CHAOS; HEAD?

[DiaborMagics]

Hey guys, I have been wanting to get STEINS;GATE since a few years now... I'm staying away from the anime until I've read the VN and I also actually want to play CHAOS;HEAD before I play this game.

2 questions:
- Does anyone know if/when CHAOS;HEAD will come to steam?
- Do I need to play CHAOS;HEAD first? Or is it a separate story with separate characters, etc?

I don't want to miss anything, but the current price is also hard to pass up. :P

My aplogies i this has been asked (many times) before. I couldn't easily find topics about it, so I figured it was ok to make my own.

[deathirst]

From what I've heard it doesn't seem likely that Chaos;Head will get an official english release, let alone come to steam, it is a seperate story though with different characters, my understanding is that its only loosely connected.

What I know is mostly from briefly looking at the Steins;Gate reddit which has a section that explains the series and each of the games in better detail without spoiling.

Also good idea starting with the VN, I started with the anime and got about half way through before I realized it was going to spoil several of the endings of the VN. Just be prepared that it is a very slow start but it pays off.

[TrickZZter]

> - Does anyone know if/when CHAOS;HEAD will come to steam?
All Science Adventure visual novels coming to Steam in 2017

> - Do I need to play CHAOS;HEAD first? Or is it a separate story with separate characters, etc?
You don't have to read Chaos;Head first. It's two separate stories with separate characters, but... they share the same setting. Steins;Gate is set a year after the events of Chaos;Head, and it has a lot of references to Chaos;Head.
So in other words, you don't have to read Chaos;Head to understand the story of Sheins;Gate, but if you want to understand all references, it's better to read Chaos;Head first.

[TrickZZter]

Originally posted by deathirst:

From what I've heard it doesn't seem likely that Chaos;Head will get an official english release, let alone come to steam

It will be released on Steam along with other Science Adventure titles. And even if it'll be Japanese-only release, you can always apply the fan translation patch.

[DiaborMagics]

Originally posted by TrickZZter:

> - Does anyone know if/when CHAOS;HEAD will come to steam?
All Science Adventure visual novels coming to Steam in 2017

> - Do I need to play CHAOS;HEAD first? Or is it a separate story with separate characters, etc?
You don't have to read Chaos;Head first. It's two separate stories with separate characters, but... they share the same setting. Steins;Gate is set a year after the events of Chaos;Head, and it has a lot of references to Chaos;Head.
So in other words, you don't have to read Chaos;Head to understand the story of Sheins;Gate, but if you want to understand all references, it's better to read Chaos;Head first.

Thank you dear sir ^.^

A follow-up then: if I read Steins;Gate first and CHAOS;Head after, will it be worth it to re-read Steins just for the references? Or is that too hard to say?

[TrickZZter]

Originally posted by DiaborMagics:

A follow-up then: if I read Steins;Gate first and CHAOS;Head after, will it be worth it to re-read Steins just for the references? Or is that too hard to say?

Not really worth it. These references aren't important to the story. For example, you'll see several references to Gero Froggy plush toys that were very popular in Chaos;Head. Another example is a popular rock group from Chaos;Head that will be mentioned in Steins;Gate.

[DiaborMagics]

Originally posted by TrickZZter:

Originally posted by DiaborMagics:

A follow-up then: if I read Steins;Gate first and CHAOS;Head after, will it be worth it to re-read Steins just for the references? Or is that too hard to say?

Not really worth it. These references aren't important to the story. For example, you'll see several references to Gero Froggy plush toys that were very popular in Chaos;Head. Another example is a popular rock group from Chaos;Head that will be mentioned in Steins;Gate.

So no actual events, or outcomes of events in CHAOS will be referenced? Then its very likely im buying steins during this sale :P

[tricosahedron]

Originally posted by TrickZZter:

Another example is a popular rock group from Chaos;Head that will be mentioned in Steins;Gate.

As a side note: Phantasm (the mentioned musical group) exists in real live, and they made the bad ending theme in Steins;Gate, which is the ending theme that most players who don't use a walkthrough will hear first. ;)

[deathirst]

Originally posted by TrickZZter:

Originally posted by deathirst:

From what I've heard it doesn't seem likely that Chaos;Head will get an official english release, let alone come to steam

It will be released on Steam along with other Science Adventure titles. And even if it'll be Japanese-only release, you can always apply the fan translation patch.

Okay cool, thanks for the correction there then.

Hopefully it won't be region restricted (not that it would completely stop anybody but it would be less hassle)