All works provided will be released as official localized titles. You click through text as in any visual novel, but the display carries you from scene to scene, a story. Crosschannel guns in the second world war, coastal artillery pieces placed. First, tanaka romeos writing style is absolutely insane. Crosschannel is widely considered to be one of the best visual novels ever depending on who you ask, that is, as those who have played it are divided between those who have just enjoyed its somewhat unique premise, and those who have fallen absolutely in love with it. There are quite a number of fights in the visual novel some are one characters vs another, one character vs 34 characters, or a whole army of characters vs another army of characters. Set in gunjo gakuin, a school specialized for those deemed by the government to be unfit for society, crosschannel follows the story of eight members. After a failed summer vacation with other members of the schools broadcasting club, kurosu taichi and some of the other club members return. Cross channel short story collection, 1996 collection of short stories by julian barnes. Ive found that my opinion of cross channel s ending and the vn as a whole has changed quite a bit from the day i finished it. Cross channel, stylized as crosschannel, is a visual novel video game developed by flying shine.
I dont have any rough ideas of when ill have those done, but true remembrance shouldnt take long to render and upload once i start it. Cross channel gameplaywalkthrough english sub no commentary hd 1080p synopsis. There are no free novels in this list except katawa shoujo, so if you want to play them youll have to search for yourself cant. Oct 03, 2015 how do i put this, cross channel revolves around mysteries, for example. Cross channel is a good visual novel in its uncut state, i highly reccomend it, just find the fan translated version it should not be hard. Cross channel ending discussion major spoilers visual. Pudding takes a commute and chats with a passenger.
Tvtropes is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 3. Gunjo gakuen deep blue school is a facility designed to gather and isolate those students who got a high score on an adaptation exam scoring high on this exam indicates that the student is less likely to be able to be adapted to the society mandated by the government. After a failed summer vacation with other members of the schools broadcasting club, taichi kurosu and some of the. Cross channel is a fairly old vn, so the graphics are similarly quite old. Crosschannel is an hgame for pc with a clean version available for playstation 2 and playstation portable called crosschannel to all people, a newer version with added. You follow the viewpoint of main character kurosu taichi, scrolling. Crosschannel is an hgame for pc with a clean version available for play station 2 and play station portable called crosschannel to all people, and a newer version with added cgs and scenarios for the xbox 360 called crosschannel in memory of all people. It is often considered one of the most beautifully written visual novels out there.
Examples of some compatible games are umineko, never 7, higurashi, tsukihime, song of saya, ever 17, cross channel. Cross channel is, for all intents and purposes, the only visual novel ive ever seen pull off a dramatic deconstructionary genre shift successfully, as opposed to something like the muvluv series, which decided that waving the magic wands of faulty memories and alternate dimensions and then dropping textwalls of technobabble were good ideas, or what ive heard of school days, where the dark stuff. Information and translations of cross channel in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. However, while most of the city appears to be rural, there are many traditional city elements as well. Cross channel has a fairly limited soundtrack, but it manages to be fairly memorable. Cross channel marketing, transmission of content through various media in marketing and interaction design cross channel visual novel, an adult interactive visual novel.
No, this isnt as good as those who have fallen in love with it say it is. From what ive gathered online, neither of them really approach the quality of the original, but the original amaterasu one might be a bit better. To all people is an adventure game, developed and published by cyberfront, which was released in japan in 2010. The character designs occasionally border on the strange side, but overall it gives the animesque feel that vns have. Sep 26, 2015 the charlotte television anime ended on sunday with an announcement that a television anime project based on key visual arts rewrite pc visual novel is. Cross channel marketing, transmission of content through various media in marketing and interaction design. Crosschannel is now available to the whole world for the first time ever. Gunjo academy is a facility designed to gather and isolate those students who got a high score on an adaptation exam scoring high on this exam indicates that the student is less likely to be able to be adapted to the society mandated by the government. Cross channel visual novel, an adult interactive visual novel. Eight students relive an eternally looping week as tensions rise. Cross channel week 5 was released late last night but the announcement was delayed due to server problems. Cross channel hitonatsu no yume offscreen scandal cherry tree high comedy club sakura swim club casual romance club. Looking at this, i thought it would be interesting if i shared the visual novels that i think about when i think about the genre, the best of the best.
Apr 06, 2014 muvluv alternative has made it incredibly hard for me to stick with that belief because, to be honest, if every series had a conclusion like this one i would forgive just about anything. Amaterasu translations has now released a full patch for flyingshines cross channel. Im currently playing crosschannel, and i plan to upload the ost as im already in love with it. Steam visual novel sale now on with moenovel titles at up to 75% off. Cross channel is a japanese visual novel about people who cannot fit into society.
However, there are other visual novel fans who value alternate aspects of cross channel, so ill post a link to the opinion of one such reader after. It details the story of the 8 members of the gunjou academy broadcasting club, with the main character being one kurosu taichi, over the course of a oneweek period. Gunjo gakuen deep blue school is a facility designed to gather and isolate those students with a high adaptation coefficient indicating that the student is less likely to be able to adapt to. List of longest video game scripts codex gamicus humanity. Sadly, cross channel ends up being one of those games. I feel like its atmosphere is the best conveyed out of any visual novel ive read. A novel in this page must have hentaierogerelated content in it. An english localization was released in 2018 for microsoft. It was originally released in 2003 for microsoft windows, and has later been released for consoles with various added content. Cross channel is a visual novel written in 2003 by romeo tanaka, the same guy who wrote rewrite. Crosschannel visual novel retrospective random curiosity. Steam edition is the first official english localization of the visual novel cult classic crosschannel.
The seemingly peaceful school life full of slapstick humor instantly turns morbid when you suddenly realize this school is actually a caring center for mentally. Crosschannels mechanics run similar to your standard visual novel. While set in a modern setting, the city also gives off a strange sense. As far as im concerned, this particular finale is the ultimate visual novel experience due to the sheer quality of its writing and story. In fact, for something thats supposed to be one of the best visual novels in comparison to the thousands of titles out there, cross channel. Cross channel, stylized as cross channel, is a visual novel video game developed by flying shine. Unlike other visual novels which have been localized in the past, this is a brand which provides a way for people throughout the world to enjoy themselves. Cross channel is most likely the odd one on our list as its not just directly stolen from vndb top titles, raising the question if the list is ironic enough anymore.
Cross channel officially spelled cross channel is an adult visual novel developed by flying shine for the windows and playstation 2 platforms. Keyvisual arts rewrite visual novel gets tv anime news. Crosschannel guns in the second world war, coastal artillery pieces placed on the english channel coasts. Which english translation of cross channel should i read. Cross channel consists of a single ending and therefore there will be no replaying the game to get every single path.
It was very unique and fresh, a good change of pace from the typical. Also really enjoyed the ending, ive seen some crazy interpretations of it haha it is one of those kinds of endings though. The seemingly peaceful school life full of slapstick humor instantly. The problem with this visual novel is noticeable within the first five minutes of play when it becomes apparent that the game wasnt localized very well. This is probably the only thing i have ever read which i would dare call flawless. Im sure tons of visual novel readers have this problem. Moenovel is the visual novel brand behind if my heart had wings and lovekami divinity stage. You follow the viewpoint of main character kurosu taichi, scrolling through a series of dialogue text boxes and choices to ultimately arrive at the end of a particular route. Crosschannel fuwanovel supporting visual novels in. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Best visual novels on pc and steam umineko when they cry umineko is a visual novel. Feb 12, 2017 this was my immediate reaction after finishing cross channel and i stand by it.
A community for discussing visual novels, their development, and the medium. Cross channel free download full pc game latest version. Jul 25, 2017 hi, i juste sarted to read cross channel, and right now, i am in the touko route my first. The defining work of the highly esteemed literary visual novel writer tanaka romeo, cross channel is an odd hybrid of slice of life school drama and existential horror thriller. Find visual novel games like eislyns apocalypse, tomato clinic, first love late spring, dissolving, midnight train. Instead the game repeats itself as youre progressing and you get to experience each heroine individually and then reach a true ending after all of their routes are done. With interactive features and visual details that will make you feel present in the world, virtual novel takes you from reading a vn, to becoming the main character in the most immersive novel youve ever played. This patch comes in the form of an installer, which has the option to create an allages version of the game that bypasses the erotic scenes. Moreover, up until now there was only a japanese version available, as it took more than a decade for an english. Subscribe for game recommendations, clips, and more. Started working on making visual novel ds for vita.
The issue is that the descriptor of the genre itself, visual novel, means that half of the game is reading text and when that task is. Amaterasu translations is now hosted thanks to dovac and shares the same server as such websites as tsukuru and novelnews. Question about cross channel visual novel talk fuwanovel. As this brand uses high quality visuals and cinematics, this is what should truly be called visual novel hd. There is a translation by amaterasu and a more recent translation by george henry shaft. Its a medium that many dont really have much experience with, but its certainly one near and dear to my heart, something that has significantly influenced many who have experienced it. But what we can still be ironic about, aside the misuse of word ironic, is how we as english speakers simply just dont get all of the complexity the novel has, as the translation apparently butchers the deep and thought. For cross channel on the pc, faqwalkthrough by lunaradept. For those who dont know vnds are converted, rudimentary versions of popular popular visuals novels. The windows version was released on september 26, 2003, and the ps2 version crosschannelto all people on. Virtual novel will contain a large variety of environments and locations where encounters and minigames will take place.
Cross channel is widely considered to be one of the best visual novels ever depending on who you ask, that is, as those who have played it are divided between those who have just enjoyed its somewhat unique premise, and those who have fallen absolutely in love with it. Crosschannel is an hgame for pc with a clean version available for playstation 2 and playstation portable called crosschannel to all people, a newer version with added cgs and scenarios for the xbox 360 called crosschannel in memory of all people, and a reprint edition for the pc in 2012. Anime marus top 10 visual novels of all time anime. Cross channel is a visual novel written by romeo tanaka. Aug 27, 2009 cross channel week 5 was released late last night but the announcement was delayed due to server problems.
With a focus on visual novel hd, moenovel aims to bring official localized titles to the world. Rewrite fuwanovel supporting visual novels in the west. Crosschannel is an eroge for the windows and playstation 2 platforms. The length of video game scripts can vary, from early video games which often had hardly any dialogue at all, to featurelength scripts found in modern action video games with similar amounts of dialogues to movies average 5,00010,000 words, to longer rpgs with similar amounts of text as novels average 50,000100,000 words to visual novel vn games which. Here are the best visual novels of all time, available for you to download on pc and steam. This was my immediate reaction after finishing cross channel and i stand by it. Released in 2003, this ones pretty old, but of course it has no bearing on quality. Even though a lot of the visual novel is comedic, there are some interesting serious themes about friendship and accepting others. There are a lot of stereotypes about visual novels, a genre of games that tends to focus on narrative, static images influenced by anime and personal relationships. After a failed summer vacation with other members of the schools broadcasting club, taichi kurosu and some. Rewrite is set in the fictional city kazamatsuri where treeplanting and afforestation have caused the city to become overgrown with trees and flowers in much the same way that other cities are filled by buildings. Cross channel pcgamingwiki pcgw bugs, fixes, crashes, mods.
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