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Visual novels are always nice, think the earliest one I experienced was the goosebumps books which let you make choices, before i had a pc or consoles.

I didnt know about visual novels until I won one here. I enjoyed the kind, but it has to catch my interest. I gave away an interesting one in the last couple days.

I don't like too much visual novels, maybe because there is a lot to read and english is not my main language

Multiple-endings games are always welcomed, I also like to see the different reactions of the characters when we choose difference choices, especially those "WTH" ones :P

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After my long and dangerous climb to the top of Ostankino broadcasting tower I decided to spare the city of mutants only to find out in the sequel that this wasn't the canon ending.
Most game developers lack the narrative finesse to carry over all possible outcomes in a sequel which irks me a lot.

Happy cake day

Thank you for the train :D

i was a lot into visuel novels but havven't played any recently

Don't know much about visual novels, i dont remember ever "playing" one. Games with multiple endings are fine as long as they are good and the different ending scenarios aren't dependent on something that makes you repeat the whole game(or big part of it), and if they are dependent on something like that make sure that the game has replayability worth, or its just a hassle.

I don't really play visual novels, and I prefer games with multiple paths, not just multiple endings because I get bored easily if I have to re-play the whole game only to change dialog option #4 with PNJ #54 in town #23 by dialog option #2 so that it unlocks the secret door #8 in town #17 instead of the door #89 I took in my previous play 😂
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Well, Visual Novels are my favourite genre, cause I enjoy reading, like multiple choices in games and also like cute anime girls
They also was main motivation to learn English. I prefer Japanese ones, but sometimes play something like DokiDoki or Life and Suffering of Sir Brante (we may count it VN, it even have VNDB page). So yeah, I like them a lot.
Happy Cakeday ^^

Didn't play one even if I like anime but i'll search in my library to see if I have one maybe I'll give it a try anyway... I saw a yt guy playing LateShift it looks kinda interesting ( not anime tho) is more like a irl movie with multiple endings and choices

I haven't played any visual novel yet. But I am most definitely interested in it. It's just life is so hectic and not enough time to do anything I really want.

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I like visual novels but only play / read one very occasionally, and generally tend to prefer the ones that are more hybrid in genre instead of a straight forward VN, multiple ending are welcomed but not necessary at all for my enjoyment. My favorite would have to be Analogue: a Hate Story, partly because it might have been the first VN I ever encountered and partly because of how well it uses the context of its plot to justify the way it dripfeeds its story to the player, the writer even came up with an in universe reason to explain the limitations of a conversation tree which at the time I thought was brilliant.

happy cakeday! not much of a vn fan myself so can't help you there sadly...

I just LOVE visual novels. And the best usually have multiple endings. Fate/stay night, Saya no Utah, Tsukihime, I have seen many of them.

One of the best things about them it's that since they can't do much about gameplay, they have to concentrate on story. And the stories are great!

The narratives are in-depth enough to suck you into a different reality. Playing a visual novel gives you the same feeling of watching a really good movie or reading an amazing book.

What I also love about visual novels are the endings. I usually never bother to finish a game for the second time for the ending. But visual novels make reruns more appealing. Finding all endings make the game feel complete—you get to experience the story from all angles, allowing you to get to know the universe and characters.

I mostly play games for the story and interesting (and not too stressful) gameplay, so certainly open to Visual Novels. The last one that became dear to my heart was Eliza. Though I do wonder where the boundary between Visual Novels and other genres lies... I'm thinking of the upcoming Mask of The Rose - which might have so many opportunities to influences pieces of the story that it might as well be called a RPG. Games like this make me really excited.

Happy cakeday! I rarely play VN's but I like some of the better made ones. Multiple endings is cool if it doesn't force you to replay too much (without a way of skipping). Do you need access to the whitelist GA to find all the endings?

i like VN and i like multi ending games too .
I like to experience Lore etc and if its in a VN or in Elden ring i will try to crawl against every possible scenario :D

I enjoy games in general, but prefer ones with a decent story, and having multiple endings makes them more enjoyable to replay.

What would you recommend as your top 10?

Visual novels rock. I remember when I played Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward on the Vita, because it was free in Playstation Plus. After the first ending I wasn't impressed at all and only gaining more achievements motivated me to try a second ending. Then I couldn't stop till I had them all and absolutely loved the game.

I hope I'll play more of them when I get my Deck. Got plenty in my backlog.

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Happy Cake Day and thanks for the train! I love games with multiple endings and finished The Complex a couple months ago and was hooked. I do try and get all endings possible. I have several in my library and also on my wishlist.

Seconding Eliza. And Elsinore isn’t tagged with visual novel, but it’s a visual novel you can run around in imo. Without giving away too much, it has endings within endings, and I really got lost in it. Both of these games are a bit somber though.