Fate/Zero Thread

[GinRei]

Huh, Taiga?! Fujimura-sensei? wut daaa...explain yourself. Unless the next episode is going to do the explaining.

It may, it may not.  Since it'd likely fall into the realm of inner exposition, I'm going to assume it won't outright state it, but I'll wait until after it airs just to be sure.

[Holmes]

Anyone has links to download the visual novel? I´m intrigued by the different routes, although I´ve spoiled myself with the wikia xD

[ranger]

Anyone has links to download the visual novel? I´m intrigued by the different routes, although I´ve spoiled myself with the wikia xD

if you google fate/stay night translation it should be one of the first couple hits..the one I downloaded had mediafire links, so it was really easy for DDL. You could of course torrent as well.

[Holmes]

Yup finally found it , my sites are spanish by default and the spanish websites weren´t good.
Thanks ranger!

[Akonyl]

you should also make sure it's got the Realta Nua patch or whatever so you get the extra scenes like Nine Bullet Revolver, since they can be pretty sweet.

[GinRei]

Make sure it's got voices too, because it loses a LOT without the voices.

[Holmes]

Thanks you both for the info

[Akonyl]

Make sure it's got voices too, because it loses a LOT without the voices.

tbh I just ended up turning them off by the time I was in Heaven's Feel because autoplay goes a lot slower with them on

[ranger]

If you ended up downloading from the same site as I did (it was some visual novel site..with mediafire links), all the additional components like the patches with new CG and voice acting are in that version, so you're all good.

Some tips that I wish I knew when I played the game:

There ARE H-scenes in this game.  BE CAREFUL WITH COMPANY.

During H-scenes, there is no voice-acting.  It's not because your game is glitchy.

There's a walkthrough route pdf inside your version, to get to certain endings and what-not.


edit: speaking of type-moon vns...I just found out that new Mahou game has no voice o__o, VNs in 2012 with no voice?! WTF?!  Also, that F/HA also never got a voice patch..

[Akonyl]

oh wow, didn't even notice this (gonna spoiler tag it just in case it's touched upon in the finale, although it's not really any new information)

Spoiler:

in episode 11 (and presumably other episodes, I'm too lazy to check), this guy shows up in Rider's Ionian Hetairoi, and the first time around I thought "that dude looks a little out of place"

it's actually future-Waver. True bros forever ;__;

[GinRei]

Obviously. 

[ranger]

oh wow, didn't even notice this (gonna spoiler tag it just in case it's touched upon in the finale, although it's not really any new information)

Spoiler:

in episode 11 (and presumably other episodes, I'm too lazy to check), this guy shows up in Rider's Ionian Hetairoi, and the first time around I thought "that dude looks a little out of place"

it's actually future-Waver. True bros forever ;__;

wow I didn't know that...any sauce on that? 

also...

[Akonyl]

oh wow, didn't even notice this (gonna spoiler tag it just in case it's touched upon in the finale, although it's not really any new information)

Spoiler:

in episode 11 (and presumably other episodes, I'm too lazy to check), this guy shows up in Rider's Ionian Hetairoi, and the first time around I thought "that dude looks a little out of place"

it's actually future-Waver. True bros forever ;__;

wow I didn't know that...any sauce on that? 

I don't have any source that just straight says "that dude right there is future Waver", but that's pretty much what he looks like after (spoiler tag I guess because this happens after FZ)

Spoiler:

he becomes Lord El Melloi II

[Holmes]

So it has ended , I haven´t enjoyed a series this much for a long time.

This finally episode was really really nice, pretty touching.

[GinRei]

I love it ending with Kiritsugu's death.  I expected as much, but it was a nice touch.  There's likely going to be some expansion in this final episode for the BD as well, since it didn't mention Kiritsugu's plan to save the future.

Spoiler: Plan to save the future

He set us up the bomb on the Fuyuki leylines to trigger an earthquake, thus destroying the Greater Grail in about 40 years.  Too bad for him the Grail had a lot of juice left over from this one and starts another war 50 years early.

Also, since I said I'd explain it if this episode didn't: the main reason Taiga hung around the Emiya estate was because she had a crush on Kiritsugu.  This was not helped by the fact that he saw Shirley in her, and thus treated her very well.  Also, Kiritsugu dies under 30 years of age, meaning he was no older than 25 during the war, and thus not "legal" when Ilya was born 8 years prior.