If you are willing to invest a bit of time, you can read the thread. There is a lot of interesting points from both sides of the issue. I am personally with you on this, but I admit that personal values play a big role in determining what one finds okay and what is beyond that imaginary line.

I really like to check these guides up because I almost always find at least 5 new series to sink my time into.

I get that. There has been a lot of discussion here on those specific words, and I mostly appreciate the way this review was written. Still, I think the following sentence is a bit too categorical:

First, just for the sake of clarity: when I use terms as "we" or "you" I use them in general, not as pointers towards a specific person or group of people. Sometimes, it seems like this distinction is necessary in order to avoid unintended offense.

The question is, I guess, when sex depicted in a medium is arousing. What is arousing for one does not have to be for another. For me, for example, the sex scenes in Game of Thrones or Vikings always seemed somehow awkward. Not only because of the context of the scene, but also because of the way it was choreographed…

I agree with you completely. I was just providing some rudimentary information because deviated asked.

This was my response exactly. The Senior High kids in Japan are generally between 15 and 18. I believe that all high-school students fall into that category. That said, when I went to college in the States after attending high school in Europe, I was among the oldest people in my year (which had its own benefits, as I…

But if the games were illegal, wouldn't that make the Song of Ice and Fire series illegal as well, given Danny's age when she has sex with Khal Drogo? This kind of determination is very tricky, because what is allowed in one medium is not allowed in other. Game of Thrones TV series had to change the age of characters…

Now, it has to be stressed that Fire Emblem never depicted any sexual scenes.

Fixing a double post. My internet did something weird. Honest apologies.

It's great to see that we can have a sensible discussion on this topic without falling to personal insults. You have already appropriately mentioned the fact about innocence. The other issue that has to be kept in mind are Japanese consent laws that are pretty lenient, which further influences the medium as a whole. I…

It's great to see a publisher so openly engage in a discussion with fans. I just hope you won't catch too much flak for even bringing this game to the Western market. As for the Steam version, per an earlier discussion: will you release an "unlock" patch like some other games did in the past?

I am not aware of stating anywhere that I am for censorship (unlike others in this thread). I expressed my disagreement over Monster Monpiece cutting out some content, and said that a consumer should decide whether a game is for them or not based on their own preferences.

Whoa! Calm down, person. First of all, this is not about what I find troubling or not. I merely brought up the point that the the author seemed a bit perplexed by the existence of sexual scenes in a Dating Sim game that is clearly labelled as 18+.

I think what he means is that most people will wait for the game to release on Steam and then patch it to unlock the 18+ scenes, which is okay by me as long as it's the 18+ users that do it. I am not sure how well Steam manages the Parental Control on this, though. If the game sells as suitable for all ages and…

Oh I see. I did some digging on the internet and found out that Vita indeed cannot emulate the PS2 classics. It's a shame, but at least PS3 can and NISA has been pretty good at re-releasing older popular games on newer platforms. The question is whether Grim Grimoire is popular enough (it is no Disgaea or Atelier,…

Ooh, it seems Grim Grimoire is on PSN. Since I got into gaming after the PS2 era (I come from a post-comm country), I missed on a lot of these classics. I might give it a shot, though. Anyone knows if this runs on a Vita too?

As I wrote above, I totally get that. While I wish Mr. Eisenbeis did use a little bit less categorical statement than "And honestly, because of these scenes, I hesitate recommending this game to others despite how enjoyable I found the rest of it to be." It's great that the review did not get stuck on this specific…

Totally. I understand that Japan has different standards, and I don't want to go down the "it is wrong" path. It's different, and it's up to each of the consumers to decide whether they are okay with it or not. In that regard, I really appreciate that the author did not spend the whole article on it.

I get that, and I appreciate that this review is actually pretty fair, especially given the Kotaku standards on sexual content. Still, the way I read the review, there were places where it felt to ME a bit more like "the game has me touching butts and I can't skip it, oh the huge manatee." My personal opinion is that…