• sandwich.make(bathing_in_bismuth)@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Why don’t you read a PDF transcript of it then? I mean, all the visuals just mean you don’t have a brain adapted to creating worlds from text… Why need a game if you can a) go to page 713 b) go to page 23 c) go to page 412

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        7 months ago

        All you describe could just play all out in my head. You haven’t read a lot of good novels if you need all this audiovisual support to paint a world with such depth in your head.

        You really need a brain adapted to creating novel universes from text. If you don’t like reading novels I get why you need all the help such games offer to handwalk your imagination along the script. If that’s the case, reading novels is just not your cup of tea. That’s fine, I get it. But I don’t get why you wouldn’t just read an PDF choose-your-own adventure.

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          7 months ago

          There are some of us with no inner vision who do enjoy reading too though, you know?

          Not all of us have the ability to see what we read, i.e., aphantasia.

          I love to read though. All day long if I can. Also in the top 0.1% when it comes to reading speed. Guess why? Nothing wrong with my comprehension either.

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            7 months ago

            I was being cynical, to make the point that looking down on mainstream gamers for not liking visual novels could be doubled down by taking the same stance comparing visual novels vs reading plain text.

            I play visual novels all the time, and the point you make is very valid.