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Comment on Why do people want games that are just stories without any gameplay, these days? Why not just watch a movie for that?

whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I wanted something retro cyberpunk RPG recently and installed VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, only to discover that there is no action and barely no game. It’s just endless nexting through a narrative that smells of teenage bedsheets.

Apparently it’s massively popular.

I don’t get it at all. For me it’s like reading wet fanfic while double tapping the space bar and perform the most tedious implementation of what can barely be considered a puzzle or memory game.

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Tkappa@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

buys a Visual novel gets a book with moving images :(

I get your point, but some people do really just want to relax with a choose your own adventure book with some cool art and catchy music, no need to act surprised when people have different tastes than yours!

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- whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yep, it’s my mistake. I assumed it would have some gameplay elements as suggested by the “action” in the title, something along what interactive stories used to be in my mind.
  
  As I said, I personally don’t understand the appeal of it. I’d rather read the story as a book or even a graphic novel because for me tapping the spacebar and dragging icons does not add anything for me. It’s plain annoying both as game and distracts for a novel. Oh, and obviously I didn’t expect it to be about horny tech furries. It was simply not for me.
  
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  - RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    Oh, and obviously I didn’t expect it to be about horny tech furries. It was simply not for me.
    
    😂😂😂 Sorry, that just made me laugh. “I fully respect the horny, furry fandom. It’s just not for me”. So polite hahaha
    
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  - JungleJim@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Was there a trailer?
    
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  - DreamySweet@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    The action is the drink mixing minigame.
    
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    whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    And what wild action it is.
    
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