Do all VNs have some sort of decision making mechanic? Are there

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Both Higurashi and Umineko no naku koro ni have liniear stories with no decisions to make. So no, not all VNs.

>>154338526
A few VNs have absolutely no choice or replay ability. I fucking hate these. It's like reading a book with a few cgs, which isn't really why VNs appeal to me at all.

Those

>>154338526
You should try YU-NO. It's very linear.

Isn't FSN more or less linear since the routes are progression-locked by the completion of one another

>>154338526
Sekien no Inganock and other Beautiful series VNs use a linear story that only "branches" into short bad ends with obvious choices.

There's also kinetic VNs, like Planetarian, Harmonia and Narcissu which do away with the choice system completely and are basically outright books with visuals and sound.

>>154338860
Haven't played it in years so could be wrong but pretty sure you can get any route first.

Steins;Gate was pretty linear, the closest you are to decisions are the early endings.

>>154339078
You're wrong.

The choices leading to the next branch dont even appear until you clear the ending.

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>>154339185
Strange, I guess my memory is shit. I do remember playing it in the order of Normal, UBW, HF though so I guess you're right.

>>154338526
Umineko doesn't have choices, and is entirely linear. However, it's written in such a way that the reader is supposed to come to their own conclusions about what really happened.

The Shizune route in katawa shoujo only has one decision for you to make and it's pretty clear which one will lead to the bad end.

>>154338526
Muv-Luv Alternative's choices make absolutely no difference to the plot.

>>154338860
No. There are dozens of alternate "Bad Ends" to unlock.

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>>154338602
Untill they actually do and it blows your mind hehe.

>>154339506
>it's pretty clear which one will lead to the bad end.
Bullshit. I just wanted Misha to have someone to talk to. I didn't know I was going to comfort her with my dick.