Sandbox or Visual novel?

[konabwo]

The rest of the things you mention are not cons or pros, those are just your personal dislikes.

quite common picture in some reviews, bright-headed vn readers come, put 1 star and mention sbx elements as cons.

and you sit with your hand or your face and think ... oh FFS ! oh, c o m e o n !? really ???!!!

 

[fitgirlbestgirl]

I always ask if sandbox is avoidable when I see the tag.