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Especially since this is something we don’t have in real life.
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If done right, it can unlock the true potential of a story without constraining it to one specific ending or turn of events, and if you’re into “what if” scenarios as much as I am, this is pretty exciting stuff all around. I once said that I find it very cool to see multiple outcomes to the same story, and that’s still true. Okay, so let’s play around with this idea of having different routes. There are so many VN readers out there with different viewpoints and priorities that my opinion really is just a single drop in the ocean. I merely wish to examine the topic a bit, chew it around then leave it out in the open, unsolved and up for further discussion.
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Another thing to keep in mind is that I don’t really want to arrive at a specific conclusion here. Anyway, in order to avoid spoiling stuff for you, I will not mention any titles or names, and even if I do bring up something, I’ll aim to be sufficiently vague (which is why there are no images between paragraphs this time, please bear with it for now :p). But if you’re reading this blog you can probably do that. I do warn you though, for this whole discussion you kinda need to be in a VN-ish mindset because we’re going to be talking about silly little things regarding fictional heroines and routes and happiness and whatnot. This whole post was also partly inspired by this particular topic. Some of the ideas presented below are based on my experiences with specific VNs, while others are simply stuff I read regarding VNs I have yet to try but want to eventually, and also others I just thought on my own (which, of course doesn’t mean they can’t have appeared in games). In the past I’ve already talked about certain aspects of the visual novel and why I find multiple routes fascinating, but let’s take that idea one step further. Besides, this is primarily a VN blog, so there’s that, too. I suppose this could be discussed in the context of just endings in general as they are in a variety of media, but since many visual novels tend to have several endings/routes, I suppose I might as well just focus on that one medium.