True. VNs have their limitations and you have to make allowances for that. Its just a reality of the genre. I have three criteria I look for in VN stories:I like this VN not because it has the best story or consistency... But it has good flow. Humor is okay, characters are mostly likeable. It has a lot of weak points, but you can ignore them.
The MC reminds me a lot of my childhood friend. He was a super friendly, good natured funny guy... With the side effect being that he was a flighty boyfriend that both liked and charmed girls easily, and with multiple ones at the same time. I even got to saw the fallout of one his mishaps in freshman uni year, and made fun of to the end.
He passed away a few years back, so I like this MC a lot, especially when he struggles between multiple girls, simply because it makes me nostalgic.
A VN like this doesnt have to be perfect, it really only needs to just coherent enough with okay story flow.
1. The story needs to make sense,
2. There needs to be consequences/ramifications if my MC gets attack/disrespected/betrayed/etc,
3. I want to be in the driver seat making the big decisions.
Quantity of choices is not as important to me as the making the main decisions.