Showing posts with label Harukanaru Toki no Naka De 3. Show all posts
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Saturday, April 8, 2017

Harukanaru toki no naka de 3 Ultimate - Fujiwara no Yasuhira DLC review

Putting this route seperate because its DLC... also it wasn't that long so I am glad
I got it out of the way and I ended up buying after all because
even if this dude is an uptight asshole he still deserves a happy end.
Also let me be clear this is the only DLC I bought for this game.
Not like anyone cares... it must suck if you don't have a jpn psn on your vita...

Fujiwara no Yasuhira is voiced by Toriumi Kousuke.
You must atleast do Kurou's shinsenen event in chapter 2 and sit through 
the Izayoiki normal end first... to watch Yasuhira meet a pitiful end because 
some of his events require Nozomi to have prior knowledge to know what's up.
 (This CG isn't from his route... but from Shirogane's side story sometime before his ending
and well the decision of Nozomi to see Yasuhira made Shirogane very sad, kinda stupid.)

His events take place when the party after being betrayed decided to go to Hiraizumi.
Yep you have to play the game normally to access his route, which makes the
decision for it to be DLC even more questionable than ever before. 
 It basically Nozomi putting her nose where it doesn't belong like the first time she makes
food for him together with Saku he's like bitch get out I didn't ask for this did I?
Wow rude! even Nozomi is like you ungrategful bastard how dare you!
Nozomi runs into him later in the mountains near Hiraizumi and when
she doesn't go back as told he just grabs her arm and drags her back with him
because he can't have a little kitten get lost in his backyard, he's like what a cute face 
you're making, never been touched by a man like this or sth but as soon as they 
get back to town he let's go of her arm and excuses himself.
Yasuhira disappears in a flash of light and Benkei wonders why Nozomi is spacing out like that
and so he explains that she was merely looking at Yasuhira's shiki cue benkei teasing her.
They meet again later after Nozomi plays around with Kugane, who jumped into the pond.๐Ÿ˜…
Kugane is Kurou's dog  that Yasuhira is looking after because he's not that mean, he's glad
 she looked after this mendokusai dog till he came to fetch it but there's no need to thank him
and well Kugane gets all excited and even if Yasuhira tells him not to jump on him
when he's wet it lead to a hilarious scene sigh look at what you've gone and done now?
Yasuhira is wondering why she's staring so much while he's all wet...
well anyone would stare when a hot bishie is drenched, he tells her to fuck off as usual.
Shirogane comes around and wonders what's up... Yasuhira tells him not to go into it further
and they leave, Nozomi goes for a walk in the mountains she asks Kurou some stuff 
before she goes off on her own and finds some secret hideout cavern
oh and none other than Yasuhira is there telling her what a no good miko she is.
He tells her about some stuff that happen between Kanazawa and Oushu a hundred years ago
 then Nozomi's gekirin tries to send her off somewhere she doesn't want to go, Yasuhira pulls
 her back somehow and tells her if she values her life to not go near this mountain again.
When she gets back to the residence after purifying all those weird ass stones and Hinoe rejoins the
group but before going to Taisha Saku tells her Shirogane was looking for her so she goes to
Yasuhira's place who is all like the fuck you doing here i'm in the middle of a meeting!
Shirogane politely explains he's the one who asked her to come or more accurately fo Saku to pass
the message, Yasuhira is like how annoying and Shirogane immediately apologizes anyway
 he has Shirogane and Nozomi help him on a trip near Kanazawa for some banquet
 and when the day came Yasuhira cannot believe she actually showed up! 
He later just ups and grabs her and pulls her up on his horse stays her to put up with it
Nozomi tells him of the time in the mountains when he took her hand and he immediately
goes ugh don't bring that up and before you know it they've arrived at their destination.
Finally there and when the talks are over he gives her a fan...  and has her dance 
at the banquet to entertain the guests, Yasuhira compliments her.
 Oh well they fight some onryou at Taisha and Kagetoki shows up near Hiraizumi
Hidehira/Mitachi gets injured and winter comes, signaling a fight 
is about to break out between Hiraizumi and the genji.
Nozomi will act on it and the whole Taisha construction was so Yasuhira
can perform some Mahakala ritual...
Yasuhira is like its no use talking to me get out let me do what I think is correct to save Hiraizumi.
 Plot proceeds as normal and there's not much Nozomi can do... she remembers the fond moments
Yasuhira tells her this is Hiraizumi's problem ever since a 100 years ago and tells her to get lost.
 The soul devouring witch Masako shows up and the others head to Taisha
Yasuhira ends up sealing her using the Mahakala ritual and all is well that ends well?
Hakuryuu gets ready to send Nozomi back to her world and everyone sees her off however
 one person isn't coming because he got gangbanged by some goons when out in the countryside
because he ordered Shirogane to stay with the miko, those goons were out for revenge
 against Hidehira? or whoever since Yasuhira was behind that plot and used Shirogane to do it
however this time Nozomi finds him lying there half dead, he wanted her to just go back to 
her world knowing nothing since he knows all too well this is the path he has chosen.
 It sorta makes him happy that she was worried and cried for him...so now Nozomi
uses her scale of the white dragon to go back in time and change his fate.
Back when she made the bento she takes a different approach and so he wonders what is up with her.
Oh and realizing it was his shiki when he walked her back to town she couldn't but feel him up
making him ??? it wasn't as lewd as I made it sound so forgive me, she goes to the cavern that 
would surely mean her death but tells her she knows what it is he's trying  to do now with those
shiki's and also tells him of the future in which he dies because he tried to stop Masako with the
mahakala ritual,  anyway you should know by now who Masako is... she is a manipulative witch
who's also a god(่ผๅ‰ๅฐผๅคฉ) who's been around for some time by eating peoples souls 
anyway this is his fight  not hers she shouldn't meddle in it, also don't come here ever again 
if you do not wish to be warped to times unknown to you, Nozomi decides help Yasuhira out 
and that she will change his fate that was decided a 100 years ago, yasuhira is like lol what
I will defeat dakiniden with the ritual there's no way for you to risk your life for mine.
Nozomi goes to the mountain cavern alone determined to change Yasuhira's fate in the distant past.
Yasuhira decides to come with her too he can't quite believe it either but yeah...
They find what appears to be Masako in a different form, that of a fox 
or more likely her original form, Nozomi decides to defeat it but Yasuhira ends up protecting 
Nozomi from one of her attacks not to worry it was just one of his shiki's but Yasuhira 
in the present ends up feeling some of its pain and says that he is living for her sake now.
Meanwhile Nozomi faces Masako aka the dakiniten alone and lives to tell the tale
after that Yasuhira shows up and seals it. (anticlimatic isn't it?)
In the ending its revealed that in the present he was able to sneak away from his duties...
oh well Yasuhira's fate has been changed and the two live happily ever after not that we get
to see that in detail, the writers didn't care so I won't either and no I didn't leave anything out.
Let's greet a new dawn together.
I'm indifferent about Yasuhira, he appeals to me but romantically IDK... the route didn't
do much to make me like him more... the story was okay I guess but a little disappointing?
Yasuhira doesn't even get a side story like all the other guys(let alone a decent epilogue)
I can see why some are just disappointed its been over a decade and this is what we get...
I'm sorry to sound ungrateful but when characters such as Hinoe, Yuzuru, Ridvan or Masaomi
get decent side story epilogues why can't the rest of the guys? the others just get some bridge the gap
or reminisce story and I just sigh deeply it can't be that hard to keep it consistent.
Not that all of that matters because Yasuhira still gets the short end of the stick.
My summary prolly isn't accurate enough but I don't care since who cares about half of the
plot of Yasuhira doing stuff because of shit that's been brewing since 100 years ago.
The romance was very subtle and the ending is only the beginning of their relationship
but that's the case with most ending in the original game so I shouldn't complain.
I just wish there was a side story like all the other characters have...
In the end even if he has a route now and has become 'romanceable' I can't help but
say its a waste because KOEI didn't put all of their effort into it.
You know its bad when the average fanfiction writer will be able to come up with something
better ever since the izayoiki game came out on ps2 including a decent epilogue.
Even otomate usually delivers on that. -_-
TL;DR its not worth it especially when KOEI already overprice this game
you can't tell me its gonna cost more just cuz u fully voice it while removing cg for new ones
all while the content people buy it for like yasuhira has to be bought seperately for 25$
if you didn't preorder had they just include it then yes it would be more passable.

Its also sad that half of his cg's are a vertical bar that doesn't even get recorded in the
gallery so lol it obv KOEI is cheapening out they even used a variation of Nozomi's dance CG 
all they did was change the color of the fan, i'm not shitposting just posting the cold hard truth.
Do I recommend this piece of DLC? only if you want to romance Yasuhira that badly, I do not think
this is worth 2500yen and firmly believe it should've been in the game in the first place.
KOEI goes and gives their vita port an ultimate subtitle well if it was the ultimate 
experience you wouldn't have to sell this route as DLC.  (๋ˆˆ_๋ˆˆ)
Okay I admit that was harsh, though they should have put this in the game to begin with.
 Romance ★★☆☆☆
Plot ★★☆☆☆
Enjoyment overall ★★☆☆☆
~
Maybe you'll see me with a post on haruka3unmei no labyrinth soon that is if they port it
but it is sure tempting to buy a psp copy for 35$... hmmm what to do?
Anyway it won't be soon give me a few months or so, also tfw blogger think it made
a duplicate of a concept post and overwrite one in the process, sigh.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Harukanaru Toki no Naka De 3 Ultimate - Review

Original PS2 cover art because its pretty.
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 Game: [Harukanaru Toki no Naka De 3 Ultimate]
English title: Haruka beyond the stream of time 3.
Genre: Otome Game RPG.
Developer/Publisher: Ruby Party, Koei Tecmo.
Platform: PS2. PSP, PS Vita.
Release date: 2017-2-23

Even tho I was bummed by gentou rondo I decided to give this game a chance and
I wish I found this game a lot sooner... but I alas, when I finally didI had a lot to write
about it and since almost no one did, justice will be served!

Anyway there's a demo on the japanese PSN for you to try if you have doubts
but I think anyone who plays RPG's can enjoy it regardless, the heroine isn't weak and won't hesitate
to take to the battlefield; she's involved in everything, the scenario is interesting
 what more do you want? but it relies on historic fact so it might still be difficult
if you don't know a lick about japanese history.

Pro's
- Good story if you're into history.
- Capable heroine, starts out average but becomes too perfect.(can't decide if bad)
- There will be someone that strikes your interest more than others but every character is likeable .
- Art, this speaks for itself but I love the original character designs/artworks.

Con's
- If you do not like RPG-like gameplay in your VN's avoid.
- Not every route is well balanced with plot and romance at times it depends.
- Characters have interesting motivations in their own route, yet in another their objective cease to matter, I know this is normal but it could've become super interesting.
- The heroine is going to make or break this game for you.
- Its annoying to learn all combination attacks and some CG's are gotten outside of routes
ala sub event style.

So Koei decided to port Haruka 3 and Izayoiki to the vita, fully voicing it and adding new CG's.
No its not a remake but more like a full voice special with Izayoiki included.
Being full voiced does make it a better experience and make scenes that much more worthwhile.
They also added a DLC route for Fujiwara no Yasuhira... since he was a popular sub chara
in Izayoiki, the reason for a DLC route is because its an obvious quick cash grab to insert
a new route for yet another port of a game that was first made and released in 2004
yet you still need to pay up to get it also you need to play the game normally
up untill a certain point which further proves it should have just been in the game from the start
 as this isn't a mobage but KOEI is greedy and most fans just bought the LE for the code.
Sucks to be one of those who didn't eh? anyway let's stop taling about DLC...
Moving on, one animated scene was removed the first one is still in but the second one isn't.
Also some CG's have been completely replaced with  new ones and/or close ups.
Which I think is a shame... granted some of them did look derpy but a lot are still there so who cares?
I see a lot of japanese review complaining about slight changes such as the above but
I've been mostly enjoying myself, I think its a nostalgia factor but its such a hassle
 to do everything in this game I did just wanted to do something else at one point
and take my mind of off it and well I did!(it was like a one week break more or less)
Uh that's it for nonsensical rambles about why this got a port I guess.

Anime OVA
On the topic of the anime OVA's I do not recommed them...
I only watched it again because KOEI put it up on their ruby party channel but I wish I ignored it.
Not only is it a waste of time it also spoils important parts besides it doesn't do
the game justice as its extremely rushed like it drops you in the middle of a story.
Certain stuff don't even make sense and are completely original, like for example
 Benkei never leaves the party and does jack shit outside of his own route
still he's thee type of chara you will be watching out for regardless.
 Its only nice as fanservice when you've completed the game already and want to see the
boys''animated'' sadly Benkei without his cloak just looks weird to me but they
 probably didn't have funds to draw the casual outfits so they had to do it like that.
Also I like how they just spoiled an important detail of Saku's route like its nothing. -_-
Honestly I dislike the OVA's because they're so confusing as it has no beginning and no proper
ending, something you'll only find in the game, OVA felt like spoiler collection
or better put an advertisement to get people interested if anything.

''So what is the difference between the original haruka 3 and izayoiki? LET'S GET INTO THIS!
None, back then izayoiki was an alternative version on ps2 you could ''mix joy'' if you had both disc
and unlock additional elements, the story is the same and Izayoiki had new endings for everyone
plus new scenario for Shirogane and Tomomori route(Tomomori mixjoy only) never mind that since
everything is included in ultimate sorry for the wall o text and if it sounds confusing but no one will
probably bother writing up about this game in detail, in ultimate you no longer need that mixjoy crap
and everything is included except Yasuhira being DLC which I couldn't be bothered to get at first.''

Story
The story of Haruka 3 is set during the Heian period and is based on the tale of the heike.
The heroine Kasuga Nozomi gets summoned by a shota!Hakuryuu, Masaomi and Yuzuru get dragged
along with her to an alternate world that is similair to Kyoto at the end of the heian period.
Sadly I know almost nothing about the heian period so most of the lore is lost on me...
but hey atleast there is wikipedia... or maybe your local library has japanese history books
Still I felt that I did learn a few facts from this... even if its ofcourse not accurate KOEI did their best.
Not needed but kinda recommended to read up on a tale of the heike a little
before playing this so you know some facts, skimming the wikipedia is fine.
Also if you do not like stories about war and all the drama that comes with it give this
 game a pass because you will have to partly be ok with that sort of stuff
i'm not saying to not give it a chance but if you're unsure there is a demo, the heroine is pretty
involved though and compared to other games I played I enjoyed this a lot more.
Anyway Taira no Kiyomori was reincarnated as a kid and tries to use zombies to take over japan
so it up to the miko to save us all, luckily she has eight beautiful men at her disposal, that all you need to know.
After obtaining the scale of the white dragon Nozomi... is literally stuck on groundhog day
trying to change everyones fate while learning their darkest secrets even after ending up with
one of the guys and knowing they're fine now she happily goes to chase another. ~_~
If this was a shoujo manga the main couple would obviously be Masaomi 
with Yuzuru cringing in the background. lmao don't hurt me for this. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
I honestly love the idea of this... so many times I liked a character in game/anime
whom's fate was not desirable and now you can save them! again I wish I found this sooner.

I enjoyed playing through the demo when it came out a few week before the game did
 and it only solidified my purchase, I love RPG's and this game was much better developed than
Haruka6's system.
On repeat play Affections/bonds carry over since its continues, routes are basically self contained whoever you pursue will alter events because priority and sometimes even the last boss changes. 
The way this was done makes haruka 6 gentou rondo look like it tried too hard to be like this game.๐Ÿ˜…
The overall story in every route is mostly the same beat the Heike! like I said depending on route
things change in favor of the guy because his motivation take priority over others whom fall into 
the background, its honestly pretty sad because it could've gotten more interesting sometimes
the story takes an unexpected turn and in my opinion Shirogane's route was the best at that
all of the routes were more or less selfcontained, Kurou and Kagetoki's
 routes were related but other than that no route spoils anothers issues. 
It may seem like a really long game but it not that long as it seems, all you need is
motivation & after I got everyones love end I was like? let's take a short break since
 I was so done at that point hench why this took me like a whole month.

~Gameplay~
The game plays like a traditional RPG, however since this came out in 2004 it hasn't aged well
anyway you move Nozomi around on an overworld map and the big shiny light is your next objective
the small multi colored dots are places battles may or may not occur, the encounter rate was pretty
high and battles are pretty slow, I never noticed which dude had the lower encounter
rate skill but not that it matters since wiki said he's almost never in the party. -_-
There's no time limit so there is no rush, some character events may disappear
after story progresses so becareful I suppose, just look at the hints or use a good guide.
While the battle system is pretty slow you can atleast skip animations, you also upgrade
your characters by using element points so they become stronger, battles are mostly fought
using magic techniques and when the guy is out of MP you cheer them so they recover some.
There's combination attack between hachiyou members too but you have to raise the bond between
them to 2 at most and grinding takes time, if one barely use both chara at the same time
just by playing normally you'd prolly never get all of them unless
you like fighting battles for no reason and often switch the party around.
I recommend to spend time fighting battles since combi's do increase their usability
sadly without a good guide you will miss them the easiest one for me was Hinoe x Atsumori?
but since you need to make certain choice along the way the rest was a pain in the neck because the
bond only increase by buffing, guarding and the one need to be raised has to be put in the center. 
Honestly by the time you get all of them you'll be more than done with it all... there's little use 
for half of the combinations other than be able to mix it up when things get monotonous.
Kumamo boys~
There's also ailments and the like but yeah its an rpg so you should expect that sort of stuff!
Benkei is your healer, Saku can cure ailment, Ridvan, Kurou and Masaomi are fighters
but some of the rest are sorta just there doing stuff like Kagetoki and Yuzuru's are rangers
but to me they are just like any other unit like Atsumori or Hinoe.
I just make my party based on their usability and whom's route I was on and so character
 like Benkei was always around and seriously who wouldn't put him in their party?
Thankfully there was no trophy for learning all skills, thank god for that because some
require you to be hit by ailments in order to learn them and that requires RNG bullshit.
 Honestly I did enjoy the battle system and general gameplay more than harutoki 6 because Harutoki 3 really is an RPG and not with a little bit of tactical gameplay/time management.
The RPG fan in me wasn't disappointed that's for sure... also you can switch 8 hot men on the fly
so if you didn't have the right party to counter the enemy of a specific element it'd be no problem.๐Ÿ˜„
Not everyone is always around but most are... I just wish it was better developed
and give Nozomi skills to use as whenever she has to fight alone its just mash attack & rng to dodge.
Sadly the gameplay is too easy i'm always one or two shotting mobs, there is barely challenge
even on hard mode and to someone who plays RPGs often I can't help but still think its
underdeveloped but still this or real rode is as close as we get to a decent otome rpg.
I didn't get tired of it... nor was fighting that annoying except for the high encounter rate.

Yeah the graphics do not look pretty... but honestly who cares?

Every guy has two endings, normal and izayoi... so you must play atleast twice...
 8+8=16... yeah that right! luckily it will fly by once all the common stuff is over with but
there is new text after you finish routes sometimes cuz Nozomi been there done that
and she will point it out because she knows, she remembers what happens in a previous loop.
 Izayoiki end is basically going through common route again but few side events along the way...
its nice if you want to replay it at a later date but it wasn't that special in most cases I liked the
regular route except Masaomi because Izayoiki just felt right for him yet with Atsumori
and a few others I can't choose but I think for most  regular end was better.
There's also bad ends or more like you fail ends but they aren't necessary for completion at all.

 My Playorder: (normal love end)
 Benkei > Saku  > Yuzuru > Kurou > Hinoe > Ridvan > Kagetoki > Masaomi  > Atsumori > Hakuryuu > Grand Finale.
Honestly there's TOO MANY I just put some characters of interest all over to motivate me....
On first play untill you obtain the scale you cannot trigger the true character events, some
of the first events for Benkei, Saku or Yuzuru's trigger along the way but it won't get far
you're meant to play it more than once, its not all about romance its about the journey
and caring for your comrades whatever their personal issues may be.
 I do not think there was a recommended order and since this is one of those type of games its best 
to go for a character you are actually interested in, Saku's the easiest but Ridvan and Hakuryuu's
 route is apparently the hardest to get onto but easier once you have done more routes.
Why isn't Yasuhira in the play order? well because he's a DLC and has no trophy.
If I had to recommend anything at all do Masaomi before or after Yuzuru but not too late
into your playthrough, the rest of the order do not matter, to me Hakuryuu last since 
everything is possible thanks to him so why not? but honestly order doesn't matter
it depends on personal taste or where your interest lies the first time around.

My Izayoiki end play order:
Hinoe > Yuzuru > Masaomi > Atsumori > Ridvan > Benkei > Shirogane > Kagetoki > Kurou >Tomomori.
 Kurou and Kagetoki are tied to additional scenario which includes Shirogane this order makes 
more sense as Shirogane is obviously the core character of the new scenario.
Tomomori can only be done after Shirogane and everyone else since his end is tied  into grand finale.

The system of going back to a certain chapter to change fate is confusing at first
and without a guide you will scratch your head atleast on your first route but it easy when you
get the hang of it trust me, the game gives you so much hints when and how to get their events.
Oh and there's automode for VN part but since vertical text box and read from
 top to bottom right to left I was like lol nope, this take me twice as long to read.

Like most KOEI games events are straight to the point which I like but if you wanted a real VN this isn't the place to look for one and for some route romantic development is not balanced
but whatever there was I can say was nice just understand its not all about romance
but about changing fate of someone you care about!
KOEI... they just love to keep the relationship open ended and allow us
to fantasize of what next now that they acknowledged each other and live together in peace, if
anything they know where to end it, we don't need marriage ends if they're happy they're happy!
There are many different paths you can take but the core of some story arcs is the same even if
different there are multiple variation of the same events mostly in chapter 4 like if you have
Hinoe with you and go straight to the river it'll be SLIGHTLY different if he wasn't with you then.
Certain things will not change even if your destination is different such as encounters
with villains(post scale) but uh that's all I'll say i'm getting off topic. After that most of
the character route start but there's a few where things are a lot different, won't say who.
Most of the guys don't kiss up to the heroine except maybe Hinoe/benkei, they have their own
opinions and will say it given the situation like for example Nozomi literally has to prove herself to Kurou.
All characters do follow stereotypes, Benkei is mr tease you lots aka a haraguro, Kagetoki is carefree
on the surface atleast, Atsumori is the resident kuudere and Hinoe is the typical flirty guy
but they all have their own secrets they won't easily share, the deeper you get into
the guys events you'll start to see their true self, I was honestly surprised by some.
I like Nozomi she is average at first, buut at the end she does become
 little miss perfect...well uh who wouldn't if you went through so many ''loops''.
Take that as you will, I honestly think she's just fine nor was she annoying, she's just capable.
At first like she sucked at dancing but after a few loops she does it perfectly, that just an example mind u.
I only recommend Haruka 3 if you desperately want an otome RPG, its not long
but there is a lot of content to explore preferable go take a break from it when this game
 is getting too much of a hassle, its really not all that great to do try to do all at once.
Haruka 3 is not a bad otome game perhaps a little out dated compared to what we have now
its far from perfect but whats important is that it has things that one may like such as Nozomi
being more than capable and won't always need to be saved, tho occasional girl problems do arise.
To me all of the guys are likeable in some way even if Tomomori gave me a terrible first impression.
I couldn't help but feel bad for him down the line.๐Ÿ˜…
There is always something new to learn in every route and its mostly fun sadly characters such as
Hinoe do not have much substance and are just there while Benkei's motivations are intriguing yet he's also just there in other route, there's potential but they never get it in other routes that aren't their own. aand Yuzuru is 5ever the kind kouhai that likes you but won't ever say so because he thinks
Nozomi likes his bro eventually he was like fuck this shit imma tell you and hope you get it.๐Ÿ˜“
I do not think one can truly dislike the characters if anything it depends on taste.
The heroine is cool she can hold her ground, they made her too self concious of all her actions
but I don't think I like her that much and in Yuzuru's words she is as kind as she is cruel.
Its all that what makes her hard to relate, she can fight on a battlefield for crying out loud and is proactive in general but that doesn't mean much... I would definitely be a coward and wouldn't be able to fight on a battlefield but tbh some otome heroines just aren't meant 
to be self insert material and imo Nozomi definitely ain't one of those.
Overall I still had a good time, its a decent otomege that'll last a while its also fun
to learn amore about japanese history, the otome parts may or may not be to your liking
Hinoe aside its not typical stuff, personally I think haruka6 is better at it overall.
The vita port being fully voiced adds a lot to the scenes and the seiyuu did an amazing job
but I do not like that some CG's been replaced for close ups but whatever some old cg did look derp.
I give this game a 7.6/10 some stuff leave to be desired but it was mostly a fun experience
I don't think this game was as good as haruka fans make it out to be though...
 but you can say the same thing with a lot of games its really a personal opinion.
I do not regret playing, I feel it has a place in my heart due to doing things I wish you could do
like saving your favorite characters for once, I don't care if some parts don't make sense even.
Some routes definitely would have benefited from actual epilogues but they didn't and
got side story instead some were nice tho, sigh but hey atleast a handful of them did!
Before I forget have to make it clear these harukanaru games are very character focused
romance is placed last some routes are better with that then others, you must
 be willing to learn more about them and give them a chance also these games are very pure
the lewdest character in the game was perhaps Tomomori and you have to work hard to get to him
but trust me despite lack of plot and being a short route in general it was worth it.๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ‘Œ
I liked every character in some way but I think Atsumori, Ridvan, Benkei, Shirogane
and Tomomori are my real favorites, I feel bad for Yuzuru yes but IDK about him.

As for the rest down below is all spoilers thoughts so if you want to play I recommend
to stop reading here and just go straight to the end of the post for my final thoughts
and to see which route/character I liked the most without spoilers.
Maybe I wrote down too much but eh I don't think anyone else
 bothered to post that much about this game so it OK. :)

Friday, March 24, 2017

Harukanaru toki no naka de 3 ultimate - DLC content

Didn't you know about this yet? now you do.
While I honestly love the game so far and my impressions are positive and since I haven't
post in a while since I am busy trying to full comp it I'll do a post trying to detail
 how shameless KOEI is trying to get money out of their loyal Harutoki 3 fanbase.
BTW the game itself sold great in its first week, partly due to nostalgia and it being full voiced! 
 Yeah I just do not wish to ruin my mostly positive review of this game so this'll be separate.
No one will bother reporting or share their own thoughts on this anyway...

The good out of all this? the scenarios are fully voiced compared to Harutoki 6 and Gentou rondo DLC.
The bad? obviously your wallet is going to cry a whole lot! really if you love the boys so much it will.
If you do not have a JP PSN and have the game on your PS Vita count yourself blessed. 

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March 3 2017 Scenario pack 1 sequel scenario in spring.
(Masaomi, Yuzuru, Hinoe, Atsumori and Shirogane.)
You can buy individually for 180 yen but the whole pack is 800 yen.
You're laughing now but you'll regret it.
April 3 2017 Scenario pack 2 sequel in spring.
(Kurou, Benkei, Kagetoki, Ridvan and... Tomomori)
You can buy individually for 180 yen but the whole pack is 800 yen.
Didn't preorder  the LE boxes? welp from this day you now have to pay 2500 yen
if you still want to romance Fujiwara no Yasuhira!
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May 2 2017 Scenario to fight the black kirin... with after party for 900 yen.
Yeah its not like I wanted to fight you either...
 June 2 2017 Voice audio that was originally a first print for PSN DL version.
You can buy individually for 200 yen but the whole pack is 1800 yen.
(This one ought to be the most shameless, nice to see them sell it later but... ahahaha.)
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July 3 2017 Sequel scenario in summer.
(Masaomi, Yuzuru, Hinoe, Atsumori.)
You can buy individually for 180 yen but the whole pack is 600 yen.
My himegimi... don't you want to spend more time with me? oh please do consider it.
August 3 2017 Sequel in summer.
 (Kurou, Benkei, Kagetoki, Ridvan.)
You can buy individually for 180 yen but the whole pack is 600 yen.
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September 2 2017 Sequel scenario in fall.
(Masaomi, Yuzuru, Hinoe, Atsumori.)
You can buy individually for 180 yen but the whole pack is 600 yen.
Don't disappoint Atsumori-kun please.
October 3 2017 Sequel in fall.
 (Kurou, Benkei, Kagetoki, Ridvan.)
You can buy individually for 180 yen but the whole pack is 600 yen.
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November 2 2017 Sequel scenario in winter.
(Masaomi, Yuzuru, Hinoe, Atsumori.)
You can buy individually for 180 yen but the whole pack is 600 yen.
Back again? i-i-its not like I wanted to spend more time with you b-baka.
 December 1 2017 Sequel in winter.
 (Kurou, Benkei, Kagetoki, Ridvan.)
You can buy individually for 180 yen but the whole pack is 600 yen.
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 What can I do but sigh about all this? I can see they want to support this game in the long run
but I am so indifferent about this sort of stuff, I know its not that different from games but please this
reminds me of the Shining Resonance DLC schedule and my rant about how much it will cost you. 
However you can do the math yourself this time...   
I like how KOEI gave up on Shirogane and Tomomori's scenario's after the spring set dunno much
about Shirogane at the time of writing this but I have an unfavorable impression on Tomomori. 
I like supporting things I love and sometimes I won't bat and eye over it but DLC
 for visual novels especially otome games? oh puhlease I know I am not the only
one who feels this way many reviews on amazonJP just want them to stop this nonsense
 and want KOEI to include it with the game like it should be and I agree with them.
This isn't a mobile game and they should've included it from the beginning I do not know
about the quality of the scenarios but I heard they had amateurish writing and well
considering I could come up with something better I think I'll definitely pass now
 its just that because its voiced I actually want to buy it... someone stop me.
Its not that I do not want to buy but this is ridiculous and not the type I want to support.
Would you not gift this beautiful poor angelic young man some money?
Feel free to comment your own thoughts on this, I tried not to rant too much about it, lol.
Oh and I had fun making up the subtitles for the screenshots... they are inaccurate on purpose. ๐Ÿ˜‚