(sigh) Mosaics

[theeromancer]

Unlike the previous game, both the Steam and Fakku versions of this game have mosaics (the previous version was uncensored on Fakku). Very disappointing. If you find this version uncensored anywhere, I'd be interested to know where.

[The Man on the Silver Mountain]

Im super confused as to why it's censored on Fakku at all since the prequel wasn't

[theeromancer]

The one curious thing about the Fakku prequel was that it was released well after the Steam version. I assumed that was somehow related to the fact that it was uncensored, though I'm not really sure why. I wonder if that was, for whatever reason, such a headache they decided against it for this version. I swear Japan's censorship laws make no sense.

[きょすけ]

I have a technical reason for this: this game has integrated multilanguage support, and while with the past title you could switch language from steam (which would have downloaded the language specific files), fakku version was solely in english, while this is more of a global release (unless the fakku version removed all other languages other than english as well, which wouldn't make sense anyway, since mosaics are still a thing, per your words).

Add to this the fact that many buyers were upset about this crappy move (fakku uncensored version was sold LATER than steam one, so people were forced to either double dip or keep the mosaics) which could have pushed either the devs or pub into keeping mosaics.

With that said, we still don't know what will happen in two months from now.

[theeromancer]

Originally posted by きょすけ:

I have a technical reason for this: this game has integrated multilanguage support, and while with the past title you could switch language from steam (which would have downloaded the language specific files), fakku version was solely in english, while this is more of a global release (unless the fakku version removed all other languages other than english as well, which wouldn't make sense anyway, since mosaics are still a thing, per your words).

Add to this the fact that many buyers were upset about this crappy move (fakku uncensored version was sold LATER than steam one, so people were forced to either double dip or keep the mosaics) which could have pushed either the devs or pub into keeping mosaics.

With that said, we still don't know what will happen in two months from now.

My guess is that there won't be an uncensored version. And yeah, good point - they might have gotten too much negative feedback about that later non-mosaic release and decided not to deal with it again. I certainly made my displeasure known, respectfully of course, and they responded somewhat brusquely to it, perhaps indicating they were tiring of it. (I ended up doing a 1.5-dip by waiting for the Fakku version to go on sale.) I think this time I'll just buy the Fakku version, because the Steam version apparently requires a patch just to get the mosaic "lewds", and if Fakku ever does release an uncensored version at least I'd have a chance of getting a free upgrade.

[きょすけ]

Originally posted by theeromancer:

I certainly made my displeasure known, respectfully of course, and they responded somewhat brusquely to it, perhaps indicating they were tiring of it.

They outright banned me from 3 months, after I explained how anti-consumer it was, and I was one of the few fans from the west who fully supported Nounai Kanojo (former company, before Nishida Hajime left it to form the current No~Strike which develoepd this game too) by importing their games.

Anyway do what you think is more fitting for you, the game is good but stands no chances against their previous work, Josou Sennen Oukoku (which to me is the best one they released as No~Strike).

On the plus side the game is very cheap, so eh.

[Hiecchi]

Originally posted by きょすけ:

the game is good but stands no chances against their previous work, Josou Sennen Oukoku (which to me is the best one they released as No~Strike).

At least we get the "spinoff(?)" Josou Sanmyaku from Jast USA this year
By the way....Josou Gakuenwas my favorite title, maybe i should try Josou Sennen Oukoku too


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A non-mosaic version would be great, but to be honest
Im already okay with what we got, because titles with this kind of setting are rare, especially in the west, so im happy enough to get this
If you dont like the version but want to play the game, wait for a bigger sale
In that way you still support future title, but show that you will not support them 100% because they didnt gave you "100%" of the game

[きょすけ]

Originally posted by Hiecchi:

At least we get the "spinoff(?)" Josou Sanmyaku from Jast USA this year
By the way....Josou Gakuenwas my favorite title, maybe i should try Josou Sennen Oukoku too

Actually Josou Sanmyaku was their first vn full trap to which I'm really fond of (really cute story with 3 very wholesome heroines) which aside from starting the josou franchise, it started the goddess x human love thing. I honestly advice about getting it once it releases (it has also more scenes, a longer story, and a proper heroine route selection + harem route).

Which Josou Gakuen are you talking about? The one they released as No~Strike (孕) or their lasat full trap one from nounai kanojo (妊) (almost same name but different characters).

Josou Kaikyou also was simply awesome, it got a harem patch post release, I believe something like 6 months later due to development issues, but it was released for free. I believe this game was fan translated by someone too.

Originally posted by Hiecchi:

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A non-mosaic version would be great, but to be honest
Im already okay with what we got, because titles with this kind of setting are rare, especially in the west, so im happy enough to get this
If you dont like the version but want to play the game, wait for a bigger sale
In that way you still support future title, but show that you will not support them 100% because they didnt gave you "100%" of the game

I'm a avid japanse vn consumer from more than 15 years so I'm so used to mosaic that it doesn't bother me anymore honestly, although I can understand people being putting off by that. XD

[walpurgis]

That's a bummer. Was hyped for the game, but sadly now I'll have to hold my purchase back until we get a proper version without mosaics. Censorship sucks.

[I>U]

I have another version for you: some Japanese storefronts pay royalities to content makers in case there are no uncensored versions exists. The reason is simple - it grades down the quality on Japanese-exclussive market, so devs and pubs going with western realeses may actually lose more than they would gain.

Surpassing the question, there was this Mao Mao Discovery Team game that was removed from Steam in jsut a few days after release. I was related to the group trying to help the dev to get it aback, and that's when this info comes from.

Apparently, that dev'd permanetly lost his royalities on DLsite and, possibly, on a number of other storefronts (he'd given up very early, not like I'm going to blame him for it).

Don't take me on my word though: there could be a number of other less exquisite reasons, obviously, but, please, do keep in mind that market can sometimes be uglier than my wife.