Its funny how the VN genre of games evolved from Japan and the West in completely different directions.
The West its always the gayest of gay stories, usually about lesbians, and some dumb message about politics and leaving your parents. And its a dead genre entirely propped up by the Games Journos fluffing it or literal government funding, as very few of them ever sell.
Japan its about which girl (or guy for the fujos) you want to fuck, with entire subgenres about specific types of women and sex scenes for most of them. And its such a massive industry that multiple VNs are cultural landmarks if not the start of entire billion dollar franchises (Fate).
It's like the split between the original Korean mukbangs (admittedly pathetic girlfriend simulators) and the western split (let's watch a disgusting whale stuff their face until they barf and/or cry).
For Japanese VNs? Most of the ones I could suggest you've probably heard of or seen the anime for (Steins Gate, Higurashi, Clannad). I enjoyed School Days way back when for the meme, but outside of that its mostly pornographic.
That's really the reason why its stayed a mostly Japanese genre, because 90% of it is porn or close to it, and when it isn't its usually becomes big enough to get adapted into something else.
Higurashi has been remade like 4 times, so make sure you pick the one that feels most appealing to you. I don't recall much of the content changing, but the art between versions is wildly different. The later versions probably have more added (since they came after the anime was a huge hit), but I know a few guys who swear by the "boxing glove" originals.
Umineko, written by the same guy who made Higurashi, is also a great one. But it is quite polarizing. Either you love it or hate it. But it is suuuuper long.
Its funny how the VN genre of games evolved from Japan and the West in completely different directions.
The West its always the gayest of gay stories, usually about lesbians, and some dumb message about politics and leaving your parents. And its a dead genre entirely propped up by the Games Journos fluffing it or literal government funding, as very few of them ever sell.
Japan its about which girl (or guy for the fujos) you want to fuck, with entire subgenres about specific types of women and sex scenes for most of them. And its such a massive industry that multiple VNs are cultural landmarks if not the start of entire billion dollar franchises (Fate).
It's like the split between the original Korean mukbangs (admittedly pathetic girlfriend simulators) and the western split (let's watch a disgusting whale stuff their face until they barf and/or cry).
For Japanese VNs? Most of the ones I could suggest you've probably heard of or seen the anime for (Steins Gate, Higurashi, Clannad). I enjoyed School Days way back when for the meme, but outside of that its mostly pornographic.
That's really the reason why its stayed a mostly Japanese genre, because 90% of it is porn or close to it, and when it isn't its usually becomes big enough to get adapted into something else.
Higurashi has been remade like 4 times, so make sure you pick the one that feels most appealing to you. I don't recall much of the content changing, but the art between versions is wildly different. The later versions probably have more added (since they came after the anime was a huge hit), but I know a few guys who swear by the "boxing glove" originals.
Umineko, written by the same guy who made Higurashi, is also a great one. But it is quite polarizing. Either you love it or hate it. But it is suuuuper long.
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