I wanted something retro cyberpunk RPG recently and installed VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, only to discover that there is no action and barely no game. It’s just endless nexting through a narrative that smells of teenage bedsheets.
Apparently it’s massively popular.
I don’t get it at all. For me it’s like reading wet fanfic while double tapping the space bar and perform the most tedious implementation of what can barely be considered a puzzle or memory game.
Edit: don’t get me wrong. I enjoy slow narrative driven indie games with barely any interactive parts, as long the narrative is interesting and the interaction is still barely as opposed to virtually none.
>buys a Visual novel
>gets a book with moving images
>:(
I get your point, but some people do really just want to relax with a choose your own adventure book with some cool art and catchy music, no need to act surprised when people have different tastes than yours!
Yep, it’s my mistake. I assumed it would have some gameplay elements as suggested by the “action” in the title, or control of the direction of narrative, something along what interactive stories used to be in my mind.
As I said, I personally don’t understand the appeal of it. I’d rather read the story as a book or even a graphic novel because for me tapping the spacebar and dragging icons does not add anything. It’s plain annoying both as game and distracting as a reading experience.
Oh, and obviously I didn’t expect it to be about horny tech furries. It was simply not for me.
I wanted something retro cyberpunk RPG recently and installed VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, only to discover that there is no action and barely no game. It’s just endless nexting through a narrative that smells of teenage bedsheets.
Apparently it’s massively popular.
I don’t get it at all. For me it’s like reading wet fanfic while double tapping the space bar and perform the most tedious implementation of what can barely be considered a puzzle or memory game.
Edit: don’t get me wrong. I enjoy slow narrative driven indie games with barely any interactive parts, as long the narrative is interesting and the interaction is still barely as opposed to virtually none.
>buys a Visual novel
>gets a book with moving images
>:(
I get your point, but some people do really just want to relax with a choose your own adventure book with some cool art and catchy music, no need to act surprised when people have different tastes than yours!
Yep, it’s my mistake. I assumed it would have some gameplay elements as suggested by the “action” in the title, or control of the direction of narrative, something along what interactive stories used to be in my mind.
As I said, I personally don’t understand the appeal of it. I’d rather read the story as a book or even a graphic novel because for me tapping the spacebar and dragging icons does not add anything. It’s plain annoying both as game and distracting as a reading experience.
Oh, and obviously I didn’t expect it to be about horny tech furries. It was simply not for me.
Removed by mod
The action is the drink mixing minigame.
And what wild action it is.
Was there a trailer?