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Chaos;Head Noah Coming West to PC via Steam October 2022

Bullet Club

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Chaos;Head Noah Coming West to PC via Steam October 2022​


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At Anime Expo 2022, Spike Chunsoft announced that the director’s cut of the first Science Adventure entry, Chaos;Head Noah, will be releasing for PC via Steam on October 7, 2022. This release date is the same time the title is releasing for Nintendo Switch via the Chaos;Head Noah / Chaos;Child Double Pack.

Chaos;Child has already been available on PC via Steam. The Anime Expo 2022 panel also showed that the Map Triggers have been translated, unlike the previously localized release.

We’ll be sure to keep you all updated on this upcoming release.

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Chaos;Head Noah / Chaos;Child Double Pack is a physical release of the collection that includes both games, a Steelbook, and the lingerie DLC. Regarding this, the official website states that the fictitious waifu, Seira Orgel, will not adorn her lingerie costume DLC for the North American and European releases.

Chaos:Head Noah can be seen as the director’s cut version of the original Chaos;Head which was a PC-only release in Japan. Noah added character routes and released for several consoles in Japan. Unfortunately, no edition of Chaos;Head has ever received an official localization.

Chaos;Child is a visual novel taking place 6 years after Chaos;Head Noah, focusing on a new group of protagonists. This title did receive an official English localization from publisher PQube on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and by publisher Spike Chunsoft on PC via Steam.

Source: Noisy Pixel
 

YukiOnna

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Finally. Get to play the Noah version, since I only played C;H years ago.
This sucks though:
Regarding this, the official website states that the fictitious waifu, Seira Orgel, will not adorn her lingerie costume DLC for the North American and European releases.
 
Played a fan translation of Chaos Head couple of years ago. Very divisive VN some people can't handle the protagonist.
 

YukiOnna

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Spike Chunsoft has to cancel the Steam verson and pursue other storefronts because Valve guidelines hates anime. FWIW, Nintendo Switch version is releasing as planned.
 
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STARSBarry

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Spike Chunsoft has to cancel the Steam verson and pursue other storefronts because Valve guidelines hates anime. FWIW, Nintendo Switch version is releasing as planned.


Honestly I think someone big needs to kick up a stink about this so a head honcho gets wind.

This is not some "run of the mill" anime porn (which there is already PLENTY of on steam)
It's money just left on the table due to what I suspect a single person with an agenda in a role they are grossly unqualified for.
 
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Cyberpunkd

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Honestly I think someone big needs to kick up a stink about this so a head honcho gets wind.

This is not some "run of the mill" anime porn (which there is already PLENTY of on steam)
It's money just left on the table due to what I suspect a single person with an agenda in a role they are grossly unqualified for.
Bruh, you got Loli in swimsuits, c’mon now.

giant robo mecha GIF
 

YukiOnna

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Honestly I think someone big needs to kick up a stink about this so a head honcho gets wind.

This is not some "run of the mill" anime porn (which there is already PLENTY of on steam)
It's money just left on the table due to what I suspect a single person with an agenda in a role they are grossly unqualified for.
The dumb part is how there's people thinking there's some extreme content in C;H that warranted it (even then, it's stupid) when no it really just feels like some idiot they hired has it out against school settings and anime lol.

It's not a matter of just a separate PC client either. Steam Store has such a monopoly.
 
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It would be nice, if Spike Chunsoft's investigation into alternative retailers led to offering products through stores not essentially tied to a game launcher. While none of the other retailers trading in Japanese text-based games offer the reach of the Epic Store, they are at least extremely lenient, when it comes to content prohibitions.
 

STARSBarry

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Bruh, you got Loli in swimsuits, c’mon now.

giant robo mecha GIF

Hey Loli's saved Cyberpunk and it can't be that bad if N-Tendo gave the all green, somethings just up with Valve and last time I played it over a decade ago I remember it being quite critical about those things... again hard to explain without major spoilers. Just note the main protagonist is not a "healthy" individual in terms of his mental state.

The version I had never had swimsuit DLC, but as I said it "fits" considering the heavy commentary about at the time recent trend for people to be unhealthily obsessed with sexualised manga, anime and figures or graphically extreme violence to the detriment of all around them and the "delusion" mechanic.

The dude went on to create Stiens Gate and you can see it clearly in Chaos Head, the game can really make you feel extremely uncomfortable...



This ringtone in particular will be memorable to anyone who knows the context, and the build up to it and the impact is amazing. Most VN's will never have that "moment" Chaos:Head manages to have several. But no steam will suggest to me some game with a male elf getting butt fucked as the second image on the store because I played the similair games "Witcher 3" & "Greedfall" but God forbid a critically acclaimed novel with poignant social commentary and swimsuits gets onto the store.
 
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Hopefully there is enough stink raised over it so the decision is reviewed. It's part of a series with overwhelmingly positive feedback. You'd think that would be taken into consideration.
 

FStubbs

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it's crazy how Nintendo has no issue with it and the Switch version will go ahead & release on time
Because there's no actual AO content in the visual novel. Don't understand this ban when plenty of worse games are on Steam.
 
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YukiOnna

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Looks like the noise worked.

CHAOS;HEAD NOAH for PC to launch via Steam as previously planned on October 7​

“Valve’s content review team, the group that made the original decision, has re-examined CHAOS;HEAD NOAH and decided to reverse course and allow the game to ship on Steam, as is. We’ve also examined the process that led to the previous decision about CHAOS;HEAD NOAH, and made some changes to avoid situations like this in the future.”

 
Looks like the noise worked.

CHAOS;HEAD NOAH for PC to launch via Steam as previously planned on October 7​

“Valve’s content review team, the group that made the original decision, has re-examined CHAOS;HEAD NOAH and decided to reverse course and allow the game to ship on Steam, as is. We’ve also examined the process that led to the previous decision about CHAOS;HEAD NOAH, and made some changes to avoid situations like this in the future.”


Valve’s content review team

Fancy word of saying a censorship team

The feminazis ruin everything lol
 

Graciaus

Member
Now do the same thing for Full Metal Daemon Muramasa, Meteor World Actor, Dungeon Travelers 2, Kara no Shoujo 2, Evenicle 2 and a shit load of other VNs that were banned.
 

Flatline

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We’ve also examined the process that led to the previous decision about CHAOS;HEAD NOAH, and made some changes to avoid situations like this in the future.”


Strange way to say they got rid off the wokies that had inflitrated the team
 

00_Zer0

Member
Looks like the noise worked.

CHAOS;HEAD NOAH for PC to launch via Steam as previously planned on October 7​

“Valve’s content review team, the group that made the original decision, has re-examined CHAOS;HEAD NOAH and decided to reverse course and allow the game to ship on Steam, as is. We’ve also examined the process that led to the previous decision about CHAOS;HEAD NOAH, and made some changes to avoid situations like this in the future.”

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I'm not even into this series, but after seeing all the blatant porn and hentai games advertised directly on Steams storefront through the years, even I knew this was a step too far. This is a win for gamers everywhere. Censorship or downright banning of games from a culture you do not understand is wrong no matter if you like these kind of games or not.
 
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jaysius

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Game name made of non sequiturs in a nonsensical pattern always with a colon of course, it's either going to be amazing, or some bullshit waifu weeb jack off shit game.

It's usually the latter.
 

YukiOnna

Member
Game name made of non sequiturs in a nonsensical pattern always with a colon of course, it's either going to be amazing, or some bullshit waifu weeb jack off shit game.

It's usually the latter.
Nothing of value to say or react with as always.
 

Graciaus

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I bought it to support them but I won't be playing for awhile. The rest of the month is stacked and the patch won't be out for a couple weeks. Chaos;Child was unreadable without the patch I expect this will be the same. It was cheaper than I was expecting and it had a bundle.
 
Glad to see it re-evaluated. That "content review team" is almost comical with their standards. Given their history these decisions stink of political/social agendas.

I have mixed feelings on the translation. From the examples above, it looks lazy as crap, especially when you consider in C;Head Takumi IS a @channer nerd who would speak in dated internet slang. Granted I won't immediately point fingers at the localizers themselves as I have no idea what kind of timeframe/budget/skillset they were given, but Spike Chunsoft should strive for better.

On the flipside, while I love the work Committee of Zero does, I also think they blow stuff way out of proportion. The official translations for these games are perfectly serviceable and you will still grasp 99% of the plot. From what I recall, the only impactful things I came across were the Map in C:Child not being translated (making the player stuck) or naming inconsistencies that can leave you not realizing things (like Geji-nee/Sister Centipede).


Also for the record, in Chaos;Head I absolutely LOVE the scenes where you sit in his "house" with no music and just the hum of his PC's hard drive clicking/thrashing. Such a nostalgic sound.
 
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