What is your opinion on visual novels?

[neromero]

Just as the title said

 

[Hourai]

I love them, and they are fantastic.

 

[Viviana Santos]

I love Umineko, The House in Fata Morgana, Zero Escape, Ace Attorney, VA-11 Hall-A and Katawa Shoujo.

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So yes, I like Visual Novels a lot.

 

[moonbits]

If they have good puzzles/mechanics then I'm in. If it's just straight up reading with choices I snooze the fuck out.

 

[neromero]

I love Umineko, The House in Fata Morgana, Zero Escape, Ace Attorney, VA-11 Hall-A and Katawa Shoujo.

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So yes, I like Visual Novels a lot

Ace Attorney and zero escape mentioned!!!

 

[Viviana Santos]

I love Umineko, The House in Fata Morgana, Zero Escape, Ace Attorney, VA-11 Hall-A and Katawa Shoujo.

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So yes, I like Visual Novels a lot.

On the other hand, I hate Danganronpa

 

[neromero]

On the other hand, I hate Danganronpa

Truest words ever spoken

 

[NotGodlike]

They have too much to read sometimes, and less gameplay to engage (with exception of something like Ace Attorney)

 

[Hourai]

If they have good puzzles/mechanics then I'm in. If it's just straight up reading with choices I snooze the fuck out.

So, you like adventure games. Yes, I know things like 999 and AA are called VNs here, but ADVs are a different thing in practice.

On the other hand, I hate Danganronpa

Danganronpa is so bad. It's only successful because it was made to be successful.

 

[johnnyndl]

Not my kind of game, but I understand the appeal. For me, it has to be something I'm really passionate about, otherwise I lose focus in the middle (thanks ADHD)

 

[Viviana Santos]

Danganronpa is so bad. It's only successful because it was made to be successful.

Ultra Despair Girls and the entire existence of Chihiro Fujisaki make me so fucking sick and angry.

 

[ieatcarrotcake]

I really enjoy VNs and find them relaxing. Old visual novels from the 80s into the 2000s were mostly made by small teams and indie devs (especially the 80s-90s) and I like their charm.

 

[nintara]

my repertoire when it comes to vns is unfortunately very poor, but the few i did read that weren't nukige (saya no uta, the question arcs of higurashi when they cry, hopeless junction, danganronpa 2(this was when i was like 13 tbf)) were usually some of the best things i have ever experienced.

also hearing that the tsukihime tl was dogshit (which apparently is why it seems to have such clumsy writing at times) was part of why i started learning japanese (i gave up on it for the time being, but am still planning to resume sooner or later)

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

I bought a Switch mainly just because they seem to have exclusivity deals with a few VN publishers (mainly otome). As soon as I finish that list I'll stop supporting Nintendo and focus more on a few Steam titles I've been ignoring, just looking that library alone I have 137 titles that register with the tag Visual Novel and a few indies purchased on itch....
Too many stories to read not enough time. That being said I love a good story and will do what I can to read them, all genres are welcomed. From cheesy, to horror, to crime, to historical romances, and science fiction.

 

[Yousef]

You’re not a REAL VN reader unless you’ve read all three Danganronpa games, back to back, no pausing and realize they’re all dogshit anyways. Celeste got a fire design though.

 

[Hourai]

Ultra Despair Girls and the entire existence of Chihiro Fujisaki make me so fucking sick and angry.

I'll be completely honest: I ignore those aspects. I try my best not to think about it, because nothing good comes from how the games treat either of those girls. Since I assume you're talking about how unsympathetic UDG was to a certain character in particular. A friend of mine-

Post canceled why the fuck did my phone just change UDG to DUH well after I typed it. I saw it happen it won't gaslight me into believing I did it.

 

[Deleted member 884]

I don't see the point of them. If I wanna read, I take a book.

 

[moonbits]

I don't see the point of them. If I wanna read, I take a book.

but the cute generic anime girls that u can fucc brooo

 

[Hourai]

I don't see the point of them. If I wanna read, I take a book.

There are audio and visual aspects that enhance it. It's a different experience than reading a book, because books don't have background music or character sprites or the like. You can't enhance a scene by playing music and displaying art that shows what it's like.

 

[nintara]

I don't see the point of them. If I wanna read, I take a book.

and i don't see the point of tv shows. if i wanna watch something, i put on a movie.

 

[ieatcarrotcake]

I don't see the point of reading at all, I just close my eyes forever

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

What's the point of reality? I just want to dream.

 

[Viviana Santos]

I'll be completely honest: I ignore those aspects. I try my best not to think about it, because nothing good comes from how the games treat either of those girls. Since I assume you're talking about how unsympathetic UDG was to a certain character in particular. A friend of mine-

Post canceled why the fuck did my phone just change UDG to DUH well after I typed it. I saw it happen it won't gaslight me into believing I did it.

Everything about Kotoko Utsugi makes me so fucking angry and miserable, and the way Kodaka wrote Chihiro's Arc is just awful.

 

[Yousef]

I don’t understand the point of pointing. It’s rude to point.

 

[Super Funky Piece]

there's definitely some VNs i know friends are into that i ought to read, particularly Umineko which i grabbed on sale recently, but that one's a hell of a commitment and i'm always putting off plenty of other things first.