July 2015 Eroge Releases

What is paradise to you? For me, it’s a happy life with Shinku and Sora in FAVORITE’s fandisc Akai Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai. Perhaps a harem situation such as Chien’s Yakusoku☆Love Harem or surrounded by innocent angels in Shoujo Ramune? Just hope it isn’t a mirage, like in Liar-soft’s mystery-horror Fairytale Syndrome or Tigre’s Maboroshi no Dystopia. Of course, you can create your own in Kiss’s Custom Maid 3D2.

Paradise for me is where looking at Shoujo Ramune makes the creatures come out of the monitor and kill the person who sees them. Mostly a bland month though otherwise, I do have some hope for Dystopia but otherwise the games are all of lower quality.

Sakura Nikagetsu

Company: オレンジエール (ORANGE YELL)
Game site: さくらにかげつ
Release date: July 24, 2015
Comments:
The falling of the sakura blossoms is the season of first encounters and farewells. Just as Yasumi was beginning his first year at Saint Linette Academy, four girls came to live at his house. He had earned the title of “human breeder” for raising his three useless, but famous childhood friends properly. So, it was a given that the four girls who came were also useless themselves.

Hako, a sheltered girl who looks perfect but is incapable of doing anything at all.
Nayu, a childish and friendly miko who doesn’t do anything.
Shimai, a cursed girl who has absolutely no motivation.
Mamori, a self-proclaimed medium who looks down on others, but knows little about the world.

They can’t cook, take a bath alone, sleep at night, fix their hair, or return home without getting lost. It’s extremely difficult and chaotic trying to raise them properly, but he enjoys these happy days.

However, he has a secret which he cannot tell others. He actually has a reason for helping these four girls. One month ago, one of his childhood friends, Korobu, had slipped like her usual klutzy self and died in an accident. He still had something to tell her, so he agreed to a deal with the masked ‘angel’ Sakura. If he can raise the four girls that she brought to him properly within two months, then she will allow him to see Korobu for a short time.

All the girls are ponkotsu (affectionately useless), which means they often lack common sense. It’s fine to have one or two of these characters in a game, but when everyone lacks any common sense, the game is not any fun to play.

As I have said before, and Micchi already stated about this game, too much of one trait is a bad thing for a game based around choosing between what are supposed to be separate storylines. What makes it worse is the game does a poor job of making the trait work. A typical throw some arbitrarily important protagonist in a herd of girls till sex ensues situation. In summary, poor concept, poor execution, D-.

Best ponkotsu girls are from NekoNekoSoft. All those adorable ponkotsu osananajimi. And I don’t mind a game full of imoutos.

Oh, really? So you are fine with them all just having the term “Imouto” in front of their character description? Their specific and unique relationship not being something that makes them special and different than the others, not to mention gives them their charm?

Of course a game with only imoutos will not have the same impact or depth, but that doesn’t mean I won’t like it. Just look at Galette.

Custom Maid 3D2

Company: KISS
Game site: カスタムメイド3D2
Release date: July 24, 2015
Comments:
This is the newest version of the Custom Maid 3D series, with an enhanced maid editor and training system. You are called out by your uncle to the Empire Club salon, where you suddenly find yourself as the new owner of the establishment. However, this came with a load of problems. Thanks to your uncle’s negligence, the once-thriving salon is now in decline and deep in debt. So, you must immediately hire and raise first-class maids to entertain and service guests, in order to make lots of money and save the salon. Will you be able to return the Empire Club salon to its former glory?

I had way too much fun with all the customization options in CM3D. I’m ready for more.

Playing virtual dress up with busty sock puppets isn’t exactly my idea of an enjoyable afternoon…

How about an enjoyable night?

I’d rather take the clothes off than put them on at night.

Dance movie

Sorcery Jokers

Company: 3rdEye
Game site: ソーサリージョーカーズ
Release date: July 24, 2015
Comments:
New release date after being pushed back from April. One day, magic suddenly was born. It was not only known by people, but it was also recognized by the current government. Now, it is used as an energy resource and has permeated many other fields. This story is about six people who live in a world where magic exists whose fates are intertwined.

The fourth hot-blooded battle title from 3rdEye features dual protagonists in the caster (magician) Haruto and the outcast Senri. The conflict is predominantly between the magicians recognized by the school/state and those who are not (outcasts). Besides the slight changes in the setting, we should expect pretty much the same. If you like this sort of thing, go for it. They seem to be good at it.

Way too chunni for me as much as I enjoy varied settings and things, I hate over the top chunni. Never helps to have multiple protagonists either, I cannot recall any game successfully pulling that off. Two points of view makes it too difficult to bond with the characters.

Now that the trial is out, my opinion has changed greatly. Yes, there are two main male characters (Haruto and Senri), but the story is told from 5 perspectives (Haruto, Senri, Fiona, Asahi, Riku). You can switch between the different episodes using the Episode Jump system. The battles and dialogue are both very interesting and the pacing is quite good. The main problem with multi-perspective stories is repetition, but this one is done thoughtfully so there’s little overlap and plenty of suspense. The trial was quite long, but it was entertaining all the way through. The cast is quite varied, almost each of whom has a mysterious side to them (even Haruot’s imouto Hina). One fault that the game had is that Haruto felt too one-dimensional; he’s too much of a clueless hero who would do anything for justice (“it’s not fair”). If you’ve got time, this is worth reading!

Fairytale Requiem

Company: ライアーソフト (Liar-soft)
Game site: フェアリーテイル・レクイエム
Release date: July 24, 2015
Comments:
Fairytale syndrome. It is a type of personality disorder that causes one to think that one is a character in a fairy tale. Boys and girls who suffer from this condition are kept in the isolation ward known as “paradise”, which specializes in treating it. They each carry out their lives in accordance with the picture books which they carry and abide by like the “Bible”.

Alice chases after the invisible rabbit.
Rapunzel lets her long hair down from the window.
Gretel, dressed in rags, searches for her older brother.
Odette stands by the waterside every night.
Gerda tries to escape to seek out Kai.

Rather than characters taken out from the fairy tale, they are instead pressing themselves into these roles. It is a somewhat uncomfortable and painful sight to see. A boy with amnesia unexpectedly entered this stage. He did not know who he was, nor why he was there. Unlike the girls who had their own pretend roles, he had nothing to turn to. At that time, he found a sketchbook in his room with something scribbled in it:

“There is a sinner among the girls. Her sin is murder.”

Liar-soft’s newest title is a twisted fairy tale mystery-horror with pop-up gothic art reminiscent of the witch world from Madoka Magica. The interface and music gives a fairy tale-like feel, although the setup is reminiscent of Portal in that nothing’s as innocent as it seems. We are talking about a mental illness after all. This one appeals to me more than Liar-soft’s past games, so I just may try it out.

Usually I like liar soft games, at least their ideas and hearts are in the right place, even if their writing is not. Usually that is. This time they seem to have come down with a case of lazy and stupid. The fairytale aesthetic is fine. Trying to make it darker, while about as innovative as a tsundere transfer student with a forgotten childhood promise to throw her panties to the wind, is fine also. Which brings us to the real problems, the painfully stupid type of crazy, and the painfully crazy type of setting. Here we have a game where the people who felt inclined to make it ran out of ideas before they even started. Due to sheer desperation one of them saw their daughter playing pretty pretty princess and thought she would make a great prototype for an erotic game. Unfortunately this was apparently without snorting their preferred magical pixie dust of creativity so the thought process ended there. All of which means we have something that amounts to a generic high school romance with a fairytale skin and some awkward fake emo jammed so far up your chimney no fairy godmother will save you.

Yakusoku☆Love Harem

Company: シアン (Chien)
Game site: ヤ・ク・ソ・ク☆ラブハーレム
Release date: July 24, 2015
Comments:
Touma is very close to his imouto Nobara and osananajimis Kasumi and Yuriko. Even though all three had feelings for him, their relationships never progressed any further than friends. Each of them made a ‘promise’ with him when they were small. While the ‘promises’ varied slightly, in the end, they were all wishes to “be together forever”. If Touma chose one of them as his girlfriend, then it will ruin relationship with the others. So, their relationships remain at a standstill.

Then another girl Iris appeared into this complicated situation, claiming to have made a promise to marry him. She was very forceful in her approach, while being oblivious of the others. This was the spark for the rest of the girls to take matters into their own hands. Touma realizes that he loves all four of them equally. Is there a way for him to make all their ‘promises’ come true without hurting anyone? Will this love story end happily for everyone?

It’s a harem-ge with the usual stuff: comedy, bracon imouto and prancing naked girls.

Hooray for excuses to be indecisive enough to have your cake and eat it too. Harem games are fine and all but at least make the protagonist work for it.

Maboroshi no Dystopia

Company: てぃ～ぐる (Tigre)
Game site: 幻のディストピア
Release date: July 24, 2015
Comments:
In the far future, the world’s population had grown to an unsustainable amount. The country descended into chaos and the government built a special protection area with high walls as the final paradise: Utopia. Ryouta comes from a noble family and was promised a life in peace, but he hides a certain ambition in his heart. It is a secret which cannot be told to anyone.

We find out in the trial that a certain tragic event in Ryouta’s past caused his life to ‘end’ and that something happened in his previous school prior to his transfer. Utopia is not quite the paradise that is envisioned, with different castes occupying different areas of the city. The lowest tiers in this city of over 200,000 are about to fall into ‘dystopia’. The story seems promising, but I just don’t like the protagonist Souji. I understand his personality is affected by his past, but his happy-go-lucky and perverted nature combined with his lack of respect for rules nor desire to make friends grates on my nerves (even if it’s refreshing different from standard protagonists). The art is too shallow for my liking and there needs to be more sprite variety. But at least there’s a talking wolf.

What do you know, I agree with Micchi. I want to like this game, but the protagonist is just wrong for it. Furthermore it is difficult to have faith in the writing as the setting feels disconnected from the rest of the story. I hope I am wrong about it, but Tigger here seems to have bitten off more than they can chew. The background asks for more than the story and characters appear willing to deliver. Plus there is the lingering Attack on Titan feel to how they set everything up that makes me cringe.

Akai Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai

Company: FAVORITE
Game site: 紅い瞳に映るセカイ
Release date: July 24, 2015
Comments:
This is a fandisc for the Irotoridori no Sekai series, focusing on everyone’s favourite hotcake-loving magician Shinku. Yuuma and Shinku return to Arashiyama-sou for a short visit with their precious daughter Sora. Their friends hear about their arrival and returned to spend time with them under the same roof like old times. They have finally achieved the normal days which they had yearned for, and it is full of bright smiles and happiness.

More Shinku and Sora! How could you say no to that? It’ll be nice to see how much the characters have changed (or not). I wonder what kinda games Kyou is making… My bets are on eroge. I can’t wait to see more Sora! She’s so adorable >< Hau~ omochikaeri~!

Fandisk.

THE BEST FANDISC!!

Kadenz fermata//Akkord:fortissimo

Company: ラクリマ (La’cryma)
Game site: Kadenz fermata//Akkord：fortissimo（カデンツァ フェルマータ アコルト：フォルテシモ）
Release date: July 31, 2015 Delayed to October 30, 2015
Comments:
This is the all-ages PC port for the PSV title of the same name which came out in December 2014. The only difference is the inclusion of an append patch in the limited edition which focuses on the normal life side of the story. But basically it’s just an opportunity for those that don’t have a PSV to play the game (and La’cryma to milk the series further). Wait for the H version that’ll likely come out in a couple months!

Circus is that you?

Considering there’s a lot of staff overlap, pretty much.

That explains so much.

PSV OP

Love Love Princess ~Ohime-sama ga Ippai! Motto Ecchi na Harem Seikatsu!!~

Company: ぱじゃまエクスタシー (Pajamas EX)
Game site: らぶらぶプリンセス ～お姫さまがいっぱい！もっとエッチなハーレム生活!!～
Release date: July 31, 2015
Comments:
This harem comedy title follows their previous work Love Love Life, in collaboration with SkyFish. Born into a family of martial artists, Souji is a bit stronger than most people. One day, he was visited by the king and princesses from the Kingdom of Ellant, a nation of knights where power means everything. It seemed that the king had once been saved by Souji’s mother, and he wished to adopt him into the nation which is now only full of princesses.

Moreover, he was asked to choose one of the princesses as his bride, or more if he wished. They soon began fighting over who would be first and Souji, a true pervert at heart, suggested that he’ll marry them all and the first to get pregnant will become his first wife. It was a totally wild idea, but the king readily accepted it!?

That’s a man who knows what he wants. Or maybe he’s just a pervert. And a very dense idiot. Even though they all come from the same country, each princess exhibits a different charm. They’ve got to appeal to the masses after all. Princess bride games aren’t really my thing and this is purely a nukige, so pass. (I want a polar bear butler though…)

What a slacker, he gets his harem route delivered without any effort. He doesn’t even have to conquer each heroine individually first. I wish him good luck in managing his cheap pre assembled harem, as I would not want any part in managing this stable.

Shoujo Ramune

Company: たぬきそふと (Tanuki Soft)
Game site: 小女ラムネ
Release date: July 31, 2015
Comments:
It’s been a few months since Kiyoshi quit his job to fulfill his dream of running a dagashi-ya in the outskirts of Tokyo. He wanted to live the rest of his life watching little girls. His plan was a success, with the kids from the nearby school visiting his shop every day and talking with him happily like friends. However, soon after summer vacation started, he noticed one of his usual customers, Chie, stealing some candies. Even though it wasn’t much of a loss, he couldn’t let it slide. When he questioned her, she said that she’ll make up for it by working part-time at his store. Thus begins his summer vacation with small girls.

It’s summer! The small town feel! All the innocent lolis! Their smiles and laughter will melt your heart in the summer heat. Why don’t you get to know them a little more?

If you did not last month, please end yourself by the end of this one.

Imouto no Seiiki

Company: フォン (feng)
Game site: 妹のセイイキ
Release date: July 31, 2015 Delayed to August 28, 2015
Comments:
This is the second title in feng’s low-price series, following Kanojo no Seiiki. When Youhei was small, he used to visit Akiba often. Even though it was for his imouto Yukana, he soon got hooked on game centres and that’s how he became friends with his ojou-sama classmate Fuyuka. One day, Fuyuka gifted Yukana with a Christmas trip and the siblings enjoyed their time alone together like a couple. Looking at his imouto, he realized that still hasn’t saved her from that time.

“You won’t let your imouto take your virginity even though you’re into Akiba stuff… I hate you, oniichan!”

This is the happy and bittersweet love story between siblings. The seiyuu for main heroine and tsundere bracon imouto Yukana has changed from Yoshizumi Haruna (Nitta Emi) to Akino Hana. While I think she’ll do a decent job, it’ll probably won’t feel right for those who have played the original game. That being said, I’d still be interested in playing this since it’s got Ryouka art, is pretty short and likely full of icharabu. I have the feeling that feng will make another game for ikayaki-loving classmate Maika.

These games make me feel as though Feng has given up. Not that I blame them Hoshikaka was pretty damn bad. Could do with better heroine material at the very least though.

Koisuru Shimai no Sextet PLUS

Company: PeasSoft
Game site: 恋する姉妹の六重奏（セクステット） PLUS
Release date: July 31, 2015 Delayed to TBA
Comments:
This is just the original game with some additional episodes added for main twin heroines Kotone and Shiho. It’s probably not worth getting if you already have the main game, although it’s a decent pickup at less than normal price if you haven’t played it before.

Pretty much a fandisk, so I’m pretty much going to ignore it.

Micchi’s Top 4 for This Month

1. Akai Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai
2. Imouto no Seiiki
3. Fairytale Requiem

Zen’s Top 3 for This Month

1. Maboroshi no Dystopia
2. Shoujo,
3. Ramune.

Warm fluffy hotcakes!

You mean “Flat” right?