discussion Single playthrough or branching paths?

[iwillbeinghere4]

single playthrough then unlock the shit out of that gallery

 

[Jack-Atlas]

One play through is the way, really hate it when you need to play a game three or four times, needing to skip to get to what is different.

 

[Jandu]

one play through - there's too many games out there to replay stuff

Yeah, I agree. But also there are some games that are worth to check their different endings (like Parental Love in my opinion).

 

[Tosser]

Always multi-path, especially when I know it isn't harem.

 

[-Bonk-]

I climb all branches, Don't want to miss out on anything. Unfortunately that comes with
the risk of tags on a certain path causing you pain.

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[Knz]

I prefer branching paths, sometimes it's boring, but I like having several choices

 

[medi0]

Single playthrough​

 

[Ioas78]

If I like the story I don't mind branching paths to replay
If it's a quick fucks and scenes gotta be a single playthrough

 

[Dragon6969]

one playthrough with a harem ending is always the best, im not playing for realism just enjoyment so i prefer those types

 

[eezergoode]

I've noticed a change in the games I refer over the years, I assumed it was just that my tastes have changed, but I really think it is the games themselves. I used to really favor the games with multiple branching paths, where each branch really changed the story, but these days I mostly play games with very limited branching. BUT I went back and played Come See me Tonight 1 and 2 recently, and I still loved them. I think it has more to do with how modern VNs are written by 1 or two people, so they just can't put as much time and effort into deep branching narrative, whereas those games i so fondly remember were handled by studios with many more employees, sometimes as many as a dozen writers, so they could focus on deeper, more engaging stories for each branch.

 

[ruizjohnpaul558]

Single playthrough,

 

[Mr.bright]

Branching, really nice to start again and find new things based on my decisions

 

[WhiteFireDaemon]

I like both for regular VN, but if it's got any kind of sandbox or stat grinding, I much prefer being able to get all the scenes in one playthrough.

 

[yoyomistro]

Single playthrough, and if there are branching paths I bust out the Notepad++ and merge them. Not getting me to play through your crap twice, lol. The only time I'm ok with branching is if there are completely different storylines that don't overlap.

 

[Zauldjamin]

I don't mind branching games. Make it more meaningful with the multiple choices.

 

[gremlin42]

Comes back to the quality of the game. If it's really good, the branches and paths are likely to be different and it's like playing a different game, or seeing the same events from different perspectives. If I'm really enjoying a game then I'm happy to play it on different paths, sometimes straight away. Or I can come back to it after a few months and try a different route. If it's poor then once is enough and see if there's anything in the gallery which catches my eye.

 

[anonymous]

Single playthrough

 

[bravoswild]

I prefer a linear story, just because I hate missing things and don't want to replay.

 

[ukalias]

I prefer a single playthrough, for there to be branching paths the game needs to be close to perfect for me to play it

 

[snake01]

Branching paths if only to avoid certain content