No.133287
Utawarerumono ZAN (1) is currently scheduled to hit Steam in 2025!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3074840/Utawarerumono_ZAN/It's a bit strange that it exists, but it's a musou game retelling the story of Utawarerumono 2! I believe there might be some different story elements, like some different SoL things or something, but it's been stuck on the PS4. I've heard some people prefer ZAN's scenes over the VN's for some moments, so I'm eager to see them myself.
There is a a ZAN 2 that is the story of the third, but it was never translated so I'm not sure what the plans are for that. I would assume it's going to come to Steam eventually, though. Aquaplus has been quite good in bringing stuff over these days. (although they still hate the idea of selling merchandise in any reasonable manner)
No.133289
Oh, and I've shared a bunch of Utawarerumono music in the filesharing thread!
>>92113>>122943>>122944>>124013Did I not upload the artbooks? I guess I should do that later...
No.133349
>>133336Here is why Ougi and Atuy are cool. Well, this one doesn't really show how awesome Ougi is, but it at least shows his high damage and status effects. He's so fast that he gets more turns than anyone else, and he's got the 50% chance to
nullify received short range damage (VERY rare skill) and his Counterattack rate is 75%! I give him two pieces of equipment and send him behind the front line: One that increases his damage by 30% when below 25% Health and another that prevents death and leaves him with 1hp once. It's really fun!
Meanwhile Atuy has a polearm so her attack range is higher
and her Enhanced Formation skill lets her attack again after killing something
and she can move twice in a turn if the second choice is to attack, which means she can Move, Kill, Move, Attack in one turn! (I'm really bad at timing the crit of her attacks though)
Hopefully as I describe this stuff people will start to understand why I think this gameplay is better than Disgaea and similar games. It's just so cool to see the characters play so differently from each other.
No.133369
>>133360fatardmily to the rescue
>>133349>people will start to understand why I think this gameplay is better than Disgaea and similar gamesyeah i loved paper mario and i can see it's quite similar, with the kind of extra mechanics that make fights more vivid though still keeping jrpg specialization
No.133394
nekone can floof and snoof in the same turn
No.133464
>>133401Nice! You're in for a treat! The beginning of it all!
>>133421Nice!
Great to see! I won't comment on any potentially spoiler story stuff of course!
Prelude is quite simple and easy. 2 is more difficult, especially the post-game bonus battles. 3 is where it really finds its stride and gets difficult, though. 2 and 3 can be regarded as the same game and it's normal for games to only get difficult in the second half.
I'm purposely avoiding any spoilers in my posts, but I'll make use of spoiler tags and stuff in the future since I plan to make some videos of scenes. Unfortunately there is no scene selection thing, so I'll have to make use of my strategic saves. I thought it did have it, but I must have confused it with Prelude.
No.133482
>>133464>Unfortunately there is no scene selection thing, so I'll have to make use of my strategic saves.Huh? uta 2 and 3 have scene selection...
No.133495
>>133482???
Where? I'm referring to the thing that usually unlocks after you finish a VN and there's a menu where you can select events to watch and not the Utawarerumono thing where there's locations to select to advance the story.
No.133508
>>133506I answered that in the VN thread a little bit ago:
>>133067But the short answer is that they're tacked on.
No.133511
>>133508No loss then. If I wanted porn I'd go take my pick of 2hu doujinshi. Sex is best when—like you said—it's natural and has the relationship built up behind and backing it. Otherwise it's just sex and they forget about it two seconds later; it was an excuse along the way and not a foregone conclusion.
No.133564
That blond one from Uta 1 named something like Urutory has so much MILF appeal
No.133704
>>133564Yeah, Utawarerumono in general is pretty good with the mature women, although the young ones are really great too. It should be impossible not to find one of them that's extremely attractive to one's tastes I would think. Well, maybe.
>>133702I think I know that scene! (re-reading 3 soon!)
No.133707
>>133704Oh wait, that must be Utawarerumono 2... I think? Bleh, hard to remember each sentence. That must be when they're packing to
travel to the capital in 2? Maybe...
No.133711
I can't believe she saw my ween. Kuon really is a kimo fujoshi.
No.133723
I'm playing Uta3 for the first time. Really like the mood and setting. Also, Nekone is such a good, strong girl...
I was also pleased to find that I could run it on my laptop through proton experimental.
No.133724
>>133723Nice! Since you finished 2 you have a general feel for the emotional experience that you're going to get with 3. Ah, what a (Uta 2)
brutally painful and emotional "to be continued" ending it was. It's hard to read through that part knowing it all beforehand. Suffering everywhere... I don't know whether to feel worse for Nekone or for Kuon. Nekone is indeed a strong girl! It's hard to not love all of the characters, but Nekone is certainly a stand-out. I'm limited in what I can say now since you only have 2 under your belt, but Nekone is easily a highlight of Utawarerumono's writing. Since you beat 2, what did you think of what is essentially Kuon's theme,
Koi Yume? (that plays during the epilogue with her return home)? It's one of the songs that are guaranteed to make me cry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4aq57YZbVgUtawarerumono 2 does a really great job of endearing you to the characters; their highs are your highs and their lows are your lows.
Remember to watch the anime adaptations when you can! Season 2 has a lot of great SoL moments that really shine in anime form. Quite a few unique scenes while VN scenes are enhanced by the silly faces. There are also a couple story elements that are switched around, especially in Season 3 (Uta 3) when they unfortunately had to compress it a bit.
Ah, I'm really looking forward to reading through 3 again soon.
No.133725
>>133724Yes, the ending of 2 is a total rollercoaster of emotions. Oshtoru ;_;7 deserves his place as one of the top bro-tier characters in fiction. Haku's attempt to mimic Osh magnifies the void of his absence so masterfully. Everyone mourning Haku instead just drives that dagger deeper into Haku's heart, which in turn forces him to progress past his lazy bum personality into a capable leader, even against his own instincts. As for the adopted imouto, I enjoyed Nekone in 2 but my respect for her tripled in light of the current events. Really looking forward to seeing how her relationship with Haku grows with their shared secret. I've heard great things about 3, but I've done well to avoid spoilers.
The other thing I'm fired up about is the setting where all the odds seem against the cast, tasked with protecting a remote shangri-la and saving the kingdom. It sounds like a standard fare tale, but the intensity is all there. Hoping to see some cool keikaku doori style stuff and epic battles.As for the music, koi yume is good. I really like the OP's: Nuedori has this mystical, ancient and earthy feel, while Hikari is pure hype and wonder. Suara is just insane. Good thing to hear the anime is good as well, I think I will look into it eventually.
One thing I don't like as much is the gameplay, it's not bad but I feel like 3 especially would have been really cool as a Sengoku Rance/KR style TRPG given the armies at war setting. Starting with Ennakamuy as a base and conquering up to the capital would have been satisfying. It's not a deal breaker and I find myself enjoying it when I get into the groove, but I also just want to continue on with the story and see what happens next...
No.133730
I'm glad the stupid image was deleted so we don't have to look at it anymore, but also saddened people will not see that my onomatopeia spitting also spells out the name of the now deleted character that was being spat on.
No.133806
>>133725>Yes, the ending of 2 is a total rollercoaster of emotions. Oshtoru ;_;7 deserves his place as one of the top bro-tier characters in fictionI thought it was very touching how
he spoke as both of his selves at the end. There was a scene a while earlier when he wondered to Haku about which was his true self.>One thing I don't like as much is the gameplay, it's not bad but I feel like...Hmm, I guess that makes sense. But, I think it's really good! Each character's specialties really start to shine as you need to use them strategically in different areas. I also really like the mid-battle banter between the characters and it's hard to imagine that in a more 'grand' setting. It really wouldn't feel the same to command a bunch of faceless soldiers.
No.133837
>>>/jp/81552>Is Kuon really that old? It feels more like she's in her early 20s to me.In Utawarerumono great care is taken to not actually indicate the passage of time via stuff like dates or ages, so you basically need to theorize this stuff.
Well... [Utawarerumono 1 spoiler]
The Proxies are said to have great longevity, but I can't remember if their specific lifespans were given. I think it might be twice the human lifespan? Not sure if that's accurate, but it's what's in my memory. It's never really elaborated upon if that means they spend twice as long in each stage of life, like an adolescent being 30 years old. It's not something given much weight in the story, but it's something that makes the age of each character unknowable based on their appearance. But, at the least you can say that they look much younger than they actually are.Utawarerumono 2 and 3 medium spoiler:
Kuon's older moms (Karu-so-many-different-spellings and Touka) by the time of Utawarerumono 2 and 3 are probably in their 60s. Karukaluralilelulau in particular is notably "mature" and insecure about her age and speaks of "the next generation". She's still monstrously strong and demonstrates her abilities alongside Touka, though. Appearance and personality wise people would probably assume Kara is in her 30s and Touka is late 20s in Uta 2 and 3, but that's certainly not the case. Camyu and Aruruu don't seem any older than Kuon despite being her younger moms. Enough time has passed for Kuon to be born and reach an age of what I would guess is mid 20s in human terms. Kuon is such an extraordinarily skilled apothecary and it's emphasized that it takes significant training and experience to reach her level, and that takes time. She is not a savant and has difficulty studying, so it's not something she did like a super genius. Utawarerumono 2 and 3
MAJOR spoiler:
REMEMBER THIS IS A HUGE SPOILER! But Kuon's situation is a bit different. Being 50% Proxy, 25% Human and 25% God means that gauging her age would be even more difficult. But, I simply assume she has grown at the typical Proxy rate. With hints of immortality it's possible she has a 'settled' body for the rest of existence.So, with all this in mind I think Kuon's age is
early 30s at youngest, but there's a range of possibilities. No.133938
>>133837So what you're saying is, Kuon is entering Hag territory?
No.134055
>>134041I just found out that Kuon knows how to make aphrodisiacs.
No.134091
>>134077Why yes, yes indeed.
No.134107
>>134055Kuon's body is a natural aphrodisiac.