Explain the appeal of VN's to me. They're barely even videogames.
Explain the appeal of VN's to me. They're barely even videogames
Robert Robinson
Angel Rivera
cute girls with cute voices, makes you feel good inside.
I hate IRL women, but I love reading VNs. I get emotionally attached to some of the girls, while I have never been attracted to real females because they're ugly and not cute.
Daniel Jackson
Story
What the fuck do you expect people to answer
Jordan Ross
>tfw even in dating VN's i get friendzoned
i should just end myself
Dominic King
Why did you play that shit
Chase Green
God I love Aoi
Jeremiah James
I don't get it either
Why skim through 20 hours of cheesy dialogue just to jerk of to some low quality censored CG porn?
Camden Howard
this
Chase Nelson
>plays literal cuckshit
>expects anyone else to defend THEIR taste
LOL no
Nathaniel Scott
You're mistaking VNs for eroges, not all VNs are eroges, see: Ace Attorney, Zero Escape, Umineko, etc
Bentley Brown
my life is utterly devoid of romance so its how i get my fill
Gavin James
they are like comic books user. except with voices, music, and some light interactivity.
Brody Gomez
At best, they are like a good book with some choices.
This is all in theory though, because none of the VNs I tried when I was young and curious were any good. The only VN I have tried that I'd recommend is Saya no Uta, because it's focused, short, with a good and interesting premise and OK execution.
There are also some "VN"s that are basically point and click adventures or simulators. Those can be OK.
Leo Edwards
uh, most of the most popular VNs are all-ages, my dude. A lot of people who read VNs skip the porn, too. It's like 5 minutes in a 70 hour fucking thing.
Don't tell me you watch rated R movies for 45 seconds of tiddy, do you? OH NO NO NO NO
Jason Perez
she fucks dogs and niggers
Christopher Kelly
>the only VN I would recommend is the literal most recommended Babby's First VN
well that's not suspect at all
Ethan Phillips
Zachary Brown
They're stories with art and audio assets.
Sometimes you have branching routes and choices that matter or give you funny BAD/DEAD ENDs
Sometimes you get unholy unions of the above with great gameplay mechanics, and end up with gems like Sengoku Rance
Adam Ortiz
Why would I read hardcore VNs when I figured out I don't like the genre?
Also, there is a reason Saya is recommended to everyone, because it has wide appeal, unlike most VNs.
Jace Robinson
no, it gets recommended because it's entry level chuuni.
Jason Walker
Xavier Stewart
This. That's the correct answer in this thread.
Visual novels are for those who's not intrested in gameplay and want story instead. They're the best kind of medium for those who want stories, even better than books because of interactivity and music it adds.
Another appeal it has how the story is nonlinear. Multiple choices to leaded to many different results, wether good endings or bad ends.
Benjamin Ward
It's just interactive hentai right? Disgusting coomer shit.
Lincoln Harris
>Saya
>wide appeal
Xavier Moore
yeah, sure, normalfaggot. Better leave the thread, too. Wouldn't want to have to confess extra sins on your weekly Church visit, would you?
Josiah Fisher
> He thinks all VNs have sexual content.
Adrian Gray
To be fair, that's true if you're just parroting a name you saw in a thread and never actually played it or any other VN yourself
Nathaniel Russell
I bought 500$ dac/amp and played VNs on it with Sennheisers HD650. It's amazing how much cuter and alive the girls sound now. I love to lay comfortably on the couch, set the VN to autoread, and just listen to the cute girls. Pure bliss. It's the only thing left in this world that puts a smile on my face. VNs are blessed for the lonely incels like me.
Oliver Reyes
cringe and yikes
Carter Ross
In some ways, it's a cool take on Lovecraftian horror from the point of view of a cultist. It's also enough of its own thing to not fall into predictable Lovecraftian tropes. Also, lolis. How is this not appealing to your average Lovecraft/anime fan? It's not like that's a small niche, hence it has wide appeal.
James King
they're like interactive stories
i was a big fan of the early text adventure/interactive fiction games and they feel like an evolution of IF to me. it's also like anime that actually has the time to fully explore characters and plot points; a lot of anime feels rushed.
Carson Phillips
I'm telling you you are right. Visual novels are interactive hentai cartoons. You should flee now while you still can, Mr. Buzzwords
Bentley Morales
>finally try out a VN
>stereotypical dating sim shenanigans
>THEN IT GETS REALLY DARK AND SUBVERTS YOUR EXPECTATIONS
>this is almost every hyped up VN
Kevin Cook
Agreed.
Anime is for the scatterbraindead idiots who don't have the time to read though a VN. One funny thing I noticed after watching anime of Grisaia after reading through VNs is that all the girls talk faster, because episodes have time constraints. It all felt so rushed and unnatural.
David Jones
>I'm telling you you are right. Visual novels are interactive hentai cartoons.
Samuel Morris
>Anime adaptation lacks the inner monologues from the Light novel
Landon Nelson
I am sorry that obvious sarcasm escapes you. Perhaps I should use a /s denotation like on certain other websites.
Sebastian Carter
>Perhaps I should use a /s
That's a thing?
Aiden Carter
no /s
Hunter Campbell
MIYUKI BETTER!
Cooper Russell
They're graphic novels with light interactive elements, what's not to get?
Jordan Rivera
There's a lot of people that will enjoy literally anything anime. There is a waifu, they lose all standards.
Lucas Perez
oh, so it's like Westerners with gay and black people
Christian Jones
Mason Sanders
Christian Brooks
What do you also need someone to explain the appeal of books? VNs are just books with artwork music and interactivity.
Adrian Ortiz
More so. Westerns just use gay and black people to virtue signal but half the time dont support it beyond vocally (because they dont actually like the medium). Weebs literally have no standards if there is waifus in something.
Angel Wright
based
Isaac Smith
Yes, because people on r*ddit are to autistic to infer sarcasm through context clues.
Justin Miller
I'll read any VN as long as it's not any shittier than your average book/movie.
Christopher Phillips
And don't forget bad ends too.
This is why anime adaptations of visual novels don't always end up surpassing the source material. Many people who watched Ufotable Fate (just UBW route) thinks Shirou is just a shounen MC and has plot armor, even he though he died so many times in the VN.
Brody Rodriguez
who the fuck reads books? it's not 1752 anymore
Lucas Morales
>pictures
Good
>words
Good
>Pictures and words
NOOOOO YOU HAVE TO ENJOY THOSE THINGS SEPARATELY
Nolan Perry