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Don Reba Aug 16, 2018 @ 11:55am

Worth playing if I hate the anime?

I adored the original game, the anime, and Load Region of Déjà Vu, but Zero is just going from bad to worse. Whole episodes of Okarin's whining, FFS. Should I still consider playing the game or just skip it?

Last edited by Don Reba; Aug 16, 2018 @ 12:00pm

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GrazzyChanUwU has STEINS;GATE 0

Aug 16, 2018 @ 12:00pm

I haven't seen much of the anime but the VN was great, I really enjoyed it

DDR

Aug 17, 2018 @ 1:09am

S;G 0 suffers from some seriously excessive filler content in both the game and the anime, but I’d say the game definitely nails it better at its key moments. I think you should play the game if you loved the original VN.

Don Reba Aug 17, 2018 @ 6:44am

Thanks, that's just what I wanted to know. I might give it a try after I reduce my backlog a bit. :)

NOT FUFUFAFA has STEINS;GATE 0

Aug 18, 2018 @ 10:16am

I can totally understand the hate of Okabe's whining. I was tired as well. And in fact, it didn't over quickly, I think it (Okabe's whining) went through all the way to Promised Rinascimento (Kurisu's Ending). Stick it out tho, it's one of the best VN out there.

veelqnexus has STEINS;GATE 0

Aug 19, 2018 @ 2:42am

Game is much better than new anime imo. If you love original game, you will love this one as well.

Mad Scientist has STEINS;GATE 0

Aug 22, 2018 @ 7:09pm

While a lot of people complain about the "new" okarin there is actually another opinion you can have about it. I really enjoy him being authentic in terms of the first anime ending of S;G. (the one where S;G0 picks up it is, right after his first time-machine use, the failure one) How can someone not get why he is the way he is in Zero and absolutely has to be? I yet have to finish the anime and confirm wether its worth of being a sequel or not, but this VN is an absolutely perfect masterpiece (I'm not finished yet...) and will keep me for at least one replay I guess.

Don't get me wrong here please, ofc you can have a different opinion about okabes behavior or the course the series took rather i guess, since you can't help it anyways and I really liked kyouma for as long as he was around but directly saying "I hate how he whines all the time" is saying that you have no feelings at all isn't it? I don't mean to offend anyone that has this opinion though, but its quite irritating...

After all S;G got me into Seinen and changed my overall opinion about animestuff, I'll prolly be glad and thankful about that forever. El Psy Kongroo

Don Reba Aug 23, 2018 @ 5:01pm

I know some people are enjoying the series and, of course, their opinion is entirely valid. But their taste must then be so different from mine that their opinion on the VN probably won't help me at all.

From my perspective, they took the series' trademark personality and replaced him with a Shinji, leaving Daru as comic relief and the rest of the cast for fan service. There is very little of the original series' science humour (I actually worked at CERN). A lot of the dialog feels off, too, and plot development is glacial. I kept watching the show until episode 13, hoping it gets better, but gave up. A friend with a similar taste and more patience than me says it doesn't.

Last edited by Don Reba; Aug 23, 2018 @ 7:56pm

Mad Scientist has STEINS;GATE 0

Aug 23, 2018 @ 5:09pm

The show is still to be finished and I get why you want Kyouma back, everyone started this series with him around you know...

lemurs2

Aug 23, 2018 @ 11:01pm

melona bar fnatic has STEINS;GATE 0

Aug 24, 2018 @ 4:03am

then you'll hate the anime. The VN was much better than anime in my opinion.

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糾う

Aug 24, 2018 @ 9:45am

The VN doesn't handle the story any much better than the anime.
Okabe is even more annoying in the VN if that's your main complaint.

Last edited by 糾う; Aug 24, 2018 @ 9:45am

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Sirlion

Aug 24, 2018 @ 12:13pm

VN is far better than the anime so far (episode 19), absolutely no question about it, play the VN.
Handles the story far better, the scenes are more coherent and have much more sense, CGs are great and the storyline unfolds better as well. What the anime fixes is just a couple of stupid design decisions which you will recognize immediately, but nothing so big as to prevent you from fully enjoying it.

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Mad Scientist has STEINS;GATE 0

Aug 25, 2018 @ 6:03am

yeah okabe looks a bit stupid in the VN imo, but the anime fixes some translation issues the VN has too. besides that there is no real story difference tbh...

#13

Sirlion

Aug 25, 2018 @ 8:29pm

Originally posted by Shiro:
yeah okabe looks a bit stupid in the VN imo, but the anime fixes some translation issues the VN has too. besides that there is no real story difference tbh...

The whole story is different after episode 8. I dont know which anime you just watched.

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