After hours of fiddling around since following the instructions didn't work, I finally gave up.
The game installs correctly, and can be played in japanese. I, however, cannot read japanese. When I use the english patch, the game just stops working. It will give me a black screen, and the window will refuse to even close unless I stop the process with task manager.
However, I did notice that when I was using the patch, it said some program stopped working, and then continued. Perhaps the problem lies there?
Note, I did read what klown put up in the spoiler. No it did not help.
If anyone can help, it would be appreciated.
[Edit]
Figured out something called crage.exe stops working during the patching. Its probably the cause of the problem.
If anyone knows of a solution, please tell me.
[Edit 2]
After more fiddling around and research, found out a couple of things.
By using applocale, I can make the first warning screen (the 18+ stuff) appear, and the music is there as well. However, once that warning screen fades, the screen stays black. When I try to close it, it gives me the "are you sure" box, but without the yes or no option. Essentially, I still have to use task manager.
Another thing is that when I answer the question with "trick question", it always gives me the same "not recognized" stuff. Tested it out later by putting in random phrases, the patch will still run, and the result is the same no matter what I put it in. Refer below to see what it.
Once again, I'm lost. Out of new stuff to try out. Tried opening it with every combination of compatibility from the properties menu. Language setting is Japanese. For the heck of it, I even tried chinese and korean. No cigar. Someone please help.