OneManArmy 82 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) 1) A game is something you do for the sake of entertainment. - You play Visual Novels for the sake of entertainment, so yes it is a game 2) A video game is an electronic game where you control the graphical images on a video screen. - While it isn't much you do control the game through clicking and advancing the text, picking choices etc, so yes it is also a video game At least from my understanding. Edit: I guess a better word to describe most Visual Novels would be interactive game. Edited January 17, 2019 by OneManArmy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
napoleon 134 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Football is a game while Hara Chuchu is not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xMDx 11 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Well since VN's are such a broad gerne now it's hard to give a single awnser: If it's a pure virtual novel with just text, images and maybe some path choises i would say no. Because it feels more like a choose your own adventure book and those not a game. But if it would have something more to it like the character managment in Beat Blades Haruka, i would say: Yes that VN is a game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outpost Omega J 45 Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 ACK! I go away from the forum for a while and I miss when I finally get my thirtieth vote! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outpost Omega J 45 Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 I see that like, napoleon! So you think my misfortune is amusing do you! See how much sympathy you get out of me in the future. HMPH! (SOB!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Throbbin Hood 11 Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 They are something you go into that requires player input, and has a goal that is acheived through that input. Even if there are no choice based bits of dialogue, it still has an end goal that the player strives towards by clicking through dialogue. That's the very definition of a game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outpost Omega J 45 Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 And the poll is still live! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spaghetti Os 10 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 While you can make decisions in interactive novels and that technicality counts as game play, you could simply call that "game play" an interactive e-book as you said. Some VNs have actual game play but if it plays like a normal game then it really isn't a visual novel any more its a video game. I consider both interactive and non interactive VNs neither books nor games because they aren't on or the other; they are there own separate genre of entertainment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outpost Omega J 45 Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 It's alive. IT'S ALIVE!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spaghetti Os 10 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 I didn't know my useless opinion on a pol could make someone so happy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Taiketsu 12 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 My opinion based on visual novels is, they are more or less a book for me with the difference that I can kinda decide where the story is going. As bonus you have a more "picture book" style with voices etc. but generally i would count them more towards books than games, i mean u "read" them most of the time and not "play" per se. There are exceptions like YU-NO or other RPG like VNs but overall they tell great storys and are often even bigger than most books out there if you count text/words alone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outpost Omega J 45 Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share Posted August 15, 2019 Bump. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spaghetti Os 10 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 You must be going insane by now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outpost Omega J 45 Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 The voices in my head say I'm perfectly sane and you're the insane one for asking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shiro Midori 10 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 How much gameplay does a visual novel need to be considered a game? And how good does that gameplay have to be? I consider Mass Effect 1 sort of a visual novel because how awful the gunplay is, and how much time I spend in dialog versus any other gameplay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spaghetti Os 10 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 you're the insane one for asking. Oh so the jokes on me now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outpost Omega J 45 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 And I thought my poll shambled on for a little bit further as a the zombie that wouldn’t stay dead... I don’t know the answer to your question, Marleneelics, and even if I did, this thread has nothing to do with your question, not to mention it is quite stale with the last post being August 25th of last year. If you are so obviously going to derail the thread, please start a new thread instead in the future. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
napoleon 134 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Bunny Black is a game whereas Taimanin Asagi is not a game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outpost Omega J 45 Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 Mostly just to make a pest of myself: *Bump* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outpost Omega J 45 Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) WOOT! 40 VOTES! 19 yes votes 21 no votes Edited June 27, 2022 by Outpost Omega J Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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