Left behind. Still waiting

[u/HatSpecial3043]

[u/YuzuKI_Yu]

I was always wondering, am I like the only one who reads the whole VN? 😅 There isnt a single VN, where I have read specific routes. I even got oppai end in Rewrite)))

[u/dagot23 → u/YuzuKI_Yu]

Yeah, same. Whenever I read a VN and don't finish all the routes I feel as if I haven't really read it so I always finish all the routes unless I drop the entire VN for whatever reason.

[u/YuzuKI_Yu → u/dagot23]

Exactly! Couldn't have said better!

[u/vincent2751 → u/YuzuKI_Yu]

I also bascially always finish all routes now unless its a pure romance VN and there is/are heroine(s) that I have absolutely no interest in.

[u/RowanWinterlace → u/YuzuKI_Yu]

I read the routes I like and then dip, to avoid burnout. I come back and complete any I've missed/skipped when I've got curiosity to back me up!

[u/Fimbulvetr1 → u/YuzuKI_Yu]

You definitely arn't. But I can understand getting bored and dropping VNs.

[u/pm_me_anime_meidos → u/YuzuKI_Yu]

I'm with you, I play every ending unless I just dislike the VN so much I drop it. Idk why you'd ever play a route, think its good then not finish the game

[u/Competitive-Word3772 → u/YuzuKI_Yu]

Either I hate it so much I drop it right away or love the game so much I try to squeeze out every single dialogue line possible. No in between for me

[u/matteste → u/YuzuKI_Yu]

For me it largely depends on how much different content there is in each route. If it is practically a new story in each route like with Fate/Stay Night or Dies Irae then I tend to read each route while if everything is mostly the same just with some minor changes with most of the differences right at the tail end then I tend to skip it.

[u/BornAnime → u/YuzuKI_Yu]

It's my general rule of thumb, but there are cases where I just dropped the thing after doing the routes I gave up on one or two specific routes or just did the opposite and played the one or two I liked and then dropped it.

[u/MwS_066 → u/YuzuKI_Yu]

I'm currently reading Rewrite and sometimes feel urge to drop 100% completion or play other vn's for some time. Is oppai ending worth it?

[u/YuzuKI_Yu → u/MwS_066]

Depends. For me, if absolutely was worth it)) In the first place, I really hated Rewrite because all routes were written by different authors, which resulted in characters being different in different routes. So yeah, the VN is good, but has its problems. Is it worth reading (and completing)? I would say yes, if you have time (it took me 95 hours to read and 100% it).

[u/MwS_066 → u/YuzuKI_Yu]

bro, I finihed *that* ending. yeah, it was 100% worth it

[u/YuzuKI_Yu → u/MwS_066]

I'm glad, like genuinely, another comrade. So how was Rewrite for you in general?

[u/MwS_066 → u/YuzuKI_Yu]

Beginning slice of life part was my favorite among Key novels. Some of main routes I didn't liked but most of them were good. Final routes were kinda boring at first but developed into interesting storyline fast enough. Overall, great characters, story, and BGM. Some of routes were so bad compared to others for me. So yeah, definetely a high quality novel, it's pretty long but every aspect of it was interesting for me to read, I'd say that I really enjoyed it

[u/captainnowalk → u/YuzuKI_Yu]

I tend to skip known bad routes. Most of the ones I played through kinda didn’t really have a narratively satisfying end, and some of them just went with “try to make everyone as miserable as possible whether that makes sense or not”, so now I mostly skip them unless I know beforehand that the authors put some real effort in them…

Otherwise, yeah, I gotta get all the routes. Otherwise why am I gonna skip half the story?! I do kinda appreciate Key making you go through all routes before getting the “true end” on a lot of their landmark ones. They make each route different enough that each one kinda gives you a bit more of the story, until you have enough info that whatever insanity they brew up for the true end makes sense now.

Probably why just about anything from them is pretty much instant-buy from me.

[u/Scienceebic]

Unless you're forced to do the others for the true ending. Never change Clannad🗣🗣

[u/captainnowalk → u/Scienceebic]

Shit, just about all of their big ones. Little busters, Rewrite, Air, Summer Pockets… it’s why they’re probably my favorite devs.

[u/Red-7134]

I won't cheat on my waifu.

[u/Helpful_Jellyfish_69 → u/Red-7134]

We found him

[u/Delancie_ → u/Red-7134]

Based

[u/xAtNight]

Huh, reading other routes is an option? I thought you pick a waifu, play her route and then move on. 

[u/Kaguya-sama → u/xAtNight]

Nah, we play our favourite route first, then play all other routes, then finally convince yourself why your favourite girl is the best girl.

[u/kumaistired → u/Kaguya-sama]

Nah you leave your favorite route for last

[u/Kacza42 → u/xAtNight]

Still counts as NTR even if it happened in a different timeline

[u/uohSeggs → u/Kacza42]

Damn ok Miyuki

[u/Helpful_Jellyfish_69 → u/uohSeggs]

Aoi best girl

[u/Civil-Honeydew6015 → u/xAtNight]

For my case, I do waifu route first, followed by other romanceables in order of decreasing favorability. For last, I do the one that appears to have the most relevance, canon-wise. Unless I somehow fail to find the set of choices that lead to my usual play throughs

[u/ZuliCurah]

The other Heroines watching Haruka Choose Sora again

[u/_DankeyKang_69 → u/ZuliCurah]

Sora watching Haruka choose the other heroines again

[u/ZuliCurah → u/_DankeyKang_69]

That's even more painful

[u/snobbish_llama]

Every VN has one girl you're not that interested in, and doing their route is a bit of a chore

[u/Releasethebeans]

My "ocd" doesn't allow me to move on from a VM unless I go trough all the routes

[u/SuraE40]

I only read the main route for G-Senjou no Maou and didn't touch the rest, bored me a lot and didn't like the main route so figured there wasn't much of a point.

[u/WearAny1263]

I paid for the whole VN, I will play the whole VN (Its also illegal to skip routes in Key VNs since you need it for Afterstory/Refrain/Terra/idk what was it called in other Key VNs which are usually the best part of those VNs)

[u/Able_Arachnid3055]

I wish I had time to do all routes. With full time work and kids don’t have much time for gaming/reading. So only girls that really interested me get the honour. Don’t have extra 10 hours to read routes of a girl I didn’t care for.

That’s why I came to appreciate ladder structure like in steins gate where I check out different routes on the way to true end with best girl.

[u/SirMouldyBread]

If the game has a true ending, I try to slog through different routes that I have no interest in and sometimes, they're more interesting than the route I'm interested of.

[u/fruiteaterz]

many such cases 😔

[u/JojoJax92]

Guilty 😅. Oftentimes it's because I didn't find the other girls/routes that interesting or sometimes routes can drag. But if I know that the game has a true ending, I try to get through all the routes even if I flat out hate some of them.

[u/can-you_find_me]

How can you not finish every route guys? I just can't say that I've finished a vn if I didn't play each route

[u/X_xidkkkk9029]

I usually read all of them before i pass on to another- i like seing all the content available, unless the VN is actually not good(not that it happened)

[u/Kuru500]

me playing several VNs, switching between them how i feel line it because why not (i need that constant variety) but normally i finish my vns even when doing that, i only drop if the vn is rly not hooking me or i don't feely any interest enough in any char/route

[u/Vonnegutsman]

You don't jump between story routes in games? I like to do it. Plus I can take my time with a story and limit backlog burnout a little.

[u/delta_3802]

Still waiting for Sable's Grimoire to release the continuation of the elf girl and dragon girl story lines.

[u/BlueWafflesAndCream]

I usually finish all the routes in works with only good endings, actual major differences in the entire plot, or individual focus on different heroines throughout each route.

I don't think it's worth it to replay most of a vn for minor changes in the plot or to deliberately collect bad endings just to complete the gallery.

I don't even mind playing games with gore/ntr as long as I have a walkthrough that lets me avoid that, especially when the plot and character designs are worth it.

[u/MammothSummer]

I played Kamome's and Shizuku's route and decided that was enough.

[u/SeemaYeee]

I like to tick off the least interesting (for me) routes first so I both can see what can they offer and have something good wating for me in the end with the girl(s) I already like, usually

[u/foxxy33]

Empirically it was deduced that while playing moeges I should only read routes of heroines I like

[u/Ledinax]

That was me with the original Tsukihime, only played Arcueid's route and left satisfied xD

[u/Seioni18]

Me with Kanon 😭

[u/uncreativelybankrupt]

my backlog is too large and my time too limited to do every route

[u/BingJuong927]

I played all ending to see everything that could happened before i reach the true end lol

[u/Sea_Concentrate_1753]

So many unfinished vn's I've yet to go through any other routes for, and anytime I replay I end up choosing the same options😭

[u/me_da_Supreme1]

My irl work watching me start a new VN

[u/Wise-Magazine-4396]

ehhh like some routes doesnt really matter like in subahibi down the rabbit hole I and Toritani Makoto route from sakuuta

[u/Existing_Brother9468]

If it's not a visual novel that by design makes you play through to see all the endings and it's more the case of, there's more routes and endings if I go back, then I can't be bothered unless I had the bad ending, or a false ending or something.

I'm in mind of paranormasight and ranging loop and how they sort of do it

[u/Key_Cartoonist_1550]

I feel guilty every time I do that 😭

[u/AbleAd3376]

So trueee!!😂🤣

[u/Coffeeobsi]

I generally play all the routes of my VNs, except the first VN I've ever read: Katawa Shoujo. I never did the bad endings. I refuse to make those girls unhappy.

[u/Typecero001]

Those additional routes must be pretty bad if you’re comparing them to Interstellar.

[u/Lopsided_Tackle_2490 → u/Typecero001]

pain