Hey,
So I'm completely new to visual novels (or anything similar to it), haven't played any yet and due to my circumstances won't be able to in a few weeks. I've sone some investigation on this medium already (so far it seems amazing), but one things which buggs me are the "true endings" many multiple-end VN's seem to have.
First of all, what is the purpose of a true ending? Is it to provide a canonical and more in-depth end to the story? If so, doesn't that render all other endings "useless" if they actually were never meant to happen canonically? Doesn't that kill some ofcthe excitement in achieving different routes? I see this being an issue particularly in the romance VNs with multiple heroines.
How common are true endings really, do all VNs have one? And how do you know a particular ending is the true one? Also, are true endings always happy? I often enjoy a good bitter ending, but are these only reserved for the "bad" ending?
So I'm not sure whether I understand this concept correctly, lol. I'd love to hear your insight on this!
