Comments on: Cool Find: Shira Oka Demo (Updated) http://otakunopodcast.com/2010/07/16/cool-find-shira-oka-demo/ News, reviews, and commentary on all things Anime and Manga Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:23:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dork at large http://otakunopodcast.com/2010/07/16/cool-find-shira-oka-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-731 dork at large Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:07:22 +0000 http://otakunopodcast.com/?p=867#comment-731 <p>Romance games in English are very much affected by Sturgeon's Law. For every one good story or game that gets released, there's about nine or ten which are poorly written. And like the old, bad days of anime fandom, there's a lot of content that's not safe for work.</p> <p>That said, if you're waiting for the final version of Shira Oka, and interested in similar games, try the following:</p> <ol> <li><p>The freeware games in the Renai Archive at www.renai.us . Most of the games here are worksafe. You'll find a lot of visual novels (stories with art and music), and a few games with complex gameplay. I currently recommend RE: Alistair, Elven Relations, When I Rule the World, and Autumn.</p></li> <li><p>A blog that reviews Flash games at girlgamereview.blogspot.com .</p></li> <li><p>Hanako Games. This site is dedicated to cute, romantic games in a variety of genres. The demos are free, and the full versions cost ten to twenty dollars.</p></li> <li><p>insani.org , a site which showcases translated freeware visual novels and demos.</p></li> </ol> Romance games in English are very much affected by Sturgeon’s Law. For every one good story or game that gets released, there’s about nine or ten which are poorly written. And like the old, bad days of anime fandom, there’s a lot of content that’s not safe for work.

That said, if you’re waiting for the final version of Shira Oka, and interested in similar games, try the following:

  1. The freeware games in the Renai Archive at http://www.renai.us . Most of the games here are worksafe. You’ll find a lot of visual novels (stories with art and music), and a few games with complex gameplay. I currently recommend RE: Alistair, Elven Relations, When I Rule the World, and Autumn.

  2. A blog that reviews Flash games at girlgamereview.blogspot.com .

  3. Hanako Games. This site is dedicated to cute, romantic games in a variety of genres. The demos are free, and the full versions cost ten to twenty dollars.

  4. insani.org , a site which showcases translated freeware visual novels and demos.

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