Best eroge of 2008 voted by 2channelers
Voting just ended and tallied etc etc.
Also I’ve been meaning to post about this, magazine scan from many months before Devil on G-string was released. Gives an idea of how much the story changed.
Last year’s rankings here.
1st place
Sumaga
by Nitro+
Released 26/09/2008
268 pts
2nd place
The Devil on G-string
by Akabeesoft2
Released 29/05/2008
262 pts
3rd place
Rui wa tomo wo yobu
by Akatsuki Works
Released 26/06/2008
209 pts
4th place
Concerto Note
by Applique Soft
Released 23/10/2008
163 pts
5th place
Little Busters! Ecstasy
by Key
Released 25/07/2008
156 pts
6th place
Beat Blades Haruka
by Alicesoft
Released 29/02/2008
115 pts
7th place
Wizard’s Cliimber
by Softhouse Chara
Released 30/05/2008
110 pts
8th place
Sakura Strasse
by Palette
Released 25/01/2008
108 pts
9th place
Shikkoku no Sharnoth
by Liarsoft
Released 21/11/2008
105 pts
10th place
FORTUNE ARTERIAL
by August
Released 25/01/2008
92 pts
11) Kagerou Note - Rail soft
12) Princess Frontier - AXL
13) Prima Stella - Atelier Kaguya
14) Maple Colors 2 - Apricot
15) Battle Goddess Episode-0 - Eushully
16) Shin koihime musou - BaseSon
17) Toushintoshi III - Alicesoft
18) 11eyes - Lass
19) Toppara ~ zashikiwarashi no hanashi ~ - Caramel Box
20) Chrono Belt - propeller
21) Twinkle Crusaders - Lillian
22) Amatsukaze - Ninetail
23) Akatsuki no goei - Shangrila
24) ef - the latter tale. - Minori
25) Shakkin Shimai 2 - Selen
Edit: Updated list after votes were recounted, no significant changes to top 10
January 17th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Sumaga is a bit surprising. I thought it would be G-Senjou for sure.
January 17th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
how in the fuck is fortune arterial ranked so low, is what I came to find out.
January 17th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Oh wow, I’m also surprised (but very pleased!) to see Sumaga up there. It’s too bad they didn’t stick with the original plan for G-Senjou; thanks for sharing that scan.
Guess I should check out some of the other games mentioned…
January 17th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
24) ef - the latter tale. - Minori
I thought this would be lower. I’ve never played the games, but assume their writing is as bad as the writing in the anime!
January 17th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Fortune Arterial? That some kind of code word for “ischemic heart attack” or what?
January 18th, 2009 at 6:44 am
Thanks Zepy for the topic. Gotta start on this homework.
> 8th - Sakura Strasse
HELL YA it ranked. I liked it so much, I’m looking for the fan disc supplement for cheep. ;-) You gotta check out the bishojo otaku doing the magic girl transformation sequence. It’s sexy-kawaii.
http://www.clearrave.co.jp/product/sakura/download.html
The illustrator named Kusu-Kusu is responsible for the visuals. One thing I don’t understand is why Clear Rave’s other game Ashita no… something is currently 17000 yen used, while Sakura Strasse is only 2980 used at Sofmap. What is the deal? Zepy please clue me in.
Also I’m kinda disappointed that Tanuki Soft’s Mei-Shimai … oh it’s 62 with 8 votes. Illustrator Miki Nonohara can do no wrong, except that this one is too fetish.
January 18th, 2009 at 8:35 am
16) Shin koihime musou - BaseSon
HAHA OH WOW. ef got beaten!
January 18th, 2009 at 10:59 am
>piyo
I guess you’re talking about moshimo ashita ga hare naraba, that game’s prices was still normal for a while after it was released, but increased significantly once they stopped production for the game in april 2007. There is probably demand being created constantly from people who have only heard about it now or are new fans to their games.
I’m not sure exactly about Sakura Strasse’s situation, they probably produced too many copies of the game so the price in the used stores are dropping for now.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:32 am
>wildarmsheero
Ef -the first tale- did kinda suck - the story wasn’t very interesting, and on the whole it disappointed the hell out of me.
Ef -the latter tale-, on the other hand, absolutely rocked. The stories were, in general, far better. It’s superior to both anime series’ (you should watch about judging games based on their adaptations - I mean, Tsuyokiss and Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo are both fantastic games with anime adaptations but fhdjkfhdkljs).
Anyway, the most surprising thing was seeing Concerto Note at #4 - I utterly loved the game, but since nobody ever seemed to be talking about it, I expected it to be doomed to obscurity like other fantastic titles (e.g. StarTRain, Aster)
January 19th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Somehow, this story turned up on Digg. That’s not the sort of community where fans of Japanese bishoujo games post. My view of Digg tends to agree with Encyclopedia Dramatica’s view of it…
That said, there’s a lot of divides in fandom. There’s a tiny community of fans of untranslated ren’ai games, hidden somewhere among anime/manga fans and eccentric gamers. I’ve always got the impression that if you’re a mainstream animanga fan or a mainstream gamer, then you might be ignorant of bishoujo/otome/BL/GL games, especially untranslated ones.