Mayu Suzumoto

 

Ahh, I actually was silly and didn't realize the game had an opening at first. I'd just hit buttons to get the main screen (totally not thinking "oh hey, this might have an OP" so I had obviously kept skipping it. However, my version came with each individual "movie" in the game, so while avoiding the others for any sort of spoilers, I quickly played the opening and utterly agree with what you said. I think Remember11 has the best opening of any visual novel I've ever seen; I especially like that they went as far as to put the characters in anime form with their particular Jungian Psychology Type~ So, yes, I couldn't agree more, Ajo. The opening is truly a delight. (Despite having beaten the game a bit back, I still randomly play it at times to relieve that Remember11 nostalgia, heh.)

Hmm, did you not end up seeing the opening during the early portion of the game as well? While I know you can easily miss it on the title screen if you don't wait awhile, it also auto-plays after the prologue, so it's a bit odd if that didn't end up playing for you. In any case, it's good you were able to see it before you played through the game, since it's probably a lot more mysterious and intriguing at that point.

Also, I can totally understand wanting to randomly replay little bits of the game to relive the nostalgia; I remember doing that some with both Ever17 and Remember11 shortly after beating them, heh. Nowadays, I usually just listen to one of their OSTs a bit whenever I happen to be feeling nostalgic, though a lot of the songs are pretty good in their own right as well; especially the "main" songs of each, "Karma" and "All or None".

Mayu Suzumoto

 

Agreed! I'm still replaying a lot of this for the 2nd time (In Ever17, that is) and I'll see something EXTREMELY MINUTE -- like, something so utterly unimportant at the time -- and I'm like..."oh. THAT'S why they mentioned that~" It's so much fun!

Yeah, all of those small little details is one of the many reasons the Infinity series impresses me so much; things may seem more simplistic when you're first playing through the game, but when you replay it, all those little hints and details show just how much thought and effort went into the game's plot, characters and writing. I'd definitely say they're some of the most intelligently written games I've played.

I think that attention to detail is also a large part of why Remember11 works so well, even with its ending; there's enough detail that if you're willing to play detective, you aren't simply left guessing, but actually have a good chance of finding answers and information that you may have overlooked; as a result, it makes for a rather compelling mystery.

Mayu Suzumoto

 

Oopsie~! Haha, I kind of did just the opposite, huh? I was on such a rush from the amazing storytelling/characters that I truly couldn't resist~ Still, I agree. If they like Corpse Party, there really shouldn't be an issue with these as they have a lot of the same themes. I think a lot of people here would enjoy them, so hopefully us chit-chatting has spurred on a few folks. ^_~

Hehe, no worries; While strongly hyping something can be a little risky, it's also true that talking excitedly can make people more curious, so no matter how you hype it, there's gonna be some positives and negatives. I also feel like I've probably underhyped the games in the past, so it kinda balances out in the end, heh.

So! As I told everyone, I was going to head to a card game regional tournament on Saturday because, why not? I was bored, and these things only come around once or twice a year. So I go, it was incredible, and I meet up with a few of my close friends...and none of us knew we were going to be there at the same time. So we're all 'YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!' When we see each other, and it's eventually decided that we all go to Chinatown after the event, which I was very down for.

So we head into Chinatown and stop by this little restaurant, and we get seated next to this other group that was clearly having the time of their lives, much like ourselves. They were playing this drinking game, and every time someone took a drink, they would all clap. So what do we do? When they start clapping, we start clapping They looked at us, we looked at them, and we all just fell out laughing lmao We were laughing so hard, that when they were done with their game WE F***ING COMBINED TABLES AND JUST HAD A GRAND OL' TIME! (No drinks were involved at this point, due to some of my friends being underage) These guys barely spoke English and we STILL had fun together!! How awesome is that?!? We had so much fun, that Chinatown is now a thing for us, every time we're in the city of Philadelphia, we're going to Chinatown.

So after we part ways with our new friends, we go back to my buddy's house cuz it was decided that a good amount of us would spend the night there...because why not? So we get there, and my friend just drops a few boxes of Vanguard cards. We stare at him like 'wut?' so he tells us that he picked those up at the event we were all at.

Friend 1: So...how did you get these? Considering the event was for a different game? (Yugioh)
Friend with the boxes: Someone left them there, that's how!
All: ...May we?
Friend with boxes: Sure! I already took out what I wanted, anyway.

And that's how I built 7 new decks from cards that I didn't have to pay for lmao So many plusses, so little expenses :3

After that, we all go beddie bye because it was going on 2 in the morning at this point, but not before screwing around with our new not-paid-for decks for a little while. When we wake up, we decide to go to Ihop...and good Lord, I haven't had Chicken and Waffles since my Grandmother passed away, I was literally near tears, it was so good! :3 After that, we go to Target to get snacks for WWE Battleground...and guess who gets a 10 percent employee discount? This guy right here! More plusses, less expenses :3

We get back to my friend's house and read the latest chapter of Attack on Titan...and HOLY CRAP, THAT WAS INTENSE! Then we watch WWE Battleground and HOLY CRAP, THAT WAS EVEN MORE INTENSE!! Then after that, we watch Pokemon Origins (All 4 episodes) and HOLY CRAP, THAT WAS THE MOST INTENSE THING EVER!! So many feels were felt that night, not even joking lol And then we all went home, and my backpack doubled in weight due to all of the plusses. Best part of this whole thing? Doing it again THIS weekend, cept this time, we'll be in Alantic City! And because of that, I'm bringing my laptop with me so I can also work on Isolated Risk, because that's still a thing and I can get some help from a buddy who's pretty skilled in this sort of thing