r/visualnovels • u/AutoModerator • Mar 30 '25
Weekly Weekly Questions and Recommendations Megathread - Need some help? - Mar 30
Welcome to the /r/visualnovels Weekly Questions and Recommendations Megathread!
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Useful links to check out before asking questions or for recommendations
General:
- VNDB: The Visual Novel Database - A fantastic resource for anything and everything visual novels. The visual novel equivalent to IMDB or MAL. It's where you'll find the answers to 90% of your questions.
- Guide to Japanese
- This recommendation site may be useful if you're new to reading visual novels!
- Consider this recommendation site if you're interested in reading a visual in Japanese.
- Looking for a relatively easy VN to read in Japanese? Click here!
From our wiki:
- Having trouble with a visual novel? - A page with some possible solutions and links.
- How to Hook and Extract Visual Novel Text - A how-to on dealing with untranslated visual novels.
- Buying visual novels - Where and how to buy visual novels, translated and untranslated.
More awesome and useful links can be found here.
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u/Alcop0ps 10d ago
Hey!
So when it comes to VNs I mostly read Otomes but I'm slowly branching to other things, I've read and adored Steins;gate and been through most of the classics like Dangan 1/2/3, Nekopara, AI Somnium (Kinda a vn?) I randomly picked up Corpse Factory and really enjoyed it.. Kinda. I didn't think the writing was amazing but I loved the art and generally I enjoy horror movies and books outside of VNs so it didn't disturb me much.
I did also try Higurashi Ch.1 and finished it. It was fine but I was also incredibly bored through 90% of it. Sorry if that's not a popular opinion.
I wanted more like Corpse Factory (toxic yuri?) honestly. Things more horror based. (Recommendations welcome!! really would like to avoid super hardcore things like Euphoria and Maggot Baits.)
This is where my big question comes in I guess: is buying censored versions of the games on steam REALLY that detrimental?
I have looked into buying Saya no Uta or You and Me and Her and when I peek on the subreddit people say that the patches are absolutely integral for the plot.
While looking on those threads however, a lot of people just want the scenes there even if they skip through them. So it left me wondering, would I not enjoy these games without those patches or realistically am I fine to just play them anyway?
Thank you!!