Should I wait for guide and translation patch?

[ArielNugie]

This kind of game sometimes require a guide for best experience (Like, Robotic Notes for example) and the other game from the series usually need a translation patch from Committee zero. So, do you think after I got this game, I should wait for a guide and patch first before playing?

Im not saying the official translations are bad. Its just I've been using the comite of zero patches when playing the previous series, so I probably need their translation again.

[drwhattheheck]

I don't think there's been any word on whether CoZ even plans to release a patch. The translator for the English edition is Andrew "Steiner" Hodgson, who contributed to the Steins;Gate translation (which seems to be considered the only serviceable translation without a patch) and has been translating some Science Adventure manga recently. He's a fan of the series and is pretty well regarded. So it's entirely possible no patch will be needed. I believe I've even seen a post suggesting he's contacted CoZ about terminology they've used in the patches so that he can at least be consistent with those since the English translations are well past the point of being consistent with themselves.

As for guides, it seems like the answer is "no". My understanding is that the game is extremely linear and has no character routes. There are some bad endings scattered throughout though. That being said, I don't know Japanese so I haven't been able to read it yet. : -)

[Anon]

And also no if you wish to support the series, studio and publisher. Giving a boost on the initial week is important. Buy now and play later if you so wish...

[Originope]

CoZ members have said on their discord that they are intending to do a patch to add subtitles for the OP/ED lyrics and the usual typo and consistency fixes.
They're expecting it to be done quickly after release, most likely within a week or two.

[Ray_MR]

Aw man are there not character routes? I like seeing different routes and stuff like that but meh either way im sure it'll be real good

[Namdaets]

Originally posted by Ray_MR:

Aw man are there not character routes? I like seeing different routes and stuff like that but meh either way im sure it'll be real good

I actually liked how R;N basically had no routes, and was just super duper long and had a great story the whole way through.

Compared to C;C, which is... cryptic as ♥♥♥♥, and 100% needs a guide to handhold you through accessing the entire other half of the game's content. S;G was also fairly straightforward to find all the endings due to its story structure, minus the true ending which required specific text replies and I had to look at a guide for that.

If A;C is more like R;N, I think that might be a good thing, imho. Getting the endings in C;C is a chore. I dropped the game for over a year after finishing the common route, and only recently picked it back up, but I still haven't finished it.

[Ray_MR]

Originally posted by Namdaets:

Originally posted by Ray_MR:

Aw man are there not character routes? I like seeing different routes and stuff like that but meh either way im sure it'll be real good

I actually liked how R;N basically had no routes, and was just super duper long and had a great story the whole way through.

Compared to C;C, which is... cryptic as ♥♥♥♥, and 100% needs a guide to handhold you through accessing the entire other half of the game's content. S;G was also fairly straightforward to find all the endings due to its story structure, minus the true ending which required specific text replies and I had to look at a guide for that.

If A;C is more like R;N, I think that might be a good thing, imho. Getting the endings in C;C is a chore. I dropped the game for over a year after finishing the common route, and only recently picked it back up, but I still haven't finished it.

ooooh like R;N type linear? I was more thinking they were implying that there was gonna be a fairly long common route and that would be it. I liked how R;N was structured alot actually so I think i'll like this alot too if they're doing something similar.

[Namdaets]

Originally posted by Ray_MR:

ooooh like R;N type linear? I was more thinking they were implying that there was gonna be a fairly long common route and that would be it. I liked how R;N was structured alot actually so I think i'll like this alot too if they're doing something similar.

I don't know for a fact the game is linear in the same way as R;N, but if it is, I will very much enjoy it. The game being "extremely linear and [having] no character routes" as drwhattheheck put it just made me think of R;N and its story structure, because it was entirely linear as well and had no alternate routes, but is arguably my favorite SciAdv VN so far.