Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-80.144.159.180-20200315074536

And not to forget: There are enough (new) franchises these days that no one cares about it anymore. Yeah, but if you still need to move around for it, it's basically the same gimmick, just more advanced. I doubt it will be a success. Most people just want to relax and play games. The Wii was some early success, especially since they bought it for old people but sales died decently quickly over time while PS3/XBOX360 did well and actually sold games. In the case of Daggerfall, it's just a procedurally generated map, so I doubt they have quick travel? Hm, not at all? Might have been early 80s stuff then (or doujins), as the earliest hentai were uncensored as well, although it became mandatory super quick, so you only have like 3-4. Games started slightly earlier, so it should be more.

Meh, unfortunately, yeah. I guess it's kinda unique in the sense that for a scenario, you basically always had two different perspectives. Either play as person X or person Y. Don't think something like that is even released these days (professionally). But yeah, they were cheaper than normal games, so no idea why the prices are still so high, despite them being there in abundance. Definitely. Though, two points against scanning it: 1. My printer-scanner combo doesn't even work at the moment (well, hasn't been for quite a while), 2. I've actually already archived it in my basement where it's dark and not as hot as it gets in my apartment + my apartment lacks space T_T Definitely agree though. Will be tough finding even older journals in a reasonable state, and ideally together. Yeah, I'm dialing back a bit on purchasing as well. Had some unfortunate and unexpected expenditures which I was legally obligated to do (meh). Though, nothing too interesting is on the horizon anyway.

Well, I check Alicesoft's website several times a week (ideally once a day), so I saw the announcement. It's by Fuurin who does basically all their games that are like that. You know, the cards that are in the Alicesoft games. Touhin Toshi II PC-98 had it at the end of 1994 already but I'm not sure about the games before that. https://auctions.c.yimg.jp/images.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/image/dr000/auc0407/users/0b66e8df7e947c3f93ddfe2cf8809325bf77581a/i-img1024x768-1531966315msyhlt70133.jpg

As for interesting purchases I did get in the past two weeks. Basically only Edo Ranze which I paid 10k Yen for and where the seller apparently has several copies he sells one by one -_- (I think it cost 2500 Yen originally). At least that was in excellent condition. Apart from that, I got super excited since I saw a new copy of Kichikuou Rance on Amazon.jp. 9980 Yen. There was one listed previously in the past year but in the comments the seller wrote that the shrinkwrap and such is damaged. Nothing like that here, from a seller where I have bought a decent amount of games from too. So I immediately slammed that "buy" button. Well, it arrived Wednesday and when I opened the package, it looked quite beautiful. Checked the front: ok. Checked the sides: ok. Checked the back: Not ok, large tear in the shrinkwrap and some marks, likely from somer corner of an object or a table or something. T_T Pointless to keep since I could buy a damaged copy like that for cheaper. So I had to deal with Amazon.jp customer support these last few days which were super annoying. Every reply from them came from a different person and then, finally, the fifth reply was from one who had a clue and gave me precise information. Then I sent it back Friday and after that, when I provided shipping invoice and tracking number (via photo) I had some stupid replies again...like they are sorry they had sent me the wrong item. Graah. At least later I got a competent customer suppport representative again and now I'm waiting for a refund which I hopefully get soon. Sigh. I guess this means another year of looking for the game (new). So yep, extremely disappointing. But, like you said a decent time ago, it's still the Rance game I will most likely get first. Rance IV, 4.1 and 4.2 look unlikely so far.

By the way, do you know a place where I could find information about Rance 5A-C? I remember reading a bit about it a long time ago but no clue anymore where that was.