Shikkoku no Sharnoth English translation! November 17, 2009
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I was trying to decide what game to play next, when I saw my copy of Sharnoth sitting on the bookshelf… felt rather reluctant to play it, mostly because I only found out that there’s an English translation patch (in progress) for Sekien no Inganock only *after* I finished the whole game. …made me wish I’d waited a bit more to play it, so I can just play it in English… but anyways. (I’ll most likely replay Inganock anyways just to pick up on the small details I’d missed due to my limited language skill… for example, seeing this video, I realised that I didn’t even know that Ghee had a pocket watch…)
Thinking about whether or not I should play Sharnoth, this time I thought I better Google for any possible translation project… and actually found one. My face was something along the lines of (@__@! ) …I had then run off to tell all my friends, none of whom really understood (or cared) what the fuss was all about. So here I ended up in… I guess.
…so yes. This time I’ll sit back and wait to play Sharnoth (and check and re-check the site obsessively).
I just thought that I’d post about it, since it’s the first time I’d heard it, and I wondered if other people knew about it…
[Liar-soft] Sekien no Inganock September 28, 2009
Posted by sharakael in Good, Japanese Eroge.Tags: adv, drama, steampunk
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Inganock BG
Inganock is a town that had been reborn. 10 years ago, out of nowhere fog enveloped the whole town, isolating the town from the outside world and changing its inhabitants… in a moment the population was decimated, society broke down and those that survived discovered that they slowly changed… some grew claws and ears and tails, some grew fins and their lungs slowly turned to gills, some grew beaks and their arms slowly turned to wings… and some simply descended into madness or commit suicide to escape. And the fog wasn’t the only thing that happened; out of nowhere monsters appeared, resulting in devastating destruction and engraving fear into the remaining population of Inganock before they suddenly disappeared. Rumour was they were destroyed…
The society that appeared in the aftermath was one that was carved out of chaos. The town got divided into layers, with the upper layer occupied by the more influential people, whereas the lower layers were squalid and poorly maintained; the lower the layer was, the worse the living conditions would be. The upper layers had mansions with well-manicured gardens and luxuries, whereas in the lower layers children worked in factories and it was common practice to adopt orphans to earn money by sending them to work in factories. The ones who retained their human shape; the ones whose outer appearance had not been changed by the fog, emerged as the new ruling class, the new ‘nobles’ of Inganock who lived in the upper layers. And the leader was the one called the Archduke, a scientist(?) who’s at the forefront of research into finding a method to save Inganock, who lived in the highest tower in the upper-most layer.
Ghee, the main character, made a living being a freelance doctor. He’s one of the few whose outer appearance wasn’t changed by the fog and for that he’s entitled to the nobles’ privileges, but he decided to disregard all of these and became a freelance doctor, going around treating people in the lower layer for what would basically amount to ‘free’. The story started on the day Ghee met a little girl who would only tell him her name and nothing else…
JAST USA, I LOVE YOU! July 3, 2009
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I almost fell over backwards when I read this piece of news. Nitro+! And Jingai Makyou! JAST USA, I love you!
…sorry for the outburst. Ever since I saw Jingai Makyou I prayed fervently that it’d get licensed, although I thought to myself probably no company would want to license it… (I was guessing that the licensing fee would be too expensive).
Now where’s that pre-order button…? My long-suffering credit card would gladly suffer more for this one. I waited 13 months after placing my order for Princess Waltz to arrive at my doorstep; I don’t mind waiting even longer for Jingai Makyou… (please, please, if any JAST USA people read this, please have some sort of a limited edition which bundles together game + OST, or alternatively sell the OST separately, please?).
Tears to Tiara – Review February 4, 2009
Posted by sharakael in English Eroge, Good, Tears to Tiara.Tags: epic fantasy, rpg
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A few weeks back Dakkodango released an English patch for the 18+ PC version of Tears to Tiara; perfect timing for the upcoming anime series by the same name. It’s made by Leaf, and it’s good enough, I guess, to warrant a remake on PS3 with redesigned characters, additional scenarios and character and enhanced gameplay (looked like a complete rehaul of the battle system…).
Notes on the remake: …most of the character designs are for the better. Arthur looks more like a soldier than a farmer, at least, and event CGs and character paper dolls actually matched up in terms of how they looked. And the anime will be based off the remake’s design, so here’s hoping the anime will be pretty…
Translation was pure awesome; it didn’t look less than professional. Here’s hoping Dakkodango will pick up another epic project to translate *prays for Bullet Butlers*
The story started off befittingly for what shaped up to be an epic story. An oracle priestess (Rhiannon) was kidnapped from her village, and was intended to be sacrificed to bring about the revival of the Demon King Arawn who had been sealed for 1000 years. Halfway through the ritual Rhiannon’s older brother, Arthur, arrived to save her. He was somewhat late; Arawn has revived, although the revival process was not complete and as a result Arawn was fairly weak. Rhiannon was alright however, and her decision brought Arthur to aid Arawn in fulfilling the Demon King’s utmost desire.
The following review doesn’t contain spoiler, but would most likely spoil the game experience for you. You’ve been warned.
Tears to Tiara – Random notes 2 February 2, 2009
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Finished playing the game, so here’s the rest of my thoughts and MAJOR SPOILER for everything else.
Tears to Tiara – Victory Song lyric February 1, 2009
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Lyric below. Because I tried to find it, and Google didn’t seem to give me answer as readily as I wanted it to…
Tears to Tiara – Random notes January 30, 2009
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Things I thought of while playing the game… (SPOILERS ahead) (more…)
Shikkoku no Sharnoth (Yamato-Touch) December 5, 2008
Posted by sharakael in Personal Collection.Tags: artbook, ost, teleka, tokuten bonus
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I can vouch for Yamato-Touch 
I pre-ordered Shikkoku no Sharnoth from them, and it arrived last week… it’s one purchase I don’t regret a single bit (even though I shelled out a lot of money due to the weakening exchange rate…)
Note: Will upload photos when I can be bothered.
(14/12/08) Edit: Photos have been added. Used my mobile phone and the quality’s not that good, but well…
Shikkoku no Sharnoth (gimme that OST) November 12, 2008
Posted by sharakael in Wants to play.Tags: supernatural, Victorian setting
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The third game in Liar-soft’s Beautiful series, Shikkoku no Sharnoth ~What a Beautiful Tomorrow~ looks awesome.
…I can’t explain it myself, but I’m really excited to see this game. …probably because it started by labelling itself “steampunk horror”…?
Other than that, I found myself liking the art style, like, immensely. And that was before I saw the demo movie and listened to the music, which sent me into “MUST HAVE” mode. And you have a female main character.
And somehow, I think I will love this game even though I don’t play it… they have characters with the following names:
- (Agatha) Mary Clarrisa Christie
- Sherlock Holmes
- James Moriarty
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Bram Stoker
- Charlotte Bronte
…Henry Irving’s design made me wish he was chaseable. It’s like their scenario writer wrote the story and designed the characters just for me (unlikely, but it’s awesome to dream).
I haven’t been this excited about a new game release since… Tama-soft’s “Lost Child”, I think.
…which I’m yet to play, despite having the box sitting on my desk for months.
TYPE-MOON – Tsukihime November 7, 2008
Posted by sharakael in English Eroge, Favourites.Tags: adv, imouto, supernatural, vampire
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NOTE: Again, recycled review… sort of. This game is just too awesome for it to not be posted twice. By the way, Mirror-Moon’s English patch gives you the option to remove the 18+ scenes from the game, and as such I won’t classify the game as hentai… considering the existence of the patch.
