no i mean the N in visual novel.
never understood the fuss about ntr as all porn is basically that for me. not my dick in that vid going into that girl i like, so i can take it or leave it. no skin off my nose if a game has it or not.
i got hooked in to VN's when i first read fate/stay night as the concept was great, even though long winded.
i then read any i could find which had me indulging into being deep under water in a base, running around post war japan as a detective in a horror story twice, flirting with a few different girls with issues around some special college, and getting trapped in the occult doings of some school kids. i even spent time with one girl with just the two of us on the entire planet.
during all these, the story drove them and sex was occasional in differing degrees. what i find now with many developing VN's is that the story takes a back seat to sex/visuals. understandable as sex sells and this is the age of subscription building without accountability.
i prefer a good read with visuals to heighten the experience rather than lead it. anything story driven is more my aging speed
like the ones i mention above, i like the different places i normally never would experience, that a good writer can take me. sex is optional. after all, steins gate has none but is widely rated.