va-11 hall-a is not a visual novel
| most notably in that va-11 hall-a, unlike visual novels, is a game that features gameplay as well as win/lose conditions. va-11 hall-a is actually a bartending simulator! where a visual novel would have you simply passively reading the story, va-11 hall-a has you take on the daily duties of a bartender working in a bar. making drinks requires paying attention to your customers, being familiar with the drinks, and being able to correctly and quickly make the customer what they want
| part of a bartenders job is also to listen, which is the gameplay purpose pf the visual novel elements. listening and conversing to customers is important because knowing the customer allows the bartender to get an idea of what the customers tastes are for when they dont know what to order, or to know when theyve had too much to drink, or other possible information. on top of daily bar duties, players have also to manage their own personal needs and finances such as rebt and bills
| and all of this combined, the player is also able to affect the story in very direct ways not seen in visual novels which are written to tell the authors story, like traditional books they are inspired by. particularly there are good and bad endings or win/lose conditions, which are required for something to truly be considered a game. while va-11 hall-a does feature visual novel elements, it is not itself just a visual novel but rather a job simulator game. hope this helps!
| >VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up visual novel about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
It says it's a visual novel on its store page though.
| What the fuck are you on about? Almost all visual novels have win lose conditions...
| I like how you wrote that :) I guess you’re not a visual novel either!
| elona
| I am going to bring harassment against the people involved
| Whats their adress
| It is literally in the visual novel database
https://vndb.org/v18872
| >>1062362 this emoticon is you: 8=D~
i made this emoticon and i said that its you so that means its true! hope this helps.
| >>1062418 and i just put you in the 9/11 victims database. funny how that wotks. rest in peace btw! hope this helps.
| >>1062426 my girl you just have a different definition of a visual novel. It might be correct even but for most people if a game has anime and lots of text it is a visual novel
| Hell, even danganronpa is considered to be a visual novel and you can literally WALK there. In 3D!
| omg this dead ass place
| I ain't reading all that. Happy for you though, op. Or sorry that happened
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| hi! i made this tgread partially to bring awareness to the issue, but also so as to not bring harassment against the people involved. i dont want anyone to feel ashamed or embarrassed. this is not a callout post just a psa for anyone that gets this confused. i recently saw someone say va-11 hall-a is a visual novel, but this is not true! va-11 hall-a does admittedly have elements of a visual novel however it has a lot more elements that tale precedence over its visual novel element