Houfuku Saimin - A new hope?
Unknown to many of us, this game kind of slipped by. It looks like it was released end of July on DMM and now has been released in retail stores in Japan - that is why we are getting CG Rips right now.
exhentai.org/g/991149/1a86d0a135/
But before you click ... oh you are already gone, are you? Well, to the people still reading this, there is more to this than just "some game". Many of you remember Saimin Yuugi/Enbu as being the amazing game which got hypnosis right. Well, the homepage to the company (staffing) can be found here:
crossover-game.jp/staffing/index.html
Recently, the same guys made another game, Saimin Inchou. Because Sayori was busy with doing art for other projects, they formed a new label (include). Their homepage can be found here:
crossover-game.jp/include/saiminiincho/index2.html?20160826
So now comes along Houfuku Saimin. The Art is done by Yukirin, which is known for other Saimin games like the soushinjutsu series for example. To be honest, the art looks stunning. The only gripe I have with it, that there are no blank/expressionless eyes in the event cg and he could have added more trance stuff instead of just seeing the outcome - BUT the character CG DOES HAVE IT! Expressionless eyes, trance, everything! The company is called "extent" and their page is found here:
crossover-game.jp/extern/hofukusaimin/index2.html?20160729
So, do you guys notice anything? It's all the same domain so I am pretty sure it is the same team yet again. I had a look at the Background art and it is indeed the same school, town and surrounding areas again - though they did add a couple of new ones on top of them.
I haven't played the game yet, but I will for sure and keep you updated. Hofuku Saimin basically means "Revenge Hypnosis" and I am a big fan of that, ESPECIALLY after spotting these 2 pictures:
exhentai.org/s/637627203b/991149-93
exhentai.org/s/76fae153f8/991149-384
Judging from the facial expression, I am pretty sure these are mental age regression outcomes. We haven't had mental age regression in an eroge since Maggot Bait (which was rather guro for my taste) and Saimin Jutsu 3 (which was not done very well).
As for script writers, they got 3 this time. You may remember HARE, who worked on Saimin Inchou (but not as scenario writer) which was sadly underwhelming. Then we got ざくそん, who worked on the Soushinjutsu series as well as the hokago saimin series but more importantly, GONIN (if you haven't played it, do so, it is one of my favourite saimin eroge). Lastly we got すくわっと, who also worked on Hokago Saimin and a couple of non-saimin related Eroge. These guys, as well as the other scenario writers for saimin yuugi and enbu, have worked together in the past it seems. There are several games where more than one of these guys name comes up and most of them had some really good scenes.
There is one minor thing though. I already stumbled upon a "walkthrough" of the game and it seems to be rather limited in the amount of choices you can do. That being said, Saimin Yuugi had a very limited path as well, which didn't make it any less amazing.
It looks like we may finally have a fitting successor to Saimin Yuugi, at least looking at the art, the people involved. The price is actually pretty decent with 4800 yen. I always compare length and price and for this price you can expect a decently long game, though it will probably be shorter than saimin yuugi/enbu/inchou. But that is not exactly relevant, if we get good scenarios, and looking at the pictures, this might just be the case ...
So here you go. That is as much as I could find out in about 2 hours. If you know more, please add to this thread. :)
exhentai.org/g/991149/1a86d0a135/
But before you click ... oh you are already gone, are you? Well, to the people still reading this, there is more to this than just "some game". Many of you remember Saimin Yuugi/Enbu as being the amazing game which got hypnosis right. Well, the homepage to the company (staffing) can be found here:
crossover-game.jp/staffing/index.html
Recently, the same guys made another game, Saimin Inchou. Because Sayori was busy with doing art for other projects, they formed a new label (include). Their homepage can be found here:
crossover-game.jp/include/saiminiincho/index2.html?20160826
So now comes along Houfuku Saimin. The Art is done by Yukirin, which is known for other Saimin games like the soushinjutsu series for example. To be honest, the art looks stunning. The only gripe I have with it, that there are no blank/expressionless eyes in the event cg and he could have added more trance stuff instead of just seeing the outcome - BUT the character CG DOES HAVE IT! Expressionless eyes, trance, everything! The company is called "extent" and their page is found here:
crossover-game.jp/extern/hofukusaimin/index2.html?20160729
So, do you guys notice anything? It's all the same domain so I am pretty sure it is the same team yet again. I had a look at the Background art and it is indeed the same school, town and surrounding areas again - though they did add a couple of new ones on top of them.
I haven't played the game yet, but I will for sure and keep you updated. Hofuku Saimin basically means "Revenge Hypnosis" and I am a big fan of that, ESPECIALLY after spotting these 2 pictures:
exhentai.org/s/637627203b/991149-93
exhentai.org/s/76fae153f8/991149-384
Judging from the facial expression, I am pretty sure these are mental age regression outcomes. We haven't had mental age regression in an eroge since Maggot Bait (which was rather guro for my taste) and Saimin Jutsu 3 (which was not done very well).
As for script writers, they got 3 this time. You may remember HARE, who worked on Saimin Inchou (but not as scenario writer) which was sadly underwhelming. Then we got ざくそん, who worked on the Soushinjutsu series as well as the hokago saimin series but more importantly, GONIN (if you haven't played it, do so, it is one of my favourite saimin eroge). Lastly we got すくわっと, who also worked on Hokago Saimin and a couple of non-saimin related Eroge. These guys, as well as the other scenario writers for saimin yuugi and enbu, have worked together in the past it seems. There are several games where more than one of these guys name comes up and most of them had some really good scenes.
There is one minor thing though. I already stumbled upon a "walkthrough" of the game and it seems to be rather limited in the amount of choices you can do. That being said, Saimin Yuugi had a very limited path as well, which didn't make it any less amazing.
It looks like we may finally have a fitting successor to Saimin Yuugi, at least looking at the art, the people involved. The price is actually pretty decent with 4800 yen. I always compare length and price and for this price you can expect a decently long game, though it will probably be shorter than saimin yuugi/enbu/inchou. But that is not exactly relevant, if we get good scenarios, and looking at the pictures, this might just be the case ...
So here you go. That is as much as I could find out in about 2 hours. If you know more, please add to this thread. :)