Artificial Girl 2
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is a 3D
erotic
life simulation game
developed by Illusion
for the PC
. The player assumes the role of a young male on an island, populated with a number of idyllic locations typical to the genre (such as the beach
, a hot spring
, a school
, a lab
/office
, a train car, and a castle's church and dungeon
.) Accompanying the player is a cute girl, who provides a number of different social and increasingly erotic actions for the player.
At the beginning of the game, the player may customize the girl's different attributes, such as her hair color
, hair style, breast size, skin color, and blood type
(this has the added function of selecting her personality, based on the popular Japanese pseudoscience
). Unless third-party modifications
are used, the girl will still more or less look the same underneath the hair and minor modifications, a problem foreseen by most gamers to plague many other games of this genre that attempt this type of customization. This (along with other concerns, see below) has led to a lot of the aforementioned "modding
" to this game, both inside and outside of Japan
.
bing in and out of the game, that unlock all the girl's costumes, that fill the girl's love meter, and that disables her showering after every H-scene.
The majority of these fan made mods affect the appearance of both the girl and her clothing. Some mods edit the girl's physical features, changing her skin color, height, slimness, and even shape, color, and size of her eyes and lips. The other mods mainly create new costumes for the girl to wear. These can range anywhere from real-life based outfits to outfits from famous anime
, manga
, and games.
3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images...
erotic
Eroge
An or Ero-ga is a Japanese video or computer game that features erotic content, usually in the form of anime-style artwork. Eroge originated from galge, but unlike galge, they feature erotic/pornographic content.-History:...
life simulation game
Life simulation game
Life simulation games is a sub-genre of simulation video games in which the player lives or controls one or more virtual lifeforms...
developed by Illusion
Illusion Soft
is a company from Yokohama, Japan famous for developing 3D eroge such as the Biko series, Battle Raper, Des Blood series, Artificial Girl and Sexy Beach....
for the PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
. The player assumes the role of a young male on an island, populated with a number of idyllic locations typical to the genre (such as the beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
, a hot spring
Hot spring
A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater from the Earth's crust. There are geothermal hot springs in many locations all over the crust of the earth.-Definitions:...
, a school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
, a lab
Laboratory
A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories...
/office
Office
An office is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the...
, a train car, and a castle's church and dungeon
Dungeon
A dungeon is a room or cell in which prisoners are held, especially underground. Dungeons are generally associated with medieval castles, though their association with torture probably belongs more to the Renaissance period...
.) Accompanying the player is a cute girl, who provides a number of different social and increasingly erotic actions for the player.
At the beginning of the game, the player may customize the girl's different attributes, such as her hair color
Hair color
Hair color is the pigmentation of hair follicles due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, if more melanin is present, the color of the hair is darker; if less melanin is present, the hair is lighter...
, hair style, breast size, skin color, and blood type
Blood type
A blood type is a classification of blood based on the presence or absence of inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells . These antigens may be proteins, carbohydrates, glycoproteins, or glycolipids, depending on the blood group system...
(this has the added function of selecting her personality, based on the popular Japanese pseudoscience
Japanese blood type theory of personality
There is a popular belief in Japan, Korea, and other Asian countries that a person's ABO blood type or is predictive of his or her personality, temperament, and compatibility with others, similar to how astrological signs are used, though blood type plays a much more prominent role in Japanese...
). Unless third-party modifications
Mod (computer gaming)
Mod or modification is a term generally applied to personal computer games , especially first-person shooters, role-playing games and real-time strategy games. Mods are made by the general public or a developer, and can be entirely new games in themselves, but mods are not standalone software and...
are used, the girl will still more or less look the same underneath the hair and minor modifications, a problem foreseen by most gamers to plague many other games of this genre that attempt this type of customization. This (along with other concerns, see below) has led to a lot of the aforementioned "modding
Mod (computer gaming)
Mod or modification is a term generally applied to personal computer games , especially first-person shooters, role-playing games and real-time strategy games. Mods are made by the general public or a developer, and can be entirely new games in themselves, but mods are not standalone software and...
" to this game, both inside and outside of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
Third party modifications and patches
Since Jinkō Shōjo 2 has gained so much popularity among the adult gaming community, many unofficial mods and patches have been made for it. The typical patches include patches that convert the Japanese text into English, that enable Alt-TabAlt-Tab
' is the common name for a keyboard shortcut that has been in Microsoft Windows since Windows 3.0. This shortcut switches between top-level windows without using the mouse; hence it was named Task Switcher ....
bing in and out of the game, that unlock all the girl's costumes, that fill the girl's love meter, and that disables her showering after every H-scene.
The majority of these fan made mods affect the appearance of both the girl and her clothing. Some mods edit the girl's physical features, changing her skin color, height, slimness, and even shape, color, and size of her eyes and lips. The other mods mainly create new costumes for the girl to wear. These can range anywhere from real-life based outfits to outfits from famous anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
, manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
, and games.