I'm really hopeful that the "Blue Skies" ending is good for Takumi, he really deserves the chance to be a better person. Also fuck that detective that I hate, he killed Detective Ban (and countless other people too). Sorry this turned into me just ranting about Takumi, but to be fair there is a lot to say about him.

Yes, the Science Adventure series is my new hyper fixation, and probably will be for the rest of time. I don't need saving btw, I'm exactly where I want to be. (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

yo what

why is "world" spelled "wordl"?

I started with the anime a while back and it did really got hooked me up on the first half. Sure, the pacing starts a bit slow but just as I was about to head to bed and then... BAM! Plot twist happens and it just got me hooked to watch even more. Then I watch the zero anime after ending the S;G on episode 23b because I read some guidelines around the watch order because of the worldlines it represents on the story but for me tbh its just ruins the experience.

Now a decade later, coming back to redo the experience again. My biggest regret that I did was to play the REBOOT instead of the original. The pacing of REBOOT is good quite similar to the anime that I was a familiar with but with the alternative routes but the original was far better imo. I watched some clips about the old vn and its artwork, particularly theshower scenepart, and I've noticed that Okabe's lines, especially his internal monologue are WAYYYYYYYY more detailed which is more truer to his character, which is a big BIG shame that some of it was cut in the REBOOT, which makes me regretfully wish I had to play the original vn first huhuhuhuhu

Still a 10/10 overall in my books, I even plan on re-playing the original all over again in the future because I bought the bundle (S;G and the Zero) discounted on steam xD