Have you already played VNs with your girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/wife?

[starlessn1ght]

I was thinking about this, since VNs are usually romantic and fun, so they could fit a date or something...

[Nosebleed]

Of course I have, she's right on the screen.

[starlessn1ght]

Of course I have, she's right on the screen.

 

Ouch. You sure are a womanizer, lol, counting all the girls from all routes from all VNs...

[rainsismyfav]

I am planning to read something short, like Phenomeno or Narcissu. If I ever get the chance.

[Heizei_koukousei]

My girlfriend has casually watched me play my visual novels but she never really got into them, the only title that she actually read with me was Sono Hanabira back when I first started playing VNs myself. However, we do actively watch anime together on the daily 

 

I don't know if playing visual novels together would be a very good date though lol

[Satsuki]

You talk like I even have one...*depressed*

[Kurokusari]

*obligatory 404 girlfriend not found*

On a serious note, I'll only probably do that if I'll be reading something like Rewrite. Reading something like Yume Miru Kusuri with just about anybody else would be kinda awkward. Then again, we wouldn't be together if she isn't weird or isn't aware of my weird hobbies.

 

. . . All this hypothetical thinking is making me want a girlfriend. I have enough already anyway in the 2D world ;-;

[TheFantasm]

Yeah, my left ha... Never mind.

[Joshua1207]

I played Saya no Uta and Yume Miru Kusuri with my ex when we were dating. I got another girl to play Saya when I first read it too, and she liked it although we didn't play it together. everybody likes some Saya

[suikashoujo]

Well, other than the time that I sat down and played https://vndb.org/v12404with one of my best friends... no. No, I haven't.

[sanahtlig]

I imagine I could interest most potential consorts in a playthrough of School Days HQ.  Other VNs would be much less suitable for cooperative play.  Cooperative reading is hamstrung by fundamental issues such as mismatched reading speeds.

[Getsuya]

Wait but wouldn`t me playing a VN with a VN character be some sort of paradox?

[Mevvrynne]

My fiance and I read them together every now and then, sometimes even ones we've gone through before.  Usually they're romantic or romantic comedy of some description, but we do read things like Demonbane every so often to change things up.

[AaronIsCrunchy]

I am planning to read something short, like Phenomeno or Narcissu. If I ever get the chance.

[hsmsful]

Well I read toradora portable with my sister and it was fun so I bet reading a romantic vn with gf/wife would be awesome.

[heavenlysf]

I don't really think playing visual novel together works.

 

When you play VN, you always play as a protagonist - viewing things from the first perspective. To play with someone means both of you view things as an outsider, a 3rd perspective, so it is hard to get immerse into VN than playing alone.

 

When it comes to anime, watching together is fine as mentioned above.

 

But a nukige or anything that isn't plot-heavy should be fine for a laugh together.

[starlessn1ght]

I don't really think playing visual novel together works.

 

When you play VN, you always play as a protagonist - viewing things from the first perspective. To play with someone means both of you view things as an outsider, a 3rd perspective, so it is hard to get immerse into VN than playing alone.

 

When it comes to anime, watching together is fine as mentioned above.

 

But a nukige or anything that isn't plot-heavy should be fine for a laugh together.

[InvictusCobra]

No sir, I have not, due to the fact that one of the elements of the question is missing from my life. try to imagine which one T_T

I think it might depend on what you are seeking from the experience. A person with whom to discuss the plot, someone to share the burden and weigh the choices with, or just a reading/talking buddy to help alleviate the grind of infodumping or have a laugh due to a bad or hilarious moment?

Or maybe sex has gotten stale, so now you read things like Starless for some "innovative" ideas heh.

[heavenlysf]

Um... Why can't you view things as first perspective when reading together?

 

I guess I made no sense, haha

 

I would be busy chatting instead of the game if someone else is there. But comedy type of game really works well here.

[sanahtlig]

But a nukige or anything that isn't plot-heavy should be fine for a laugh together.

 

But comedy type of game really works well here.

 

How about comedy rape?

 

[Tawm]

Only with friends. Started enjoying auto advance that way.

[joehawks12]

i would, but everyone i know and possibly have an interest in are normies.  this is a fairly good idea for making moves though now that i think about it.  Start something like narcissu or planetarium,short and bittersweet, cry in front of/with girl, get inside of her/eat her face, rinse and repeat for simulated deep emotional connections with said girl and to show you are an empathic being in need of comfort that a feminine bosom is only capable of healing.  Thanks op, you have added a finisher to my movelist.

[LinovaA]

I don't think I ever have. I was once reading Muv Luv around my ex, but she was doing something else.

I have read VNs with my friends though. Read Narcissu with one friend, Rance with another (we were laughing our asses off), oh and part of Muv Luv as well. I remember it quite well... as it was Sumika's h-scene... and before that the only experience with h-scenes I had was with FSN... so needless to say I was... impressed.

After reading it for a bit... I saved and went home.

[Sovereign1612]

i don't know about you guys but I've to be alone to actually get into a VN,and

It's just annoying to have someone else around you.

[XReaper]

yep i tried it, but it resulted in me beeing hated. now only recommending the more normal ones to them, as my attempt regarding playplayplay & co backfired...