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Posted May 22, 2018
seems like we're getting our wish!

http://gameplayer.site/2018/05/following-steams-crackdown-on-games-with-adult-content-mangagamer-debuts-on-gog


this is a huge step for GOG, thanks!
Posted May 22, 2018
Not crazy about these non-games, but if people enjoy partaking in VNs, who am I to judge? I don't have to buy them after all, and hopefully their inclusion isn't at the exclusion of actual games I want to buy and play. sad that VALVe allows all the shit they do on their platform with almost no moderation and then decides to cave to MiM's weak ass political pressure. Unless I missed something.
Posted May 22, 2018
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cachirulo: seems like we're getting our wish!

http://gameplayer.site/2018/05/following-steams-crackdown-on-games-with-adult-content-mangagamer-debuts-on-gog

this is a huge step for GOG, thanks!
I just hope they filter them from the other content somehow. Not because I want to deny them from other people; I just don't want to have to try to slog through them while trying to look for actual games. Perhaps put them in a different tab, like they do the movies they released for a time. I quit Steam because I was tired of trying to sift through this stuff looking for actual game releases.

Pax
Posted May 22, 2018
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I guess this means GAG has woken up to a golden sunshine. On a Tuesday, no less.
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Posted May 22, 2018
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Pax11: I just hope they filter them from the other content somehow. [...] I quit Steam because I was tired of trying to sift through this stuff looking for actual game releases.
Exactly what I expect, I don't want another store with hundreds of visual novels that pretend to be games.
Posted May 22, 2018
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Pax11: I just hope they filter them from the other content somehow. [...] I quit Steam because I was tired of trying to sift through this stuff looking for actual game releases.
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Desmight: Exactly what I expect, I don't want another store with hundreds of visual novels that pretend to be games.
Well, the current storefront suggests they will not be under a separate tab or filter at all.
Posted May 22, 2018
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Pax11: I just hope they filter them from the other content somehow. [...] I quit Steam because I was tired of trying to sift through this stuff looking for actual game releases.
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Desmight: Exactly what I expect, I don't want another store with hundreds of visual novels that pretend to be games.
You don't think VN's are games?
Posted May 22, 2018
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Desmight: Exactly what I expect, I don't want another store with hundreds of visual novels that pretend to be games.
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KneeTheCap: You don't think VN's are games?
No.
Posted May 22, 2018
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Desmight: Exactly what I expect, I don't want another store with hundreds of visual novels that pretend to be games.
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KneeTheCap: You don't think VN's are games?
No, not any more than I think digital text novels are games. I simply don't.
Posted May 22, 2018
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KneeTheCap: You don't think VN's are games?
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Desmight: No.
Elaborate.
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KneeTheCap: You don't think VN's are games?
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Pax11: No, not any more than I think digital text novels are games. I simply don't.
Many of the visual novels incorporate choices, making them interactive. Isn't that the definition of a game?
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Posted May 22, 2018
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Desmight: No.
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KneeTheCap: Elaborate.
I consider "playing" a Visual Novel like reading a book, the only bonus you get is that you can actually "see" what happens. Your interaction as a player is meaningless, plus a lot of them rely on sexual content and dating sims elements to be appealing to customers, who would otherwise just ignore them.
Posted May 22, 2018
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Desmight: No.
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KneeTheCap: Elaborate.
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Pax11: No, not any more than I think digital text novels are games. I simply don't.
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KneeTheCap: Many of the visual novels incorporate choices, making them interactive. Isn't that the definition of a game?
Not to me. Not any more than the "choose your adventure" books that were popular in the 1980's were games. Same idea: a novel where you made choices and it changed the outcome - not a game.
Posted May 22, 2018
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KneeTheCap: Many of the visual novels incorporate choices, making them interactive. Isn't that the definition of a game?
A dating sim is not a videogame, in my opinion (which can be wrong, but it's mine)
Posted May 22, 2018
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KneeTheCap: Elaborate.
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Desmight: I consider "playing" a Visual Novel like reading a book, the only bonus you get is that you can actually "see" what happens. Your interaction as a player is meaningless, plus a lot of them rely on sexual content and dating sims elements to be appealing to customers, who would otherwise just ignore them.
I see. Yet, in your post, I can see words like "interaction" and "simulation elements". Those belong to a game, right?
Posted May 22, 2018
Remember "Choose Your Own Adventures"?

Turn to page 8 if you want to go left, turn to page 10 if you want to go right.
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