Is visual novel a video game?

Is visual novel a video game?

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Nope. Just a slideshow

No it's a movie

No, it's the bastard child who can neither properly program or write.

If the story/experience can be perfectly replicated in a different medium, its not definable by the medium.

I don't hate visual novels, in fact I like them, but they're more like choose your own adventure books.

They're as much videogames as interactive movies are. So no.

So PS4 doesn't have games either?

Pressing continue to read the next dialogue is the same as flipping a page to continue reading a book.

But you make choices that will decide the outcome of the story

Choosing the page.

Is Her Story a video game?

Depends Phoenix Wright is Umineko is not

Most of them aren't games and are boring as fuck. The only VNs I like are Ace Attorney and Danganronpa because they engage the player in what is going on. Also, most VNs are cringy weeb waifu shit.

This is like someone saying their favorite rpg is Zelda lmao

Wouldn't that make most puzzle games not video games since you could replicate them in books?

Those two series are literally described as "visual novel adventure" games. Doesn't change the fact that 99% of other visual novels suck ass. I also tried Steins Gate because Weebs said Steins Gate vn was awesome but I used that shit to fall asleep before uninstalling it.
>B-but it gets better 10 hours in
Ain't worth my time, if I'm literally dozing off the entire time playing the "game". Also that's fucking dogshit writing if it takes you hours to hook in the reader.

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there is literally no such thing as a video game

Yeah man all those choices

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Well it depends. The same could be argued for any of Telltale's games. If you just click through the game like a slideshow without putting any effort or character movement, then no It's not a game.

People who try to define and categorize the world around them at all times need to chill. Like when some autist in Yea Forums gets pissed that you misnamed a metal genre.

W-what do you mean by this?

some if the puzzles have nothing to do with a game.

Choosing your outcome is no different than choosing another story to read.