artcellrox wrote...
Kaimax wrote...
Daggerrise wrote...
Persona 3 Portable (Plays like a Visual Novel, in a way, and is similar to one. RPG cross) and others that I know damn well I'm forgetting.
No matter what it has similar with, The Persona series is not a "Visual Novel".
There's no Route branching, no choices (routes), no Cgs and there's no narration.
Lol, interestingly enough, the Persona series isn't in VNDB, but look at what is.
http://vndb.org/v/all?sq=blazblue
Blazblue, as you can read in the vndb discussions, Have 70% Visual novel Elements.
As Discussed, Blazblue's story mode has route branching, choices, event Cgs. Even one user said that the story mode you'll spend more time reading than fighting.
http://vndb.org/t887
Another the Ar Tonelico series was consireder as a VN because of the "Cosmosphere" part of the game.
Exceptions like this also apply to other thoughtly VN but not a VN at all. For example Photokano, it's not really VN. DAting sim yes, but a Visual Novel no. You spend 70% of your time doing photos.
Guideline Rules
A Hybrid-VN, crossed with any gameplay element, be it real time strategy, SRPG, TRPG or anything else, must follow the following guidelines to be included:
-Must have a story that is told in one of the standard VN styles, either ADV or NVL, and its story-segments also have to follow the guidelines associated with these standards.
-There must be a clear line between the "gameplay parts" and the "VN parts". Ex.: The VN parts take place between missions, during which there are no gameplay at all.
-The VN segments should be extensive enough to be more than interruptions between the gameplay-segments and must be as, if not more important than the gameplay itself.