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Katawa Shoujo ETA: One day. Years of waiting finally over.
(The game is **nsfw**, as it contains **erotic themes**, however they can be turned off if needed.) * **First words** I have personally always been a huge fan of good hentai/ecchi games, especially when they come up with a good storyline. And yes, Katawa Shoujo falls under this very category. It's been over 3 years since Four Leaf Studios (from 4chan.org) published the act one, and I've been waiting for this game ever since. * **About Visual Novels** For those who haven't been playing visual novels before I'd say now it's a good time to try out the genre. And for those who don't want the hentai parts of the game, there will be option to have them turned off and just play the game as a romantic story. Basically what visual novel stands for, it's kind of like reading an interactive book, which usually comes with voice acting/sound effects, scenery art and player chosen story routes where your decisions effect the outcome of the story (some VN's don't give player possibly to choose from different story routes, and act more like a book, however Katawa Shoujo does allow the player prefered decisions.) * **Background story** (**minor spoilers**) The game tells about a boy who get's ill with a very serious heart condition and has to quit normal school. Because of this he has to transfer to a school for disabled people so that their conditions can be supervised also during the school. There he end's up meeting few other disabled girls and guys (for anyone looking for Yaoi, from what I understood, there won't be any in this game, sorry :P) and from there on it's up to the player to make decisions about who you want to get more familiar with. Even find romantic relationships in a place where you might've never expected to find it before. * **My thoughts on the story** The story itself is rather unique thanks to the fact that it's based around disabled people, and it's one of those subjects that people seem to avoid a lot when creating stories, especially when the story involves romance. Which is kinda sad, since this game really shows well how much personality disabled people can have inside them and I'm sure it'll also make lot of people who play it to realize, how normal people they actually can be. * **Last words** Anyways, that's my thoughts on the subject and hope people will enjoy the game once it's out tomorrow (4th of January). Also the game will be !free! so I see no reason why people shouldn't test it out. How ever, the game does indeed contain sexual themes so some parental control is advised for underage people. * **Links:** [Homepage](http://katawa-shoujo.com/) [Developer Blog] (http://katawashoujo.blogspot.com/) **Katawa Shoujo download links:** Torrent: [Windows](http://dl.katawa-shoujo.com/gold/%5B4ls%5D_katawa_shoujo_%5Bwindows%5D%5BC3798628%5D.exe.torrent) | [Mac OS X](http://dl.katawa-shoujo.com/gold/%5B4ls%5D_katawa_shoujo_%5Bmac%5D%5B0B31CA0B%5D.dmg.torrent) | [Linux x86](http://dl.katawa-shoujo.com/gold/%5B4ls%5D_katawa_shoujo_%5Blinux-x86%5D%5B7EF452DF%5D.tar.bz2.torrent) DDL: [Windows](http://dl.katawa-shoujo.com/gold/mirrors/%5B4ls%5D_katawa_shoujo_%5Bwindows%5D%5BC3798628%5D.exe) | [Mac OS X](http://dl.katawa-shoujo.com/gold/mirrors/%5B4ls%5D_katawa_shoujo_%5Bmac%5D%5B0B31CA0B%5D.dmg) | [Linux x86](http://dl.katawa-shoujo.com/gold/mirrors/%5B4ls%5D_katawa_shoujo_%5Blinux-x86%5D%5B7EF452DF%5D.tar.bz2) Do not download this content if you are not 18 years old or over. more