My friends at Committee of Zero just put out their improvement patch on the game! I HIGHLY recommend grabbing this after buying the game on steam! sonome.dareno.me/projects/chaoschild-steam.html
@@Punpunmax19 ps4 version has the untranslated map, it's best to buy it on steam. It supports Spike, who now holds the license for the series, and has the ability to be fan patched.
The relationship dynamic between the MC and his older sister is one of the best in any medium I’ve ever seen. And her route is the best in the sci adv series.
BRUH we just called Itou, started running to find him and by the time we get there, he already managed to chop yui up and put her in boxes?!?!?! What kind of laser cutter did he use broo?
This game affected me so much in ways that no other fictional work has done other than The Brothers Karamazov or Oyasumi Punpun It broke me so bad at the end that I read all its sidecontent (e.g. Children's Revivial, Drama CDs with Dream in particular breaking be again) Really wish it gets more attention, esp when MAGES said in 2020 that C;C sold just 10% of S;G
Thanks for recommending this game, I feel like it's an experience I won't forget for a long time, and has made me want to experience the rest of SciADV games even more now.
It's funny how I disliked Chaos;Child ending when I first saw it, but the more I reflected upon it, the more I began to realize that its themes matched perfectly my state of mind at the time. After I realized how wrong I was, I started to see it in a different way, and what was once a very disappointing conclusion became one of my favorite endings, along with my favorite game of all time.
That's so awesome to hear! Just wondering, have you played Chaos;Head yet? That's another thing I've heard adds to people's enjoyment of the ending a LOT.
I honestly found Takuru to be one of the most relatable characters I've ever seen in a video game... I've only played the Over Sky route so far (literally completed the first play-through under half an hour ago), but DAMN that was a compelling story. Chapter 1 felt a bit long, but once I reached Chapter 2, I pretty much put every other game on hold because I couldn't wait to see what happened next.
I just finished it yesterday, and I agree it's one of the best VNs available in English. The story is great -- suspenseful and emotional with a crazy amount of plot twists that actually make logical sense. There are a few places in the common route where the plot dragged and I got impatient, but all of the subsequent routes were fast-paced and interesting from start to finish.
Guides are very common on VN it's just a flaw on the Japanese mentally. Sadly, it shouldn't be. So don't get scared of using guides, but watch out for spoilers
To make it shot and to be frank: gorgeous video, 11 out of 10, just finished the 4th SciADV part and can emphasize with you so much...! Thank you, you’re a true right-sider!
Thank you very much! This video is definitely an old one and it's hard for me to go back to watch it but I'm glad my old SciADV vids are still engaging ^-^ I've branched out a lot since SciADV, but I'll always have a soft spot for the series. I hope we get more localizations of the series soon, specifically NoAH!
@@culIen Yes of course, I mean it‘s been a while since your first vid it‘s not that surprisingly ^^ Perhabs you now, but it is very probable that NoAH will be thoroughly en patched and Pc ported next week 👀
Now, the Real 2 Issues i Had (I suggest you please read the whole thing):- First, Chaos;Child has a sort of Identity Crisis. while the Original, Chaos;Head relied on Different delusions to present different plot points (even spoil future events) and adds more context, the Delusions in Chaos;Child are more grounded. this might have to do with the fact that Takuru isn't a Shut-In, with severe self identity issues, so his delusions are rather comical, erotic, or downright maddening, but still, the sense of mystery and fear imposed by the {Sone me Dare no me?} [Whose Eyes are Those Eyes?] is missing here. not to mention, the catchphrase this time, as indicated by the OPs [It's Eyes is God's Eyes] don't really appear in the game actually. The Delusions are compact and condensed in their own reality. Honestly, 'getting a certain type of delusion that triggers a different set of dialogue later in the story' is missing. the only impact the delusions seem to have are to appoint affection points from takuru's perspective towards the heroines, and the immediate reaction Takuru will have after he snaps back to reality. There's no "I'm still fu#kin scared. who wrote those damn [Whose Eyes are Those Eyes?] everywhere?" monologue, even long after the immediate post-delusion reaction is done. Nishijou will comment on it, if you see specific delusions, but not takuru. I feel this happened because more focus was put into the Mapping Triggers.There's 7 Mapping Triggers, and Most are Very Integral to the Story. Meanwhile, C;H had 40+ Delusions, all quite evenly spread out across the chapters, But in C;C? it has only 32 (+ 6 Specific additionals). Also, the Delusions are very, Very Dense at the beginning (ch1 has 11+1). It just doesn't Feel attached to the story in anyway actually. and that's my complaint. It's like the Delusions are their own side Stories that are just presented along with the Main Narrative. and this is my Only Big Concern about the Game. . Lastly, some characters feel like they are left out after their short usage, like Watabe, Kawahara, Gen-san. Watabe has.... reasons for this but not kawahara. he appears in only two important scenes in the common route (and one of them is a delusion trigger), with almost non-existence in the entire remaining story, except for a certain heroine route, where he still plays the role of a "late addition but quick enough exit" character. i believe he could have been more fleshed. same for gen-san. i actually came up with the theory that gen-san would actually turn out to be an ally of the baddie later, but was instead shocked to see him being almost completely dropped later. he was being built up great in the 3 chapters, but he just suddenly dissappeared. i liked that character and wanted to know more. Also Shinjo and Momose (the only returning character) feel a bit less impactful than Ban from C;H. Shinjo is a critical character, but his backstory isn't explained at all. we got a mio backstory, whose was also shrouded in mystery, and momose we already know a little, so it makes no sense that shinjo feels so left out. though we hear about his motivation a bit, but no real backstory. The only focus here is put into the Newspaper club and it's band of Official + Non Official Members, who get fleshed out. but even here's some exceptions. Wakui and Itou. Wakui can be left out if necessary, but Itou, the Best Man, gets no love. His only motivation? He loves mystery and Murders! That's all? Seriously? Even his existence outside of the Common route is questionable, and he is the GOD DAMN BEST FRIEND of the MC. I strangely had already noticed the photo stuck in the lower right corner of the Mapping Board, on the very first Mapping Trigger, and i had just chuckled at it a little then. But that was intentional, right? It should be. But, Suddenly sidelining some important characters or not properly fleshing out those that are necessary to the plot actually acts as a bane to the story. Even the common route villain has a plausible enough fleshed out personality, and just enough backstory. So why did Shinjo get the short stick? Even his personality is a bit janky at times, not really embedding a particular trait or fancy. maybe because he is a detective? I seriously want to find logical reasons to explain the shortcomings, because this is indeed a fantastic Visual Novel, and will be forever in my top games list. So i want to defend it and my feelings towards it the best i could, but i can't still turn my eyes from these two major problems. there's some minor plot holes and inconsistencies, but they are negligible. And i absolutely adore the relationship of the MC and the Main Heroine, since it very much reflects my own reality, in which after constant struggles, i finally was able to come out of my shell. And then, strangely, felt compiled to put my life's ideals and goals before my relationships. i did ended up confessing that i had feelings for the person i love, but also added that they bloomed during my foolish childlike years, and that they should mean nothing now, since i want to focus on the future, not cling to the present, and cut ties with anything that might hold me back. Strangely, i got a positive response from her, who not only, actually also had deep feelings for me since childhood, but also apparently, had always idolized me. very ironic, since i too, always considered her my hero, who saved me from approaching depression. now, we have even cut off contact, but we are focusing on our future, so that one day, when we can be proud of our achievements and have attained at least a partial of our goals, then we can afford to be with each other, not now. Sure, there were conflicting feelings on our planned separation and departure, but i am just grateful that i ever met her. And i am exactly sure this is why the game's ending resonates with me great. it even resembles how dead my heart has become from suffering, that i felt nothing even until the very last dialogue box, but my my brain knew that this story is gorgeous. and that's why i will forever treasure the Story this game showed to me. . [P.S., Ever Since i saw you're Very First Video (about chaos child too) the day before yesterday, i dug up my C;C OST Disc, and been listening to a few tracks over and over while working. i remembered, my favourites were WORLD (obviously), Revived Shibuya (+ lite), Inspection (+lite), Mapping Mode, Networker, Far Days and Last Line -Shibuya-. i have been just listening to these so many times over again, that my co-worker got sick of it, and told me to change it up. .... so i put on Shibuya and Shbuya (Original) from the Chaos;Head disc. You can just imagine, how loudly he graoned ^v^]
Nice review. I got the game physical for Vita and I agree with what you have to say here. I don't regret any second I spent reading the VN. Hopefully more people will pick it up now that it's on Steam. Needs and deserves every single sale it can get. I love C;C.
man i just finished this masterpiece and... i'm lost for words, i now understand why there is a war in the english community about if this, or steins gate it's better ¿for me? there is no winner, my side is in the sciadv series (and we don't have that war on the hispanic community but that's not the point i can't express how good is this, if steins gate it's one of THE masterpieces of time travel (in the anime industry... hell even outside the anime industry it's a great time travel history) then chaos child it's one of THE masterpieces of mystery murder (again, in the anime industry) i just can say.. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR? GO AND PLAY THIS RIGHT NOW YOU WRONG-SIDER trust me, you wont regret it
Just reached the true ending and finished it now. I've played Steins Gate as well and I have to say both are fucking masterpieces. No VN or movie or anime probably has come close to steins gate in terms of time travel yet. As for Chaos Child, loved every second of it. All the fucking plot twists HMMM.
Oh wow, that's super cool to hear! This one is really old and I'm planning on giving it a proper follow-up in the future when I give the game a replay after Chaos;Head. I'm glad it's able to still resonate though, I hope you enjoyed your time!
Chäos;Child is currently my personal and savage kick in the balls. I read some years ago Chäos;HEAd and... didn't like it. I think it was awfully flawed in almost every sense except its brilliant atmosphere. In my opinion, Takumi was a problem for the narrative of the murder mystery stuff and his struggle for getting his sword was just too long. The characters were just barely introduced at best (except Sena and the main girl) and also rushed ending. BUT, since NoAH is THE REAL DEAL you can be said I didn't read C;H yet, tbh. I hope I can experience it once my JP level improves. YET, when they announced Child I thought "Oh, so they will... make a good Chaos this time????" since the main character did look like a smart guy. So, once I discovered the novel was freaking long and I read a few opinions my thoughts were like "GIVE ME THIS SHIT, THIS IS MY THING". And when the anime aired I watched a few episodes in order to see how the novel was (I didn't have any hope, but once I watched the fourth episode I dropped it since my interest was high enough). When it was released I bought it day one for PS4 and... even it took my time to get on, I decided this month to be welcomed into the chaos world and... holy shit this is great. And I want to die so hard now, even if I just got recently Over Sky Ending. This game is like everything I wanted HEAd to be. An engaging main character, nice girls, and cohesive narrative regarding both the gigalo stuff and the murder mystery. But... this VN hurts so much. Not only because *obvious reasons of the Over Sky route*, also because... I'm a flawed idiot like Takuru. I'm a really shy person who also tends to try to be better than the rest and to think the common denominator is full of idiots who doesn't know a shit. Just freaking wrong-siders. Thus side, C;C does everything to make me feel like shit. A flawed piece of shit. This game has a personal impact on me. So I love it so far. Yes, I have issues regarding the murder mystery since the gigalo stuff is kinda tricky, but is isn't impossible to solve. Also, I like to see these kind of original mysteries. The genre needs new ideas, IMO. Regarding the delusion triggers: I agree, but I aslo think they were better in Head. And I think some scenes would be a bit better without music and just "sound" (Head did this really right) So all in all: I'm really satisfied and I hope the rest is also really good. I think Takuru is an awesome protagonist, I like most of the girls (Kunosato > Nono > Hinae (when it comes to *lewd reasons* she's my favourite) > the rest, so far. I have a... conflicted opinion about Seri right now; Uki and Hana are barely in Over Sky route), it is really thrilling and it is FUN to read, I was never bored in these 25 hours. 2017 was a great year when it comes to VN localizations, wew. Btw, should I follow the commitee of zero guide? I'm confused about the routes right now and I don't really now what to do since some people say "go first for the cheeky and hot JK" and others "Hana and Naotaka Hayashi come first my dude".
I have to agree. I hated Chaos Head, and frankly while I know I haven't "Truly" read it due to NoAH not being in English in any form (and frankly after playing Robotics;Notes DaSH after seeing the RN anime, I really can't be bothered ATM. That was such a pain as I had to look stuff up every few lines with DaSH) I think Chaos Child is the better Chaos game. I don't know what it is that makes people think C;H is the best, or that it is better than Steins Gate. If I had to say I think Robotics;Notes (counting original and DaSH) or Chaos Child could be worthy contenders for being better than Steins Gate.
well made video my friend even after watching this i can't decide if i should pick it up , i have this guilt every time i look at a game that i have bought but never played , i'm just hoping this game doesn't because one of them
i haven't reached the true end yet, but i've enjoyed my time with the game so far. i don't think it's as mindblowing as maybe this video makes it out to be, but it really has an unique atmosphere and is one of my favorites. i've only played 6 or 7 visual novels before, so i don't have much to compare it to either. oh, and i played chaos;child before and i fell for almost all of the same plot twists again haha thanks for the video!
I've heard from others that the true 3ne is apparently divisive, but to me and many others who love this so much it elevated it to one of the best VNs ever made. It ties everything together in a very satisfying way, so you'll have to see! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did, and if you don't thats okay too!
The animation has two last episodes for the true ending which weren't aired at the beginning. Although still cut, but the two episodes for the ending actually did a decent job. Can't help how the previous 12 episodes were cut, though. But at least they were trying...
I still, STILL FUCKING LOVE CHAOS;CHILD. ITS ONE, IF NOT THE ABSOLUTE BEST VN TO EVER EXIST. Its so, AND I MEAN SOOO FUCKING INVESTING AND IMMERSIVE TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL A VN COULD EVER MANAGE TO DO.
I have actually! I find the orchestral stuff not fitting to the the themes of C;C, but it all sounds very good! The bombastic orchestrated music he made for the Steins;Gate 0 anime worked much better actually, I was pleasantly surprised!
I still thanks you for encouraging us to read it man. I watched your video 3 times until I was able to read it in July 2018 and man, was it damn good!!! EDIT: As I'm continuing with the video, wow the Nostalgia!!! I LOVE C;C
I went with the ps4 version because I prefer to sit on my couch for long vn sessions and yeah, the script definitely could have used another pass to fix some weird grammar errors. I've only finished the common route and Hinae's route, but I've been really enjoying it so far. It's definitely up there in my favorite game list, but it's gonna have to do something absolutely amazing to push Utawarerumono mask of deception and mask of truth down from the top spot. I highly recommend Utawarerumono if you haven't played those VNs yet.
I hope the true ending pushes it over the edge, personally I find it something truly amazing. I'm actually still working in MoD, and I own MoT for when i get around to finishing it. Holding off for now though so I can play the remake of 1 when it comes out
I got the physical version of chaos child on ps4 and i love this visual novel its one of the greatest muder mysterys i have ever enjoyed and am so hyped for steins gate elite this next visual novel really needs some love in my opinion as a huge steins gate fan
I'm glad you liked it! I'm not too proud of either of my two Chaos;Child videos anymore but I'm just happy it got the word out. Third times a charm ^-^
@@culIen I think that's simply natural. We move on, perspectives change, new perceptions arise. It doesn't invalidate what went before. Always fascinating to be able to follow trains of thought.
Currently midway (I haven’t reached any endings yet) through this game. Really enjoyed this video and I totally agree with your thoughts on positive delusions, I’ve ended up just not using them for my first ending as I’m assuming it won’t be relevant the first time. Also the soundtrack is excellent, sometimes I leave it on in the background when I’m doing other things in the house 🏠
DrCullenPHD yeah I was having a nosey at the guides so I’ve clocked the ones I’ll need to do 🤗 Yeah I’ll admit it took a little while to get into it, but I’m on chapter 6 of my initial run and I’m really invested! I’m really impressed with the pacing in the last few chapters. Thanks again for the video, I love hearing other people’s thoughts on games I’m enjoying/have enjoyed!
I've changed my mind regarding writing my own headcanon. After some reflection, I realized that comment was right. This game IS perfect just the way it is. I might not have agreed with its message, but that doesn't mean it's not valid. It's like Alicia Keys said, some people live for love, others for power. And while I value more power, I know mocking love is a fool's errand, because that emotion is just as important. Still, I would like to write something related to the game. Something about Senri, after all the trouble she went throught. Maybe about her traveling to this little town in the USA. I hear it's a little foggy, but this town's citizens are very welcoming and the city not only is peaceful, but it has this power of putting things in perspective.
After completing all the routes, uki was the best of them all, I think it was the most logical and fucked up route, the plot twist was incredible, I won't spoil too much but even though the route didn't convey much content it was the most emotional one, except the ending though, it didn't make any sense. I guess the routes in this game weren't for the purpose of another endings, rather it was for the purpose of knowing the characters' background in this game.
Pretty much. Its implied that Takuru learns the knowledge of all the routes through his gigolomaniac powers. Both of Uki's endings were super good, I loved her route
wait, you're friends with ButterBuns? Has she played or watched any SciAdv stories? PS I love Chaos;Child as well as the other VNs I've played in the franchise. Thanks for putting sciadv content on youtube
More than that, we're roommates now ^-^ She's not actually a fan of the series, nor a fan of Visual Novels in general (just not her thing since they're mostly reading). I might get our house to watch Steins;Gate at some point though! And thank you, excited to cover Robotics;Notes in October ^-^
1:31 Oh, gawd. i just flashbacked to the Negative delusion, where hinae, nono and serika gangs up on takuru and his cool cat collection *(shivers incoherently)* [Also, neidhart reverts to creepy otaku... yaaayy. i missed that guy, even though he's annoying now] 3:42 First playthrough, and i guessed beforehand that he would be quite important to the plot. i expected the same for Gen-san, but was dissapointed 6:30 What not to expect? it's SciADV. It's Audio is top Notch. Best OST yet (17/59 tracks are my personal favourites) And after Chaos;Head's AMAZING Voice Acting (specifically Takumi's VA), Chaos;Child didn't dissapoint me in the slightest.
It's still very worth it. Everything will be much more fleshed out and there's still half the game you won't know about since the character routes weren't adapted.
I don't currently have any way to play the steam port (been having issues with my laptop not connecting to the internet for over 2 or so years so I can't get on steam aside from the mobile app), so would you recommend waiting until I can play it that way, or go for the PS4/Vita versions since I can play through either one of them right now?
Can I play this game without having played Chaos;Head? Furthermore, does getting every ending ever get tedious or boring(since I've read that you have to replay many chapters)?
You can, but if you're able to play C;H its recommended to do that first. Also it can get a tad tedious to get all the endings, but it's super worth it so it never bothered me
I think there is another serious flaw with this version - nowhere it says that this is basically a direct sequel to chaos;head (which I didn't even know exist and which still to this day isn't officially translated to english). And chaos;child expects you to know chaos;head: not only in its story, but in some map sections too. You have to pick the right photo for an event you know nothing about. This was one of the most frustrating parts of the game for me.
So i want to present this masterpiece to someone and I think the best way to do so is through your amazing review. But i mean to ask Do I show them this video or the other one(why you should care video)?
@@Klycixit fills in the whole left by cutting half the game with trash tho. Playing the source material makes it very difficult to enjoy the anime in any way because it's just low quality in comparison. Glad u liked it tho
@@Klycix I'm very confused what you mean by this, but I'm going to assume you haven't played the game. So that makes it weird to criticize my opinion on the anime as someone who knows how it works as an adaptation of a game. Regardless of if you like the anime, the fact of the matter is that it does a poor job at adapting a 50 hour visual novel. If it had at least 25 episodes it could have been something, but it rushed and cut too many things to be good. Tl;dr: the anime is a lackluster adaptation, but if you liked it you'd love the game. Fin.
I picked up the original release on the Vita mainly because of your previous video but only played it for a few hours before putting it down. The translation seemed kind of rough, does the Steam release improve the script at all outside of translating previously untranslated lines?
Script is mostly the same because they weren't allowed to touch it, but the steam version comes with the ability to mod (via an upcoming fan patch from CoZ)
So uhh, probably not the best place to ask this, but seeing as how you're a huge Chaos;Child fan you might know the answer. I recently started playing the Steam version and something I quickly released was how sometimes a talking character's sprite won't move their mouth, this happens a couple of times mid-sentence. I was wondering if this is just me, or if it's something that happens for some people? (I looked up a couple playthroughs of the Steam version and saw that this also happened in them). I don't think it's supposed to look like that. I'm a little scared to look up a solutionon the internet though because of my fear for spoilers. Think someone could help?
I think this is an issue that they are currently looking to address! The Committee of Zero also has a fan patch on the way soon, so look out for that :v
Its recommended that you do it because it makes the ending make more sense and you'll appreciate the game more but you don't HAVE to. Head is a really good game thats worth playing though.
Head seems really interesting, i've played S;G and noticed it had a lot of references about C;H, like Find the blue being a phone song and some of the phone wallpapers, and the Delusion system seems really interesting too. Thanks again, dude!
About to finish the common route and checked out the guide but it doesn't seem to specify things that well. It says "Have all positive delusions and additional delusions, except the delusion when you are alone with Hinae preparing for the culture festival in Chapter 3." Does this mean choose negative? or does it mean either negative or neutral? And what does it mean by additional delusions?
I think that just means have all positive delusions and then the hinae delusion should be negative or neutral yeah. If that guide is a bit confusing you might want to try finding another online if it would help
I was thinking about making my own headcanon for this game. Now, I understand why you might have doubts, because the anime was a disaster. But, I've thought carefully to make sure I wouldn't destroy the story's purpose, and these are the main points you need to know: -The story is almost the same as the Common route until the battle between the pyro, Taku and Arimura. The two of them run towards the academy, where they find Kazuki who, wanting to help but not wanting her powers to get out of control, said only one word. When the portal device appears, the pyro is teleported elsewhere, suffering severe burnings that force her to give up the hunt. Kazuki then attempts to destroy the portal, and although she's successful, her arm holding the Di-Sword sustains some burnings; -Then, again, the story procceeds as you would predict until the battle between Senri and Serika. I mean, she is stabed, but Takuru's unwillingness to let her die and her own fear of dying and leaving the family behind, affects the entire delusion. While her real body was taken to the hospital, in the world of the delusion, Takuru managed to save her in time before anything bad could happen; -Wakui is the one murdered by Serika after she fails to kill Senri (or so she thinks). She does this both because she's frustrated, and because she read his mind, and it said he was suspicious that the Commitee wanted to murder him for a while now; -From here forward, the game happens in a very identical way to Senri's route. The doctor sends the rest of the family away to the apartament (I don't think they'd be allowed to leave Shibuya, after all, they're witnesses to the case)as part of the "Witness protection program", while he stays behind to look after the Dorm and make sure that even if the murderer appears, she'll chase him like a mad hunter follows a prey that leads to no bigger prize. But in reality, he wants the family to get close and Senri to reveal the truth in order to hurt Taku. And he doesn't want to get in the way; -After Senri reveals her true self, rejecting the delusion she had created, Serika and the doctor influence the delusion once more, making it seem that Nono Kurusu was murdered by Takuru Myashiro, having 4 november written in her corpse. Senri tried to restore her form as Kurusu in order to show the police Taku was being framed, but because she rejected, at least partially, the CCS delusion, her powers were broken, and she could only summon her Di-Sword (not real boot it though); -We then flash forward into the confront against the doctor. Senri appears around half of the fight only. But I'm still working on the details of the fight, so I'm not gonna go into detail about it; -Senri wakes up in the hospital on the next day, only to find out she has Kurusu's form once more, and more bizarre, was completely goulish. Wakui, still alive and on a visit to the hospital, explains to her how everybody suffering from CCS had been living in a joint delusion, and that after Taku broke free of it, Senri was released too, as she had already rejected her own delusion, but Kazuki and Arimura fell in a comma. Uki however, was a more complex case. Because her powers didn't develop beyond real booting delusions, she was split. A part of her was lost in that gap between reality and illusion. While the other, fighting to maintain itself in the delusion as much as it could, clinged to the mind of one of the individuals with CCS who broke free of the delusion, in order to use it as a conduit to real boot itself in the perspective of other people outside of the delusion, creating some sort of additional mini delusion that served to complete the main one. In other words, the same thing that happened to Senri, happened to her. Her real body and her delusion self were now split from each other. The difference is that she was not strong enough to bring Senri back to the delusion, therefore, although suffering from the syndrome, Senri could now see Uki's real form. After the explanation, Wakui reveals that while they were talking, Senri's body, having readjusted itself to reality, regained its true form, but she was still bound to look goulish because Uki was still using her mind to real boot herself in the eyes of both CCS victims and common folk. He's also aware that Takuru wanted to surrender himself to the Commitee in exchange for Senri and the rest of the family's freedom. Although she's now free of the delusion, Wakui still decides to honor the deal of letting her roam free, seeing it as an opportunity to test what happens psychologically when a person rejects the delusion completely and is unlikely to return. Plus, it's not like she could do anything about it. She would not be allowed into Hehiko anymore since Nono Kurusu was no more and her CCS could not be explored anymore. She would be free to have her identity as Senri Minawasa back and to go to another school, but if she ever tried to interfere with their plans, although it might cost him his promotion, he would kill Miyashiro, and find another real life Gigalomanic to take his place in the delusion. And if that wasn't enough to convince Senri to stop, then he would have the delusion head towards the death of everyone she loved, just like it did for Yui; -That leads us back to Serika. At first, we think Takuru did manage to change her. But after she manages to find Senri once again, she reveals she was still as psychotic as ever. However, she does not reveal right away her plans; I'm still working on how all of the drama should end, but I've got an image in my head. Uki in a vegetative state, but reacts to a plant she sees on a shop, just like in the "Dream Sky End". This is not officially how the ending is going to look like. But I was thinking. Since it's pretty clear the story should end with a bittersweet tone, maybe I should have this included somehow in the ending, in order to represent that despite things looking dark right now, there is still a small ray of hope for the future. I'm not doing this headcanon to create an happy ending. Like the doctor would say, there's no good storytelling in that (and I take it that the anime tried to give an happy ending to the novel). Simply...a more bearable one. That doesn't necessarily mean everything is going to finish with rainbows and unicorns.
NGL, I like your idea of Senri being revived - but have things the other way around, after Takuru wants her resurrected (With the phrasing "Wanting things to be like they were before")- she gets resurrected with her "Senri Minamizawa" appearance. Maybe the whole "Ghoul" starts of as delusions, but over time becomes more and more realistic to clue Takuru in that it was actually happening? Then, he ends up getting briefed on the situation by Kazuki
@@fierytigergaming8112 I changed my mind regarding writing this. I've realized that even if I didn't agree with all of the game's lessons, they were still valid. So I decided to do this instead. I brought Senri over to Silent Hill in my fanfic. "Broken daughters=Chaos adults".
I know it's been a while, since this video's initial release, but the "guide" got taken down. I, personally, don't want to spoil anything for myself by looking it up JUST to get a guide though...Any other links you got?
@@culIen 8:20 Which characters correspond to each ending name, based on the guide? what I mean by this is (For ex.) if Hana's route is called Dark Sky End, and etc. That's the one thing I still have some confusion on.
Does Chaos;Head need to be played first? It's kind of hard to find... Can I jump directly into Chaos;Child? Watch some summary somewhere of Chaos;Head first?
It's recommended to play Head first to get the most of your experience, but the only way to do so atm is via a fan translation of the old pc version. However, the NoAH release's fan translation is apparently nearing completion so it might be worth waiting a bit longer for that and then going into C;C? If you don't want to wait, you can always go back to C;H when you find it convenient!
I'd say play Chaos;Head first. Sure, Child is pretty standalone but some shit doesn't get enough screentime to be explained and having the backgroud information for the earthquake and freesia helps things. The tonal shift that happens midway through the story feels way less jarring if you know about it beforehand from Head. If you decide to play Head, install the Chaotic;Head patch, it doesn't need Locale Emulator.
The only thing i found missing is about takumi, he must be see the news about weird death like new generation madness, and should be know the truth behind all of that. Yet he didnt do anything in the C;C.
His portrayal in the game is actually completely in character. He's still a shitty, selfish person and after losing his powers he'd have less of a reason to do anything since he just doesn't care.
Chaos;Head, yes, but not Chaos;Head Noah, which fixes all the problems Chaos;Head has. Chaos;Child is standalone, you don't need to play C;H first. Seriously. Just wait for C;H N to be localized, which hopefully happens soon.
@@KoyomiMidori I've started just playing the regular version of Chaos;Head, since I figured that if and when Noah comes out it will be long enough from now that I wouldn't mind doing it as a re-read.
Well, althought I think Chaos;Child is a really good story, I would say most of the flaws are coming for the unnessary complexity of "the case". It introduces lots of elements that are never exploited, even in a minor route. The writing was good, but the plot was too wide and it looks like the author get lost in it, for finally getting an "easy" true ending going against all odds in another direction. Again. This was good. But flawed indeed. I did enjoy it, but not as much as Steins;Gate. Also, I got no problem to find all endings without any guide. This was pretty obvious how to do it: you do positive delusion with the character you want for the route, and negative for all others. Really simple.
Yeah if you want the full picture you kinda of need all chaos games, but despite it, frick it, c;c still feels miles better than s;g or r;n for me, I hope it becomes more independent as a series, even tho I know that's not gonna happen
Should I understand what happened InChaos;head Noah or just go blind into child? I am going but this game definetly cause you completely convinced me to experience this story👍 Gonna get in on ps4 tho cause the ps4 is my baby
You should be fine. Also just know that going ps4 means you wont have access to the new fan patch that severely improves the game's script and fixes the map which is required to complete the game (also the money goes to Spike, the current holders of the license). If you decide on ps4, make sure to use a guide!
@@culIen aw man good points... Maybe Im going to get my work laptop running and look if it is feasible. Especially the money going to the wrong place part sucks😅 Thank you tho
Your videos was one of the main reasons why I bought this game, but why, based on your recent comments, do I get the feeling that I made a mistake buying the game? Have you become disillusioned with this game over time or is there some other reason why you don't like your videos about c;c anymore? I think both of your videos are amazing and still relevant to this day Also a question: in one of the comments you said that the game failed in sales, but didn't all the games from sciADV, with the exception of S;G failed in sales?
Hey there, thank you for enjoying my videos! There's a lot to answer here, and I hope my answers will be sufficient! I still quite enjoy Chaos;Child and most of the games in this series, but any exhaustion I've shown publicly has to do with the state of the series as a whole and the attitudes some of the fanbase has shown me in the years since I made these. Mages is a much different company, and I've grown a bit cynical seeing how they operate. They're sitting on several projects in this franchise that have been announced for years and most have been in development hell. I enjoy Chaos;Head and Child despite their faults, and view them as thematically important works of fiction. I'm even kind of excited that Chaos;Head is coming to Switch in Japan. My thing is just that... I grew up. A lot of my naive hopes just aren't there any more, and I'm more of a realist in many ways. Life happens, but I do still think the series often produces very high quality content. In terms of the quality of the videos, I think most creators on this site would have a similar mindset to their old content haha. I think they were important to my growth, but there's a lot of issues that I've noticed that just make them hard to watch. They're certainly adorable, but most of my Sci adv videos before R;N aren't too good now, imo. Lastly, it's only been in recent years that the games have started to underperform. R;N didn't do S;G numbers, but it sold pretty good upon launch. C;C was the first financial flop, and because it had such a big budget I think it caused a turning point. After that, most of their non-S;G games just didn't sell, and even their recent S;G titles also didn't do that great. I think people just aren't as interested, and it doesn't help that their marketing isn't great. I don't even know if Spike still publishes Mages games, so the possibility of western releases is now back in the air. Hope we see NoAH and C;C in English on switch! Have a great day :U
@@culIen Thanks for the answers. I think MAGES, when creating C;H, just wanted to make Chaos the backbone of the series, and I myself wish C;C a better future than he actually got. I hope he gets his piece of the glory one day (because part of his failures is due to the lack of C;H Noah).
Diablos; llegué a este video buscando una sinopsis para esclarecer algunas cosas que no entendí de la adaptación al anime que me había gustado tanto, y justo en los primeros minutos dicen que es basura, me hizo sentir un poco mal ):
Apologies for the language barrier, I had to Google translate this! In hindsight I wish I had phrased that better, but when I say the anime is garbage I mean so as an adaptation. It is a very lazy and poorly made adaptation that doesn't do the source material the justice it deserves. You can definitely enjoy it, but that just means you would love the visual novel even more and should definitely check it out. The anime cut so much and ruined the delivery of some of the best moments, so fans tend to think negatively of this anime because it did not do a good job capturing what made the VN work in anime form. Hope this helped!
I liked the initial premise, but as the game went on I couldn't bring myself to empathize with most of its characters. They felt like complicated contrived archetypes to me. The delusions were unnecessary and didn't really add anything to the experience (for me at least). What irked me the most was the fact that the game went from horror thriller to shounen. I will concede that the twists did catch me off guard and managed to keep me intrigued. The true ending was great but it wasn't enough to redeem the entire story. I understand that moments of levity are needed to accentuate the more horrific parts of the game and I think that a careful balance must be achieved and this game fails at executing that equilibrium (especially with those mood breaking delusions). And as I've mentioned before some of the story beats felt contrived, forced, and unnatural. It wasn't all bad though, the themes and subjects the story tackled were fairly interesting and the soundtrack was amazing. Stein's gate remains my favorite sciadv game. I played the PS4 version btw.
Well at least you gave it an open minded chance! Horror to Shounen is just part of what makes up Chaos; and since I was used to it from Head I thought it worked well given that it's a bit of a reflection of the protagonists. The rest of it I also disagree with, but I can't fault you thinking that because the story is unconventional and not for everyone! Steins;Gate is very excellent, and is still my second favorite entry in the series
@@culIen I just kind of jumped into it with no prior knowledge of its predecessor and I might've sounded more harsh than I intended to be. This game is not bad, far from it. It's a lot better than most visual novels out there. I guess it all comes down to preference. I played this per your recommendation and enjoyed it. Keep up the good work!
@@soulscyther666 Not really. Most of the people in the community that have played both games will say that Chaos;Child is just as good if not better. The anime is pretty awful, but the game is a near masterpiece.
Right now I see that many people who played both games say that c;c is better . It all comes down to preferences, which stuff you're more interested into . I personally like c;c more because it's more chaotic than s;g .
Personally i'm dissapointed that the people responsable of Chaos Head or Chaos;Child are so busy wasting time catering to the fanservice, shipping and lore obsession that Steins;Gate brought to the saga, when they could be doing more like this
ok thanks... it's not that I don't want to play an older game or something like this. Its just hard to get it in europe.. Otherwise I would play the whole sciadv-series.
@@culIen I know.^^ But it wouldn't be a problem have an english patched version. And I have no problems with free downloads either. Thats how I played other VNs before..
I think the true end is great after finishing and thinking about it a while, but imo it was presented in a suboptimal way that made you expect the wrong things, which reduced its impact while you're going through it. (Spoilers) Silent Sky was like an extended epilogue, and probably should be presented as such. It goes very well with the last moments of Over Sky and reflects further on Takuru's mindset at the finale. But by the time you unlock the true ending you would've finished the common route a long time ago. I originally thought it was going to be a grand arc that gives redemption to the characters, but only realized that the whole point of the route was that there's no redemption after the credits started rolling in. Maybe a better way of doing it would be to make Silent Sky happen automatically after the credits of the common route once you finish all the other routes, replacing the Serika-comes-back-to-get-you scene which sort of left a bad taste. Then it clearly connects to the common route, and will be seen more like the epilogue that it is. Bonus points if the dialogue of the climax is changed to reflect the fact that reality is slightly different from what happened in Over Sky, which also turns skipping off and tips off to the readers that they're heading toward a new ending.
Thats not how that works lol. Good manga/games/literature/etc can receive bad adaptations if the people who adapt said material do a bad job. Anime adaptations are not always made by the same team that makes the original work. When bringing that work into a different entertainment medium, a lot can be lost if the staff doing that is incompetent.
Nono's route is probably the only route worth going on without feeling horribly depressed by the end. I thought the true ending was a joke personally. I thought it was one of the worst endings in the game.
The purpose of the True Ending, though, is to provide closure to the game's themes, which it does masterfully. If there had been a full-on happy ending, it would go against the whole message of the game. I could go into details why, but I think you should take some time to consider it for yourself. I can assure you, you'll appreciate it more the more you consider *why* the story ended the way it did. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
@@kumintsuyuri It's like @DrCullenPHD said...It's just not my cup of tea. I'm more of a happy ending kinda guy. I don't want to read something that's gonna make me feel like shit afterwards. I'll give the writer credit though, at least this VN is competently written. Which is more than most can say about their own. The harem genre is particularly shitty, but more my thing. Which is why Nono's route is the one I like most. (That could have went to Hinae's route had it not been for that torture porn ending.) EDIT: My biggest problem with the true ending was the anticlimactic nature of it. I think anyone could've seen that ending coming from a few miles away. As a matter of fact that's kinda how I expected the common route to end. Not completely.. but still.. there was no note worthy twist from how I expected it to go based on the theme of delusions. And Serika was giving me weird vibes the whole time. I knew she'd be a major factor. When your main selling point for your sub stories are your twists, than you'd think that the true ending would be something besides what we got.
@@zuffazombiekilla I do hear that complaint a lot, that the game blew its load in the common route and didn't leave enough for the true ending. Though, I do think that a story like C;C's really needed the long epilogue it got, so I understand why they split it up the way they did, even if there could have been a better way. At any rate, yeah, it's really just a matter of preference. The way I personally judge an ending is by whether it succeeds in evoking the emotions the author was aiming for, whether good or bad, but I can understand finding the latter unpleasant.
My friends at Committee of Zero just put out their improvement patch on the game! I HIGHLY recommend grabbing this after buying the game on steam! sonome.dareno.me/projects/chaoschild-steam.html
What specifically does the patch do?
@@JacesSanctum translates the map, improves the script, translates all the CGs, improves the typography, etc
@@culIen Cool, thanks.
Do you now how the ps4 version is?
@@Punpunmax19 ps4 version has the untranslated map, it's best to buy it on steam. It supports Spike, who now holds the license for the series, and has the ability to be fan patched.
The relationship dynamic between the MC and his older sister is one of the best in any medium I’ve ever seen. And her route is the best in the sci adv series.
Absolutely agree. Her development arc is arguably the best in history of vns. Nono’s route alone carries Chaos;Child pretty far
Above anything, thank you for making these spoiler-free videos for people who haven't played the game yet but want incite on it anyways
Aaaaaa, thank you so much! Just trying to do my part, I'm glad you enjoy them so much :V
Yeah came jefe after finishing steins gate
I don't think I'll ever be able to forget... the boxes...
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none of us my friend... none of us
I knew who the victim of that scene was going in and I was STILL freaked out
BRUH we just called Itou, started running to find him and by the time we get there, he already managed to chop yui up and put her in boxes?!?!?! What kind of laser cutter did he use broo?
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Definitely a video that was worth the wait. Great job!
Thank you for all your input during the making of it ^-^
This game affected me so much in ways that no other fictional work has done other than The Brothers Karamazov or Oyasumi Punpun
It broke me so bad at the end that I read all its sidecontent (e.g. Children's Revivial, Drama CDs with Dream in particular breaking be again)
Really wish it gets more attention, esp when MAGES said in 2020 that C;C sold just 10% of S;G
Please give us a case study on Takuru. Make it a podcast, I'd totally listen.
Thanks for recommending this game, I feel like it's an experience I won't forget for a long time, and has made me want to experience the rest of SciADV games even more now.
After Zero Escape got me into vns last year, ill try this
Also Play danganronpa 1+2. Skip 3 though, especially the ending.
@@arkiststark 3's the best one
It's funny how I disliked Chaos;Child ending when I first saw it, but the more I reflected upon it, the more I began to realize that its themes matched perfectly my state of mind at the time. After I realized how wrong I was, I started to see it in a different way, and what was once a very disappointing conclusion became one of my favorite endings, along with my favorite game of all time.
That's so awesome to hear! Just wondering, have you played Chaos;Head yet? That's another thing I've heard adds to people's enjoyment of the ending a LOT.
@@culIen I haven't yet. I'm waiting for CoZ to release their translation of Noah.
@@edhenshuusha4666 when you do get around to it, revisit the ending of C;C. Your mind will be blown by how it recontextualizes things
DrCullenPHD where do you play the English version of chaos head on pc?
@@filox4157 there's a fan translation out there, search for that
this game too underated for some people that make me sad
The only reason I don't have it yet is because I don't have enough money
@@mr.theking2484 its on sale ps4 atm
@@shivammaheshwari5519 Don't worry, I got the patches steam release a few months ago and got all endings, even all bad ends, plus 100% of achievements
I honestly found Takuru to be one of the most relatable characters I've ever seen in a video game... I've only played the Over Sky route so far (literally completed the first play-through under half an hour ago), but DAMN that was a compelling story. Chapter 1 felt a bit long, but once I reached Chapter 2, I pretty much put every other game on hold because I couldn't wait to see what happened next.
I just finished it yesterday, and I agree it's one of the best VNs available in English. The story is great -- suspenseful and emotional with a crazy amount of plot twists that actually make logical sense. There are a few places in the common route where the plot dragged and I got impatient, but all of the subsequent routes were fast-paced and interesting from start to finish.
Guides are very common on VN it's just a flaw on the Japanese mentally. Sadly, it shouldn't be. So don't get scared of using guides, but watch out for spoilers
To make it shot and to be frank: gorgeous video, 11 out of 10, just finished the 4th SciADV part and can emphasize with you so much...! Thank you, you’re a true right-sider!
Thank you very much! This video is definitely an old one and it's hard for me to go back to watch it but I'm glad my old SciADV vids are still engaging ^-^
I've branched out a lot since SciADV, but I'll always have a soft spot for the series. I hope we get more localizations of the series soon, specifically NoAH!
@@culIen Yes of course, I mean it‘s been a while since your first vid it‘s not that surprisingly ^^
Perhabs you now, but it is very probable that NoAH will be thoroughly en patched and Pc ported next week 👀
Now, the Real 2 Issues i Had (I suggest you please read the whole thing):-
First, Chaos;Child has a sort of Identity Crisis. while the Original, Chaos;Head relied on Different delusions to present different plot points (even spoil future events) and adds more context, the Delusions in Chaos;Child are more grounded. this might have to do with the fact that Takuru isn't a Shut-In, with severe self identity issues, so his delusions are rather comical, erotic, or downright maddening, but still, the sense of mystery and fear imposed by the {Sone me Dare no me?} [Whose Eyes are Those Eyes?] is missing here. not to mention, the catchphrase this time, as indicated by the OPs [It's Eyes is God's Eyes] don't really appear in the game actually. The Delusions are compact and condensed in their own reality. Honestly, 'getting a certain type of delusion that triggers a different set of dialogue later in the story' is missing. the only impact the delusions seem to have are to appoint affection points from takuru's perspective towards the heroines, and the immediate reaction Takuru will have after he snaps back to reality. There's no "I'm still fu#kin scared. who wrote those damn [Whose Eyes are Those Eyes?] everywhere?" monologue, even long after the immediate post-delusion reaction is done. Nishijou will comment on it, if you see specific delusions, but not takuru. I feel this happened because more focus was put into the Mapping Triggers.There's 7 Mapping Triggers, and Most are Very Integral to the Story. Meanwhile, C;H had 40+ Delusions, all quite evenly spread out across the chapters, But in C;C? it has only 32 (+ 6 Specific additionals). Also, the Delusions are very, Very Dense at the beginning (ch1 has 11+1).
It just doesn't Feel attached to the story in anyway actually. and that's my complaint. It's like the Delusions are their own side Stories that are just presented along with the Main Narrative. and this is my Only Big Concern about the Game.
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Lastly, some characters feel like they are left out after their short usage, like Watabe, Kawahara, Gen-san. Watabe has.... reasons for this but not kawahara. he appears in only two important scenes in the common route (and one of them is a delusion trigger), with almost non-existence in the entire remaining story, except for a certain heroine route, where he still plays the role of a "late addition but quick enough exit" character. i believe he could have been more fleshed. same for gen-san. i actually came up with the theory that gen-san would actually turn out to be an ally of the baddie later, but was instead shocked to see him being almost completely dropped later. he was being built up great in the 3 chapters, but he just suddenly dissappeared. i liked that character and wanted to know more. Also Shinjo and Momose (the only returning character) feel a bit less impactful than Ban from C;H. Shinjo is a critical character, but his backstory isn't explained at all. we got a mio backstory, whose was also shrouded in mystery, and momose we already know a little, so it makes no sense that shinjo feels so left out. though we hear about his motivation a bit, but no real backstory. The only focus here is put into the Newspaper club and it's band of Official + Non Official Members, who get fleshed out. but even here's some exceptions. Wakui and Itou. Wakui can be left out if necessary, but Itou, the Best Man, gets no love. His only motivation? He loves mystery and Murders! That's all? Seriously? Even his existence outside of the Common route is questionable, and he is the GOD DAMN BEST FRIEND of the MC.
I strangely had already noticed the photo stuck in the lower right corner of the Mapping Board, on the very first Mapping Trigger, and i had just chuckled at it a little then. But that was intentional, right? It should be. But, Suddenly sidelining some important characters or not properly fleshing out those that are necessary to the plot actually acts as a bane to the story. Even the common route villain has a plausible enough fleshed out personality, and just enough backstory. So why did Shinjo get the short stick? Even his personality is a bit janky at times, not really embedding a particular trait or fancy. maybe because he is a detective?
I seriously want to find logical reasons to explain the shortcomings, because this is indeed a fantastic Visual Novel, and will be forever in my top games list. So i want to defend it and my feelings towards it the best i could, but i can't still turn my eyes from these two major problems. there's some minor plot holes and inconsistencies, but they are negligible.
And i absolutely adore the relationship of the MC and the Main Heroine, since it very much reflects my own reality, in which after constant struggles, i finally was able to come out of my shell. And then, strangely, felt compiled to put my life's ideals and goals before my relationships. i did ended up confessing that i had feelings for the person i love, but also added that they bloomed during my foolish childlike years, and that they should mean nothing now, since i want to focus on the future, not cling to the present, and cut ties with anything that might hold me back. Strangely, i got a positive response from her, who not only, actually also had deep feelings for me since childhood, but also apparently, had always idolized me. very ironic, since i too, always considered her my hero, who saved me from approaching depression. now, we have even cut off contact, but we are focusing on our future, so that one day, when we can be proud of our achievements and have attained at least a partial of our goals, then we can afford to be with each other, not now. Sure, there were conflicting feelings on our planned separation and departure, but i am just grateful that i ever met her.
And i am exactly sure this is why the game's ending resonates with me great. it even resembles how dead my heart has become from suffering, that i felt nothing even until the very last dialogue box, but my my brain knew that this story is gorgeous. and that's why i will forever treasure the Story this game showed to me.
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[P.S., Ever Since i saw you're Very First Video (about chaos child too) the day before yesterday, i dug up my C;C OST Disc, and been listening to a few tracks over and over while working. i remembered, my favourites were WORLD (obviously), Revived Shibuya (+ lite), Inspection (+lite), Mapping Mode, Networker, Far Days and Last Line -Shibuya-. i have been just listening to these so many times over again, that my co-worker got sick of it, and told me to change it up. .... so i put on Shibuya and Shbuya (Original) from the Chaos;Head disc. You can just imagine, how loudly he graoned ^v^]
Nice review. I got the game physical for Vita and I agree with what you have to say here. I don't regret any second I spent reading the VN.
Hopefully more people will pick it up now that it's on Steam. Needs and deserves every single sale it can get. I love C;C.
0:50 now you tell me. I just bought the Blu-ray yesterday and watched it in its entirety. I'll still play the game regardless.
man i just finished this masterpiece and... i'm lost for words, i now understand why there is a war in the english community about if this, or steins gate it's better ¿for me? there is no winner, my side is in the sciadv series (and we don't have that war on the hispanic community
but that's not the point i can't express how good is this, if steins gate it's one of THE masterpieces of time travel (in the anime industry... hell even outside the anime industry it's a great time travel history) then chaos child it's one of THE masterpieces of mystery murder (again, in the anime industry)
i just can say.. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR? GO AND PLAY THIS RIGHT NOW YOU WRONG-SIDER
trust me, you wont regret it
Just reached the true ending and finished it now. I've played Steins Gate as well and I have to say both are fucking masterpieces. No VN or movie or anime probably has come close to steins gate in terms of time travel yet. As for Chaos Child, loved every second of it. All the fucking plot twists HMMM.
This on ps4?
Really great game and the true end ed is so good (all of the openings and endings are great)
Great visual novel. I just finished it a few days ago and still can’t move on from it
Oh so nostalgic, this video reminds me of the last time I played this masterpiece
You have no idea how long this video was on my watch later playlist. I finally completed it today and oh boy what a journey it was!
Oh wow, that's super cool to hear! This one is really old and I'm planning on giving it a proper follow-up in the future when I give the game a replay after Chaos;Head. I'm glad it's able to still resonate though, I hope you enjoyed your time!
@@culIen I am also looking forward to C;H NoAH.
Wonderfully done Cullen, it's a high quality shill, and congrats on another review!
Chaos;Child is forever my favourite entry in the series
Chäos;Child is currently my personal and savage kick in the balls.
I read some years ago Chäos;HEAd and... didn't like it. I think it was awfully flawed in almost every sense except its brilliant atmosphere. In my opinion, Takumi was a problem for the narrative of the murder mystery stuff and his struggle for getting his sword was just too long. The characters were just barely introduced at best (except Sena and the main girl) and also rushed ending. BUT, since NoAH is THE REAL DEAL you can be said I didn't read C;H yet, tbh. I hope I can experience it once my JP level improves.
YET, when they announced Child I thought "Oh, so they will... make a good Chaos this time????" since the main character did look like a smart guy. So, once I discovered the novel was freaking long and I read a few opinions my thoughts were like "GIVE ME THIS SHIT, THIS IS MY THING". And when the anime aired I watched a few episodes in order to see how the novel was (I didn't have any hope, but once I watched the fourth episode I dropped it since my interest was high enough).
When it was released I bought it day one for PS4 and... even it took my time to get on, I decided this month to be welcomed into the chaos world and... holy shit this is great. And I want to die so hard now, even if I just got recently Over Sky Ending.
This game is like everything I wanted HEAd to be. An engaging main character, nice girls, and cohesive narrative regarding both the gigalo stuff and the murder mystery. But... this VN hurts so much. Not only because *obvious reasons of the Over Sky route*, also because... I'm a flawed idiot like Takuru. I'm a really shy person who also tends to try to be better than the rest and to think the common denominator is full of idiots who doesn't know a shit. Just freaking wrong-siders. Thus side, C;C does everything to make me feel like shit. A flawed piece of shit. This game has a personal impact on me.
So I love it so far. Yes, I have issues regarding the murder mystery since the gigalo stuff is kinda tricky, but is isn't impossible to solve. Also, I like to see these kind of original mysteries. The genre needs new ideas, IMO. Regarding the delusion triggers: I agree, but I aslo think they were better in Head. And I think some scenes would be a bit better without music and just "sound" (Head did this really right)
So all in all: I'm really satisfied and I hope the rest is also really good. I think Takuru is an awesome protagonist, I like most of the girls (Kunosato > Nono > Hinae (when it comes to *lewd reasons* she's my favourite) > the rest, so far. I have a... conflicted opinion about Seri right now; Uki and Hana are barely in Over Sky route), it is really thrilling and it is FUN to read, I was never bored in these 25 hours. 2017 was a great year when it comes to VN localizations, wew.
Btw, should I follow the commitee of zero guide? I'm confused about the routes right now and I don't really now what to do since some people say "go first for the cheeky and hot JK" and others "Hana and Naotaka Hayashi come first my dude".
I have to agree. I hated Chaos Head, and frankly while I know I haven't "Truly" read it due to NoAH not being in English in any form (and frankly after playing Robotics;Notes DaSH after seeing the RN anime, I really can't be bothered ATM. That was such a pain as I had to look stuff up every few lines with DaSH) I think Chaos Child is the better Chaos game. I don't know what it is that makes people think C;H is the best, or that it is better than Steins Gate. If I had to say I think Robotics;Notes (counting original and DaSH) or Chaos Child could be worthy contenders for being better than Steins Gate.
3:38 it's true. I identified myself with him a lot. Still, he's only my body. Lain is my spirit.
You know what's a true masterpiece this review
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Me when I watch C;C Anime
I play it right now on my Switch after Chaos head Noah. First chapter now. Really good novel. And they translate map for Switch)
Please play the Muv Luv Trilogy. It's my favourite VN series and I think you will like it a lot
well made video my friend even after watching this i can't decide if i should pick it up , i have this guilt every time i look at a game that i have bought but never played , i'm just hoping this game doesn't because one of them
Also, that dub at the end was pretty dope
Discovered you through a shootout by SuperButterBuns today, and you have convinced me to pick up Ys VIII and chaos;child. Love your videos!
Thank you so much! I heard from numerous people she gave me a shoutout and I need to still watch the video. Love her so much ^-^
i haven't reached the true end yet, but i've enjoyed my time with the game so far. i don't think it's as mindblowing as maybe this video makes it out to be, but it really has an unique atmosphere and is one of my favorites. i've only played 6 or 7 visual novels before, so i don't have much to compare it to either.
oh, and i played chaos;child before and i fell for almost all of the same plot twists again haha
thanks for the video!
I've heard from others that the true 3ne is apparently divisive, but to me and many others who love this so much it elevated it to one of the best VNs ever made. It ties everything together in a very satisfying way, so you'll have to see! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did, and if you don't thats okay too!
@@culIen i'll be sure to comment what i think of it when i finish it 😀 thanks for the reply
The animation has two last episodes for the true ending which weren't aired at the beginning. Although still cut, but the two episodes for the ending actually did a decent job. Can't help how the previous 12 episodes were cut, though. But at least they were trying...
I still, STILL FUCKING LOVE CHAOS;CHILD. ITS ONE, IF NOT THE ABSOLUTE BEST VN TO EVER EXIST. Its so, AND I MEAN SOOO FUCKING INVESTING AND IMMERSIVE TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL A VN COULD EVER MANAGE TO DO.
Ahh anything that brings back memories of this game is good, nice vid
BTW ¡¡Check out the ost from the anime!! It was made by the dude who made the OST of I/O
I have actually! I find the orchestral stuff not fitting to the the themes of C;C, but it all sounds very good! The bombastic orchestrated music he made for the Steins;Gate 0 anime worked much better actually, I was pleasantly surprised!
@@culIen ohh ¿so Onoken made themes for the Steins 0 anime? that sounds cool
@@Dicker296 yep, should be the same composer for both!
@@culIen BTW ¿do you know if someday will there be a launch of Steins 0 otuside of STEAM? (i mean, like the launch of Steins;Gate by JAST)
@@Dicker296 steins;gate 0 is already out on vita, ps4, and switch :)
I still thanks you for encouraging us to read it man.
I watched your video 3 times until I was able to read it in July 2018 and man, was it damn good!!!
EDIT: As I'm continuing with the video, wow the Nostalgia!!!
I LOVE C;C
I went with the ps4 version because I prefer to sit on my couch for long vn sessions and yeah, the script definitely could have used another pass to fix some weird grammar errors.
I've only finished the common route and Hinae's route, but I've been really enjoying it so far.
It's definitely up there in my favorite game list, but it's gonna have to do something absolutely amazing to push Utawarerumono mask of deception and mask of truth down from the top spot.
I highly recommend Utawarerumono if you haven't played those VNs yet.
I hope the true ending pushes it over the edge, personally I find it something truly amazing. I'm actually still working in MoD, and I own MoT for when i get around to finishing it. Holding off for now though so I can play the remake of 1 when it comes out
I got the physical version of chaos child on ps4 and i love this visual novel its one of the greatest muder mysterys i have ever enjoyed and am so hyped for steins gate elite this next visual novel really needs some love in my opinion as a huge steins gate fan
Elite is super awesome! I'm playing through it right now to review it for the channel, and I'm excited to share my thoughts on it next month ^-^
@@culIen i will be getting the limited edition on ps4 am so hyped
Magisterial. 👌
I'm glad you liked it! I'm not too proud of either of my two Chaos;Child videos anymore but I'm just happy it got the word out. Third times a charm ^-^
@@culIen I think that's simply natural. We move on, perspectives change, new perceptions arise. It doesn't invalidate what went before. Always fascinating to be able to follow trains of thought.
Currently midway (I haven’t reached any endings yet) through this game.
Really enjoyed this video and I totally agree with your thoughts on positive delusions, I’ve ended up just not using them for my first ending as I’m assuming it won’t be relevant the first time.
Also the soundtrack is excellent, sometimes I leave it on in the background when I’m doing other things in the house 🏠
The positive delusions are necessary to get into certain routes, but usually you won't need them. Hope you're loving the game!!!
DrCullenPHD yeah I was having a nosey at the guides so I’ve clocked the ones I’ll need to do 🤗
Yeah I’ll admit it took a little while to get into it, but I’m on chapter 6 of my initial run and I’m really invested! I’m really impressed with the pacing in the last few chapters.
Thanks again for the video, I love hearing other people’s thoughts on games I’m enjoying/have enjoyed!
I've changed my mind regarding writing my own headcanon. After some reflection, I realized that comment was right. This game IS perfect just the way it is. I might not have agreed with its message, but that doesn't mean it's not valid. It's like Alicia Keys said, some people live for love, others for power. And while I value more power, I know mocking love is a fool's errand, because that emotion is just as important.
Still, I would like to write something related to the game. Something about Senri, after all the trouble she went throught. Maybe about her traveling to this little town in the USA. I hear it's a little foggy, but this town's citizens are very welcoming and the city not only is peaceful, but it has this power of putting things in perspective.
this is the part with the car
just finished the VN. and WOW! what a read
In case you're curious, I brought Senri over to Silent Hill in my fanfic. "Broken daughters=Chaos adults".
idk about "subverting" my expectations cuz i kinda correctly predicted many of the major reveals
They are build up pretty alright so they are not all some cheap plot twist, is more about the SciADV series as a whole
After completing all the routes, uki was the best of them all, I think it was the most logical and fucked up route, the plot twist was incredible, I won't spoil too much but even though the route didn't convey much content it was the most emotional one, except the ending though, it didn't make any sense. I guess the routes in this game weren't for the purpose of another endings, rather it was for the purpose of knowing the characters' background in this game.
Pretty much. Its implied that Takuru learns the knowledge of all the routes through his gigolomaniac powers. Both of Uki's endings were super good, I loved her route
Can you make a video explaining the story of Chaos;Child? Even if it spoilers everything? I'm just so confused...
Maybe one day! Would be fun to revisit it
I watched the anime in Didnt even realize it was a game
Fuck. I just sent this video someone who hasn‘t seen Steins;Gate yet. Who could have guessed you‘d use this outro?! FFFF 😂
wait, you're friends with ButterBuns? Has she played or watched any SciAdv stories?
PS I love Chaos;Child as well as the other VNs I've played in the franchise. Thanks for putting sciadv content on youtube
More than that, we're roommates now ^-^
She's not actually a fan of the series, nor a fan of Visual Novels in general (just not her thing since they're mostly reading). I might get our house to watch Steins;Gate at some point though! And thank you, excited to cover Robotics;Notes in October ^-^
1:31 Oh, gawd. i just flashbacked to the Negative delusion, where hinae, nono and serika gangs up on takuru and his cool cat collection *(shivers incoherently)*
[Also, neidhart reverts to creepy otaku... yaaayy. i missed that guy, even though he's annoying now]
3:42 First playthrough, and i guessed beforehand that he would be quite important to the plot. i expected the same for Gen-san, but was dissapointed
6:30 What not to expect? it's SciADV. It's Audio is top Notch. Best OST yet (17/59 tracks are my personal favourites) And after Chaos;Head's AMAZING Voice Acting (specifically Takumi's VA), Chaos;Child didn't dissapoint me in the slightest.
I already watched the anime but I wanna play the VN is it worth or did the anime spoil everything for me?
It's still very worth it. Everything will be much more fleshed out and there's still half the game you won't know about since the character routes weren't adapted.
I don't currently have any way to play the steam port (been having issues with my laptop not connecting to the internet for over 2 or so years so I can't get on steam aside from the mobile app), so would you recommend waiting until I can play it that way, or go for the PS4/Vita versions since I can play through either one of them right now?
Just missed the sale!
Can I play this game without having played Chaos;Head? Furthermore, does getting every ending ever get tedious or boring(since I've read that you have to replay many chapters)?
You can, but if you're able to play C;H its recommended to do that first. Also it can get a tad tedious to get all the endings, but it's super worth it so it never bothered me
I think there is another serious flaw with this version - nowhere it says that this is basically a direct sequel to chaos;head (which I didn't even know exist and which still to this day isn't officially translated to english). And chaos;child expects you to know chaos;head: not only in its story, but in some map sections too. You have to pick the right photo for an event you know nothing about. This was one of the most frustrating parts of the game for me.
Awesome 👌
So i want to present this masterpiece to someone and I think the best way to do so is through your amazing review.
But i mean to ask
Do I show them this video or the other one(why you should care video)?
Good review, well done 👍
The anime was interesting and I was able to follow through it, because I'm a pessimist trying to think positive.
It just cuts way too much to be considered a good adaptation imo, and butchers the stuff it kept
@@culIen I see. But, there are people who like ambiguity. Like me. Socrates once said to never stop questioning.
@@Klycixit fills in the whole left by cutting half the game with trash tho. Playing the source material makes it very difficult to enjoy the anime in any way because it's just low quality in comparison. Glad u liked it tho
@@culIen So, when you watch the anime with expectations, you are surely going to be disappointed, unlike me?
@@Klycix I'm very confused what you mean by this, but I'm going to assume you haven't played the game. So that makes it weird to criticize my opinion on the anime as someone who knows how it works as an adaptation of a game. Regardless of if you like the anime, the fact of the matter is that it does a poor job at adapting a 50 hour visual novel. If it had at least 25 episodes it could have been something, but it rushed and cut too many things to be good. Tl;dr: the anime is a lackluster adaptation, but if you liked it you'd love the game. Fin.
I picked up the original release on the Vita mainly because of your previous video but only played it for a few hours before putting it down. The translation seemed kind of rough, does the Steam release improve the script at all outside of translating previously untranslated lines?
Script is mostly the same because they weren't allowed to touch it, but the steam version comes with the ability to mod (via an upcoming fan patch from CoZ)
Thanks, great video by the way. You make a lot of great stuff :)
@@bowloflentils Patch by CoZ is out! You can get it here:
sonome.dareno.me/projects/chaoschild-steam.html
Love you, please continue))
😤👍
GERO FROGGY!
Something I've never seen, but know of thanks to Mayuri!
I am assuming i can play chaos;child without playing the other games?
So uhh, probably not the best place to ask this, but seeing as how you're a huge Chaos;Child fan you might know the answer.
I recently started playing the Steam version and something I quickly released was how sometimes a talking character's sprite won't move their mouth, this happens a couple of times mid-sentence.
I was wondering if this is just me, or if it's something that happens for some people? (I looked up a couple playthroughs of the Steam version and saw that this also happened in them). I don't think it's supposed to look like that. I'm a little scared to look up a solutionon the internet though because of my fear for spoilers. Think someone could help?
I think this is an issue that they are currently looking to address! The Committee of Zero also has a fan patch on the way soon, so look out for that :v
I see, thanks for the help!
@@deukon281 Patch is out!
sonome.dareno.me/projects/chaoschild-steam.html
Really wish they'd release this on Switch... I don't like playing Visual Novels on PC.
You probably know this by now since your comment is a year old, but it looks like they did.
sorry anyone knows whether the vita version has cross save?
I hope it should have a remake in anime
Can I play chaos child without knowing anything about chaos head?
Your guide doesn’t show up anymore :(
I've been interested in the two Chaos; games and i've been meaning to ask. Do i need to play Chaos;Head to play Chaos;Child? Thank you in advance
Its recommended that you do it because it makes the ending make more sense and you'll appreciate the game more but you don't HAVE to. Head is a really good game thats worth playing though.
Head seems really interesting, i've played S;G and noticed it had a lot of references about C;H, like Find the blue being a phone song and some of the phone wallpapers, and the Delusion system seems really interesting too. Thanks again, dude!
About to finish the common route and checked out the guide but it doesn't seem to specify things that well. It says "Have all positive delusions and additional delusions, except the delusion when you are alone with Hinae preparing for the culture festival in Chapter 3." Does this mean choose negative? or does it mean either negative or neutral? And what does it mean by additional delusions?
I think that just means have all positive delusions and then the hinae delusion should be negative or neutral yeah. If that guide is a bit confusing you might want to try finding another online if it would help
Ah that makes more sense, thanks man. Was a bit hesitant to look for other guides due to spoilers but will look around if I still have trouble ^^
@@Cneqq Hope it works out for you!!!
how does this compare to chaos head?
I was thinking about making my own headcanon for this game.
Now, I understand why you might have doubts, because the anime was a disaster. But, I've thought carefully to make sure I wouldn't destroy the story's purpose, and these are the main points you need to know:
-The story is almost the same as the Common route until the battle between the pyro, Taku and Arimura. The two of them run towards the academy, where they find Kazuki who, wanting to help but not wanting her powers to get out of control, said only one word. When the portal device appears, the pyro is teleported elsewhere, suffering severe burnings that force her to give up the hunt. Kazuki then attempts to destroy the portal, and although she's successful, her arm holding the Di-Sword sustains some burnings;
-Then, again, the story procceeds as you would predict until the battle between Senri and Serika. I mean, she is stabed, but Takuru's unwillingness to let her die and her own fear of dying and leaving the family behind, affects the entire delusion. While her real body was taken to the hospital, in the world of the delusion, Takuru managed to save her in time before anything bad could happen;
-Wakui is the one murdered by Serika after she fails to kill Senri (or so she thinks). She does this both because she's frustrated, and because she read his mind, and it said he was suspicious that the Commitee wanted to murder him for a while now;
-From here forward, the game happens in a very identical way to Senri's route. The doctor sends the rest of the family away to the apartament (I don't think they'd be allowed to leave Shibuya, after all, they're witnesses to the case)as part of the "Witness protection program", while he stays behind to look after the Dorm and make sure that even if the murderer appears, she'll chase him like a mad hunter follows a prey that leads to no bigger prize. But in reality, he wants the family to get close and Senri to reveal the truth in order to hurt Taku. And he doesn't want to get in the way;
-After Senri reveals her true self, rejecting the delusion she had created, Serika and the doctor influence the delusion once more, making it seem that Nono Kurusu was murdered by Takuru Myashiro, having 4 november written in her corpse. Senri tried to restore her form as Kurusu in order to show the police Taku was being framed, but because she rejected, at least partially, the CCS delusion, her powers were broken, and she could only summon her Di-Sword (not real boot it though);
-We then flash forward into the confront against the doctor. Senri appears around half of the fight only. But I'm still working on the details of the fight, so I'm not gonna go into detail about it;
-Senri wakes up in the hospital on the next day, only to find out she has Kurusu's form once more, and more bizarre, was completely goulish. Wakui, still alive and on a visit to the hospital, explains to her how everybody suffering from CCS had been living in a joint delusion, and that after Taku broke free of it, Senri was released too, as she had already rejected her own delusion, but Kazuki and Arimura fell in a comma. Uki however, was a more complex case. Because her powers didn't develop beyond real booting delusions, she was split. A part of her was lost in that gap between reality and illusion. While the other, fighting to maintain itself in the delusion as much as it could, clinged to the mind of one of the individuals with CCS who broke free of the delusion, in order to use it as a conduit to real boot itself in the perspective of other people outside of the delusion, creating some sort of additional mini delusion that served to complete the main one. In other words, the same thing that happened to Senri, happened to her. Her real body and her delusion self were now split from each other. The difference is that she was not strong enough to bring Senri back to the delusion, therefore, although suffering from the syndrome, Senri could now see Uki's real form. After the explanation, Wakui reveals that while they were talking, Senri's body, having readjusted itself to reality, regained its true form, but she was still bound to look goulish because Uki was still using her mind to real boot herself in the eyes of both CCS victims and common folk. He's also aware that Takuru wanted to surrender himself to the Commitee in exchange for Senri and the rest of the family's freedom. Although she's now free of the delusion, Wakui still decides to honor the deal of letting her roam free, seeing it as an opportunity to test what happens psychologically when a person rejects the delusion completely and is unlikely to return. Plus, it's not like she could do anything about it. She would not be allowed into Hehiko anymore since Nono Kurusu was no more and her CCS could not be explored anymore. She would be free to have her identity as Senri Minawasa back and to go to another school, but if she ever tried to interfere with their plans, although it might cost him his promotion, he would kill Miyashiro, and find another real life Gigalomanic to take his place in the delusion. And if that wasn't enough to convince Senri to stop, then he would have the delusion head towards the death of everyone she loved, just like it did for Yui;
-That leads us back to Serika. At first, we think Takuru did manage to change her. But after she manages to find Senri once again, she reveals she was still as psychotic as ever. However, she does not reveal right away her plans;
I'm still working on how all of the drama should end, but I've got an image in my head. Uki in a vegetative state, but reacts to a plant she sees on a shop, just like in the "Dream Sky End". This is not officially how the ending is going to look like. But I was thinking. Since it's pretty clear the story should end with a bittersweet tone, maybe I should have this included somehow in the ending, in order to represent that despite things looking dark right now, there is still a small ray of hope for the future. I'm not doing this headcanon to create an happy ending. Like the doctor would say, there's no good storytelling in that (and I take it that the anime tried to give an happy ending to the novel). Simply...a more bearable one. That doesn't necessarily mean everything is going to finish with rainbows and unicorns.
NGL, I like your idea of Senri being revived - but have things the other way around, after Takuru wants her resurrected (With the phrasing "Wanting things to be like they were before")- she gets resurrected with her "Senri Minamizawa" appearance. Maybe the whole "Ghoul" starts of as delusions, but over time becomes more and more realistic to clue Takuru in that it was actually happening? Then, he ends up getting briefed on the situation by Kazuki
@@fierytigergaming8112 I changed my mind regarding writing this. I've realized that even if I didn't agree with all of the game's lessons, they were still valid.
So I decided to do this instead. I brought Senri over to Silent Hill in my fanfic. "Broken daughters=Chaos adults".
@@JabamiLain I'm disappointed that the game stopped, just like that in the True Ending
Should’ve played the game before I watched the animation
Because the anime cuts half the content and adapts the other half horribly, you're still fine if you jump into the game. The anime did that bad lol
I know it's been a while, since this video's initial release, but the "guide" got taken down. I, personally, don't want to spoil anything for myself by looking it up JUST to get a guide though...Any other links you got?
Heya, thank you for bringing this to my attention! Refresh the page and it should be in the description. I haven't used KKB's Guide, but I trust them!
@@culIen 8:20 Which characters correspond to each ending name, based on the guide? what I mean by this is (For ex.) if Hana's route is called Dark Sky End, and etc. That's the one thing I still have some confusion on.
Does Chaos;Head need to be played first? It's kind of hard to find... Can I jump directly into Chaos;Child? Watch some summary somewhere of Chaos;Head first?
It's recommended to play Head first to get the most of your experience, but the only way to do so atm is via a fan translation of the old pc version. However, the NoAH release's fan translation is apparently nearing completion so it might be worth waiting a bit longer for that and then going into C;C? If you don't want to wait, you can always go back to C;H when you find it convenient!
@@culIen Yeah thanks, I think I'll wait for the NoAH translation, probably. Hopefully the fan translation quality is good!
I'd say play Chaos;Head first. Sure, Child is pretty standalone but some shit doesn't get enough screentime to be explained and having the backgroud information for the earthquake and freesia helps things. The tonal shift that happens midway through the story feels way less jarring if you know about it beforehand from Head.
If you decide to play Head, install the Chaotic;Head patch, it doesn't need Locale Emulator.
I played it before C;C about two years ago, big agree
The only thing i found missing is about takumi, he must be see the news about weird death like new generation madness, and should be know the truth behind all of that. Yet he didnt do anything in the C;C.
His portrayal in the game is actually completely in character. He's still a shitty, selfish person and after losing his powers he'd have less of a reason to do anything since he just doesn't care.
@@culIen oh i though he already change ahaha so taku still taku
@@Jejakedit yeah C;H was about him accepting himself as being a flawed person so in all the sequels he pops up in he's still the shitlord we know
Is there any way to play Chaos;Head in the west? I'd like to play it before Chaos;Child.
Chaos;Head, yes, but not Chaos;Head Noah, which fixes all the problems Chaos;Head has. Chaos;Child is standalone, you don't need to play C;H first. Seriously. Just wait for C;H N to be localized, which hopefully happens soon.
@@ChrisGreenLink I know I don't need to play C;H first, but I'd like to.
CoZ is making a port for Chaos;Head Noah. Also don't wait for it's localization as it has extremely low chances of happening.
@@KoyomiMidori I've started just playing the regular version of Chaos;Head, since I figured that if and when Noah comes out it will be long enough from now that I wouldn't mind doing it as a re-read.
@@JacesSanctum I'm playing through the original as well! Thoughts?
So basically, I've see the anime. Should I play the game? Or do I know all the spoilers, and it would be a waste of time??
The anime cut half the story, so you'll still be fine
Well, althought I think Chaos;Child is a really good story, I would say most of the flaws are coming for the unnessary complexity of "the case". It introduces lots of elements that are never exploited, even in a minor route.
The writing was good, but the plot was too wide and it looks like the author get lost in it, for finally getting an "easy" true ending going against all odds in another direction.
Again. This was good. But flawed indeed. I did enjoy it, but not as much as Steins;Gate.
Also, I got no problem to find all endings without any guide. This was pretty obvious how to do it: you do positive delusion with the character you want for the route, and negative for all others. Really simple.
Did you read Chaos;Head before it?
Yeah if you want the full picture you kinda of need all chaos games, but despite it, frick it, c;c still feels miles better than s;g or r;n for me, I hope it becomes more independent as a series, even tho I know that's not gonna happen
Is the voice acting in the English version still in Japanese? Because Takuru's original voice acting is brilliant! Just brilliant!!
Yep, Japanese voice acting! Takuru's performance is probably one of the best parts of the whole game ^-^
Should I understand what happened InChaos;head Noah or just go blind into child?
I am going but this game definetly cause you completely convinced me to experience this story👍
Gonna get in on ps4 tho cause the ps4 is my baby
You should be fine. Also just know that going ps4 means you wont have access to the new fan patch that severely improves the game's script and fixes the map which is required to complete the game (also the money goes to Spike, the current holders of the license). If you decide on ps4, make sure to use a guide!
@@culIen aw man good points... Maybe Im going to get my work laptop running and look if it is feasible. Especially the money going to the wrong place part sucks😅
Thank you tho
@@Revanxbone luckily C;C doesn't require a strong computer to run it, and if it has issues you can use Steam's refund feature
Your videos was one of the main reasons why I bought this game, but why, based on your recent comments, do I get the feeling that I made a mistake buying the game? Have you become disillusioned with this game over time or is there some other reason why you don't like your videos about c;c anymore? I think both of your videos are amazing and still relevant to this day
Also a question: in one of the comments you said that the game failed in sales, but didn't all the games from sciADV, with the exception of S;G failed in sales?
Hey there, thank you for enjoying my videos! There's a lot to answer here, and I hope my answers will be sufficient!
I still quite enjoy Chaos;Child and most of the games in this series, but any exhaustion I've shown publicly has to do with the state of the series as a whole and the attitudes some of the fanbase has shown me in the years since I made these. Mages is a much different company, and I've grown a bit cynical seeing how they operate. They're sitting on several projects in this franchise that have been announced for years and most have been in development hell. I enjoy Chaos;Head and Child despite their faults, and view them as thematically important works of fiction. I'm even kind of excited that Chaos;Head is coming to Switch in Japan. My thing is just that... I grew up. A lot of my naive hopes just aren't there any more, and I'm more of a realist in many ways. Life happens, but I do still think the series often produces very high quality content.
In terms of the quality of the videos, I think most creators on this site would have a similar mindset to their old content haha. I think they were important to my growth, but there's a lot of issues that I've noticed that just make them hard to watch. They're certainly adorable, but most of my Sci adv videos before R;N aren't too good now, imo.
Lastly, it's only been in recent years that the games have started to underperform. R;N didn't do S;G numbers, but it sold pretty good upon launch. C;C was the first financial flop, and because it had such a big budget I think it caused a turning point. After that, most of their non-S;G games just didn't sell, and even their recent S;G titles also didn't do that great. I think people just aren't as interested, and it doesn't help that their marketing isn't great.
I don't even know if Spike still publishes Mages games, so the possibility of western releases is now back in the air. Hope we see NoAH and C;C in English on switch! Have a great day :U
@@culIen Thanks for the answers. I think MAGES, when creating C;H, just wanted to make Chaos the backbone of the series, and I myself wish C;C a better future than he actually got. I hope he gets his piece of the glory one day (because part of his failures is due to the lack of C;H Noah).
What about the Rance games?
Haven't played them!
Okay. How about bokuten why i became an angel?
Diablos; llegué a este video buscando una sinopsis para esclarecer algunas cosas que no entendí de la adaptación al anime que me había gustado tanto, y justo en los primeros minutos dicen que es basura, me hizo sentir un poco mal ):
Apologies for the language barrier, I had to Google translate this! In hindsight I wish I had phrased that better, but when I say the anime is garbage I mean so as an adaptation. It is a very lazy and poorly made adaptation that doesn't do the source material the justice it deserves. You can definitely enjoy it, but that just means you would love the visual novel even more and should definitely check it out. The anime cut so much and ruined the delivery of some of the best moments, so fans tend to think negatively of this anime because it did not do a good job capturing what made the VN work in anime form. Hope this helped!
the anime is not trash
aight
It is
nah i watch it its really not@@anomitas
I liked the initial premise, but as the game went on I couldn't bring myself to empathize with most of its characters. They felt like complicated contrived archetypes to me. The delusions were unnecessary and didn't really add anything to the experience (for me at least). What irked me the most was the fact that the game went from horror thriller to shounen. I will concede that the twists did catch me off guard and managed to keep me intrigued. The true ending was great but it wasn't enough to redeem the entire story. I understand that moments of levity are needed to accentuate the more horrific parts of the game and I think that a careful balance must be achieved and this game fails at executing that equilibrium (especially with those mood breaking delusions). And as I've mentioned before some of the story beats felt contrived, forced, and unnatural. It wasn't all bad though, the themes and subjects the story tackled were fairly interesting and the soundtrack was amazing. Stein's gate remains my favorite sciadv game.
I played the PS4 version btw.
Well at least you gave it an open minded chance! Horror to Shounen is just part of what makes up Chaos; and since I was used to it from Head I thought it worked well given that it's a bit of a reflection of the protagonists. The rest of it I also disagree with, but I can't fault you thinking that because the story is unconventional and not for everyone! Steins;Gate is very excellent, and is still my second favorite entry in the series
@@culIen I just kind of jumped into it with no prior knowledge of its predecessor and I might've sounded more harsh than I intended to be. This game is not bad, far from it. It's a lot better than most visual novels out there. I guess it all comes down to preference. I played this per your recommendation and enjoyed it.
Keep up the good work!
Steins;Gate A+?
If C;C was an S, I'd say S;G would be an A+ ye
@@culIen you're the first to say C;C is better than S;G. And i have to agree with the majority, S;G is better.
@@soulscyther666 Not really. Most of the people in the community that have played both games will say that Chaos;Child is just as good if not better. The anime is pretty awful, but the game is a near masterpiece.
Right now I see that many people who played both games say that c;c is better . It all comes down to preferences, which stuff you're more interested into .
I personally like c;c more because it's more chaotic than s;g .
Personally i'm dissapointed that the people responsable of Chaos Head or Chaos;Child are so busy wasting time catering to the fanservice, shipping and lore obsession that Steins;Gate brought to the saga, when they could be doing more like this
sooo.. how important is it to play Chaos;Head before?
It helps, but you can play C;C standalone!
ok thanks...
it's not that I don't want to play an older game or something like this. Its just hard to get it in europe.. Otherwise I would play the whole sciadv-series.
@@パンダの死体 its understandable, C;H isn't even officially available in English xP
@@culIen I know.^^ But it wouldn't be a problem have an english patched version. And I have no problems with free downloads either. Thats how I played other VNs before..
@@パンダの死体 if you want to play it I can help you
Already watched the anime 😂
fata morgana been out
Person 5 been out
I think the true end is great after finishing and thinking about it a while, but imo it was presented in a suboptimal way that made you expect the wrong things, which reduced its impact while you're going through it.
(Spoilers)
Silent Sky was like an extended epilogue, and probably should be presented as such. It goes very well with the last moments of Over Sky and reflects further on Takuru's mindset at the finale. But by the time you unlock the true ending you would've finished the common route a long time ago. I originally thought it was going to be a grand arc that gives redemption to the characters, but only realized that the whole point of the route was that there's no redemption after the credits started rolling in.
Maybe a better way of doing it would be to make Silent Sky happen automatically after the credits of the common route once you finish all the other routes, replacing the Serika-comes-back-to-get-you scene which sort of left a bad taste. Then it clearly connects to the common route, and will be seen more like the epilogue that it is. Bonus points if the dialogue of the climax is changed to reflect the fact that reality is slightly different from what happened in Over Sky, which also turns skipping off and tips off to the readers that they're heading toward a new ending.
if the anime adaptation sucks, the source material sucks as well
Thats not how that works lol. Good manga/games/literature/etc can receive bad adaptations if the people who adapt said material do a bad job. Anime adaptations are not always made by the same team that makes the original work. When bringing that work into a different entertainment medium, a lot can be lost if the staff doing that is incompetent.
@@culIen Hmm, I guess that's true.
... how?
Nono's route is probably the only route worth going on without feeling horribly depressed by the end. I thought the true ending was a joke personally. I thought it was one of the worst endings in the game.
Sorry you feel that way, different strokes for different folks.
The purpose of the True Ending, though, is to provide closure to the game's themes, which it does masterfully. If there had been a full-on happy ending, it would go against the whole message of the game.
I could go into details why, but I think you should take some time to consider it for yourself. I can assure you, you'll appreciate it more the more you consider *why* the story ended the way it did. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
@@kumintsuyuri It's like @DrCullenPHD said...It's just not my cup of tea. I'm more of a happy ending kinda guy. I don't want to read something that's gonna make me feel like shit afterwards. I'll give the writer credit though, at least this VN is competently written. Which is more than most can say about their own. The harem genre is particularly shitty, but more my thing. Which is why Nono's route is the one I like most. (That could have went to Hinae's route had it not been for that torture porn ending.) EDIT: My biggest problem with the true ending was the anticlimactic nature of it. I think anyone could've seen that ending coming from a few miles away. As a matter of fact that's kinda how I expected the common route to end. Not completely.. but still.. there was no note worthy twist from how I expected it to go based on the theme of delusions. And Serika was giving me weird vibes the whole time. I knew she'd be a major factor. When your main selling point for your sub stories are your twists, than you'd think that the true ending would be something besides what we got.
@@zuffazombiekilla I do hear that complaint a lot, that the game blew its load in the common route and didn't leave enough for the true ending. Though, I do think that a story like C;C's really needed the long epilogue it got, so I understand why they split it up the way they did, even if there could have been a better way.
At any rate, yeah, it's really just a matter of preference. The way I personally judge an ending is by whether it succeeds in evoking the emotions the author was aiming for, whether good or bad, but I can understand finding the latter unpleasant.